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June 30 - Grief Without Bitterness · Bible Chat Devotional

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Welcome to Bible Chat, where we have devotional conversations
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rooted in scripture and relevant for today, June 30th, when words
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and actions matter. We are living in a moment where
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information travels faster than ever and truth can get buried
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under noise almost instantly. Rumors, half truths, misleading
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content. It's everywhere.
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And in the middle of that, there's a quiet but powerful
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question each of us has to answer.
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What kind of person am I going to be?
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Will I be someone who bends the truth when it's convenient, or
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someone who holds the line even when honesty costs something?
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Proverbs chapter 19, verses 5 and 6 are direct.
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A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who breathes
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out lies will perish. God takes dishonesty seriously,
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not because he's harsh, but because truth is foundational to
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everything, to trust, to justice, to genuine community.
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When lies are normalized, everything built on top of them
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becomes unstable. Psalm 74 verse 2 gives us
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something to hold in the middle of chaos.
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Remember your congregation, which you have purchased of old,
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which you have redeemed to be the tribe of your inheritance.
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The psalmist is reminding God and himself that God does not
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forget His people. When everything feels chaotic
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and it seems like injustice is winning, God remembers.
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He is not passive. He cares about what's happening
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to his people, and he moves on their behalf.
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Then there's the scene in Second Samuel chapter one.
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A man comes to David with news of Saul's death, presenting
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himself as the one who had struck the killing blow,
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apparently hoping David would reward him.
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But David's response revealed the depth of his character.
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Second Samuel chapter 1, verses 13 and 14 record David
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confronting him. Where do you come from?
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And when the man identified himself, David said, How was it
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you were not afraid to stretch out your hand to destroy the
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Lord's anointed? He didn't celebrate the removal
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of his enemy. He held the line of integrity
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even when he could have easily justified looking the other way,
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even when the situation might have seemed to benefit him.
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That's who David was at his core, not someone who bent his
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values when circumstances made it convenient.
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Someone who held to what was right regardless of what was in
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it for him. Here's what I want you to take
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with you. Your character is most clearly
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revealed in the small moments, not the big ones.
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It's in the group project, when no one would know if you took
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credit for work you didn't do. It's in the conversation when a
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small exaggeration would make your story sound better.
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It's in the moment when speaking up for someone who is being
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treated unfairly might cost you something socially.
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Those are your first Samuel 24 moments, your second Samuel 1
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moments, the moments where your values meet pressure and one of
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them has to yield. God notices those moments.
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He honors integrity in ways that aren't always immediately
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visible, but they are always real.
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And a life built on honesty, courage, and genuine character
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is a life that ultimately stands firm.
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You have a chance every single day to choose integrity.
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Take it. Let's pray.
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Heavenly Father, thank you for reminding us that our words and
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actions reveal who we truly are. In a world where dishonesty is
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common and shortcuts are celebrated, give us the courage
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to hold the line of integrity. Help us to speak truth, act
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justly, and stand for what is right even when it costs us
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something. Let our lives reflect your heart
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and give us confidence that you see, you remember, and you honor
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faithfulness in Jesus name, Amen.
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What if the night was never meant to be ruled by fear, but
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covered by the presence and authority of God?
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Proverbs Chapter 19 Verses 5 to 6 World English Bible A false
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witness shall not be unpunished. He who pours out lies shall not
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go free. Many will entreat the favor of a
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ruler, and everyone is a friend to a man who gives gifts.
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Psalm Chapter 74 World English Bible God, why have you rejected
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us forever? Why does your anger smolder
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against the sheep of your pasture?
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Remember your congregation which you purchased of old, which you
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have redeemed to be the tribe of your inheritance, Mount Zion, in
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which you have lived, lift up your feet to the perpetual ruins
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all the evil that the enemy has done in the sanctuary.
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Your adversaries have roared in the middle of your assembly.
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They have set up their standards as signs.
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They behaved like men wielding axes cutting through a thicket
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of trees. Now they break all it's carved
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work down with hatchet and hammers.
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They have burned your sanctuary to the ground.
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They have profaned the dwelling place of your name.
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They said in their heart we will crush them completely.
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They have burned up all the places in the land where God was
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worshipped. We see no miraculous signs.
