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60 could could MD 990 640 61 he -PRON- PRP 990 640 62 connect connect VB 990 640 63 the the DT 990 640 64 statement statement NN 990 640 65 here here RB 990 640 66 made make VBN 990 640 67 about about IN 990 640 68 Joshua Joshua NNP 990 640 69 with with IN 990 640 70 what what WP 990 640 71 had have VBD 990 640 72 gone go VBN 990 640 73 before before RB 990 640 74 ? ? . 990 641 1 ( ( -LRB- 990 641 2 25 25 CD 990 641 3 ) ) -RRB- 990 641 4 So so RB 990 641 5 , , , 990 641 6 too too RB 990 641 7 , , , 990 641 8 1 1 CD 990 641 9 Sam Sam NNP 990 641 10 . . . 990 642 1 17 17 CD 990 642 2 , , , 990 642 3 18 18 CD 990 642 4 , , , 990 642 5 are be VBP 990 642 6 taken take VBN 990 642 7 from from IN 990 642 8 another another DT 990 642 9 historian historian NN 990 642 10 , , , 990 642 11 who who WP 990 642 12 assigns assign VBZ 990 642 13 a a DT 990 642 14 cause cause NN 990 642 15 for for IN 990 642 16 David David NNP 990 642 17 's 's POS 990 642 18 first first JJ 990 642 19 frequenting frequent VBG 990 642 20 Saul Saul NNP 990 642 21 's 's POS 990 642 22 court court NN 990 642 23 very very RB 990 642 24 different different JJ 990 642 25 from from IN 990 642 26 that that DT 990 642 27 given give VBN 990 642 28 in in IN 990 642 29 chap chap NNP 990 642 30 . . . 990 643 1 xvi xvi NNP 990 643 2 . . . 990 644 1 of of IN 990 644 2 the the DT 990 644 3 same same JJ 990 644 4 book book NN 990 644 5 . . . 990 645 1 ( ( -LRB- 990 645 2 26 26 CD 990 645 3 ) ) -RRB- 990 645 4 For for IN 990 645 5 he -PRON- PRP 990 645 6 did do VBD 990 645 7 not not RB 990 645 8 think think VB 990 645 9 that that IN 990 645 10 David David NNP 990 645 11 came come VBD 990 645 12 to to IN 990 645 13 Saul Saul NNP 990 645 14 in in IN 990 645 15 consequence consequence NN 990 645 16 of of IN 990 645 17 the the DT 990 645 18 advice advice NN 990 645 19 of of IN 990 645 20 Saul Saul NNP 990 645 21 's 's POS 990 645 22 servants servant NNS 990 645 23 , , , 990 645 24 as as IN 990 645 25 is be VBZ 990 645 26 narrated narrate VBN 990 645 27 in in IN 990 645 28 chap chap NNP 990 645 29 . . . 990 646 1 xvi xvi NNP 990 646 2 . . NNP 990 646 3 , , , 990 646 4 but but CC 990 646 5 that that IN 990 646 6 being be VBG 990 646 7 sent send VBN 990 646 8 by by IN 990 646 9 chance chance NN 990 646 10 to to IN 990 646 11 the the DT 990 646 12 camp camp NN 990 646 13 by by IN 990 646 14 his -PRON- PRP$ 990 646 15 father father NN 990 646 16 on on IN 990 646 17 a a DT 990 646 18 message message NN 990 646 19 to to IN 990 646 20 his -PRON- PRP$ 990 646 21 brothers brother NNS 990 646 22 , , , 990 646 23 he -PRON- PRP 990 646 24 was be VBD 990 646 25 for for IN 990 646 26 the the DT 990 646 27 first first JJ 990 646 28 time time NN 990 646 29 remarked remark VBN 990 646 30 by by IN 990 646 31 Saul Saul NNP 990 646 32 on on IN 990 646 33 the the DT 990 646 34 occasion occasion NN 990 646 35 of of IN 990 646 36 his -PRON- PRP$ 990 646 37 victory victory NN 990 646 38 , , , 990 646 39 over over IN 990 646 40 Goliath Goliath NNP 990 646 41 the the DT 990 646 42 Philistine Philistine NNP 990 646 43 , , , 990 646 44 and and CC 990 646 45 was be VBD 990 646 46 retained retain VBN 990 646 47 at at IN 990 646 48 his -PRON- PRP$ 990 646 49 court court NN 990 646 50 . . . 