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And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his stead: for the band of men that came with the Arabians to the camp had slain all the eldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned.
Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.
For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they be mighty men, and they be chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.
Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.
When Joab and all the host that was with him were come, they told Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he hath sent him away, and he is gone in peace.
Kedemoth also with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs:
And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape.
For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me.
And it shall come to pass, when ye be multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, saith the LORD, they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of the LORD: neither shall it come to mind: neither shall they remember it; neither shall they visit it; neither shall that be done any more.
The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.
And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee.
Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat.
Therefore they enquired of the LORD further, if the man should yet come thither. And the LORD answered, Behold, he hath hid himself among the stuff.
Ye have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you, saith the Lord GOD.
Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
And these are the numbers of the bands that were ready armed to the war, and came to David to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of the LORD.
And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the inn, he espied his money; for, behold, it was in his sack's mouth.
And the Lord GOD of hosts is he that toucheth the land, and it shall melt, and all that dwell therein shall mourn: and it shall rise up wholly like a flood; and shall be drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.
But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him.
The wings of these cherubims spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were inward.
Thus saith the LORD, After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.
