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Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them;
And Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, unto the rulers of Jezreel, to the elders, and to them that brought up Ahab's children, saying,
Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel? saith the LORD. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?
And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
And they answered him, He was an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.
He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he that despiseth his ways shall die.
And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.
Also he made thereunto a border of an handbreadth round about; and made a crown of gold for the border thereof round about.
He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.
But Absalom pressed him, that he let Amnon and all the king's sons go with him.
Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;
So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom: and they fetched a compass of seven days' journey: and there was no water for the host, and for the cattle that followed them.
The sword is without, and the pestilence and the famine within: he that is in the field shall die with the sword; and he that is in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him.
But I will make them keepers of the charge of the house, for all the service thereof, and for all that shall be done therein.
And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman was come into the outward court of the king's house, to speak unto the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.
And David cried to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, Answerest thou not, Abner? Then Abner answered and said, Who art thou that criest to the king?
And ye shall offer a burnt offering for a sweet savour unto the LORD; one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first year without blemish:
With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the LORD our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
And I Daniel fainted, and was sick certain days; afterward I rose up, and did the king's business; and I was astonished at the vision, but none understood it.
See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil;
So they came and called unto the porter of the city: and they told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but horses tied, and asses tied, and the tents as they were.
Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.
