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And Samuel called upon the Lord, and the Lord sent thunders and rain in that day; and all the people feared greatly the Lord and Samuel.

Surely thou hast appointed judgments to them because of their crafty dealings: thou hast cast them down when they were lifted up.

And they tempted God in their hearts, in asking meat for the desire of their souls.

and Basan, and Bakedmoth, and Maephaad,

And there were there the three sons of Saruia, Joab, and Abessa, and Asael: and Asael was swift in his feet as a roe in the field.

And these are the generations of Phares: Phares begot Esrom:

I will give thanks to the Lord according to his righteousness; I will sing to the name of the Lord most high.

Blessed is the Lord God of Israel, who alone does wonders.

And Saul said to Achia, Bring the ephod; for he wore the ephod in that day before Israel.

And it came to pass as she went out that she counselled him, saying, I will ask of my father a field; and she cried from off her ass; and Chaleb said to her, What is it?

And she said, Sit still, my daughter, until thou shalt know how the matter will fall out; for the man will not rest until the matter be accomplished this day.

And the men of old time have together ceased to hear the exactor's voice.

They counted all my bones; and they observed and looked upon me.

While he is yet speaking, another messenger comes, saying to Job, While thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking with their elder brother,

For I know not how to respect persons: and if otherwise, even the moths would eat me.

I will give thanks to thee even in a great congregation: in an abundant people I will praise thee.

and now perform it: for the Lord has spoken concerning David, saying, By the hand of my servant David I will save Israel out of the hand of all their enemies.

And a fire was kindled in their congregation, and a flame burnt up the sinners.

And she took it up, and went into the city: and her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned, and Ruth brought forth and gave to her the food which she had left from what she had been satisfied with.

But I am poor and needy; the Lord will take care of me; thou art my helper, and my defender, O my God, delay not.

And Noemin seeing that she was determined to go with her, ceased to speak to her any more.

The Lord is near to all that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.

And the Philistines came, and assembled in the valley of the giants.

And David made an end of offering the whole-burnt-offerings and peace-offerings, and blessed the people in the name of the Lord of Hosts.

And the servants of Saul spoke these words in the ears of David; and David said, Is it a light thing in your eyes to become son-in-law to the king? Whereas I am an humble man, an not honourable?

And turn not away thy face from thy servant; for I am afflicted: hear me speedily.

And king David came in, and sat before the Lord, and said, Who am I, O Lord, my Lord, and what is my house, that thou hast loved me hitherto?

The chariots of God are ten thousand fold, thousands of rejoicing ones: the Lord is among them, in Sina, in the holy place.

And they arose and went up to Baethel, and enquired of God: and the children of Israel said, Who shall go up for us first to fight with the children of Benjamin? And the Lord said, Juda shall go up first as leader.

and Banaeas son of Jodae was councillor, and the Chelethite and the Phelethite, and the sons of David, were princes of the court.

And thou hast counted me as clay; my portion in dust and ashes.

And Syria fled from before Israel, and David destroyed of Syria seven hundred chariots, and forty thousand horsemen, and he smote Sobac the captain of his host, and he died there.

O Lord, let me not be ashamed, for I have called upon thee: let the ungodly be ashamed, and brought down to Hades.

And the Jews in the city Susa assembled also on the fourteenth day and rested; and they kept also the fifteenth with joy and gladness.

And Joab sent, and reported to David all the events of the war, so as to tell them to the king.

And the king made a banquet for all his friends and great men for seven days, and he highly celebrated the marriage of Esther; and he made a release to those who were under his dominion.

Their soul abhorred all meat; and they drew near to the gates of death.

And it came to pass on the seventh day that the child died: and the servants of David were afraid to tell him that the child was dead; for they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive we spoke to him, and he hearkened not to our voice; and thou should we tell him that the child is dead?so would he do himself harm.

Neither shall there be a place for the workers of iniquity to hide themselves.

For thou shalt have the wood, for there is a wood, and thou shalt clear it, and the land shall be thine; even when thou shalt have utterly destroyed the Chananite, for he has chosen cavalry; yet thou art stronger than he.

and shall proceed to Galiloth, which is in front by the going up of Aethamin; and they shall come down to the stone of Baeon of the sons of Ruben; and shall pass over behind Baetharaba northward, and shall go down to the borders behind the sea northward.

And the Lord sent thee on a journey, and said to thee, Go, and utterly destroy: thou shalt slay the sinners against me, even the Amalekites; and thou shalt war against them until thou have consumed them.

And the woman came toward morning, and fell down at the door of the house where her husband was, until it was light.

And she had on her a variegated robe, for so were the king's daughters that were virgins attired in their apparel: and his servant led her forth, and shut the door after her.

And their borders were Jazel, and Chasaloth, and Sunam,

If I have regarded iniquity in my heart, let not the Lord hearken to me.

so this day shall the other ladies of the chiefs of the Persians and Medes, having heard what she said to the king, dare in the same way to dishonour their husbands.

All these things are come upon us: but we have not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt unrighteously in thy covenant.

and Anathoth and its suburbs; and Gamala and its suburbs; four cities.

I will number them, and they shall be multiplied beyond the sand; I awake, and am still with thee.

There was an abundant sound of waters: the clouds uttered a voice; for thine arrows went abroad.

So David fled, and escaped, and comes to Samuel to Armathaim, and tells him all that Saul had done to him: and Samuel and David went, and dwelt in Navath in Rama.

And Dalida saw that he told her all his heart, and she sent and called the princess of the Philistines, saying, Come up yet this once; for he has told me all his heart. And the chiefs of the Philistines went up to her, and brought the money in their hands.

