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And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and slew thirty men of them, and took their spoil, and gave change of garments unto them which expounded the riddle. And his anger was kindled, and he went up to his father's house.
And he said unto him, Fear not: for the hand of Saul my father shall not find thee; and thou shalt be king over Israel, and I shall be next unto thee; and that also Saul my father knoweth.
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,
And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into the east street,
I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: upon a psaltery and an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee.
For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:
Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will punish them: the young men shall die by the sword; their sons and their daughters shall die by famine:
Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.
Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he would not let them go.
And at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,
And say unto them, Hear ye the word of the LORD, ye kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, that enter in by these gates:
Either his uncle, or his uncle's son, may redeem him, or any that is nigh of kin unto him of his family may redeem him; or if he be able, he may redeem himself.
He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
Because the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have performed the commandment of their father, which he commanded them; but this people hath not hearkened unto me:
And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go.
For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.
For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.
Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when he went down to the grave I caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I restrained the floods thereof, and the great waters were stayed: and I caused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him.
And he was buried in his sepulchre in the garden of Uzza: and Josiah his son reigned in his stead.
At the end of seven years let ye go every man his brother an Hebrew, which hath been sold unto thee; and when he hath served thee six years, thou shalt let him go free from thee: but your fathers hearkened not unto me, neither inclined their ear.
Salute all them that have the rule over you, and all the saints. They of Italy salute you.
He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.
