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And the battle extended itself to every city in the mount Ephraim.

This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar according to their families, the cities and their villages.

And it came to pass at the end of two whole years, that they were shearing sheep for Abessalom in Belasor near Ephraim: and Abessalom invited all the king's sons.

And Saul saw that the Lord was with David, and that all Israel loved him.

and Aeein, and Phara, and Ephratha,

But now it is dead, why should I fast thus? shall I be able to bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.

They that go down to the sea in ships, doing business in many waters;

And the messenger said to David, The men prevailed against us, and they came out against us into the field, and we came upon them even to the door of the gate.

For sin is as divination; idols bring on pain and grief. Because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, the Lord also shall reject thee from being king over Israel.

Oh then that I might lay hands upon myself, or at least ask another, and he should do this for me.

And the king examined the two chamberlains, and hanged them: and the king gave orders to make a note for a memorial in the royal records of the good offices of Mardochaeus, as a commendation.

And the Jews consented to this accordingly as Mardochaeus wrote to them,

But they lie down in the earth together, and corruption covers them.

The Lord said, I will bring again from Basan, I will bring my people again through the depths of the sea.

And what other nation in the earth is as thy people Israel? whereas God was his guide, to redeem for himself a people to make thee a name, to do mightily and nobly, so that thou shouldest cast out nations an their tabernacles from the presence of thy people, whom thou didst redeem for thyself out of Egypt?

And they brought them out of the tent, and brought them to Joshua and the elders of Israel, and they laid them before the Lord.

And Melchol the daughter of Saul had no child till the day of her death.

Let their table before them be for a snare, and for a recompense, and for a stumbling-block.

And David enquired of the Lord: and the Lord said, Thou shalt not go up to meet them: turn from them, and thou shalt meet them near the place of weeping.

And the children of Israel went up, and wept before the Lord till evening, and enquired of the Lord, saying, Shall we again draw nigh to battle with our brethren the children of Benjamin? and the Lord said, Go up against them.

My lips shall rejoice when I sing to thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed.

So he said that he would have destroyed them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn him away from the fierceness of his anger, so that he should not destroy them.

Because they turned aside from the law of God, and did not regard his ordinances,

And Joab and all his army came, and it was reported to Joab, saying, Abenner the son of Ner is come to David, and David has let him go, and he has departed in peace.

and Cades, and Asorionain, and Maenam,

I will declare thy name to my brethren: in the midst of the church will I sing praise to thee.

And Ruth joined herself to the damsels of Booz to glean until they had finished the barley-harvest and the wheat-harvest.

Death is rest to such a man, for God has hedged him in.

And what does this mean? return to Joab thy brother? But he would not stand aloof; and Abenner smites him with the hinder end of the spear on the loins, and the spear went out behind him, and he falls there and dies on the spot: and it came to pass that every one that came to the place where Asael fell and died, stood still.

For oh that my words were written, and that they were recorded in a book forever,

Saul and Jonathan, the beloved and the beautiful, were not divided: comely were they in their life, and in their death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, and they were stronger than lions.

And he said, Why should I not run? and Joab said to him, Run. And Achimaas ran along the way of Kechar, and outran Chusi.

Israel also came into Egypt, and Jacob sojourned in the land of Cham.

And David said, Ye shall not do so, after the Lord has delivered the enemy to us, and guarded us, and the Lord has delivered into our hands the troop that came against u.

But he would not eat; so his servants and the woman constrained him, and he hearkened to their voice, and rose up from the earth, and sat upon a bench.

For the wild beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.

And the Lord shall recompense each according to his righteousness and his truth, since the Lord delivered thee this day into my hands, and I would not lift my hand against the Lord's anointed.

Yet I am continually with thee: thou hast holden my right hand.

the king of Odollam belonging to Phennealdor, the king of Gei of Galilee:

And Helkana her husband said to her, Do that which is good in thine eyes, abide still until thou shalt have weaned him; but may the Lord establish that which comes out of thy mouth: and the woman tarried, and suckled her son until she had weaned him.

Draw nigh to my help, O Lord of my salvation.

Man shall go forth to his work, and to his labour till evening.

And when the children of Israel had ceased slaying all that were in Gai, and in the fields, and in the mountain on the descent, from whence they pursued them even to the end, then Joshua returned to Gai, and smote it with the edge of the sword.

And Joshua took all the land, as the Lord commanded Moses; and Joshua gave them for an inheritance to Israel by division according to their tribes; and the land ceased from war.

And Abigaia saw David, and she hasted and alighted from her ass; and she felt before David on her face, and did obeisance to him, bowing to the ground

And far be it from me to sin against the Lord in ceasing to pray for you: but I will serve the Lord, and shew you the good and the right way.

Teach ye me, and I will be silent: if in anything I have erred, tell me.

So David swore to Saul: and Saul departed to his place, and David and his men went up to the strong-hold of Messera.

And he said to them, Why do ye according to this thing, which I hear from the mouth of all the people of the Lord?

For they are delivered into the hands of the unrighteous man: he covers the faces of the judges of the earth: but if it be not he, who is it?

And I shall be blameless with hem, and shall keep myself from mine iniquity.

