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And David said on that day, Whosoever getteth up to the gutter, and smiteth the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind, that are hated of David's soul, he shall be chief and captain. Wherefore they said, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house.
And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beer-sheba, and brake down the high places of the gates that were in the entering in of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on a man's left hand at the gate of the city.
Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.
And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son's name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael.
And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.
And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water.
He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:
I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.
His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb.
And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
At that time when David saw that the LORD had answered him in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there.
And when the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were gathered together to Mizpeh, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the children of Israel heard it, they were afraid of the Philistines.
Erastus abode at Corinth: but Trophimus have I left at Miletum sick.
O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath had no husband; for her may he be defiled.
The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient,
Then shalt thou be clear from this my oath, when thou comest to my kindred; and if they give not thee one, thou shalt be clear from my oath.
And I did so as I was commanded: I brought forth my stuff by day, as stuff for captivity, and in the even I digged through the wall with mine hand; I brought it forth in the twilight, and I bare it upon my shoulder in their sight.
So they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him.
And David perceived that the LORD had confirmed him king over Israel, for his kingdom was lifted up on high, because of his people Israel.
And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up.
And again he went away, and prayed, and spake the same words.
