June 30 – When Words and Actions Matter

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Welcome to Bible Chat, where we
have devotional conversations

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rooted in scripture and relevant
for today, June 30th, when words

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and actions matter.
We are living in a moment where

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information travels faster than
ever and truth can get buried

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under noise almost instantly.
Rumors, half truths, misleading

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content.
It’s everywhere.

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And in the middle of that,
there’s a quiet but powerful

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question each of us has to
answer.

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What kind of person am I going
to be?

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Will I be someone who bends the
truth when it’s convenient, or

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someone who holds the line even
when honesty costs something?

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Proverbs chapter 19, verses 5
and 6 are direct.

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A false witness will not go
unpunished, and he who breathes

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out lies will perish.
God takes dishonesty seriously,

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not because he’s harsh, but
because truth is foundational to

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everything, to trust, to
justice, to genuine community.

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When lies are normalized,
everything built on top of them

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becomes unstable.
Psalm 74 verse 2 gives us

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something to hold in the middle
of chaos.

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Remember your congregation,
which you have purchased of old,

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which you have redeemed to be
the tribe of your inheritance.

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The psalmist is reminding God
and himself that God does not

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forget His people.
When everything feels chaotic

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and it seems like injustice is
winning, God remembers.

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He is not passive.
He cares about what’s happening

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to his people, and he moves on
their behalf.

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Then there’s the scene in Second
Samuel chapter one.

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A man comes to David with news
of Saul’s death, presenting

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himself as the one who had
struck the killing blow,

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apparently hoping David would
reward him.

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But David’s response revealed
the depth of his character.

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Second Samuel chapter 1, verses
13 and 14 record David

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confronting him.
Where do you come from?

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And when the man identified
himself, David said, How was it

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you were not afraid to stretch
out your hand to destroy the

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Lord’s anointed?
He didn’t celebrate the removal

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of his enemy.
He held the line of integrity

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even when he could have easily
justified looking the other way,

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even when the situation might
have seemed to benefit him.

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That’s who David was at his
core, not someone who bent his

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values when circumstances made
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Someone who held to what was
right regardless of what was in

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it for him.
Here’s what I want you to take

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with you.
Your character is most clearly

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revealed in the small moments,
not the big ones.

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It’s in the group project, when
no one would know if you took

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credit for work you didn’t do.
It’s in the conversation when a

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small exaggeration would make
your story sound better.

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It’s in the moment when speaking
up for someone who is being

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treated unfairly might cost you
something socially.

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Those are your first Samuel 24
moments, your second Samuel 1

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moments, the moments where your
values meet pressure and one of

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them has to yield.
God notices those moments.

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He honors integrity in ways that
aren’t always immediately

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visible, but they are always
real.

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And a life built on honesty,
courage, and genuine character

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is a life that ultimately stands
firm.

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You have a chance every single
day to choose integrity.

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Take it.
Let’s pray.

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Heavenly Father, thank you for
reminding us that our words and

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actions reveal who we truly are.
In a world where dishonesty is

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common and shortcuts are
celebrated, give us the courage

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to hold the line of integrity.
Help us to speak truth, act

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justly, and stand for what is
right even when it costs us

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something.
Let our lives reflect your heart

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and give us confidence that you
see, you remember, and you honor

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faithfulness in Jesus name,
Amen.

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What if the night was never
meant to be ruled by fear, but

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covered by the presence and
authority of God?

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Proverbs Chapter 19 Verses 5 to
6 World English Bible A false

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witness shall not be unpunished.
He who pours out lies shall not

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go free.
Many will entreat the favor of a

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ruler, and everyone is a friend
to a man who gives gifts.

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Psalm Chapter 74 World English
Bible God, why have you rejected

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us forever?
Why does your anger smolder

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against the sheep of your
pasture?

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Remember your congregation which
you purchased of old, which you

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have redeemed to be the tribe of
your inheritance, Mount Zion, in

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which you have lived, lift up
your feet to the perpetual ruins

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all the evil that the enemy has
done in the sanctuary.

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Your adversaries have roared in
the middle of your assembly.

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They have set up their standards
as signs.

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They behaved like men wielding
axes cutting through a thicket

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of trees.
Now they break all it’s carved

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work down with hatchet and
hammers.

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They have burned your sanctuary
to the ground.

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They have profaned the dwelling
place of your name.

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They said in their heart we will
crush them completely.

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They have burned up all the
places in the land where God was

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worshipped.
We see no miraculous signs.

