Azariah the priest, accompanied by eighty strong and courageous priests, followed the king

The king made Benaiah commander of the army in Joab's place and put Zadok the priest in Abiathar's place.

Zadok, Ahimaaz,

Seraiah, Jehozadak.

The Sovereign LORD said, "Those priests belonging to the tribe of Levi who are descended from Zadok, however, continued to serve me faithfully in the Temple when the rest of the people of Israel turned away from me. So now they are the ones who are to serve me and come into my presence to offer me the fat and the blood of the sacrifices.

Honor the LORD by making him an offering from the best of all that your land produces.

Today is the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, the day that the foundation of the Temple has been completed. See what is going to happen from now on.

Bring the full amount of your tithes to the Temple, so that there will be plenty of food there. Put me to the test and you will see that I will open the windows of heaven and pour out on you in abundance all kinds of good things.

Physical exercise has some value, but spiritual exercise is valuable in every way, because it promises life both for the present and for the future.

but he answered, "Do you think this is enough for a hundred men?" Elisha replied, "Give it to them to eat, because the LORD says that they will eat and still have some left over."

So the servant set the food before them, and as the LORD had said, they all ate, and there was still some left over.

They all ate and had enough. Then the disciples took up seven baskets full of pieces left over.

Here, then, is my receipt for everything you have given me---and it has been more than enough! I have all I need now that Epaphroditus has brought me all your gifts. They are like a sweet-smelling offering to God, a sacrifice which is acceptable and pleasing to him.

Isaac sowed crops in that land, and that year he harvested a hundred times as much as he had sown, because the LORD blessed him.

Laban said to him, "Let me say this: I have learned by divination that the LORD has blessed me because of you.

Jacob answered, "You know how I have worked for you and how your flocks have prospered under my care.

From then on, because of Joseph the LORD blessed the household of the Egyptian and everything that he had in his house and in his fields.

The jailer did not have to look after anything for which Joseph was responsible, because the LORD was with Joseph and made him succeed in everything he did.

The LORD will bless the land in the sixth year so that it will produce enough food for two years.

I will send you rain at the right time, so that the land will produce crops and the trees will bear fruit.

Your crops will be so plentiful that you will still be harvesting grain when it is time to pick grapes, and you will still be picking grapes when it is time to plant grain. You will have all that you want to eat, and you can live in safety in your land.

"The LORD your God will bless your work and fill your barns with grain. He will bless you in the land that he is giving you.

It is the LORD's blessing that makes you wealthy. Hard work can make you no richer.

And God is able to give you more than you need, so that you will always have all you need for yourselves and more than enough for every good cause.

And God, who supplies seed for the sower and bread to eat, will also supply you with all the seed you need and will make it grow and produce a rich harvest from your generosity.