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And why they above all that dwell in the east, have despised us, and have not come out to meet us, that they might receive us with peace?
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Then Achior captain of all the children of Ammon answering, said: If thou vouch safe, my lord, to hear, I will tell the truth in thy sight concerning this people, that dwelleth in the mountains, and there shall not a false word come out of my mouth.
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This people is of the offspring of the Chaldeans.
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They dwelt first in Mesopotamia, because they would not follow the gods of their fathers, who were in the land of the Chaldeans.
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Wherefore forsaking the ceremonies of their fathers, which consisted in the worship of many gods,