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And the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the Ephraimites: and it was so, that when those Ephraimites which were escaped said, Let me go over; that the men of Gilead said unto him, Art thou an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay;
And ten young men that bare Joab's armour compassed about and smote Absalom, and slew him.
And they arose and took away the altars that were in Jerusalem, and all the altars for incense took they away, and cast them into the brook Kidron.
Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled for this thing; and he called his servants, and said unto them, Will ye not shew me which of us is for the king of Israel?
For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.
He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.
Then the angel of the LORD commanded Gad to say to David, that David should go up, and set up an altar unto the LORD in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.
And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
And of the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel the son of Ammihud.
And he arose, and went into the house; and he poured the oil on his head, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I have anointed thee king over the people of the LORD, even over Israel.
Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the LORD helped me.
Yet they sent unto me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner.
Nevertheless a lad saw them, and told Absalom: but they went both of them away quickly, and came to a man's house in Bahurim, which had a well in his court; whither they went down.
And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons likewise of king David, submitted themselves unto Solomon the king.
And they shall be desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate, and her cities shall be in the midst of the cities that are wasted.
And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.
He that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face: keep the munition, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily.
O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness; Selah:
Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the LORD my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it.
And I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel: for they have committed lewdness and folly in Israel.
And they that heard it said, Who then can be saved?
And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it:
Then shall they know that I am the LORD their God, which caused them to be led into captivity among the heathen: but I have gathered them unto their own land, and have left none of them any more there.
All the males among the children of Aaron shall eat of it. It shall be a statute for ever in your generations concerning the offerings of the LORD made by fire: every one that toucheth them shall be holy.
