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And Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent unto thee, saying, Come hither, that I may send thee to the king, to say, Wherefore am I come from Geshur? it had been good for me to have been there still: now therefore let me see the king's face; and if there be any iniquity in me, let him kill me.
And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
And David the king came and sat before the LORD, and said, Who am I, O LORD God, and what is mine house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?
Let me pass through thy land: I will go along by the high way, I will neither turn unto the right hand nor to the left.
And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:
Of whom be thou ware also; for he hath greatly withstood our words.
Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar,
Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.
Cut off thine hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on high places; for the LORD hath rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.
For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers.
And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things?
Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.
And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him.
And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God.
And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the congregation for judgment, and until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days: then shall the slayer return, and come unto his own city, and unto his own house, unto the city from whence he fled.
For when David was up in the morning, the word of the LORD came unto the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying,
But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me.
Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations; neither any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth among you:
And Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begat Jaddua.
And God's anger was kindled because he went: and the angel of the LORD stood in the way for an adversary against him. Now he was riding upon his ass, and his two servants were with him.
And he went from thence to mount Carmel, and from thence he returned to Samaria.