The steps of a man are rightly ordered by the Lord: and he will take pleasure in his way.

And it came to pass when the evil spirit was upon Saul, that David took his harp, and played with his hand: and Saul was refreshed, and it was well with him, and the evil spirit departed from him.

when the people are gathered together, and the kings, to serve the Lord.

Forget not the voice of thy suppliants: let the pride of them that hate thee continually ascend before thee.

And when they brought them out to Joshua, then Joshua called together all Israel, and the chiefs of the army that went with him, saying to them, Come forward and set your feet on their necks; and they came and set their feet on their necks.

But I said in my extreme fear, I am cast out from the sight of thine eyes: therefore thou didst hearken, O Lord, to the voice of my supplication when I cried to thee.

How many are my sins and my transgressions? teach me what they are.

Take notice, then, and learn, and I will go with you; and it shall come to pass that if he is in the land, I will search him out among all the thousands of Juda.

He beholds every high thing: and he is king of all that are in the waters.

Dwell with me; fear not, for wherever I shall seek a place of safety for my life, I will also seek a place for thy life, for thou art safely guarded while with me.

And is there a store of them, for thee against the time of thine enemies, for the day of wars and battle?

Though there should be a thousand messengers of death, not one of them shall wound him: if he should purpose in his heart to turn to the Lord, and declare to man his fault, and shew his folly;

While the ungodly one acts proudly, the poor is hotly pursued: the wicked are taken in the crafty counsels which they imagine.

And he ran and took him thence, and he set him in the midst of the people; and he was higher than all the people by his shoulders and upwards.

And Samuel said to the cook, Give me the portion which I gave thee, which I told thee to set by thee.

Awake, O Lord, and attend to my judgment, even to my cause, my God and my Lord.

For all his judgments and his ordinances were before me: I departed not from them.

And while he was speaking with them, behold the Amessaean advanced, Goliath by name, the Philistine of Geth, of the armies of the Philistines, and he spoke as before, and David heard.

And let the heaven reveal his iniquities, and the earth rise up against him.

Distress also and anguish shall come upon him: he shall fall as a captain in the first rank.

And the Lord said to him, Peace be to thee, fear not, thou shalt not die.

And Joab was over all the forces of Israel: and Banaias the son of Jodae was over the Cherethites and over the Phelethites.

to curse Meroz: Curse ye it, said the angel of the Lord; cursed is every one that dwells in it, because they came not to the help of the Lord, to his help among the mighty.

The sacrifice of praise will glorify me: and that is the way wherein I will shew to him the salvation of God.

So God routed Jabin king of Chanaan in that day before the children of Israel.

He was honourable among the second three, but he reached not to the first three: and David made him his reporter. And these are the names of King David's mighty men.

And as for the word which thou and I have spoken, behold, the Lord is witness between me and thee for ever.

And would that this people were under my hand! then would I remove Abimelech, and I would say to him, Multiply thy host, and come out.

Cast thy care upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee; he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.

And David said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Saruia, that ye as it were lie in wait against me this day? to-day no man in Israel shall be put to death, for I know not if I this day reign over Israel.

And Aod went out to the porch, and passed out by the appointed guards, and shut the doors of the chamber upon him, and locked them.

let this also then be reckoned to me as the greatest iniquity: for I should have lied against the Lord Most High.

Blessed are ye of the Lord, who made the heaven and the earth.

Take the number of them from five and twenty years old and upwards until the age of fifty, every one that goes in to minister, to do his business in the tabernacle of witness.

We will go a journey of three days into the wilderness, and we will sacrifice to the Lord our God, as the Lord said to us.

And over the forces of the tribes of the sons of Manasse, was Gamaliel the son of Phadassur.

And the Evites who dwell in Asedoth to Gaza, and the Cappadocians who came out of Cappadocia, destroyed them, and dwelt in their room.

But thou saidst to they servants, Except your younger brother come down with you, ye shall not see my face again.

And he said to them, mercifully with you; be not afraid; your God, and the God of your fathers, has given you treasures in your sacks, and I have enough of your good money. And he brought Symeon out to them.

Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, Thus ye shall bless the children of Israel, saying to them,

Every creeping thing from among the birds, which has four feet, is an abomination to you.

Only ye shall not eat the blood; thou shalt pour it out on the earth as water.

surely they shall not see the land, which I sware to their fathers; but their children which are with me here, as many as know not good or evil, every inexperienced youth, to them will I give the land; but none who have provoked me shall see it.

And the two young men who had spied out the city entered into the house of the woman, and brought out Raab the harlot, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and her kindred, and all that she had; and they set her without the camp of Israel.

For my angel shall go as thy leader, and shall bring thee to the Amorite, and Chettite, and Pherezite, and Chananite, and Gergesite, and Evite, and Jebusite, and I will destroy them.

And on the eighth day she shall take two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, and shall bring them to the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of witness.

And Moses and Aaron entered into the tabernacle of witness. And they came out and blessed all the people, and the glory of the Lord appeared to all the people.

And if ye should afflict them by ill-treatment, and they should cry aloud to me, I will surely hear their voice.

Ye shall not make to yourselves gods of silver, and gods of gold ye shall not make to yourselves.