990 647 1 ( ( -LRB- 990 647 2 27 27 CD 990 647 3 ) ) -RRB- 990 647 4 I -PRON- PRP 990 647 5 suspect suspect VBP 990 647 6 the the DT 990 647 7 same same JJ 990 647 8 thing thing NN 990 647 9 has have VBZ 990 647 10 taken take VBN 990 647 11 place place NN 990 647 12 in in IN 990 647 13 chap chap NNP 990 647 14 . . . 990 648 1 xxvi xxvi NNP 990 648 2 . . . 990 649 1 of of IN 990 649 2 the the DT 990 649 3 same same JJ 990 649 4 book book NN 990 649 5 , , , 990 649 6 for for IN 990 649 7 the the DT 990 649 8 historian historian NN 990 649 9 there there EX 990 649 10 seems seem VBZ 990 649 11 to to TO 990 649 12 repeat repeat VB 990 649 13 the the DT 990 649 14 narrative narrative NN 990 649 15 given give VBN 990 649 16 in in IN 990 649 17 chap chap NNP 990 649 18 . . . 990 650 1 xxiv xxiv NNP 990 650 2 . . . 990 651 1 according accord VBG 990 651 2 to to IN 990 651 3 another another DT 990 651 4 man man NN 990 651 5 's 's POS 990 651 6 version version NN 990 651 7 . . . 990 652 1 ( ( -LRB- 990 652 2 28 28 CD 990 652 3 ) ) -RRB- 990 652 4 But but CC 990 652 5 I -PRON- PRP 990 652 6 pass pass VBP 990 652 7 over over RP 990 652 8 this this DT 990 652 9 , , , 990 652 10 and and CC 990 652 11 go go VB 990 652 12 on on RP 990 652 13 to to IN 990 652 14 the the DT 990 652 15 computation computation NN 990 652 16 of of IN 990 652 17 dates date NNS 990 652 18 . . . 990 653 1 ( ( -LRB- 990 653 2 29 29 CD 990 653 3 ) ) -RRB- 990 653 4 In in IN 990 653 5 I i NN 990 653 6 Kings king NNS 990 653 7 , , , 990 653 8 chap chap NNP 990 653 9 . . . 990 654 1 vi vi NNP 990 654 2 . . NNP 990 654 3 , , , 990 654 4 it -PRON- PRP 990 654 5 is be VBZ 990 654 6 said say VBN 990 654 7 that that IN 990 654 8 Solomon Solomon NNP 990 654 9 built build VBD 990 654 10 the the DT 990 654 11 Temple Temple NNP 990 654 12 in in IN 990 654 13 the the DT 990 654 14 four four CD 990 654 15 hundred hundred CD 990 654 16 and and CC 990 654 17 eightieth eightieth JJ 990 654 18 year year NN 990 654 19 after after IN 990 654 20 the the DT 990 654 21 exodus exodus NN 990 654 22 from from IN 990 654 23 Egypt Egypt NNP 990 654 24 ; ; : 990 654 25 but but CC 990 654 26 from from IN 990 654 27 the the DT 990 654 28 historians historian NNS 990 654 29 themselves -PRON- PRP 990 654 30 we -PRON- PRP 990 654 31 get get VBP 990 654 32 a a DT 990 654 33 much much RB 990 654 34 longer long JJR 990 654 35 period period NN 990 654 36 , , , 990 654 37 for for IN 990 654 38 : : : 990 654 39 Years year NNS 990 654 40 . . . 990 655 1 Moses Moses NNP 990 655 2 governed govern VBD 990 655 3 the the DT 990 655 4 people people NNS 990 655 5 in in IN 990 655 6 the the DT 990 655 7 desert desert NN 990 655 8 . . . 990 656 1 . . . 990 657 1 . . . 990 658 1 . . . 990 659 1 . . . 990 660 1 . . . 990 661 1 . . . 990 662 1 . . . 990 663 1 . . . 990 664 1 . . . 990 665 1 . . . 990 666 1 . . . 990 667 1 . . . 990 668 1 . . . 990 669 1 . . . 