1 Kings 8:35 References
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"aWhen the heavens are shut up and there is no rain, because they have sinned against You, and they pray toward this place and confess Your name and turn from their sin when You afflict them,
a Leviticus 26:19, Deuteronomy 11:16, Deuteronomy 11:17, 2 Samuel 24:10-13
Leviticus 26
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'I will also abreak down your pride of power; I will also make your sky like iron and your earth like bronze.
Deuteronomy 11
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"aBeware that your hearts are not deceived, and that you do not turn away and serve other gods and worship them.
Deuteronomy 11
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"Or athe anger of the Lord will be kindled against you, and He will bshut up the heavens cso that there will be no rain and the ground will not yield its fruit; and dyou will perish quickly from the good land which the Lord is giving you.
2 Samuel 24
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Now aDavid's heart troubled him after he had numbered the people. So David said to the Lord, "bI have sinned greatly in what I have done. But now, O Lord, please take away the iniquity of Your servant, for cI have acted very foolishly."
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When David arose in the morning, the word of the Lord came to athe prophet Gad, David's bseer, saying,
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"Go and speak to David, 'Thus the Lord says, "I am offering you three things; choose for yourself one of them, which I will do to you."'"
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So Gad came to David and told him, and said to him, "Shall aseven years of famine come to you in your land? Or will you flee three months before your foes while they pursue you? Or shall there be three days' pestilence in your land? Now consider and see what answer I shall return to Him who sent me."