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On the eighth day he sent the people away: and they blessed the king, and went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that the LORD had done for David his servant, and for Israel his people.
Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for their's is the kingdom of heaven.
And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the people, Go, number Israel from Beer-sheba even to Dan; and bring the number of them to me, that I may know it.
And this will we do, if God permit.
And in the days of Saul they made war with the Hagarites, who fell by their hand: and they dwelt in their tents throughout all the east land of Gilead.
And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, with certain chief of the fathers, after the house of their fathers, and all of them by their names, were separated, and sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.
Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, loosing thence, they sailed close by Crete.
And he went unto his father's house at Ophrah, and slew his brethren the sons of Jerubbaal, being threescore and ten persons, upon one stone: notwithstanding yet Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left; for he hid himself.
And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.
Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread, neither had they in the ship with them more than one loaf.
Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some other place: and it will come to pass, when some of them be overthrown at the first, that whosoever heareth it will say, There is a slaughter among the people that follow Absalom.
Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, from Lo-debar.
Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah,
And Jethro, Moses' father in law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness, where he encamped at the mount of God:
And it came to pass, while they were in the way, that tidings came to David, saying, Absalom hath slain all the king's sons, and there is not one of them left.
Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes.
For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.
The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round behind: and there were stays on either side on the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the stays.
So every man of Israel went up from after David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah clave unto their king, from Jordan even to Jerusalem.
Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit.
And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand.
They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright.
