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And it came to pass after this, that there arose war at Gezer with the Philistines; at which time Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Sippai, that was of the children of the giant: and they were subdued.
When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)
And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.
So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.
Bless the LORD, O house of Israel: bless the LORD, O house of Aaron:
And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.
And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.
But if the slayer shall at any time come without the border of the city of his refuge, whither he was fled;
And his fellowservant fell down at his feet, and besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women's house, to know how Esther did, and what should become of her.
He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight.
And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Pray now unto the LORD our God for us.
O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.
Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
Then they brought out the king's son, and put upon him the crown, and gave him the testimony, and made him king. And Jehoiada and his sons anointed him, and said, God save the king.
When they went, they went upon their four sides; they turned not as they went, but to the place whither the head looked they followed it; they turned not as they went.
Then Achish called David, and said unto him, Surely, as the LORD liveth, thou hast been upright, and thy going out and thy coming in with me in the host is good in my sight: for I have not found evil in thee since the day of thy coming unto me unto this day: nevertheless the lords favour thee not.
The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.
And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a season.
And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it.
And he said unto Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou go with me to battle to Ramoth-gilead? And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I am as thou art, my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses.
Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary unto me;
The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycomores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars.
