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\BibleBook{2 Kings}

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\BibleTitleTwo{This book contains the account of the prophet Elijah and of many kings who ruled Israel and Judah until other nations conquered Israel and Judah. We call this book }
\BibleMainTitle{2 Kings }

\BibleSectionHeading{Elijah condemned King Ahaziah }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Elijah condemned King Ahaziah }
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\chapterNumber{1}After|strong="H0310" King|strong="H4428" Ahab|strong="H0256" died|strong="H4194", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w country|strong="H2022"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4194"\+w*} Moab|strong="H4124" rebelled|strong="H6586" against|strong="H6586" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{2}One|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117", Ahaziah|strong="H0274", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w new|strong="H2319"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4397"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*,} fell|strong="H5307" through|strong="H1157" the|strong="H7971" wooden|strong="H6086" slats/boards|strong="H7175" around|strong="H1157" the|strong="H7971" edge|strong="H6310" of|strong="H4397" the|strong="H7971" flat|strong="H5307" roof|strong="H5944" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H4397"\+w* \+w his|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w palace|strong="H1004"\+w*} in|strong="H3212" Samaria|strong="H8111". He|strong="H7971" was|strong="H2088" badly|strong="H3966" injured|strong="H8295", so|strong="H7971" he|strong="H7971" summoned|strong="H7121" some|strong="H4480" messengers|strong="H4397" and|strong="H7971" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="H7971", “Go|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" Ekron|strong="H6138" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w Philistia|strong="H6429"\+w*}, and|strong="H7971" ask|strong="H1875" their|strong="H7971" god|strong="H7971" Baalzebub whether|strong="H0518" I|strong="H2088" will|strong="H5307" ◄recover|strong="H2421"/become|strong="H2470" well|strong="H3190"►.” 
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\verseNumber{3}But|strong="H1696" an|strong="H6965" angel|strong="H4397" from|strong="H5927" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Elijah|strong="H1696", the|strong="H3068" prophet|strong="H1696" from|strong="H5927" Tishbe \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, “The|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Samaria|strong="H8111" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w sending|strong="H7971"\+w*} some|strong="H4480" messengers|strong="H4397" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w Ekron|strong="H6138"\+w*}. Go|strong="H1980" and|strong="H1980" meet|strong="H7125" them|strong="H5927" and|strong="H1980" say|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" them|strong="H5927", ‘Is|strong="H3068" it|strong="H5927" because|strong="H1097" there|strong="H5927" is|strong="H3068" no|strong="H1097" God|strong="H3068" in|strong="H1980" Israel|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H1696" are|strong="H3478" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1696" Ekron|strong="H6138" to|strong="H1696" ask|strong="H1875" Baalzebub, the|strong="H3068" god|strong="H3068" of|strong="H4428" those|strong="H1696" people|strong="H1696", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w whether|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w you|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w recover|strong="H2421"\+w*}? 
\verseNumber{4}Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w should|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w King|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Ahaziah|strong="H0274"\+w*} that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" recover|strong="H2421" from|strong="H4480" his|strong="H3068" being|strong="H3068" injured|strong="H8295"; he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" surely|strong="H4191" die|strong="H4191".’” 
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\verseNumber{5}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w Elijah|strong="H0452"\+w* \+w went|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w meet|strong="H7122"\+w*} the|strong="H7725" messengers|strong="H4397" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w that|strong="H4397"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w them|strong="H7725"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w they|strong="H4100"\+w*} returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" king|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w instead|strong="H8478"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4397"\+w* \+w going|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w Ekron|strong="H6138"\+w*}. The|strong="H7725" king|strong="H4428" asked|strong="H4100" them|strong="H7725", “Why|strong="H4100" did|strong="H4100" you|strong="H7725" return|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w soon|strong="H3512"\+w*}?” 
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\verseNumber{6}They|strong="H3588" replied|strong="H1696", “A|strong="H3588" man|strong="H4191" came|strong="H5927" to|strong="H1696" meet|strong="H7125" us|strong="H7725", and|strong="H3478" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" us|strong="H7725", ‘Return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" who|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7971" you|strong="H3588" and|strong="H3478" tell|strong="H1696" him|strong="H7971" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541", “◄Is|strong="H3068" it|strong="H3588" because|strong="H3588" there|strong="H8033" no|strong="H3808" God|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3478" sending|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w messengers|strong="H1696"\+w*} to|strong="H1696" Ekron|strong="H6138" to|strong="H1696" consult|strong="H1875" Baalzebub, their|strong="H3068" god|strong="H3068"?/You|strong="H3588" seem|strong="H5869" to|strong="H1696" think|strong="H2803" there|strong="H8033" is|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3808" God|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478", with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" result|strong="H4480" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3478" sending|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w messengers|strong="H1696"\+w*} to|strong="H1696" Ekron|strong="H6138" to|strong="H1696" ask|strong="H1875" Baazebub, their|strong="H3068" god|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w whether|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w recover|strong="H7725"\+w*}.► [RHQ] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Go|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" recover|strong="H7725" from|strong="H4480" being|strong="H3068" injured|strong="H8295"; instead|strong="H3588", he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" surely|strong="H4191" die|strong="H4191".”’” 
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\verseNumber{7}The|strong="H5927" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" them|strong="H5927", “The|strong="H5927" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="H4100" came|strong="H5927" to|strong="H1696" meet|strong="H7125" you|strong="H4100" and|strong="H4941" told|strong="H1696" that|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1696" you|strong="H4100", what|strong="H4100" did|strong="H4100" he|strong="H1696" look|strong="H7200" like|strong="H1697"?” 
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\verseNumber{8}They|strong="H1931" replied|strong="H0559", “He|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" a|strong="H1931" hairy|strong="H8181" man|strong="H1167" and|strong="H4975" he|strong="H1931" had|strong="H1167" a|strong="H1931" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wide|strong="H7341"\+w*} leather|strong="H5785" belt|strong="H0232" around|strong="H5439" his|strong="H1931" waist|strong="H4975".” The|strong="H1931" king|strong="H4428" exclaimed|strong="H0559", “That|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" Elijah|strong="H0452"!” 
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\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H1696" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" sent|strong="H7971" an|strong="H7971" officer|strong="H8269" with|strong="H1696" 50 soldiers|strong="H5927" to|strong="H1696" seize|strong="H0962" Elijah|strong="H1696". They|strong="H5921" found|strong="H4672" Elijah|strong="H1696" sitting|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="H4428" a|strong="H7971" hill|strong="H2022". The|strong="H5921" officer|strong="H8269" called|strong="H7121" out|strong="H7971" to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H5921", “Prophet|strong="H1696", the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" commands|strong="H6680" that|strong="H4428" you|strong="H7971" come|strong="H5927" down|strong="H3381" here|strong="H2009"!” 
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\verseNumber{10}But|strong="H6030" Elijah|strong="H1696" replied|strong="H6030", “I|strong="H4480" am|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1696" prophet|strong="H1696"; so|strong="H4480", I|strong="H4480" command|strong="H6680" that|strong="H4480" fire|strong="H0784" come|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" sky|strong="H8064" and|strong="H6030" burn|strong="H8313" up|strong="H6030" you|strong="H4480" and|strong="H6030" your|strong="H4480" 50 soldiers|strong="H5650"!” Immediately|strong="H6965", fire|strong="H0784" came|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" sky|strong="H8064" and|strong="H6030" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H8313" up|strong="H6030" the|strong="H4480" officer|strong="H8269" and|strong="H6030" his|strong="H4480" 50 \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{11}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3541"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w found|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w out|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w about|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w that|strong="H4428"\+w*,} he|strong="H7971" sent|strong="H7971" another|strong="H0312" officer|strong="H8269" with|strong="H1696" 50 more|strong="H7725" soldiers|strong="H5650". They|strong="H3541" went|strong="H3381" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w where|strong="H2572"\+w* \+w Elijah|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w was|strong="H4428"\+w*}, and|strong="H6030" the|strong="H3541" officer|strong="H8269" called|strong="H7121" out|strong="H7971" to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H7971", “Prophet|strong="H1696", the|strong="H3541" king|strong="H4428" commands|strong="H6680" that|strong="H4428" you|strong="H7971" come|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" immediately|strong="H6965"!” 
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\verseNumber{12}But|strong="H6030" Elijah|strong="H1696" replied|strong="H6030", “I|strong="H4480" am|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1696" prophet|strong="H1696"; \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w prove|strong="H5254"\+w* \+w that|strong="H4480"\+w*,} I|strong="H4480" command|strong="H6680" that|strong="H4480" fire|strong="H0784" come|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" sky|strong="H8064" and|strong="H6030" kill|strong="H2026" you|strong="H4480" and|strong="H6030" your|strong="H4480" soldiers|strong="H5650"!” Then|strong="H6030" a|strong="H1696" fire|strong="H0784" from|strong="H4480" God|strong="H8064" came|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" sky|strong="H8064" and|strong="H6030" killed|strong="H2026" the|strong="H4480" officer|strong="H5631" and|strong="H6030" his|strong="H4480" soldiers|strong="H5650". 
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\verseNumber{13}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w king|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w heard|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w about|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5315"\+w*} he|strong="H5921" sent|strong="H7971" another|strong="H0312" officer|strong="H8269" with|strong="H1696" 50 more|strong="H5921" soldiers|strong="H5650". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w went|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w where|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Elijah|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w was|strong="H5315"\+w*}, and|strong="H7971" the|strong="H5921" officer|strong="H8269" prostrated|strong="H7812" himself|strong="H5315" in|strong="H5921" front|strong="H5048" of|strong="H8269" Elijah|strong="H1696", and|strong="H7971" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H5921", “Prophet|strong="H1696", I|strong="H5921" plead|strong="H7378" with|strong="H1696" you|strong="H7971", be|strong="H5315" kind|strong="H4327" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H4994" and|strong="H7971" my|strong="H5921" 50 soldiers|strong="H5650", and|strong="H7971" ◄do|strong="H5869" not|strong="H1696" kill|strong="H2026" us|strong="H4994"/allow|strong="H4994" us|strong="H4994" to|strong="H1696" remain|strong="H3427" alive|strong="H5315"►! 
\verseNumber{14}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w We|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5315"\+w*} two|strong="H8147" times|strong="H6471" fire|strong="H0784" came|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" sky|strong="H8064" and|strong="H8064" killed|strong="H2026" officers|strong="H8269" and|strong="H8064" the|strong="H4480" 50 soldiers|strong="H5650" who|strong="H5315" were|strong="H5869" with|strong="H3381" them|strong="H3381". So|strong="H4480" now|strong="H6258", please|strong="H4994" be|strong="H5315" kind|strong="H4327" to|strong="H3381" me|strong="H5315"!” 
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\verseNumber{15}Then|strong="H6965" the|strong="H6440" angel|strong="H4397" from|strong="H6440" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Elijah|strong="H1696", “Go|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w go|strong="H3381"\+w* } with|strong="H3068" him|strong="H6440". Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H1696" be|strong="H3068" afraid|strong="H3372" of|strong="H4428" him|strong="H6440".” So|strong="H6965" Elijah|strong="H1696" went|strong="H3381" with|strong="H3068" them|strong="H6440" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428". 
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\verseNumber{16}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w Elijah|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w arrived|strong="H0935"\+w*,} he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428", “This|strong="H3651" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541": ‘You|strong="H3588" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="H1696" go|strong="H5927" to|strong="H1696" Ekron|strong="H6138" to|strong="H1696" ask|strong="H1875" Baalzebub, their|strong="H3068" god|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w whether|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w would|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w recover|strong="H2421"\+w*}. You|strong="H3588" acted|strong="H1697" as|strong="H1697" though|strong="H3588" [RHQ] there|strong="H8033" is|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3808" God|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H1696" consult|strong="H1875". So|strong="H3651" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" recover|strong="H2421" from|strong="H4480" being|strong="H3068" injured|strong="H8295"; instead|strong="H3588", you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3478" going|strong="H5927" to|strong="H1696" die|strong="H4191"!’” 
\verseNumber{17}So|strong="H1961" Ahaziah|strong="H0274" died|strong="H4191", which|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" told|strong="H1696" Elijah|strong="H1696" would|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H1961". Ahaziah’s|strong="H0274" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w*} brother|strong="H0251" Joram|strong="H3088" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H3588" new|strong="H2319" king|strong="H4428", when|strong="H3588" Jehoram|strong="H3088", the|strong="H3588" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092", had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H1961" ruling|strong="H4910" Judah|strong="H3063" for|strong="H3588" almost|strong="H4592" two|strong="H8147" years|strong="H8141". Ahaziah’s|strong="H0274" brother|strong="H0251" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" because|strong="H3588" Ahaziah|strong="H0274" had|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3808" son|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w become|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{18}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w If|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w want|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w about|strong="H5921"\+w*} all|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5921" other|strong="H0312" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3117" Ahaziah|strong="H0274" did|strong="H6213", they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H3117" [RHQ] written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" scroll|strong="H5612" called|strong="H7121" ‘The|strong="H5921" History|strong="H8435" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" Kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel’. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Elijah is taken up to heaven }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Elijah is taken up to heaven }
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\chapterNumber{2}When|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" about|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" take|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w prophet|strong="H5030"\+w*} Elijah|strong="H0452" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3068" heaven|strong="H8064" in|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1961" ◄whirlwind|strong="H5591"/twisting wind|strong="H7307"►, Elijah|strong="H0452" and|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w fellow|strong="H7453"\+w* \+w prophet|strong="H5030"\+w*} Elisha|strong="H0477" were|strong="H1961" traveling|strong="H1980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w south|strong="H5045"\+w*} from|strong="H4480" Gilgal|strong="H1537" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{2}Elijah|strong="H0452" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5704" Elisha|strong="H3427", “Stay|strong="H3427" here|strong="H6311", because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" told|strong="H5046" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="H3588"\+w*} me|strong="H4994" to|strong="H5704" go|strong="H7971" to|strong="H5704" Bethel|strong="H1008" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}.” 
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But|strong="H3588" Elisha|strong="H3427" replied|strong="H0559", “Just|strong="H3512" as|strong="H5704" certainly|strong="H3588" as|strong="H5704" Yahweh|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H5315" and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" live|strong="H3427", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3588" leave|strong="H5800" you|strong="H3588"!” 
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So|strong="H7971" they|strong="H3588" went|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w together|strong="H3162"\+w*} to|strong="H5704" Bethel|strong="H1008". 
\verseNumber{3}A|strong="H3947" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H1121" prophets|strong="H5030" came|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" Elisha|strong="H0477" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Elijah|strong="H0452"\+w* \+w before|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w entered|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3588" asked|strong="H7592" Elisha|strong="H0477", “Do|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" going|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" take|strong="H3947" your|strong="H3068" master|strong="H0113"/boss \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Elijah|strong="H0452"\+w*} away|strong="H3947" from|strong="H3318" you|strong="H3588" today|strong="H3117"?” 
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Elisha|strong="H0477" answered|strong="H6030", “Certainly|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588", but|strong="H3588" don’t|strong="H0408" talk|strong="H1696" about|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921"!” [IDM] 
\verseNumber{4}Then|strong="H7971" Elijah|strong="H0452" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" Elisha|strong="H3427", “Stay|strong="H3427" here|strong="H6311", because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" told|strong="H5046" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="H3588"\+w*} me|strong="H4994" to|strong="H3068" go|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3068" Jericho|strong="H3405".” 
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But|strong="H3588" Elisha|strong="H3427" replied|strong="H0559" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w again|strong="H7971"\+w*}, “Just|strong="H3512" as|strong="H5315" certainly|strong="H3588" as|strong="H5315" Yahweh|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H5315" and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" live|strong="H3427", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3588" leave|strong="H5800" you|strong="H3588"!” 
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So|strong="H7971" they|strong="H3588" went|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w together|strong="H3162"\+w*} to|strong="H3068" Jericho|strong="H3405" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{5}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w As|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* neared} Jericho|strong="H3405", a|strong="H3947" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H1121" prophets|strong="H5030" who|strong="H3068" were|strong="H1121" from|strong="H5921" there|strong="H3117" came|strong="H5066" to|strong="H3068" Elisha|strong="H0477" and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H5921", “Do|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="H3068" take|strong="H3947" your|strong="H3068" master|strong="H0113"/boss \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Elijah|strong="H0452"\+w*} away|strong="H3947" from|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3588" today|strong="H3117"?” 
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He|strong="H3588" answered|strong="H6030" again|strong="H3947", “Certainly|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588", but|strong="H3588" don’t|strong="H0408" talk|strong="H1696" about|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921"!” [IDM] 
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\verseNumber{6}Then|strong="H7971" Elijah|strong="H0452" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" Elisha|strong="H3427", “Stay|strong="H3427" here|strong="H6311", because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" told|strong="H5046" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="H3588"\+w*} me|strong="H4994" to|strong="H3212" go|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" the|strong="H3588" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H3588"\+w*}.” 
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But|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w again|strong="H7971"\+w*} Elisha|strong="H3427" replied|strong="H0559", “As|strong="H5315" certainly|strong="H3588" as|strong="H5315" Yahweh|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H5315" and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" live|strong="H3427", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3588" leave|strong="H5800" you|strong="H3588"!” 
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So|strong="H7971" they|strong="H3588" continued|strong="H3427" walking|strong="H3212" together|strong="H8147". 
\verseNumber{7}Fifty|strong="H2572" men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5975" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H1121" prophets|strong="H5030" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w from|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Jericho|strong="H3405"\+w*} also|strong="H1121" went|strong="H1980", but|strong="H5921" they|strong="H5921" watched|strong="H7200" from|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5975" distance|strong="H7350" as|strong="H1980" Elijah|strong="H0452" and|strong="H1121" Elisha|strong="H0477" stopped|strong="H5975" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" edge|strong="H6310" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="H3947" Elijah|strong="H0452" rolled|strong="H5674" up|strong="H3947" his|strong="H3947" cloak|strong="H8008" and|strong="H8147" struck|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3947" water|strong="H4325" with|strong="H4325" it|strong="H5221". A|strong="H3947" path|strong="H0734" opened|strong="H6605" up|strong="H3947" for|strong="H4325" them|strong="H5221" through|strong="H5674" the|strong="H3947" river|strong="H5104", and|strong="H8147" they|strong="H5221" walked|strong="H1980" across|strong="H5674" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H4325"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w were|strong="H4325"\+w*} on|strong="H5674" dry|strong="H2724" ground|strong="H2724". 
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\verseNumber{9}When|strong="H1961" they|strong="H2962" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3947" other|strong="H8147" side|strong="H7307", Elijah|strong="H0452" said|strong="H6310" to|strong="H1961" Elisha|strong="H0477", “What|strong="H4100" do|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3947" want|strong="H4270" me|strong="H4994" to|strong="H1961" do|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3947" before|strong="H2962" ◄I|strong="H2962" am|strong="H1961" taken|strong="H3947" away|strong="H3947"/Yahweh|strong="H3068" takes|strong="H3947" me|strong="H4994" away|strong="H3947"►?” 
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Elisha|strong="H0477" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H2962" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H1961" receive|strong="H3947" twice|strong="H8147" as|strong="H1961" much|strong="H6310" of|strong="H7307" your|strong="H3947" power|strong="H3027" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w have|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w had|strong="H1961"\+w*,} (OR|strong="H8147" enable|strong="H7980" me|strong="H4994" to|strong="H1961" very|strong="H6213" powerfully continue|strong="H1961" your|strong="H3947" ministry|strong="H5656").” 
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\verseNumber{10}Elijah|strong="H0452" replied|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H3947" have|strong="H1961" asked|strong="H7592" for|strong="H7592" something|strong="H1697" which|strong="H0834" is|strong="H3651" difficult|strong="H7185" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H7592"\+w* \+w me|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w cause|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w*}. But|strong="H3808", if|strong="H7200" you|strong="H3947" see|strong="H7200" me|strong="H7200" when|strong="H1961" ◄I|strong="H3651" am|strong="H1961" taken|strong="H3947" from|strong="H3947" you|strong="H3947"/Yahweh|strong="H3068" takes|strong="H3947" me|strong="H7200" from|strong="H3947" you|strong="H3947"►, you|strong="H3947" will|strong="H1961" get|strong="H3947" what|strong="H7200" you|strong="H3947" are|strong="H1961" requesting. But|strong="H3808" if|strong="H7200" you|strong="H3947" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" see|strong="H7200" me|strong="H7200", then|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3947" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" get|strong="H3947" it|strong="H3651".” 
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\verseNumber{11}As|strong="H1961" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1961" walking|strong="H1980" and|strong="H1980" talking|strong="H1696", suddenly|strong="H2009" a|strong="H1961" chariot|strong="H7393" that|strong="H5927" had|strong="H1961" fire|strong="H0784" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w surrounding|strong="H5439"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5927"\+w*}, pulled|strong="H5265" by|strong="H1980" horses|strong="H5483" which|strong="H1992" also|strong="H8064" had|strong="H1961" fire|strong="H0784" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w surrounding|strong="H5439"\+w* \+w them|strong="H1992"\+w*}, appeared|strong="H1961". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w chariot|strong="H7393"\+w* \+w driver|strong="H7395"\+w*} drove|strong="H1980" the|strong="H5927" chariot|strong="H7393" between|strong="H0996" Elijah|strong="H1696" and|strong="H1980" Elisha|strong="H0477" and|strong="H1980" separated|strong="H6504" them|strong="H1992". Then|strong="H1961" Elijah|strong="H1696" was|strong="H1961" taken|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H1696" heaven|strong="H8064" in|strong="H1980" a|strong="H1961" ◄whirlwind|strong="H5591"/twisting wind|strong="H7307"►. 
\verseNumber{12}Elisha|strong="H0477" saw|strong="H7200" it|strong="H1931". He|strong="H1931" cried|strong="H6817" out|strong="H2388", “My|strong="H7200" father|strong="H0001"/master|strong="H0113"! My|strong="H7200" father|strong="H0001"/master|strong="H0113"! The|strong="H7200" chariots|strong="H7393" of|strong="H7393" us|strong="H7200" Israeli people|strong="H3808" and|strong="H3478" their|strong="H7200" drivers \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w taken|strong="H2388"\+w* \+w my|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w master|strong="H0113"\+w* \+w away|strong="H7167"\+w*}!” \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w disappeared|strong="H0369"\+w* \+w into|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w sky|strong="H8064"\+w*,} and|strong="H3478" Elisha|strong="H0477" never|strong="H3808" saw|strong="H7200" Elijah|strong="H0452" again|strong="H5750". Then|strong="H7200" Elisha|strong="H0477" tore|strong="H7167" his|strong="H7200" own|strong="H2388" robe|strong="H4598" into|strong="H7200" two|strong="H8147" pieces|strong="H7168" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w show|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w sad|strong="H7451"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{13}Elijah’s|strong="H0452" cloak|strong="H8008" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w fallen|strong="H5307"\+w* \+w off|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w when|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w he|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w was|strong="H8193"\+w* \+w taken|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w away|strong="H7725"\+w*, \+w so|strong="H7725"\+w*} Elisha|strong="H7725" picked|strong="H7311" it|strong="H5921" up|strong="H7311" and|strong="H7725" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H5921" bank|strong="H8193" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{14}He|strong="H1931" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w rolled|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w up|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w cloak|strong="H8008"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3068"\+w*} struck|strong="H5221" the|strong="H5921" water|strong="H4325" with|strong="H3068" it|strong="H1931", and|strong="H3068" cried|strong="H7121" out|strong="H3947", “Will|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H5921" God|strong="H3068" who|strong="H1931" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w enabled|strong="H5414"\+w*} Elijah|strong="H0452" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w perform|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w miracles|strong="H6381"\+w*, \+w enable|strong="H7980"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w similar|strong="H5307"\+w* \+w things|strong="H1697"\+w*}?” Then|strong="H3947" the|strong="H5921" water|strong="H4325" separated|strong="H2673", and|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3947" path|strong="H0734" opened|strong="H6605" up|strong="H5921" for|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921", and|strong="H3068" Elisha|strong="H0477" went|strong="H5674" across|strong="H5674". 
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\verseNumber{15}When|strong="H7200" the|strong="H5921" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H1121" prophets|strong="H5030" from|strong="H5921" Jericho|strong="H3405" saw|strong="H7200" what|strong="H7200" happened|strong="H1961", they|strong="H5921" exclaimed|strong="H0559", “Elisha|strong="H0477" now|strong="H5921" has|strong="H7307" the|strong="H5921" power|strong="H3027" that|strong="H7200" Elijah|strong="H0452" had|strong="H1121"!” [MTY] They|strong="H5921" walked|strong="H1980" over|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921" and|strong="H1121" bowed|strong="H7812" down|strong="H7812" in|strong="H5921" front|strong="H5048" of|strong="H1121" him|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{16}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w One|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} them|strong="H7971" said|strong="H0559", “Sir|strong="H0113", if|strong="H2009" you|strong="H7971" permit|strong="H5414" us|strong="H4994", 50 of|strong="H1121" our|strong="H3068" strongest|strong="H4581" men|strong="H1121" will|strong="H3068" go|strong="H3212" and|strong="H1121" search|strong="H1245" for|strong="H7971" your|strong="H3068" master|strong="H0113" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w side|strong="H7307"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w river|strong="H5104"\+w*}. Perhaps|strong="H5375" the|strong="H5375" Spirit|strong="H7307" of|strong="H1121" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" left|strong="H7971" him|strong="H7971" on|strong="H3068" some|strong="H2009" mountain|strong="H2022" or|strong="H3808" in|strong="H3068" some|strong="H2009" valley|strong="H1516".” 
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Elisha|strong="H0477" replied|strong="H0559", “No|strong="H3808", do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" send|strong="H7971" them|strong="H7971".” 
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\verseNumber{17}But|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3117" kept|strong="H6484" insisting. Finally|strong="H5704" he|strong="H3117" was|strong="H3117" tired|strong="H3021" of|strong="H3117" saying|strong="H0559" “No|strong="H3808",” and|strong="H7971" he|strong="H3117" said|strong="H0559", “Okay, send|strong="H7971" them|strong="H7971".” So|strong="H7971" 50 men|strong="H0376" searched|strong="H1245" for|strong="H5704" three|strong="H7969" days|strong="H3117", but|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3117" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" find|strong="H4672" Elijah|strong="H0452". 
\verseNumber{18}They|strong="H3808" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Jericho|strong="H3405", and|strong="H7725" Elisha|strong="H7725" was|strong="H1931" still|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3427". He|strong="H1931" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7725" them|strong="H7725", “I|strong="H3808" told|strong="H5046" you|strong="H7725" that|strong="H1931" you|strong="H7725" should|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" go|strong="H3212", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w would|strong="H0014"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w find|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w him|strong="H7725"\+w*}!” [RHQ] 

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\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Elisha|strong="H7725" made|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" water|strong="H4325" pure|strong="H2889" }
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\verseNumber{19}Then|strong="H2009" the|strong="H7200" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H5892" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jericho|strong="H3405"\+w*} city|strong="H5892" came|strong="H4325" to|strong="H4325" talk|strong="H1696" with|strong="H5892" Elisha|strong="H0477". One|strong="H2896" of|strong="H5892" them|strong="H7200" said|strong="H0559", “Our|strong="H7200" master|strong="H0113", we|strong="H4994" have|strong="H7200" a|strong="H7200" problem|strong="H2008". You|strong="H7200" can|strong="H7200" see|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" this|strong="H7200" is|strong="H2896" a|strong="H7200" very|strong="H2896" nice|strong="H2896" place|strong="H4186" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H4325"\+w* \+w live|strong="H4186"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5892"\+w*}. But|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" water|strong="H4325" is|strong="H2896" bad|strong="H7451", and|strong="H5892" as|strong="H5892" a|strong="H7200" result|strong="H6903", crops|strong="H8393" will|strong="H5892" not|strong="H7200" grow|strong="H6779" on|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" land|strong="H0776".” 
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\verseNumber{20}Elisha|strong="H0477" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H8033" them|strong="H7760", “Put|strong="H7760" some|strong="H8033" salt|strong="H4417" in|strong="H8033" a|strong="H3947" new|strong="H2319" bowl|strong="H4219" and|strong="H8033" bring|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" bowl|strong="H4219" to|strong="H8033" me|strong="H7760".” So|strong="H3947" they|strong="H8033" brought|strong="H3947" it|strong="H7760" to|strong="H8033" him|strong="H3947". 
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\verseNumber{21}Then|strong="H1961" he|strong="H8033" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3541" spring|strong="H4161" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w which|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3541"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3541"\+w* \+w town|strong="H7151"\+w* \+w got|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w water|strong="H4325"\+w*}. He|strong="H8033" threw|strong="H7993" the|strong="H3541" salt|strong="H4417" into|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3541" spring|strong="H4161". Then|strong="H1961" he|strong="H8033" said|strong="H3318", “This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541": ‘I|strong="H3541" have|strong="H1961" made|strong="H1961" this|strong="H3541" water|strong="H4325" good|strong="H2896"/pure|strong="H2889". No|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H5750" will|strong="H3068" anyone|strong="H3605" die|strong="H4194", from|strong="H3318" having|strong="H3808" drunk|strong="H8354" this|strong="H3541" water|strong="H4325", and|strong="H3068" now|strong="H1961" crops|strong="H8393" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3318" grow|strong="H3318".’” [LIT|strong="H0215"] 
\verseNumber{22}And|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" water|strong="H4325" became|strong="H1697" pure|strong="H2889", just|strong="H1697" as|strong="H5704" Elisha|strong="H5704" said|strong="H1696" it|strong="H5704" would|strong="H1697" be|strong="H1697". Since|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" it|strong="H5704" has|strong="H3117" always|strong="H3117" remained|strong="H3427" pure|strong="H2889". 

