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And to his father he sent after this manner; ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten she asses laden with corn and bread and meat for his father by the way.
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 when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he was afraid of him.
And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counsellor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he offered sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong; for the people increased continually with Absalom.
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
And it shall come to pass, when the LORD shall have done to my lord according to all the good that he hath spoken concerning thee, and shall have appointed thee ruler over Israel;
To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;
As keepers of a field, are they against her round about; because she hath been rebellious against me, saith the LORD.
And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet.
But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.
And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers:
Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions: and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard.
Also I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and led you forty years through the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.
And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew a thousand men therewith.
And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must first come?
Then said he unto Zebah and Zalmunna, What manner of men were they whom ye slew at Tabor? And they answered, As thou art, so were they; each one resembled the children of a king.
The king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one;
The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven.
But the hand of the LORD was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and smote them with emerods, even Ashdod and the coasts thereof.
Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.
Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city be laid waste?
But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!
Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store unto this day, shall be carried into Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the LORD.
Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall in no wise enter therein.
