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And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abel-mizraim, which is beyond Jordan.
And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters are good and right; but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee.
For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things.
And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
Therefore now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Lord GOD, hast spoken it: and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever.
And when Moses heard that, he was content.
And let the maiden which pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.
Fear, and the pit, and the snare, shall be upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the LORD.
For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.
Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father's house have sinned.
And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables:
Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad: wherefore then have ye brought him to me?
And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a loud voice, saying,
And he put them on the shoulders of the ephod, that they should be stones for a memorial to the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses.
According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me.
And he prepared great provision for them: and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. So the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.
Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdal-gad,
Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
And his servants conspired against him, and slew him in his own house.
But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask him.
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land of your habitations, which I give unto you,
Or in enmity smite him with his hand, that he die: he that smote him shall surely be put to death; for he is a murderer: the revenger of blood shall slay the murderer, when he meeteth him.