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\verseNumber{23}Elisha|strong="H0477" left|strong="H3318" Jericho|strong="H3405" and|strong="H5892" went|strong="H3318" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3318" Bethel|strong="H1008". As|strong="H5927" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" walking|strong="H1980" along|strong="H5921" the|strong="H4480" road|strong="H1870", a|strong="H3318" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H5892" young|strong="H5288" boys|strong="H5288" from|strong="H4480" Bethel|strong="H1008" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w saw|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w him|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w and|strong="H5892"\+w*} started|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" make|strong="H6213" fun of|strong="H5892" him|strong="H3318". They|strong="H8033" continued|strong="H5674" shouting|strong="H8643", “Go|strong="H3318" away|strong="H5927", you|strong="H4480" bald-headed man|strong="H5288"!” 
\verseNumber{24}Elisha|strong="H0477" turned|strong="H6437" around|strong="H6437" and|strong="H3068" looked|strong="H7200"/glared at|strong="H3068" them|strong="H1992". He|strong="H3068" asked|strong="H7592" Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3318" ◄curse|strong="H7043" them|strong="H1992"/do|strong="H3068" something|strong="H1697" bad|strong="H7451" to|strong="H3318" them|strong="H1992"►. Immediately|strong="H6965" two|strong="H8147" bears|strong="H1677" came|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" woods|strong="H3293" and|strong="H3068" mauled forty-two|strong="H8147" of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H1992". 
\verseNumber{25}Elisha|strong="H7725" left|strong="H7725" Bethel|strong="H1008" and|strong="H7725" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H7725" Carmel|strong="H3760" Mountain|strong="H2022", and|strong="H7725" after|strong="H0310" that|strong="H2022" he|strong="H8033" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Samaria|strong="H8111" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{The war between Israel and Moab }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{The war between Israel and Moab }
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\chapterNumber{3}After|strong="H5921" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" had|strong="H3478" been|strong="H4427" ruling|strong="H4910" Judah|strong="H3063" for|strong="H5921" almost|strong="H4592" 18 years|strong="H8141", Ahab’s|strong="H0256" son|strong="H1121" Joram|strong="H3088" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478". He|strong="H8147" ruled|strong="H4427" in|strong="H5921" Samaria|strong="H8111" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} for|strong="H5921" twelve|strong="H8147" years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" considered|strong="H2803" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" evil|strong="H7451", but|strong="H7535" he|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" as|strong="H6213" much|strong="H6213" evil|strong="H7451" as|strong="H6213" his|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001" and|strong="H3068" mother|strong="H0517" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H6213" got|strong="H6965" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" pillar|strong="H4676" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w worshiping|strong="H7812"\+w*} Baal|strong="H1168" which|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001" had|strong="H3068" made|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{3}But|strong="H7535" he|strong="H4480" committed|strong="H2398" the|strong="H4480" sins|strong="H2403" that|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="H4428"\+w*} Jeroboam|strong="H3379" had|strong="H3478" committed|strong="H2398" and|strong="H1121" which|strong="H3478" led|strong="H1980" the|strong="H4480" Israeli people|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3478" sin|strong="H2403", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H4480" did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" stop|strong="H5493" committing|strong="H6213" those|strong="H4480" sins|strong="H2403". 
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\verseNumber{4}Mesha|strong="H4338", the|strong="H7725" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Moab|strong="H4124", raised|strong="H6965" sheep|strong="H5349". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Every|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w year|strong="H8141"\+w*} he|strong="H3478" was|strong="H1961" forced|strong="H4522" to|strong="H7725" give|strong="H7725" 100,000 lambs|strong="H3733" and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H7725" wool|strong="H6785" from|strong="H7725" 100,000 rams|strong="H3733" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w his|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w kingdom|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w controlled|strong="H0662"\+w* \+w by|strong="H4124"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{5}But|strong="H1961" after|strong="H1961" King|strong="H4428" Ahab|strong="H0256" died|strong="H4194", Mesha|strong="H4331" rebelled|strong="H6586" against|strong="H6586" the|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{6}So|strong="H3318" King|strong="H4428" Joram|strong="H3088" left|strong="H3318" Samaria|strong="H8111" and|strong="H3478" gathered|strong="H3478" together|strong="H3162" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H5650". 
\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="H7971" he|strong="H7971" sent|strong="H7971" this|strong="H5927" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3212" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092", the|strong="H7971" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063": “The|strong="H7971" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Moab|strong="H4124" has|strong="H4428" rebelled|strong="H6586" against|strong="H5927" me|strong="H7971". So|strong="H7971" will|strong="H4428" your|strong="H7971" army|strong="H5971" join|strong="H2266" my|strong="H7971" army|strong="H5971" and|strong="H3063" fight|strong="H4421" against|strong="H5927" the|strong="H7971" army|strong="H5971" of|strong="H4428" Moab|strong="H4124"?” 
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Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" replied|strong="H0559", “Yes|strong="H3588", we|strong="H0587" will|strong="H4428" help|strong="H5971" you|strong="H7971". We|strong="H0587" are|strong="H5971" ready|strong="H3559" to|strong="H3212" do|strong="H3063" whatever|strong="H3605" you|strong="H7971" want|strong="H4270" us|strong="H5971" to|strong="H3212". My|strong="H7971" soldiers|strong="H4421" and|strong="H3063" my|strong="H7971" horses|strong="H5483" are|strong="H5971" ready|strong="H3559" to|strong="H3212" help|strong="H5971" you|strong="H7971".” 
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\verseNumber{8}He|strong="H2088" asked|strong="H7592", “On|strong="H1870" which|strong="H2088" road|strong="H1870" shall|strong="H2088" we|strong="H0587" march|strong="H1980" to|strong="H5927" attack|strong="H5927" them|strong="H5927"?” 
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Joram|strong="H3141" replied|strong="H0559", “We|strong="H0587" will|strong="H2088" go|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w south|strong="H4057"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*, \+w where|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w your|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w army|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w will|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w join|strong="H2266"\+w* \+w us|strong="H5927"\+w*. \+w Then|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w we|strong="H0587"\+w* \+w will|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w all|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w go|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w south|strong="H4057"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w Dead|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w Sea|strong="H3220"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w then|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w turn|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w north|strong="H6828"\+w*} through|strong="H1870" the|strong="H5927" Edom|strong="H0112" Desert|strong="H4057".” 
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\verseNumber{9}So|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3117" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w army|strong="H4264"\+w*} went|strong="H3212" with|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3063" Edom|strong="H0112" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w their|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w armies|strong="H4264"\+w*}. They|strong="H3117" marched|strong="H5437" for|strong="H4325" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117". Then|strong="H1961" there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" no|strong="H3808" water|strong="H4325" left|strong="H1961" for|strong="H4325" their|strong="H1961" soldiers|strong="H5650" or|strong="H3808" for|strong="H4325" their|strong="H1961" animals|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3117" carried|strong="H3212" supplies|strong="H4399". 
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\verseNumber{10}The|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" exclaimed|strong="H0559", “This|strong="H5414" is|strong="H3068" a|strong="H5414" terrible|strong="H3372" situation|strong="H4186"! \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w seems|strong="H3190"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" allow|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3588" three|strong="H7969" of|strong="H4428" us|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3027" captured|strong="H3920" by|strong="H3027" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} [MTY] Moab|strong="H4124"!” 
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\verseNumber{11}Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" said|strong="H6030", “Is|strong="H3068" there|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3478" prophet|strong="H5030" here|strong="H6311" who|strong="H3068" can|strong="H5650" ask|strong="H1875" Yahweh|strong="H3068" for|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w we|strong="H0587"\+w* \+w should|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w*}?” 
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One|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Joram’s army|strong="H2428" officers|strong="H5650" said|strong="H6030", “Elisha|strong="H0477", the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shaphat|strong="H8202", is|strong="H3068" here|strong="H6311". He|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" Elijah’s|strong="H0452" assistant|strong="H8334".” [IDM] 
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\verseNumber{12}Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" said|strong="H1697", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3426"\+w* \+w good|strong="H2896"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w ask|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w him|strong="H3381"\+w*, \+w because|strong="H1697"\+w*} he|strong="H3068" speaks|strong="H3426" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" tells|strong="H1696" him|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" say|strong="H1697".” 
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So|strong="H1697" those|strong="H1992" three|strong="H7969" kings|strong="H4428" went|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" Elisha|strong="H0477". 
\verseNumber{13}Elisha|strong="H7121" said|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", “Why|strong="H4100" do|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" come|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H5414" [RHQ]? Go|strong="H3212" and|strong="H3478" ask|strong="H4428" those|strong="H3588" prophets|strong="H5030" that|strong="H3588" your|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001" and|strong="H3478" mother|strong="H0517" consulted|strong="H3289"!” 
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But|strong="H3588" Joram|strong="H3141" replied|strong="H0559", “No|strong="H5414", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w ask|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*, \+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w seems|strong="H3190"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" going|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3478" allow|strong="H5414" us|strong="H5414" three|strong="H7969" kings|strong="H4428" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3027" captured|strong="H3920" by|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3588" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H4428" Moab|strong="H4124".” 
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\verseNumber{14}Elisha|strong="H0477" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3588" serve|strong="H5975" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H6440" commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H4428" angels|strong="H4397" in|strong="H3068" heaven|strong="H8064". As|strong="H3068" surely|strong="H3588" as|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3588" lives|strong="H2416", if|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3588" respect|strong="H7200" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063", I|strong="H3588" would|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3588" even|strong="H3588" think|strong="H7200" about|strong="H4428" doing|strong="H6213" anything|strong="H5375" to|strong="H3068" help|strong="H5375" you|strong="H3588". 
\verseNumber{15}But|strong="H1961", bring|strong="H3947" a|strong="H1961" musician|strong="H5059" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5921".” 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w did|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w*}. And|strong="H3068" when|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" musician|strong="H5059" played|strong="H5059" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w harp|strong="H3658"\+w*}, the|strong="H5921" power|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" came|strong="H1961" on|strong="H5921" Elisha|strong="H0477". 
\verseNumber{16}He|strong="H6213" said|strong="H0559", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541" that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H6213" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2088" dry|strong="H3004" stream-bed to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" full|strong="H1356" of|strong="H3068" water|strong="H4325". 
\verseNumber{17}The|strong="H7200" result|strong="H6903" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3588" your|strong="H3068" soldiers|strong="H5650" and|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" animals|strong="H0929" that|strong="H3588" carry|strong="H5375" supplies|strong="H4399" and|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" livestock|strong="H4735" will|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" plenty|strong="H7647" of|strong="H3068" water|strong="H4325" to|strong="H3068" drink|strong="H8354". 
\verseNumber{18}That|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" not|strong="H5414" difficult|strong="H6381" for|strong="H3027" Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w But|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w more|strong="H3254"\+w* \+w than|strong="H7043"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w*}. He|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" defeat|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} Moab|strong="H4124". 
\verseNumber{19}You|strong="H3605" will|strong="H5892" conquer|strong="H3423" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" beautiful|strong="H2896" cities|strong="H5892", cities|strong="H5892" that|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3605" high|strong="H1116" walls|strong="H2346" around|strong="H5439" them|strong="H5221". You|strong="H3605" must|strong="H4191" cut|strong="H5640" down|strong="H5307" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" fruit|strong="H3605" trees|strong="H6086", stop|strong="H5640" water|strong="H4325" from|strong="H5892" flowing|strong="H4325" from|strong="H5892" their|strong="H3605" springs|strong="H4599", and|strong="H6086" ruin|strong="H2723" their|strong="H3605" fertile|strong="H3759" fields|strong="H7704" by|strong="H5892" covering|strong="H4372" them|strong="H5221" with|strong="H5892" rocks|strong="H5553".” 
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\verseNumber{20}The|strong="H4390" next|strong="H4283" morning|strong="H1242", at|strong="H1961" the|strong="H4390" time|strong="H1961" when|strong="H1961" they|strong="H5927" offered|strong="H5927" the|strong="H4390" sacrifices|strong="H4503" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w grain|strong="H1715"\+w*}, they|strong="H5927" were|strong="H1961" surprised|strong="H8610" to|strong="H5927" see|strong="H2009" water|strong="H4325" flowing|strong="H4325" from|strong="H5927" Edom|strong="H0112" and|strong="H1242" covering|strong="H4372" the|strong="H4390" ground|strong="H0776". 
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\verseNumber{21}When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H8085" of|strong="H4428" Moab|strong="H4124" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" three|strong="H7969" kings|strong="H4428" had|strong="H4428" come|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w armies|strong="H6635"\+w*} to|strong="H5927" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921", all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H4428" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H5927" fight|strong="H3898" in|strong="H5921" battles|strong="H4421", from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" youngest|strong="H6996" men|strong="H3605" to|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3605" oldest|strong="H1419" ones|strong="H5975", were|strong="H4428" summoned|strong="H6817", and|strong="H4428" they|strong="H3588" ◄took|strong="H5927" their|strong="H3605" positions|strong="H7896"/prepared|strong="H3559" to|strong="H5927" fight|strong="H3898"► at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w southern|strong="H5045"\+w*} border|strong="H1366" of|strong="H4428" their|strong="H3605" land|strong="H1366". 
\verseNumber{22}But|strong="H7200" when|strong="H7200" they|strong="H5921" rose|strong="H7925" early|strong="H7925" the|strong="H5921" next|strong="H5921" morning|strong="H1242", they|strong="H5921" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" the|strong="H5921" water|strong="H4325" across|strong="H5921" from|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921" appeared|strong="H7200" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H8121" as|strong="H4325" red|strong="H5488" as|strong="H4325" blood|strong="H1818". 
\verseNumber{23}They|strong="H5221" exclaimed|strong="H0559", “It|strong="H5221" is|strong="H2088" blood|strong="H1818"! The|strong="H5221" three|strong="H7969" enemy|strong="H0340" armies|strong="H6635" must|strong="H1818" have|strong="H4428" fought|strong="H2717" and|strong="H4428" killed|strong="H5221" each|strong="H2088" other|strong="H2088"! So|strong="H6258" let’s|strong="H5221" go|strong="H4428" and|strong="H4428" take|strong="H5221" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H4428" they|strong="H5221" have|strong="H4428" left|strong="H7604"!” 
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\verseNumber{24}But|strong="H5221" when|strong="H5127" they|strong="H3478" reached|strong="H0935" the|strong="H6440" area|strong="H1508" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H6440" Israeli soldiers|strong="H5650" had|strong="H3478" set|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" their|strong="H6440" tents|strong="H4264", the|strong="H6440" Israelis attacked|strong="H5221" the|strong="H6440" soldiers|strong="H5650" from|strong="H6440" Moab|strong="H4124" and|strong="H6965" forced|strong="H4522" them|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3478" retreat|strong="H5127". The|strong="H6440" Israeli soldiers|strong="H5650" pursued|strong="H7291" the|strong="H6440" soldiers|strong="H5650" from|strong="H6440" Moab|strong="H4124" and|strong="H6965" killed|strong="H5221" many|strong="H7227" of|strong="H6440" them|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{25}The|strong="H3605" Israelis also|strong="H5221" destroyed|strong="H2040" their|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892". And|strong="H6086" whenever|strong="H3605" they|strong="H5704" passed|strong="H4390" fertile|strong="H3759" fields|strong="H7704", they|strong="H5704" threw|strong="H7993" rocks|strong="H5553" on|strong="H5307" those|strong="H3605" fields|strong="H7704", until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" fields|strong="H7704" were|strong="H4325" covered|strong="H4390" with|strong="H4390" rocks|strong="H5553". They|strong="H5704" stopped|strong="H5640" water|strong="H4325" from|strong="H5704" flowing|strong="H4325" from|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" springs|strong="H4599" and|strong="H6086" cut|strong="H5640" down|strong="H5307" the|strong="H3605" fruit|strong="H3605" trees|strong="H6086". Finally|strong="H5704", only|strong="H5704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w capital|strong="H3805"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*,} Kir-Hareseth|strong="H7025", remained|strong="H7604". The|strong="H3605" Israeli soldiers|strong="H5650" who|strong="H3605" threw|strong="H7993" stones|strong="H0068" with|strong="H4390" slings|strong="H7050" surrounded|strong="H5437" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" and|strong="H6086" attacked|strong="H5221" it|strong="H5221". 
\verseNumber{26}When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H7200" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Moab|strong="H4124" realized|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" his|strong="H3947" army|strong="H4421" was|strong="H4428" being|strong="H1961" defeated|strong="H3201", he|strong="H3588" took|strong="H3947" with|strong="H4428" him|strong="H7200" 700 men|strong="H2388" who|strong="H4428" fought|strong="H3898" with|strong="H4428" swords|strong="H2719", and|strong="H3967" they|strong="H3588" tried|strong="H1234" to|strong="H3201" force|strong="H2388" a|strong="H3947" way|strong="H3201" through|strong="H4480" the|strong="H7200" Israeli lines|strong="H2256" of|strong="H4428" soldiers|strong="H4421" to|strong="H3201" escape|strong="H4422" to|strong="H3201" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w get|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w help|strong="H2388"\+w* \+w from|strong="H4480"\+w*} the|strong="H7200" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Syria|strong="H0758", but|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" were|strong="H4428" unable|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3201" escape|strong="H4422". 
\verseNumber{27}Then|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4427" of|strong="H1121" Moab|strong="H4124" took|strong="H3947" his|strong="H3947" oldest|strong="H1419" son|strong="H1121", who|strong="H1121" would|strong="H3478" have|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" next|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4427", and|strong="H1121" killed|strong="H2026" him|strong="H5921" and|strong="H1121" offered|strong="H5927" him|strong="H5921" for|strong="H5921" a|strong="H1961" sacrifice|strong="H5930" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w god|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w Chemosh|strong="H3645"\+w*}, burning|strong="H2740" him|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" top|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892" wall|strong="H2346". The|strong="H5921" Israeli soldiers|strong="H1121" were|strong="H3478" horrified|strong="H8074", with|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H3478" they|strong="H5921" left|strong="H5265" that|strong="H3478" city|strong="H5892" and|strong="H1121" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" their|strong="H3947" own|strong="H1961" country|strong="H2022". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Elisha helped a poor widow }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Elisha helped a poor widow }
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\chapterNumber{4}One|strong="H1121" day|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3588" widow|strong="H0490" of|strong="H1121" one|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\+w*} prophets|strong="H5030" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H4191" Elisha|strong="H0477" and|strong="H1121" cried|strong="H6817" out|strong="H3947" to|strong="H4191" him|strong="H3947", “My|strong="H3068" husband|strong="H0376", who|strong="H3068" worked|strong="H2388" with|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588", is|strong="H3068" dead|strong="H4191". You|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" revered|strong="H3372" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w very|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w much|strong="H7227"\+w*}. But|strong="H3588" now|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" man|strong="H1121" to|strong="H4191" whom|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" owed a|strong="H1961" lot|strong="H1486" of|strong="H1121" money|strong="H3701" has|strong="H3068" come|strong="H1961" to|strong="H4191" me|strong="H3947". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w And|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w cannot|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w pay|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w back|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w money|strong="H3701"\+w*, \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* threatening} to|strong="H4191" take|strong="H3947" away|strong="H3947" my|strong="H3068" two|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121" to|strong="H4191" be|strong="H1961" his|strong="H3068" slaves|strong="H5650" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w payment|strong="H0868"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* owe \+w him|strong="H3947"\+w*}!” 
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\verseNumber{2}Elisha|strong="H0477" replied|strong="H0559", “What|strong="H4100" can|strong="H4100" I|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" help|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588"? Tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H5046", what|strong="H4100" do|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3426" in|strong="H6213" your|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004"?” 
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She|strong="H3588" replied|strong="H0559", “We|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3426" only|strong="H3588" a|strong="H6213" container|strong="H3627" of|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w olive|strong="H8081"\+w*} oil|strong="H8081"; we|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3426" nothing|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3605".” 
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\verseNumber{3}Elisha|strong="H0477" said|strong="H0559", “Go|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" your|strong="H3605" neighbors|strong="H7934" and|strong="H3212" borrow|strong="H7592" from|strong="H4480" them|strong="H4480" as|strong="H3605" many|strong="H7227" empty|strong="H7386" jars|strong="H3627" as|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" can|strong="H4310". 
\verseNumber{4}Then|strong="H1121" take|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" jars|strong="H3627" into|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" with|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121". Shut|strong="H5462" the|strong="H3605" door|strong="H1817". Then|strong="H1121" pour|strong="H3332" olive|strong="H2132" oil|strong="H8081" from|strong="H5265" your|strong="H3605" container|strong="H3627" into|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" jars|strong="H3627". When|strong="H1121" each|strong="H3605" jar|strong="H3627" is|strong="H3605" full|strong="H4392", set|strong="H5265" it|strong="H5921" aside|strong="H5265" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w fill|strong="H4392"\+w* \+w another|strong="H3627"\+w* \+w jar|strong="H3627"\+w*. \+w Keep|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w doing|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w until|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w all|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w jars|strong="H3627"\+w* \+w are|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w full|strong="H4392"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{5}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H5066"\+w* \+w she|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w did|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w what|strong="H1157"\+w* \+w Elisha|strong="H0477"\+w* \+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w her|strong="H5462"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w*}. Her|strong="H5462" sons|strong="H1121" kept|strong="H8104" bringing|strong="H5066" jars|strong="H7184" to|strong="H3212" her|strong="H5462", and|strong="H1121" she|strong="H1931" kept|strong="H8104" filling|strong="H4390" them|strong="H1992". 
\verseNumber{6}Soon|strong="H5750" all|strong="H5750" the|strong="H4390" jars|strong="H3627" were|strong="H1961" full|strong="H4390". So|strong="H1961" she|strong="H3627" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1961" one|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" her|strong="H4390" sons|strong="H1121", “Bring|strong="H5066" me|strong="H1961" another|strong="H5750" jar|strong="H3627"!” But|strong="H1961" he|strong="H1121" replied|strong="H0559", “There|strong="H1961" are|strong="H1121" no|strong="H5975" more|strong="H5750" jars|strong="H3627"!” And|strong="H1121" then|strong="H1961" the|strong="H4390" olive|strong="H8081" oil|strong="H8081" stopped|strong="H5975" flowing|strong="H3627". 
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\verseNumber{7}When|strong="H2421" she|strong="H1931" told|strong="H5046" Elijah|strong="H0452" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H7999"\+w* \+w had|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H1961"\+w*}, he|strong="H3212" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" her|strong="H5046", “Now|strong="H3212" sell|strong="H4376" the|strong="H5046" jars|strong="H7184" of|strong="H1121" oil|strong="H8081". And|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w money|strong="H3701"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w get|strong="H3212"\+w*,} pay|strong="H7999" what|strong="H7999" you|strong="H5046" owe, and|strong="H1121" there|strong="H3498" will|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1121" enough|strong="H3498" extra money|strong="H3701" to|strong="H3212" keep|strong="H2421" buying|strong="H7069" food|strong="H3899" for|strong="H1121" yourself|strong="H0859" and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H5046" sons|strong="H1121".” \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w she|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w did|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1121"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Elisha|strong="H2421" caused|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5046" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5046" woman|strong="H0802" from|strong="H1121" Shunem|strong="H7766" to|strong="H3212" become|strong="H1961" alive|strong="H2421" again|strong="H7999" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Elisha|strong="H2421" caused|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5046" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5046" woman|strong="H0802" from|strong="H1121" Shunem|strong="H7766" to|strong="H3212" become|strong="H1961" alive|strong="H2421" again|strong="H7999" }
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\verseNumber{8}One|strong="H1961" day|strong="H3117" Elisha|strong="H0477" went|strong="H5674" to|strong="H1961" Shunem|strong="H7766" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. There|strong="H8033" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" wealthy|strong="H1419" woman|strong="H0802" who|strong="H5493" lived|strong="H1961" there|strong="H8033" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w her|strong="H5493"\+w* \+w husband|strong="H0376"\+w*}. One|strong="H1961" day|strong="H3117" she|strong="H1931" invited|strong="H7121" Elisha|strong="H0477" to|strong="H1961" her|strong="H5493" house|strong="H1004" for|strong="H3117" a|strong="H1961" meal|strong="H3899". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Elisha|strong="H0477"\+w* \+w went|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w there|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3117"\+w*} from|strong="H5493" then|strong="H1961" on|strong="H3117", every|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" Elisha|strong="H0477" was|strong="H1961" in|strong="H3117" Shunem|strong="H7766", he|strong="H3117" went|strong="H5674" to|strong="H1961" their|strong="H2388" house|strong="H1004" to|strong="H1961" eat|strong="H3899" a|strong="H1961" meal|strong="H3899". 
\verseNumber{9}One|strong="H6918" day|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" woman|strong="H0802" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5921" her|strong="H5921" husband|strong="H0376", “I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" sure|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" this|strong="H1931" man|strong="H5674" who|strong="H1931" often|strong="H1767" comes|strong="H5674" here|strong="H2009" is|strong="H1931" a|strong="H3588" prophet|strong="H5030" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w brings|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w messages|strong="H2372"\+w* } from|strong="H5921" God|strong="H0430". 
\verseNumber{10}I|strong="H7760" think|strong="H7760" we|strong="H6213" should|strong="H6213" make|strong="H6213" a|strong="H1961" small|strong="H6996" room|strong="H5944" for|strong="H6213" him|strong="H6213" on|strong="H7760" our|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w flat|strong="H8478"\+w*} roof|strong="H5944", and|strong="H8033" put|strong="H7760" a|strong="H1961" bed|strong="H4296", a|strong="H1961" table|strong="H7979", a|strong="H1961" chair|strong="H3678", and|strong="H8033" a|strong="H1961" lamp|strong="H5216" in|strong="H6213" it|strong="H7760". If|strong="H1961" we|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H6213", whenever|strong="H1961" he|strong="H8033" comes|strong="H1961" here|strong="H8033", he|strong="H8033" will|strong="H1961" have|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" place|strong="H7760" to|strong="H1961" stay|strong="H3427".” \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w they|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w did|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w that|strong="H6213"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{11}One|strong="H1961" day|strong="H3117" Elisha|strong="H0477" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H1961" Shunem|strong="H7766", and|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" went|strong="H1961" up|strong="H5944" to|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3117" room|strong="H5944" to|strong="H1961" rest|strong="H7901". 
\verseNumber{12}He|strong="H7121" said|strong="H7121" to|strong="H6440" his|strong="H7121" servant|strong="H5288" Gehazi|strong="H1522", “Tell|strong="H5046" the|strong="H6440" woman|strong="H0802" that|strong="H5288" I|strong="H5288" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H6440" speak|strong="H1696" to|strong="H6440" her|strong="H7121".” \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w servant|strong="H5288"\+w* \+w went|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w and|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w her|strong="H7121"\+w*}. When|strong="H5975" she|strong="H7121" came|strong="H1522" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w doorway|strong="H6607"\+w* \+w of|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w Elisha’s|strong="H0477"\+w* \+w room|strong="H2315"\+w*}, 
\verseNumber{13}Elisha|strong="H3427" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Gehazi|strong="H4994", “Tell|strong="H1696" her|strong="H3605" that|strong="H5971" we|strong="H6213" both|strong="H3605" appreciate all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" kind|strong="H4327" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H5971" she|strong="H2063" has|strong="H6635" done|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" us|strong="H4994". Then|strong="H1696" ask|strong="H4428" her|strong="H3605" what|strong="H4100" we|strong="H6213" can|strong="H4100" do|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" her|strong="H3605". Ask|strong="H4428", ‘Do|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3605" want|strong="H4270" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w me|strong="H4994"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w go|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" or|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H6635" commander|strong="H8269", to|strong="H1696" request|strong="H1246" something|strong="H3605" for|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3605"?’” 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Gehazi|strong="H4994"\+w* \+w told|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w her|strong="H3605"\+w*,} and|strong="H4428" she|strong="H2063" replied|strong="H1696", “No|strong="H6213", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w does|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w not|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w need|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w*, \+w because|strong="H3605"\+w*} my|strong="H3605" family|strong="H4940"/relatives|strong="H0251" are|strong="H5971" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H1696" give|strong="H1696" me|strong="H4994" what|strong="H4100" I|strong="H2009" need|strong="H4270".” 
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\verseNumber{14}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Later|strong="H0310"\+w*,} Elisha|strong="H0477" asked|strong="H4100" Gehazi|strong="H1522", “What|strong="H4100" do|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" think|strong="H2803" that|strong="H1121" we|strong="H6213" can|strong="H4100" do|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" that|strong="H1121" woman|strong="H0802"?” 
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He|strong="H6213" replied|strong="H0559", “She|strong="H4100" does|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" have|strong="H1121" a|strong="H6213" son|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" her|strong="H6213" husband|strong="H0376" is|strong="H4100" an|strong="H6213" old|strong="H1121" man|strong="H1121". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w maybe|strong="H0194"\+w* \+w we|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w should|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w ask|strong="H7592"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w enable|strong="H7980"\+w* \+w her|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w have|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w a|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w son|strong="H1121"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{15}Elisha|strong="H7121" told|strong="H5046" Gehazi|strong="H1522", “Call|strong="H7121" her|strong="H7121" back|strong="H7725" again|strong="H7725".” \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w Gehazi|strong="H1522"\+w* \+w went|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w and|strong="H5975"\+w* \+w called|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w her|strong="H7121"\+w*}. And|strong="H5975" when|strong="H5975" the|strong="H7121" woman|strong="H0802" returned|strong="H7725", as|strong="H7121" she|strong="H7121" stood|strong="H5975" in|strong="H5975" the|strong="H7121" doorway|strong="H6607", 
\verseNumber{16}Elisha|strong="H0477" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H6256" her|strong="H3605", “About|strong="H6256" this|strong="H2088" time|strong="H6256" next|strong="H2416" year|strong="H6256" you|strong="H6256" will|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1121" holding|strong="H2388" your|strong="H2088" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w infant|strong="H3243"\+w*} son|strong="H1121" in|strong="H1121" your|strong="H2088" arms|strong="H2220".” But|strong="H3588" she|strong="H6256" protested|strong="H5749", “O|strong="H3069", sir|strong="H0113", you|strong="H6256" are|strong="H1121" a|strong="H2088" prophet|strong="H5030" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w brings|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w messages|strong="H2372"\+w* } from|strong="H1121" God|strong="H0430", so|strong="H2088" please|strong="H4994" do|strong="H2088" not|strong="H2088" deceive|strong="H3576"/lie|strong="H3576" to|strong="H6256" me|strong="H2416" by|strong="H1121" saying|strong="H0559" things|strong="H6256" like|strong="H1121" that|strong="H2416"!” 
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\verseNumber{17}But|strong="H1696" a|strong="H3205" few|strong="H4592" months|strong="H2320" later|strong="H0310", the|strong="H3205" woman|strong="H3205" became|strong="H3205" pregnant|strong="H2029", and|strong="H1121" she|strong="H6256" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H1696" a|strong="H3205" son|strong="H1121" at|strong="H1121" that|strong="H2416" time|strong="H6256" the|strong="H3205" following|strong="H0310" year|strong="H6256", just|strong="H1696" like|strong="H1121" Elisha|strong="H0477" had|strong="H3205" predicted|strong="H1696". 
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\verseNumber{18}When|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3117" child|strong="H3206" was|strong="H1961" older|strong="H1419", one|strong="H1961" day|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3117" fields|strong="H7704" to|strong="H3318" see|strong="H7200" his|strong="H1961" father|strong="H0001", who|strong="H0834" was|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w working|strong="H4639"\+w*} with|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" men|strong="H3206" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H1961" harvesting|strong="H7105" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w grain|strong="H1715"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{19}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Suddenly|strong="H6597"\+w*} the|strong="H5375" boy|strong="H5288" exclaimed|strong="H0559", “My|strong="H5375" head|strong="H7218" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w hurts|strong="H5062"\+w*}! My|strong="H5375" head|strong="H7218" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w hurts|strong="H5062"\+w* \+w a|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w lot|strong="H1486"\+w*}!” 
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His|strong="H5375" father|strong="H0001" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5375" one|strong="H5375" of|strong="H7218" the|strong="H5375" servants|strong="H5288", “Carry|strong="H5375" him|strong="H5375" home|strong="H1004" to|strong="H5375" his|strong="H5375" mother|strong="H0517"!” 
\verseNumber{20}So|strong="H4191" the|strong="H5921" servant|strong="H5650" carried|strong="H5375" him|strong="H5921" home|strong="H1004", and|strong="H3427" his|strong="H5375" mother|strong="H0517" held|strong="H2388" him|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" her|strong="H5375" lap|strong="H1290". But|strong="H4191" at|strong="H3427" noontime the|strong="H5921" boy|strong="H5288" died|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{21}She|strong="H5921" carried|strong="H5927" him|strong="H5921" up|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w steps|strong="H4609"\+w*} to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5921" prophet’s|strong="H0430" room|strong="H2315" and|strong="H5927" laid|strong="H7901" him|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" bed|strong="H4296". She|strong="H5921" left|strong="H3318" him|strong="H5921" there|strong="H5927" and|strong="H5927" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" and|strong="H5927" shut|strong="H5462" the|strong="H5921" door|strong="H6607". 
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\verseNumber{22}She|strong="H7121" then|strong="H7971" called|strong="H7121" out|strong="H7971" to|strong="H5704" her|strong="H7971" husband|strong="H0376", saying|strong="H0559", “Send|strong="H7971" to|strong="H5704" me|strong="H4994" one|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" servants|strong="H5288" and|strong="H7971" a|strong="H7971" donkey|strong="H2543", so|strong="H4480" that|strong="H5288" I|strong="H5704" can|strong="H4994" ride|strong="H7392" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w it|strong="H7121"\+w*} quickly|strong="H7323" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H4480" prophet|strong="H5030", and|strong="H7971" then|strong="H7971" come|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725"!” \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w But|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w she|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w did|strong="H5288"\+w* \+w not|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H4994"\+w* \+w her|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w husband|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5288"\+w* \+w their|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w son|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w had|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w died|strong="H4191"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{23}Her|strong="H1980" husband|strong="H0376" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w called|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w out|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w her|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1980"\+w*} said|strong="H0559", “Why|strong="H4069" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w want|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w go|strong="H1980"\+w*} today|strong="H3117"? This|strong="H3117" is|strong="H3117" not|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" when|strong="H3117" we|strong="H3117" celebrate|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3117" Festival|strong="H2282" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" New|strong="H2320" Moon|strong="H2320", and|strong="H1980" it|strong="H1980" is|strong="H3117" not|strong="H3808" a|strong="H3117" Sabbath|strong="H7676" day|strong="H3117"!” 
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But|strong="H3808" she|strong="H2320" only|strong="H7965" replied|strong="H0559", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Just|strong="H3512"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w requested|strong="H7592"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1980"\+w*} everything|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" all|strong="H3117" right|strong="H3225".” 
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\verseNumber{24}So|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w servant|strong="H5288"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w*} put|strong="H7392" saddles on|strong="H7392" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w two|strong="H8147"\+w*} donkeys|strong="H2543", and|strong="H3212" as|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" left|strong="H7604", she|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “Hurry|strong="H4116"! Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3588" slow|strong="H6113" down|strong="H3212" unless|strong="H3588" t tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3212" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588"!” 
\verseNumber{25}As|strong="H1961" they|strong="H7200" approached|strong="H5066" Carmel|strong="H3760" Mountain|strong="H2022", where|strong="H2009" Elisha|strong="H0477" was|strong="H1961", Elisha|strong="H0477" saw|strong="H7200" her|strong="H7200" in|strong="H3212" the|strong="H7200" distance|strong="H7350". He|strong="H3212" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" Gehazi|strong="H1522", “Look|strong="H7200", the|strong="H7200" woman|strong="H0802" from|strong="H1961" Shunem|strong="H7766" is|strong="H2009" coming|strong="H2009"! 
\verseNumber{26}Run|strong="H7323" to|strong="H7323" her|strong="H7125", and|strong="H7965" ask|strong="H7592" her|strong="H7125" if|strong="H0518" everything|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3206" all|strong="H3605" right|strong="H3225" with|strong="H7323" her|strong="H7125" and|strong="H7965" her|strong="H7125" husband|strong="H0376" and|strong="H7965" with|strong="H7323" her|strong="H7125" child|strong="H3206"!” 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H6258"\+w* \+w Gehazi|strong="H4994"\+w* \+w ran|strong="H7323"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7323"\+w* \+w her|strong="H7125"\+w* \+w and|strong="H7965"\+w* \+w asked|strong="H7592"\+w* \+w her|strong="H7125"\+w*, \+w but|strong="H6258"\+w* \+w she|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w did|strong="H7965"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H4994"\+w* \+w Gehazi|strong="H4994"\+w* \+w anything|strong="H3605"\+w*.} She|strong="H1931" only|strong="H7965" said|strong="H0559", “Yes|strong="H3588", everything|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3206" fine|strong="H5560".” 
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\verseNumber{27}But|strong="H3588" when|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" came|strong="H5066" to|strong="H3068" where|strong="H4480" Elisha|strong="H0477" was|strong="H3068", she|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w prostrated|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w herself|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w on|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w ground|strong="H0776"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w front|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Elisha|strong="H0477"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3068"\+w*} took|strong="H2388" hold|strong="H2388" of|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" feet|strong="H7272". Gehazi|strong="H1522" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3068" push|strong="H1920" her|strong="H5046" away|strong="H4480", but|strong="H3588" Elisha|strong="H0477" said|strong="H0559", “◄Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" push|strong="H1920" her|strong="H5046" away|strong="H4480"/Leave|strong="H4480" her|strong="H5046" alone|strong="H7503"►! Something|strong="H1697" is|strong="H3068" troubling|strong="H7451" her|strong="H5046" very|strong="H3966" much|strong="H7227", but|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" told|strong="H5046" me|strong="H5315" what|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068".” 
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\verseNumber{28}Then|strong="H3808" she|strong="H3808" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1121" Elisha|strong="H0477", “O|strong="H3069", sir|strong="H0113", I|strong="H3808" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" ask|strong="H7592" you|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1121" enable|strong="H7980" me|strong="H7592" to|strong="H1121" give|strong="H5414" birth|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1121" a|strong="H3808" son|strong="H1121" [RHQ]. And|strong="H1121" I|strong="H3808" told|strong="H5046" you|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1121" lie|strong="H7901" to|strong="H1121" me|strong="H7592" about|strong="H5439" that|strong="H1121"!” [RHQ] 
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\verseNumber{29}Then|strong="H6030" Elisha|strong="H0477" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w realized|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w something|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w must|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w her|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w son|strong="H1121"\+w*. \+w So|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w*} said|strong="H6030" to|strong="H3212" Gehazi|strong="H1522", “Get|strong="H3947" ready|strong="H4672" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w leave|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w immediately|strong="H6965"\+w*}. Take|strong="H3947" my|strong="H7760" staff|strong="H4938"/walking|strong="H3212" stick|strong="H6086" and|strong="H6030" go|strong="H3212" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w her|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w home|strong="H3212"\+w*}. Do|strong="H3027" not|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w stop|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w*} talk|strong="H1696" to|strong="H3212" anyone|strong="H3588" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" way|strong="H3212". Go|strong="H3212" quickly|strong="H4116" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w where|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w her|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w son|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3027"\+w*} and|strong="H6030" lay|strong="H7760" the|strong="H6440" staff|strong="H4938" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" child’s|strong="H5288" face|strong="H6440". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w If|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*, \+w perhaps|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w enable|strong="H7980"\+w* \+w him|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w well|strong="H7760"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{30}But|strong="H5800" the|strong="H3068" boy’s|strong="H5288" mother|strong="H0517" said|strong="H0559", “Just|strong="H3512" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w certain|strong="H0259"\+w*} as|strong="H5315" Yahweh|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H5315" and|strong="H6965" you|strong="H5800" live|strong="H2416", I|strong="H5315" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3212" go|strong="H3212" home|strong="H3212" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H5800" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3212" go|strong="H3212" with|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5315".” So|strong="H6965" Elisha|strong="H0477" returned|strong="H7725" with|strong="H3068" her|strong="H5800" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w her|strong="H5800"\+w* \+w home|strong="H3212"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{31}Gehazi|strong="H1522" hurried|strong="H4116" quickly|strong="H4116", and|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w got|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w woman’s|strong="H0802"\+w* \+w home|strong="H7725"\+w*,} he|strong="H3808" laid|strong="H7760" the|strong="H6440" staff|strong="H4938"/walking|strong="H1980" stick|strong="H6086" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" child’s|strong="H5288" face|strong="H6440", but|strong="H3808" the|strong="H6440" child|strong="H5288" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" move|strong="H5472" or|strong="H3808" say|strong="H7725" anything|strong="H3808". 
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So|strong="H3808" Gehazi|strong="H1522" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" meet|strong="H7125" Elisha|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w along|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w road|strong="H1870"\+w*}, and|strong="H7725" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H6440", “The|strong="H6440" child|strong="H5288" is|strong="H6963" still|strong="H7725" dead|strong="H4191".” 
\verseNumber{32}When|strong="H7901" Elisha|strong="H0477" reached|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" house|strong="H1004", he|strong="H1004" saw|strong="H2009" that|strong="H5288" the|strong="H5921" boy|strong="H5288" was|strong="H1004" lying|strong="H7901" dead|strong="H4191" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" bed|strong="H4296". 
\verseNumber{33}Elisha|strong="H0477" went|strong="H3068" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3068" room|strong="H2315" by|strong="H3068" himself|strong="H1157" and|strong="H3068" shut|strong="H5462" the|strong="H3068" door|strong="H1817" and|strong="H3068" prayed|strong="H6419" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{34}Then|strong="H5927" he|strong="H5921" lay|strong="H7901" down|strong="H7901" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" boy’s|strong="H3206" body|strong="H1320", and|strong="H5869" put|strong="H7760" his|strong="H7760" mouth|strong="H6310" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" boy’s|strong="H3206" mouth|strong="H6310", and|strong="H5869" put|strong="H7760" his|strong="H7760" eyes|strong="H5869" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" boy’s|strong="H3206" eyes|strong="H5869", and|strong="H5869" put|strong="H7760" his|strong="H7760" hands|strong="H3709" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" boy’s|strong="H3206" hands|strong="H3709". Then|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5921" boy’s|strong="H3206" body|strong="H1320" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H5927" become|strong="H2552" warm|strong="H2552"! 
\verseNumber{35}Elisha|strong="H7725" got|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" and|strong="H7725" walked|strong="H3212" back|strong="H7725" and|strong="H7725" forth|strong="H2008" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" room|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w several|strong="H2669"\+w* \+w times|strong="H6471"\+w*}. Then|strong="H7725" he|strong="H5704" stretched|strong="H1457" his|strong="H7725" body|strong="H1320" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" boy’s|strong="H5288" body|strong="H1320" again|strong="H7725". The|strong="H5921" boy|strong="H5288" sneezed|strong="H2237" seven|strong="H7651" times|strong="H6471" and|strong="H7725" opened|strong="H6491" his|strong="H7725" eyes|strong="H5869"! 
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\verseNumber{36}Then|strong="H5375" Elisha|strong="H7121" summoned|strong="H7121" Gehazi|strong="H1522". He|strong="H7121" said|strong="H7121", “Call|strong="H7121" the|strong="H5375" boy’s|strong="H5288" mother|strong="H0517"!” \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w Gehazi|strong="H1522"\+w* \+w went|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w called|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w her|strong="H5375"\+w*,} and|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1121" she|strong="H7121" came|strong="H1522" in|strong="H1121", Elisha|strong="H7121" said|strong="H7121", “Here|strong="H2063", take|strong="H5375" your|strong="H5375" son|strong="H1121"!” 
\verseNumber{37}She|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{gratefully} prostrated|strong="H7812" herself|strong="H7812" at|strong="H5921" Elisha’s|strong="H0477" feet|strong="H7272". Then|strong="H3318" she|strong="H5921" picked|strong="H5375" up|strong="H5375" her|strong="H5375" son|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" carried|strong="H5375" him|strong="H5921" downstairs. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Elisha|strong="H0477" made|strong="H6213" some|strong="H4480" stew|strong="H5138" edible|strong="H0398" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Elisha|strong="H0477" made|strong="H6213" some|strong="H4480" stew|strong="H5138" edible|strong="H0398" }
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\verseNumber{38}Then|strong="H7725" Elisha|strong="H7725" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Gilgal|strong="H1537". But|strong="H7725" at|strong="H3427" that|strong="H5288" time|strong="H6440" there|strong="H3427" was|strong="H5288" ◄a|strong="H6440" famine|strong="H7458"/very|strong="H1419" little|strong="H4592" food|strong="H5138"► in|strong="H3427" that|strong="H5288" area|strong="H1508". One|strong="H1121" day|strong="H3117" as|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H1121" prophets|strong="H5030" was|strong="H5288" sitting|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" Elisha|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w listening|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w he|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w was|strong="H5288"\+w* \+w teaching|strong="H8451"\+w*}, he|strong="H6440" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7725" his|strong="H7725" servant|strong="H5288", “Put|strong="H7725" a|strong="H6440" large|strong="H1419" pot|strong="H5518" on|strong="H3427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w stove|strong="H3600"\+w*} and|strong="H1121" make|strong="H7725" some|strong="H4480" stew|strong="H5138" for|strong="H6440" these|strong="H6440" men|strong="H5288".” 
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\verseNumber{39}One|strong="H3808" of|strong="H7704" the|strong="H3588" prophets|strong="H5030" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3588" fields|strong="H7704" to|strong="H3318" gather|strong="H3950" some|strong="H4480" vegetables|strong="H2235". But|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" gathered|strong="H3950" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="H3588"\+w*} some|strong="H4480" wild|strong="H7704" gourds|strong="H6498" and|strong="H7704" put|strong="H3318" them|strong="H3318" in|strong="H4672" his|strong="H3045" cloak|strong="H8008" and|strong="H7704" brought|strong="H3318" them|strong="H3318" back|strong="H3045". He|strong="H3588" shredded them|strong="H3318" and|strong="H7704" put|strong="H3318" them|strong="H3318" in|strong="H4672" the|strong="H3588" pot|strong="H5518", but|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" gourds|strong="H6498" were|strong="H4672" poisonous|strong="H7219". 
\verseNumber{40}He|strong="H3808" served|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" stew|strong="H5138" to|strong="H3201" the|strong="H1961" prophets|strong="H5030", but|strong="H3808" after|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" men|strong="H1992" had|strong="H1961" eaten|strong="H0398" only|strong="H0389" a|strong="H1961" couple|strong="H6776" bites|strong="H5391", they|strong="H1992" cried|strong="H6817" out|strong="H3332", “Elisha|strong="H0477", there|strong="H1961" is|strong="H1961" something|strong="H1697" in|strong="H3808" the|strong="H1961" pot|strong="H5518" that|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" kill|strong="H2026" us|strong="H1961"!” 
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So|strong="H1961" they|strong="H1992" would|strong="H0014" not|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H0398" it|strong="H1961". 
\verseNumber{41}Elisha|strong="H0477" said|strong="H1697", “Bring|strong="H3947" me|strong="H7993" some|strong="H1697" flour|strong="H7058".” \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w brought|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w him|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w some|strong="H1697"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H5971"\+w*} he|strong="H3808" threw|strong="H7993" it|strong="H1961" in|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3947" pot|strong="H5518" and|strong="H5971" he|strong="H3808" said|strong="H1697", “It|strong="H1961" is|strong="H1697" all|strong="H1697" right|strong="H3225" now|strong="H1961". You|strong="H3947" can|strong="H3947" eat|strong="H0398" it|strong="H1961".” And|strong="H5971" they|strong="H3808" ate|strong="H0398" it|strong="H1961", and|strong="H5971" it|strong="H1961" did|strong="H5971" not|strong="H3808" harm|strong="H7451" them|strong="H3947". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Elisha|strong="H0477" multiplied|strong="H7235" food|strong="H3899" for|strong="H7451" the|strong="H3947" prophets|strong="H5030" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Elisha|strong="H0477" multiplied|strong="H7235" food|strong="H3899" for|strong="H7451" the|strong="H3947" prophets|strong="H5030" }
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\verseNumber{42}One|strong="H0259" day|strong="H3117" a|strong="H5414" man|strong="H0376" from|strong="H3899" Baal-Shalishah|strong="H1190" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} brought|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" Elisha|strong="H0477" a|strong="H5414" sack|strong="H6861" of|strong="H5971" freshly|strong="H2965" cut|strong="H3772" grain|strong="H3899" and|strong="H6242" 20 loaves|strong="H3899" of|strong="H5971" barley|strong="H8184" bread|strong="H3899", made|strong="H5414" from|strong="H3899" the|strong="H5414" first|strong="H1061" grain|strong="H3899" that|strong="H5971" they|strong="H5971" harvested|strong="H1219" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w year|strong="H8141"\+w*}. 
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Elisha|strong="H0477" said|strong="H0559" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w his|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w servant|strong="H5650"\+w*}, “Give|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H5971" prophets|strong="H5030", so|strong="H5414" that|strong="H5971" they|strong="H5971" can|strong="H4310" eat|strong="H3899" it|strong="H5414".” 
\verseNumber{43}But|strong="H3588" his|strong="H5414" servant|strong="H8334" exclaimed|strong="H0559", “Do|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" think|strong="H2803" that|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" can|strong="H4100" feed|strong="H7462" 100 of|strong="H3068" us|strong="H5414" prophets|strong="H5030" with|strong="H3068" only|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" much|strong="H4100"?” [RHQ] 
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But|strong="H3588" Elisha|strong="H0477" replied|strong="H0559", “Give|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" prophets|strong="H5030" so|strong="H3541" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" can|strong="H4100" eat|strong="H0398" it|strong="H5414", because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541" that|strong="H3588" there|strong="H2088" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" plenty|strong="H7647" for|strong="H3588" all|strong="H5414" of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3967" there|strong="H2088" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" some|strong="H3498" left|strong="H3498" over|strong="H5414"!” 
\verseNumber{44}After|strong="H0310" his|strong="H5414" servant|strong="H5650" gave|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" prophets|strong="H5030", they|strong="H3068" ate|strong="H0398" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w wanted|strong="H2654"\+w*}, and|strong="H3068" there|strong="H3498" was|strong="H3068" food|strong="H3899" left|strong="H3498" over|strong="H5414", just|strong="H1697" as|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H5414". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Naaman was healed of leprosy }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Naaman was healed of leprosy }
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\chapterNumber{5}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w A|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w man|strong="H1368"\+w* \+w named|strong="H7121"\+w*} Naaman|strong="H5283" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H4428" Syria|strong="H0758". Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" enabled|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" win|strong="H6743" many|strong="H1419" victories|strong="H3444"/battles|strong="H4421". He|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1961" great|strong="H1419" warrior|strong="H1368", and|strong="H3068" as|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" result|strong="H6903" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Syria|strong="H0758" greatly|strong="H1419" respected|strong="H5375" him|strong="H5414". But|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3068" ◄leprosy|strong="H6883"/a|strong="H1961" dreaded|strong="H1481" skin|strong="H5785" disease|strong="H2483"►. 
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\verseNumber{2}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Some|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w time|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w previously|strong="H6440"\+w*,} groups|strong="H7218" of|strong="H6440" soldiers|strong="H5650"/marauders|strong="H7703" from|strong="H3318" Syria|strong="H0758" had|strong="H1961" raided|strong="H6584"/attacked|strong="H3318" the|strong="H6440" land|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H3478" they|strong="H3478" had|strong="H1961" captured|strong="H7617" a|strong="H1961" young|strong="H5291" girl|strong="H5291" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w taken|strong="H7617"\+w* \+w her|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w Syria|strong="H0758"\+w*}. She|strong="H6440" became|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" servant|strong="H5650" for|strong="H6440" Naaman’s|strong="H5283" wife|strong="H0802". 
\verseNumber{3}One|strong="H0259" day|strong="H3117", that|strong="H5030" girl|strong="H5291" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H6440" her|strong="H6440", “I|strong="H6440" wish|strong="H2896" that|strong="H5030" ◄my|strong="H6440" master|strong="H0113"/your|strong="H6440" husband|strong="H0376"► would|strong="H0014" go|strong="H1980" to|strong="H6440" see|strong="H7200" the|strong="H6440" prophet|strong="H5030" in|strong="H6440" Samaria|strong="H8111". That|strong="H5030" prophet|strong="H5030" would|strong="H0014" heal|strong="H7495" your|strong="H6440" husband|strong="H0376" from|strong="H6440" his|strong="H6440" leprosy|strong="H6883".” 
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\verseNumber{4}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Naaman’s|strong="H5283"\+w* \+w wife|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w her|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w husband|strong="H0376"\+w*} what|strong="H2063" the|strong="H5046" girl|strong="H5291" from|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478" had|strong="H3478" said|strong="H1696", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3478"\+w*} Naaman|strong="H5283" told|strong="H5046" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3478"\+w*} to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H5046" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{5-6}The|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H5414", “Okay, go|strong="H1980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3967"\+w* \+w see|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w prophet|strong="H5030"\+w*}. I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w write|strong="H3789"\+w*} a|strong="H1961" letter|strong="H5612" for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859" to|strong="H0413" take|strong="H3947" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w saying|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w I|strong="H0589"\+w* \+w sent|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w you|strong="H0859"\+w*}.” The|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" wrote|strong="H3789" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" letter|strong="H5612", “I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H1961" sending|strong="H7971" this|strong="H2088" letter|strong="H5612" with|strong="H5973" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w my|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w commander|strong="H8269"\+w*} Naaman|strong="H5283", who|strong="H0834" serves|strong="H5647" me|strong="H0413" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w faithfully|strong="H0571"\+w*}. I|strong="H0589" want|strong="H4270" you|strong="H0859" to|strong="H0413" heal|strong="H7495" him|strong="H5414" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" disease|strong="H2483".” So|strong="H3651" Naaman|strong="H5283", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{assuming/\+w thinking|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w prophet|strong="H5030"\+w*, \+w took|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w letter|strong="H5612"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3967"\+w*} 750 pounds|strong="H1993" of|strong="H1121" silver|strong="H3701", 150 pounds|strong="H1993" of|strong="H1121" gold|strong="H2091", and|strong="H3967" ten|strong="H6235" sets|strong="H0935" of|strong="H1121" clothing|strong="H3830", to|strong="H0413" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3967"\+w* \+w he|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w went|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w Samaria|strong="H8111"\+w*, \+w taking|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w along|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w several|strong="H2669"\+w* \+w servants|strong="H5650"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{7}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w arrived|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w Samaria|strong="H8111"\+w*, \+w he|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w gave|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w letter|strong="H5612"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w*} of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478". The|strong="H7200" king|strong="H4428" read|strong="H7121" the|strong="H7200" letter|strong="H5612". Then|strong="H1961", being|strong="H1961" very|strong="H2088" dismayed|strong="H2865", the|strong="H7200" king|strong="H4428" tore|strong="H7167" his|strong="H7121" clothes|strong="H0899" and|strong="H3478" said|strong="H7121", “I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3045" God|strong="H7971" [RHQ]! I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3045" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3478" enable|strong="H7980" people|strong="H1931" to|strong="H3478" live|strong="H2421" or|strong="H7200" to|strong="H3478" die|strong="H4191" [RHQ]! Why|strong="H3588" does|strong="H2088" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w*} who|strong="H1931" wrote|strong="H3789" this|strong="H2088" letter|strong="H5612" request|strong="H7971" me|strong="H4994" to|strong="H3478" cure|strong="H0622" this|strong="H2088" man|strong="H4191" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H7121" leprosy|strong="H6883"? I|strong="H3588" think|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H2088" just|strong="H2088" wanting|strong="H6485" to|strong="H3478" start|strong="H1870" a|strong="H1961" fight|strong="H3898" with|strong="H3045" me|strong="H4994"!” 
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\verseNumber{8}But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H8085" prophet|strong="H5030" Elisha|strong="H0477" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H8085" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" had|strong="H1961" torn|strong="H7167" his|strong="H7971" robe|strong="H4598" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w said|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*}. So|strong="H7971" he|strong="H3588" sent|strong="H7971" a|strong="H1961" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H8085" king|strong="H4428", saying|strong="H0559", “Why|strong="H4100" are|strong="H3478" you|strong="H3588" upset|strong="H8058"/frustrated|strong="H6565" [RHQ]? Send|strong="H7971" Naaman|strong="H5283" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H4994", and|strong="H3478" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" find|strong="H3045" out|strong="H7971" that|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3588"\+w*} I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" true|strong="H0571" prophet|strong="H5030" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w here|strong="H3426"\+w*} in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w can|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w help|strong="H1961"\+w*/\+w heal|strong="H7495"\+w* \+w him|strong="H7971"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{9}So|strong="H5975" Naaman|strong="H5283" went|strong="H1004" with|strong="H1004" his|strong="H5975" horses|strong="H5483" and|strong="H1004" chariots|strong="H7393" to|strong="H1004" Elisha’s|strong="H0477" house|strong="H1004" and|strong="H1004" waited|strong="H5975" outside|strong="H2351" the|strong="H5975" door|strong="H6607". 
\verseNumber{10}But|strong="H7725" Elisha|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w did|strong="H6471"\+w* \+w not|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w come|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w door|strong="H6607"\+w*. \+w Instead|strong="H8478"\+w*, \+w he|strong="H7971"\+w*} sent|strong="H7971" a|strong="H7971" messenger|strong="H4397" to|strong="H1980" Naaman|strong="H5283", to|strong="H1980" tell|strong="H5046" him|strong="H7971", “Go|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" the|strong="H7725" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*} and|strong="H1980" wash|strong="H7364" yourself|strong="H0859" seven|strong="H7651" times|strong="H6471" in|strong="H1980" the|strong="H7725" river|strong="H5104". Then|strong="H1980" your|strong="H7725" skin|strong="H1320" will|strong="H1320" be|strong="H1320" restored|strong="H7725"/healed|strong="H7495", and|strong="H1980" you|strong="H7971" will|strong="H1320" no|strong="H1980" longer|strong="H1980" have|strong="H1980" leprosy|strong="H6883".” 
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\verseNumber{11}But|strong="H2009" Naaman|strong="H5283" became|strong="H7107" very|strong="H7107" angry|strong="H7107". He|strong="H3068" said|strong="H7121", “I|strong="H2009" thought|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3068" surely|strong="H3318" he|strong="H3068" would|strong="H3068" wave|strong="H5130" his|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027" over|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3068" leprosy|strong="H6883", and|strong="H3068" pray|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3318" Yahweh|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" god|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" heal|strong="H7495" me|strong="H7121"! 
\verseNumber{12}Surely|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3605" Abana|strong="H0071" River|strong="H5104" and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" Pharpar|strong="H6554" River|strong="H5104" in|strong="H3478" Damascus|strong="H1834" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w my|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w own|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w country|strong="H2022"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4325"\+w* \+w Syria|strong="H0758"\+w*} are|strong="H3478" [RHQ] better|strong="H2896" than|strong="H2896" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4325" the|strong="H3605" rivers|strong="H5104" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478"! Why|strong="H3808" can|strong="H3808" I|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" wash|strong="H7364" in|strong="H3478" those|strong="H3605" rivers|strong="H5104" and|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3808" healed|strong="H7495"?” [RHQ] So|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3605" turned|strong="H6437" and|strong="H3478" walked|strong="H3212" away|strong="H3212" with|strong="H3212" great|strong="H2896" anger|strong="H2534"/disgust. 
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\verseNumber{13}But|strong="H3588" his|strong="H7364" servants|strong="H5650" came|strong="H5066" to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H6213", and|strong="H1419" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w one|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w them|strong="H6213"\+w*} said|strong="H1696", “Sir|strong="H0113", if|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" prophet|strong="H5030" had|strong="H3588" told|strong="H1696" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H6213" something|strong="H1697" difficult|strong="H1419", you|strong="H3588" would|strong="H1697" certainly|strong="H3588" [RHQ] have|strong="H5030" done|strong="H6213" it|strong="H3588". So|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3588" certainly|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H1697" he|strong="H3588" says|strong="H1696" and|strong="H1419" wash|strong="H7364" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w Jordan|strong="H3383"\+w* \+w River|strong="H3588"\+w*} to|strong="H1696" be|strong="H3808" healed|strong="H7495"!” [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{14}So|strong="H7725" Naaman|strong="H5283" went|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*} and|strong="H7725" washed|strong="H7364" himself|strong="H2881" seven|strong="H7651" times|strong="H6471", as|strong="H1697" ◄the|strong="H7725" prophet|strong="H5030"/Elisha|strong="H7725"► told|strong="H1697" him|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" do|strong="H1697". Then|strong="H7725" his|strong="H7725" skin|strong="H1320" was|strong="H1697" restored|strong="H7725"/healed|strong="H7495", and|strong="H7725" it|strong="H7725" became|strong="H1697" healthy|strong="H1277"/smooth|strong="H3474", like|strong="H3381" the|strong="H7725" skin|strong="H1320" of|strong="H1697" a|strong="H7725" young|strong="H5288" child|strong="H5288". 
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\verseNumber{15}Then|strong="H2009" Naaman|strong="H5283" and|strong="H3478" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3478" with|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440" went|strong="H3478" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" talk|strong="H1696" to|strong="H7725" Elisha|strong="H7725". They|strong="H3588" stood|strong="H5975" in|strong="H3478" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440", and|strong="H3478" Naaman|strong="H5283" said|strong="H0559", “Now|strong="H6258" I|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" there|strong="H2009" are|strong="H3478" no|strong="H3605" real gods|strong="H0430" anywhere|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" world|strong="H8398", but|strong="H3588" there|strong="H2009" is|strong="H1931" a|strong="H3947" God|strong="H0430" here|strong="H2009" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478"! So|strong="H3947" now|strong="H6258" please|strong="H4994" accept|strong="H3947" these|strong="H1931" gifts|strong="H7725" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w brought|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w*}!” 
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\verseNumber{16}But|strong="H3947" Elisha|strong="H0477" replied|strong="H0559", “Just|strong="H5975" as|strong="H3068" certainly|strong="H3588" as|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H6440" one|strong="H2416" whom|strong="H6440" I|strong="H6440" serve|strong="H5975", lives|strong="H2416", I|strong="H6440" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H5975" accept|strong="H3947" any|strong="H6440" gifts|strong="H4979".” Naaman|strong="H5283" kept|strong="H5975" urging|strong="H6680" him|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w accept|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w gifts|strong="H4979"\+w*}, but|strong="H3947" Elisha|strong="H0477" kept|strong="H5975" refusing|strong="H3985". 
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\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="H5414" Naaman|strong="H5283" said|strong="H0559", “Okay, but|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w one|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w request|strong="H1246"\+w*. \+w This|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w dirt|strong="H6083"\+w* \+w here|strong="H6311"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w holy|strong="H6944"\+w*, \+w so|strong="H6213"\+w*} please|strong="H4994" allow|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" take|strong="H6213" some|strong="H4480" dirt|strong="H6083" from|strong="H3068" this|strong="H6213" place|strong="H5414" and|strong="H3068" put|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w sacks|strong="H0572"\+w*} on|strong="H3068" two|strong="H6776" mules|strong="H6505". Then|strong="H5414" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" take|strong="H6213" it|strong="H5414" back|strong="H5750" home|strong="H3068" with|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w make|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w an|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w* \+w on|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w this|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w dirt|strong="H6083"\+w*}. From|strong="H3068" now|strong="H4994" on|strong="H3068", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" offer|strong="H6213" sacrifices|strong="H2077" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}. I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" offer|strong="H6213" sacrifices|strong="H2077" to|strong="H3068" any|strong="H5750" other|strong="H5750" god|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{18}However|strong="H0389", when|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" master|strong="H0113", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w king|strong="H5921"\+w*,} goes|strong="H1980" into|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" god|strong="H3068" Rimmon|strong="H7417" to|strong="H3068" worship|strong="H7812" him|strong="H5921"/it|strong="H1931" there|strong="H8033", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" leaning|strong="H8172" on|strong="H5921" my|strong="H3068" arm|strong="H3027", I|strong="H5921" hope|strong="H3176"/desire|strong="H8378" that|strong="H1931" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" forgive|strong="H5545" me|strong="H4994" because|strong="H5921" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" bow|strong="H7812" down|strong="H7812", too|strong="H1697".” 
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\verseNumber{19}Elisha|strong="H0477" replied|strong="H0559", “Go|strong="H3212" home|strong="H3212", and|strong="H3212" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3212" worry|strong="H2347" about|strong="H5439" that|strong="H3212".” So|strong="H3651" Naaman|strong="H5283" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w servants|strong="H5650"\+w*} started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3212" travel|strong="H1980" home|strong="H3212". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Elisha|strong="H0477" cursed|strong="H0779" Gehazi|strong="H1522" for|strong="H3212" being|strong="H1961" greedy|strong="H1214" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Elisha|strong="H0477" cursed|strong="H0779" Gehazi|strong="H1522" for|strong="H3212" being|strong="H1961" greedy|strong="H1214" }
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\verseNumber{20}But|strong="H3588" then|strong="H2009" Elisha’s|strong="H0477" servant|strong="H5288" Gehazi|strong="H1522" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" himself|strong="H3027", “It|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" not|strong="H2088" good|strong="H2896" that|strong="H3588" my|strong="H3068" master|strong="H0113" allowed|strong="H3068" this|strong="H2088" Syrian|strong="H0761" man|strong="H5288" to|strong="H3068" leave|strong="H5800" like|strong="H7323" this|strong="H2088". He|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" accepted|strong="H3947" his|strong="H3068" gifts|strong="H4979". So|strong="H3947" just|strong="H2088" as|strong="H3068" certainly|strong="H3588" as|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H2416", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" go|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" catch|strong="H3920" up|strong="H3947" with|strong="H3068" Naaman|strong="H5283" and|strong="H3068" get|strong="H3947" something|strong="H3972" from|strong="H3027" him|strong="H3027".” 
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\verseNumber{21}So|strong="H7200" Gehazi|strong="H1522" hurried|strong="H4116" to|strong="H5921" catch|strong="H3920" up|strong="H7200" with|strong="H5921" Naaman|strong="H5283". When|strong="H7200" Naaman|strong="H5283" saw|strong="H7200" Gehazi|strong="H1522" running|strong="H7323" toward|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921", he|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w stopped|strong="H5975"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" chariot|strong="H4818" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w which|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w he|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w was|strong="H5283"\+w* \+w riding|strong="H7392"\+w*,} jumped out|strong="H7200", and|strong="H7200" went|strong="H7125" to|strong="H5921" see|strong="H7200" what|strong="H7200" Gehazi|strong="H1522" wanted|strong="H2654". He|strong="H5921" asked|strong="H7592" him|strong="H5921", “Is|strong="H5307" everything|strong="H3605" all|strong="H7200" right|strong="H3225"?” 
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\verseNumber{22}Gehazi|strong="H4994" replied|strong="H0559", “Yes|strong="H2009", but|strong="H2009" two|strong="H8147" young|strong="H5288" prophets|strong="H5030" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5414" hilly area|strong="H2022" where|strong="H2088" the|strong="H5414" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ephraim|strong="H0669" live|strong="H3427" have|strong="H1121" just|strong="H2088" arrived|strong="H0935". Elisha|strong="H0477" has|strong="H5030" sent|strong="H7971" me|strong="H5414" to|strong="H7971" tell|strong="H4994" you|strong="H5414" that|strong="H5414" he|strong="H5414" would|strong="H5288" like|strong="H2022" 75 pounds|strong="H1993" of|strong="H1121" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H1121" two|strong="H8147" sets|strong="H2487" of|strong="H1121" clothing|strong="H3830" to|strong="H7971" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H7971" them|strong="H5414".” 
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\verseNumber{23}Naaman|strong="H5283" replied|strong="H0559", “Certainly|strong="H5414"! You|strong="H5414" can|strong="H3947" have|strong="H5288" 150 pounds|strong="H1993" of|strong="H6440" silver|strong="H3701"!” He|strong="H8147" urged|strong="H6555" Gehazi|strong="H1522" to|strong="H5414" take|strong="H3947" it|strong="H5414". He|strong="H8147" also|strong="H1571" gave|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" two|strong="H8147" sets|strong="H2487" of|strong="H6440" clothing|strong="H3830". He|strong="H8147" tied|strong="H5414" up|strong="H5375" the|strong="H6440" silver|strong="H3701" in|strong="H6440" two|strong="H8147" bags|strong="H2754" and|strong="H3701" gave|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" two|strong="H8147" of|strong="H6440" his|strong="H5375" servants|strong="H5288" to|strong="H5414" carry|strong="H5375" back|strong="H3947" to|strong="H5414" Elisha|strong="H0477". 
\verseNumber{24}But|strong="H3947" when|strong="H7971" they|strong="H3027" arrived|strong="H0935" at|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3947" hill|strong="H6076" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w where|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w Elisha|strong="H0477"\+w* \+w lived|strong="H3427"\+w*}, Gehazi|strong="H1522" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3947" clothes|strong="H0899" from|strong="H3027" Naaman’s|strong="H5283" servants|strong="H5650" and|strong="H7971" sent|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3947" servants|strong="H5650" back|strong="H3947" to|strong="H3212" Naaman|strong="H5283". Then|strong="H3947" he|strong="H1004" took|strong="H3947" those|strong="H1992" things|strong="H1697" into|strong="H3212" his|strong="H7971" house|strong="H1004" and|strong="H7971" hid|strong="H5641" them|strong="H7971". 
\verseNumber{25}When|strong="H1980" he|strong="H1931" went|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" Elisha|strong="H0477", Elisha|strong="H0477" asked|strong="H7592" him|strong="H5975", “Where|strong="H3808" did|strong="H5650" you|strong="H3808" go|strong="H1980", Gehazi|strong="H1522"?” Gehazi|strong="H1522" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H5650" did|strong="H5650" not|strong="H3808" go|strong="H1980" anywhere|strong="H3605".” 
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\verseNumber{26}Elisha|strong="H0477" asked|strong="H7592" him|strong="H5921", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{“\+w o|strong="H3069"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w realize|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="H6256"\+w*} my|strong="H3947" spirit|strong="H3820" was|strong="H3820" there|strong="H8033" when|strong="H6256" Naaman|strong="H5283" got|strong="H3947" out|strong="H3947" of|strong="H5650" his|strong="H3947" chariot|strong="H4818" to|strong="H1980" talk|strong="H1696" with|strong="H1980" you|strong="H5921"? This|strong="H3947" is|strong="H3820" certainly|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" [RHQ] the|strong="H5921" time|strong="H6256" to|strong="H1980" accept|strong="H3947" gifts|strong="H4979" of|strong="H5650" money|strong="H3701" and|strong="H1980" clothes|strong="H0899" and|strong="H1980" olive|strong="H2132" groves|strong="H2132" and|strong="H1980" vineyards|strong="H3754" and|strong="H1980" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H1980" oxen|strong="H1241" and|strong="H1980" servants|strong="H5650"! 
\verseNumber{27}Because|strong="H6440" you|strong="H6440" have|strong="H6883" done|strong="H6213" this|strong="H6440", you|strong="H6440" and|strong="H5769" your|strong="H6440" children|strong="H2233" and|strong="H5769" all|strong="H5769" your|strong="H6440" descendants|strong="H2233", forever|strong="H5769", will|strong="H2233" have|strong="H6883" leprosy|strong="H6883" just|strong="H3512" like|strong="H3318" Naaman|strong="H5283" had|strong="H3068"!” And|strong="H5769" when|strong="H3318" Gehazi|strong="H1522" left|strong="H3318" the|strong="H6440" room|strong="H2315", he|strong="H6440" was|strong="H6440" a|strong="H3318" leper|strong="H6879"! His|strong="H6440" skin|strong="H5785" was|strong="H6440" as|strong="H3318" white|strong="H3836" as|strong="H3318" snow|strong="H7950"! 

