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Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say unto you, Smite Amnon; then kill him, fear not: have not I commanded you? be courageous, and be valiant.
Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I am the LORD.
Behold, O LORD; for I am in distress: my bowels are troubled; mine heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: abroad the sword bereaveth, at home there is as death.
And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did they.
And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah did.
Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others smote him with the palms of their hands,
He built even Beth-lehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,
Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.
That they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.
O LORD, for thy servant's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all this greatness, in making known all these great things.
But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.
For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.
Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will make thine horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass: and thou shalt beat in pieces many people: and I will consecrate their gain unto the LORD, and their substance unto the Lord of the whole earth.
And they went and told it unto the residue: neither believed they them.
For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase: because they have left off to take heed to the LORD.
And into whatsoever city or town ye shall enter, enquire who in it is worthy; and there abide till ye go thence.
And now, LORD, thou art God, and hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:
And now I have heard that thou hast shearers: now thy shepherds which were with us, we hurt them not, neither was there ought missing unto them, all the while they were in Carmel.
The mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates are all manner of pleasant fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved.
Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.
Thus were their faces: and their wings were stretched upward; two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.
But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulchre.
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any man of you or of your posterity shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or be in a journey afar off, yet he shall keep the passover unto the LORD.
