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13 Asa and the army with him pursued them as far as Gerar, and the Cushites fell until no one remained alive, for they were broken before the Lord and his army. The people of Judah[a] carried away a great quantity of spoil.(A)

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  1. 14.13 Heb They

13 and Asa and his army pursued them as far as Gerar.(A) Such a great number of Cushites fell that they could not recover; they were crushed(B) before the Lord and his forces. The men of Judah carried off a large amount of plunder.(C)

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19 And the territory of the Canaanites extended from Sidon in the direction of Gerar as far as Gaza and in the direction of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim as far as Lasha.(A)

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14 They defeated all the cities around Gerar, for the fear of the Lord was on them. They plundered all the cities, for there was much plunder in them.(A)

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14 They destroyed all the villages around Gerar, for the terror(A) of the Lord had fallen on them. They looted all these villages, since there was much plunder there.

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Isaac and Abimelech

26 Now there was a famine in the land, besides the former famine that had occurred in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Gerar, to King Abimelech of the Philistines.(A)

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Isaac and Abimelek(A)

26 Now there was a famine in the land(B)—besides the previous famine in Abraham’s time—and Isaac went to Abimelek king of the Philistines(C) in Gerar.(D)

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Abraham and Sarah at Gerar

20 From there Abraham journeyed toward the region of the Negeb and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While residing in Gerar as an alien,(A)

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Abraham and Abimelek(A)

20 Now Abraham moved on from there(B) into the region of the Negev(C) and lived between Kadesh(D) and Shur.(E) For a while(F) he stayed in Gerar,(G)

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These will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might,(A)

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They will be punished with everlasting destruction(A) and shut out from the presence of the Lord(B) and from the glory of his might(C)

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11 Have you not rejected us, O God?
    You do not go out, O God, with our armies.(A)

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11 Is it not you, God, you who have rejected us
    and no longer go out with our armies?(A)

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He is wise in heart and mighty in strength;
    who has resisted him and succeeded?(A)

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that it would please God to crush me,
    that he would let loose his hand and cut me off!(A)

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that God would be willing to crush(A) me,
    to let loose his hand and cut off my life!(B)

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22 Indeed, from day to day people kept coming to David to help him until there was a great army, like an army of God.

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22 Day after day men came to help David, until he had a great army, like the army of God.[a]

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  1. 1 Chronicles 12:22 Or a great and mighty army

28 Please forgive the trespass of your servant, for the Lord will certainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord is fighting the battles of the Lord, and evil shall not be found in you so long as you live.(A)

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28 “Please forgive(A) your servant’s presumption. The Lord your God will certainly make a lasting(B) dynasty for my lord, because you fight the Lord’s battles,(C) and no wrongdoing(D) will be found in you as long as you live.

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14 He replied, “Neither, but as commander of the army of the Lord I have now come.” And Joshua fell on his face to the earth and worshiped, and he said to him, “What do you command your servant, my lord?”(A)

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14 “Neither,” he replied, “but as commander of the army of the Lord I have now come.” Then Joshua fell facedown(A) to the ground(B) in reverence, and asked him, “What message does my Lord[a] have for his servant?”

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  1. Joshua 5:14 Or lord

Nations Descended from Noah

10 These are the descendants of Noah’s sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth; children were born to them after the flood.

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The Table of Nations

10 This is the account(A) of Shem, Ham and Japheth,(B) Noah’s sons,(C) who themselves had sons after the flood.

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