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prepared a great feast for them; and after they 4 He will bring justice to the poor of the
ate and drank, he sent them away and they people;
went to their master. So the bands of Syrian He will save the children of the needy,
raiders came no more into the land of Israel. And will break in pieces the oppressor.
24 And it happened after this that Ben-Hadad 5
king of Syria gathered all his army, and went They shall fear You
As long as the sun and moon endure,
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up and besieged Samaria. And there was a Throughout all generations.
great famine in Samaria; and indeed they 6 He shall come down like rain upon the
besieged it until a donkey’s head was sold for grass before mowing,
eighty shekels of silver, and one-fourth of a kab Like showers that water the earth.
of dove droppings for five shekels of silver. 7
26 Then, as the king of Israel was passing by In His days the righteous shall flourish,
on the wall, a woman cried out to him, saying, And abundance of peace,
Until the moon is no more.
“Help, my lord, O king!”
27 And he said, “If the LORD does not help Proverbs 18:10–11
you, where can I find help for you? From the 10 The name of the LORD is a strong
threshing floor or from the winepress?” Then tower;
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the king said to her, “What is troubling you?” The righteous run to it and are safe.
And she answered, “This woman said to me, 11
‘Give your son, that we may eat him today, and The rich man’s wealth is his strong
city,
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we will eat my son tomorrow.’ So we boiled And like a high wall in his own esteem.
my son, and ate him. And I said to her on the
next day, ‘Give your son, that we may eat him’; John 18:1–18
but she has hidden her son.”
30 Now it happened, when the king heard the When Jesus had spoken these words, He
words of the woman, that he tore his clothes; 18 went out with His disciples over the
Brook Kidron, where there was a garden,
and as he passed by on the wall, the people which He and His disciples entered. And Ju-
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looked, and there underneath he had sackcloth das, who betrayed Him, also knew the place;
on his body. Then he said, “God do so to me for Jesus often met there with His disciples.
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and more also, if the head of Elisha the son of 3 Then Judas, having received a detachment of
Shaphat remains on him today!”
32 But Elisha was sitting in his house, and the troops, and officers from the chief priests and
elders were sitting with him. And the king sent Pharisees, came there with lanterns, torches,
and weapons. Jesus therefore, knowing all
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a man ahead of him, but before the messenger things that would come upon Him, went for-
came to him, he said to the elders, “Do you see ward and said to them, “Whom are you seek-
how this son of a murderer has sent someone ing?”
to take away my head? Look, when the mes- 5 They answered Him, “Jesus of Nazareth.”
senger comes, shut the door, and hold him fast Jesus said to them, “I am He.” And Judas,
at the door. Is not the sound of his master’s feet
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behind him?” And while he was still talking
with them, there was the messenger, coming
down to him; and then the king said, “Surely
this calamity is from the LORD; why should I 18:4–8 Whom are you seeking? By twice ask-
wait for the LORD any longer?” ing that question (vv. 4,7), to which they
replied,“Jesus of Nazareth” (vv. 5,7), Jesus was
forcing them to acknowledge that they had
Psalm 72:1–7
no authority to take His disciples. In fact, He
A Psalm of Solomon. demanded that they let the disciples go (v. 8).
G ive the king Your judgments, The force of His demand was established by
the power of His words.When He spoke,“I am
O God,
And Your righteousness to the king’s He”(v. 6), a designation He had used before to
declare Himself God (8:28,58; 6:35; 8:12;
Son. 10:7,9,11,14;11:25;14:6;15:1,5),they were jolt-
2 He will judge Your people with ed backward and to the ground (v. 6). This
righteousness, power display and the authoritative demand
And Your poor with justice. not to take the disciples was of immense sig-
3 The mountains will bring peace to the nificance, as the next verse indicates.
people,
And the little hills, by righteousness.
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