Bethshemesh: Joshua 15:10, Joshua 21:16
he: or, it, Amos 3:6
we shall: 1 Samuel 6:3
not his hand: Isaiah 26:11
a chance: 2 Samuel 1:6; Ecclesiastes 9:11; Luke 10:31
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1 Samuel 6:9
1 Samuel 6:9
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