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But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
And Ben-hadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel; and they smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-maim, and all the store cities of Naphtali.
And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of the Medes, a roll, and therein was a record thus written:
Then David said unto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say unto Joab, Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth one as well as another: make thy battle more strong against the city, and overthrow it: and encourage thou him.
In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.
And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father's house.
And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.
And the king said, Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy father's house.
And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried.
Now when all the princes, and all the people, which had entered into the covenant, heard that every one should let his manservant, and every one his maidservant, go free, that none should serve themselves of them any more, then they obeyed, and let them go.
This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families, these cities with their villages.
And Abner said unto David, I will arise and go, and will gather all Israel unto my lord the king, that they may make a league with thee, and that thou mayest reign over all that thine heart desireth. And David sent Abner away; and he went in peace.
And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the one and fortieth year of his reign.
But also thou shalt not cut off thy kindness from my house for ever: no, not when the LORD hath cut off the enemies of David every one from the face of the earth.
And it was known throughout all Joppa; and many believed in the Lord.
Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.
And under the borders were four wheels; and the axletrees of the wheels were joined to the base: and the height of a wheel was a cubit and half a cubit.
Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved off the one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away.
And he said, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou wouldest bring down Paul to morrow into the council, as though they would enquire somewhat of him more perfectly.
For the same cause also do ye joy, and rejoice with me.
My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness.
Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.
See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty, and I will go with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out throughout all the thousands of Judah.
And now, LORD, thou art God, and hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:
