the sons: Hosea 4:6-9; Malachi 2:1-9
sons of Belial: 1 Samuel 10:27, 1 Samuel 25:17; Deuteronomy 13:13; Judges 19:22; 1 Kings 21:10, 1 Kings 21:13; 2 Corinthians 6:15
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1 Samuel 2:12
1 Samuel 2:12
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