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but with their friends and those who rely on them they have kept friendship. They have subdued kings far and near, and as many as have heard of their fame have feared them.
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Those whom they wish to help and to make kings, they make kings, and those whom they wish they depose; and they have been greatly exalted.
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Yet for all this not one of them has put on a crown or worn purple as a mark of pride,
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but they have built for themselves a senate chamber, and every day three hundred twenty senators constantly deliberate concerning the people, to govern them well.
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They trust one man each year to rule over them and to control all their land; they all heed the one man, and there is no envy or jealousy among them.
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.