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Now the days of David drew near that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying,
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I am going the way of all the earth: be you strong therefore, and show yourself a man;
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and keep the charge of Yahweh your God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, [and] his commandments, and his ordinances, and his testimonies, according to that which is written in the law of Moses, that you may prosper in all that you do, and wherever you turn yourself.