The Church at Creek's End

ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_20 20:8

A king sitting on a throne to judge sifts out all evil with his eyes.

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ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_20 25:23

The north wind produces rain, and a backbiting tongue, angry looks.

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ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_9 22:8-23

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That's why all of you have conspired against me! Nobody tells me when my own son makes a covenant with Jesse's son. None of you cares about me or tells me that my son has stirred up my own servant to wait in ambush for me, as [is the case] today."

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Then Doeg the Edomite, who was in charge of Saul's servants, answered: "I saw Jesse's son come to Ahimelech son of Ahitub at Nob.

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Ahimelech inquired of the LORD for him and gave him provisions. He also gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine."

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The king sent [messengers] to summon Ahimelech the priest, son of Ahitub, and his father's whole family, who were priests in Nob. All of them came to the king.

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Then Saul said, "Listen, son of Ahitub!" "I'm at your service, my lord," he said.

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Saul asked him, "Why did you and Jesse's son conspire against me? You gave him bread and a sword and inquired of God for him, so he could rise up against me and wait in ambush, as [is the case] today."

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Ahimelech replied to the king: "Who among all your servants is as faithful as David? He is the king's son-in-law, captain of your bodyguard, and honored in your house.

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Was today the first time I inquired of God for him? Of course not! Please don't let the king make an accusation against your servant or any of my father's household, for your servant didn't have any idea about all this."

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But the king said, "You will die, Ahimelech-- you and your father's whole family!"

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Then the king ordered the guards standing by him, "Turn and kill the priests of the LORD because they sided with David. For they knew he was fleeing, but they didn't tell me." But the king's servants would not lift a hand to execute the priests of the LORD.

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So the king said to Doeg, "Go and execute the priests!" So Doeg the Edomite went and executed the priests himself. On that day, he killed 85 men who wore linen ephods.

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He also struck down Nob, the city of the priests, with the sword-- both men and women, children and infants, oxen, donkeys, and sheep.

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However, one of the sons of Ahimelech son of Ahitub escaped. His name was Abiathar, and he fled to David.

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Abiathar told David that Saul had killed the priests of the LORD.

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Then David said to Abiathar, "I knew that Doeg the Edomite was there that day and that he was sure to report to Saul. I myself am responsible for the lives of everyone in your father's family.

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Stay with me. Don't be afraid, for the one who wants to take my life wants to take your life. You will be safe with me."

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ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_9 23:19-23

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Some Ziphites came up to Saul at Gibeah and said, "David is hiding among us in the strongholds in Horesh on the hill of Hachilah south of Jeshimon.

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Now, whenever the king wants to come down, let him come down. Our part will be to hand him over to the king."

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"May you be blessed by the LORD," replied Saul, "for you have taken pity on me.

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Go and check again. Investigate and watch carefully where he goes and who has seen him there; they tell me he is extremely cunning.

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Look and find out all the places where he hides. Then come back to me with accurate information, and I'll go with you. If it turns out he really is in the region, I'll search for him among all the clans of Judah."

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ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_10 3:7-11

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Now Saul had a concubine whose name was Rizpah daughter of Aiah, and Ish-bosheth questioned Abner, "Why did you sleep with my father's concubine?"

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Abner was very angry about Ish-bosheth's accusation. "Am I a dog's head who belongs to Judah?" he asked. "All this time I've been loyal to the house of your father Saul, to his brothers, and to his friends and haven't handed you over to David, but now you accuse me of wrongdoing with this woman!

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May God punish Abner and do so severely if I don't do for David what the LORD swore to him:

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to transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul and establish the throne of David over Israel and Judah from Dan to Beer-sheba."

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Ish-bosheth could not answer Abner because he was afraid of him.

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ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_10 4:5-12

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Rechab and Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, set out and arrived at Ish-bosheth's house during the heat of the day while the king was taking his midday nap.

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They entered the interior of the house as if to get wheat and stabbed him in the stomach. Then Rechab and his brother Baanah escaped.

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They had entered the house while Ish-bosheth was lying on his bed in his bedroom and stabbed and killed him. Then they beheaded him, took his head, and traveled by way of the Arabah all night.

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They brought Ish-bosheth's head to David at Hebron and said to the king, "Here's the head of Ish-bosheth son of Saul, your enemy who intended to take your life. Today the LORD has granted vengeance to my lord the king against Saul and his offspring."

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But David answered Rechab and his brother Baanah, sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, "As surely as the LORD lives, [the One] who has redeemed my life from every distress,

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when the person told me, 'Look, Saul is dead,' he thought he was a bearer of good news, but I seized him and put him to death at Ziklag. That was my reward to him for his news!

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How much more when wicked men kill a righteous man in his own house on his own bed! So now, should I not require his blood from your hands and wipe you off the earth?"

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So David gave orders to the young men, and they killed Rechab and Baanah. They cut off their hands and feet and hung [their bodies] by the pool in Hebron, but they took Ish-bosheth's head and buried it in Abner's tomb in Hebron.

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ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_11 21:11-13

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The men of his city, the elders and nobles who lived in his city, did as Jezebel had commanded them, as was written in the letters she had sent them.

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They proclaimed a fast and seated Naboth at the head of the people.

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The two wicked men came in and sat opposite him. Then the wicked men testified against Naboth in the presence of the people, saying, "Naboth has cursed God and king!" So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death with stones.

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ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_12 10:6

Then Jehu wrote them a second letter, saying: If you are on my side, and if you will obey me, bring me the heads of your master's sons at this time tomorrow at Jezreel. All 70 of the king's sons were being cared for by the city's prominent men.

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ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_12 10:7

When the letter came to them, they took the king's sons and slaughtered all 70, put their heads in baskets, and sent them to Jehu at Jezreel.

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ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_19 52:2-4

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Like a sharpened razor, your tongue devises destruction, working treachery.

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You love evil instead of good, lying instead of speaking truthfully. Selah

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You love any words that destroy, you treacherous tongue!

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ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_19 101:5-7

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I will destroy anyone who secretly slanders his neighbor; I cannot tolerate anyone with haughty eyes or an arrogant heart.

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My eyes [favor] the faithful of the land so that they may sit down with me. The one who follows the way of integrity may serve me.

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No one who acts deceitfully will live in my palace; no one who tells lies will remain in my presence.

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