And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for the LORD had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria to them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.
And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither did I tell any man what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem: neither was there any animal with me, except the animal that I rode on.
And a letter to Asaph the keeper of the king’s forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which is next to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king consented, according to the good hand of my God upon me.
And my God put into my heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. And I found a register of the genealogy of those that came up at the first, and found written therein,
And Moses said to Pharaoh, Get glory over me: when shall I appeal for you, and for your servants, and for your people, to destroy the frogs from you and your houses, that they may remain in the river only?
The glory of Lebanon shall come to you, the fir tree, the pine tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious.
But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly that now at last your concern for me has flourished again; in which you were also concerned, but you lacked opportunity.
This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, the Lord says, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;
For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.