Then the king said to the woman, “Go to your house, and I will give orders concerning you.”

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The king said to the woman, “Go home,(A) and I will issue an order in your behalf.”

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13 He who answers a matter before he hears it,
It is folly and shame to him.

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13 To answer before listening—
    that is folly and shame.(A)

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His delight is in the fear of the Lord,
And He shall not judge by the sight of His eyes,
Nor decide by the hearing of His ears;
But (A)with righteousness He shall judge the poor,
And decide with equity for the meek of the earth;
He shall (B)strike the earth with the rod of His mouth,
And with the breath of His lips He shall slay the wicked.

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and he will delight in the fear(A) of the Lord.

He will not judge by what he sees with his eyes,(B)
    or decide by what he hears with his ears;(C)
but with righteousness(D) he will judge the needy,(E)
    with justice(F) he will give decisions for the poor(G) of the earth.
He will strike(H) the earth with the rod of his mouth;(I)
    with the breath(J) of his lips he will slay the wicked.(K)

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16 I was a father to the poor,
And (A)I searched out the case that I did not know.

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16 I was a father to the needy;(A)
    I took up the case(B) of the stranger.(C)

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So the king said to Ziba, “Here, all that belongs to Mephibosheth is yours.”

And Ziba said, “I humbly bow before you, that I may find favor in your sight, my lord, O king!”

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Then the king said to Ziba, “All that belonged to Mephibosheth(A) is now yours.”

“I humbly bow,” Ziba said. “May I find favor in your eyes, my lord the king.”

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So David’s anger was greatly aroused against the man, and he said to Nathan, “As the Lord lives, the man who has done this [a]shall surely die! And he shall restore (A)fourfold for the lamb, because he did this thing and because he had no pity.”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 12:5 deserves to die, lit. is a son of death

David(A) burned with anger(B) against the man(C) and said to Nathan, “As surely as the Lord lives,(D) the man who did this must die! He must pay for that lamb four times over,(E) because he did such a thing and had no pity.”

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