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Hello, this is Father Paul, and I'm glad we're

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taking this journey together to read the Bible

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in a year. Today's reading is from 2 Samuel chapters

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22 and 23. Chapter 22 Then David spoke to the

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Lord the words of this song on the day when the

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Lord had delivered him from the hand of all his

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enemies and from the hand of Saul. And he said,

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The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer,

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the God of my strength in whom I will trust,

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my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold

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and my refuge. My Saviour, You save me from violence.

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I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be

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praised. So shall I be saved from my enemies.

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When the waves of death surrounded me, the floods

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of ungodliness made me afraid. The sorrows of

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Sheol surrounded me. The snares of death confronted

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me. In my distress I called upon the Lord, and

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cried out to my God. He heard my voice from His

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temple, and my cry entered His ears. Then the

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earth shook and trembled. The foundations of

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heaven quaked and were shaken. Because he was

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angry, smoke went up from his nostrils, and devouring

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fire from his mouth. Coals were kindled by it.

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He bowed the heavens also and came down. With

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darkness under his feet, he rode upon a sheriff

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and flew, and he was seen upon the wings of the

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wind. He made darkness canopies around him, dark

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waters and thick clouds of the skies. From the

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brightness before him, coals of fire were kindled.

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The Lord thundered from heaven, and the Most

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High uttered his voice. He sent out arrows and

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scattered them. lightning bolts, and he vanquished

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them. Then the channels of the sea were seen,

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the foundations of the world were uncovered,

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at the rebuke of the Lord, at the blast of the

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breath of his nostrils. He sent from above, he

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took me, he drew me out of many waters, he delivered

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me from my strong enemy, from those who hated

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me, for they were too strong for me. They confronted

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me in the day of my calamity. But the Lord was

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my support. He also brought me out into a broad

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place. He delivered me because he delighted in

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me. The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness,

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according to the cleanness of my hands. He has

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recompensed me. For I have kept the ways of the

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Lord and have not wickedly departed from my God.

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For all his judgments were before me, and as

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for his statutes, I did not depart from them.

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I was also blameless before him, and I kept myself

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from my iniquity. Therefore the Lord has recompensed

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me according to my righteousness, according to

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my cleanness in his eyes. With the merciful you

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will show yourself merciful. With the blameless

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man you will show yourself blameless. With the

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pure you will show yourself pure. And with the

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devious you will show yourself shrewd. You will

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save the humble people, but your eyes are on

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the haughty, that you may bring them down. For

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you are my lamp, O Lord. The Lord shall enlighten

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my darkness. For by you I can run against the

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troop. By my God I can leap over a wall. As for

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God, His way is perfect. The word of the Lord

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is proven. He is a shield to all who trust in

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Him. For who is God except the Lord, and who

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is a rock except our God? God is my strength

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and power, and He makes my way perfect. He makes

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my feet like the feet of deer, and He sets me

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on high places. He teaches my hands to make war,

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so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze. You

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have also given me the shield of your salvation.

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Your gentleness has made me great. You enlarged

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my path under me, so my feet did not slip. I

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have pursued my enemies and destroyed them, neither

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did I turn back again till they were destroyed.

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And I have destroyed them and wounded them, so

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that they could not rise. They have fallen under

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my feet, for you have armed me with strength

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for the battle. You have subdued under me those

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who rose against me. You have also given me the

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necks of my enemies, so that I destroyed those

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who hated me. They looked, but there was none

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to save, even to the Lord, but he did not answer

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them. Then I beat them as fine as the dust of

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the earth. I trod them like dirt in the streets,

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and I spread them out. You have also delivered

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me from the strivings of my people. You have

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kept me as the head of the nations. A people

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I have not known shall serve me. The foreigners

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submit to me. As soon as they hear, they obey

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me. The foreigners fade away and come frightened

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from their hideouts. The Lord lives. Blessed

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be my rock. Let God be exalted, the rock of my

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salvation. It is God who avenges me and subdues

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the people under me. He delivers me from my enemies.

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You also lift me up above those who rise against

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me. You have delivered me from the violent man.

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Therefore I will give thanks to you, O Lord,

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among the Gentiles and sing praises to your name.

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He is the tower of salvation to his king and

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shows mercy to his anointed, to David and his

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descendants forevermore. Chapter 23 Now these

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are the last words of David. Thus says David,

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the son of Jesse. Thus says the man raised up

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on high. The anointed of the God of Jacob and

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the sweet psalmist of Israel. The spirit of the

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Lord spoke by me, and his word was on my tongue.

