Show me someone who does a good job, and I will show you someone who is better than most and worthy of the company of kings.

and he placed 3,300 foremen in charge of them to supervise their work.

But how can I alone bear the heavy responsibility for settling your disputes?

I will destroy the Assyrians in my land of Israel and trample them on my mountains. I will free my people from the Assyrian yoke and from the burdens they have had to bear.

For the yoke I will give you is easy, and the load I will put on you is light."

The land will be divided among them in seven parts; Judah will stay in its territory in the south, and Joseph in its territory in the north.

The tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh went to attack the city of Bethel, at that time called Luz. The LORD helped them. They sent spies to the city,

(SEE 1:22)

I know, sir, that I have sinned, and this is why I am the first one from the northern tribes to come and meet Your Majesty today."

Go to the LORD, and you will live. If you do not go, he will sweep down like fire on the people of Israel. The fire will burn up the people of Bethel, and no one will be able to put it out.

"I will make the people of Judah strong; I will rescue the people of Israel. I will have compassion on them and bring them all back home. They will be as though I had never rejected them. I am the LORD their God; I will answer their prayers.