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\chapterNumber{6}One|strong="H4480" day|strong="H3117" a|strong="H4480" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H1121" prophets|strong="H5030" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H6440" Elisha|strong="H3427", “Look|strong="H2009", this|strong="H6440" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H8033" we|strong="H4994" meet|strong="H6440" together|strong="H3162" with|strong="H3427" you|strong="H6440" is|strong="H2009" very|strong="H3966" small|strong="H6862". 
\verseNumber{2}Allow|strong="H4994" us|strong="H4994" to|strong="H5704" go|strong="H3212" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3947" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w cut|strong="H3772"\+w* \+w down|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w some|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w trees|strong="H6086"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w make|strong="H6213"\+w*} logs|strong="H6086" to|strong="H5704" build|strong="H6213" a|strong="H3947" new|strong="H2319" meeting|strong="H4150" place|strong="H4725".” So|strong="H6213" Elisha|strong="H3427" said|strong="H0559", “Okay, go|strong="H3212".” 
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\verseNumber{3}One|strong="H0259" of|strong="H5650" them|strong="H4994" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" Elisha|strong="H0477", “Please|strong="H4994" come|strong="H3212" with|strong="H3212" us|strong="H4994".” So|strong="H5650" Elisha|strong="H0477" replied|strong="H0559", “Okay, I|strong="H5650" will|strong="H5650" go|strong="H3212" with|strong="H3212" you|strong="H3212".” 
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\verseNumber{4}So|strong="H3651" they|strong="H1992" went|strong="H3212" together|strong="H3162". When|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" reached|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3212" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*}, they|strong="H1992" cut|strong="H1504" down|strong="H1504" some|strong="H4480" trees|strong="H6086". 
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\verseNumber{5}But|strong="H1961" while|strong="H1961" one|strong="H1931" of|strong="H4325" them|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" cutting|strong="H2799" down|strong="H5307" a|strong="H1961" tree|strong="H6086", suddenly|strong="H6597" the|strong="H1961" axe|strong="H1270" head|strong="H1270" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w separated|strong="H6504"\+w* \+w from|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w handle|strong="H8610"\+w* \+w and|strong="H4325"\+w*} fell|strong="H5307" into|strong="H5307" the|strong="H1961" water|strong="H4325". He|strong="H1931" cried|strong="H6817" out|strong="H6817" to|strong="H1961" Elisha|strong="H0477", “O|strong="H3069", Master|strong="H0113", what|strong="H4100" shall|strong="H4325" I|strong="H7592" do|strong="H6213"? \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w axe|strong="H1270"\+w* \+w is|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w not|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w mine|strong="H5375"\+w*}; I|strong="H7592" borrowed|strong="H7592" it|strong="H1931"!” 
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\verseNumber{6}Elisha|strong="H0477" replied|strong="H0559", “Where|strong="H8033" did|strong="H1270" it|strong="H7200" fall|strong="H5307" into|strong="H5307" the|strong="H7200" water|strong="H4325"?” After|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" man|strong="H5307" showed|strong="H7200" him|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" place|strong="H4725", Elisha|strong="H0477" cut|strong="H7094" off|strong="H7993" a|strong="H7200" stick|strong="H6086", and|strong="H6086" threw|strong="H7993" it|strong="H7200" into|strong="H5307" the|strong="H7200" water|strong="H4325", and|strong="H6086" caused|strong="H5307" the|strong="H7200" iron|strong="H1270" axe|strong="H1270" head|strong="H1270" to|strong="H7200" float|strong="H6687" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5307"\+w* \+w top|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w of|strong="H6086"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w water|strong="H4325"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{7}Elisha|strong="H0477" said|strong="H0559", “Take|strong="H3947" it|strong="H7971" out|strong="H7971" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3947" water|strong="H4325".” So|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" man|strong="H0376" reached|strong="H7971" his|strong="H7971" hand|strong="H3027" down|strong="H7971" and|strong="H7971" picked|strong="H7311" up|strong="H7311" the|strong="H3947" axe|strong="H1631" head|strong="H7218". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Elisha|strong="H0477" tricked|strong="H5377" the|strong="H3947" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H3027" Syria|strong="H0758" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Elisha|strong="H0477" tricked|strong="H5377" the|strong="H3947" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H3027" Syria|strong="H0758" }
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\verseNumber{8}Whenever|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Syria|strong="H0758" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w prepared|strong="H3559"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w send|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w*} fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H3898" Israel|strong="H3478", he|strong="H3478" first|strong="H7223" consulted|strong="H3289" his|strong="H3478" officers|strong="H5650", and|strong="H3478" then|strong="H1961" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="H1961" where|strong="H4725" they|strong="H3478" should|strong="H3478" set|strong="H3478" up|strong="H4428" their|strong="H1961" tents|strong="H0168". 
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\verseNumber{9}But|strong="H3588" each|strong="H2088" time|strong="H3478", Elisha|strong="H0477" would|strong="H3478" send|strong="H7971" a|strong="H3588" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3478" warn|strong="H2094" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w telling|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w him|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w where|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Syria|strong="H0758"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w planning|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w attack|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w them|strong="H7971"\+w*,} saying|strong="H0559", “Be|strong="H3478" sure|strong="H8104" that|strong="H3588" your|strong="H8104" army|strong="H2428" does|strong="H2088" not|strong="H2088" go|strong="H7971" near|strong="H8033" that|strong="H3588" place|strong="H4725", because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H4428" Syria|strong="H0758" has|strong="H3478" set|strong="H7971" up|strong="H4428" their|strong="H3588" tents|strong="H0168" there|strong="H8033".” 
\verseNumber{10}So|strong="H7971" the|strong="H8104" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" would|strong="H3478" send|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w messengers|strong="H4397"\+w*} to|strong="H3478" warn|strong="H2094" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w lived|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3478"\+w*} that|strong="H3478" place|strong="H4725", and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H8104" people|strong="H3808" would|strong="H3478" remain|strong="H3808" on|strong="H7971" guard|strong="H8104". That|strong="H3478" happened|strong="H1961" several|strong="H2669" times|strong="H6471". 
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\verseNumber{11}The|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Syria|strong="H0758" was|strong="H3478" very|strong="H2088" upset|strong="H1697"/disturbed|strong="H1993"/angry|strong="H2734" about|strong="H5921" that|strong="H1697". So|strong="H7121" he|strong="H3808" summoned|strong="H7121" his|strong="H7121" army|strong="H2428" officers|strong="H5650" and|strong="H3478" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3478" them|strong="H5921", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{Obviously} one|strong="H2088" of|strong="H4428" you|strong="H5921" is|strong="H2088" ◄betraying us|strong="H5046"/revealing|strong="H1540" our|strong="H5921" plans|strong="H4284"► to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478". Which|strong="H7945" one|strong="H2088" of|strong="H4428" you|strong="H5921" is|strong="H2088" doing|strong="H6213" it|strong="H7121"?” 
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\verseNumber{12}One|strong="H3808" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H5046" officers|strong="H5650" answered|strong="H5046", “Your|strong="H3588" Majesty|strong="H1926", it|strong="H3588" is|strong="H1697" not|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" of|strong="H4428" us|strong="H5046". Elisha|strong="H0477" the|strong="H3588" prophet|strong="H5030" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w knows|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w what|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w we|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w plan|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w do|strong="H1697"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w*} tells|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" everything|strong="H3605". He|strong="H3588" even|strong="H3588" knows|strong="H3045" what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3588" say|strong="H1696" in|strong="H3478" your|strong="H3588" own|strong="H1961" bedroom|strong="H2315"!” 
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\verseNumber{13}The|strong="H7200" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H7200" Syria|strong="H0758" replied|strong="H0559", “Go|strong="H3212" and|strong="H7971" find|strong="H3947" out|strong="H7971" where|strong="H2009" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931", and|strong="H7971" I|strong="H2009" will|strong="H1931" send|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="H2009"\+w* \+w men|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w there|strong="H2009"\+w*} to|strong="H3212" capture|strong="H3947" him|strong="H7971".” Someone|strong="H0376" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H7971", “People|strong="H1931" say|strong="H0559" that|strong="H7200" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" in|strong="H3212" Dothan|strong="H1886" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w* \+w north|strong="H6828"\+w* \+w of|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w Samaria|strong="H8111"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{14}So|strong="H7971" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H5921" sent|strong="H7971" a|strong="H7971" large|strong="H3515" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H5892" soldiers|strong="H2428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w Dothan|strong="H1886"\+w*} with|strong="H5921" horses|strong="H5483" and|strong="H7971" chariots|strong="H7393". They|strong="H8033" arrived|strong="H0935" at|strong="H5921" night|strong="H3915" and|strong="H7971" surrounded|strong="H5362" the|strong="H5921" town|strong="H5892". 
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\verseNumber{15}Early|strong="H7925" the|strong="H6213" next|strong="H4283" morning|strong="H7925", Elisha’s|strong="H0477" servant|strong="H5288" got|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" went|strong="H3318" outside|strong="H3318" the|strong="H6213" house|strong="H1004". He|strong="H6213" saw|strong="H2009" the|strong="H6213" soldiers|strong="H2428" of|strong="H5892" Syria|strong="H0758" with|strong="H6213" their|strong="H6213" horses|strong="H5483" and|strong="H6965" chariots|strong="H7393" surrounding|strong="H5437" the|strong="H6213" town|strong="H5892". So|strong="H6213" he|strong="H6213" went|strong="H3318" inside|strong="H8432" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w house|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w and|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w reported|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w it|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w Elisha|strong="H0477"\+w*} and|strong="H6965" exclaimed|strong="H0559", “O|strong="H3069", sir|strong="H0113"! What|strong="H6213" are|strong="H5892" we|strong="H6213" going|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" do|strong="H6213"?” 
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\verseNumber{16}Elisha|strong="H0477" replied|strong="H0559", “Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3588" be|strong="H3372" afraid|strong="H3372"! Those|strong="H3588" who|strong="H7227" will|strong="H7227" be|strong="H3372" helping|strong="H5826" us|strong="H3588" will|strong="H7227" be|strong="H3372" more|strong="H7227" than|strong="H3588" those|strong="H3588" who|strong="H7227" will|strong="H7227" be|strong="H3372" helping|strong="H5826" them|strong="H3588"!” 
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\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="H2009" he|strong="H3068" prayed|strong="H6419", “Yahweh|strong="H3068", I|strong="H2009" request|strong="H1246" that|strong="H7200" you|strong="H7200" open|strong="H6491" my|strong="H3068" servant’s|strong="H5288" eyes|strong="H5869" in|strong="H3068" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H7200" he|strong="H3068" can|strong="H7200" see|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w out|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w there|strong="H2009"\+w*}!” So|strong="H7200" Yahweh|strong="H3068" enabled|strong="H6491" the|strong="H7200" servant|strong="H5288" to|strong="H3068" look|strong="H7200" out|strong="H7200" and|strong="H3068" see|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" surrounding|strong="H5439" the|strong="H7200" hill|strong="H2022" on|strong="H7200" which|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" town|strong="H7151" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w built|strong="H1129"\+w*} was|strong="H3068" a|strong="H7200" huge|strong="H1995" number|strong="H6491" of|strong="H3068" horses|strong="H5483", and|strong="H3068" chariots|strong="H7393" made|strong="H6419" of|strong="H3068" fire|strong="H0784"! 
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\verseNumber{18}When|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5221" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H3068" Syria|strong="H0758" prepared|strong="H3559" to|strong="H3381" attack|strong="H5221" Elisha|strong="H0477", he|strong="H3068" prayed|strong="H6419" again|strong="H7725", saying|strong="H1697", “Yahweh|strong="H3068", cause|strong="H1697" all|strong="H1697" these|strong="H2088" soldiers|strong="H5650" to|strong="H3381" become|strong="H1961" blind|strong="H5787"!” Yahweh|strong="H3068" answered|strong="H1697" his|strong="H3068" prayer|strong="H6419" and|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H1697" them|strong="H5221" to|strong="H3381" be|strong="H1697" unable|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3381" see|strong="H7200" clearly|strong="H3045". 
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\verseNumber{19}Then|strong="H2088" Elisha|strong="H0477" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" them|strong="H2088" and|strong="H3212" said|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H3808" are|strong="H5892" not|strong="H3808" on|strong="H1870" the|strong="H1870" right|strong="H3225" road|strong="H1870"; this|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" not|strong="H3808" the|strong="H1870" city|strong="H5892" that|strong="H5892" you|strong="H3808" are|strong="H5892" searching|strong="H1245" for|strong="H5892". I|strong="H2088" will|strong="H5892" take|strong="H3212" you|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3212" the|strong="H1870" man|strong="H2088" whom|strong="H0834" you|strong="H3808" are|strong="H5892" searching|strong="H1245" for|strong="H5892".” But|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3808" led|strong="H3212" them|strong="H2088" to|strong="H3212" Samaria|strong="H8111", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w capital|strong="H3805"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*}! 
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\verseNumber{20}As|strong="H1961" soon|strong="H3512" as|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3068" entered|strong="H0935" Samaria|strong="H8111", Elisha|strong="H0477" prayed|strong="H6419" again|strong="H1961", saying|strong="H0559", “Yahweh|strong="H3068", now|strong="H1961" enable|strong="H7980" these|strong="H0428" soldiers|strong="H5650" to|strong="H3068" see|strong="H7200" correctly|strong="H3651" again|strong="H1961"!” So|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" enabled|strong="H6491" them|strong="H7200" to|strong="H3068" see|strong="H7200" correctly|strong="H3651", and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" were|strong="H1961" surprised|strong="H8610" to|strong="H3068" see|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" they|strong="H3068" were|strong="H1961" inside|strong="H8432" Samaria|strong="H8111" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{21}When|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" saw|strong="H7200" them|strong="H5221", he|strong="H5221" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" Elisha|strong="H0477", “Sir|strong="H0113", shall|strong="H3478" I|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w tell|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w my|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w*} kill|strong="H5221" them|strong="H5221"? Shall|strong="H3478" we|strong="H7200" kill|strong="H5221" all|strong="H7200" of|strong="H4428" them|strong="H5221"?” 
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\verseNumber{22}Elisha|strong="H0477" replied|strong="H0559", “No|strong="H3808", you|strong="H6440" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" kill|strong="H5221" them|strong="H6440". If|strong="H7760" your|strong="H7760" army|strong="H2428" captured|strong="H7617" many|strong="H3808" of|strong="H6440" your|strong="H7760" enemies|strong="H0341" in|strong="H3212" a|strong="H7760" battle|strong="H6440", you|strong="H6440" would|strong="H0014" certainly|strong="H8354" not|strong="H3808" [RHQ] kill|strong="H5221" them|strong="H6440". Give|strong="H7760" these|strong="H7760" men|strong="H0376" something|strong="H3899" to|strong="H3212" eat|strong="H3899" and|strong="H3212" drink|strong="H8354", and|strong="H3212" then|strong="H7760" allow|strong="H5414" them|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3212" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H3212" their|strong="H7760" king|strong="H6440".” 
\verseNumber{23}So|strong="H7971" the|strong="H7971" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1416" Israel|strong="H3478" did|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3478". He|strong="H3808" told|strong="H5046" his|strong="H7971" servants|strong="H5650" to|strong="H3478" provide|strong="H6213" a|strong="H7971" big|strong="H0931" feast|strong="H3740" for|strong="H7971" them|strong="H1992". And|strong="H3478" when|strong="H7971" they|strong="H1992" had|strong="H3478" eaten|strong="H0398" and|strong="H3478" drunk|strong="H8354" plenty|strong="H7647", he|strong="H3808" sent|strong="H7971" them|strong="H1992" away|strong="H7971". They|strong="H1992" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H7971" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1416" Syria|strong="H0758" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w him|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H1961"\+w*}. So|strong="H7971" for|strong="H7971" a|strong="H7971" while|strong="H5750" after|strong="H1992" that|strong="H3478", soldiers|strong="H5750" from|strong="H3478" Syria|strong="H0758" stopped|strong="H5975" raiding/attacking|strong="H5221" towns|strong="H1323" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478". 

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\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{The|strong="H7971" army|strong="H1416" of|strong="H1416" Syria|strong="H0758" surrounded|strong="H5437" Samaria|strong="H8111" }
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\verseNumber{24}But|strong="H1961" some|strong="H3605" time|strong="H1961" later|strong="H1961", Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130", the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Syria|strong="H0758", assembled|strong="H6908" his|strong="H3605" entire|strong="H3605" army|strong="H4264", and|strong="H4428" they|strong="H3651" went|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" Samaria|strong="H8111" and|strong="H4428" surrounded|strong="H5437" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w long|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w time|strong="H1961"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{25}Because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H7218" that|strong="H5704", after|strong="H5921" a|strong="H1961" while|strong="H5704" there|strong="H2009" was|strong="H1961" hardly|strong="H0389" any|strong="H1961" food|strong="H3899" left|strong="H1961" inside|strong="H8432" the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892", with|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H5704" eventually|strong="H0310" a|strong="H1961" donkey’s|strong="H2543" head|strong="H7218", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w usually|strong="H2370"\+w* \+w worthless|strong="H1100"\+w*,} cost|strong="H4242" eighty|strong="H8084" pieces|strong="H5409" of|strong="H7218" silver|strong="H3701", and|strong="H3701" ◄one|strong="H1961" cup|strong="H3563"/0.3 liter► of|strong="H7218" dove’s|strong="H3123" dung|strong="H1828" cost|strong="H4242" five|strong="H2568" pieces|strong="H5409" of|strong="H7218" silver|strong="H3701". 
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\verseNumber{26}One|strong="H1961" day|strong="H3117" when|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" was|strong="H1961" walking|strong="H1980" on|strong="H5921" top|strong="H5921" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892" wall|strong="H2346", a|strong="H1961" woman|strong="H0802" cried|strong="H6817" out|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3478" him|strong="H5921", “Your|strong="H5921" Majesty|strong="H1926", help|strong="H3467" me|strong="H5921"!” 
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\verseNumber{27}He|strong="H3068" replied|strong="H0559", “If|strong="H0518" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H4480" help|strong="H3467" you|strong="H4480", I|strong="H3068" certainly|strong="H3588" cannot|strong="H4480" [RHQ] help|strong="H3467" you|strong="H4480". I|strong="H3068" certainly|strong="H3588" [RHQ] do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H4480" have|strong="H3068" any|strong="H4480" wheat|strong="H2406" or|strong="H4480" wine|strong="H3342"! 
\verseNumber{28}What|strong="H4100" is|strong="H4100" your|strong="H5414" problem|strong="H2008"?” She|strong="H2063" replied|strong="H0559", “Several|strong="H2669" days|strong="H3117" ago|strong="H3117", that|strong="H3117" woman|strong="H0802" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w over|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w there|strong="H3117"\+w*} said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414", ‘\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Because|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w we|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w have|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w nothing|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w left|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w eat|strong="H0398"\+w*,} let’s|strong="H1980" kill|strong="H2026" your|strong="H5414" son|strong="H1121" today|strong="H3117", in|strong="H4428" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3117" we|strong="H3117" can|strong="H4100" eat|strong="H0398" his|strong="H5414" flesh|strong="H1320". Then|strong="H5414" tomorrow|strong="H4279" we|strong="H3117" can|strong="H4100" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w*} my|strong="H5414" son|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w*} eat|strong="H0398" his|strong="H5414" flesh|strong="H1320".’ 
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\verseNumber{29}So|strong="H5414" we|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w killed|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w my|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w son|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w cut|strong="H3772"\+w* \+w his|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w body|strong="H1320"\+w* \+w up|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w*} boiled|strong="H1310" his|strong="H5414" flesh|strong="H1320" and|strong="H1121" ate|strong="H0398" it|strong="H5414". The|strong="H5414" next|strong="H4283" day|strong="H3117", I|strong="H3117" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5414" her|strong="H5414", ‘Now|strong="H3117" give|strong="H5414" your|strong="H5414" son|strong="H1121" to|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414", in|strong="H3117" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3117" we|strong="H3117" can|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w cook|strong="H1310"\+w* \+w his|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w flesh|strong="H1320"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w*} eat|strong="H0398" it|strong="H5414".’ But|strong="H3117" she|strong="H1931" has|strong="H3117" hidden|strong="H2244" her|strong="H5414" son|strong="H1121"!” 
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\verseNumber{30}When|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" heard|strong="H8085" what|strong="H1697" the|strong="H5921" woman|strong="H1004" said|strong="H1697", he|strong="H1931" tore|strong="H7167" his|strong="H8085" robe|strong="H4598" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w show|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w very|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w distressed|strong="H6887"\+w*}. The|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H1931" were|strong="H1961" standing|strong="H5975" close|strong="H5980" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" wall|strong="H2346" were|strong="H1961" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H1961" see|strong="H7200" that|strong="H5971" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" was|strong="H1961" wearing|strong="H2296" rough|strong="H8181" cloth|strong="H0899" underneath|strong="H8478" his|strong="H8085" robe|strong="H4598" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w very|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w distressed|strong="H6887"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{31}The|strong="H5921" king|strong="H5921" exclaimed|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3117" wish|strong="H2896"/hope|strong="H3176" that|strong="H3117" God|strong="H0430" will|strong="H1121" strike|strong="H5221" me|strong="H5921" dead|strong="H4191" if|strong="H1121" I|strong="H3117" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" cut|strong="H3772" off|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" head|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" Elisha|strong="H0477" today|strong="H3117", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w one|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w who|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w has|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w caused|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w these|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w terrible|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w things|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w us|strong="H5921"\+w*}!” 
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\verseNumber{32}So|strong="H7971" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H6440" sent|strong="H7971" an|strong="H7200" officer|strong="H5631" to|strong="H7971" get|strong="H5493" Elisha|strong="H3427". 
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Before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" officer|strong="H5631" arrived|strong="H0935", Elisha|strong="H3427" was|strong="H1931" sitting|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" his|strong="H7971" house|strong="H1004" with|strong="H1004" some|strong="H4480" Israeli elders|strong="H2205" who|strong="H1931" were|strong="H1121" talking|strong="H1696" with|strong="H1004" him|strong="H6440". Elisha|strong="H3427" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7971" them|strong="H7971", “That|strong="H3588" murderer|strong="H7523", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w king|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*,} is|strong="H2088" sending|strong="H7971" someone|strong="H0376" here|strong="H2088" to|strong="H7971" kill|strong="H7523" me|strong="H6440". Listen|strong="H6963": When|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" arrives|strong="H0935", shut|strong="H5462" the|strong="H6440" door|strong="H1817" and|strong="H1121" do|strong="H2088" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" him|strong="H6440" to|strong="H7971" come|strong="H7971" in|strong="H3427". And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H6440" will|strong="H1121" be|strong="H3808" coming|strong="H7272" right|strong="H3225" behind|strong="H0310" that|strong="H3588" officer|strong="H5631"!” 
\verseNumber{33}And|strong="H3068" while|strong="H5750" he|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" still|strong="H5750" speaking|strong="H1696", the|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" officer|strong="H5631" arrived|strong="H0935". The|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H1696", “It|strong="H3381" is|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" who|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5414" us|strong="H7451" to|strong="H1696" have|strong="H3068" all|strong="H2009" this|strong="H2063" trouble|strong="H7451"/suffering|strong="H6040". ◄Why|strong="H4100" should|strong="H3068" I|strong="H2009" wait|strong="H3176" any|strong="H5750" longer|strong="H5750" [RHQ] for|strong="H3068" him|strong="H5973" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H3068" something|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5826"\+w* \+w us|strong="H7451"\+w*}?/It|strong="H3381" is|strong="H3068" useless|strong="H1892" for|strong="H3068" me|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" wait|strong="H3176" any|strong="H5750" longer|strong="H5750" for|strong="H3068" him|strong="H5973" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5826"\+w* \+w us|strong="H7451"\+w*}!►” 
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\chapterNumber{7}Elisha|strong="H0477" replied|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H8085" king|strong="H4428", “Listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541": ‘He|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541" that|strong="H8085" by|strong="H3068" this|strong="H3541" time|strong="H6256" tomorrow|strong="H4279", at|strong="H3068" the|strong="H8085" marketplace here|strong="H3541" in|strong="H3068" Samaria|strong="H8111", you|strong="H8085" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1697" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3068" buy|strong="H7069" ◄ten|strong="H6235" pounds|strong="H8184"/five|strong="H2568" kg.► of|strong="H3068" fine|strong="H5560" wheat|strong="H2406" or|strong="H8085" ◄20 pounds|strong="H8184"/ten|strong="H6235" kg.► of|strong="H3068" barley|strong="H8184" for|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="H0389"\+w*} one|strong="H1697" piece|strong="H6595" of|strong="H3068" silver|strong="H3701".’” 
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\verseNumber{2}The|strong="H5921" king’s|strong="H4428" officer|strong="H7991" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" Elijah|strong="H0452", “That|strong="H7200" cannot|strong="H3808" happen|strong="H1961"! Even|strong="H3808" if|strong="H2005" Yahweh|strong="H3068" himself|strong="H3027" would|strong="H3068" open|strong="H5869" the|strong="H5921" windows|strong="H2474" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" sky|strong="H8064" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w send|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w grain|strong="H1715"\+w* \+w down|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w us|strong="H5921"\+w*}, that|strong="H7200" certainly|strong="H6213" could|strong="H2088" not|strong="H3808" [RHQ] happen|strong="H1961"!” Elisha|strong="H0477" replied|strong="H6030", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Because|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w said|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H7200"\+w*,} you|strong="H5921" [SYN] will|strong="H3068" see|strong="H7200" it|strong="H5921" happen|strong="H1961", but|strong="H3808" you|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" able|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3068" eat|strong="H0398" any|strong="H6213" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" food|strong="H3899"!” 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H5921" Syrian|strong="H0761" army|strong="H2428" became|strong="H1961" frightened|strong="H3372" and|strong="H3068" left|strong="H1961" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{The|strong="H5921" Syrian|strong="H0761" army|strong="H2428" became|strong="H1961" frightened|strong="H3372" and|strong="H3068" left|strong="H1961" }
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\verseNumber{3}That|strong="H8179" day|strong="H3117" there|strong="H1961" were|strong="H1961" four|strong="H0702" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H3427" had|strong="H1961" ◄leprosy|strong="H6883"/a|strong="H1961" dreaded|strong="H1481" skin|strong="H5785" disease|strong="H2483"► who|strong="H3427" were|strong="H1961" sitting|strong="H3427" outside|strong="H2351" the|strong="H5704" gate|strong="H8179" of|strong="H3427" Samaria|strong="H8111" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H8179"\+w*. \+w They|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w said|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w each|strong="H6311"\+w* \+w other|strong="H7453"\+w*, “◄\+w Why|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w should|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w we|strong="H5704"\+w*} wait|strong="H3427" here|strong="H6311" until|strong="H5704" we|strong="H5704" die|strong="H4191"?/\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w is|strong="H4100"\+w* ridiculous \+w for|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w us|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w*} wait|strong="H3427" here|strong="H6311" until|strong="H5704" we|strong="H5704" die|strong="H4191".► [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{4}If|strong="H0518" we|strong="H6258" go|strong="H3212" into|strong="H3212" the|strong="H8033" city|strong="H5892", we|strong="H6258" will|strong="H5892" die|strong="H4191" there|strong="H8033", because|strong="H8033" there|strong="H8033" is|strong="H5892" no|strong="H3808" food|strong="H3899" there|strong="H8033". If|strong="H0518" we|strong="H6258" remain|strong="H3427" sitting|strong="H3427" here|strong="H6311", we|strong="H6258" will|strong="H5892" die|strong="H4191" here|strong="H6311". So|strong="H4191" let’s|strong="H1980" go|strong="H3212" to|strong="H4191" where|strong="H8033" the|strong="H8033" army|strong="H4264" of|strong="H3427" Syria|strong="H0758" has|strong="H2421" set|strong="H3427" up|strong="H3212" their|strong="H5307" tents|strong="H4264". If|strong="H0518" they|strong="H8033" kill|strong="H4191" us|strong="H2421", we|strong="H6258" will|strong="H5892" die|strong="H4191". But|strong="H6258" if|strong="H0518" they|strong="H8033" allow|strong="H5414" us|strong="H2421" to|strong="H4191" remain|strong="H3427" alive|strong="H2421", we|strong="H6258" will|strong="H5892" not|strong="H4191" die|strong="H4191".” 
\verseNumber{5}So|strong="H6965" when|strong="H5704" it|strong="H8033" was|strong="H4264" getting|strong="H7075" dark|strong="H5399", those|strong="H1992" four|strong="H0702" men|strong="H4264" went|strong="H6965" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" camp|strong="H4264" where|strong="H8033" the|strong="H5704" army|strong="H4264" of|strong="H4264" Syria|strong="H0758" had|strong="H4264" set|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" their|strong="H8033" tents|strong="H4264". But|strong="H2009" when|strong="H5704" they|strong="H8033" reached|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" camp|strong="H4264", they|strong="H8033" saw|strong="H2009" that|strong="H5704" there|strong="H8033" was|strong="H4264" no|strong="H6965" one|strong="H7097" there|strong="H8033"! 
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\verseNumber{6}What|strong="H6963" had|strong="H3478" happened|strong="H1961" was|strong="H3478" that|strong="H8085" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3478" caused|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H4428" Syria|strong="H0758" to|strong="H3478" hear|strong="H8085" something|strong="H1697" that|strong="H8085" sounded|strong="H6963" like|strong="H3478" a|strong="H8085" large|strong="H1419" army|strong="H2428" marching|strong="H5265" with|strong="H5921" chariots|strong="H7393" and|strong="H3478" horses|strong="H5483". So|strong="H8085" they|strong="H5921" said|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3478" each|strong="H0376" other|strong="H0312", “Listen|strong="H8085"! The|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" has|strong="H3478" hired|strong="H7936" the|strong="H5921" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Egypt|strong="H4714" and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5921" Heth|strong="H2845" people-group \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w their|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w armies|strong="H4264"\+w*}, and|strong="H3478" they|strong="H5921" have|strong="H3478" come|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" attack|strong="H5221" us|strong="H5921"!” 
\verseNumber{7}So|strong="H6965" they|strong="H1931" all|strong="H6965" ran|strong="H5127" away|strong="H5127" that|strong="H1931" evening|strong="H5399" and|strong="H6965" left|strong="H5800" their|strong="H5800" tents|strong="H4264" and|strong="H6965" their|strong="H5800" horses|strong="H5483" and|strong="H6965" donkeys|strong="H2543" there|strong="H6965", because|strong="H5800" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w were|strong="H5483"\+w* \+w afraid|strong="H3372"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1931"\+w*} they|strong="H1931" would|strong="H5315" be|strong="H5315" killed|strong="H2026" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w they|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w stayed|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w there|strong="H6965"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{8}When|strong="H5704" those|strong="H5375" four|strong="H0702" lepers|strong="H6879" came|strong="H3212" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5375" edge|strong="H7097" of|strong="H4264" the|strong="H5375" area|strong="H1508" where|strong="H8033" the|strong="H5375" soldiers|strong="H5650" of|strong="H4264" Syria|strong="H0758" had|strong="H4264" set|strong="H5375" up|strong="H5375" their|strong="H5375" tents|strong="H4264", they|strong="H8033" went|strong="H3212" into|strong="H7725" one|strong="H5375" tent|strong="H0168", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3701"\+w* \+w saw|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w all|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w things|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w had|strong="H4264"\+w* \+w been|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w left|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w there|strong="H8033"\+w*}. So|strong="H7725" they|strong="H8033" ate|strong="H0398" and|strong="H3701" drank|strong="H8354" what|strong="H4100" was|strong="H4264" there|strong="H8033", and|strong="H3701" they|strong="H8033" took|strong="H5375" the|strong="H5375" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H3701" the|strong="H5375" gold|strong="H2091" and|strong="H3701" clothes|strong="H0899". Then|strong="H5375" they|strong="H8033" went|strong="H3212" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w outside|strong="H7097"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w tent|strong="H0168"\+w*} and|strong="H3701" hid|strong="H2934" those|strong="H5375" things|strong="H1697". Then|strong="H5375" they|strong="H8033" entered|strong="H5704" another|strong="H0312" tent|strong="H0168", and|strong="H3701" took|strong="H5375" things|strong="H1697" from|strong="H7725" there|strong="H8033", and|strong="H3701" then|strong="H5375" went|strong="H3212" outside|strong="H7097" and|strong="H3701" hid|strong="H2934" them|strong="H7725", also|strong="H8354". 
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\verseNumber{9}But|strong="H3808" then|strong="H6258" they|strong="H3117" said|strong="H3651" to|strong="H5704" each|strong="H3117" other|strong="H2088", “We|strong="H3117" are|strong="H3117" not|strong="H3808" doing|strong="H6213" what|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" right|strong="H3651". We|strong="H3117" have|strong="H4672" good|strong="H2896" news|strong="H1309" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w others|strong="H0312"\+w*} today|strong="H3117". If|strong="H3651" we|strong="H3117" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H5046" it|strong="H1931" to|strong="H5704" anyone|strong="H1931" now|strong="H6258", and|strong="H4428" if|strong="H3651" we|strong="H3117" wait|strong="H2442" until|strong="H5704" morning|strong="H1242" to|strong="H5704" tell|strong="H5046" it|strong="H1931", we|strong="H3117" will|strong="H4428" certainly|strong="H6213" be|strong="H3808" punished|strong="H6485" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*}. So|strong="H3651" let’s|strong="H1980" go|strong="H3212" right|strong="H3651" now|strong="H6258" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H6213" palace|strong="H1004" and|strong="H4428" tell|strong="H5046" it|strong="H1931" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H6213" king’s|strong="H4428" officials|strong="H8269"!” 
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\verseNumber{10}So|strong="H7121" they|strong="H1992" went|strong="H5892" to|strong="H7121" the|strong="H3588" guards|strong="H7778" at|strong="H4264" the|strong="H3588" city|strong="H5892" gates|strong="H8179" and|strong="H6963" called|strong="H7121" out|strong="H8033" to|strong="H7121" them|strong="H1992", “We|strong="H3588" went|strong="H5892" to|strong="H7121" where|strong="H8033" the|strong="H3588" army|strong="H4264" of|strong="H5892" Syria|strong="H0758" had|strong="H3588" set|strong="H7760" up|strong="H5927" their|strong="H1992" tents|strong="H4264", but|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3588" see|strong="H2009" or|strong="H2543" hear|strong="H6963" anyone|strong="H3588" there|strong="H8033". Their|strong="H1992" horses|strong="H5483" and|strong="H6963" donkeys|strong="H2543" were|strong="H1992" still|strong="H3588" tied|strong="H0631" up|strong="H5927", but|strong="H3588" their|strong="H1992" tents|strong="H4264" were|strong="H1992" all|strong="H2009" deserted|strong="H5307"/abandoned|strong="H5800"!” 
\verseNumber{11}The|strong="H7121" guards|strong="H7778" shouted|strong="H7121" the|strong="H7121" news|strong="H1319", and|strong="H4428" some|strong="H4480" people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w heard|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w it|strong="H7121"\+w*} went|strong="H4428" to|strong="H1004" the|strong="H7121" palace|strong="H1004" and|strong="H4428" reported|strong="H5046" it|strong="H7121" there|strong="H8033". 
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\verseNumber{12}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H3588"\+w*} the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w heard|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w it|strong="H3588"\+w*, \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w*} got|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3045" bed|strong="H4904" and|strong="H6965" said|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" his|strong="H3045" officials|strong="H5650", “I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4428" tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="H3588" what|strong="H3045" the|strong="H3588" army|strong="H4264" of|strong="H4428" Syria|strong="H0758" is|strong="H5892" planning|strong="H2803" to|strong="H3318" do|strong="H6213". They|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3045" no|strong="H6213" food|strong="H3899" here|strong="H3318", so|strong="H6213" they|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3045" left|strong="H3318" their|strong="H3588" tents|strong="H4264" and|strong="H6965" are|strong="H5892" hiding|strong="H5641" in|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3588" fields|strong="H7704". They|strong="H3588" think|strong="H2803" that|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4428" leave|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3588" city|strong="H5892" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w find|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w some|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w food|strong="H3899"\+w*}, and|strong="H6965" then|strong="H6965" they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4428" capture|strong="H8610" us|strong="H4994" and|strong="H6965" capture|strong="H8610" the|strong="H3588" city|strong="H5892".” 
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\verseNumber{13}But|strong="H7200" one|strong="H3605" of|strong="H5650" his|strong="H3605" officials|strong="H5650" said|strong="H6030", “Many|strong="H1995" of|strong="H5650" our|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1995" have|strong="H5650" already|strong="H3528" died|strong="H4191" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H4480"\+w* ◄\+w hunger|strong="H7458"\+w*/\+w not|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w having|strong="H0369"\+w* \+w anything|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w eat|strong="H0398"\+w*}►. If|strong="H2005" those|strong="H3605" of|strong="H5650" us|strong="H4994" who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3478" still|strong="H5750" alive|strong="H7604" all|strong="H3605" stay|strong="H3427" here|strong="H2009", we|strong="H4994" also|strong="H3478" will|strong="H3478" die|strong="H4191" anyway. So|strong="H4480" let’s|strong="H4994" send|strong="H7971" some|strong="H4480" men|strong="H5650" with|strong="H3478" five|strong="H2568" of|strong="H5650" our|strong="H3605" horses|strong="H5483" that|strong="H7200" are|strong="H3478" still|strong="H5750" alive|strong="H7604" to|strong="H3478" go|strong="H7971" and|strong="H3478" see|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w has|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w really|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H1961"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{14}So|strong="H3947" they|strong="H4428" chose|strong="H0977" some|strong="H4480" men|strong="H8147" and|strong="H7971" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3212" go|strong="H3212" in|strong="H4428" a|strong="H3947" chariot|strong="H7393" and|strong="H7971" find|strong="H3947" out|strong="H7971" what|strong="H7200" had|strong="H4428" happened|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3212" the|strong="H7200" army|strong="H4264" of|strong="H4428" Syria|strong="H0758". 
\verseNumber{15}They|strong="H5704" went|strong="H3212" as|strong="H5704" far|strong="H5704" as|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5704"\+w*}. All|strong="H3605" along|strong="H3212" the|strong="H3605" road|strong="H1870" they|strong="H5704" saw|strong="H2009" clothes|strong="H0899" and|strong="H7725" equipment|strong="H3627" that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H5650" from|strong="H7725" Syria|strong="H0758" had|strong="H4428" thrown|strong="H7993" away|strong="H7725" while|strong="H5704" they|strong="H5704" were|strong="H4428" running|strong="H7323" away|strong="H7725" very|strong="H5704" quickly|strong="H4116". So|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H7725" reported|strong="H5046" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w they|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w had|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w seen|strong="H7200"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{16}Then|strong="H1961" many|strong="H7227" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" Samaria|strong="H8111" also|strong="H3068" went|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w out|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w went|strong="H3318"\+w*} to|strong="H3318" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3068" army|strong="H4264" of|strong="H3068" Syria|strong="H0758" had|strong="H3068" previously|strong="H8543" set|strong="H3318" up|strong="H3318" their|strong="H3068" tents|strong="H4264". They|strong="H3068" entered|strong="H3318" all|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3068" tents|strong="H4264" and|strong="H3068" took|strong="H3318" everything|strong="H3605". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w there|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w now|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w plenty|strong="H7647"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w everything|strong="H3605"\+w*!} As|strong="H1697" a|strong="H1961" result|strong="H6903" people|strong="H5971" could|strong="H1697" buy|strong="H7069" ten|strong="H6235" pounds|strong="H8184" of|strong="H3068" fine|strong="H5560" wheat|strong="H2406" or|strong="H3068" 20 pounds|strong="H8184" of|strong="H3068" barley|strong="H8184" for|strong="H3068" only|strong="H0389" one|strong="H1961" piece|strong="H6595" of|strong="H3068" silver|strong="H3701", which|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697" would|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H1961"! 
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\verseNumber{17}The|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H5971" had|strong="H4428" appointed|strong="H6485" the|strong="H5921" officer|strong="H7991" who|strong="H5971" was|strong="H4428" his|strong="H5921" assistant|strong="H8334" to|strong="H1696" supervise|strong="H5329" what|strong="H1696" was|strong="H4428" happening at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" marketplace. But|strong="H1696" as|strong="H5971" he|strong="H3027" was|strong="H4428" standing|strong="H5975" near|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" gate|strong="H8179", all|strong="H6485" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w were|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w rushing|strong="H7494"\+w* \+w outside|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w city|strong="H8179"\+w*} trampled|strong="H7429" on|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921", and|strong="H4428" he|strong="H3027" died|strong="H4191", which|strong="H5971" was|strong="H4428" what|strong="H1696" Elisha|strong="H0477" had|strong="H4428" said|strong="H1696" would|strong="H5971" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H5921" when|strong="H1696" Elisha|strong="H0477" previously|strong="H8543" went|strong="H3381" to|strong="H1696" talk|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{18}Elisha|strong="H0477" had|strong="H1961" told|strong="H1696" him|strong="H4428" that|strong="H4428" by|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" next|strong="H4283" day|strong="H6256" there|strong="H1961" would|strong="H4428" be|strong="H1961" plenty|strong="H7647" of|strong="H4428" food|strong="H3899", with|strong="H1696" the|strong="H1961" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H4428" anyone|strong="H3605" could|strong="H3201" buy|strong="H7069" ten|strong="H6235" pounds|strong="H8184" of|strong="H4428" fine|strong="H5560" wheat|strong="H2406" or|strong="H4428" 20 pounds|strong="H8184" of|strong="H4428" barley|strong="H8184" for|strong="H4428" only|strong="H0389" one|strong="H1961" piece|strong="H6595" of|strong="H4428" silver|strong="H3701". 
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\verseNumber{19}And|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" officer|strong="H7991" had|strong="H3068" answered|strong="H6030", “That|strong="H7200" certainly|strong="H6213" cannot|strong="H3808" [RHQ] happen|strong="H1961"! Even|strong="H3808" if|strong="H2005" Yahweh|strong="H3068" himself|strong="H6213" would|strong="H3068" open|strong="H5869" the|strong="H7200" sky|strong="H8064" and|strong="H3068" send|strong="H7971" down|strong="H3381" some|strong="H8033" grain|strong="H1715", that|strong="H7200" could|strong="H2088" not|strong="H3808" happen|strong="H1961".” And|strong="H3068" Elisha|strong="H0477" had|strong="H3068" replied|strong="H6030", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Because|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w said|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H7200"\+w*,} you|strong="H6213" [SYN] will|strong="H3068" see|strong="H7200" it|strong="H6213" happen|strong="H1961", but|strong="H3808" you|strong="H6213" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3068" eat|strong="H0398" any|strong="H6213" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" food|strong="H3899"!” 
\verseNumber{20}And|strong="H5971" that|strong="H5971" is|strong="H3651" what|strong="H3651" happened|strong="H1961" to|strong="H4191" him|strong="H4191". The|strong="H1961" people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w rushing|strong="H7494"\+w* \+w out|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w of|strong="H8179"\+w*} the|strong="H1961" city|strong="H8179" gate|strong="H8179" trampled|strong="H7429" on|strong="H1961" him|strong="H4191", and|strong="H5971" he|strong="H3651" died|strong="H4191". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The widow from Shunem recovered her land }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{The widow from Shunem recovered her land }
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\chapterNumber{8}After|strong="H3588" Elisha|strong="H7121" caused|strong="H6965" the|strong="H3588" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" woman|strong="H1004" from|strong="H1121" Shunem|strong="H7766" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} to|strong="H1696" become|strong="H7121" alive|strong="H2421" again|strong="H6965", he|strong="H3588" told|strong="H1696" her|strong="H7121" that|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3068" leave|strong="H2421" with|strong="H1004" her|strong="H7121" family|strong="H1004" and|strong="H1121" live|strong="H2421" somewhere|strong="H1481" else|strong="H3588" for|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" while|strong="H3588", because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" going|strong="H3212" to|strong="H1696" ◄send|strong="H7971" a|strong="H3588" famine|strong="H7458"/cause|strong="H7121" food|strong="H1004" to|strong="H1696" become|strong="H7121" very|strong="H1571" scarce|strong="H2637"► in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3588" land|strong="H0776". He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H1696" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" famine|strong="H7458" would|strong="H3068" last|strong="H6965" for|strong="H3588" seven|strong="H7651" years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{2}So|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" woman|strong="H1004" did|strong="H6213" what|strong="H1697" Elisha|strong="H0477" told|strong="H1697" her|strong="H1931" to|strong="H3212" do|strong="H6213". She|strong="H1931" and|strong="H6965" her|strong="H1931" family|strong="H1004" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" live|strong="H1481" in|strong="H8141" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6213"\+w*} Philistia|strong="H6429" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*} for|strong="H6213" seven|strong="H7651" years|strong="H8141". 
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\verseNumber{3}After|strong="H1961" the|strong="H7725" seven|strong="H7651" years|strong="H8141" were|strong="H1961" ended|strong="H1961", they|strong="H8141" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" their|strong="H7725" home|strong="H1004". The|strong="H7725" woman|strong="H1004" went|strong="H3318" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" king|strong="H4428" to|strong="H7725" request|strong="H1246" that|strong="H4428" her|strong="H3318" house|strong="H1004" and|strong="H7725" her|strong="H3318" land|strong="H7704" be|strong="H1961" given|strong="H5414" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" her|strong="H3318". 
\verseNumber{4}When|strong="H1696" she|strong="H1931" arrived|strong="H0935", the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" was|strong="H4428" talking|strong="H1696" with|strong="H1696" Gehazi|strong="H1522", Elisha’s|strong="H0477" servant|strong="H5288". The|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" was|strong="H4428" saying|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H6213", “Tell|strong="H1696" me|strong="H4994" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" great|strong="H1419" things|strong="H1419" that|strong="H3605" Elisha|strong="H0477" has|strong="H4428" done|strong="H6213".” 
\verseNumber{5}While|strong="H1961" Gehazi|strong="H1522" was|strong="H1961" telling|strong="H5608" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" that|strong="H1931" Elisha|strong="H2421" had|strong="H1961" caused|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" a|strong="H1961" woman|strong="H2088" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Shunem|strong="H7766"\+w*} to|strong="H4191" become|strong="H1961" alive|strong="H2421" again|strong="H1961", that|strong="H1931" woman|strong="H2088" came|strong="H1961" in|strong="H5921" and|strong="H1121" requested|strong="H7592" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" to|strong="H4191" enable|strong="H7980" her|strong="H5921" to|strong="H4191" get|strong="H3947" her|strong="H5921" house|strong="H1004" and|strong="H1121" land|strong="H7704" back|strong="H1004" again|strong="H1961". Gehazi|strong="H1522" exclaimed|strong="H0559", “Your|strong="H5921" Majesty|strong="H1926", this|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" the|strong="H5921" woman|strong="H2088" whose|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" Elisha|strong="H2421" caused|strong="H1961" to|strong="H4191" become|strong="H1961" alive|strong="H2421" again|strong="H1961"!” 
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\verseNumber{6}When|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" asked|strong="H7592" her|strong="H3605" about|strong="H3117" it|strong="H5414", she|strong="H5704" told|strong="H5608" him|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w Gehazi|strong="H1522"\+w* \+w had|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w said|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w true|strong="H0571"\+w*}. The|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" summoned|strong="H7121" one|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3605" officials|strong="H5631" and|strong="H7725" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5704" him|strong="H5414", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w*} everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" this|strong="H5414" woman|strong="H0802" possessed|strong="H3423" previously|strong="H8543", including|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" value|strong="H6186" of|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" crops|strong="H8393" that|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3117" been|strong="H3605" harvested|strong="H1219" during|strong="H3117" these|strong="H3605" last|strong="H0314" seven|strong="H7651" years|strong="H3117" while|strong="H5704" she|strong="H5704" was|strong="H3117" away|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" her|strong="H3605" land|strong="H7704", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5704"\+w*} be|strong="H3117" given|strong="H5414" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H5704" her|strong="H3605".” \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w official|strong="H5631"\+w* \+w did|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Elisha|strong="H7725" predicted|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3605" death|strong="H4194" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Syria|strong="H0758" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Elisha|strong="H7725" predicted|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3605" death|strong="H4194" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Syria|strong="H0758" }
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\verseNumber{7}Elisha|strong="H5704" went|strong="H4428" to|strong="H5704" Damascus|strong="H1834", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w capital|strong="H3805"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Syria|strong="H0758"\+w*}, when|strong="H5704" Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130", the|strong="H5704" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Syria|strong="H0758", was|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w very|strong="H5704"\+w*} sick|strong="H2470". When|strong="H5704" someone|strong="H0376" told|strong="H5046" the|strong="H5704" king|strong="H4428" that|strong="H4428" Elisha|strong="H5704" was|strong="H4428" in|strong="H4428" Damascus|strong="H1834", 
\verseNumber{8}the|strong="H3947" king|strong="H4428" told|strong="H5046" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w one|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w officials|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w named|strong="H7121"\+w*} Hazael|strong="H2371", “Go|strong="H3212" and|strong="H3068" talk|strong="H1696" to|strong="H3212" that|strong="H3068" prophet|strong="H5030" and|strong="H3068" take|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" present|strong="H4503"/gift|strong="H4503" with|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3947" to|strong="H3212" give|strong="H2421" to|strong="H3212" him|strong="H3027". Request|strong="H1246" him|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3212" ask|strong="H1875" Yahweh|strong="H3068" if|strong="H0518" I|strong="H2088" will|strong="H3068" recover|strong="H2421" from|strong="H3027" my|strong="H3068" illness|strong="H2483".” 
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\verseNumber{9}So|strong="H3947" Hazael|strong="H2371" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" talk|strong="H1696" with|strong="H6440" Elisha|strong="H2421". He|strong="H3605" took|strong="H3947" with|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440" forty|strong="H0705" camels|strong="H1581" that|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" carrying|strong="H4853" many|strong="H7227" kinds|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" goods|strong="H2898" that|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" produced|strong="H6213" in|strong="H4428" Damascus|strong="H1834". When|strong="H2421" Hazael|strong="H2371" met|strong="H7125" him|strong="H6440", he|strong="H3605" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" him|strong="H6440", “Your|strong="H3605" friend|strong="H7453" Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130", the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Syria|strong="H0758", sent|strong="H7971" me|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3212" ask|strong="H4428" you|strong="H6440" whether|strong="H4853" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w think|strong="H2803"\+w*} he|strong="H3605" will|strong="H4428" recover|strong="H2421" from|strong="H6440" his|strong="H3605" illness|strong="H2483".” 
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\verseNumber{10}Elisha|strong="H2421" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H4191" Hazael|strong="H2371", “Go|strong="H3212" and|strong="H3068" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H4191" him|strong="H7200", ‘Yes|strong="H3588", you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" certainly|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3808" die|strong="H4191" from|strong="H3068" this|strong="H7200" illness|strong="H2483",’ but|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" shown|strong="H7200" me|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" certainly|strong="H3588" die|strong="H4191" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w before|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w recovers|strong="H5381"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H5975" Elisha|strong="H5704" stared at|strong="H5975" him|strong="H6440" and|strong="H6440" had|strong="H7760" a|strong="H7760" terrified|strong="H0926" look|strong="H6440" on|strong="H7760" his|strong="H7760" face|strong="H6440". That|strong="H5704" caused|strong="H5414" Hazael|strong="H7760" to|strong="H5704" feel|strong="H4184" uneasy/embarrassed|strong="H0954". Then|strong="H5975" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w suddenly|strong="H6597"\+w*} Elisha|strong="H5704" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H5704" cry|strong="H7121". 
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\verseNumber{12}Hazael|strong="H2371" said|strong="H0559", “Sir|strong="H0113", why|strong="H4069" are|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3588" crying|strong="H1058"?” 
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Elisha|strong="H0477" replied|strong="H0559", “Because|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w has|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w enabled|strong="H5414"\+w*} me|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w*} know|strong="H3045" the|strong="H3588" terrible|strong="H6213" things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3478" do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478": You|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3478" burn|strong="H8313" their|strong="H3588" cities|strong="H4013" with|strong="H6213" walls|strong="H2346" around|strong="H5439" them|strong="H7971", you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3478" kill|strong="H2026" their|strong="H3588" fine|strong="H6213" young|strong="H1121" men|strong="H1121" with|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" sword|strong="H2719", you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3478" bash the|strong="H3588" heads|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3588" children|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3478" rip|strong="H1234" open|strong="H1234" the|strong="H3588" bellies of|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3588" pregnant|strong="H2030" women|strong="H2030" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w a|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w sword|strong="H2719"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{13}Hazael|strong="H2371" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w insignificant|strong="H6819"\+w* \+w as|strong="H1697"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"] a|strong="H6213" dog|strong="H3611"; ◄how|strong="H4100" could|strong="H2088" I|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" such|strong="H2088" things|strong="H1697"?/I|strong="H3588" would|strong="H3068" never|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" such|strong="H2088" terrible|strong="H6213" things|strong="H1697"!►” [RHQ] 
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Elisha|strong="H0477" replied|strong="H0559", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" revealed|strong="H1540" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" become|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Syria|strong="H0758".” 
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\verseNumber{14}Then|strong="H4100" Hazael|strong="H2371" left|strong="H7604" and|strong="H3212" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H3212" his|strong="H2421" master|strong="H0113"/boss \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H2421"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w*}, who|strong="H4100" asked|strong="H4100" him|strong="H2421", “What|strong="H4100" did|strong="H4100" Elisha|strong="H2421" say|strong="H0559"?” 
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He|strong="H3212" replied|strong="H0559", “He|strong="H3212" told|strong="H5046" me|strong="H2421" that|strong="H3212" you|strong="H4100" would|strong="H2421" certainly|strong="H2421" recover|strong="H2421".” 
\verseNumber{15}But|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6440" next|strong="H4283" day|strong="H4283", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w while|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4427"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w sleeping|strong="H3463"\+w*,} Hazael|strong="H2371" took|strong="H3947" a|strong="H1961" blanket|strong="H4541" and|strong="H6440" soaked|strong="H7301" it|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" water|strong="H4325". Then|strong="H1961" he|strong="H5921" spread|strong="H6566" it|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" king’s|strong="H4428" face|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w order|strong="H4616"\+w* \+w that|strong="H4325"\+w* \+w he|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w could|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w not|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w breathe|strong="H5397"\+w*}, and|strong="H6440" he|strong="H5921" died|strong="H4191". Then|strong="H1961" Hazael|strong="H2371" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4427" of|strong="H6440" Syria|strong="H0758" instead|strong="H8478" of|strong="H6440" Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130". 

\BibleSectionHeading{King|strong="H4427" Jehoram|strong="H3088" of|strong="H6440" Judah|strong="H3063" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{King|strong="H4427" Jehoram|strong="H3088" of|strong="H6440" Judah|strong="H3063" }
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\verseNumber{16}After|strong="H8141" King|strong="H4428" Joram|strong="H3141", the|strong="H3092" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ahab|strong="H0256", had|strong="H3478" been|strong="H4427" ruling|strong="H4910" in|strong="H8141" Israel|strong="H3478" for|strong="H1121" almost|strong="H4592" five|strong="H2568" years|strong="H8141", Jehoshaphat’s|strong="H3092" son|strong="H1121" Jehoram|strong="H3088" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H3092" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063". 
\verseNumber{17}He|strong="H8147" was|strong="H1961" thirty-two|strong="H7970" years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1961" he|strong="H8147" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4427", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H8147" ruled|strong="H4427" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" for|strong="H3389" eight|strong="H8083" years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{18}His|strong="H3068" wife|strong="H0802" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H4428" King|strong="H4428" Ahab|strong="H0256". And|strong="H3478" like|strong="H1961" everyone|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3478" Ahab’s|strong="H0256" family|strong="H1004", he|strong="H3588" continually|strong="H3068" did|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3588" evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" previous|strong="H7223" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213". He|strong="H3588" did|strong="H6213" things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" considered|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1961" evil|strong="H7451". 
\verseNumber{19}But|strong="H3808" Yahweh|strong="H3068" did|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" want|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3068" get|strong="H3947" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063", because|strong="H4616" of|strong="H1121" what|strong="H1732" he|strong="H3117" had|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H5414" David|strong="H1732", who|strong="H3605" served|strong="H5647" him|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w very|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w well|strong="H3190"\+w*}. He|strong="H3117" had|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H5414" David|strong="H1732" that|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H1121" [MET|strong="H6298"] would|strong="H3068" always|strong="H3605" rule|strong="H4910" Judah|strong="H3063". 
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\verseNumber{20}During|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" time|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" Jehoram|strong="H3088" ruled|strong="H4427", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} Edom|strong="H0112" rebelled|strong="H6586" against|strong="H5921" Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H3063" they|strong="H3117" appointed|strong="H4427" their|strong="H5921" own|strong="H3027" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{21}So|strong="H1961" Jehoram|strong="H3088" went|strong="H5674" with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H3605" army|strong="H5971" and|strong="H6965" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" chariots|strong="H7393" to|strong="H1961" Zair|strong="H6811" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w near|strong="H5973"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w border|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w of|strong="H8269"\+w* \+w Edom|strong="H0112"\+w*}. There|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H5971" of|strong="H8269" Edom|strong="H0112" surrounded|strong="H5437" them|strong="H5221". But|strong="H1961" during|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" night|strong="H3915", Jehoram|strong="H3088" and|strong="H6965" the|strong="H3605" commanders|strong="H8269" in|strong="H5971" their|strong="H3605" chariots|strong="H7393" were|strong="H1961" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H1961" get|strong="H6965" through|strong="H5674" the|strong="H3605" enemy|strong="H0340" lines|strong="H2256" and|strong="H6965" escaped|strong="H5437". And|strong="H6965" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H5971" also|strong="H5971" fled|strong="H5127" to|strong="H1961" their|strong="H3605" homes|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{22}So|strong="H2088" after|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117", Edom|strong="H0112" was|strong="H1931" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H5750" controlled|strong="H0662" by|strong="H3027" Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H3063" it|strong="H1931" is|strong="H2088" still|strong="H5704" like|strong="H5704" that|strong="H3117". During|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" same|strong="H1931" time|strong="H6256", the|strong="H3117" people|strong="H1931" of|strong="H3117" Libnah|strong="H3841" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H1931"\+w*} also|strong="H3027" freed|strong="H6586" themselves|strong="H0905" from|strong="H3027" being|strong="H1961" controlled|strong="H0662" by|strong="H3027" Judah|strong="H3063". 
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\verseNumber{23}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w If|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w want|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w read|strong="H5612"\+w* \+w about|strong="H5921"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3605" Jehoram|strong="H3088" did|strong="H6213", they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H3117" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" scroll|strong="H5612" called|strong="H7121" ‘The|strong="H3605" History|strong="H8435" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah’. 
\verseNumber{24}Jehoram|strong="H3088" died|strong="H4191" [EUP] and|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1732" buried|strong="H6912" where|strong="H8478" the|strong="H8478" other|strong="H0312" kings|strong="H4427" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" had|strong="H1732" been|strong="H4427" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H6912" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H8478"\+w* \+w part|strong="H7992"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w called|strong="H7121"\+w*} ‘The|strong="H8478" City|strong="H5892" of|strong="H1121" David’. Then|strong="H1732" Jehoram’s|strong="H3088" son|strong="H1121" Ahaziah|strong="H0274" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H8478" king|strong="H4427". 

\BibleSectionHeading{King|strong="H4427" Ahaziah|strong="H0274" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" }

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\verseNumber{25}After|strong="H8141" Ahab’s|strong="H0256" son|strong="H1121" Joram|strong="H3141" has|strong="H3478" been|strong="H4427" ruling|strong="H4910" in|strong="H8141" Israel|strong="H3478" for|strong="H1121" almost|strong="H4592" twelve|strong="H8147" years|strong="H8141", Jehoram’s|strong="H3088" son|strong="H1121" Ahaziah|strong="H0274" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H1121" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063". 
\verseNumber{26}Ahaziah|strong="H0274" was|strong="H8034" twenty-two|strong="H6242" years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1121" he|strong="H8147" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3478" rule|strong="H4428". He|strong="H8147" ruled|strong="H4427" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" for|strong="H8034" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="H0389"\+w*} one|strong="H1121" year|strong="H8141". His|strong="H3478" mother’s|strong="H0517" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Athaliah|strong="H6271", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w daughter|strong="H1323"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w King|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Ahab|strong="H0256"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w*} the|strong="H8034" granddaughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" King|strong="H4428" Omri|strong="H6018" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{27}King|strong="H4428" Ahab|strong="H0256" conducted|strong="H1240" his|strong="H3068" life|strong="H5315" just|strong="H6213" like|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3588" members|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Ahab’s|strong="H0256" family|strong="H1004" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213". He|strong="H1931" did|strong="H6213" things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" considered|strong="H2803" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" very|strong="H6213" evil|strong="H7451". 
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\verseNumber{28}Ahaziah’s|strong="H0274" army|strong="H4421" joined|strong="H2266" the|strong="H5221" army|strong="H4421" of|strong="H1121" King|strong="H4428" Joram|strong="H3141" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H4421" to|strong="H3212" fight|strong="H4421" against|strong="H5973" the|strong="H5221" army|strong="H4421" of|strong="H1121" King|strong="H4428" Hazael|strong="H2371" of|strong="H1121" Syria|strong="H0758". Their|strong="H5221" armies|strong="H6635" started|strong="H2490" fighting|strong="H4421" at|strong="H4421" Ramoth|strong="H7433" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} in|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5221"\+w*} Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5221" soldiers|strong="H4421" of|strong="H1121" Syria|strong="H0758" wounded|strong="H5221" Joram|strong="H3141". 
\verseNumber{29}King|strong="H4428" Joram|strong="H3141" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Jezreel|strong="H3157" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H1931"\+w*} to|strong="H7725" recover|strong="H7725" from|strong="H4480" his|strong="H7725" wounds|strong="H4347". King|strong="H4428" Ahaziah|strong="H0274" went|strong="H3381" to|strong="H7725" visit|strong="H7200" him|strong="H5221" there|strong="H4480". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jehu became the king of Israel }

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\chapterNumber{9}Meanwhile|strong="H3541", the|strong="H3947" prophet|strong="H5030" Elisha|strong="H7121" summoned|strong="H7121" one|strong="H2088" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3947" other|strong="H2088" prophets|strong="H5030". He|strong="H3027" said|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3212" him|strong="H7121", “Get|strong="H3947" ready|strong="H3559" [IDM] and|strong="H1121" go|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" Ramoth|strong="H7433" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} in|strong="H3212" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3947"\+w*} Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}. Take|strong="H3947" this|strong="H2088" jar|strong="H3537" of|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w olive|strong="H8081"\+w*} oil|strong="H8081" with|strong="H3212" you|strong="H3947". 
\verseNumber{2}When|strong="H7200" you|strong="H8432" arrive|strong="H0935" there|strong="H8033", search|strong="H7200" for|strong="H1121" a|strong="H7200" man|strong="H1121" named|strong="H7121" Jehu|strong="H3058", the|strong="H7200" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" and|strong="H1121" grandson|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Nimshi|strong="H5250". Go|strong="H6965" with|strong="H6965" him|strong="H7200" into|strong="H8432" a|strong="H7200" room|strong="H2315" away|strong="H5493" from|strong="H1121" his|strong="H7200" companions|strong="H2270", 
\verseNumber{3}and|strong="H3478" pour|strong="H3332" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} this|strong="H3541" oil|strong="H8081" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3068" head|strong="H7218". Then|strong="H3947" say|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" him|strong="H5921", ‘Yahweh|strong="H3068" declares|strong="H5002" that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" appointing you|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3808" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478".’ Then|strong="H3947" open|strong="H6605" the|strong="H5921" door|strong="H1817" and|strong="H3478" run|strong="H5127" away|strong="H3947" as|strong="H3068" quickly|strong="H4116" as|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5921" can|strong="H3947".” 
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\verseNumber{4}So|strong="H3651" the|strong="H3212" young|strong="H5288" prophet|strong="H5030" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" Ramoth|strong="H7433". 
\verseNumber{5}When|strong="H3427" he|strong="H3605" arrived|strong="H0935", he|strong="H3605" saw|strong="H2009" that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" commanders|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428" were|strong="H1697" having|strong="H0369" a|strong="H3427" conference. He|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w looked|strong="H2009"\+w* \+w at|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w Jehu|strong="H3058"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1697"\+w*} said|strong="H1697", “Sir|strong="H0113", I|strong="H2009" have|strong="H1697" a|strong="H3427" message|strong="H1697" for|strong="H3427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w one|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1697"\+w*} you|strong="H3605".” 
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Jehu|strong="H3058" replied|strong="H0559", “Which|strong="H4310" one|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1697" us|strong="H5414" is|strong="H4310" the|strong="H3605" message|strong="H1697" for|strong="H3427"?” 
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The|strong="H3605" young|strong="H5288" prophet|strong="H5030" replied|strong="H0559", “It|strong="H2009" is|strong="H4310" for|strong="H3427" you|strong="H3605", commander|strong="H8269"/sir|strong="H0113".” 
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\verseNumber{6}So|strong="H3541" Jehu|strong="H3058" got|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" went|strong="H3478" with|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3541" young|strong="H5288" prophet|strong="H5030" into|strong="H3332" a|strong="H3478" house|strong="H1004". There|strong="H3541" the|strong="H3541" young|strong="H5288" prophet|strong="H5030" poured|strong="H3332" some|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w olive|strong="H8081"\+w*} oil|strong="H8081" on|strong="H3068" Jehu’s|strong="H3058" head|strong="H7218" and|strong="H6965" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" him|strong="H4886", “Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3541" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H5971" we|strong="H0587" Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H3478"\+w*}, declares|strong="H5002" this|strong="H3541": ‘I|strong="H3541" am|strong="H3068" appointing you|strong="H4886" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3541" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" my|strong="H3068" Israeli people|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{7}You|strong="H3605" must|strong="H1818" kill|strong="H5221" your|strong="H3068" master|strong="H0113" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Joram|strong="H3141"\+w*}, the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1004" Ahab|strong="H0256", because|strong="H3027" I|strong="H5650" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H3068" punish|strong="H5221" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Ahab’s|strong="H0256"\+w* \+w wife|strong="H0802"\+w*} Jezebel|strong="H0348" for|strong="H3027" murdering [MTY] many|strong="H7227" of|strong="H1004" my|strong="H3605" prophets|strong="H5030" and|strong="H3068" other|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1818" who|strong="H3605" served|strong="H5647" me|strong="H5221". 
\verseNumber{8}You|strong="H3605" must|strong="H3478" kill|strong="H3772" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w not|strong="H6113"\+w* \+w only|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w Joram|strong="H3141"\+w* \+w but|strong="H5800"\+w*} all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1004" Ahab’s|strong="H0256" family|strong="H1004". I|strong="H3772" want|strong="H3772" to|strong="H3478" get|strong="H3947" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H1004" every|strong="H3605" male|strong="H8366" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" family|strong="H1004", including|strong="H3605" young|strong="H5288" ones|strong="H2945" and|strong="H3478" old|strong="H1121" ones|strong="H2945". 
\verseNumber{9}I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1121" get|strong="H3947" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H1121" Ahab’s|strong="H0256" family|strong="H1004", like|strong="H1004" I|strong="H5414" got|strong="H6965" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5414" families|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" two|strong="H1004" other|strong="H0312" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", Jeroboam|strong="H3379" and|strong="H1121" Baasha|strong="H1201". 
\verseNumber{10}And|strong="H1817" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H5127"\+w*} Jezebel|strong="H0348" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w dies|strong="H4191"\+w*}, her|strong="H6605" corpse|strong="H5038" will|strong="H3611" not|strong="H6605" be|strong="H1961" buried|strong="H6912". Dogs|strong="H3611" will|strong="H3611" eat|strong="H0398" her|strong="H6605" corpse|strong="H5038" there|strong="H8033" in|strong="H6912" Jezreel|strong="H3157" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}.’” 
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After|strong="H1817" the|strong="H6605" young|strong="H5288" prophet|strong="H5030" said|strong="H0559" this|strong="H2088", he|strong="H6912" left|strong="H7604" the|strong="H6605" room|strong="H2315" and|strong="H1817" ran|strong="H5127". 
\verseNumber{11}When|strong="H3318" Jehu|strong="H3058" came|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H5650" the|strong="H3045" room|strong="H2315" to|strong="H3318" where|strong="H2088" his|strong="H3045" other|strong="H2088" commanders|strong="H8269" were|strong="H5650", they|strong="H3045" said|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" him|strong="H3318", “Is|strong="H2088" everything|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3045" right|strong="H3045"? Why|strong="H4069" did|strong="H5650" that|strong="H3045" mad|strong="H7696" fellow|strong="H7696" come|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" you|strong="H3045"?” 
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He|strong="H3318" replied|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H3045" know|strong="H3045" what|strong="H2088" kinds|strong="H2178" of|strong="H5650" things|strong="H1697" young|strong="H5288" prophets|strong="H5030" like|strong="H3318" him|strong="H3318" say|strong="H0559".” 
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\verseNumber{12}They|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H5046" are|strong="H3478" lying|strong="H8267"! Tell|strong="H5046" us|strong="H4994" what|strong="H3541" he|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559"!” 
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He|strong="H3068" replied|strong="H0559", “He|strong="H3068" told|strong="H5046" me|strong="H4994" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", ‘I|strong="H3541" am|strong="H3068" appointing [MTY] you|strong="H5046" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3541" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478".’” 
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\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="H3947" they|strong="H7760" all|strong="H3947" spread|strong="H6566" their|strong="H3947" cloaks|strong="H4304" on|strong="H7760" the|strong="H3947" steps|strong="H4609" of|strong="H8478" the|strong="H3947" building|strong="H1129" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H8478"\+w* \+w Jehu|strong="H3058"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4116"\+w* \+w walk|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w out|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w on|strong="H7760"\+w*}, and|strong="H4116" they|strong="H7760" blew|strong="H8628" trumpets|strong="H7782" and|strong="H4116" shouted|strong="H7321", “Jehu|strong="H3058" is|strong="H3058" now|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" king|strong="H4427"!” 

\BibleSectionHeading{King|strong="H4427" Joram|strong="H3141" of|strong="H8478" Israel|strong="H3478" was|strong="H3058" killed|strong="H2026" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{King|strong="H4427" Joram|strong="H3141" of|strong="H8478" Israel|strong="H3478" was|strong="H3058" killed|strong="H2026" }
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\verseNumber{14-15}King|strong="H4428" Joram|strong="H3141" and|strong="H3967" his|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H1961" defending|strong="H8104" Ramoth|strong="H7216" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" attacks|strong="H5221" by|strong="H0801" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Syria|strong="H0758". King|strong="H4428" Joram|strong="H3141" had|strong="H3068" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" Jezreel|strong="H3157" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, to|strong="H0413" recover|strong="H2421" from|strong="H4480" being|strong="H1961" wounded|strong="H2491" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" battle|strong="H4421" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H1121" Hazael|strong="H2371", the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Syria|strong="H0758". And|strong="H3967" Jehu|strong="H3058" made|strong="H6213" plans|strong="H4284" to|strong="H0413" kill|strong="H2026" Joram|strong="H3141". He|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H3605" other|strong="H0312" commanders|strong="H8269", “If|strong="H0518" helping|strong="H5826" me|strong="H0413" is|strong="H0369" truly|strong="H3588" what|strong="H4100" you|strong="H0859" want|strong="H4270", make|strong="H6213" sure|strong="H0539" that|strong="H0834" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H0259" leaves|strong="H1817" this|strong="H2088" city|strong="H5892" to|strong="H0413" go|strong="H1980" to|strong="H0413" warn|strong="H2094" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1121" Jezreel|strong="H3157" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H5439"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w I|strong="H0589"\+w* \+w am|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w planning|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{16}Then|strong="H4428" Jehu|strong="H3058" and|strong="H3063" his|strong="H7200" officers|strong="H7860" got|strong="H6965" into|strong="H3381" their|strong="H7200" chariots|strong="H7393" and|strong="H3063" rode|strong="H7392" to|strong="H3381" Jezreel|strong="H3157", where|strong="H8033" Joram|strong="H3141" was|strong="H4428" still|strong="H7901" recovering. And|strong="H3063" King|strong="H4428" Ahaziah|strong="H0274" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" was|strong="H4428" there|strong="H8033", visiting|strong="H6485" Joram|strong="H3141". 
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\verseNumber{17}A|strong="H3947" guard|strong="H2876" was|strong="H3058" standing|strong="H5975" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" watchtower|strong="H4026" in|strong="H5921" Jezreel|strong="H3157". He|strong="H5921" saw|strong="H7200" Jehu|strong="H3058" and|strong="H7971" his|strong="H7971" men|strong="H3947" approaching|strong="H0935". He|strong="H5921" called|strong="H7121" out|strong="H7971", “I|strong="H5921" see|strong="H7200" a|strong="H3947" lot|strong="H1486" of|strong="H5921" men|strong="H3947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H5975"\+w* \+w are|strong="H5975"\+w* \+w approaching|strong="H0935"\+w*}!” King|strong="H5921" Joram|strong="H3088" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w heard|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w what|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w watchman|strong="H6822"\+w* \+w said|strong="H0559"\+w*, \+w so|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w he|strong="H5921"\+w*} said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7971" his|strong="H7971" soldiers|strong="H5650", “Send|strong="H7971" someone|strong="H0376" on|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3947" horse|strong="H5483" to|strong="H7971" go|strong="H7971" and|strong="H7971" find|strong="H3947" out|strong="H7971" if|strong="H7200" they|strong="H5921" are|strong="H5975" coming|strong="H7125" to|strong="H7971" be|strong="H7965" friendly|strong="H7965" to|strong="H7971" us|strong="H5921" or|strong="H7200" to|strong="H7971" attack|strong="H5221" us|strong="H5921".” 
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\verseNumber{18}So|strong="H3541" a|strong="H7725" man|strong="H0376" rode|strong="H7392" out|strong="H3212" to|strong="H5704" meet|strong="H7125" Jehu|strong="H3058" and|strong="H7725" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5704" him|strong="H5046", “The|strong="H3541" king|strong="H4428" wants|strong="H2656" to|strong="H5704" know|strong="H5046" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w are|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w coming|strong="H7125"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3808"\+w*} friendly|strong="H7965" to|strong="H5704" us|strong="H7725".” 
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Jehu|strong="H3058" replied|strong="H0559", “This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H4100" not|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3541" time|strong="H5704" for|strong="H5704" you|strong="H5704" [RHQ] to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H3808" concerned|strong="H6485" about|strong="H5437" acting|strong="H1992" friendly|strong="H7965"! Turn|strong="H7725" around|strong="H5437" and|strong="H7725" come|strong="H3212" behind|strong="H0310" me|strong="H7725"!” 
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So|strong="H3541" the|strong="H3541" guard|strong="H2876" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3541" watchtower|strong="H4026" reported|strong="H5046" that|strong="H4397" the|strong="H3541" messenger|strong="H4397" had|strong="H4428" reached|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3541" group|strong="H7235" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H4397"\+w* \+w was|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w approaching|strong="H0935"\+w*}, but|strong="H3808" that|strong="H4397" he|strong="H5704" was|strong="H4428" not|strong="H3808" returning|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w alone|strong="H0905"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{19}So|strong="H3541" King|strong="H4428" Joram|strong="H3141" sent|strong="H7971" another|strong="H8145" messenger|strong="H4397", who|strong="H4428" asked|strong="H4100" Jehu|strong="H3058" the|strong="H3541" same|strong="H3541" question|strong="H1697". Again|strong="H8145" Jehu|strong="H3058" replied|strong="H0559", “This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H4100" not|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3541" time|strong="H8145" [RHQ] for|strong="H7971" you|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" be|strong="H4428" concerned|strong="H6485" about|strong="H5437" acting|strong="H4603" friendly|strong="H7965"! Turn|strong="H5437" around|strong="H5437" and|strong="H7971" follow|strong="H0310" me|strong="H7971"!” 
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\verseNumber{20}Then|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3588" watchman|strong="H6822" reported|strong="H5046" again|strong="H7725", “That|strong="H3588" messenger|strong="H5046" also|strong="H1121" reached|strong="H5704" them|strong="H7725", but|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" is|strong="H1121" not|strong="H3808" coming|strong="H0935" back|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w alone|strong="H0905"\+w*}. And|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w leader|strong="H5387"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w group|strong="H7235"\+w* \+w must|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3808"\+w*} Jehu|strong="H3058", the|strong="H3588" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Nimshi|strong="H5250", because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" is|strong="H1121" driving|strong="H4491" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w chariot|strong="H7393"\+w*} furiously|strong="H7697", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w Jehu|strong="H3058"\+w* \+w does|strong="H3808"\+w*}!” 
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\verseNumber{21}Joram|strong="H3088" said|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w*}, “Get|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w my|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w chariot|strong="H7393"\+w*} ready|strong="H4672"!” So|strong="H3318" they|strong="H3478" did|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3478". Then|strong="H3318" King|strong="H4428" Joram|strong="H3088" and|strong="H3063" King|strong="H4428" Ahaziah|strong="H0274" both|strong="H8147" rode|strong="H7392" toward|strong="H3318" Jehu|strong="H3058", each|strong="H0376" one|strong="H4428" in|strong="H3478" his|strong="H3478" own|strong="H1961" chariot|strong="H7393". And|strong="H3063" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3478"\+w*} they|strong="H3478" met|strong="H4672" Jehu|strong="H3058" at|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3318" field|strong="H2513" that|strong="H3478" had|strong="H3478" previously|strong="H8543" belonged|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" Naboth|strong="H5022"! 
\verseNumber{22}When|strong="H1961" Joram|strong="H3088" met|strong="H6298" Jehu|strong="H3058", he|strong="H5704" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5704" him|strong="H7200", “Are|strong="H4100" you|strong="H5704" coming|strong="H0935" on|strong="H7200" a|strong="H1961" peacefull visit|strong="H7200"?” 
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Jehu|strong="H3058" replied|strong="H0559", “◄How|strong="H4100" can|strong="H4100" there|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" peace|strong="H7965" while|strong="H5704" you|strong="H5704" and|strong="H7200" your|strong="H7200" people|strong="H7200" are|strong="H4100" prostrating|strong="H5307" themselves|strong="H0905" to|strong="H5704" worship|strong="H7812" idols|strong="H1544" and|strong="H7200" practicing|strong="H6213" very|strong="H5704" much|strong="H7227" <witchcraft|strong="H6049"/sorcery|strong="H3785"> like|strong="H1961" your|strong="H7200" mother|strong="H0517" Jezebel|strong="H0348" did|strong="H4100"?/There|strong="H1961" certainly|strong="H7200" cannot|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" peace|strong="H7965" while|strong="H5704" you|strong="H5704" and|strong="H7200" your|strong="H7200" people|strong="H7200" are|strong="H4100" prostrating|strong="H5307" themselves|strong="H0905" to|strong="H5704" worship|strong="H7812" idols|strong="H1544" and|strong="H7200" practicing|strong="H6213" <witchcraft|strong="H6049"/sorcery|strong="H3785"> like|strong="H1961" your|strong="H7200" mother|strong="H0517" Jezebel|strong="H0348" has|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" doing|strong="H6213"!►” [RHQ] 
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\verseNumber{23}Joram|strong="H3088" cried|strong="H7121" out|strong="H5127", “Ahaziah|strong="H0274", they|strong="H4820" have|strong="H3027" deceived|strong="H7411" us|strong="H3027"! \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="H4820"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w us|strong="H3027"\+w*}!” So|strong="H3027" Joram|strong="H3088" turned|strong="H2015" his|strong="H3027" chariot|strong="H7393" around|strong="H3027" and|strong="H3027" tried|strong="H6884" to|strong="H3027" flee|strong="H5127". 
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\verseNumber{24}But|strong="H5221" Jehu|strong="H3058" drew|strong="H4390" his|strong="H5221" bow|strong="H7198" mightily|strong="H6743" and|strong="H3027" shot|strong="H5221" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w an|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w arrow|strong="H2678"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w pierced|strong="H1856"\+w*} Joram|strong="H3088" between|strong="H0996" his|strong="H5221" shoulder|strong="H2220" blades. The|strong="H5221" arrow|strong="H2678" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w went|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w through|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w his|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w body|strong="H1320"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3027"\+w*} pierced|strong="H1856" his|strong="H5221" heart|strong="H3820", and|strong="H3027" he|strong="H3027" slumped down|strong="H5221" dead|strong="H4191" in|strong="H3027" his|strong="H5221" chariot|strong="H7393". 
\verseNumber{25}Then|strong="H2088" Jehu|strong="H3058" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" his|strong="H5375" assistant|strong="H8334" Bidkar|strong="H0920", “Take|strong="H5375" his|strong="H5375" corpse|strong="H5038" and|strong="H3068" throw|strong="H7993" it|strong="H5921" here|strong="H2088" into|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" field|strong="H7704" that|strong="H3588" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" Naboth|strong="H5022". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w am|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w sure|strong="H0539"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} you|strong="H3588" remember|strong="H2142" that|strong="H3588" when|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3588" were|strong="H5921" riding|strong="H7392" together|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w chariots|strong="H7393"\+w*} behind|strong="H5921" King|strong="H5921" Joram’s father|strong="H0001" Ahab|strong="H0256", that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" this|strong="H2088" about|strong="H5921" Ahab|strong="H0256": 
\verseNumber{26}‘Yesterday|strong="H8543" I|strong="H1697" saw|strong="H7200" Ahab|strong="H0256" murder|strong="H7523" [MTY] Naboth|strong="H5022" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5375" sons|strong="H1121" here|strong="H2063". And|strong="H1121" I|strong="H1697" solemnly|strong="H7650" promise|strong="H1697" that|strong="H7200" I|strong="H1697" will|strong="H3068" punish|strong="H6485" him|strong="H7200" right|strong="H3068" here|strong="H2063" in|strong="H3068" this|strong="H2063" same|strong="H2063" field|strong="H2513"!’ So|strong="H3808" take|strong="H5375" Joram’s corpse|strong="H5038" and|strong="H1121" throw|strong="H7993" it|strong="H7200" into|strong="H7993" that|strong="H7200" field|strong="H2513"! That|strong="H7200" will|strong="H3068" fulfill|strong="H7999" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697" would|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H1697".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{King|strong="H4428" Ahaziah|strong="H0274" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" was|strong="H3068" killed|strong="H2026" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{King|strong="H4428" Ahaziah|strong="H0274" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" was|strong="H3068" killed|strong="H2026" }
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\verseNumber{27}When|strong="H7200" King|strong="H4428" Ahaziah|strong="H0274" saw|strong="H7200" what|strong="H7200" happened|strong="H1961", he|strong="H8033" fled|strong="H5127" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w his|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w chariot|strong="H4818"\+w*} toward|strong="H1870" Beth-Haggan \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. But|strong="H7200" Jehu|strong="H3058" pursued|strong="H7291" him|strong="H5221" and|strong="H3063" said|strong="H0559" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w his|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w commanders|strong="H8269"\+w*}, “Shoot|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5221", also|strong="H1571"!” So|strong="H1571" they|strong="H8033" shot|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5221" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w arrows|strong="H2671"\+w*} while|strong="H1004" he|strong="H8033" was|strong="H4428" riding|strong="H7392" in|strong="H1004" his|strong="H7200" chariot|strong="H4818" on|strong="H1870" the|strong="H7200" road|strong="H1870" up|strong="H4608" to|strong="H4191" Gur|strong="H1483", near|strong="H7200" Ibleam|strong="H2991" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. He|strong="H8033" continued|strong="H5674" going|strong="H1980" in|strong="H1004" his|strong="H7200" chariot|strong="H4818" until|strong="H5704" he|strong="H8033" reached|strong="H0935" Megiddo|strong="H4023" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, where|strong="H8033" he|strong="H8033" died|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{28}His|strong="H1732" officials|strong="H5650" took|strong="H7392" his|strong="H1732" corpse|strong="H5038" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H3389" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H5892" buried|strong="H6912" it|strong="H5973" in|strong="H6912" the|strong="H5973" tombs|strong="H6913" in|strong="H6912" the|strong="H5973" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w part|strong="H7992"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w called|strong="H7121"\+w*} ‘The|strong="H5973" City|strong="H5892" of|strong="H5892" David’, where|strong="H0834" his|strong="H1732" ancestors|strong="H0001" had|strong="H1732" been|strong="H1961" buried|strong="H6912". 
\verseNumber{29}Ahaziah|strong="H0274" had|strong="H3063" become|strong="H4427" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4427" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" when|strong="H1121" Joram|strong="H3141" had|strong="H3063" been|strong="H4427" ruling|strong="H4910" Israel|strong="H3478" for|strong="H5921" almost|strong="H4592" eleven|strong="H6240" years|strong="H8141". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Queen|strong="H4427" Jezebel|strong="H0348" was|strong="H3063" killed|strong="H2026" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Queen|strong="H4427" Jezebel|strong="H0348" was|strong="H3063" killed|strong="H2026" }
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\verseNumber{30}Then|strong="H8085" Jehu|strong="H3058" went|strong="H7218" to|strong="H8085" Jezreel|strong="H3157". When|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Ahab’s|strong="H0256"\+w* \+w widow|strong="H0490"\+w*} Jezebel|strong="H0348" heard|strong="H8085" what|strong="H8085" had|strong="H5869" happened|strong="H1961", she|strong="H2474" put|strong="H7760" paint|strong="H6320"/makeup on|strong="H7760" her|strong="H7760" eyelids|strong="H5869", and|strong="H5869" combed|strong="H8305" her|strong="H7760" hair|strong="H7218" to|strong="H8085" make|strong="H7760" it|strong="H7760" beautiful|strong="H3303", and|strong="H5869" looked|strong="H8259" out|strong="H8259" the|strong="H8085" window|strong="H2474" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w palace|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w toward|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w street|strong="H2351"\+w* \+w below|strong="H8478"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{31}While|strong="H5704" Jehu|strong="H3058" was|strong="H8179" entering|strong="H0935" the|strong="H2026" city|strong="H8179" gate|strong="H8179", she|strong="H1931" called|strong="H7121" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H8179" him|strong="H2026", “You|strong="H0859" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w are|strong="H8179"\+w* \+w like|strong="H2026"\+w*} Zimri|strong="H2174"! You|strong="H0859" are|strong="H8179" a|strong="H2026" murderer|strong="H2026"! \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H7965"\+w* \+w think|strong="H2803"\+w*} you|strong="H0859" are|strong="H8179" certainly|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3808" [RHQ] comingon apeaceful visit|strong="H6485"!” 
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\verseNumber{32}Jehu|strong="H3058" looked|strong="H8259" up|strong="H5375" toward|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" window|strong="H2474", and|strong="H6440" then|strong="H5375" he|strong="H8147" said|strong="H0559", “Who|strong="H4310" is|strong="H4310" ◄on|strong="H5375" my|strong="H5375" side|strong="H8147"/wants|strong="H2656" to|strong="H6440" help|strong="H5375" me|strong="H6440"►? Anyone|strong="H3605"?” Two|strong="H8147" or|strong="H8147" three|strong="H7969" palace|strong="H1004" officials|strong="H5631" looked|strong="H8259" down|strong="H8259" at|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w a|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w window|strong="H2474"\+w* \+w and|strong="H6440"\+w* pointed \+w to|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w themselves|strong="H6440"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{33}Jehu|strong="H3058" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7023" them|strong="H7429", “Throw|strong="H8058" her|strong="H8058" down|strong="H7429" here|strong="H6311"!” 
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So|strong="H3651" they|strong="H1992" threw|strong="H8058" her|strong="H8058" down|strong="H7429", and|strong="H1818" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w she|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w hit|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7429"\+w* \+w ground|strong="H0776"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1818"\+w* \+w died|strong="H4191"\+w*}, some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1818" her|strong="H8058" blood|strong="H1818" splattered on|strong="H5483" the|strong="H7429" city|strong="H7023" wall|strong="H7023" and|strong="H1818" on|strong="H5483" the|strong="H7429" horses|strong="H5483" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H1818"\+w* \+w were|strong="H5483"\+w* pulling \+w the|strong="H7429"\+w* \+w chariots|strong="H7393"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{34}Then|strong="H4428" Jehu|strong="H3058" went|strong="H4428" into|strong="H1323" the|strong="H3588" palace|strong="H1004" and|strong="H4428" ate|strong="H0398" and|strong="H4428" drank|strong="H8354". Then|strong="H4428" he|strong="H1931" said|strong="H0559" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w some|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w men|strong="H6485"\+w*}, “Take|strong="H6485" the|strong="H3588" corpse|strong="H5038" of|strong="H4428" that|strong="H3588" women|strong="H1323" whom|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H4428" cursed|strong="H0779" and|strong="H4428" bury|strong="H6912" it|strong="H1931", because|strong="H3588" she|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" a|strong="H3588" king’s|strong="H4428" daughter|strong="H1323" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w therefore|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w should|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w be|strong="H4994"\+w* \+w buried|strong="H6912"\+w* \+w properly|strong="H4941"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{35}But|strong="H3588" when|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" get|strong="H3212" her|strong="H4672" corpse|strong="H5038" to|strong="H3212" bury|strong="H6912" it|strong="H3588", all|strong="H3212" that|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3027" left|strong="H4672" was|strong="H3027" only|strong="H3588" her|strong="H4672" skull|strong="H1538" and|strong="H3027" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w bones|strong="H6106"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3027"\+w*} her|strong="H4672" feet|strong="H7272" and|strong="H3027" her|strong="H4672" hands|strong="H3027". Everything|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3027" was|strong="H3027" gone|strong="H3212". 
\verseNumber{36}When|strong="H7725" they|strong="H3068" reported|strong="H5046" this|strong="H1931" to|strong="H1696" Jehu|strong="H3058", he|strong="H1931" said|strong="H1696", “That|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" would|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H1697"! He|strong="H1931" told|strong="H5046" his|strong="H3068" servant|strong="H5650"/prophet|strong="H1696" Elijah|strong="H1696", ‘In|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w city|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} Jezreel|strong="H3157", dogs|strong="H3611" will|strong="H3068" eat|strong="H0398" the|strong="H3068" flesh|strong="H1320" of|strong="H3068" Jezebel’s|strong="H0348" corpse|strong="H5038". 
\verseNumber{37}Her|strong="H5921" bones|strong="H6106" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" scattered|strong="H6327" there|strong="H1961" in|strong="H5921" Jezreel|strong="H3157" like|strong="H1961" dung|strong="H1828", with|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H3808" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w recognize|strong="H5234"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w and|strong="H6440"\+w*} say|strong="H0559", “These|strong="H2063" are|strong="H1961" Jezebel’s|strong="H0348" bones|strong="H6106".” ’ ” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Ahab’s descendants were murdered }

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\chapterNumber{10}There|strong="H8033" were|strong="H1121" seventy|strong="H7657" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" King|strong="H4428" Ahab|strong="H0256" who|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" living|strong="H2416" there|strong="H8033" in|strong="H3789" Samaria|strong="H8111". Jehu|strong="H3058" wrote|strong="H3789" a|strong="H7971" letter|strong="H5612" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w made|strong="H6213"\+w* copies \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w it|strong="H7971"\+w* } and|strong="H1121" sent|strong="H7971" them|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" the|strong="H7971" rulers|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H7971" city|strong="H5892", to|strong="H7971" the|strong="H7971" elders|strong="H2205", and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H7971" those|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" raised|strong="H6965" and|strong="H1121" tutored|strong="H5973" Ahab’s|strong="H0256" children|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{2}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w This|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w is|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w what|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w he|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w wrote|strong="H3789"\+w*}: “You|strong="H6258" are|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6258" ones|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" are|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w taking|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w care|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} the|strong="H6258" king’s|strong="H4428" descendants|strong="H1121". You|strong="H6258" have|strong="H1121" chariots|strong="H7393" and|strong="H1121" horses|strong="H5483" and|strong="H1121" weapons|strong="H5402", and|strong="H1121" you|strong="H6258" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H5892" cities|strong="H5892" that|strong="H5892" have|strong="H1121" walls|strong="H2346" around|strong="H5439" them|strong="H1121". So|strong="H6258" as|strong="H5892" soon|strong="H6258" as|strong="H5892" you|strong="H6258" receive|strong="H3947" this|strong="H2088" letter|strong="H5612", 
\verseNumber{3}choose|strong="H0977" one|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" king’s|strong="H4428" sons|strong="H1121", the|strong="H5921" one|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" is|strong="H2896" the|strong="H5921" best|strong="H2896" qualified, and|strong="H1121" appoint|strong="H7760" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H1121" your|strong="H5921" king|strong="H3678". Then|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w prepare|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w*} fight|strong="H3898" to|strong="H5921" defend|strong="H1598" him|strong="H5921".” 
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\verseNumber{4}But|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H3372"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w got|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w those|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w letters|strong="H5612"\+w* \+w from|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w Jehu|strong="H3058"\+w* \+w and|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w read|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w them|strong="H6440"\+w*}, they|strong="H3808" became|strong="H3372" very|strong="H3966" afraid|strong="H3372". They|strong="H3808" said|strong="H0559", “King|strong="H4428" Joram|strong="H3141" and|strong="H4428" King|strong="H4428" Ahaziah|strong="H0274" could|strong="H3201" not|strong="H3808" resist|strong="H5975" him|strong="H6440"; ◄how|strong="H2009" can|strong="H3808" we|strong="H2009" resist|strong="H5975" him|strong="H6440"?/we|strong="H2009" cannot|strong="H3808" possibly|strong="H3045" resist|strong="H5975" him|strong="H6440"!►” [RHQ] 
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\verseNumber{5}So|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" officer|strong="H5631" who|strong="H3605" was|strong="H5892" in|strong="H5921" charge|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" palace|strong="H1004" and|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3605" mayor of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" sent|strong="H7971" a|strong="H6213" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H7971" Jehu|strong="H3058" saying|strong="H0559", “We|strong="H6213" want|strong="H3808" to|strong="H7971" serve|strong="H5647" you|strong="H3605", and|strong="H7971" we|strong="H6213" are|strong="H5869" ready|strong="H6213" to|strong="H7971" do|strong="H6213" whatever|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" tell|strong="H3605" us|strong="H5921" to|strong="H7971" do|strong="H6213". We|strong="H6213" will|strong="H5650" not|strong="H3808" appoint|strong="H7971" anyone|strong="H3605" to|strong="H7971" become|strong="H4427" our|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4427". You|strong="H3605" do|strong="H6213" whatever|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" think|strong="H5869" is|strong="H2896" best|strong="H2896".” 
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\verseNumber{6}So|strong="H3947" Jehu|strong="H3058" sent|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" second|strong="H8145" letter|strong="H5612" to|strong="H6256" them|strong="H3947", writing|strong="H3789" this|strong="H8085": “If|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3947" ◄are|strong="H1121" on|strong="H5892" my|strong="H8085" side|strong="H6285"/want|strong="H6963" to|strong="H6256" help|strong="H5826" me|strong="H6963"►, and|strong="H1121" if|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3947" are|strong="H1121" ready|strong="H3559" to|strong="H6256" obey|strong="H8085" me|strong="H6963", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w*} King|strong="H4428" Ahab’s|strong="H0256" descendants|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w cut|strong="H3772"\+w* \+w off|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w heads|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w*} bring|strong="H3947" their|strong="H3947" heads|strong="H7218" to|strong="H6256" me|strong="H6963" here|strong="H6311" in|strong="H4428" Jezreel|strong="H3157" at|strong="H4428" this|strong="H8085" time|strong="H6256" tomorrow|strong="H4279".” 
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The|strong="H8085" seventy|strong="H7657" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" King|strong="H4428" Ahab|strong="H0256" were|strong="H1121" being|strong="H1121" brought|strong="H3947" up|strong="H1431" and|strong="H1121" supervised|strong="H5921" by|strong="H5892" the|strong="H8085" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Samaria|strong="H8111"\+w*} city|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{7}When|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3947" received|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" letter|strong="H5612" from|strong="H1121" Jehu|strong="H3058", they|strong="H3947" killed|strong="H7819" all|strong="H7971" seventy|strong="H7657" of|strong="H1121" Ahab’s|strong="H0256" descendants|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cut|strong="H3772"\+w* \+w off|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w heads|strong="H7218"\+w*}. They|strong="H3947" put|strong="H7760" their|strong="H3947" heads|strong="H7218" in|strong="H4428" baskets|strong="H1731" and|strong="H1121" sent|strong="H7971" them|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" Jehu|strong="H3058" at|strong="H4428" Jezreel|strong="H3157". 
\verseNumber{8}A|strong="H7760" messenger|strong="H4397" came|strong="H4397" to|strong="H5704" Jehu|strong="H3058" and|strong="H1121" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5046", “They|strong="H5704" have|strong="H1121" brought|strong="H7760" the|strong="H7760" heads|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" Ahab’s|strong="H0256" descendants|strong="H1121".” So|strong="H7760" Jehu|strong="H3058" commanded|strong="H6680" that|strong="H4397" the|strong="H7760" heads|strong="H7218" should|strong="H4428" be|strong="H1121" put|strong="H7760" in|strong="H4428" two|strong="H8147" piles|strong="H6652" at|strong="H4428" the|strong="H7760" city|strong="H8179" gate|strong="H8179" and|strong="H1121" that|strong="H4397" the|strong="H7760" heads|strong="H7218" should|strong="H4428" stay|strong="H3427" there|strong="H5704" until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H7760" next|strong="H4283" morning|strong="H1242". 
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\verseNumber{9}The|strong="H3605" next|strong="H5921" morning|strong="H1242" he|strong="H3605" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w gate|strong="H8179"\+w*} and|strong="H5971" said|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971", “I|strong="H2009" am|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H4310" plotted|strong="H7451" against|strong="H5921" King|strong="H5921" Joram|strong="H3141" and|strong="H5971" killed|strong="H2026" him|strong="H5921". You|strong="H3605" are|strong="H5971" not|strong="H1961" guilty|strong="H0816" of|strong="H5971" doing|strong="H3318" that|strong="H5971". But|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*, \+w not|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w I|strong="H2009"\+w*} [RHQ] who|strong="H4310" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w commanded|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w*} all|strong="H3605" these|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w descendants|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w Ahab|strong="H0256"\+w* \+w should|strong="H4310"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w*} killed|strong="H2026". 
\verseNumber{10}So|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588" need|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1696" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" would|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H6213" has|strong="H3068" happened|strong="H1697". He|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1696" happen|strong="H6213" what|strong="H1697" he|strong="H3588" told|strong="H1696" the|strong="H5921" prophet|strong="H1696" Elijah|strong="H1696" would|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H6213".” 
\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H3045" Jehu|strong="H3058" executed|strong="H5221" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" relatives|strong="H0251" of|strong="H1004" Ahab|strong="H0256" in|strong="H1004" Jezreel|strong="H3157", and|strong="H1419" all|strong="H3605" Ahab’s|strong="H0256" officers|strong="H7860", and|strong="H1419" close|strong="H5980" friends|strong="H3045", and|strong="H1419" his|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548". He|strong="H5704" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H1115" allow|strong="H5414" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1004" them|strong="H5221" to|strong="H5704" remain|strong="H7604" alive|strong="H8300". 
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\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H6965" Jehu|strong="H3058" left|strong="H6965" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\+w*} and|strong="H6965" went|strong="H3212" toward|strong="H1870" Samaria|strong="H8111". While|strong="H1931" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" going|strong="H3212" there|strong="H6965", at|strong="H6965" a|strong="H6965" place|strong="H4725" called|strong="H7121" ‘Shepherds’|strong="H7462" Camp’, 
\verseNumber{13}he|strong="H3063" met|strong="H4672" some|strong="H4480" relatives|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" King|strong="H4428" Ahaziah|strong="H0274" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063". He|strong="H3063" asked|strong="H7592" them|strong="H3381", “Who|strong="H4310" are|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3381"?” 
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They|strong="H3063" replied|strong="H0559", “We|strong="H4672" are|strong="H1121" relatives|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" King|strong="H4428" Ahaziah|strong="H0274". We|strong="H4672" are|strong="H1121" going|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" Jezreel|strong="H3157" to|strong="H3381" visit|strong="H6485" the|strong="H4672" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Queen|strong="H1377" Jezebel|strong="H0348" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H4672" other|strong="H0312" members|strong="H3338" of|strong="H1121" King|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Joram’s} family|strong="H4940".” 
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\verseNumber{14}Jehu|strong="H3058" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3808" his|strong="H3808" men|strong="H1992", “Seize|strong="H8610" them|strong="H1992"!” So|strong="H3808" they|strong="H1992" seized|strong="H8610" them|strong="H1992" and|strong="H8147" killed|strong="H7819" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H8147" them|strong="H1992" at|strong="H3808" the|strong="H7819" pit|strong="H0953" named|strong="H7121" Beth-Eked|strong="H1044". There|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1992" 42 people|strong="H3808" whom|strong="H1992" they|strong="H1992" killed|strong="H7819"; they|strong="H1992" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" any|strong="H3808" of|strong="H8147" them|strong="H1992" to|strong="H3808" remain|strong="H7604" alive|strong="H2416". 
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\verseNumber{15}Then|strong="H5414" Jehu|strong="H3058" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w continued|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w travel|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w toward|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w Samaria|strong="H8111"\+w*}. Along|strong="H5973" the|strong="H5414" road|strong="H1870", he|strong="H8033" was|strong="H3824" met|strong="H4672" by|strong="H3027" Jonadab|strong="H3082", a|strong="H5414" leader|strong="H5387" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5414" Rechab|strong="H7394" clan|strong="H4940". Jehu|strong="H3058" greeted|strong="H1288" him|strong="H5414" and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" him|strong="H5414", “Are|strong="H1121" you|strong="H5414" as|strong="H3824" devoted|strong="H3824" to|strong="H3212" me|strong="H5414" [IDM] as|strong="H3824" I|strong="H5414" am|strong="H3426" devoted|strong="H3824" to|strong="H3212" you|strong="H5414"?” 
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Jonadab|strong="H3082" replied|strong="H0559", “Yes|strong="H3588", I|strong="H5414" am|strong="H3426".” 
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Jehu|strong="H3058" said|strong="H0559", “If|strong="H3426" you|strong="H5414" are|strong="H1121", shake|strong="H7493" hands|strong="H3027" with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H5414".” So|strong="H5414" Jonadab|strong="H3082" shook|strong="H1607" hands|strong="H3027" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5414", and|strong="H1121" Jehu|strong="H3058" helped|strong="H3027" him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3212" get|strong="H3212" into|strong="H5927" his|strong="H5414" chariot|strong="H4818". 
\verseNumber{16}Jehu|strong="H3058" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H7200", “Come|strong="H3212" with|strong="H3068" me|strong="H7200", and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H7200" will|strong="H3068" see|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" I|strong="H7200" am|strong="H3068" very|strong="H3966" devoted|strong="H8003" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068".” So|strong="H7200" they|strong="H3068" rode|strong="H7392" together|strong="H3162" to|strong="H3068" Samaria|strong="H8111". 
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\verseNumber{17}When|strong="H5704" they|strong="H3068" arrived|strong="H0935" in|strong="H3068" Samaria|strong="H8111", Jehu|strong="H3058" killed|strong="H5221" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" Ahab’s|strong="H0256" relatives|strong="H0251" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1697" still|strong="H5704" alive|strong="H7604". He|strong="H5704" did|strong="H3068" not|strong="H1696" ◄spare|strong="H2550" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5221"/allow|strong="H5414" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5221" to|strong="H1696" remain|strong="H7604" alive|strong="H7604"►. That|strong="H3605" was|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" told|strong="H1696" Elijah|strong="H1696" would|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H1697". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1696" who|strong="H3605" worshiped|strong="H7812" Baal|strong="H1168" were|strong="H1697" killed|strong="H5221" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{The|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1696" who|strong="H3605" worshiped|strong="H7812" Baal|strong="H1168" were|strong="H1697" killed|strong="H5221" }
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\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H6908" Jehu|strong="H3058" summoned|strong="H7121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w Samaria|strong="H8111"\+w*}, and|strong="H5971" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5971" them|strong="H5647", “King|strong="H4428" Ahab|strong="H0256" was|strong="H3605" devoted|strong="H8003" to|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w your|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w god|strong="H0430"\+w*} Baal|strong="H1168" a|strong="H5971" little|strong="H4592" bit|strong="H5391", but|strong="H5971" I|strong="H3605" will|strong="H5971" serve|strong="H5647" him|strong="H5647" much|strong="H7235" more|strong="H7235". 
\verseNumber{19}So|strong="H4616" now|strong="H6258" summon|strong="H7121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" prophets|strong="H5030" of|strong="H2077" Baal|strong="H1168", all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H2077" Baal’s|strong="H1168" priests|strong="H3548", and|strong="H1419" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" others|strong="H0312" who|strong="H3605" worship|strong="H5647" Baal|strong="H1168". I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H6485" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="H6213" make|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" great|strong="H1419" sacrifice|strong="H2077" to|strong="H6213" Baal|strong="H1168". I|strong="H3588" want|strong="H6485" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H2077" them|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" be|strong="H3808" there|strong="H3605". Any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H2077" them|strong="H6213" who|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3605" not|strong="H3808" there|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" executed|strong="H6213".” But|strong="H3588" Jehu|strong="H3058" was|strong="H5030" planning|strong="H2803" to|strong="H6213" trick them|strong="H6213"; he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H5030" planning|strong="H2803" to|strong="H6213" kill|strong="H2026" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" worshiped|strong="H5647" Baal|strong="H1168". 
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\verseNumber{20}Then|strong="H7121" Jehu|strong="H3058" commanded|strong="H6680", “Announce|strong="H7121" that|strong="H7121" we|strong="H0587" are|strong="H3117" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="H7121" set|strong="H6942" aside|strong="H5493" a|strong="H7121" day|strong="H3117" to|strong="H7121" honor|strong="H3519" Baal|strong="H1168".” So|strong="H7121" they|strong="H6942" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H7121". 
\verseNumber{21}Jehu|strong="H3058" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w decided|strong="H3289"\+w* \+w what|strong="H6310"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w would|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w gather|strong="H4390"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3478"\+w*} sent|strong="H7971" messages|strong="H2372" throughout|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w telling|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w everyone|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w what|strong="H6310"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w gather|strong="H4390"\+w* \+w on|strong="H7971"\+w*}, and|strong="H3478" on|strong="H7971" that|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117", everyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" worshiped|strong="H5647" Baal|strong="H1168" came|strong="H3478". No|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3605" stayed|strong="H3478" at|strong="H3478" home|strong="H1004". They|strong="H3808" all|strong="H3605" went|strong="H3478" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" huge|strong="H1995" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Baal|strong="H1168" and|strong="H3478" filled|strong="H4390" it|strong="H7971" from|strong="H3478" one|strong="H3605" end|strong="H6310" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{22}Jehu|strong="H3058" told|strong="H5046" the|strong="H3605" priest|strong="H3548" who|strong="H3605" took|strong="H3318" care|strong="H5921" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" sacred|strong="H6944" robes|strong="H3830" to|strong="H3318" bring|strong="H3318" them|strong="H5921" out|strong="H3318" and|strong="H3318" give|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" worshiped|strong="H5647" Baal|strong="H1168". So|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" priest|strong="H3548" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3605". 
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\verseNumber{23}Then|strong="H3588" Jehu|strong="H3058" went|strong="H3068" into|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" Baal|strong="H1168" with|strong="H5973" Jonadab|strong="H3082", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" people|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3068" were|strong="H1121" there|strong="H3426" to|strong="H3068" worship|strong="H5647" Baal|strong="H1168", “Be|strong="H3426" sure|strong="H0539" that|strong="H3588" only|strong="H3588" those|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3068" worship|strong="H5647" Baal|strong="H1168" are|strong="H1121" here|strong="H6311". Be|strong="H3426" sure|strong="H0539" that|strong="H3588" no|strong="H7200" one|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3068" worships|strong="H7812" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" come|strong="H0935" in|strong="H3068".” 
\verseNumber{24}Then|strong="H6213" he|strong="H6213" and|strong="H3027" Jonadab|strong="H3082" prepared|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" offer|strong="H6213" sacrifices|strong="H2077" and|strong="H3027" other|strong="H0312" offerings|strong="H5930" to|strong="H6213" Baal|strong="H1168" that|strong="H5315" would|strong="H6213" be|strong="H3027" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w was|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w there|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Samaria|strong="H8111"\+w*}. But|strong="H5921" Jehu|strong="H3058" had|strong="H3027" stationed|strong="H7760" eighty|strong="H8084" of|strong="H3027" his|strong="H7760" men|strong="H6213" outside|strong="H2351" the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1004", and|strong="H3027" had|strong="H3027" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H6213" them|strong="H5921", “I|strong="H5921" want|strong="H5315" you|strong="H5921" to|strong="H6213" kill|strong="H2026" all|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5315" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w are|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w*}. Anyone|strong="H5315" who|strong="H5315" allows|strong="H7617" one|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3027" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H6213" escape|strong="H4422" will|strong="H5315" be|strong="H3027" executed|strong="H6213"!” 
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\verseNumber{25}As|strong="H5704" soon|strong="H3512" as|strong="H5704" Jehu|strong="H3058" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w Jonadab|strong="H3082"\+w*} had|strong="H1961" finished|strong="H3615" killing|strong="H5221" the|strong="H5221" animals|strong="H1961" that|strong="H5892" would|strong="H6213" be|strong="H1961" completely|strong="H3615" burned|strong="H8313" to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H1961" an|strong="H6213" offering|strong="H5930" to|strong="H5704" Baal|strong="H1168", they|strong="H5704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w went|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w outside|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1004"\+w*} said|strong="H3318" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5221" guards|strong="H7323" and|strong="H1004" officers|strong="H7991", “Go|strong="H3212" in|strong="H6213" and|strong="H1004" kill|strong="H5221" all|strong="H5704" of|strong="H1004" them|strong="H5221"! Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" allow|strong="H5414" any|strong="H6213" of|strong="H1004" them|strong="H5221" to|strong="H5704" escape|strong="H3318"!” So|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5221" guards|strong="H7323" and|strong="H1004" officers|strong="H7991" went|strong="H3212" in|strong="H6213" and|strong="H1004" killed|strong="H5221" them|strong="H5221" all|strong="H5704" with|strong="H1004" their|strong="H1961" swords|strong="H2719". Then|strong="H1961" they|strong="H5704" dragged|strong="H5498" their|strong="H1961" corpses|strong="H6297" outside|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5221" temple|strong="H1004". Then|strong="H1961" they|strong="H5704" went|strong="H3212" into|strong="H3212" the|strong="H5221" inner|strong="H1004" room|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5221" temple|strong="H1004", 
\verseNumber{26}and|strong="H1004" they|strong="H3318" carried|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3318" sacred|strong="H6944" pillar|strong="H4676" of|strong="H1004" Baal|strong="H1168" that|strong="H1004" was|strong="H1004" there|strong="H8033", and|strong="H1004" they|strong="H3318" burned|strong="H8313" it|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{27}So|strong="H7760" they|strong="H3117" destroyed|strong="H5422" that|strong="H3117" pillar|strong="H4676" that|strong="H3117" honored|strong="H3513" Baal|strong="H1168", and|strong="H3117" then|strong="H7760" they|strong="H3117" burned|strong="H8313" down|strong="H5422" the|strong="H3117" temple|strong="H1004", and|strong="H3117" made|strong="H7760" it|strong="H7760" a|strong="H7760" publc toilet. And|strong="H3117" it|strong="H7760" is|strong="H3117" still|strong="H5704" a|strong="H7760" toilet! 
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\verseNumber{28}That|strong="H3478" is|strong="H3478" how|strong="H4100" Jehu|strong="H3058" got|strong="H6965" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3058" worship|strong="H3478" of|strong="H3478" Baal|strong="H1168" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{29}But|strong="H7535" Jehu|strong="H3058" did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" quit|strong="H5355" committing|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5493" kinds|strong="H2178" of|strong="H1121" sins|strong="H2398" that|strong="H3478" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" had|strong="H3478" committed|strong="H2398", sins|strong="H2398" that|strong="H3478" led|strong="H1980" the|strong="H5493" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" sin|strong="H2398" by|strong="H2091" worshiping|strong="H7812" the|strong="H5493" gold|strong="H2091" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w statues|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} calves|strong="H5695" in|strong="H3478" Bethel|strong="H1008" and|strong="H1121" Dan|strong="H1835" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{30}Then|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" Jehu|strong="H3058", “You|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" what|strong="H3477" pleased|strong="H5869" me|strong="H5921" by|strong="H5921" getting|strong="H7075" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" Ahab’s|strong="H0256" descendants|strong="H1121". So|strong="H6213" I|strong="H5921" promise|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" grandson|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" great-grandson and|strong="H1121" great-great-grandson will|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" be|strong="H3068" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478".” 
\verseNumber{31}But|strong="H3808" Jehu|strong="H3058" did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" obey|strong="H8104" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" laws|strong="H8451" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H3808". He|strong="H3068" did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" stop|strong="H5493" committing|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" sins|strong="H2403" that|strong="H3605" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" had|strong="H3068" committed|strong="H2398", sins|strong="H2403" that|strong="H3605" led|strong="H3212" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3478" sin|strong="H2403". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jehu|strong="H3058" died|strong="H4191" }

