20 My companion attacks his friends;(A)
    he violates his covenant.(B)

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34 I will not violate my covenant
    or alter what my lips have uttered.(A)

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if I have repaid my ally with evil
    or without cause(A) have robbed my foe—

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Peter’s Miraculous Escape From Prison

12 It was about this time that King Herod(A) arrested some who belonged to the church, intending to persecute them.

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16 “‘As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, he shall die(A) in Babylon, in the land of the king who put him on the throne, whose oath he despised and whose treaty he broke.(B) 17 Pharaoh(C) with his mighty army and great horde will be of no help to him in war, when ramps(D) are built and siege works erected to destroy many lives.(E) 18 He despised the oath by breaking the covenant. Because he had given his hand in pledge(F) and yet did all these things, he shall not escape.

19 “‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: As surely as I live, I will repay him for despising my oath and breaking my covenant.(G)

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Obey the King

Obey the king’s command, I say, because you took an oath before God.

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Too long have I lived
    among those who hate peace.
I am for peace;
    but when I speak, they are for war.

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They repay me evil for good,(A)
    and hatred for my friendship.

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38 But you have rejected,(A) you have spurned,
    you have been very angry with your anointed one.

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28 I will maintain my love to him forever,
    and my covenant with him will never fail.(A)

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12 But the man replied, “Even if a thousand shekels[a] were weighed out into my hands, I would not lay a hand on the king’s son. In our hearing the king commanded you and Abishai and Ittai, ‘Protect the young man Absalom for my sake.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 18:12 That is, about 25 pounds or about 12 kilograms
  2. 2 Samuel 18:12 A few Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts may be translated Absalom, whoever you may be.

10 Then Absalom sent secret messengers throughout the tribes of Israel to say, “As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpets,(A) then say, ‘Absalom is king in Hebron.’” 11 Two hundred men from Jerusalem had accompanied Absalom. They had been invited as guests and went quite innocently, knowing nothing about the matter. 12 While Absalom was offering sacrifices, he also sent for Ahithophel(B) the Gilonite, David’s counselor,(C) to come from Giloh,(D) his hometown. And so the conspiracy gained strength, and Absalom’s following kept on increasing.(E)

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32 Absalom said to Joab, “Look, I sent word to you and said, ‘Come here so I can send you to the king to ask, “Why have I come from Geshur?(A) It would be better for me if I were still there!”’ Now then, I want to see the king’s face, and if I am guilty of anything, let him put me to death.”(B)

33 So Joab went to the king and told him this. Then the king summoned Absalom, and he came in and bowed down with his face to the ground before the king. And the king kissed(C) Absalom.

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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 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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10 This day you have seen with your own eyes how the Lord delivered you into my hands in the cave. Some urged me to kill you, but I spared(A) you; I said, ‘I will not lay my hand on my lord, because he is the Lord’s anointed.’

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17 Then the king ordered the guards at his side: “Turn and kill the priests of the Lord, because they too have sided with David. They knew he was fleeing, yet they did not tell me.”

But the king’s officials were unwilling(A) to raise a hand to strike the priests of the Lord.

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