rose up: Job 24:14; Proverbs 4:16; Matthew 27:1
came: Heb. to come, Exodus 18:14, Exodus 18:16, Exodus 18:26; 1 Kings 3:16-28
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2 Samuel 15:2
2 Samuel 15:2
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