fetch: 2 Samuel 5:23
according: 2 Samuel 14:17, 2 Samuel 19:27; Job 32:21-22; Proverbs 26:28, Proverbs 29:5
to know: Genesis 3:5; Job 38:16-41; 1 Corinthians 8:1-2
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2 Samuel 14:20
2 Samuel 14:20
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