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And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and saw an altar that was at Damascus: and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship thereof.
And when he had saluted them, he declared particularly what things God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministry.
For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor saints which are at Jerusalem.
And Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath fully been shewed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine husband: and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore.
But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children:
For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.
But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them:
Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;
O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God!
And to them which were in Aroer, and to them which were in Siphmoth, and to them which were in Eshtemoa,
Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange slips:
And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren an ephah of this parched corn, and these ten loaves, and run to the camp to thy brethren;
And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the oracle: and he made chambers round about:
And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt.
I will extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me.
Thus saith the LORD, Write ye this man childless, a man that shall not prosper in his days: for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah.
Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.
How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last end.
Wherefore now return, and go in peace, that thou displease not the lords of the Philistines.
So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him,
If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.
How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!
So David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and smote them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.
They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
