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Now when it was told the king's servants, and the host that was at Jerusalem in the City of David, that certain men who had broken the king's commandment had gone down into the secret places in the wilderness,
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Then many who sought after justice and judgment went down into the wilderness to dwell there,
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both they and their children and their wives and their cattle, because afflictions increased sorely upon them.
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Now when it was told the king's servants, and the host that was at Jerusalem in the City of David, that certain men who had broken the king's commandment had gone down into the secret places in the wilderness,
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a great number pursued after them and, having overtaken them, they encamped against them and made war against them on the Sabbath day.
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And they said unto them, "Let that which ye have done hitherto suffice. Come forth and do according to the commandment of the king, and ye shall live."
Third Millennium Bible (TMB), New Authorized Version, Copyright 1998 by Deuel Enterprises, Inc., Gary, SD 57237. All rights reserved.