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2 Samuel 11:1-23

11:1

And it came to pass, after the year
<08141>

was expired
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at the time
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when kings
<04428> (8675) <04397>

go forth
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[to battle], that David
<01732>

sent
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Joab
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and his servants
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with him, and all Israel
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and they destroyed
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the children
<01121>

of Ammon
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and besieged
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Rabbah
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But David
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tarried still
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at Jerusalem
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{after...: Heb. at the return of the year, or, in the spring}

11:2

And it came to pass in an eveningtide
<06153> <06256>_,

that David
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arose
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from off his bed
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and walked
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upon the roof
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of the king's
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house
<01004>_:

and from the roof
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he saw
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a woman
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washing
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herself; and the woman
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[was] very
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beautiful
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to look upon
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11:3

And David
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sent
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and enquired
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after the woman
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And [one] said
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[Is] not this Bathsheba
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the daughter
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of Eliam
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the wife
<0802>

of Uriah
<0223>

the Hittite
<02850>_?

{Bathsheba: or, Bathshuah} {Eliam: or Ammiel}

11:4

And David
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sent
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messengers
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and took
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her; and she came in
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unto him, and he lay
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with her; for she was purified
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from her uncleanness
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and she returned
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unto her house
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{for she...: or, and when she had purified herself, etc, she returned}

11:5

And the woman
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conceived
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and sent
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and told
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David
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and said
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I [am] with child
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11:6

And David
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sent
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to Joab
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[saying], Send
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me Uriah
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the Hittite
<02850>_.

And Joab
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sent
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Uriah
<0223>

to David
<01732>_.

11:7

And when Uriah
<0223>

was come
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unto him, David
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demanded
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[of him] how Joab
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did
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and how the people
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did
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and how the war
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prospered
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{how Joab...: Heb. of the peace of, etc}

11:8

And David
<01732>

said
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to Uriah
<0223>_,

Go down
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to thy house
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and wash
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thy feet
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And Uriah
<0223>

departed out
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of the king's
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house
<01004>_,

and there followed
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him a mess
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[of meat] from the king
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{followed...: Heb. went out after him}

11:9

But Uriah
<0223>

slept
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at the door
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of the king's
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house
<01004>

with all the servants
<05650>

of his lord
<0113>_,

and went not down
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to his house
<01004>_.

11:10

And when they had told
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David
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saying
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Uriah
<0223>

went not down
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unto his house
<01004>_,

David
<01732>

said
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unto Uriah
<0223>_,

Camest
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thou not from [thy] journey
<01870>_?

why [then] didst thou not go down
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unto thine house
<01004>_?

11:11

And Uriah
<0223>

said
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unto David
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The ark
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and Israel
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and Judah
<03063>_,

abide
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in tents
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and my lord
<0113>

Joab
<03097>_,

and the servants
<05650>

of my lord
<0113>_,

are encamped
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in the open
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fields
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shall I
<0589>

then go
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into mine house
<01004>_,

to eat
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and to drink
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and to lie
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with my wife
<0802>_?

[as] thou livest
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and [as] thy soul
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liveth
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I will not do
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this thing
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11:12

And David
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said
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to Uriah
<0223>_,

Tarry
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here to day
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also, and to morrow
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I will let thee depart
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So Uriah
<0223>

abode
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in Jerusalem
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that day
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and the morrow
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11:13

And when David
<01732>

had called
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him, he did eat
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and drink
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before
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him; and he made him drunk
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and at even
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he went out
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to lie
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on his bed
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with the servants
<05650>

of his lord
<0113>_,

but went not down
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to his house
<01004>_.

11:14

And it came to pass in the morning
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that David
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wrote
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a letter
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to Joab
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and sent
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[it] by the hand
<03027>

of Uriah
<0223>_.

11:15

And he wrote
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in the letter
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saying
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Set
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ye Uriah
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in the forefront
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of the hottest
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battle
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and retire
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ye from him
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that he may be smitten
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and die
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{hottest: Heb. strong} {from him: Heb. from after him}

11:16

And it came to pass, when Joab
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observed
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the city
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that he assigned
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Uriah
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unto a place
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where he knew
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that valiant
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men
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[were].

11:17

And the men
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of the city
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went out
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and fought
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with Joab
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and there fell
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[some] of the people
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of the servants
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of David
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and Uriah
<0223>

the Hittite
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died
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also.

11:18

Then Joab
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sent
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and told
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David
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all the things
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concerning the war
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11:19

And charged
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the messenger
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saying
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When thou hast made an end
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of telling
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the matters
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of the war
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unto the king
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11:20

And if so be that the king's
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wrath
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arise
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and he say
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unto thee, Wherefore approached ye so nigh
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unto the city
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when ye did fight
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knew
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ye not that they would shoot
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from the wall
<02346>_?

11:21

Who smote
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Abimelech
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the son
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of Jerubbesheth
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did not a woman
<0802>

cast
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a piece
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of a millstone
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upon him from the wall
<02346>_,

that he died
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in Thebez
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why went ye nigh
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the wall
<02346>_?

then say
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thou, Thy servant
<05650>

Uriah
<0223>

the Hittite
<02850>

is dead
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also. {Jerubbesheth: also called, Jerubbaal}

11:22

So the messenger
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went
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and came
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and shewed
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David
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all that Joab
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had sent
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him for.

11:23

And the messenger
<04397>

said
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unto David
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Surely the men
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prevailed
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against us, and came out
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unto us into the field
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and we were upon them even unto the entering
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of the gate
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