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And after he became the father of Shelah, Arphaxad lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
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And after he became the father of Eber, Shelah lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
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And after he became the father of Peleg, Eber lived 430 years and had other sons and daughters.
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Now the length of time the Israelite people lived in Egypt was 430 years.
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At the end of the 430 years, to the very day, all the Lord’s divisions left Egypt.
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The number from the tribe of Reuben was 46,500.
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The number from the tribe of Gad was 45,650.
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The number from the tribe of Ephraim was 40,500.
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The number from the tribe of Asher was 41,500.
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His division numbers 46,500.
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His division numbers 45,650.
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His division numbers 40,500.
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His division numbers 41,500.
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These were the clans of Reuben; those numbered were 43,730.
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These were the clans of Gad; those numbered were 40,500.
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These were the clans of Benjamin; those numbered were 45,600.
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These were the clans of Naphtali; those numbered were 45,400.
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When the men were returning home after David had killed the Philistine, the women came out from all the towns of Israel to meet King Saul with singing and dancing, with joyful songs and with timbrels and lyres.
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These are the names of the children born to him there: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,
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Then David comforted his wife Bathsheba, and he went to her and made love to her. She gave birth to a son, and they named him Solomon. The Lord loved him;
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David’s Last Words
These are the last words of David: “The inspired utterance of David son of Jesse, the utterance of the man exalted by the Most High, the man anointed by the God of Jacob, the hero of Israel’s songs:
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but he did not invite Nathan the prophet or Benaiah or the special guard or his brother Solomon.
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Then Nathan asked Bathsheba, Solomon’s mother, “Have you not heard that Adonijah, the son of Haggith, has become king, and our lord David knows nothing about it?
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Now then, let me advise you how you can save your own life and the life of your son Solomon.
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Go in to King David and say to him, ‘My lord the king, did you not swear to me your servant: “Surely Solomon your son shall be king after me, and he will sit on my throne”? Why then has Adonijah become king?’
