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For you meet him with rich blessings;
    you set a crown of fine gold on his head.(A)

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You came to greet him with rich blessings
    and placed a crown of pure gold(A) on his head.(B)

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30 He took the crown of Milcom[a] from his head; the weight of it was a talent of gold, and in it was a precious stone, and it was placed on David’s head. He also brought forth the spoil of the city, a very great amount.(A)

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  1. 12.30 Gk: Heb their kings

30 David took the crown(A) from their king’s[a] head, and it was placed on his own head. It weighed a talent[b] of gold, and it was set with precious stones. David took a great quantity of plunder from the city

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  1. 2 Samuel 12:30 Or from Milkom’s (that is, Molek’s)
  2. 2 Samuel 12:30 That is, about 75 pounds or about 34 kilograms

Spiritual Blessings in Christ

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places,[a](A)

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  1. 1.3 Gk heavenlies

Praise for Spiritual Blessings in Christ

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,(A) who has blessed us in the heavenly realms(B) with every spiritual blessing in Christ.

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35 “Or who has given a gift to him,
    to receive a gift in return?”

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35 “Who has ever given to God,
    that God should repay them?”[a](A)

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  1. Romans 11:35 Job 41:11

10 My God in his steadfast love will meet me;
    my God will let me look in triumph on my enemies.(A)

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10     my God on whom I can rely.

God will go before me
    and will let me gloat over those who slander me.

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David took the crown of Milcom[a] from his head; he found that it weighed a talent of gold, and in it was a precious stone, and it was placed on David’s head. He also brought out the spoil of the city, a very great amount.(A)

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  1. 20.2 Gk Vg: Heb of their king

David took the crown from the head of their king[a]—its weight was found to be a talent[b] of gold, and it was set with precious stones—and it was placed on David’s head. He took a great quantity of plunder from the city

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  1. 1 Chronicles 20:2 Or of Milkom, that is, Molek
  2. 1 Chronicles 20:2 That is, about 75 pounds or about 34 kilograms

but we do see Jesus, who for a little while was made lower[a] than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death, so that by the grace of God[b] he might taste death for everyone.(A)

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  1. 2.9 Or who was made a little lower
  2. 2.9 Other ancient authorities read apart from God

But we do see Jesus, who was made lower than the angels for a little while, now crowned with glory and honor(A) because he suffered death,(B) so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.(C)

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19 O how abundant is your goodness
    that you have laid up for those who fear you
and accomplished for those who take refuge in you,
    in the sight of everyone!(A)

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19 How abundant are the good things(A)
    that you have stored up for those who fear you,
that you bestow in the sight of all,(B)
    on those who take refuge(C) in you.

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18 They confronted me in the day of my calamity,
    but the Lord was my support.

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18 They confronted me in the day of my disaster,(A)
    but the Lord was my support.(B)

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11 Who can confront it[a] and be safe?[b]
    —under the whole heaven, who?[c](A)

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  1. 41.11 Heb me
  2. 41.11 Gk: Heb that I shall repay
  3. 41.11 Heb to me

11 Who has a claim against me that I must pay?(A)
    Everything under heaven belongs to me.(B)

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41 Now rise up, O Lord God, and go to your resting place,
    you and the ark of your might.
Let your priests, O Lord God, be clothed with salvation,
    and let your faithful rejoice in your goodness.(A)

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41 “Now arise,(A) Lord God, and come to your resting place,(B)
    you and the ark of your might.
May your priests,(C) Lord God, be clothed with salvation,
    may your faithful people rejoice in your goodness.(D)

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So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and King David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the Lord, and they anointed David king over Israel.(A)

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When all the elders of Israel had come to King David at Hebron, the king made a covenant(A) with them at Hebron before the Lord, and they anointed(B) David king over Israel.

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Then the people of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah.

When they told David, “It was the people of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul,”(A)

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Then the men of Judah came to Hebron,(A) and there they anointed(B) David king over the tribe of Judah.

When David was told that it was the men from Jabesh Gilead(C) who had buried Saul,

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