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And it came to pass, when David was come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,
And from Betah, and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king David took exceeding much brass.
And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to day?
For the LORD hath turned away the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out, and marred their vine branches.
But when the congregation is to be gathered together, ye shall blow, but ye shall not sound an alarm.
The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.
He made the pillars thereof of silver, the bottom thereof of gold, the covering of it of purple, the midst thereof being paved with love, for the daughters of Jerusalem.
Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was full of good works and almsdeeds which she did.
And thou shalt anoint the altar of the burnt offering, and all his vessels, and sanctify the altar: and it shall be an altar most holy.
And the children of Israel removed from Rameses, and pitched in Succoth.
And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.
How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray?
Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father's children shall bow down before thee.
And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.
And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.
Behold Israel after the flesh: are not they which eat of the sacrifices partakers of the altar?
But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey to ourselves.
Afterward he brought me to the gate, even the gate that looketh toward the east:
Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand.
Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.
And it shall come to pass, that when they enter in at the gates of the inner court, they shall be clothed with linen garments; and no wool shall come upon them, whiles they minister in the gates of the inner court, and within.
The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen.
Then Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha was building; and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah.
