25 And David built there an altar to the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. (A)So the Lord heeded the prayers for the land, and (B)the plague was withdrawn from Israel.

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25 David built an altar(A) to the Lord there and sacrificed burnt offerings and fellowship offerings. Then the Lord answered his prayer(B) in behalf of the land, and the plague on Israel was stopped.

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14 They buried the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son in the country of Benjamin in (A)Zelah, in the tomb of Kish his father. So they performed all that the king commanded. And after that (B)God heeded the prayer for the land.

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14 They buried the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan in the tomb of Saul’s father Kish, at Zela(A) in Benjamin, and did everything the king commanded. After that,(B) God answered prayer(C) in behalf of the land.(D)

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32 Though He causes grief,
Yet He will show compassion
According to the multitude of His mercies.
33 For (A)He does not afflict [a]willingly,
Nor grieve the children of men.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 3:33 Lit. from His heart

32 Though he brings grief, he will show compassion,
    so great is his unfailing love.(A)
33 For he does not willingly bring affliction
    or grief to anyone.(B)

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14 And David said to Gad, “I am in great distress. Please let us fall into the hand of the Lord, (A)for His mercies are great; but (B)do not let me fall into the hand of man.”

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14 David said to Gad, “I am in deep distress. Let us fall into the hands of the Lord, for his mercy(A) is great; but do not let me fall into human hands.”

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17 But (A)he always returned to Ramah, for his home was there. There he judged Israel, and there he (B)built an altar to the Lord.

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17 But he always went back to Ramah,(A) where his home was, and there he also held court(B) for Israel. And he built an altar(C) there to the Lord.

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God’s Covenant with Creation

20 Then Noah built an (A)altar to the Lord, and took of (B)every clean animal and of every clean bird, and offered (C)burnt offerings on the altar.

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20 Then Noah built an altar to the Lord(A) and, taking some of all the clean animals and clean(B) birds, he sacrificed burnt offerings(C) on it.

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26 And David built there an altar to the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called on the Lord; and (A)He answered him from heaven by fire on the altar of burnt offering.

27 So the Lord commanded the angel, and he returned his sword to its sheath.

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26 David built an altar to the Lord there and sacrificed burnt offerings and fellowship offerings. He called on the Lord, and the Lord answered him with fire(A) from heaven on the altar of burnt offering.

27 Then the Lord spoke to the angel, and he put his sword back into its sheath.

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And Samuel took a (A)suckling lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the Lord. Then (B)Samuel cried out to the Lord for Israel, and the Lord answered him.

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Then Samuel(A) took a suckling lamb and sacrificed it as a whole burnt offering to the Lord. He cried out to the Lord on Israel’s behalf, and the Lord answered him.(B)

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Then they came to the place of which God had told him. And Abraham built an altar there and placed the wood in order; and he bound Isaac his son and (A)laid him on the altar, upon the wood.

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When they reached the place God had told him about,(A) Abraham built an altar(B) there and arranged the wood(C) on it. He bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar,(D) on top of the wood.

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