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Then said Saul unto the people that were with him, Number now, and see who is gone from us. And when they had numbered, behold, Jonathan and his armourbearer were not there.
And all the people, even the people of war that were with him, went up, and drew nigh, and came before the city, and pitched on the north side of Ai: now there was a valley between them and Ai.
And out of the tribe of Gad; Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, and Mahanaim with her suburbs,
For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.
There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
Of the sons of Uzziel; Michah the first, and Jesiah the second.
Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.
Moreover he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them: and after that his brethren talked with him.
Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah,
And Israel vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.
Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
Also, thou son of man, prophesy unto the mountains of Israel, and say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD:
Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.
And Zabad begat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat Obed,
And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said unto them, Ahab served Baal a little; but Jehu shall serve him much.
I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD:
If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, and get thee up into the place which the LORD thy God shall choose;
Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do.
The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his sons not to drink wine, are performed; for unto this day they drink none, but obey their father's commandment: notwithstanding I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye hearkened not unto me.
And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter.
Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your bounty, whereof ye had notice before, that the same might be ready, as a matter of bounty, and not as of covetousness.
