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And they withstood Uzziah the king, and said unto him, It appertaineth not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto the LORD, but to the priests the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense: go out of the sanctuary; for thou hast trespassed; neither shall it be for thine honour from the LORD God.
So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward.
My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.
There was a division therefore again among the Jews for these sayings.
And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.
The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skilful in war, were four and forty thousand seven hundred and threescore, that went out to the war.
For I verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged already, as though I were present, concerning him that hath so done this deed,
Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:
They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt;
And all the wise men, that wrought all the work of the sanctuary, came every man from his work which they made;
These be those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.
They gave money also unto the masons, and to the carpenters; and meat, and drink, and oil, unto them of Zidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea of Joppa, according to the grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia.
Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee.
And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the heathen, such as they have not heard.
I know thy works, and charity, and service, and faith, and thy patience, and thy works; and the last to be more than the first.
For I am full of matter, the spirit within me constraineth me.
And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword.
I will also smite mine hands together, and I will cause my fury to rest: I the LORD have said it.
Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off man and beast from it:
And at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag,
Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.
Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints' feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed every good work.
