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And David sent messengers unto the men of Jabesh-gilead, and said unto them, Blessed be ye of the LORD, that ye have shewed this kindness unto your lord, even unto Saul, and have buried him.
It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make enquiry.
When that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, and said unto him, We will not hide it from my lord, how that our money is spent; my lord also hath our herds of cattle; there is not ought left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands:
Then shall he return into his land with great riches; and his heart shall be against the holy covenant; and he shall do exploits, and return to his own land.
Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?
For the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they departed not from them;
The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha.
They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways.
For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste.
And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue of them that remain of this evil family, which remain in all the places whither I have driven them, saith the LORD of hosts.
They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.
Then were the king's scribes called at that time in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language.
And he went on his journeys from the south even to Beth-el, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Beth-el and Hai;
The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
I decked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain on thy neck.
But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the light of Israel.
And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying:
For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:
And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, that God had prepared the people: for the thing was done suddenly.
Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, where the seer's house is.
Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine:
And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem:
How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!
