The opening speeches sounded more like declarations of war than offerings of peace.
那些开幕辞听起来更像宣战书而不是和平倡议。
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And they brought in the ark of the LORD, and set it in his place, in the midst of the tabernacle that David had pitched for it: and David offered burnt offerings and peaceofferings before the LORD.