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And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them, with Kenath, and the towns thereof, even threescore cities. All these belonged to the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.
But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD besides, that we might enquire of him?
Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and brake the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities.
There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number.
For I say unto you, I will not any more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God.
All the families that remain, every family apart, and their wives apart.
And this rumour of him went forth throughout all Judaea, and throughout all the region round about.
I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.
His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.
Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate, a captive, and removing to and fro? and who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where had they been?
For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.
But thou, O LORD, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them.
Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it:
And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them.
Then answered the LORD unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
And brought out Israel from among them: for his mercy endureth for ever:
And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places.
And it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way; and he had clad himself with a new garment; and they two were alone in the field:
Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people, transgressed very much after all the abominations of the heathen; and polluted the house of the LORD which he had hallowed in Jerusalem.
Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.
And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters:
But did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, like unto the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel.
For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.
