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With it there is no partiality or preference, but it does what is righteous instead of anything that is unrighteous or wicked. Everyone approves its deeds,
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and there is nothing unrighteous in its judgment. To it belongs the strength and the kingship and the power and the majesty of all the ages. Blessed be the God of truth!"
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When he stopped speaking, all the people shouted and said, "Great is truth, and strongest of all!"
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Then the king said to him, "Ask what you wish, even beyond what is written, and we will give it to you, for you have been found to be the wisest. You shall sit next to me, and be called my Kinsman."
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Then he said to the king, "Remember the vow that you made on the day when you became king, to build Jerusalem,
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