to Gibeah: 1 Samuel 10:26, 1 Samuel 14:2, 1 Samuel 15:34; 2 Samuel 21:6
lifted up: 1 Samuel 30:4; Judges 2:4, Judges 21:2; Romans 12:15; 1 Corinthians 12:26; Galatians 6:2; Hebrews 13:3
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1 Samuel 11:4
1 Samuel 11:4
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