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After Noah was born, Lamech lived 595 years and had other sons and daughters.
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After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham and Japheth.
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And after he became the father of Arphaxad, Shem lived 500 years and had other sons and daughters.
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“Take the following fine spices: 500 shekels of liquid myrrh, half as much (that is, 250 shekels) of fragrant cinnamon, 250 shekels of fragrant calamus,
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500 shekels of cassia—all according to the sanctuary shekel—and a hin of olive oil.
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The number from the tribe of Simeon was 59,300.
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The number from the tribe of Issachar was 54,400.
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The number from the tribe of Zebulun was 57,400.
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The number from the tribe of Naphtali was 53,400.
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His division numbers 54,400.
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His division numbers 57,400.
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His division numbers 59,300.
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His division numbers 53,400.
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These were the clans of Manasseh; those numbered were 52,700.
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These were the clans of Asher; those numbered were 53,400.
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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?’
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She said to him, “My lord, you yourself swore to me your servant by the Lord your God: ‘Solomon your son shall be king after me, and he will sit on my throne.’
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He has sacrificed great numbers of cattle, fattened calves, and sheep, and has invited all the king’s sons, Abiathar the priest and Joab the commander of the army, but he has not invited Solomon your servant.
