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And thou, son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning the Ammonites, and concerning their reproach; even say thou, The sword, the sword is drawn: for the slaughter it is furbished, to consume because of the glittering:
And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.
This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, to serve, and for burdens:
Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness.
And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.
And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and he speedily gave her her things for purification, with such things as belonged to her, and seven maidens, which were meet to be given her, out of the king's house: and he preferred her and her maids unto the best place of the house of the women.
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire:
And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me;
The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify thy name for evermore.
Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
Wilt not thou, O God, which hadst cast us off? and thou, O God, which didst not go out with our armies?
But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.
Then shall his brother's wife come unto him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face, and shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto that man that will not build up his brother's house.
Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD.
Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast. And all the people shall say, Amen.
And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the children of Ammon:
Thus saith the LORD, After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of Kabzeel, who had done many acts, he slew two lionlike men of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow:
Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
And it came to pass, when Baasha heard it, that he left off building of Ramah, and let his work cease.
And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah, with the tribe of Benjamin, an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.
And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for to build the house of the LORD, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.