And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord: he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who led Israel to sin.

And ye have this day revolted from the Lord; and it shall come to pass if ye revolt this day from the Lord, that to-morrow there shall be wrath upon all Israel.

Land the children of Israel fought not with them, because all the princes sware to them by the Lord God of Israel; and all the congregation murmured at the princes.

Yea, he put on cursing as a garment, and it is come as water into his bowels, and as oil into his bones.

And he was very thirsty, and wept before the Lord, and said, Thou hast been well pleased to grant this great deliverance by the hand of thy servant, and new shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised?

And the king answered, and said to the woman, Hide not from me, I pray thee, the matter which I ask thee. And the woman said, Let my lord the king by all means speak.

And Jonathan said, To-morrow is the new moon, and thou wilt be enquired for, because thy seat will be observed as vacant.

And the men of the city said to him on the seventh day, before sunrise, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? and Sampson said to them, If ye had not ploughed with my heifer, ye would not have known my riddle.

They shall make mention of thy name from generation to generation: therefore shall the nations give thanks to thee for ever, even for ever and ever.

And all his servants passed on by his side, and every Chelethite, and every Phelethite, and they stood by the olive tree in the wilderness: and all the people marched near him, and all his court, and all the men of might, and all the men of war, six hundred: and they were present at his side: and every Chelethite, and every Phelethite, and all the six hundred Gittites that came on foot out of Geth, and they went on before the king.

And the drops of rain are numbered by him, and shall be poured out in rain to form a cloud.

And the rest of the acts of Amessias, and all that he did, are not these written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Juda?

Seon king of the Amorites: for his mercy endures for ever:

And Elisaie said to him, Take bow and arrows. And he took them. And he said to the king of Israel, Smite upon the ground. And the king smote three times, and stayed.

And hast thou been instructed in the breadth of the whole earth under heaven? tell me now, what is the extent of it?

And Joas king of Juda took all the holy things which Josaphat, and Joram, Ochozias, his fathers, and kings of Juda had consecrated, and what he had himself dedicated, and all the gold that was found in the treasures of the Lord's house and the king's house, and he sent them to Azael king of Syria; and he went up from Jerusalem.

And he sent another horseman, and he came to him, and said, Thus says the king, Peace. And Ju said, What hast thou to do with peace? turn behind me.

And it came to pass after this, that the son of Ader king of Syria gathered all his army, and went up, and besieged Samaria.

Behold, the eyes of the Lord are on them that fear him, those that hope in his mercy;

And the woman went in, and fell at his feet, and did obeisance bowing to the ground; and she took her son, and went out.

And Elisaie went out to the spring of the waters, and cast salt therein, and says, Thus saith the Lord, I have healed these waters; there shall not be any longer death thence or barren land.

And the Lord cast out the Amorite, and all the nations that inhabited the land from before us: yea, we will serve the Lord, for he is our God.

Thou art my helper; to thee, my God, will I sing; thou art my supporter, O my God, and my mercy.

But Judas did not inherit Gaza nor her coasts, nor Ascalon nor her coasts, nor Accaron nor her coasts, nor Azotus nor the lands around it.

But when he shall seem to be just satisfied, he shall be straitened; and all distress shall come upon him.

But a young man saw them and told Abessalom: and the two went quickly, and entered into the house of a man in Baurim; and he had a well in his court, and they went down into it.

And because the Lord raised them up judges, so the Lord was with the judge, and saved them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge; for the Lord was moved at their groaning by reason of them that besieged them and afflicted them.

And Sedekias the son of Chanaan came near and smote Michaias on the cheek, and said, What sort of a spirit of the Lord has spoken in thee?

And it came to pass when Aod had made an end of offering his gifts, that he dismissed those that brought the gifts.

And the rest fled to Apheca, into the city; and the wall fell upon twenty-seven thousand men that were left: and the son of Ader fled, and entered into an inner chamber, into a closet.

Let his substance fail to supply his children: God shall recompense him, and he shall know it.

Let those who make them be made like to them; and all those who trust in them.

Now Abessalom while yet alive had taken and set up for himself the pillar near which he was taken, and set it up so as to have the pillar in the king's dale; for he said he had no son to keep his name in remembrance: and he called the pillar, Abessalom's hand, until this day.

The house of Aaron trusts in the Lord: he is their helper and defender.

Yet thou saidst, I am innocent: only let his wrath be turned away from me. Behold, I will plead with thee, whereas thou sayest, I have not sinned.

And I know their works and their imagination. I am going to gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory.

And flight shall perish from the shepherds, and safety from the rams of the flock.

But they shall find in her joy and exultation; for, behold, I make Jerusalem a rejoicing, and my people a joy.

Michaeas the Morathite lived in the days of Ezekias king of Juda, and said to all the people of Juda, Thus saith the Lord; Sion shall be ploughed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become a desolation, and the mountain of the house shall be a thicket of trees.

that we may inherit a small part of thy holy mountain.

And injustice shall no more be heard in thy land, nor destruction nor misery in thy coasts; but thy walls shall be called Salvation, and thy gates Sculptured Work.

the Lord of great counsel, and mighty in deeds, the great Almighty God, and Lord of great name: thine eyes are upon the ways of the children of men, to give to every one according to his way:

as one about to render a recompence, even reproach to his adversaries.

I have seen his ways, and healed him, and comforted him, and given him true comfort;

And I will give the men that have transgressed my covenant, who have not kept my covenant, which they made before me, the calf which they prepared to sacrifice with it,

Therefore thus saith the Lord; Since the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have hearkened to the command of their father, to do as their father commanded them: