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Then he numbered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty two: and after them he numbered all the people, even all the children of Israel, being seven thousand.
And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished.
For it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds, and strangers shall no more serve themselves of him:
They come to fight with the Chaldeans, but it is to fill them with the dead bodies of men, whom I have slain in mine anger and in my fury, and for all whose wickedness I have hid my face from this city.
And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.
This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance:
But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.
For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:
But it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, and his wife had told him these things, that his heart died within him, and he became as a stone.
But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!
The men of Anathoth, an hundred twenty and eight.
And answered them after the advice of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add thereto: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and wash them with water.
And the men said unto her, We will be blameless of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear.
And all the elders and all the people said unto him, Hearken not unto him, nor consent.
And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counselled in those days, was as if a man had enquired at the oracle of God: so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom.
Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;
But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' sope:
Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Simeon, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred.
For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?
They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.
And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any that answered. And they leaped upon the altar which was made.
And the LORD was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them, and had respect unto them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from his presence as yet.