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There is no longer any prophet. Neither is there among us anyone
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who knows how long. How long God shall the adversary
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reproach? Shall the enemy blasphemy your
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name forever? Why do you draw back your hand,
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even your right hand, take it from your chest and consume
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them? Yet God is my king of old,
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working salvation throughout the earth.
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You divided the sea by your strength.
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You broke the heads of the sea monsters in the waters.
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You broke the heads of Leviathan in pieces.
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You gave him as food to people and desert creatures.
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You opened up spring and stream. You dried up mighty rivers.
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The day is yours, the night is also yours.
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You have prepared the light and the sun.
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You have set all the boundaries of the earth.
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You have made summer and winter. Remember this, that the enemy
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has mocked you, Yahweh. Foolish people have blasphemed
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your name. Don't deliver the soul of your
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dove to wild beasts. Don't forget the life of your
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poor forever. Honor your covenant, for haunts
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of violence fill the dark places of the earth.
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Don't let the oppressed return ashamed.
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Let the poor and needy praise your name.
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Arise, God, plead your own, 'cause remember how the foolish
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man mocks you all day. Don't forget the voice of your
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adversaries. The tumult of those who rise up
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against you ascends continually. Second Samuel Chapter One World
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English Bible After the death of Saul, when David had returned
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from the slaughter of the Amalekites and David had stayed
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two days in Ziklag, On the third day, behold, a man came out of
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the camp from Saul with his clothes torn and earth on his
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head. When he came to David, he fell
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to the earth and showed respect. David said to him, Where do you
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come from? He said to him, I have escaped
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out of the camp of Israel. David said to him, How did it
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go? Please tell me.
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He answered, the people have fled from the battle and many of
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the people also have fallen and are dead.
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Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also.
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David said to the young man who told him, How do you know that
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Saul and Jonathan his son are dead?
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The young man who told him said, As I happened by chance on Mount
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Gilboa, behold Saul was leaning on his spear, and behold, the
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Chariots and the horsemen followed close behind him.
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When he looked behind him, he saw me and called to me.
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I answered, Here I am, he said to me, Who are you?
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I answered him, I am in a male kite.
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He said to me, please stand beside me and kill me, for
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anguish has taken hold of me because my life lingers in me.
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So I stood beside him and killed him because I was sure that he
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could not live after he had fallen.
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I took the crown that was on his head and the bracelet that was
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on his arm and have brought them here to my Lord.
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Then David took hold on his clothes and tore them, and all
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the men who were with him did likewise.
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They mourned, wept, and fasted until evening for Saul, and for
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Jonathan his son, and for the people of Yahweh, and for the
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House of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.
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David said to the young man who told him, Where are you from?
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He answered, I am the son of a foreigner and a male kite.
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David said to him, Why were you not afraid to stretch out your
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hand to destroy Yahweh's anointed?
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David called one of the young men and said, Go near and cut
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him down. He struck him so that he died.
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David said to him, Your blood be on your head, for your mouth has
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testified against you, saying, I have slain Yahweh's anointed.
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David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over
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Jonathan his son, And he commanded them to teach the
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children of Judah the song of the bow.
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Behold, it is written in the book of Jashar.
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Your glory, Israel was slain on your high places.
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How the mighty have fallen. Don't tell it in Gath, don't
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publish it in the streets of Ashkellen, lest the daughters of
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the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the
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uncircumcised triumph. You mountains of Gilboa, let
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there be no dew or rain on you, and no fields of offerings.
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For there the shield of the mighty was defiled and castaway.
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The shield of Saul was not anointed with oil from the blood
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of the slain, from the fat of the Mighty.
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Jonathan's bow didn't turn back. Saul's sword didn't return
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empty. Saul and Jonathan were lovely
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and pleasant in their lives. In their death they were not
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divided. They were swifter than eagles.
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They were stronger than lions. You daughters of Israel, weep
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over Saul, who clothed you delicately in scarlet, who put
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ornaments of gold on your clothing.
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How the mighty have fallen. In the middle of the battle.
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Jonathan was slain on your high places.
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I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan.
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You have been very pleasant to me.
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Your love to me was wonderful. Passing the love of women.
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How the mighty have fallen and the weapons of war have
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