1 Chronicles 18:6

You shall be blessed when you come in, and you shall be blessed when you go out.

A man’s steps are established by Yahweh. He delights in his way.

Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, and rely on horses, and trust in chariots because they are many, and in horsemen because they are very strong, but they don’t look to the Holy One of Israel, and they don’t seek Yahweh!

In that day Yahweh made a covenant with Abram, saying, “I have given this land to your offspring, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates:

Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army, Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder,

Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the River to the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt. They brought tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.

A horse is a vain thing for safety, neither does he deliver any by his great power.

I have been with you wherever you went, and have cut off all your enemies from before you. I will make you a great name, like the name of the great ones who are in the earth.

Adoram was over the men subject to forced labor, Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the recorder,

David defeated Hadadezer king of Zobah to Hamath, as he went to establish his dominion by the river Euphrates.

He put garrisons in Edom; and all the Edomites became servants to David. Yahweh gave victory to David wherever he went.

Salvation belongs to Yahweh. May your blessing be on your people.

Some trust in chariots, and some in horses, but we trust in the name of Yahweh our God.

You count my wanderings. You put my tears into your container. Aren’t they in your book?

He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, from the River to the ends of the earth.

Blessed be Yahweh’s name, from this time forward and forever more.

but we will bless Yah, from this time forward and forever more. Praise Yah!

If you say, “Behold, we didn’t know this,” doesn’t he who weighs the hearts consider it? He who keeps your soul, doesn’t he know it? Shall he not render to every man according to his work?

How the city sits solitary, that was full of people! She has become as a widow, who was great among the nations! She who was a princess among the provinces has become a slave!

For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and he will drink no wine nor strong drink. He will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb.

But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

For Yahweh your God will bless you, as he promised you. You will lend to many nations, but you will not borrow. You will rule over many nations, but they will not rule over you.

Then Achish called David, and said to him, “As Yahweh lives, you have been upright, and your going out and your coming in with me in the army is good in my sight; for I have not found evil in you since the day of your coming to me to this day. Nevertheless, the lords don’t favor you.

In times past, when Saul was king over us, it was you who led Israel out and in. Yahweh said to you, ‘You will be shepherd of my people Israel, and you will be prince over Israel.’ ”

Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, were priests; Shavsha was scribe;

I, even I Artaxerxes the king, make a decree to all the treasurers who are beyond the River, that whatever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, requires of you, it shall be done with all diligence,

Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek from him a straight way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our possessions.

Then we departed from the river Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go to Jerusalem. The hand of our God was on us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy and the bandit by the way.

There were also some who said, “We have borrowed money for the king’s tribute using our fields and our vineyards as collateral.

that he may guard the paths of justice, and preserve the way of his saints.

In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.

Then you shall walk in your way securely. Your foot won’t stumble.

“Go out of the ship, you, your wife, your sons, and your sons’ wives with you.

Noah went out, with his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives with him.

I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you. Kings will come out of you.

Yahweh said to her, “Two nations are in your womb. Two peoples will be separated from your body. The one people will be stronger than the other people. The elder will serve the younger.”

Let peoples serve you, and nations bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers. Let your mother’s sons bow down to you. Cursed be everyone who curses you. Blessed be everyone who blesses you.”

Isaac answered Esau, “Behold, I have made him your lord, and all his brothers I have given to him for servants. I have sustained him with grain and new wine. What then will I do for you, my son?”

For the horses of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and Yahweh brought back the waters of the sea on them; but the children of Israel walked on dry land in the middle of the sea.

I see him, but not now. I see him, but not near. A star will come out of Jacob. A scepter will rise out of Israel, and shall strike through the corners of Moab, and crush all the sons of Sheth.

Edom shall be a possession. Seir, his enemies, also shall be a possession, while Israel does valiantly.

You will be cursed when you come in, and you will be cursed when you go out.

He will keep the feet of his holy ones, but the wicked will be put to silence in darkness; for no man will prevail by strength.

“After that you will come to the hill of God, where the garrison of the Philistines is; and it will happen, when you have come there to the city, that you will meet a band of prophets coming down from the high place with a lute, a tambourine, a pipe, and a harp before them; and they will be prophesying.

But certain worthless fellows said, “How could this man save us?” They despised him, and brought him no present. But he held his peace.

Jonathan struck the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, “Let the Hebrews hear!”

Now it fell on a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said to the young man who bore his armor, “Come! Let’s go over to the Philistines’ garrison that is on the other side.” But he didn’t tell his father.

