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And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went away.
Howbeit I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand: but I will make him prince all the days of his life for David my servant's sake, whom I chose, because he kept my commandments and my statutes:
He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives.
And he set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them to the service of the house of the LORD,
Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:
But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short time in presence, not in heart, endeavoured the more abundantly to see your face with great desire.
And say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys; Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword upon you, and I will destroy your high places.
Then all the people went to the house of Baal, and brake it down, and brake his altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.
It hath pleased them verily; and their debtors they are. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, their duty is also to minister unto them in carnal things.
And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest ought of thy neighbour's hand, ye shall not oppress one another:
He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace:
And all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.
Behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, shall lop the bough with terror: and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the haughty shall be humbled.
There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.
And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men, whom I know not whence they be?
She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar.
They took therefore two chariot horses; and the king sent after the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see.
And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead.
Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah unto the king, Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? let me go over, I pray thee, and take off his head.
And he went up from thence unto Beth-el: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.
And the LORD said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour.
Thou shalt stand abroad, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring out the pledge abroad unto thee.
