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But camest back, and hast eaten bread and drunk water in the place, of the which the LORD did say to thee, Eat no bread, and drink no water; thy carcase shall not come unto the sepulchre of thy fathers.
And David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spake in the name of the LORD.
O LORD our God, all this store that we have prepared to build thee an house for thine holy name cometh of thine hand, and is all thine own.
For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God's ministers, attending continually upon this very thing.
They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away.
And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.
For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.
And they went from Kehelathah, and pitched in mount Shapher.
And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him.
And Alammelech, and Amad, and Misheal; and reacheth to Carmel westward, and to Shihor-libnath;
Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.
But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.
His body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in colour to polished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude.
Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.
Furthermore David the king said unto all the congregation, Solomon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great: for the palace is not for man, but for the LORD God.
Thus saith the LORD; Stand in the court of the LORD'S house, and speak unto all the cities of Judah, which come to worship in the LORD'S house, all the words that I command thee to speak unto them; diminish not a word:
Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.
These are the children of the province, that went up out of the captivity, of those that had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and came again to Jerusalem and to Judah, every one unto his city;
And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.
The LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me.
And Saul said, Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son. And Jonathan was taken.
David therefore did as God commanded him: and they smote the host of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gazer.
He left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee.
Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my judgments, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord GOD.
