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• 2 Samuel 20

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  2 Samuel 20 recounts the revolt of Sheba, a Benjamite, and its suppression. Joab kills Amasa and takes command of the army, and a wise woman of Abel of Beth-maacah saves her city. The chapter closes with a list of David's officials.

• 1 Kings 2

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  The chapter recounting David's final charge to Solomon and his death, followed by Solomon's consolidation of royal power through the execution of Adonijah and Joab, the removal of Abiathar from the priesthood, and the punishment of Shimei.

• 1 Kings 6

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  1 Kings 6 records how Solomon began building the house of the LORD (the Temple) in the 480th year after the Exodus, the fourth year of his reign, and completed it in seven years. The chapter describes the Temple's dimensions, structure, and decoration in turn.

• 1 Kings 16

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  1 Kings 16 records how royal dynasties in the northern kingdom of Israel repeatedly fell and were replaced, from Baasha through Elah, Zimri, and Omri to Ahab.

• 1 Kings 19

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  1 Kings 19 recounts how Elijah, after the contest on Mount Carmel, flees from Jezebel's threats, meets the LORD at Mount Horeb, receives a new commission, and calls Elisha as his successor.

• 2 Kings 2

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  The chapter of 2 Kings in which Elijah is taken up to heaven by a whirlwind, and Elisha, receiving his mantle and spirit, parts the Jordan, heals the waters of Jericho, and begins his prophetic ministry.

• 2 Kings 7

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  2 Kings 7 tells how, while Samaria lay starving under an Aramean siege, Elisha prophesied that the price of grain would fall sharply the next day, and how, just as he had said, the Aramean army fled and the siege was lifted.

• 2 Kings 13

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  2 Kings 13 records the reigns of Jehoahaz, son of Jehu, and his son Jehoash over the northern kingdom of Israel, together with the final prophecy and death of the prophet Elisha.

• 1 Chronicles 13

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  1 Chronicles 13 recounts how David, together with all Israel, attempted to bring the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim, halted the effort when Uzza died, and left the ark in the house of Obed-edom for three months.

• Ezra 8

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  Ezra 8 records the families who returned from Babylon with Ezra, the gathering of Levites and the fast at the river of Ahava, and the entrusting of the temple offerings, which were brought safely to Jerusalem.

• Esther 9

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  Esther 9 records how, on the thirteenth day of the month Adar, the Jews prevailed over the enemies who had sought to harm them, and how Mordecai and Esther established Purim as a feast to be kept every year in commemoration.

• Psalm 3

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  Psalm 3 is an eight-verse prayer presented as a psalm David composed when he fled from his son Absalom. Facing many enemies, the psalmist confesses the LORD as his shield and asks for deliverance.

• Psalm 22

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  Psalm 22 is a psalm of David that moves from lament over suffering, as though forsaken by God, to praise for deliverance. In the New Testament it is one of the psalms most closely associated with the suffering of Jesus on the cross.

• Psalm 25

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  Psalm 25 is a prayer psalm of twenty-two verses whose superscription attributes it to David. It asks God for protection from enemies and from shame, for instruction in his ways, and for the forgiveness of sins. The Hebrew original is known as an acrostic poem that follows the order of the alphabet.

• Psalm 48

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  Psalm 48 is a song of the sons of Korah that celebrates the beauty and strength of Zion, the city where God dwells. It recalls how assembled kings fled in terror at the sight of Zion and urges that this God be made known to the generations to come.

• Psalm 95

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  Psalm 95 calls the congregation to praise and worship before the LORD. It then holds up the wilderness generation, which hardened its heart at Meribah and Massah, as a warning and urges its hearers to hear God's voice today.

• Psalm 94

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  Psalm 94 is a psalm of lament that appeals to God, the Judge of the earth, for righteous judgment against the oppression of the wicked. It closes with trust in the God who does not forsake His people.

• Sharon

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  Sharon is a plain along the Mediterranean coast of Israel, extending south of Mount Carmel. In Scripture it serves as a symbol of fertility and beauty.

• Psalm 102

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  Psalm 102 is a prayer that joins the lament of a sufferer broken in body and spirit with a confession concerning Zion's restoration and the eternal, unchanging God.

• Seraph

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  The seraphim are six-winged heavenly beings who, in the vision of Isaiah 6, stand above the throne of God and cry "Holy" three times. The singular is seraph; the Hebrew plural form seraphim is also commonly used.