Like warriors they charge; like soldiers they scale the wall. They march each on his way; they do not swerve from their paths.
the locusts have no king, yet all of them march in rank;
They leap upon the city, they run upon the walls, they climb up into the houses, they enter through the windows like a thief.
“Go up through her vine rows and destroy, but make not a full end; strip away her branches, for they are not the Lord's.
He will raise a signal for nations far away, and whistle for them from the ends of the earth; and behold, quickly, speedily they come! None is weary, none stumbles, none slumbers or sleeps, not a waistband is loose, not a sandal strap broken; their arrows are sharp, all their bows bent, their horses' hoofs seem like flint, and their wheels like the whirlwind. Their roaring is like a lion, like young lions they roar; they growl and seize their prey; they carry it off, and none can rescue.
And David said on that day, “Whoever would strike the Jebusites, let him get up the water shaft to attack ‘the lame and the blind,’ who are hated by David's soul.” Therefore it is said, “The blind and the lame shall not come into the house.”
And the three sons of Zeruiah were there, Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Now Asahel was as swift of foot as a wild gazelle. And Asahel pursued Abner, and as he went, he turned neither to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner.
“Saul and Jonathan, beloved and lovely! In life and in death they were not divided; they were swifter than eagles; they were stronger than lions.
which comes out like a bridegroom leaving his chamber, and, like a strong man, runs its course with joy.
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