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Wherefore Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent unto Hoham king of Hebron, and unto Piram king of Jarmuth, and unto Japhia king of Lachish, and unto Debir king of Eglon, saying,
Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.
And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
Especially because I know thee to be expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews: wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently.
He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.
So David and his men rose up early to depart in the morning, to return into the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel.
And the border shall fetch a compass from Azmon unto the river of Egypt, and the goings out of it shall be at the sea.
Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, who hast done great things: O God, who is like unto thee!
For thy name's sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great.
For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence.
Therefore shalt thou give presents to Moresheth-gath: the houses of Achzib shall be a lie to the kings of Israel.
Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it: but thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing.
If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:
Now the king sat in the winterhouse in the ninth month: and there was a fire on the hearth burning before him.
And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and brake it down; his altars and his images brake they in pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of the LORD.
And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh's head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn.
The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims;
And he shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of the south with a great army; and the king of the south shall be stirred up to battle with a very great and mighty army; but he shall not stand: for they shall forecast devices against him.
And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and went not fully after the LORD, as did David his father.
Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the LORD.
And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.
I even weighed unto their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels an hundred talents, and of gold an hundred talents;
