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And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I sware to him by the LORD, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword.
The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? why tarry the wheels of his chariots?
And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.
For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me.
Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what is among them.
And they were astonished at his doctrine: for his word was with power.
Consume them in wrath, consume them, that they may not be: and let them know that God ruleth in Jacob unto the ends of the earth. Selah.
The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and eight.
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Ye have seen all the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, and upon all the cities of Judah; and, behold, this day they are a desolation, and no man dwelleth therein,
Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of thy head.
Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained?
I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.
And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words? God forbid that thy servants should do according to this thing:
Thus saith the LORD, After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.
And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when he had called her, she stood before him.
Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord hath given me to edification, and not to destruction.
Then Amaziah separated them, to wit, the army that was come to him out of Ephraim, to go home again: wherefore their anger was greatly kindled against Judah, and they returned home in great anger.
The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, whether she be born at home, or born abroad, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover.
Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the LORD had delivered thee to day into mine hand in the cave: and some bade me kill thee: but mine eye spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth mine hand against my lord; for he is the LORD'S anointed.
Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth.
Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.
And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins:
But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?
