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heber_n the_o kenite_fw-la p._n 12_o his_o temporize_n betwixt_o the_o israelite_n and_o the_o canaanite_n ib._n the_o dangerous_a effect_n of_o war_n p._n 13_o the_o office_n of_o a_o general_n ib._n the_o fruit_n of_o tyranny_n p._n 14_o the_o nature_n of_o ambition_n ib._n of_o sysera_n and_o his_o preparation_n for_o war_n p._n 15_o mount_v tabor_n ib._n the_o river_n kishon_n ib._n deborah_n incourage_v baruck_v before_o the_o battle_n ib._n the_o effect_n of_o fear_n p._n 16_o sysera_n army_n roâ—ted_v ib._n he_o fly_v come_v to_o the_o tent_n of_o jael_n the_o wife_n of_o hebar_n ib._n her_o entertainment_n of_o sysera_n p._n 17_o his_o fear_n be_v in_o her_o tent_n ib._n jâ—el_o kill_v sisera_n p._n 19_o deborah_n and_o jael_n compare_v for_o their_o masculine_a virtue_n ib._n jude_v of_o the_o two_o king_n nabuchodonozer_n and_o arphaxad_n p._n 22_o the_o two_o great_a city_n of_o niniveh_n and_o echbatane_n ib._n the_o nomination_n of_o sundry_a river_n p._n 23_o nabuchodonozers_n commandment_n despise_v ib._n king_n arphaxad_n discomfit_v and_o slay_v ib._n nebuchodonozer_n after_o his_o victory_n feast_v his_o boast_n a_o hundred_o and_o twenty_o day_n p._n 24_o holophernes_n his_o chief_a captain_n and_o his_o army_n ib._n the_o magnificent_a provision_n of_o his_o boast_n ib._n his_o tyranny_n p._n 25_o nabuchodonozer_n proclaim_v a_o god_n ib._n the_o preparation_n of_o israel_n against_o holophernes_n ib._n joachim_n the_o high_a priest_n ib._n the_o israelite_n prayer_n and_o repentance_n p._n 26._o achior_n captain_n of_o the_o amorites_n ib._n his_o speech_n to_o holophernes_n p._n 27_o the_o blasphemy_n of_o holophernes_n ib._n achior_n bring_v into_o bethulia_n p._n 28_o ozias_n chabris_n and_o charmis_n governor_n of_o bethulia_n ib._n achior_n comfort_v and_o feast_v by_o the_o elder_n ib._n the_o great_a distress_n of_o bethulia_n p._n 29_o jude_v the_o widow_n of_o manaffes_n ib._n her_o zeal_n and_o abstinence_n p._n 30_o she_o 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