- he read:
- "Then¹ saidª° Solomon,ª The LORDª hath saidª° that he would dwellª° in the thick darkness.ª ... And in itª have I putª°¹ the ark,ª wherein¹¹ [is] the covenantª of the LORD,ª that¹ he madeª° with¹ the childrenª of Israel.ª" {2Ch 6:1-11} + "Also in the thirdª yearª of his reignª° he sentª° to his princes,ª [even] to Benhail,ª and to Obadiah,ª and to Zechariah,ª and to Nethaneel,ª and to Michaiah,ª to teachª° in the citiesª of Judah.ª ... And they taughtª° in Judah,ª and [had] the bookª of the lawª of the LORDª with¹ them, and went aboutª° throughout all¹ the citiesª of Judah,ª and taughtª° the people.ª" {2Ch 17:7-9} + "And it shall be,¹ when he sittethª° upon¹ the throneª of his kingdom,ª that he shall writeª° him¹ a copyª of this¹ lawª in¹ a bookª out of [that which is] beforeª¹ the priestsª the Levites:ª ... That his heartª be not¹ lifted upª° above his brethren,ª¹ and that he turn not asideª°¹ from¹ the commandment,ª [to] the right hand,ª or [to] the left:ª to the end that¹ he may prolongª° [his] daysª in¹ his kingdom,ª he,¹ and his children,ª in the midstª of Israel.ª" {Deu 17:18-20} + "And Ezraª the priestª broughtª°¹ the lawª beforeª the congregationª both of menª¹ and women,ª and all¹ that could hearª° with understanding,ª° upon the firstª dayª of the seventhª month.ª ... And Ezraª openedª° the bookª in the sightª of all¹ the people;ª (for¹ he was¹ above¹¹ all¹ the people;)ª and when he openedª° it, all¹ the peopleª stood up:ª°" {Neh 8:2-5} + "I¹ the Preacherª was¹ kingª over¹ Israelª in Jerusalem.ª" {Ecc 1:12} + "And moreover,ª because the preacherª was¹¹ wise,ª he still¹ taughtª°¹ the peopleª knowledge;ª yea, he gave good heed,²°¹ and sought out,ª° [and] set in orderª° manyª° proverbs.ª ... The preacherª soughtª° to find outª° acceptableª words:ª and [that which was] writtenª° [was] upright,ª [even] wordsª of truth.ª" {Ecc 12:9-10}
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