Therefore Saul removed him from his presence, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.

You know Abner the son of Ner. He came to deceive you, and to know your going out and your coming in, and to know all that you do.”

He struck Moab, and measured them with the line, making them to lie down on the ground; and he measured two lines to put to death, and one full line to keep alive. The Moabites became servants to David, and brought tribute.

Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus; and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought tribute. Yahweh gave victory to David wherever he went.

David spoke to Yahweh the words of this song in the day that Yahweh delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul,

But he stood in the middle of the plot and defended it, and killed the Philistines; and Yahweh worked a great victory.

David was then in the stronghold; and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem.

Now, Yahweh my God, you have made your servant king instead of David my father. I am just a little child. I don’t know how to go out or come in.

Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder;

For he had dominion over all on this side the River, from Tiphsah even to Gaza, over all the kings on this side the River: and he had peace on all sides around him.

She came to Jerusalem with a very great caravan, with camels that bore spices, very much gold, and precious stones; and when she had come to Solomon, she talked with him about all that was in her heart.

Year after year, every man brought his tribute, vessels of silver, vessels of gold, clothing, armor, spices, horses, and mules.

Now Naaman, captain of the army of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honorable, because by him Yahweh had given victory to Syria: he was also a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper.

But I know your sitting down, your going out, your coming in, and your raging against me.

They stood in the middle of the plot, defended it, and killed the Philistines; and Yahweh saved them by a great victory.

I have been with you wherever you have gone, and have cut off all your enemies from before you. I will make you a name like the name of the great ones who are in the earth.

He defeated Moab; and the Moabites became servants to David, and brought tribute.

When the servants of Hadadezer saw that they were defeated by Israel, they made peace with David, and served him. The Syrians would not help the children of Ammon any more.

in addition to that which the traders and merchants brought. All the kings of Arabia and the governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon.

In those times there was no peace to him who went out, nor to him who came in; but great troubles were on all the inhabitants of the lands.

Some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents and silver for tribute. The Arabians also brought him flocks, seven thousand seven hundred rams, and seven thousand seven hundred male goats.

Be it known now to the king that if this city is built and the walls finished, they will not pay tribute, custom, or toll, and in the end it will be hurtful to the kings.

We inform the king that, if this city is built and the walls finished, then you will have no possession beyond the River.

There have also been mighty kings over Jerusalem, who have ruled over all the country beyond the River; and tribute, custom, and toll, was paid to them.

Also we inform you that it shall not be lawful to impose tribute, custom, or toll, on any of the priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, temple servants, or laborers of this house of God.

He paws in the valley, and rejoices in his strength. He goes out to meet the armed men.

You will keep them, Yahweh. You will preserve them from this generation forever.

Moab is my wash basin. I will throw my sandal on Edom. I shout in triumph over Philistia.”

But God is the judge. He puts down one, and lifts up another.

Yahweh will keep you from all evil. He will keep your soul.

Yahweh will keep your going out and your coming in, from this time forward, and forever more.

As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so Yahweh surrounds his people from this time forward and forever more.

You are he who gives salvation to kings, who rescues David, his servant, from the deadly sword.

He doesn’t delight in the strength of the horse. He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.

The horse is prepared for the day of battle; but victory is with Yahweh.

They will fly down on the shoulders of the Philistines on the west. Together they will plunder the children of the east. They will extend their power over Edom and Moab, and the children of Ammon will obey them.

Send the lambs for the ruler of the land from Selah to the wilderness, to the mountain of the daughter of Zion.

How then can you turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master’s servants, and put your trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

Truly help from the hills, the tumult on the mountains, is in vain. Truly the salvation of Israel is in Yahweh our God.

The king commanded Jerahmeel the king’s son, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to arrest Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet; but Yahweh hid them.

Thus you were decked with gold and silver. Your clothing was of fine linen, silk, and embroidered work. You ate fine flour, honey, and oil. You were exceedingly beautiful, and you prospered to royal estate.

It had strong branches for the scepters of those who ruled. Their stature was exalted among the thick boughs. They were seen in their height with the multitude of their branches.

But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in the place of his father, Herod, he was afraid to go there. Being warned in a dream, he withdrew into the region of Galilee,

He was with them entering into Jerusalem,

For this reason you also pay taxes, for they are servants of God’s service, continually doing this very thing.

In Damascus the governor under King Aretas guarded the Damascenes’ city, desiring to arrest me.