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And David said unto all his servants that were with him at Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; for we shall not else escape from Absalom: make speed to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly, and bring evil upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword.
Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.
To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him;
They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field,
I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was not one feeble person among their tribes.
Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom?
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the people shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall be weary.
And he was sad at that saying, and went away grieved: for he had great possessions.
Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord GOD.
Sorrowing most of all for the words which he spake, that they should see his face no more. And they accompanied him unto the ship.
Each charger of silver weighing an hundred and thirty shekels, each bowl seventy: all the silver vessels weighed two thousand and four hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:
Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable?
And they spake unto Moses, saying, The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work, which the LORD commanded to make.
And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant:
Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, By the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the height of his border, and the forest of his Carmel.
The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!
And after they were brought to Babylon, Jechonias begat Salathiel; and Salathiel begat Zorobabel;
Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, in the province of Babylon.
And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs: twenty shekels, five and twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your maneh.
More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
But they said, We will drink no wine: for Jonadab the son of Rechab our father commanded us, saying, Ye shall drink no wine, neither ye, nor your sons for ever:
For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law:
