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The sages counted the kings and commoners shut out of eternity, and almost wrote Solomon among them, until fire drove them from the benches.
A crowded ship mocks the lone scholar whose cargo cannot be found, until officers strip every merchant and only his hidden goods survive.
Samuel came to Bethlehem to crown a king and recoiled twice, once at a giant's frame and once at a shepherd boy whose red skin looked like Esau's.
Samuel flushed red at the shepherd boy, sure he saw another Esau, while the house sneered at the son of Jesse who called himself a mere stain.
