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Who before him so stood to it? for the Lord himself brought his enemies unto him.
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Did not the sun go back by his means? and was not one day as long as two?
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He called upon the most high Lord, when the enemies pressed upon him on every side; and
the great Lord heard him.
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And with hailstones of mighty power he made the battle to fall violently upon the nations, and
in the descent
of Beth-horon
he destroyed them that resisted, that the nations might know all their
strength, because he fought in the sight of the Lord, and he followed the Mighty One.
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In the time of Moses also he did a work of mercy, he and Caleb the son of Jephunne, in that
they withstood the congregation, and withheld the people from sin, and appeased the wicked
murmuring.
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And of six hundred thousand people on foot, they two were preserved to bring them in to the
heritage, even unto the land that floweth with milk and honey.
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The Lord gave strength also unto Caleb, which remained with him unto his old age: so that he
entered upon the high places of the land, and his seed obtained it for an heritage:
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That all the children of Israel might see that it is good to follow the Lord.
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And concerning the judges, every one by name, whose heart went not a whoring, nor departed
from the Lord, let their memory be blessed.
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Let their bones flourish out of their place, and let the name of them that were honoured be
continued upon their children.
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Samuel, the prophet of the Lord, beloved of his Lord, established a kingdom, and anointed
princes over his people.
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By the law of the Lord he judged the congregation, and the Lord had respect unto Jacob.
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By his faithfulness he was found a true prophet, and by his word he was known to be faithful
in vision.
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He called upon the mighty Lord, when his enemies pressed upon him on every side, when he
offered the sucking lamb.
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And the Lord thundered from heaven, and with a great noise made his voice to be heard.
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And he destroyed the rulers of the Tyrians, and all the princes cf the Philistines.
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And before his long sleep he made protestations in the sight of the Lord and his anointed, I
have not taken any man's goods, so much as a shoe: and no man did accuse him.
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And after his death he prophesied, and shewed the king his end, and lifted up his voice from
the earth in prophecy, to blot out the wickedness of the people.
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And after him rose up Nathan to prophesy in the time of David.
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As is the fat taken away from the peace offering, so was David chosen out of the children of
Israel.
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