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Mareshah
[Bible]Mareshah was a city in the lowland (Shephelah) of Judah. Rehoboam fortified it, Asa defeated the army of Zerah the Ethiopian there, and it appears among the cities against which Micah pronounced judgment.
Exodus 14
[Bible]Exodus 14 is the chapter in which the children of Israel, encamped by the sea, are pursued by Pharaoh's army. When Moses stretches out his hand, the sea divides, Israel crosses on dry ground, and the pursuing Egyptian army is covered by the waters.
Joshua 7
[Bible]Joshua 7 recounts how, after the fall of Jericho, Achan secretly took some of the things devoted to God, bringing about Israel's defeat at Ai. Exposed by the casting of lots, Achan is executed in the Valley of Achor.
Joshua 8
[Bible]Joshua 8 recounts how, after the Achan incident, Israel captures the city of Ai by means of an ambush, and how Joshua then builds an altar on Mount Ebal and reads the law before the whole congregation.
Job 7
[Bible]Job 7 continues Job's reply to Eliphaz. Job laments the brevity of human life and the suffering that persists night after night, then appeals directly to God, asking, "Why hast thou set me as a mark against thee?"
Job 18
[Bible]Job 18 contains the second speech of Bildad the Shuhite. Bildad rebukes Job's protests and describes at length how the light of the wicked is put out, how the wicked man is caught in a snare, and how he is left with neither descendants nor a name.
Psalm 123
[Bible]Psalm 123 is one of the Songs of Ascents. It is a brief four-verse prayer in which the psalmist looks to God as a servant looks to the hand of his master, pleading for mercy amid contempt and scorn.
Psalm 128
[Bible]Psalm 128 is one of the Songs of Ascents. In six short verses, it portrays the blessings of the one who fears the LORD: the fruit of his labor, a wife and children, and the prosperity of Zion and Jerusalem.
Psalm 133
[Bible]Psalm 133 is one of the Songs of Ascents. This brief three-verse psalm celebrates the beauty of brothers dwelling together in unity, comparing it to the oil poured on Aaron's head and to the dew of Hermon.
Proverbs 20
[Bible]Proverbs 20 is a chapter within the "Proverbs of Solomon" collection (10:1–22:16). Its thirty short sayings address wine, laziness, honest scales, guarded speech, the rule of kings, and the prohibition of personal revenge.
Isaiah 9
[Bible]Isaiah 9 contains the promise that a great light will shine on Galilee in its darkness and that a child will be born to sit on the throne of David, followed by repeated pronouncements of judgment against proud Northern Israel.
Isaiah 12
[Bible]Isaiah 12 is a short hymn of praise that concludes the section of Isaiah comprising chapters 1–12. In it, a people saved "in that day" give thanks for God's comfort and are called to make His name known throughout the world.
Jeremiah 12
[Bible]Jeremiah 12 contains Jeremiah's complaint asking why the wicked prosper, the LORD's reply, the LORD's lament over having given His own people into the hands of their enemies, and a promise of judgment and restoration for the neighboring nations.
Jeremiah 32
[Bible]Jeremiah 32 tells how Jeremiah, imprisoned while the Babylonian army besieged Jerusalem, bought a field in his hometown of Anathoth. Through this symbolic act, his prayer, and God's answer, the chapter promises restoration after judgment and an everlasting covenant.
Jeremiah 36
[Bible]Jeremiah 36 recounts how, during the reign of King Jehoiakim, Baruch wrote on a scroll the words Jeremiah had received and read them aloud in the temple. When the king burned the scroll, Jeremiah had the words written again.
Ezekiel 11
[Bible]Ezekiel 11 is the final chapter of the vision of the Jerusalem temple (chapters 8–11). It recounts the judgment on the leaders who remained in Jerusalem, the promise of a new heart to the exiles, and the departure of the glory of God from the city.
Daniel 6
[Bible]Daniel 6 recounts how Daniel, who defied King Darius's decree by continuing to pray three times a day, was cast into the lions' den and yet emerged unharmed. The chapter ends with Darius issuing a decree that honors the God of Daniel.
Daniel 10
[Bible]Daniel 10 is the chapter in which, in the third year of Cyrus, Daniel mourns and fasts for three weeks and then sees a vision of a man clothed in linen beside the river Hiddekel. It introduces the final vision, which continues through chapters 11–12.
Ephesians 3
[Bible]Ephesians 3 is the chapter in which Paul explains "the mystery of Christ"—that through the gospel the Gentiles are fellow heirs—and describes his own ministry of proclaiming it. He then closes the first half of the letter with a prayer for the believers and a doxology.
Hosea 6:1–4
[Bible Verses]A passage in which the people of the northern kingdom of Israel declare, "Come, and let us return unto the LORD," while God laments that their faithfulness vanishes as quickly as the dew. Because of its references to "the third day" and "the latter rain," it is frequently cited and debated as a foreshadowing of the resurrection and as a basis for teaching on the outpouring of the Holy Spirit.