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The God of Israel said, The rock of Israel spoke

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to me. He who rules over men must be just, ruling

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in the fear of God. And he shall be like the

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light of the morning when the sun rises, a morning

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without clouds, like the tender grass springing

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out of the earth, by clear shining after rain.

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Although my house is not so with God, yet he

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has made with me an everlasting covenant. ordered

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in all things and secure. For this is all my

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salvation and all my desire. Will he not make

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it increase? But the sons of rebellion shall

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all be as thorns thrust away, because they cannot

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be taken with hands. But the man who touches

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them must be armed with iron and the shaft of

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a spear, and they shall be utterly burned with

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fire in their place. These are the names of the

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mighty men whom David had. Joship, Bashibet,

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the Takmonite, chief among the captains. He was

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also called Adino the Esnite, because he had

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killed 800 men at one time. And after him was

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Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, one of

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the three mighty men with David when they defied

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the Philistines who were gathered there for battle,

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and the men of Israel had retreated. He arose

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and attacked the Philistines until his hand was

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weary, and his hand stuck to the sword. The Lord

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brought about a great victory that day, and the

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people returned after him only to plunder. And

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after him was Shammah the son of Agi the Herorite.

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The Philistines had gathered together into a

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troop, where there was a piece of ground full

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of lentils. So the people fled from the Philistines,

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but he stationed himself in the middle of the

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field, defended it, and killed the Philistines.

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So the Lord brought about a great victory. Then

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three of the thirty chief men went down at harvest

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time and came to David at the cave of Adulam,

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and the troop of Philistines encamped in the

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valley of Rephaim. David was then in a stronghold,

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and the garrison of the Philistines was then

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in Bethlehem. And David said with longing, O

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that someone would give me a drink of the water

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from the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate.

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So the three mighty men broke through the camp

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of the Philistines, drew water from the well

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of Bethlehem that was by the gate, and took it

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and brought it to David. Nevertheless he would

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not drink it, but poured it out to the Lord.

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And he said, Far be it from me, O Lord, that

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I should do this. Is this not the blood of the

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men who went in jeopardy of their lives? Therefore

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he would not drink it. These things were done

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by the three mighty men. Now Abishai the brother

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of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of another

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three. He lifted his spear against three hundred

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men, killed them, and won a name among these

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three. Was he not the most honored of three?

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Therefore he became their captain. However, he

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did not attain to the first three. Benaiah the

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son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man from

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Kabzil, who had done many deeds. He had killed

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two lion -like heroes of Moab. He also had gone

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down and killed a lion in the midst of a pit

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on a snowy day. And he killed an Egyptian, a

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spectacular man. The Egyptian had a spear in

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his hand, so he went down to him with a staff,

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wrestled the spear out of the Egyptian's hand,

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and killed him with his own spear. These things

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Benaiah the son of Jehoiada did, and won a name

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among the three mighty men. He was more honored

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than the thirty, but he did not attain to the

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first three, and David appointed him over his

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guard. Asahel the brother of Joab was one of

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the thirty. Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,

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Shammah the Herodite, Elika the Herodite, Heliz

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the Paltite, Ira the son of Ekesh the Tekhoite,

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Abiezer the Anatotite, Mebunai the Hushatite,

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Zalmon the Ahohite, Mahorai the Netofatite, Halib

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the son of Bana the Netofatite, Itai the son

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of Rebai from Gibeah of the children of Benjamin,

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Benaiah a Piratonite, Hiday from the brooks of

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Gash, Abi -Albon the Arbatite, Asmavit the Barhumite,

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Ilyaba the Shalbonite of the sons of Jashin,

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Jonathan, Shama the Hararite, Ahiam, the son

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of Sharar, the Hararite. Eliphelet, the son of

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Ahazbe, the son of the Makatite. Elyam, the son

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of Ahitophel, the Gilonite. Hazre, the Carmelite.

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Pare, the Arbite. Egal, the son of Nathan, of

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Zoba. Bani, the Gadite. Zelik, the Ammonite.

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Naharir, the Beirutite. Armorbearer of Joab,

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the son of Zeruiah. Ira, the Itrite. Garib, the

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Itrite. And Uriah, the Hittite. 37 in all. I

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hope you enjoyed today's reading as much as I

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did and I look forward to seeing you again tomorrow

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to continue on our journey. God bless you and

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have a great day.