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"Keep the charge of the LORD your God, to walk in His ways, to keep His statutes, His commandments, His ordinances, and His testimonies, according to what is written in the Law of Moses, that you may succeed in all that you do and wherever** you turn,
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so that the LORD may carry out His promisewhich He spokeconcerning me, saying, 'If your sons are careful of their way, to walkbefore Me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, you shall not lack a man on the throne of Israel.'
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"Now you alsoknowwhatJoab the son of Zeruiahdid to me, what he did to the twocommanders of the armies of Israel, to Abner the son of Ner, and to Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed; he also shed the blood of war in peace. And he put the blood of war on his belt about his waist, and on his sandals on his feet.
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"But showkindness to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be among those who eat at your table; for they assisted me when I fled from Absalom your brother.
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"Behold, there is with you Shimei the son of Gera the Benjamite, of Bahurim; now it was he who cursed me with a violentcurse on the day I went to Mahanaim. But when he camedown* to me at the Jordan, I swore to him by the LORD, saying, 'I will not put you to death with the sword.'
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"Now therefore, do not let him gounpunished, for you are a wiseman; and you will knowwhat you ought to do to him, and you will bring his grayhairdown to Sheol with blood."
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Then he said, "I have something to say to you." And she said, "Speak."
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So he said, "You know that the kingdom was mine and that allIsraelexpected* me to be king; however, the kingdom has turnedabout and become my brother's, for it was his from the LORD.