sat before: 2 Samuel 7:18; 2 Kings 19:14
Who am I: Genesis 32:10; Psalms 144:3; Ephesians 3:8
what is: Judges 6:15; 1 Samuel 9:21
that thou hast: Genesis 48:15-16; 1 Samuel 7:12; Acts 26:22; 2 Corinthians 1:10
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1 Chronicles 17:16
1 Chronicles 17:16
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