The leadersof Succothsaid,"Are the handsof Zebahand Zalmunnaalreadyin your hands,that we should givebreadto your army?"
and theseare the namesof the sonsof Ishmael,by their names,in the orderof their birth:Nebaioth,the firstbornof Ishmael,and Kedarand Adbeeland Mibsam
Then they satdownto eata meal.And as they raisedtheir eyesand looked,behold,a caravanof Ishmaeliteswas comingfrom Gilead,with their camelsbearingaromaticgumand balmand myrrh,on their wayto bring[them] downto Egypt.
Then someMidianitetraderspassedby, so they pulled[him] up and liftedJosephout of the pit,and soldhim to the Ishmaelitesfor twenty[shekels] of silver.Thus they broughtJosephinto Egypt.
Then the kingof Israelreplied,"Tell[him], 'Let not him who girdson [his armor] boastlike him who takes[it] off.'"
Jehoashkingof Israelsentto Amaziahkingof Judah,saying,"The thornbushwhichwas in Lebanonsentto the cedarwhichwas in Lebanon,saying,'Giveyour daughterto my sonin marriage.'But there passedby a wildbeastthat was in Lebanon,and trampledthe thornbush.
The poormanutterssupplications,But the richmananswersroughly.
For they allseek aftertheir owninterests, not thoseof ChristJesus.
CurseMeroz,'saidthe angelof the LORD,'Utterlycurseits inhabitants;Becausethey did not cometo the helpof the LORD,To the helpof the LORDagainst the warriors.'
He cameto the menof Succothand said,"BeholdZebahand Zalmunna,concerning whomyou tauntedme, saying,Are the handsof Zebahand Zalmunnaalreadyin your hand,that we should givebreadto your menwho are weary?'"
He saidto the menof Succoth,"Pleasegiveloavesof breadto the peoplewhoare followingme, for they are weary,and I am pursuingZebahand Zalmunna,the kingsof Midian."
