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Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the book of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer concerning genealogies? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.
And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;
And one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering.
Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.
Of Asher; Pagiel the son of Ocran.
The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.
Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Behold, I am bringing such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever heareth of it, both his ears shall tingle.
And next him were Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, in their set office, to give to their brethren by courses, as well to the great as to the small:
And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the LORD looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians,
Yet many years didst thou forbear them, and testifiedst against them by thy spirit in thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the people of the lands.
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.
Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon.
Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.
Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together.
That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress.
So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, Let the LORD even require it at the hand of David's enemies.
And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
For indeed the hand of the LORD was against them, to destroy them from among the host, until they were consumed.
Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.
And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said unto them, As the LORD liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity,
They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men.
Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.
The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their masters' houses with violence and deceit.
