⁴³These are the kings who ruled in Edom before there were kings in Israel:
    Bela son of Beor, who ruled from his city of Dinhabah.
    ⁴⁴When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah became king.
    ⁴⁵When Jobab died, Husham from the land of the Temanites became king.
    ⁴⁶When Husham died, Hadad son of Bedad became king and ruled from the city of Avith. He was the one who destroyed the Midianite army in the land of Moab.
    ⁴⁷When Hadad died, Samlah from the city of Masrekah became king.
    ⁴⁸When Samlah died, Shaul from the city of Rehoboth on the Euphrates River became king.
    ⁴⁹When Shaul died, Baal-hanan son of Acbor became king.
    ⁵⁰When Baal-hanan died, Hadad became king and ruled from the city of Pau. His wife was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred and granddaughter of Me-zahab.⁵¹Then Hadad died.
    The clan leaders of Edom were Timna, Alvah, Jetheth,⁵²Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon,⁵³Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar,⁵⁴Magdiel, and Iram. These were the clan leaders of Edom.
    ¹The sons of Israel were Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,²Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
    ³Judah had three sons through Bathshua, a Canaanite woman. Their names were Er, Onan, and Shelah. But the oldest son, Er, was a wicked man, so the LORD killed him.⁴Later Judah had twin sons through Tamar, his widowed daughter-in-law. Their names were Perez and Zerah. So Judah had five sons in all.
    ⁵The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.
    ⁶The sons of Zerah were Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Darda--five in all.

⁷Achan son of Carmi, one of Zerah's descendants, brought disaster on Israel by taking plunder that had been set apart for the LORD.

¹⁶Their sisters were named Zeruiah and Abigail. Zeruiah had three sons named Abishai, Joab, and Asahel.

¹²The next morning a group of Jews got together and bound themselves with an oath to neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.¹³There were more than forty of them.¹⁴They went to the leading priests and other leaders and told them what they had done. "We have bound ourselves under oath to neither eat nor drink until we have killed Paul.¹⁵You and the high council should tell the commander to bring Paul back to the council again," they requested. "Pretend you want to examine his case more fully. We will kill him on the way."¹⁶But Paul's nephew heard of their plan and went to the fortress and told Paul.¹⁷Paul called one of the officers and said, "Take this young man to the commander. He has something important to tell him."¹⁸So the officer did, explaining, "Paul, the prisoner, called me over and asked me to bring this young man to you because he has something to tell you."¹⁹The commander took him by the arm, led him aside, and asked, "What is it you want to tell me?"²⁰Paul's nephew told him, "Some Jews are going to ask you to bring Paul before the Jewish high council tomorrow, pretending they want to get some more information.²¹But don't do it! There are more than forty men hiding along the way ready to jump him and kill him. They have vowed not to eat or drink until they kill him. They are ready, expecting you to agree to their request."²²"Don't let a soul know you told me this," the commander warned the young man as he sent him away.

²³Then the commander called two of his officers and ordered, "Get two hundred soldiers ready to leave for Caesarea at nine o'clock tonight. Also take two hundred spearmen and seventy horsemen.²⁴Provide horses for Paul to ride, and get him safely to Governor Felix."²⁵Then he wrote this letter to the governor:

²⁶"From Claudius Lysias, to his Excellency, Governor Felix. Greetings!