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a_o covenant_n they_o strike_v hand_n together_o in_o ezra_n 10.19_o it_o be_v say_v they_o give_v their_o hand_n to_o put_v away_o their_o wife_n and_o in_o the_o former_a verse_n they_o make_v a_o covenant_n to_o do_v it_o they_o rise_v and_o make_v a_o covenant_n to_o put_v away_o their_o wife_n and_o we_o find_v in_o the_o 1_o of_o chronicle_n that_o when_o david_n be_v dead_a that_o all_o the_o people_n come_v together_o chap._n 24.24_o and_o all_o the_o prince_n and_o the_o mighty_a man_n and_o all_o the_o son_n likewise_o of_o king_n david_n submit_v themselves_o unto_o solomon_n the_o king_n the_o word_n in_o the_o
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