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There is no longer any prophet.
Neither is there among us anyone

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who knows how long.
How long God shall the adversary

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reproach?
Shall the enemy blasphemy your

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name forever?
Why do you draw back your hand,

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even your right hand, take it
from your chest and consume

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them?
Yet God is my king of old,

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working salvation throughout the
earth.

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You divided the sea by your
strength.

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You broke the heads of the sea
monsters in the waters.

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You broke the heads of Leviathan
in pieces.

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You gave him as food to people
and desert creatures.

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You opened up spring and stream.
You dried up mighty rivers.

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The day is yours, the night is
also yours.

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You have prepared the light and
the sun.

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You have set all the boundaries
of the earth.

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You have made summer and winter.
Remember this, that the enemy

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has mocked you, Yahweh.
Foolish people have blasphemed

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your name.
Don’t deliver the soul of your

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dove to wild beasts.
Don’t forget the life of your

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poor forever.
Honor your covenant, for haunts

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of violence fill the dark places
of the earth.

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Don’t let the oppressed return
ashamed.

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Let the poor and needy praise
your name.

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Arise, God, plead your own,
’cause remember how the foolish

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man mocks you all day.
Don’t forget the voice of your

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adversaries.
The tumult of those who rise up

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against you ascends continually.
Second Samuel Chapter One World

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English Bible After the death of
Saul, when David had returned

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from the slaughter of the
Amalekites and David had stayed

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two days in Ziklag, On the third
day, behold, a man came out of

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the camp from Saul with his
clothes torn and earth on his

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head.
When he came to David, he fell

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to the earth and showed respect.
David said to him, Where do you

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come from?
He said to him, I have escaped

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out of the camp of Israel.
David said to him, How did it

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go?
Please tell me.

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He answered, the people have
fled from the battle and many of

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the people also have fallen and
are dead.

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Saul and Jonathan his son are
dead also.

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David said to the young man who
told him, How do you know that

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Saul and Jonathan his son are
dead?

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The young man who told him said,
As I happened by chance on Mount

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Gilboa, behold Saul was leaning
on his spear, and behold, the

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Chariots and the horsemen
followed close behind him.

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When he looked behind him, he
saw me and called to me.

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I answered, Here I am, he said
to me, Who are you?

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I answered him, I am in a male
kite.

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He said to me, please stand
beside me and kill me, for

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anguish has taken hold of me
because my life lingers in me.

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So I stood beside him and killed
him because I was sure that he

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could not live after he had
fallen.

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I took the crown that was on his
head and the bracelet that was

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on his arm and have brought them
here to my Lord.

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Then David took hold on his
clothes and tore them, and all

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the men who were with him did
likewise.

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They mourned, wept, and fasted
until evening for Saul, and for

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Jonathan his son, and for the
people of Yahweh, and for the

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House of Israel, because they
had fallen by the sword.

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David said to the young man who
told him, Where are you from?

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He answered, I am the son of a
foreigner and a male kite.

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David said to him, Why were you
not afraid to stretch out your

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hand to destroy Yahweh’s
anointed?

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David called one of the young
men and said, Go near and cut

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him down.
He struck him so that he died.

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David said to him, Your blood be
on your head, for your mouth has

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testified against you, saying, I
have slain Yahweh’s anointed.

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David lamented with this
lamentation over Saul and over

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Jonathan his son, And he
commanded them to teach the

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children of Judah the song of
the bow.

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Behold, it is written in the
book of Jashar.

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Your glory, Israel was slain on
your high places.

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How the mighty have fallen.
Don’t tell it in Gath, don’t

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publish it in the streets of
Ashkellen, lest the daughters of

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the Philistines rejoice, lest
the daughters of the

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uncircumcised triumph.
You mountains of Gilboa, let

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there be no dew or rain on you,
and no fields of offerings.

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For there the shield of the
mighty was defiled and castaway.

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The shield of Saul was not
anointed with oil from the blood

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of the slain, from the fat of
the Mighty.

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Jonathan’s bow didn’t turn back.
Saul’s sword didn’t return

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empty.
Saul and Jonathan were lovely

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and pleasant in their lives.
In their death they were not

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divided.
They were swifter than eagles.

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They were stronger than lions.
You daughters of Israel, weep

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over Saul, who clothed you
delicately in scarlet, who put

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ornaments of gold on your
clothing.

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How the mighty have fallen.
In the middle of the battle.

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Jonathan was slain on your high
places.

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I am distressed for you, my
brother Jonathan.

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You have been very pleasant to
me.

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Your love to me was wonderful.
Passing the love of women.

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How the mighty have fallen and
the weapons of war have

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perished.
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