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And when the spies saw a man coming out of the city, they said to him, "Please show us the entrance to the city, and we will show you mercy."
So they went up to the city. As they were coming into the city, there was Samuel, coming out toward them on his way up to the high place.
Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised In the city of our God, In His holy mountain.
"I will set Egyptians against Egyptians; Everyone will fight against his brother, And everyone against his neighbor, City against city, kingdom against kingdom.
"I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria, and I will defend this city." '
"Now therefore, gather the rest of the people together and encamp against the city and take it, lest I take the city and it be called after my name."
Then the men of the city said to Elisha, "Please notice, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord sees; but the water is bad, and the ground barren."
So the runners passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh, as far as Zebulun; but they laughed at them and mocked them.
"I called for my lovers, But they deceived me; My priests and my elders Breathed their last in the city, While they sought food To restore their life.
"(the gates of the city shall be named after the tribes of Israel), the three gates northward: one gate for Reuben, one gate for Judah, and one gate for Levi;
And Hamor and Shechem his son came to the gate of their city, and spoke with the men of their city, saying:
Beautiful in elevation, The joy of the whole earth, Is Mount Zion on the sides of the north, The city of the great King.
"standing at a distance for fear of her torment, saying, 'Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! For in one hour your judgment has come.'
Gilead is a city of evildoers And defiled with blood.
And there was great joy in that city.
He has done violence to His tabernacle, As if it were a garden; He has destroyed His place of assembly; The LORD has caused The appointed feasts and Sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion. In His burning indignation He has spurned the king and the priest.
A fire devours before them, And behind them a flame burns; The land is like the Garden of Eden before them, And behind them a desolate wilderness; Surely nothing shall escape them.
When evening had come, He went out of the city.
and Resen between Nineveh and Calah (that is the principal city).