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for_o thou_o have_v shed_v much_o blood_n and_o have_v make_v great_a war_n but_o when_o temple_n thy_o day_n shall_v be_v fulfil_v and_o thou_o shall_v sleep_v with_o thy_o father_n i_o will_v set_v up_o thy_o seed_n after_o thou_o which_o shall_v proceed_v out_o of_o thy_o bowel_n he_o shall_v build_v a_o house_n for_o my_o name_n and_o i_o will_v establish_v the_o throne_n of_o his_o kingdom_n for_o ever_o 14._o i_o will_v be_v his_o father_n and_o he_o shall_v be_v my_o son_n if_o he_o sin_n i_o will_v chasten_v he_o with_o the_o rod_n of_o man_n and_o with_o the_o stripe_n of_o the_o child_n of_o man_n but_o my_o mercy_n shall_v not_o depart_v away_o from_o he_o as_o i_o take_v it_o from_o saul_n who_o i_o put_v away_o before_o thou_o and_o albeit_o this_o house_n and_o kingdom_n temple_n in_o their_o spiritual_a meaning_n be_v build_v and_o establish_v in_o and_o by_o christ_n yet_o literal_o they_o be_v perform_v in_o solomon_n who_o work_n be_v so_o glorious_a and_o peace_n so_o famous_a as_o they_o be_v figure_n of_o the_o true_a substance_n follow_v but_o that_o solomon_n sin_v be_v manifest_v concubine_n by_o his_o story_n for_o his_o 3._o wife_n turn_v away_o his_o heart_n after_o other_o god_n when_o he_o suffer_v the_o worship_v of_o ashteroth_n the_o goddess_n of_o the_o zidonian_o milcom_n the_o abomination_n of_o the_o amorites_n chemoâ—…h_n the_o idol_n of_o moab_n and_o molech_n the_o devil_n of_o the_o child_n of_o ammon_n for_o which_o cause_n god_n do_v chastise_v he_o by_o the_o rebellion_n of_o 14._o hadad_n the_o edomite_n of_o 23._o rezon_n king_n of_o damascus_n and_o of_o his_o servant_n 16._o jeroboam_fw-la that_o rend_v his_o kingdom_n after_o he_o and_o carry_v away_o ten_o tribe_n these_o in_o part_n be_v the_o rod_n in_o god_n hand_n that_o correct_v his_o offence_n but_o his_o 15._o mercy_n he_o take_v not_o from_o he_o as_o he_o have_v promise_v who_o salvation_n notwithstanding_o these_o his_o sin_n great_a sin_n be_v confirm_v 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line_n wherewith_o god_n scourge_v he_o and_o his_o kingdom_n and_o how_o that_o fall_v out_o let_v we_o see_v the_o several_a rent_n that_o therein_o be_v make_v the_o first_o rent_n of_o salomon_n kingdom_n may_v be_v say_v to_o begin_v in_o his_o own_o life_n time_n when_o ahijah_n the_o shilonite_n rend_v the_o new_a garment_n that_o 30._o jeroboam_fw-la wear_v into_o twelve_o piece_n retain_v only_o two_o and_o deliver_v he_o ten_o by_o which_o be_v signify_v the_o ten_o tribe_n that_o god_n will_v take_v from_o salomon_n throne_n and_o son_n servant_n and_o give_v they_o unto_o this_o ephrathite_n the_o son_n of_o nebat_fw-la who_o no_o soon_o be_v make_v king_n but_o that_o he_o set_v up_o two_o golden_a calf_n the_o one_o at_o dan_n and_o the_o other_o at_o bethel_n for_o his_o people_n to_o worship_n lest_o in_o return_v to_o jerusalem_n 27._o their_o heart_n shall_v return_v to_o the_o lord_n and_o their_o subjection_n unto_o rehoboam_n with_o this_o his_o sin_n all_o the_o 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