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Therefore came all the elders of Israel to the king to Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD; and they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the LORD by Samuel.
And the LORD'S anger was kindled the same time, and he sware, saying,
For he loveth our nation, and he hath built us a synagogue.
Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, Levites, and priests, seal unto it.
And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;
And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the hold.
Either three years' famine; or three months to be destroyed before thy foes, while that the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee; or else three days the sword of the LORD, even the pestilence, in the land, and the angel of the LORD destroying throughout all the coasts of Israel. Now therefore advise thyself what word I shall bring again to him that sent me.
Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days: but in his son's days will I bring the evil upon his house.
Moreover the LORD said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man's pen concerning Maher-shalal-hash-baz.
And the LORD spake unto Gad, David's seer, saying,
And said, I beseech thee, O LORD God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments:
My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man.
And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink.
Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
This is the law of him that hath an issue, and of him whose seed goeth from him, and is defiled therewith;
There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.
And I will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
And that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, in the service of the house of the LORD.
For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.
And all the plain on this side Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the plain, under the springs of Pisgah.
