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And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:
He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.
And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and all the fields unto the brook of Kidron, unto the corner of the horse gate toward the east, shall be holy unto the LORD; it shall not be plucked up, nor thrown down any more for ever.
In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him.
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, which is with the sheep.
As the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did, and they divided the land.
One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room; lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him;
Then came also publicans to be baptized, and said unto him, Master, what shall we do?
Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank.
All the days of his separation he is holy unto the LORD.
And when he was departed thence, he went into their synagogue:
Of the sons of Bani; Maadai, Amram, and Uel,
And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in to the LORD the collection that Moses the servant of God laid upon Israel in the wilderness.
And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites became David's servants, and brought gifts.
Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me. Behold, I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned.
And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?
For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak.
And I will do in thee that which I have not done, and whereunto I will not do any more the like, because of all thine abominations.
And these are the numbers of them according to the house of their fathers: Of Judah, the captains of thousands; Adnah the chief, and with him mighty men of valour three hundred thousand.
I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name; for it is good before thy saints.
Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation,
I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.
