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Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say unto you, Smite Amnon; then kill him, fear not: have not I commanded you? be courageous, and be valiant.
He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end,
And again he saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people.
But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight.
And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD.
Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through the waters; the waters were to the knees. Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through; the waters were to the loins.
When they had heard these words, they marvelled, and left him, and went their way.
Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: therefore I love thy testimonies.
And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity.
Moreover he provided him cities, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance: for God had given him substance very much.
And on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness upon the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.
For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
But a prophet of the LORD was there, whose name was Oded: and he went out before the host that came to Samaria, and said unto them, Behold, because the LORD God of your fathers was wroth with Judah, he hath delivered them into your hand, and ye have slain them in a rage that reacheth up unto heaven.
And Micaiah said, If thou return at all in peace, the LORD hath not spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, O people, every one of you.
Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the revenger of blood according to these judgments:
And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.
Though I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me.
O praise the LORD, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people.
That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivers have spoiled!
The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the LORD hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the LORD hath commanded him to be captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that which the LORD commanded thee.
