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saw that all the people stood still, he moved 2 That Your way may be known on earth,
Amasa from the highway to the field and threw Your salvation among all nations.
a garment over him, when he saw that every- 3 Let the peoples praise You, O God;
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one who came upon him halted. When he was Let all the peoples praise You.
removed from the highway, all the people went 4 Oh, let the nations be glad and sing for
on after Joab to pursue Sheba the son of Bichri.
14 And he went through all the tribes of Israel joy!
to Abel and Beth Maachah and all the Berites. For You shall judge the people
righteously,
So they were gathered together and also went And govern the nations on earth.
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after Sheba. Then they came and besieged Selah
him in Abel of Beth Maachah; and they cast up
a siege mound against the city, and it stood by 5 Let the peoples praise You, O God;
the rampart. And all the people who were with Let all the peoples praise You.
Joab battered the wall to throw it down. 6 Then the earth shall yield her increase;
16 Then a wise woman cried out from the city, God, our own God, shall bless us.
“Hear, hear! Please say to Joab, ‘Come nearby, 7 God shall bless us,
that I may speak with you.’ ” When he had come And all the ends of the earth shall fear
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near to her, the woman said, “Are you Joab?” Him.
He answered, “I am.” Proverbs 16:33–17:1
Then she said to him, “Hear the words of
your maidservant.” 33 The lot is cast into the lap,
And he answered, “I am listening.” But its every decision is from the LORD.
18 So she spoke, saying, “They used to talk in
former times, saying, ‘They shall surely seek 17 Better is a dry morsel with
quietness,
guidance at Abel,’ and so they would end dis- Than a house full of feasting with strife.
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putes. I am among the peaceable and faithful
in Israel. You seek to destroy a city and a
mother in Israel. Why would you swallow up
the inheritance of the LORD?”
20 And Joab answered and said, “Far be it, far 16:33 lot.Casting lots was a method often used
be it from me, that I should swallow up or to reveal God’s purposes in a matter (Josh.
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destroy! That is not so. But a man from the 14:1,2;1 Sam.14:38–43;1 Chr.25:8–31;Jon.1:7;
mountains of Ephraim, Sheba the son of Acts 1:26). The high priest may have carried
Bichri by name, has raised his hand against lots in his sacred vest,along with the Urim and
the king, against David. Deliver him only, and Thummim (Ex. 28:30).
I will depart from the city.”
So the woman said to Joab, “Watch, his head
will be thrown to you over the wall.” Then the John 8:1–27
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woman in her wisdom went to all the people.
And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of 8 But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.0
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Bichri, and threw it out to Joab. Then he blew Now early in the morning He came
a trumpet, and they withdrew from the city, again into the temple, and all the people came
every man to his tent. So Joab returned to the to Him; and He sat down and taught them.
3 Then the scribes and Pharisees brought to
king at Jerusalem.
23 Him a woman caught in adultery. And when
And Joab was over all the army of Israel; 4
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the they had set her in the midst, they said to
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Cherethites and the Pelethites; Adoram was Him, “Teacher, this woman was caught in
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adultery, in the very act. Now Moses, in the
in charge of revenue; Jehoshaphat the son of law, commanded us that such should be
Ahilud was recorder; Sheva was scribe; stoned. But what do You say?” This they said,
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Zadok and Abiathar were the priests; and Ira testing Him, that they might have something of
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the Jairite was a chief minister under David.
which to accuse Him. But Jesus stooped down
Psalm 67:1–7 and wrote on the ground with His finger, as
though He did not hear.
To the Chief Musician. On stringed instruments. 7 So when they continued asking Him, He
A Psalm. A Song.
raised Himself up and said to them, “He who is
G od be merciful to us and bless us, without sin among you, let him throw a stone
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at her first.” And again He stooped down and
And cause His face to
shine upon us, Selah wrote on the ground. Then those who heard it,
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