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Are you expecting me to plead for mercy?
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l have overlooked your hatred
because of your value to lsrael.
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- l pledged never to turn against you.
- l asked for no pledge.
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But tonight you raised your hand
against the life of lsrael.
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You and your Sheban slut
have defiled the fair name of lsrael.
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l sought only to preserve our country
from your contamination.
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Only because the blood of David
flows through your veins as well as mine,
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l grant you your life,
but l banish you from lsrael forever.
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l suppose l should be grateful, but you
should be concerned with your own life -
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if it has not already been lost
to the poison of Sheba.
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- Remove him, Josiah.
- Take him, and him.
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l charge you to cleanse yourself of
this iniquity you have permitted to spawn.
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Abjure this woman of her idolatries. Tear
down the abomination she has erected.
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l have given her permission
to hold the sacred rite of her own religion.
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A pagan revel! An orgy!
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l have no apology to make
for what l have done.
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As l have commanded, so shall it be.
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You have broken God"s covenant
and his commandment:
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""Thou shalt have no other gods
before me.""
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""Thou shalt not make unto thyself
any graven images.""
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""Thou shalt not kill.""
But murder was attempted against me.
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lf Sheba had not escaped,
the assassins would not have spared her.
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The permission l have granted is poor
compensation for the crime attempted.
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lt seems that in your lust for this woman,
you have lost your reason.
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Choose your words carefully, Hezrai.
lt is love l have for her.
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Out of love,
l offered to share this throne with her.