990 670 1 40 40 CD 990 670 2 Joshua Joshua NNP 990 670 3 , , , 990 670 4 who who WP 990 670 5 lived live VBD 990 670 6 110 110 CD 990 670 7 years year NNS 990 670 8 , , , 990 670 9 did do VBD 990 670 10 not not RB 990 670 11 , , , 990 670 12 according accord VBG 990 670 13 to to IN 990 670 14 Josephus Josephus NNP 990 670 15 and and CC 990 670 16 others other NNS 990 670 17 ' ' POS 990 670 18 opinion opinion NN 990 670 19 rule rule NN 990 670 20 more more RBR 990 670 21 than than IN 990 670 22 . . . 990 671 1 . . . 990 672 1 . . . 990 673 1 . . . 990 674 1 . . . 990 675 1 . . . 990 676 1 . . . 990 677 1 . . . 990 678 1 . . . 990 679 1 . . . 990 680 1 . . . 990 681 1 . . . 990 682 1 . . . 990 683 1 . . . 990 684 1 . . . 990 685 1 . . . 990 686 1 . . . 990 687 1 26 26 CD 990 687 2 Cusban Cusban NNP 990 687 3 Rishathaim Rishathaim NNP 990 687 4 held hold VBD 990 687 5 the the DT 990 687 6 people people NNS 990 687 7 in in IN 990 687 8 subjection subjection NN 990 687 9 . . . 990 688 1 . . . 990 689 1 . . . 990 690 1 . . . 990 691 1 . . . 990 692 1 . . . 990 693 1 . . . 990 694 1 . . . 990 695 1 . . . 990 696 1 . . . 990 697 1 . . . 990 698 1 8 8 CD 990 698 2 Othniel Othniel NNP 990 698 3 , , , 990 698 4 son son NN 990 698 5 of of IN 990 698 6 Kenag Kenag NNP 990 698 7 , , , 990 698 8 was be VBD 990 698 9 judge judge NN 990 698 10 for for IN 990 698 11 . . . 990 699 1 . . . 990 700 1 . . . 990 701 1 . . . 990 702 1 . . . 990 703 1 . . . 990 704 1 . . . 990 705 1 . . . 990 706 1 . . . 990 707 1 [ [ -LRB- 990 707 2 Endnote Endnote NNP 990 707 3 15 15 CD 990 707 4 ] ] -RRB- 990 707 5 40 40 CD 990 707 6 Eglon Eglon NNP 990 707 7 , , , 990 707 8 King King NNP 990 707 9 of of IN 990 707 10 Moab Moab NNP 990 707 11 , , , 990 707 12 governed govern VBD 990 707 13 the the DT 990 707 14 people people NNS 990 707 15 . . . 990 708 1 . . . 990 709 1 . . . 990 710 1 . . . 990 711 1 . . . 990 712 1 . . . 990 713 1 . . . 990 714 1 . . . 990 715 1 . . . 990 716 1 . . . 990 717 1 . . . 990 718 1 . . . 990 719 1 . . . 990 720 1 . . . 990 721 1 18 18 CD 990 721 2 Ehud Ehud NNP 990 721 3 and and CC 990 721 4 Shamgar Shamgar NNP 990 721 5 were be VBD 990 721 6 judges judge NNS 990 721 7 . . . 990 722 1 . . . 990 723 1 . . . 990 724 1 . . . 990 725 1 . . . 990 726 1 . . . 990 727 1 . . . 990 728 1 . . . 990 729 1 . . . 990 730 1 . . . 990 731 1 . . . 990 732 1 . . . 990 733 1 . . . 990 734 1 . . . 990 735 1 . . . 990 736 1 . . . 990 737 1 . . . 990 738 1 . . . 990 739 1 . . . 990 740 1 . . . 990 741 1 80 80 CD 990 741 2 Jachin Jachin NNP 990 741 3 , , , 990 741 4 King King NNP 990 741 5 of of IN 990 741 6 Canaan Canaan NNP 990 741 7 , , , 990 741 8 held hold VBD 990 741 9 the the DT 990 741 10 people people NNS 990 741 11 in in IN 990 741 12 subjection subjection NN 990 741 13 . . . 990 742 1 . . . 990 743 1 . . . 990 744 1 . . . 990 745 1 . . . 990 746 1 . . . 990 747 1 . . . 990 748 1 . . . 990 749 1 20 20 CD 990 749 2 The the DT 990 749 3 people people NNS 990 749 4 was be VBD 990 749 5 at at IN 990 749 6 peace peace NN 990 749 7 subsequently subsequently RB 990 749 8 for for IN 990 749 9 . . . 990 750 1 . . . 990 751 1 . . . 990 752 1 . . . 990 753 1 . . . 990 754 1 . . . 990 755 1 . . . 990 756 1 . . . 990 757 1 . . . 990 758 1 . . . 990 759 1 . . . 990 760 1 . . . 990 761 1 . . . 990 762 1 . . . 