thy servant: Genesis 28:20-21; 1 Samuel 1:11, 1 Samuel 16:2; Psalms 56:12; Ecclesiastes 5:4
Geshur: 2 Samuel 13:37-38, 2 Samuel 14:23, 2 Samuel 14:32
I will serve: Joshua 24:15; Isaiah 28:15; Jeremiah 9:3-5, Jeremiah 42:20
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2 Samuel 15:8
2 Samuel 15:8
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