a son of Belial: 1 Samuel 25:25, 1 Samuel 2:12; Deuteronomy 13:13; Judges 19:22; 2 Samuel 23:6-7; 1 Kings 21:10, 1 Kings 21:13; 2 Chronicles 13:7
that a man: 1 Samuel 20:32-33; 2 Kings 5:13-14
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1 Samuel 25:17
1 Samuel 25:17
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