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Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, gathered themselves together, and went up, they and all their hosts, and encamped before Gibeon, and made war against it.
And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.
My God will cast them away, because they did not hearken unto him: and they shall be wanderers among the nations.
And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, to bear it withal; he made the altar hollow with boards.
I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee:
And there went a proclamation throughout the host about the going down of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and every man to his own country.
Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you.
And the haft also went in after the blade; and the fat closed upon the blade, so that he could not draw the dagger out of his belly; and the dirt came out.
And I will give thee into the hand of them that seek thy life, and into the hand of them whose face thou fearest, even into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of the Chaldeans.
Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall, and turned back, and entered by the gate of the valley, and so returned.
Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?
And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the LORD.
The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
And king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the LORD for ever.
That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out?
And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none be defiled for the dead among his people:
And they understood none of these things: and this saying was hid from them, neither knew they the things which were spoken.
And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave unto the people, and they did eat. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and ministered unto him.
And Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah,
Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.
And the multitude sat about him, and they said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren without seek for thee.
And David said unto him, How went the matter? I pray thee, tell me. And he answered, That the people are fled from the battle, and many of the people also are fallen and dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also.
