which hath: 1 Kings 1:48; Genesis 33:5; Isaiah 8:18, Isaiah 9:6
a wise son: 1 Kings 3:9; 2 Chronicles 2:11; Proverbs 10:1, Proverbs 13:1, Proverbs 15:20, Proverbs 23:24
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1 Kings 5:7
1 Kings 5:7
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