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\verseNumber{32}At|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3605" time|strong="H3117", Yahweh|strong="H3068" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3478" cause|strong="H2600" the|strong="H3605" territory|strong="H1366" controlled|strong="H0662" by|strong="H3117" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" become|strong="H1961" smaller|strong="H4592". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} King|strong="H4428" Hazael|strong="H2371" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Syria|strong="H0758"\+w*} conquered|strong="H5221" much|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Israeli territory|strong="H1366". 
\verseNumber{33}He|strong="H3605" conquered|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3605" parts|strong="H3411" east|strong="H4217" of|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5158"\+w*}, as|strong="H3605" far|strong="H4480" south|strong="H5045" as|strong="H3605" Aroer|strong="H6177" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" Arnon|strong="H0769" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5158"\+w*}. That|strong="H3605" included|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w*} Gilead|strong="H1568" and|strong="H1568" Bashan|strong="H1316" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w regions|strong="H2506"\+w*}, where|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H4480" Gad|strong="H1425", Reuben|strong="H7206", and|strong="H1568" half|strong="H2677" of|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H4480" Manasseh|strong="H4520" lived|strong="H3427". 
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\verseNumber{34}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w If|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w want|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w read|strong="H5612"\+w* \+w more|strong="H3808"\+w*} about|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3605" Jehu|strong="H3058" did|strong="H6213" [RHQ], they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H3117" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" scroll|strong="H5612" called|strong="H7121" ‘The|strong="H3605" History|strong="H8435" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel’. 
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\verseNumber{35}Jehu|strong="H3058" died|strong="H4191" [EUP], and|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H6912" Samaria|strong="H8111". His|strong="H8478" son|strong="H1121" Jehoahaz|strong="H3059" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H8478" king|strong="H4427" in|strong="H6912" place|strong="H8478" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H8478" father|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{36}Jehu|strong="H3058" had|strong="H3478" ruled|strong="H4427" in|strong="H5921" Samaria|strong="H8111" as|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4427" of|strong="H3117" Israel|strong="H3478" for|strong="H5921" twenty-eight|strong="H6242" years|strong="H8141". 

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\chapterNumber{11}When|strong="H3588" King|strong="H4428" Ahaziah’s|strong="H0274" mother|strong="H0517" Athaliah|strong="H6271" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" her|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" had|strong="H3588" been|strong="H3605" killed|strong="H4191", she|strong="H3588" commanded|strong="H6680" that|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" members|strong="H3338" of|strong="H1121" Ahaziah’s|strong="H0274" family|strong="H2233" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w might|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w become|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w*} must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{2}So|strong="H3947" Ahaziah’s|strong="H0274" sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" all|strong="H4191" about|strong="H4428" to|strong="H4191" be|strong="H4191" murdered|strong="H2026". But|strong="H3808" Jehosheba|strong="H3089", who|strong="H1121" was|strong="H4428" King|strong="H4428" Jehoram’s|strong="H3088" daughter|strong="H1323" and|strong="H1121" Ahaziah’s|strong="H0274" half-sister, took|strong="H3947" Ahaziah’s|strong="H0274" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w very|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w young|strong="H1121"\+w*} son|strong="H1121" Joash|strong="H3101" and|strong="H1121" hid|strong="H5641" him|strong="H6440" and|strong="H1121" ◄his|strong="H3947" nursemaid/the|strong="H6440" woman|strong="H1323" who|strong="H1121" took|strong="H3947" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" him|strong="H6440"► in|strong="H4428" a|strong="H3947" bedroom|strong="H2315" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w*}. So|strong="H3947" he|strong="H3808" was|strong="H4428" not|strong="H3808" killed|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{3}He|strong="H3068" stayed|strong="H3427" with|strong="H1004" Jehosheba|strong="H3089" for|strong="H5921" six|strong="H8337" years|strong="H8141". All|strong="H5921" during|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3068" time|strong="H1961", he|strong="H3068" remained|strong="H1961" hidden|strong="H2244" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1004", while|strong="H1961" Athaliah|strong="H6271" ruled|strong="H4427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{4}But|strong="H7200" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H7200" next|strong="H7200" year|strong="H8141", Jehoiada|strong="H3077" the|strong="H7200" Supreme Priest|strong="H3548" summoned|strong="H3947" the|strong="H7200" officers|strong="H8269" who|strong="H3068" supervised|strong="H5921" the|strong="H7200" royal|strong="H4428" bodyguards and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H7200" palace|strong="H1004" guards|strong="H7323". He|strong="H3068" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="H1992" to|strong="H3068" come|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" temple|strong="H1004". There|strong="H1992" he|strong="H3068" required|strong="H7592" them|strong="H1992" to|strong="H3068" solemnly|strong="H7650" promise|strong="H7650" that|strong="H7200" they|strong="H1992" would|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" what|strong="H7200" he|strong="H3068" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="H1992" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068". And|strong="H3967" he|strong="H3068" showed|strong="H7200" King|strong="H4428" Ahaziah’s|strong="H0274" son|strong="H1121" Joash|strong="H3101" to|strong="H3068" them|strong="H1992". 
\verseNumber{5}He|strong="H6213" gave|strong="H6680" them|strong="H6213" these|strong="H2088" instructions|strong="H1697": “There|strong="H2088" are|strong="H1697" three|strong="H7992" groups|strong="H7218" of|strong="H4428" you|strong="H6680" guards|strong="H8104". When|strong="H6213" one|strong="H2088" group|strong="H7235" finishes|strong="H3615" their|strong="H6213" work|strong="H6213" on|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6213" Sabbath|strong="H7676" day|strong="H3117", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w divide|strong="H2505"\+w* \+w yourselves|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w into|strong="H6213"\+w*} three|strong="H7992" smaller|strong="H4592" groups|strong="H7218". One|strong="H2088" group|strong="H7235" must|strong="H4191" guard|strong="H8104" the|strong="H6213" palace|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{6}Another|strong="H7323" group|strong="H7235" must|strong="H4191" guard|strong="H8104" at|strong="H1004" the|strong="H8104" Sur|strong="H5495" Gate|strong="H8179". The|strong="H8104" other|strong="H0312" group|strong="H7235" must|strong="H4191" guard|strong="H8104" at|strong="H1004" the|strong="H8104" gate|strong="H8179" behind|strong="H0310" the|strong="H8104" other|strong="H0312" groups|strong="H7218". 
\verseNumber{7}The|strong="H3605" two|strong="H8147" groups|strong="H7218" that|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3027" not|strong="H3318" working|strong="H4639" on|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" Sabbath|strong="H7676" day|strong="H3117" must|strong="H4191" guard|strong="H8104" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w protect|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w little|strong="H8147"\+w* \+w King|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Joash|strong="H3101"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{8}You|strong="H5921" must|strong="H4191" stand|strong="H5975" around|strong="H5439" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" wherever|strong="H5921" he|strong="H3027" goes|strong="H3318", with|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" weapons|strong="H3627" in|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" hands|strong="H3027". You|strong="H5921" must|strong="H4191" kill|strong="H4191" anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H4428" comes|strong="H3318" near|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921".” 
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\verseNumber{9}The|strong="H3605" officers|strong="H8269" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w supervised|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w guards|strong="H7323"\+w*} did|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" Jehoiada|strong="H3077" told|strong="H6680" them|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3318" do|strong="H6213". Each|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" brought|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" Jehoiada|strong="H3077" the|strong="H3605" guards|strong="H7323" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H6213" supervised|strong="H5921"—the|strong="H3605" guards|strong="H7323" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H8269" just|strong="H3605" finishing|strong="H3635" their|strong="H3605" work|strong="H6213" and|strong="H3967" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H8269" about|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3318" start|strong="H1870" their|strong="H3605" work|strong="H6213" on|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" Sabbath|strong="H7676" day|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{10}The|strong="H5414" priest|strong="H3548" distributed|strong="H2505" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" commanders|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5414" guards|strong="H7323" the|strong="H5414" spears|strong="H2595" and|strong="H3967" shields|strong="H7982" that|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732", that|strong="H3068" were|strong="H1732" kept|strong="H5414"/stored|strong="H5414" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" temple|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H5975" he|strong="H5704" commanded|strong="H6680" all|strong="H5439" the|strong="H5921" guards|strong="H7323" to|strong="H5704" stand|strong="H5975" in|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" positions|strong="H7896", each|strong="H5439" one|strong="H5439" with|strong="H1004" his|strong="H5921" sword|strong="H3027" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" hand|strong="H3027", all|strong="H5439" around|strong="H5439" the|strong="H5921" young|strong="H5288" king|strong="H4428". 
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\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H3318" he|strong="H5414" brought|strong="H3318" Joash|strong="H3101" out|strong="H3318". He|strong="H5414" put|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" crown|strong="H5145" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5414" head|strong="H7218" and|strong="H1121" gave|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" scroll|strong="H5612" on|strong="H5921" which|strong="H4428" were|strong="H1121" written|strong="H3789" the|strong="H5921" rules|strong="H4427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w kings|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w needed|strong="H1767"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w obey|strong="H8085"\+w*}. Then|strong="H3318" he|strong="H5414" poured|strong="H4886" some|strong="H4480" olive|strong="H2132" oil|strong="H4886" on|strong="H5921" Joash’s|strong="H3101" head|strong="H7218" and|strong="H1121" proclaimed|strong="H7121" that|strong="H5414" he|strong="H5414" was|strong="H4428" now|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428". The|strong="H5921" people|strong="H1121" all|strong="H5414" clapped|strong="H5221" their|strong="H5414" hands|strong="H3709" and|strong="H1121" shouted|strong="H5414", “We|strong="H0587" desire|strong="H8378"/hope|strong="H3176" that|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" will|strong="H4428" live|strong="H2421" for|strong="H5921" many|strong="H7227" years|strong="H8141"!” 
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\verseNumber{13}When|strong="H8085" Athaliah|strong="H6271" heard|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" noise|strong="H6963" that|strong="H5971" was|strong="H3068" being|strong="H1004" made|strong="H3068" by|strong="H3068" the|strong="H8085" guards|strong="H7323" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H8085" other|strong="H0312" people|strong="H5971", she|strong="H1931" ran|strong="H7323" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H8085" temple|strong="H1004", where|strong="H1004" the|strong="H8085" people|strong="H5971" were|strong="H5971" gathered|strong="H8085". 
\verseNumber{14}She|strong="H7121" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3605" new|strong="H2319" king|strong="H4428" standing|strong="H5975" there|strong="H2009" alongside|strong="H5921" one|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" big|strong="H0931" pillars|strong="H5982", which|strong="H5971" was|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" place|strong="H3605" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" where|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" usually|strong="H2370" stood|strong="H5975". She|strong="H7121" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H5971" he|strong="H3605" was|strong="H4428" surrounded|strong="H5437" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" officers|strong="H8269" and|strong="H4428" men|strong="H5971" blowing|strong="H8628" trumpets|strong="H2689", and|strong="H4428" that|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" were|strong="H5971" shouting|strong="H8643" joyfully|strong="H8056", and|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} them|strong="H5921" were|strong="H5971" also|strong="H4428" blowing|strong="H8628" trumpets|strong="H2689". She|strong="H7121" tore|strong="H7167" her|strong="H3605" clothes|strong="H0899" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w show|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w her|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w distress|strong="H6869"\+w*} and|strong="H4428" shouted|strong="H7121", “You|strong="H3605" are|strong="H5971" traitors! You|strong="H3605" have|strong="H5971" tricked|strong="H5377"/deceived|strong="H7411" me|strong="H7200"!” 
\verseNumber{15}Jehoiada|strong="H3077" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w immediately|strong="H6965"\+w*} said|strong="H3318", “Kill|strong="H4191" her|strong="H3318", but|strong="H3588" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3588" kill|strong="H4191" her|strong="H3318" here|strong="H4191" at|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Yahweh|strong="H3068"! Take|strong="H3318" her|strong="H3318" away|strong="H3318" between|strong="H0996" two|strong="H1004" rows|strong="H2905" of|strong="H1004" guards|strong="H7323". And|strong="H3967" kill|strong="H4191" anyone|strong="H3588" who|strong="H3068" tries|strong="H0974" to|strong="H3318" rescue|strong="H5337" her|strong="H3318"!” 
\verseNumber{16}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w She|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w tried|strong="H6884"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w flee|strong="H5127"\+w*, \+w but|strong="H1870"\+w*} the|strong="H7760" guards|strong="H7323" seized|strong="H7760" her|strong="H7760" and|strong="H4428" took|strong="H7760" her|strong="H7760" to|strong="H4191" the|strong="H7760" palace|strong="H1004", to|strong="H4191" the|strong="H7760" place|strong="H7760" where|strong="H8033" horses|strong="H5483" enter|strong="H3996" the|strong="H7760" courtyard|strong="H2691". They|strong="H8033" killed|strong="H4191" her|strong="H7760" there|strong="H8033". 
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\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="H1961" Jehoiada|strong="H3077" made|strong="H3772" a|strong="H1961" solemn|strong="H6116" agreement|strong="H1285" between|strong="H0996" the|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971", that|strong="H5971" they|strong="H3068" would|strong="H3068" always|strong="H3605" ◄obey|strong="H8085"/be|strong="H1961" faithful|strong="H0539" to|strong="H3068"► Yahweh|strong="H3068". He|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" made|strong="H3772" an|strong="H1961" agreement|strong="H1285" requiring|strong="H6963" the|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" loyal|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" Joash|strong="H3101" their|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H7760" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H5971" there|strong="H3605" went|strong="H5971" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Baal|strong="H1168" and|strong="H3068" tore|strong="H5422" it|strong="H7760" down|strong="H5422". They|strong="H3068" smashed|strong="H7665" the|strong="H3605" altars|strong="H4196" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" statues|strong="H2088" of|strong="H1004" Baal|strong="H1168". They|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" killed|strong="H2026" Mattan|strong="H4977", the|strong="H3605" priest|strong="H3548" of|strong="H1004" Baal|strong="H1168", in|strong="H5921" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" altars|strong="H4196". 
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Jehoiada|strong="H3077" stationed|strong="H7760"/put|strong="H7760" guards|strong="H6486" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{19}Then|strong="H3947" he|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H3605" officers|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004", the|strong="H3605" officers|strong="H8269" who|strong="H3605" supervised|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" royal|strong="H4428" bodyguards, and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" bodyguards brought|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" from|strong="H3381" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" to|strong="H3381" the|strong="H3605" palace|strong="H1004". All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w followed|strong="H0310"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w*}. Joash|strong="H3101" entered|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" palace|strong="H1004" at|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" Guard|strong="H7323" Gate|strong="H8179" and|strong="H3967" sat|strong="H3427" down|strong="H3381" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" throne|strong="H3678", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w showed|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w new|strong="H2319"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{20}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" rejoiced|strong="H8055". And|strong="H4428" because|strong="H3605" Athaliah|strong="H6271" had|strong="H4428" been|strong="H8252" killed|strong="H4191", the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" was|strong="H5892" quiet|strong="H8252"/calm|strong="H8252". 
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\verseNumber{21}Joash|strong="H3101" was|strong="H3068" seven|strong="H7651" years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H3588" he|strong="H0834" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*}. 

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\chapterNumber{12}When|strong="H1121" Jehu|strong="H3058" had|strong="H1121" been|strong="H4427" ruling|strong="H4910" Israel|strong="H3478" for|strong="H1121" almost|strong="H4592" seven|strong="H7651" years|strong="H8141", Joash|strong="H3060" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H3060" king|strong="H4427" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063". He|strong="H8141" ruled|strong="H4427" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" for|strong="H1121" 40 years|strong="H8141". His|strong="H3060" mother|strong="H0517" was|strong="H1121" Zibiah|strong="H6645", from|strong="H1121" Beersheba|strong="H0884" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{2}All|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3060" life|strong="H8141", he|strong="H3389" did|strong="H3389" what|strong="H4100" pleased|strong="H3190" Yahweh|strong="H3068", because|strong="H3588" Jehoiada|strong="H3077" the|strong="H3058" priest|strong="H3548" instructed|strong="H6680"/taught|strong="H3925" him|strong="H4427". 
\verseNumber{3}But|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" places|strong="H3605" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5869" worshiped|strong="H7812" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*} on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" tops|strong="H7218" of|strong="H3068" hills|strong="H1389" were|strong="H3117" not|strong="H6213" destroyed|strong="H4229", and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3117" continued|strong="H5674" to|strong="H3068" offer|strong="H6213" sacrifices|strong="H2077" and|strong="H3068" burn|strong="H8313" incense|strong="H7004" at|strong="H3068" those|strong="H3605" places|strong="H3605", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w instead|strong="H8478"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w at|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w place|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w God|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w chosen|strong="H0977"\+w* \+w for|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w them|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{4}Joash|strong="H3101" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5971" the|strong="H5493" priests|strong="H3808", “You|strong="H3808" must|strong="H3808" take|strong="H5493" all|strong="H5750" the|strong="H5493" money|strong="H3701" which|strong="H5971" the|strong="H5493" people|strong="H5971" contribute|strong="H5068", both|strong="H8147" the|strong="H5493" money|strong="H3701" they|strong="H3808" are|strong="H5971" required|strong="H7592" to|strong="H5971" give|strong="H5414" and|strong="H5971" the|strong="H5493" money|strong="H3701" that|strong="H5971" they|strong="H3808" themselves|strong="H0905" decide|strong="H3198" to|strong="H5971" give|strong="H5414", as|strong="H5971" sacred|strong="H6944" offerings|strong="H8002" to|strong="H5971" buy|strong="H7069" things|strong="H3808" for|strong="H5971" the|strong="H5493" temple|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{5}Each|strong="H3605" priest|strong="H3548" must|strong="H5315" take|strong="H5674" the|strong="H3605" money|strong="H3701" from|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5315" who|strong="H3605" know|strong="H3045" him|strong="H5921" (OR|strong="H3701", from|strong="H5921" one|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" treasurers|strong="H1411"), and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" must|strong="H5315" use|strong="H5674" that|strong="H3605" money|strong="H3701" to|strong="H3068" repair|strong="H2388" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" whenever|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3068" sees|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3605" there|strong="H5927" is|strong="H3068" something|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" needs|strong="H5375" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" repaired|strong="H2388".” 
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\verseNumber{6}But|strong="H2388" after|strong="H1992" Joash|strong="H3101" had|strong="H3548" been|strong="H3605" ruling|strong="H4910" for|strong="H1004" almost|strong="H4592" twenty-three|strong="H6242" years|strong="H8141", the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" still|strong="H5750" had|strong="H3548" not|strong="H3947" repaired|strong="H2388" anything|strong="H3605" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{7}So|strong="H1961" Joash|strong="H3060" summoned|strong="H7121" Jehoiada|strong="H3077" and|strong="H6242" the|strong="H2388" other|strong="H0312" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H6242" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1961" them|strong="H1961", “◄Why|strong="H3808" are|strong="H8141" you|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" repairing|strong="H2388" things|strong="H7969" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H2388" temple|strong="H1004"?/You|strong="H3808" should|strong="H8141" have|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" repairing|strong="H2388" things|strong="H7969" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H2388" temple|strong="H1004"!► [RHQ] From|strong="H1961" now|strong="H1961" on|strong="H1961", you|strong="H3808" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" keep|strong="H1961" the|strong="H2388" money|strong="H3701" that|strong="H3548" you|strong="H3808" receive|strong="H1961" from|strong="H1961" people|strong="H3808" who|strong="H3548" know|strong="H3045" you|strong="H3808" (OR|strong="H3808", the|strong="H2388" treasurers|strong="H1411"). You|strong="H3808" must|strong="H3808" give|strong="H1961" it|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H2388" people|strong="H3808" who|strong="H3548" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" repairing|strong="H2388" things|strong="H7969" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H2388" temple|strong="H1004"!” 
\verseNumber{8}The|strong="H3588" priests|strong="H3548" agreed|strong="H8085" to|strong="H5414" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588", and|strong="H3701" they|strong="H3588" also|strong="H4428" agreed|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" themselves|strong="H2388" would|strong="H4428" not|strong="H5414" do|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3588" repair|strong="H2388" work|strong="H5414". 
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\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H3947" Jehoiada|strong="H3077" took|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" chest|strong="H0727" and|strong="H3701" bored|strong="H5344" a|strong="H3947" hole|strong="H6310" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3947" lid|strong="H1817". He|strong="H1004" placed|strong="H3947" it|strong="H3947" alongside|strong="H5980" the|strong="H3947" altar|strong="H4196" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w burning|strong="H2740"\+w* \+w incense|strong="H7004"\+w*/\+w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\+w*} that|strong="H5971" was|strong="H1004" on|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3947" right|strong="H3225" as|strong="H5971" anyone|strong="H3605" enters|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3947" temple|strong="H1004". The|strong="H3947" priests|strong="H3548" who|strong="H5971" guarded|strong="H8104" the|strong="H3947" entrance|strong="H6607" to|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3947" temple|strong="H1004" put|strong="H3947" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3947" box|strong="H0712" the|strong="H3947" money|strong="H3701" that|strong="H5971" was|strong="H1004" brought|strong="H3947" to|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3947" temple|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{10}Whenever|strong="H3605" they|strong="H8033" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3605" there|strong="H8033" was|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3947" lot|strong="H1486" of|strong="H1004" money|strong="H3701" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" chest|strong="H0727", the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" secretary|strong="H5608" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Supreme Priest|strong="H3548" would|strong="H3068" come|strong="H0935" and|strong="H3068" count|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" money|strong="H3701". Then|strong="H3947" they|strong="H8033" would|strong="H3068" put|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" in|strong="H3068" bags|strong="H2754" and|strong="H3068" tie|strong="H6029" the|strong="H3605" bags|strong="H2754" shut|strong="H5462". 
\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H1961", after|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3588" weighed|strong="H8254" it|strong="H3588", they|strong="H3588" would|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5927" the|strong="H7200" money|strong="H3701" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" men|strong="H1419" who|strong="H3068" supervised|strong="H5921" the|strong="H7200" work|strong="H4399" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" temple|strong="H1004". Then|strong="H1961" the|strong="H7200" supervisors|strong="H5329" would|strong="H3068" use|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3588" money|strong="H3701" to|strong="H3068" pay|strong="H3701" the|strong="H7200" carpenters|strong="H2796" and|strong="H3068" builders|strong="H1129" who|strong="H3068" did|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" repair|strong="H2388" work|strong="H4399" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" temple|strong="H1004", 
\verseNumber{12}and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" masons|strong="H2796" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" stone|strong="H0068" cutters. Also|strong="H3068" with|strong="H1004" some|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1004" that|strong="H3068" money|strong="H3701" they|strong="H3068" bought|strong="H5414" timber|strong="H6086" and|strong="H3068" stones|strong="H0068" that|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H6485" cut|strong="H3772" to|strong="H3318" be|strong="H3027" used|strong="H6213" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" repair|strong="H2388" work|strong="H4399", and|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3318" pay|strong="H5414" all|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5921" other|strong="H0312" expenses|strong="H5313" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" repair|strong="H2388" work|strong="H4399". 
\verseNumber{13}But|strong="H2388" they|strong="H3068" did|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3318" use|strong="H4399" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1004" that|strong="H3605" money|strong="H3701" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w pay|strong="H7999"\+w* \+w men|strong="H3605"\+w*} to|strong="H3318" make|strong="H2388" silver|strong="H3701" cups|strong="H1375" or|strong="H1004" wick|strong="H6594" trimmers or|strong="H1004" bowls|strong="H4219" or|strong="H1004" trumpets|strong="H2689" or|strong="H1004" any|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" items|strong="H3627" made|strong="H2388" of|strong="H1004" silver|strong="H3701" or|strong="H1004" gold|strong="H2091" to|strong="H3318" be|strong="H3068" used|strong="H3605" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004". 
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\verseNumber{14}All|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" money|strong="H3701" was|strong="H3068" given|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H6213" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3627" doing|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" work|strong="H6213" of|strong="H1004" repairing|strong="H3247" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{15}The|strong="H3588" men|strong="H6213" who|strong="H3068" supervised|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3588" work|strong="H4399" always|strong="H3605" did|strong="H6213" things|strong="H1697" honestly|strong="H8549", so|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3588" king’s|strong="H4428" secretary|strong="H5608" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" Supreme Priest|strong="H3548" never|strong="H3808" required|strong="H7592" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" supervisors|strong="H5329" report|strong="H8088" what|strong="H6213" they|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3068" spent|strong="H3885" the|strong="H3588" money|strong="H3701" for|strong="H3588". 
\verseNumber{16}But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" money|strong="H3701" that|strong="H3588" people|strong="H3808" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H6213" pay|strong="H5414" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" wrong|strong="H7451" things|strong="H1992" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" had|strong="H3588" done|strong="H6213" and|strong="H3701" the|strong="H5921" money|strong="H3701" they|strong="H1992" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H6213" purify|strong="H2398" themselves|strong="H1992" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" sins|strong="H2403" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" had|strong="H3588" committed|strong="H6213" was|strong="H3027" not|strong="H3808" put|strong="H5414" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" chest|strong="H0727". That|strong="H3588" money|strong="H3701" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5921" priests|strong="H3808". 
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\verseNumber{17}At|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068" time|strong="H1961", Hazael|strong="H2371", the|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1004" Syria|strong="H0758", went|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*} and|strong="H3068" attacked|strong="H5221" Gath|strong="H1661" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} and|strong="H3068" conquered|strong="H5221" it|strong="H1961". Then|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3068" decided|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" would|strong="H3068" attack|strong="H5221" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{18}So|strong="H5927" Joash|strong="H3101", the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063", took|strong="H3920" all|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" money|strong="H3701" that|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" previous|strong="H7223" kings|strong="H4428", Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" and|strong="H4428" Jehoram|strong="H3088" and|strong="H4428" Ahaziah|strong="H0274", had|strong="H4428" dedicated|strong="H6942" to|strong="H5927" Yahweh|strong="H3068". He|strong="H3389" added|strong="H3254" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H7760" own|strong="H6440" money|strong="H3701", and|strong="H4428" all|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" gold|strong="H2091" that|strong="H4428" was|strong="H4428" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" rooms|strong="H2315" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" temple|strong="H1004" where|strong="H5921" valuable|strong="H3368" things|strong="H1697" were|strong="H4428" kept|strong="H8104"/stored|strong="H6845", and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" gold|strong="H2091" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H7760" palace|strong="H1004", and|strong="H4428" sent|strong="H5927" it|strong="H7760" all|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5927" King|strong="H4428" Hazael|strong="H2371", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5927"\+w* ◄\+w appease|strong="H3722"\+w* \+w him|strong="H6440"\+w*/\+w persuade|strong="H6601"\+w* \+w him|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w not|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w attack|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*►}. So|strong="H5927" King|strong="H4428" Hazael|strong="H2371" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w took|strong="H3920"\+w* \+w his|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w army|strong="H5927"\+w*} away|strong="H5927" from|strong="H6440" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
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\verseNumber{19}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w If|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w read|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w more|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* } what|strong="H5927" Joash|strong="H3060" did|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H5921"\+w* } is|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" written|strong="H3789" [RHQ] in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" scroll|strong="H5612" called|strong="H7121" ‘The|strong="H3605" History|strong="H8435" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah’. 
\verseNumber{20-21}Joash’s|strong="H3101" officials|strong="H8269" plotted|strong="H7451" against|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3967" two|strong="H8147" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H5414" killed|strong="H2026" Joash|strong="H3101" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" road|strong="H1870" that|strong="H0834" goes|strong="H1980" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H0413" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w*} Silla|strong="H5538" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w district|strong="H6418"\+w*}. The|strong="H3605" two|strong="H8147" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" Jozabad|strong="H3107", the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shimeath|strong="H8100", and|strong="H3967" Jehozabad|strong="H3075", the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shomer|strong="H7763". Joash|strong="H3101" was|strong="H3068" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H0834" his|strong="H3605" ancestors|strong="H0001" were|strong="H0834" buried|strong="H6912", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w part|strong="H7992"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w called|strong="H7121"\+w*} ‘The|strong="H3605" City|strong="H5892" of|strong="H1121" David’. Then|strong="H0227" Joash’s|strong="H3101" son|strong="H1121" Amaziah|strong="H0558" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063". 

