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And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and out of Syria-maachah, and out of Zobah.
And send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the Ammonites, and to the king of Tyrus, and to the king of Zidon, by the hand of the messengers which come to Jerusalem unto Zedekiah king of Judah;
And the Philistine came on and drew near unto David; and the man that bare the shield went before him.
And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.
For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me.
Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying?
He shall drink of the brook in the way: therefore shall he lift up the head.
Their blood shall therefore return upon the head of Joab, and upon the head of his seed for ever: but upon David, and upon his seed, and upon his house, and upon his throne, shall there be peace for ever from the LORD.
And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent.
For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee.
The LORD shall count, when he writeth up the people, that this man was born there. Selah.
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.
The LORD taketh my part with them that help me: therefore shall I see my desire upon them that hate me.
And all Judah rejoiced at the oath: for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them: and the LORD gave them rest round about.
And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments, and with all their service: and by name ye shall reckon the instruments of the charge of their burden.
Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?
And both of them discovered themselves unto the garrison of the Philistines: and the Philistines said, Behold, the Hebrews come forth out of the holes where they had hid themselves.
Then went he also to Ramah, and came to a great well that is in Sechu: and he asked and said, Where are Samuel and David? And one said, Behold, they be at Naioth in Ramah.
Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the LORD, and my work with my God.
And to the genealogy of all their little ones, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, through all the congregation: for in their set office they sanctified themselves in holiness:
There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and died without children.
For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.
The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.
