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- "And there¹ happenedª° to be there a manª of Belial,ª whose nameª [was] Sheba,ª the sonª of Bichri,ª a Benjamite:ª and he blewª° a trumpet,ª and said,ª° We have no¹ partª in David,ª neither¹ have we inheritanceª in the sonª of Jesse:ª every² manª to his tents,ª O Israel.ª" {2Sm 20:1} + "And Hamanª saidª° unto kingª Ahasuerus,ª There isª a certainª peopleª scattered abroadª° and dispersedª° among¹ the peopleª in all¹ the provincesª of thy kingdom;ª and their lawsª [are] diverseª° from all¹¹ people;ª neither¹ keepª° they the king'sª laws:ª therefore it [is] not¹ for the king'sª profitª° to suffer²°¹ them. ... The postsª° went out,ª° being hastenedª° by the king'sª commandment,ª and the decreeª was givenª° in Shushanª the palace.ª And the kingª and Hamanª sat downª° to drink;ª° but the cityª Shushanª was perplexed.ª°" {Est 3:8-15} + "Now in the twelfthªª month,ª that¹ [is], the monthª Adar,ª on the thirteenthªª dayª of the same, when¹ the king'sª commandmentª and his decreeª drew nearª° to be put in execution,ª° in the dayª that¹ the enemiesª° of the Jewsª hopedª° to have powerª° over them, (though it¹ was turned²° to the contrary,¹ that¹ the Jewsª had rule²° over¹ them¹ that hatedª° them;) ... But the otherª Jewsª that¹ [were] in the king'sª provincesª gathered themselves together,ª° and stoodª° for¹ their lives,ª and had rest²¹ from their enemies,ª°¹ and slewª° of their foesª° seventyª and fiveª thousand,ª but they laidª° not¹¹ their handsª on the prey,ª" {Est 9:1-16} + "Andª the¹ tongueª [is] a fire,ª a worldª of iniquity:ª soª isª° the¹ tongueª amongª ourª members,ª that it defileth²°¹ the¹ wholeª body,ª andª setteth on fireª° the¹ courseª of nature;ª andª it is set on fireª° ofª hell.ª" {Jms 3:6}
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