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Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in strong holds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon?
Ye have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you, saith the Lord GOD.
Thou sayest, (but they are but vain words,) I have counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?
O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.
This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.
Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite,
Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.
And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.
His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.
And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:
Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.
The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.
And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.
And Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and brought the king word again, and said, Thy servants have gathered the money that was found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of them that do the work, that have the oversight of the house of the LORD.
The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying,
Hath not my hand made all these things?
Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath, and took it: and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem.
We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble!
And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel:
For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:
And the servants of Achish said unto him, Is not this David the king of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?
