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ver_fw-la 9_o where_o david_n bid_v abishai_n destroy_v not_o saul_n may_v seem_v to_o give_v occasion_n of_o psalm_n lxxv_o as_o the_o same_o word_n in_o the_o cave_n do_v of_o psalm_n lvii_o which_o bear_v the_o same_o title_n 1_o sam_n xxvii_o between_o ver_fw-la 7_o and_o 8._o come_v in_o the_o 1_o chron._n twelve_o from_o the_o beginning_n to_o ver_fw-la 23._o then_o return_v to_o ver_fw-la 8._o and_o from_o thence_o to_o the_o end_n of_o the_o book_n be_v no_o interposition_n only_o with_o the_o last_o chapter_n read_v 1_o chron._n x._o 2_o sam_n i_o two_o to_o the_o three_o first_o verse_n read_v 1_o chron._n xi_o 1_o 2_o 3._o 2_o sam_n two_o four_o and_o v._o to_o ver_fw-la 4._o there_o take_v in_o 1_o chron._n twelve_o from_o ver_fw-la 23_o to_o the_o end_n then_o return_v to_o 2_o sam_n v._o 4._o to_o the_o end_n of_o ver_fw-la 10._o and_o with_o it_o read_v 1_o chron._n xi_o from_o ver_fw-la 4_o to_o the_o end_n of_o ver_fw-la 5._o then_o read_v 2_o sam_n v._o from_o 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