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But a prophet of the LORD was there, whose name was Oded: and he went out before the host that came to Samaria, and said unto them, Behold, because the LORD God of your fathers was wroth with Judah, he hath delivered them into your hand, and ye have slain them in a rage that reacheth up unto heaven.
He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword.
Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the LORD in Mizpeh.
Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.
A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.
Let them praise the name of the LORD: for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven.
Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off.
When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.
Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.
Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.
Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
And would to God this people were under my hand! then would I remove Abimelech. And he said to Abimelech, Increase thine army, and come out.
Arise, and let us go by night, and let us destroy her palaces.
And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:
And the table and his furniture, and the pure candlestick with all his furniture, and the altar of incense,
The cedars in the garden of God could not hide him: the fir trees were not like his boughs, and the chesnut trees were not like his branches; nor any tree in the garden of God was like unto him in his beauty.
Great are thy tender mercies, O LORD: quicken me according to thy judgments.
She put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workmen's hammer; and with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote off his head, when she had pierced and stricken through his temples.
The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.
But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD.
For as the girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man, so have I caused to cleave unto me the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah, saith the LORD; that they might be unto me for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory: but they would not hear.
Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.
And Samuel took Saul and his servant, and brought them into the parlour, and made them sit in the chiefest place among them that were bidden, which were about thirty persons.
