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Then he came to the people of Sukkot and said: "You insulted me when you said, ‘You haven't captured Zevach and Tzalmuna yet, so why should we give bread to your exhausted men?' Well, here are Zevach and Tzalmuna!"

Yet you abandoned me and served other gods; therefore I will not rescue you any more.

At that time there was no king in Isra'el, and it was also at that time that the tribe of Dan was looking for a place to claim ownership of and settle in, since they had not yet been given any land of their own among the tribes of Isra'el.

Yet we can't give them our daughters as wives." For the people of Isra'el had sworn, "Cursed be whoever gives a wife to Binyamin."

The lamp of God had not yet gone out; and Sh'mu'el had lain down to sleep in the sanctuary of Adonai , where the ark of God was.

Now Sh'mu'el didn't yet know Adonai ; the word of Adonai had not yet been revealed to him.

Sh'mu'el answered the people, "Don't be afraid. You have indeed done all this evil; yet now, just don't turn away from following Adonai ; but serve Adonai with all your heart.

Then the king told the guards standing around him, "Go around, and kill the cohanim of Adonai , because they are siding with David, and because they knew he was escaping, yet they didn't tell me." But the king's servants refused to lift their hands against the cohanim of Adonai .

These words of Ish-Boshet's enraged Avner. "What am I," he shouted, "[that you treat me with such contempt]? A dog's head in Y'hudah? Till this moment I have shown only kindness to the house of Sha'ul your father, and to his brothers and to his friends; and I haven't handed you over to David. Yet you choose today to pick a fight with me over this woman!

May God bring terrible curses on Avner and worse ones yet if I don't accomplish what Adonai swore to David —

All the people came to David and tried to make him eat some bread while it was still daytime; but David swore, "May God bring terrible curses on me and worse ones yet if I taste bread or anything else until the sun goes down."

Yet in your view, Adonai Elohim , even this was too small a thing; so you have even said that your servant's dynasty will continue on into the distant future. This is [indeed] a teaching for a man, Adonai Elohim —

Also tell ‘Amasa, ‘You are my flesh and bone. May God bring terrible curses on me and worse ones yet if from now on you are not permanent commander of my army instead of Yo'av."

You lengthen the steps I can take, yet my ankles do not turn.

The people, however, were still sacrificing on the high places, because no house had yet been built for the name of Adonai .

The king of Isra'el said to his servants, "Are you aware that Ramot-Gil‘ad belongs to us; yet, we're doing nothing to recover it from the king of Aram?"

How then can you repulse even one of my master's lowest-ranked army officers? Yet you are relying on Egypt for chariots and riders!

Yet in your view, God, even this was but a small thing; so you have said that your servant's dynasty will continue on into the distant future. You have regarded me, Adonai , God, as a man of high rank.

Yet Yarov‘am the son of N'vat, servant to Shlomo the son of David, rose in rebellion against his lord.

The army of the Ethiopians and Luvim was huge, wasn't it? How many chariots and horsemen did they have? Yet because you relied on Adonai , he handed them over to you.