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And Jonathan spake good of David unto Saul his father, and said unto him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David; because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works have been to thee-ward very good:
Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.
And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive?
For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many: therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and live.
And he left them, and entering into the ship again departed to the other side.
And they shall come from the cities of Judah, and from the places about Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the plain, and from the mountains, and from the south, bringing burnt offerings, and sacrifices, and meat offerings, and incense, and bringing sacrifices of praise, unto the house of the LORD.
And it was told him by certain which said, Thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to see thee.
My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise.
Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from thy feet: for the place where thou standest is holy ground.
Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold.
Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the LORD.
And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace.
Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.
And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.
Then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the house, and shut up the house seven days:
For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.
Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.
But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven.
And they commanded the people, saying, When ye see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then ye shall remove from your place, and go after it.
Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene.
And the LORD said unto Moses, Number all the firstborn of the males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names.
To morrow about this time I will send thee a man out of the land of Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him to be captain over my people Israel, that he may save my people out of the hand of the Philistines: for I have looked upon my people, because their cry is come unto me.