990 763 1 40 40 CD 990 763 2 It -PRON- PRP 990 763 3 was be VBD 990 763 4 under under IN 990 763 5 subjection subjection NN 990 763 6 to to IN 990 763 7 Median Median NNP 990 763 8 . . . 990 764 1 . . . 990 765 1 . . . 990 766 1 . . . 990 767 1 . . . 990 768 1 . . . 990 769 1 . . . 990 770 1 . . . 990 771 1 . . . 990 772 1 . . . 990 773 1 . . . 990 774 1 . . . 990 775 1 . . . 990 776 1 . . . 990 777 1 . . . 990 778 1 . . . 990 779 1 . . . 990 780 1 . . . 990 781 1 7 7 LS 990 781 2 It -PRON- PRP 990 781 3 obtained obtain VBD 990 781 4 freedom freedom NN 990 781 5 under under IN 990 781 6 Gideon Gideon NNP 990 781 7 for for IN 990 781 8 . . . 990 782 1 . . . 990 783 1 . . . 990 784 1 . . . 990 785 1 . . . 990 786 1 . . . 990 787 1 . . . 990 788 1 . . . 990 789 1 . . . 990 790 1 . . . 990 791 1 . . . 990 792 1 . . . 990 793 1 . . . 990 794 1 . . . 990 795 1 . . . 990 796 1 . . . 990 797 1 40 40 CD 990 797 2 It -PRON- PRP 990 797 3 fell fall VBD 990 797 4 under under IN 990 797 5 the the DT 990 797 6 rule rule NN 990 797 7 of of IN 990 797 8 Abimelech Abimelech NNP 990 797 9 . . . 990 798 1 . . . 990 799 1 . . . 990 800 1 . . . 990 801 1 . . . 990 802 1 . . . 990 803 1 . . . 990 804 1 . . . 990 805 1 . . . 990 806 1 . . . 990 807 1 . . . 990 808 1 . . . 990 809 1 . . . 990 810 1 . . . 990 811 1 . . . 990 812 1 . . . 990 813 1 . . . 990 814 1 3 3 CD 990 814 2 Tola Tola NNP 990 814 3 , , , 990 814 4 son son NN 990 814 5 of of IN 990 814 6 Puah Puah NNP 990 814 7 , , , 990 814 8 was be VBD 990 814 9 judge judge NN 990 814 10 . . . 990 815 1 . . . 990 816 1 . . . 990 817 1 . . . 990 818 1 . . . 990 819 1 . . . 990 820 1 . . . 990 821 1 . . . 990 822 1 . . . 990 823 1 . . . 990 824 1 . . . 990 825 1 . . . 990 826 1 . . . 990 827 1 . . . 990 828 1 . . . 990 829 1 . . . 990 830 1 . . . 990 831 1 . . . 990 832 1 . . . 990 833 1 . . . 990 834 1 23 23 CD 990 834 2 Jair Jair NNP 990 834 3 was be VBD 990 834 4 judge judge NN 990 834 5 . . . 990 835 1 . . . 990 836 1 . . . 990 837 1 . . . 990 838 1 . . . 990 839 1 . . . 990 840 1 . . . 990 841 1 . . . 990 842 1 . . . 990 843 1 . . . 990 844 1 . . . 990 845 1 . . . 990 846 1 . . . 990 847 1 . . . 990 848 1 . . . 990 849 1 . . . 990 850 1 . . . 990 851 1 . . . 990 852 1 . . . 990 853 1 . . . 990 854 1 . . . 990 855 1 . . . 990 856 1 . . . 990 857 1 . . . 990 858 1 . . . 990 859 1 . . . 990 860 1 . . . 990 861 1 22 22 CD 990 861 2 The the DT 990 861 3 people people NNS 990 861 4 was be VBD 990 861 5 in in IN 990 861 6 subjection subjection NN 990 861 7 to to IN 990 861 8 the the DT 990 861 9 Philistines Philistines NNP 990 861 10 and and CC 990 861 11 Ammonites Ammonites NNPS 990 861 12 . . . 990 862 1 . . . 990 863 1 . . . 990 864 1 . . . 990 865 1 18 18 CD 990 865 2 Jephthah Jephthah NNP 990 865 3 was be VBD 990 865 4 judge judge NN 990 865 5 . . . 990 866 1 . . . 990 867 1 . . . 990 868 1 . . . 990 869 1 . . . 990 870 1 . . . 990 871 1 . . . 990 872 1 . . . 990 873 1 . . . 990 874 1 . . . 990 875 1 . . . 990 876 1 . . . 990 877 1 . . . 990 878 1 . . . 990 879 1 . . . 990 880 1 . . . 990 881 1 . . . 990 882 1 . . . 990 883 1 . . . 990 884 1 . . . 990 885 1 . . . 990 886 1 . . . 990 887 1 . . . 990 888 1 . . . 