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35._o and_o alibama_n the_o daughter_n of_o esebion_n two_o prince_n of_o the_o canaanite_n and_o that_o of_o his_o own_o authority_n without_o his_o father_n advice_n or_o privity_n who_o will_v not_o have_v consent_v have_v the_o matter_n be_v remit_v unto_o he_o because_o he_o hold_v it_o inconvenient_a to_o mix_v and_o join_v he_o or_o he_o in_o affinity_n with_o any_o dweller_n or_o inhabitant_n of_o the_o country_n this_o notwithstanding_o he_o will_v not_o displease_v his_o son_n by_o command_v he_o to_o put_v away_o his_o wife_n but_o determine_v with_o himself_o to_o conceal_v and_o keep_v the_o matter_n silent_a when_o isaac_n be_v grow_v old_a and_o whole_o deprive_v of_o his_o sight_n 5._o gen._n 27._o 3_o 4_o 5._o he_o call_v esau_n his_o son_n and_o tell_v he_o that_o though_o through_o his_o blindness_n he_o can_v not_o see_v the_o daylight_n hunt_v isaac_n send_v esau_n on_o hunt_v nor_o k_o k_o serve_v god_n so_o exact_o as_o he_o have_v wont_a to_o do_v yet_o he_o 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syria_n be_v twice_o overthrow_v by_o ahab_n 9_o of_o jehoshaphat_n king_n of_o jerusalem_n c_o c_o 10._o ahab_n be_v provoke_v to_o war_n by_o the_o syrian_n be_v overcome_v and_o slay_v in_o battle_n chap._n i._n how_o solomon_n obtain_v the_o kingdom_n expel_v his_o enemy_n we_o have_v declare_v in_o the_o former_a book_n what_o david_n be_v how_o great_a his_o virtue_n have_v be_v 2._o 1_o king_n 2._o what_o profit_n and_o benefit_n those_o of_o his_o nation_n receive_v by_o he_o death_n solomon_n king_n of_o israel_n after_o david_n death_n what_o war_n he_o undertake_v what_o victory_n he_o obtain_v and_o how_o happy_o at_o last_o through_o extremity_n of_o age_n he_o depart_v d_o d_o out_o of_o this_o life_n but_o after_o that_o solomon_n his_o son_n be_v at_o that_o time_n very_o young_a have_v obtain_v the_o kingdom_n and_o be_v place_v in_o his_o father_n throne_n according_a as_o david_n have_v determine_v and_o the_o divine_a power_n have_v decree_v the_o whole_a people_n 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require_v abisag_n to_o wife_n by_o the_o will_n of_o god_n he_o be_v content_a therewith_o and_o will_v be_v his_o servant_n be_v very_o glad_a of_o the_o fortunate_a success_n of_o his_o affair_n he_o therefore_o beseech_v she_o that_o she_o will_v solicit_v solomon_n in_o his_o behalf_n and_o persuade_v he_o to_o give_v he_o abisag_n to_o wife_n â—ho_fw-mi have_v sleep_v with_o david_n for_o that_o he_o have_v not_o any_o carnal_a company_n with_o she_o by_o reason_n of_o his_o age_n and_o that_o as_o yet_o she_o be_v full_o possess_v of_o her_o virginity_n bethsabe_n promise_v he_o to_o further_a his_o suit_n to_o the_o uttermost_a of_o her_o power_n and_o willing_o to_o employ_v herself_o towards_o the_o accomplishment_n of_o the_o marriage_n since_o she_o know_v the_o king_n be_v willing_a to_o gratify_v she_o in_o whatsoever_o she_o shall_v desire_v as_o also_o for_o that_o she_o will_v instant_o entreat_v he_o so_o that_o he_o depart_v from_o she_o with_o assure_a hope_n of_o 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unto_o the_o king_n who_o send_v into_o all_o part_n and_o assemble_v the_o people_n in_o jerusalem_n command_v the_o priest_n and_o levite_n and_o general_o all_o man_n finem_fw-la 2_o chron._n 34._o 29._o ad_fw-la finem_fw-la without_o distinction_n of_o age_n or_o person_n to_o be_v present_a in_o that_o convention_n now_o when_o they_o be_v assemble_v prince_n a_o lively_a image_n of_o a_o godly_a prince_n he_o first_o of_o all_o cause_v the_o sacred_a book_n to_o be_v read_v and_o afterward_o stand_v aloft_o upon_o his_o throne_n he_o cause_v all_o the_o people_n to_o swear_v and_o promise_n that_o they_o shall_v serve_v god_n and_o keep_v moses_n law_n whereupon_o all_o of_o they_o do_v willing_o m_o m_o approve_v of_o whatsoever_o he_o say_v promise_v to_o do_v that_o whereunto_o they_o be_v exhort_v and_o therewithal_o
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