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But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your children, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them:
Then said Hushai unto Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, Thus and thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel; and thus and thus have I counselled.
And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him.
They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?
And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD, when Ehud was dead.
That I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler of the palace, charge over Jerusalem: for he was a faithful man, and feared God above many.
Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I am God? but thou shalt be a man, and no God, in the hand of him that slayeth thee.
And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Beth-el with the towns thereof, and Jeshanah with the towns thereof, and Ephrain with the towns thereof.
And being let go, they went to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said unto them.
That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.
Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: and it hath set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.
When ye have transgressed the covenant of the LORD your God, which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them; then shall the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which he hath given unto you.
And he sent messengers unto Abimelech privily, saying, Behold, Gaal the son of Ebed and his brethren be come to Shechem; and, behold, they fortify the city against thee.
And David sware unto Saul. And Saul went home; but David and his men gat them up unto the hold.
For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:
Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved off the one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away.
Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not.
And touching the house of the king of Judah, say, Hear ye the word of the LORD;
For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.
Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword:
But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
