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1 Samuel 17:55

And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said unto Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this youth? And Abner said, As thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell.

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1 Samuel 17:55

And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said unto Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this youth? And Abner said, As thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell.

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1 Nephi 4 — Laban's Sword, the Caiaphas Principle, and the Liberation of Zoram
2 Nephi 19 — Isaiah 9 — The People That Walked in Darkness, the Child Born, the Four Throne-Names
3 Nephi 4 — Hosanna to the Most High God — The Robbers Broken and the Song of Deliverance
Alma 2 — Amlici Rejected by the Voice of the People — the First Civil War of the Judges, the Self-Crowned King, and the Battle at the Sidon
Alma 17 — They Had Searched the Scriptures Diligently — The Sons of Mosiah, the Fourteen-Year Lamanite Mission, and Ammon at the Waters of Sebus
Alma 20 — Go Not Up to the Land of Nephi — The Lord's Course Correction, the King over All the Land, and Ammon's Disarming Defense of His Friend
Alma 37 — By Small and Simple Things — The Sacred Records, the Liahona, and the Charge to Helaman
Alma 44 — A Covenant of Peace — Moroni, Zerahemnah, and Mercy in Victory
Ether 15 — Save It Were Coriantumr and Shiz — The End of a Nation, and the Last Words of Ether
Mosiah 10 — The Tradition of the Fathers — A Wrong That Is Taught, A Hatred That Is Inherited, A Deliverance That Comes by Remembrance
Mosiah 11 — King Noah and the First Cry of Abinadi — A King Whose Heart Is Set on Riches, a Prophet Who Comes Among the People to Say Repent or Be Brought Into Bondage
Mosiah 19 — Noah Burned With Fire — Abinadi's Prophecy Fulfilled, the Colony's Tribute Begins, and the Priests Vanish into the Wilderness
Mosiah 22 — Gideon's Stratagem of Deliverance — Wine to the Guards, Departure by the Back Pass, the Lamanite Pursuit Lost in the Wilderness, and the Joining of Limhi's People to Mosiah-II in Zarahemla
Mosiah 26 — The Rising Generation, Alma's Intercession, and the Doctrine of 'As Often As'
Words of Mormon 1 — Words of Mormon — The Editor's Seam, the Wise Purpose, and the Providence That Reaches Across Centuries
Doctrine and Covenants 123 — Waste and Wear Out Our Lives
2 Chronicles 20 — Our Eyes Are Upon Thee — The Fast, the Model Prayer of the Outmatched, the Battle That Belonged to God, and the Singers Sent First
2 Kings 2 — The Chariot of Fire and the Fallen Mantle — Elijah's Last Walk, the Double Portion, the Whirlwind into Heaven, and the Salt in a New Cruse
2 Kings 7 — The Noise That Emptied a Camp — Flour for a Shekel, Windows in Heaven, Four Lepers at Twilight, and the Day of Good Tidings
2 Kings 18 — Nehushtan — the King Who Broke a Holy Relic, the Kingdom That Fell Next Door, and the Voice at the Wall Asking, On Whom Dost Thou Trust?
2 Kings 19 — The Letter Spread Before the LORD — Hezekiah's Sackcloth, the Prayer Between the Cherubims, the Remnant That Takes Root Downward, and the Angel in the Camp of Assyria
Psalms 23 — The LORD Is My Shepherd — Green Pastures, the Valley of the Shadow, the Host's Table, and the House of the LORD For Ever
Psalms 46 — A Very Present Help — The River That Gladdens the City, and the Command to Be Still

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