men, fled out of the land, and went to live with Omer.
Akish had other sons, who won the hearts of the people, even though they had vowed to their father to do all kinds of sinful things according to their father's desires.
Akish's people wanted money just as much as Akish wanted power. So Akish's sons bribed the people with money and thereby gained most of their support.
Then a war broke out between Akish and his sons. This war lasted many years and destroyed all but thirty people in the kingdom, not including those who had fled to join Omer's people.
Then Omer was restored again to the land of his inheritance. As he grew old, he had a son named Emer, and anointed him to be the next king.
Omer had seen many days of sorrow, but he enjoyed peace for the next two years. After Omer died, Emer reigned righteously as his father had.
The Lord. began to take the curse off the land again, and the house of Emer prospered greatly under his reign.
Sixty-two years later, Emer's people had become very strong and rich. They had all kinds of fruit, grain, silk, linen, gold, silver and precious things. They also had cattle, oxen, sheep, pigs, goats, and many other kinds of animals for food.
They had horses and donkeys, and other types of animals that were very useful to them, including elephants.
The Lord poured out His blessings upon this land--a land more choice than any other. He commands those who live here to remember Him or else be destroyed when fully ripe in iniquity.
