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Then said Hushai unto Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, Thus and thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel; and thus and thus have I counselled.
Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord,
Nevertheless leave the stump of his roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts in the grass of the earth:
And the king said, Is there not yet any of the house of Saul, that I may shew the kindness of God unto him? And Ziba said unto the king, Jonathan hath yet a son, which is lame on his feet.
And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that killeth him.
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 there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these were men of valour.
And at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag,
So again have I thought in these days to do well unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye not.
An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith the LORD.
Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
And under the custody and charge of the sons of Merari shall be the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof, and all the vessels thereof, and all that serveth thereto,
Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts with righteousness.
I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.
And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon:
And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold, to bear the table.
And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness;
And, behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus: and when they saw him, they besought him that he would depart out of their coasts.
And it came to pass after forty years, that Absalom said unto the king, I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed unto the LORD, in Hebron.
And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed:
For thus hath the LORD of hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and cast a mount against Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited; she is wholly oppression in the midst of her.
Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God?