990 889 1 . . . 990 890 1 6 6 CD 990 890 2 Ibzan Ibzan NNP 990 890 3 , , , 990 890 4 the the DT 990 890 5 Bethlehemite Bethlehemite NNP 990 890 6 , , , 990 890 7 was be VBD 990 890 8 judge judge NN 990 890 9 . . . 990 891 1 . . . 990 892 1 . . . 990 893 1 . . . 990 894 1 . . . 990 895 1 . . . 990 896 1 . . . 990 897 1 . . . 990 898 1 . . . 990 899 1 . . . 990 900 1 . . . 990 901 1 . . . 990 902 1 . . . 990 903 1 . . . 990 904 1 . . . 990 905 1 . . . 990 906 1 . . . 990 907 1 7 7 CD 990 907 2 Elon Elon NNP 990 907 3 , , , 990 907 4 the the DT 990 907 5 Zabulonite Zabulonite NNP 990 907 6 . . . 990 908 1 . . . 990 909 1 . . . 990 910 1 . . . 990 911 1 . . . 990 912 1 . . . 990 913 1 . . . 990 914 1 . . . 990 915 1 . . . 990 916 1 . . . 990 917 1 . . . 990 918 1 . . . 990 919 1 . . . 990 920 1 . . . 990 921 1 . . . 990 922 1 . . . 990 923 1 . . . 990 924 1 . . . 990 925 1 . . . 990 926 1 . . . 990 927 1 . . . 990 928 1 . . . 990 929 1 . . . 990 930 1 . . . 990 931 1 10 10 CD 990 931 2 Abclon Abclon NNP 990 931 3 , , , 990 931 4 the the DT 990 931 5 Pirathonite Pirathonite NNP 990 931 6 . . . 990 932 1 . . . 990 933 1 . . . 990 934 1 . . . 990 935 1 . . . 990 936 1 . . . 990 937 1 . . . 990 938 1 . . . 990 939 1 . . . 990 940 1 . . . 990 941 1 . . . 990 942 1 . . . 990 943 1 . . . 990 944 1 . . . 990 945 1 . . . 990 946 1 . . . 990 947 1 . . . 990 948 1 . . . 990 949 1 . . . 990 950 1 . . . 990 951 1 . . . 990 952 1 . . . 990 953 1 . . . 990 954 1 8 8 CD 990 954 2 The the DT 990 954 3 people people NNS 990 954 4 was be VBD 990 954 5 again again RB 990 954 6 subject subject JJ 990 954 7 to to IN 990 954 8 the the DT 990 954 9 Philistines Philistines NNP 990 954 10 . . . 990 955 1 . . . 990 956 1 . . . 990 957 1 . . . 990 958 1 . . . 990 959 1 . . . 990 960 1 . . . 990 961 1 . . . 990 962 1 . . . 990 963 1 . . . 990 964 1 . . . 990 965 1 40 40 CD 990 965 2 Samson Samson NNP 990 965 3 was be VBD 990 965 4 judge judge NN 990 965 5 . . . 990 966 1 . . . 990 967 1 . . . 990 968 1 . . . 990 969 1 . . . 990 970 1 . . . 990 971 1 . . . 990 972 1 . . . 990 973 1 . . . 990 974 1 . . . 990 975 1 . . . 990 976 1 . . . 990 977 1 . . . 990 978 1 . . . 990 979 1 . . . 990 980 1 . . . 990 981 1 . . . 990 982 1 . . . 990 983 1 . . . 990 984 1 [ [ -LRB- 990 984 2 Endnote Endnote NNP 990 984 3 16 16 CD 990 984 4 ] ] -RRB- 990 984 5 20 20 CD 990 984 6 Eli Eli NNP 990 984 7 was be VBD 990 984 8 judge judge NN 990 984 9 . . . 990 985 1 . . . 990 986 1 . . . 990 987 1 . . . 990 988 1 . . . 990 989 1 . . . 990 990 1 . . . 990 991 1 . . . 990 992 1 . . . 990 993 1 . . . 990 994 1 . . . 990 995 1 . . . 990 996 1 . . . 990 997 1 . . . 990 998 1 . . . 990 999 1 . . . 990 1000 1 . . . 990 1001 1 . . . 990 1002 1 . . . 990 1003 1 . . . 990 1004 1 . . . 990 1005 1 . . . 990 1006 1 . . . 990 1007 1 . . . 990 1008 1 . . . 990 1009 1 . . . 990 1010 1 . . . 990 1011 1 . . . 990 1012 1 40 40 CD 990 1012 2 The the DT 990 1012 3 people people NNS 990 1012 4 again again RB 990 1012 5 fell fall VBD 990 1012 6 into into IN 990 1012 7 subjection subjection NN 990 1012 8 to to IN 990 1012 9 the the DT 990 1012 10 Philistines 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