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And the king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Deal gently for my sake with the young man, even with Absalom. And all the people heard when the king gave all the captains charge concerning Absalom.
(For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled;)
Then said the high priest, Are these things so?
The children of Jericho, three hundred forty and five.
Thou hast played the whore also with the Assyrians, because thou wast unsatiable; yea, thou hast played the harlot with them, and yet couldest not be satisfied.
Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people;
And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he gathered of the house of Judah and Benjamin an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against Israel, that he might bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam.
And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and hanged on a tree:
Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah: these were the priests.
And would not suffer that any man should carry any vessel through the temple.
Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
And he said, Woe unto you also, ye lawyers! for ye lade men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers.
Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?
If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine! yea, both the prophet and the priest go about into a land that they know not.
Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.
But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;
This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.
Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only poll their heads.
This also cometh forth from the LORD of hosts, which is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working.
Yet the LORD would not destroy Judah for David his servant's sake, as he promised him to give him alway a light, and to his children.
Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.
The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity.
