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And Joab answered, The LORD make his people an hundred times so many more as they be: but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord's servants? why then doth my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel?
But they shook off the dust of their feet against them, and came unto Iconium.
I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt.
Then they hasted, and took every man his garment, and put it under him on the top of the stairs, and blew with trumpets, saying, Jehu is king.
So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet.
Then came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying,
And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity.
And David said unto all the congregation of Israel, If it seem good unto you, and that it be of the LORD our God, let us send abroad unto our brethren every where, that are left in all the land of Israel, and with them also to the priests and Levites which are in their cities and suburbs, that they may gather themselves unto us:
I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feast days, her new moons, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts.
Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus: and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought gifts. And the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.
Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war.
And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt shew this people all these words, and they shall say unto thee, Wherefore hath the LORD pronounced all this great evil against us? or what is our iniquity? or what is our sin that we have committed against the LORD our God?
And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants: behold, we are my lord's servants, both we, and he also with whom the cup is found.
And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.
For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife.
Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of Israel asked the LORD, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites first, to fight against them?
For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these.
And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed thee: therefore I command thee this thing to day.
Now the cherubims stood on the right side of the house, when the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court.
Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.
Thus did Moses: according to all that the LORD commanded him, so did he.
Nevertheless I will remember my covenant with thee in the days of thy youth, and I will establish unto thee an everlasting covenant.
Therefore I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto thee, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person.
