a messenger came to Saul, saying, “Hurry and come, for the Philistines have made a raid against the land.”
Now the king heard concerning Tirhakah king of Cush, “Behold, he has set out to fight against you.” So he sent messengers again to Hezekiah, saying,
But the earth came to the help of the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed the river that the dragon had poured from his mouth.
The snares of death encompassed me; the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me; I suffered distress and anguish.
And the Philistines yet again made a raid in the valley.
For the Lord will vindicate his people and have compassion on his servants, when he sees that their power is gone and there is none remaining, bond or free.
So Abraham called the name of that place, “The Lord will provide”; as it is said to this day, “On the mount of the Lord it shall be provided.”
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