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\chapterNumber{13}After|strong="H5921" Joash|strong="H3101" had|strong="H3478" been|strong="H4427" ruling|strong="H4910" Judah|strong="H3063" for|strong="H5921" almost|strong="H4592" 23 years|strong="H8141", Jehu’s|strong="H3058" son|strong="H1121" Jehoahaz|strong="H3059" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478". He|strong="H8141" ruled|strong="H4427" in|strong="H5921" Samaria|strong="H8111" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} for|strong="H5921" 17 years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" many|strong="H3808" things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" considered|strong="H2803" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3808" evil|strong="H7451" and|strong="H1121" committed|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" same|strong="H4480" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H1121" sins|strong="H2403" that|strong="H3068" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" had|strong="H3068" committed|strong="H6213", sins|strong="H2403" which|strong="H3068" led|strong="H3212" the|strong="H6213" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" sin|strong="H2403". He|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" stop|strong="H5493" committing|strong="H6213" those|strong="H4480" sins|strong="H2403". 
\verseNumber{3}So|strong="H5414" Yahweh|strong="H3068" became|strong="H2734" very|strong="H2734" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3117" allowed|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H1121" King|strong="H4428" Hazael|strong="H2371" of|strong="H1121" Syria|strong="H0758" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130" to|strong="H3478" defeat|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" Israelis many|strong="H7227" times|strong="H3117". 
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\verseNumber{4}Then|strong="H8085" Jehoahaz|strong="H3059" prayed|strong="H6419" to|strong="H3478" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5826"\+w*}, and|strong="H3478" Yahweh|strong="H3068" heeded|strong="H8085" him|strong="H6440", because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H6440" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Syria|strong="H0758" was|strong="H3068" oppressing|strong="H3905" the|strong="H6440" Israelis. 
\verseNumber{5}Yahweh|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" leader|strong="H5387" to|strong="H3318" Israel|strong="H3478", who|strong="H3068" enabled|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3318" be|strong="H3027" freed|strong="H8199" from|strong="H3318" being|strong="H1121" controlled|strong="H0662" by|strong="H3027" Syria|strong="H0758". After|strong="H3318" that|strong="H3068", the|strong="H5414" Israeli people|strong="H1121" lived|strong="H3427" peacefully|strong="H7965" as|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H3027" previously|strong="H8543". 
\verseNumber{6}But|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3808" still|strong="H5975" continued|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" commit|strong="H2398" the|strong="H5493" same|strong="H1931" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H1004" sins|strong="H2403" that|strong="H3478" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" and|strong="H1980" his|strong="H5493" family|strong="H1004" had|strong="H3478" committed|strong="H2398" and|strong="H1980" which|strong="H1004" led|strong="H1980" the|strong="H5493" Israelis to|strong="H1980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="H1571"\+w*} sin|strong="H2403". And|strong="H1980" the|strong="H5493" statue|strong="H6755" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5493" goddess|strong="H0430" Asherah|strong="H0842" remained|strong="H5975" in|strong="H1980" Samaria|strong="H8111". 
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\verseNumber{7}Jehoahaz|strong="H3059" had|strong="H4428" only|strong="H3588" 50 men|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" rode|strong="H7392" on|strong="H7760" horses|strong="H6571" and|strong="H4428" ten|strong="H6235" chariots|strong="H7393" and|strong="H4428" 10,000 other|strong="H0312" soldiers|strong="H7273", because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" army|strong="H5971" of|strong="H4428" Syria|strong="H0758" had|strong="H4428" killed|strong="H2026" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3588" rest|strong="H7604", trampling|strong="H0947" them|strong="H7760" like|strong="H3808" people|strong="H5971" walk|strong="H1980" on|strong="H7760" dirt|strong="H6083". 
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\verseNumber{8}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w If|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w want|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w read|strong="H5612"\+w* \+w about|strong="H5921"\+w*} [RHQ] everything|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3605" Jehoahaz|strong="H3059" did|strong="H6213", you|strong="H3605" can|strong="H6213" read|strong="H5612" about|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" scroll|strong="H5612" called|strong="H7121" ‘The|strong="H3605" History|strong="H8435" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel’. 
\verseNumber{9}Jehoahaz|strong="H3059" died|strong="H4191" [EUP] and|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H6912" Samaria|strong="H8111". Then|strong="H1121" his|strong="H8478" son|strong="H1121" Jehoash|strong="H3060" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H8478" king|strong="H4427". 

\BibleSectionHeading{King|strong="H4427" Jehoash|strong="H3060" ruled|strong="H4427" Israel|strong="H3478" }

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\verseNumber{10}Jehoash|strong="H3060", the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jehoahaz|strong="H3059", started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3478" rule|strong="H4428" in|strong="H8141" Israel|strong="H3478" after|strong="H5921" King|strong="H4428" Joash|strong="H3101" had|strong="H3478" been|strong="H4427" ruling|strong="H4910" in|strong="H8141" Judah|strong="H3063" for|strong="H5921" 23 years|strong="H8141". Jehoash|strong="H3060" ruled|strong="H4427" in|strong="H8141" Samaria|strong="H8111" for|strong="H5921" 17 years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{11}He|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" many|strong="H3808" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" considered|strong="H2803" to|strong="H1980" be|strong="H3808" evil|strong="H7451". He|strong="H6213" refused|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1980" turn|strong="H5493" away|strong="H5493" from|strong="H5493" worshiping|strong="H7812" idols|strong="H5869", which|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" sin|strong="H2403" that|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w many|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w years|strong="H8141"\+w* \+w earlier|strong="H7223"\+w* \+w King|strong="H4428"\+w*} Jeroboam|strong="H3379" had|strong="H3068" told|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121" to|strong="H1980" commit|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{12}The|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3605" happened|strong="H1697" while|strong="H3117" Jehoash|strong="H3060" was|strong="H3478" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H3063" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3117" did|strong="H6213" are|strong="H3117" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" book|strong="H5612" called|strong="H7121" ‘The|strong="H3605" Account|strong="H5921" of|strong="H4428" What|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" Kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" Did’. In|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3605" account|strong="H5921" they|strong="H1992" wrote|strong="H3789" about|strong="H5921" Jehoash’s|strong="H3060" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{army’s} victories|strong="H3444", and|strong="H3063" their|strong="H3605" war|strong="H3898" with|strong="H5973" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} King|strong="H4428" Amaziah|strong="H0558" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063". 
\verseNumber{13}When|strong="H3427" Jehoash|strong="H3060" died|strong="H4191", he|strong="H5921" was|strong="H3478" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H3427" Samaria|strong="H8111" where|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w*} kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" were|strong="H3478" buried|strong="H6912". Then|strong="H4428" his|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" became|strong="H3205" king|strong="H4428". 

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\verseNumber{14}Elisha|strong="H0477" became|strong="H2470" very|strong="H3966" ill|strong="H2470". Just|strong="H3512" before|strong="H6440" he|strong="H5921" died|strong="H4191", King|strong="H4428" Jehoash|strong="H3060" went|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" Elisha|strong="H0477" and|strong="H3478" cried|strong="H1058" in|strong="H5921" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4428" him|strong="H6440". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Saying|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w same|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w words|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w Elisha|strong="H0477"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w said|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w when|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Elijah|strong="H0452"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w taken|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w heaven|strong="H8064"\+w*}, he|strong="H5921" said|strong="H0559", “My|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001"/master|strong="H0113"! My|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001"/master|strong="H0113"! The|strong="H6440" chariots|strong="H7393" of|strong="H4428" us|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H3478" their|strong="H6440" drivers \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w are|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w taking|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w my|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w master|strong="H0113"\+w* \+w away|strong="H5493"\+w*}!” 
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\verseNumber{15}Elisha|strong="H0477" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3947" him|strong="H3947", “Bring|strong="H3947" to|strong="H3947" me|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" bow|strong="H7198" and|strong="H7198" some|strong="H4480" arrows|strong="H2671"!” So|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" king|strong="H4428" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H2671". 
\verseNumber{16}Then|strong="H4428" Elisha|strong="H0477" told|strong="H7760" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" to|strong="H3478" put|strong="H7760" his|strong="H7760" hands|strong="H3027" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" bow|strong="H7198" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w prepare|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w shoot|strong="H3384"\+w* \+w some|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w arrows|strong="H7198"\+w*}. And|strong="H3478" then|strong="H4428" Elisha|strong="H0477" put|strong="H7760" his|strong="H7760" own|strong="H3027" hands|strong="H3027" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" king’s|strong="H4428" hands|strong="H3027". 
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\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="H3068" Elisha|strong="H5704" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5221", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w someone|strong="H0376"\+w*} open|strong="H6605" that|strong="H3068" window|strong="H2474" toward|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5221" east|strong="H6924".” So|strong="H3384" they|strong="H3068" opened|strong="H6605" it|strong="H5221". Then|strong="H3068" Elisha|strong="H5704" said|strong="H0559", “Shoot|strong="H3384"!” So|strong="H3384" the|strong="H5221" king|strong="H4428" did|strong="H3068". Then|strong="H3068" Elisha|strong="H5704" said|strong="H0559", “That|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5221" arrow|strong="H2671" that|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{indicates \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w your|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*} will|strong="H3068" defeat|strong="H5221" the|strong="H5221" Syrian|strong="H0761" army|strong="H2428". Your|strong="H3068" army|strong="H2428" will|strong="H3068" completely|strong="H3615" defeat|strong="H5221" their|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*} at|strong="H3068" Aphek|strong="H0663" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H3947" Elisha|strong="H0477" said|strong="H0559", “Pick|strong="H3947" up|strong="H5975" the|strong="H3947" other|strong="H6471" arrows|strong="H2678" and|strong="H3478" strike|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3947" ground|strong="H0776" with|strong="H4428" them|strong="H5221"!” So|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" king|strong="H4428" picked|strong="H5375" up|strong="H5975" the|strong="H3947" arrows|strong="H2678" and|strong="H3478" struck|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3947" ground|strong="H0776" three|strong="H7969" times|strong="H6471". 
\verseNumber{19}But|strong="H5221" Elisha|strong="H5704" was|strong="H5221" angry|strong="H7107" with|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921". He|strong="H5704" exclaimed|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H5921" should|strong="H3068" have|strong="H6258" struck|strong="H5221" the|strong="H5921" ground|strong="H0776" five|strong="H2568" or|strong="H5704" six|strong="H8337" times|strong="H6471"! If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H5921" had|strong="H7969" done|strong="H3615" that|strong="H5704", your|strong="H5921" army|strong="H2428" would|strong="H0014" have|strong="H6258" defeated|strong="H5221" the|strong="H5921" Syrian|strong="H0761" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*} until|strong="H5704" they|strong="H5921" were|strong="H7969" completely|strong="H3615" wiped|strong="H3772" out|strong="H5921"! But|strong="H5221" now|strong="H6258", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w struck|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w ground|strong="H0776"\+w* \+w only|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w three|strong="H7969"\+w* \+w times|strong="H6471"\+w*,} your|strong="H5921" army|strong="H2428" will|strong="H5704" defeat|strong="H5221" them|strong="H5921" only|strong="H5704" three|strong="H7969" times|strong="H6471"!” 
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\verseNumber{20}Then|strong="H4191" Elisha|strong="H0477" died|strong="H4191" and|strong="H8141" was|strong="H8141" buried|strong="H6912". 
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Groups|strong="H7218" of|strong="H8141" raiders|strong="H1416" from|strong="H4191" Moab|strong="H4124" came|strong="H8141" to|strong="H4191" Israel|strong="H3478" each|strong="H0376" year|strong="H8141" during|strong="H3117" ◄spring|strong="H6779"/the|strong="H4191" time|strong="H8141" when|strong="H3588" the|strong="H4191" cold|strong="H7135" season|strong="H6256" was|strong="H8141" ending|strong="H3615"►. 
\verseNumber{21}One|strong="H2421" year|strong="H8141", when|strong="H1961" some|strong="H1992" Israeli people|strong="H7200" were|strong="H1961" burying|strong="H6912" a|strong="H1961" man’s|strong="H0376" body|strong="H6106", they|strong="H1992" saw|strong="H7200" a|strong="H1961" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H5921" those|strong="H1992" raiders|strong="H1416". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w afraid|strong="H3372"\+w*,} so|strong="H1961" quickly|strong="H4116" they|strong="H1992" threw|strong="H7993" that|strong="H7200" man’s|strong="H0376" body|strong="H6106" into|strong="H3212" the|strong="H5921" tomb|strong="H6913" where|strong="H5921" Elisha|strong="H2421" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w had|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w been|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w buried|strong="H6912"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w they|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w ran|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w away|strong="H7993"\+w*}. 
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But|strong="H1961" as|strong="H1961" soon|strong="H3512" as|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" man’s|strong="H0376" body|strong="H6106" touched|strong="H5060" Elisha’s|strong="H0477" bones|strong="H6106", the|strong="H5921" dead|strong="H4191" man|strong="H7200" became|strong="H1961" alive|strong="H2421" again|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" jumped up|strong="H6965"! 

\BibleSectionHeading{War|strong="H4421" between|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H6965" Syria|strong="H0758" }

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\verseNumber{22}King|strong="H4428" Hazael|strong="H2371" of|strong="H4428" Syria|strong="H0758" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w sent|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w*} oppress|strong="H3905" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5971" all|strong="H3605" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" years|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" Jehoahaz|strong="H3059" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w ruled|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{23}But|strong="H3808" Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" very|strong="H5704" kind|strong="H4327" [DOU] to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H6440" Israeli people|strong="H3808". He|strong="H5704" helped|strong="H5826" them|strong="H5921" because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" agreement|strong="H1285" that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H5704" had|strong="H3068" made|strong="H2603" with|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w ancestors|strong="H0001"\+w*} Abraham|strong="H0085", Isaac|strong="H3327", and|strong="H3068" Jacob|strong="H3290". He|strong="H5704" did|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" get|strong="H3947" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" Israelis, and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H5704" still|strong="H5704" has|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" rejected|strong="H3988" them|strong="H5921". 
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\verseNumber{24}When|strong="H1121" Hazael|strong="H2371" the|strong="H8478" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Syria|strong="H0758" died|strong="H4191", his|strong="H8478" son|strong="H1121" Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H8478" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{25}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w army|strong="H4421"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} King|strong="H4428" Jehoash|strong="H3060" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" defeated|strong="H5221" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w army|strong="H4421"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} King|strong="H4428" Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130" three|strong="H7969" times|strong="H6471", and|strong="H1121" recaptured the|strong="H3947" cities|strong="H5892" that|strong="H3478" Ben-Hadad’s army|strong="H4421" had|strong="H3478" captured|strong="H3947" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3947" time|strong="H6471" that|strong="H3478" Jehoash’s|strong="H3060" father|strong="H1121" Jehoahaz|strong="H3059" was|strong="H3478" ruling|strong="H4910" Israel|strong="H3478". 

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\chapterNumber{14}After|strong="H8141" Jehoash|strong="H3060" had|strong="H3478" been|strong="H4427" ruling|strong="H4910" Israel|strong="H3478" for|strong="H1121" almost|strong="H4592" two|strong="H8147" years|strong="H8141", Joash’s|strong="H3101" son|strong="H1121" Amaziah|strong="H0558" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H1121" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063". 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H2568" was|strong="H8034" 25 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1961" he|strong="H2568" started|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" rule|strong="H4427", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H2568" ruled|strong="H4427" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" for|strong="H8034" 29 years|strong="H8141". His|strong="H1961" mother|strong="H0517" was|strong="H8034" Jehoaddin|strong="H3086"; she|strong="H6242" was|strong="H8034" from|strong="H4480" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{3}Amaziah|strong="H0558" did|strong="H6213" many|strong="H3808" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" pleased|strong="H5869" Yahweh|strong="H3068", but|strong="H7535" he|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" as|strong="H6213" many|strong="H3808" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" pleased|strong="H5869" Yahweh|strong="H3068" as|strong="H6213" King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213". He|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" some|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" good|strong="H5869" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" Joash|strong="H3101" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{4}But|strong="H7535", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w his|strong="H5493"\+w* \+w father|strong="H0001"\+w*,} he|strong="H3808" did|strong="H5971" not|strong="H3808" tear|strong="H7167" down|strong="H5493" the|strong="H5493" places|strong="H1116" for|strong="H5971" worshipping|strong="H7812" Yahweh|strong="H3068" at|strong="H3808" pagan|strong="H5869" shrines|strong="H1354". The|strong="H5493" people|strong="H5971" continued|strong="H5750" to|strong="H5971" burn|strong="H6999" incense|strong="H6999" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w honor|strong="H3519"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*} on|strong="H6999" those|strong="H1992" hills|strong="H1389" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w instead|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5493"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*, \+w the|strong="H5493"\+w* \+w place|strong="H1116"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w had|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w appointed|strong="H4150"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{5}As|strong="H1961" soon|strong="H3512" as|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3027" was|strong="H1961" completely|strong="H3617" in|strong="H4428" control|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H5221" kingdom|strong="H4467", he|strong="H3027" caused|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" executed|strong="H5221" the|strong="H5221" officials|strong="H5650" who|strong="H5650" had|strong="H1961" murdered|strong="H2026" his|strong="H5221" father|strong="H0001". 
\verseNumber{6}But|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" execute|strong="H4191" their|strong="H3068" children|strong="H1121". He|strong="H3588" obeyed|strong="H8085" what|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3068" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" laws|strong="H8451" that|strong="H3588" God|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H6680" to|strong="H4191" Moses|strong="H4872": “Parents|strong="H0001" must|strong="H4191" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H5221" for|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w crimes|strong="H6588"\+w*/\+w sins|strong="H2399"\+w* \+w committed|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w by|strong="H5921"\+w*} their|strong="H3068" children|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" must|strong="H4191" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H5221" for|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w crimes|strong="H6588"\+w*/\+w sins|strong="H2399"\+w* \+w committed|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w by|strong="H5921"\+w*} their|strong="H3068" parents|strong="H0001". People|strong="H1121" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H5221" only|strong="H3588" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" sins|strong="H2399" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" themselves|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w committed|strong="H5921"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{7}Amaziah’s|strong="H0558" soldiers|strong="H4421" killed|strong="H5221" 10,000 soldiers|strong="H4421" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5221" Edom|strong="H0112" people-group in|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5221" Salt|strong="H4417" Valley|strong="H1516" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w south|strong="H5045"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w Dead|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w Sea|strong="H3220"\+w*}, and|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" captured|strong="H8610" Sela|strong="H5554" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H1931"\+w*} and|strong="H3117" gave|strong="H7121" it|strong="H1931" a|strong="H7121" new|strong="H2319" name|strong="H8034", Joktheel|strong="H3371". That|strong="H3117" is|strong="H2088" still|strong="H5704" its|strong="H1516" name|strong="H8034". 
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\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="H7971" Amaziah|strong="H0558" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="H3478" King|strong="H4428" Jehoash|strong="H3060" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", saying|strong="H0559" “Come|strong="H3212" here|strong="H6311" and|strong="H1121" let’s|strong="H1980" talk|strong="H1696" together|strong="H3162".” 
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\verseNumber{9}But|strong="H4428" King|strong="H4428" Jehoash|strong="H3060" replied|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" King|strong="H4428" Amaziah|strong="H0558": “Once|strong="H6471" a|strong="H5414" thornbush growing|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w mountains|strong="H2022"\+w*} in|strong="H3478" Lebanon|strong="H3844" sent|strong="H7971" a|strong="H5414" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3478" a|strong="H5414" cedar|strong="H0730" tree|strong="H6086", saying|strong="H0559", ‘Give|strong="H5414" your|strong="H5414" daughter|strong="H1323" to|strong="H3478" my|strong="H5414" son|strong="H1121" in|strong="H3478" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3478" he|strong="H5414" may|strong="H3478" marry|strong="H5414" her|strong="H5414".’ But|strong="H4428" a|strong="H5414" wild|strong="H7704" animal|strong="H2416" in|strong="H3478" Lebanon|strong="H3844" passed|strong="H5674" by|strong="H5674" the|strong="H5414" thornbush and|strong="H1121" trampled|strong="H7429" it|strong="H5414". 
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\verseNumber{11}But|strong="H3808" Amaziah|strong="H0558" refused|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3478" heed|strong="H8085" Jehoash’s|strong="H3060" message|strong="H1697". So|strong="H5927" he|strong="H1931" marched|strong="H5927" with|strong="H6440" his|strong="H8085" army|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3478" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" Israeli army|strong="H5927" at|strong="H3478" Beth-Shemesh|strong="H1053" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H1931"\+w*} in|strong="H3478" Judah|strong="H3063". 
\verseNumber{12}The|strong="H6440" Israeli army|strong="H2428" defeated|strong="H5062" the|strong="H6440" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H6440" Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H3063" all|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" soldiers|strong="H5650" of|strong="H6440" Judah|strong="H3063" fled|strong="H5127" and|strong="H3063" ran|strong="H5127" back|strong="H7725" home|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{13}Jehoash’s|strong="H3060" army|strong="H3389" also|strong="H3478" captured|strong="H8610" King|strong="H4428" Amaziah|strong="H0558" there|strong="H5704", and|strong="H3967" they|strong="H5704" also|strong="H3478" marched|strong="H5973" to|strong="H5704" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H3967" tore|strong="H6555" down|strong="H6555" the|strong="H5704" wall|strong="H2346" that|strong="H3478" was|strong="H3478" around|strong="H5439" the|strong="H5704" city|strong="H8179", from|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5704" Ephraim|strong="H0669" Gate|strong="H8179" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" Corner|strong="H6438" Gate|strong="H8179". That|strong="H3478" was|strong="H3478" a|strong="H3478" section|strong="H4060" that|strong="H3478" was|strong="H3478" about|strong="H4428" ◄200 yards|strong="H5439"/180 meters► long|strong="H5704". 
\verseNumber{14}Jehoash’s|strong="H3060" soldiers|strong="H1121" seized|strong="H3947" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" gold|strong="H2091" and|strong="H1121" silver|strong="H3701" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3068" found|strong="H4672", and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" utensils|strong="H3627" that|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004", and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" valuable|strong="H3368" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" palace|strong="H1004", and|strong="H1121" took|strong="H3947" them|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Samaria|strong="H8111". They|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" took|strong="H3947" to|strong="H7725" Samaria|strong="H8111" some|strong="H3605" prisoners|strong="H0615" whom|strong="H0834" they|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" captured|strong="H3947". 
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\verseNumber{15}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w If|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w want|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w about|strong="H5921"\+w*} all|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5921" other|strong="H0312" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3117" Jehoash|strong="H3060" did|strong="H6213" when|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" was|strong="H3478" king|strong="H4428", including|strong="H4428" when|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w his|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*} fought|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} King|strong="H4428" Amaziah|strong="H0558" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063", they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H3117" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" scroll|strong="H5612" called|strong="H7121" ‘The|strong="H5921" History|strong="H8435" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" Kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel’. 
\verseNumber{16}Jehoash|strong="H3060" died|strong="H4191" [EUP], and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3478" was|strong="H3478" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H3478" Samaria|strong="H8111", where|strong="H8478" the|strong="H8478" other|strong="H0312" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" had|strong="H3478" been|strong="H4427" buried|strong="H6912". Then|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3478" son|strong="H1121" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{#2} became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H8478" king|strong="H4428". 
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\verseNumber{17}Amaziah|strong="H0558", the|strong="H3060" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063", lived|strong="H2421" for|strong="H1121" 15 more|strong="H3254" years|strong="H8141" after|strong="H8141" Jehoash|strong="H3060", the|strong="H3060" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", died|strong="H4194". 
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\verseNumber{19}Some|strong="H8033" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" plotted|strong="H7451" against|strong="H5921" Amaziah|strong="H0558", so|strong="H7971" he|strong="H8033" fled|strong="H5127" to|strong="H4191" Lachish|strong="H3923" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. But|strong="H4191" they|strong="H8033" followed|strong="H0310" him|strong="H5921" there|strong="H8033" and|strong="H7971" killed|strong="H4191" him|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{20}They|strong="H5921" took|strong="H5375" his|strong="H5375" corpse|strong="H5038" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H3389" buried|strong="H6912" it|strong="H5921" where|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5375" ancestors|strong="H0001" had|strong="H1732" been|strong="H5375" buried|strong="H6912", in|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w part|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w called|strong="H7121"\+w*} ‘The|strong="H5921" City|strong="H5892" of|strong="H5892" David’. 
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\verseNumber{21}Then|strong="H3947" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" appointed|strong="H1121" Amaziah’s|strong="H0558" son|strong="H1121" Uzziah|strong="H1931", when|strong="H1121" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" 16 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121", to|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4427" 
\verseNumber{22}After|strong="H0310" his|strong="H7725" father|strong="H0001" died|strong="H4191", Uzziah’s|strong="H5818" workers|strong="H1129" captured|strong="H3920" Elath|strong="H0359" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H1931"\+w*}, and|strong="H3063" it|strong="H1931" came|strong="H7725" under|strong="H8478" the|strong="H7725" control|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" again|strong="H7725". 

\BibleSectionHeading{King|strong="H4428" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{#2} of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{King|strong="H4428" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{#2} of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" }
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\verseNumber{23}When|strong="H1121" Amaziah|strong="H0558" had|strong="H3478" been|strong="H4427" ruling|strong="H4910" Judah|strong="H3063" for|strong="H1121" almost|strong="H4592" 15 years|strong="H8141", Jeroboam|strong="H3379" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{#2} became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H3379" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478". He|strong="H2568" ruled|strong="H4427" in|strong="H8141" Samaria|strong="H8111" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} for|strong="H1121" 41 years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{24}He|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" many|strong="H3808" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" considered|strong="H2803" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3808" evil|strong="H7451". He|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" stop|strong="H5493" committing|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" same|strong="H1931" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H1121" sins|strong="H2403" that|strong="H3605" Jeroboam|strong="H3379", the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Nebat|strong="H5028", committed|strong="H6213", sins|strong="H2403" which|strong="H3068" led|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3478" sin|strong="H2403" also|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{25}His|strong="H3068" soldiers|strong="H5650" conquered|strong="H5221" again|strong="H7725" some|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3068" territory|strong="H1366" that|strong="H1931" had|strong="H3068" previously|strong="H8543" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1696" Israel|strong="H3478", from|strong="H7725" Hamath|strong="H2574" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H1931"\+w*} in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3068" north|strong="H6828" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3068" Dead|strong="H4191" Sea|strong="H3220" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3068" south|strong="H3220". That|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3068" Israelis worshiped|strong="H7812", promised|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3068" prophet|strong="H5030" Jonah|strong="H3124", the|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Amittai|strong="H0573", from|strong="H7725" Gath-Hepher|strong="H1662" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, would|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H1697". 
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\verseNumber{26}That|strong="H3588" happened|strong="H1961" because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* Israelis’ \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w* \+w were|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w causing|strong="H7462"\+w*} the|strong="H7200" Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* } suffer|strong="H5414" very|strong="H3966" much|strong="H3966". And|strong="H3478" there|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" absolutely|strong="H0657" no|strong="H7200" one|strong="H3588" [IDM] who|strong="H3068" would|strong="H3068" help|strong="H5826" them|strong="H7200". 
\verseNumber{27}But|strong="H3808" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" would|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" destroy|strong="H4229" Israel|strong="H3478" completely|strong="H3617", so|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3068" enabled|strong="H5414" King|strong="H4428" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{#2} to|strong="H1696" rescue|strong="H3467" them|strong="H3027". 
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\verseNumber{28}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w If|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w want|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w more|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w about|strong="H5921"\+w*} everything|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3605" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{#2} did|strong="H6213", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H5921"\+w*} his|strong="H3605" fighting|strong="H3898" courageously|strong="H2388" in|strong="H5921" battles|strong="H4421", and|strong="H3063" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H5921"\+w*} his|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{enabling \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* Israelis \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w*} capture|strong="H3920" again|strong="H7725" Damascus|strong="H1834" and|strong="H3063" Hamath|strong="H2574" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w*}, they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H3117" written|strong="H3789" [RHQ] in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" scroll|strong="H5612" called|strong="H7121" ‘The|strong="H3605" History|strong="H8435" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel’. 
\verseNumber{29}Jeroboam|strong="H3379" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{#2} died|strong="H4191" [EUP], \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w buried|strong="H6912"\+w* } where|strong="H8478" the|strong="H8478" other|strong="H0312" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w were|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w buried|strong="H6912"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3478" son|strong="H1121" Zechariah|strong="H2148" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H8478" king|strong="H4428". 

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\chapterNumber{15}After|strong="H8141" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{#2} had|strong="H3478" been|strong="H4427" ruling|strong="H4910" Israel|strong="H3478" for|strong="H1121" almost|strong="H4592" twenty-seven|strong="H6242" years|strong="H8141", Uzziah|strong="H5818", the|strong="H3379" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" King|strong="H4428" Amaziah|strong="H0558" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063", began|strong="H3063" to|strong="H3478" rule|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H8147" was|strong="H8034" 16 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1961" he|strong="H8147" started|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" rule|strong="H4427", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H8147" ruled|strong="H4427" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" for|strong="H8034" 52 years|strong="H8141". His|strong="H1961" mother|strong="H0517" was|strong="H8034" Jecoliah|strong="H3203", from|strong="H1121" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{3}He|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" pleased|strong="H5869" with|strong="H3068", like|strong="H6213" his|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" Amaziah|strong="H0558" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{4}But|strong="H7535", the|strong="H5493" places|strong="H1116" at|strong="H3808" the|strong="H5493" pagan|strong="H5869" shrines|strong="H1354" where|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3808" worshiped|strong="H7812" Yahweh|strong="H3068" were|strong="H5971" not|strong="H3808" destroyed|strong="H4229", and|strong="H5971" the|strong="H5493" people|strong="H5971" continued|strong="H5750" to|strong="H5971" burn|strong="H6999" incense|strong="H6999" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w honor|strong="H3519"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*} at|strong="H3808" those|strong="H1992" places|strong="H1116" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w instead|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5493"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*, \+w the|strong="H5493"\+w* \+w place|strong="H1116"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w had|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w appointed|strong="H4150"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{5}Yahweh|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H1961" Uzziah|strong="H5818" to|strong="H5704" become|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" leper|strong="H6879", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3117" was|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1961" leper|strong="H6879" for|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5921" rest|strong="H1961" of|strong="H1121" hiis life|strong="H3117". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w not|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w allowed|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w live|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w palace|strong="H1004"\+w*}. He|strong="H3117" lived|strong="H3427" alone|strong="H0905" in|strong="H3427" a|strong="H1961" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121" Jotham|strong="H3147" ruled|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" country|strong="H2022". 
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\verseNumber{6}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w If|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w want|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w about|strong="H5921"\+w*} everything|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3605" Uzziah|strong="H5818" did|strong="H6213", it|strong="H5921" is|strong="H3117" written|strong="H3789" [RHQ] in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" scroll|strong="H5612" called|strong="H7121" ‘The|strong="H3605" History|strong="H8435" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah’. 
\verseNumber{7}Uzziah|strong="H5818" died|strong="H4191" [EUP], and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H8478" buried|strong="H6912" him|strong="H4427" in|strong="H6912" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H8478"\+w* \+w part|strong="H7992"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w called|strong="H7121"\+w*} ‘The|strong="H8478" City|strong="H5892" of|strong="H1121" David’, where|strong="H8478" his|strong="H1732" ancestors|strong="H0001" had|strong="H1732" been|strong="H4427" buried|strong="H6912". Then|strong="H1732" his|strong="H1732" son|strong="H1121" Jotham|strong="H3147" oficially became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H8478" king|strong="H4427". 

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\verseNumber{8}After|strong="H5921" Uzziah|strong="H5818" had|strong="H3478" been|strong="H4427" ruling|strong="H4910" Judah|strong="H3063" for|strong="H5921" almost|strong="H4592" thirty-eight|strong="H7970" years|strong="H8141", Zechariah|strong="H2148", the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{#2}, became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478". He|strong="H8141" ruled|strong="H4427" in|strong="H5921" Samaria|strong="H8111" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} for|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="H0389"\+w*} six|strong="H8337" months|strong="H2320". 
\verseNumber{9}He|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" many|strong="H3808" things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" considered|strong="H2803" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3808" evil|strong="H7451", like|strong="H3478" his|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213". He|strong="H6213" committed|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" same|strong="H1931" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H1121" sins|strong="H2403" that|strong="H3068" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{#1} had|strong="H3068" committed|strong="H6213", sins|strong="H2403" which|strong="H3068" led|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" Israeli people|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3478" sin|strong="H2403". 
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\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="H1121" Shallum|strong="H7967", the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jabesh|strong="H3003", made|strong="H4427" plans|strong="H4284" to|strong="H4191" assassinate Zechariah|strong="H2148". He|strong="H5921" killed|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5921" at|strong="H5921" Ibleam|strong="H2991" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" then|strong="H1121" he|strong="H5921" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4427". 
\verseNumber{11}Everything|strong="H3605" else|strong="H5750" that|strong="H3117" Zechariah|strong="H2148" did|strong="H3478" is|strong="H3117" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" scroll|strong="H5612" called|strong="H7121" ‘The|strong="H5921" History|strong="H8435" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" Kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel’. 
\verseNumber{12}When|strong="H1961" Zechariah|strong="H2148" died|strong="H4191", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w ended|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w dynasty|strong="H3678"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w King|strong="H3678"\+w* \+w Jehu|strong="H3058"\+w*}. That|strong="H1931" fulfilled|strong="H1961" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" King|strong="H3678" Jehu|strong="H3058" would|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H1961": “Your|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" grandson|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" great-grandson and|strong="H1121" great-great-grandson will|strong="H3068" all|strong="H1697" be|strong="H1961" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478".” 

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\verseNumber{13}Shallum|strong="H7967", the|strong="H3117" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jabesh|strong="H3003", became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H3117" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" after|strong="H3117" King|strong="H4428" Uzziah|strong="H5818" had|strong="H4428" been|strong="H4427" ruling|strong="H4910" Judah|strong="H3063" for|strong="H3117" almost|strong="H3117" thirty-nine years|strong="H8141". But|strong="H3117" Shallum|strong="H7967" ruled|strong="H4427" in|strong="H8141" Samaria|strong="H8111" for|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="H0389"\+w*} one|strong="H1121" month|strong="H3391". 
\verseNumber{14}Then|strong="H5927" Menahem|strong="H4505", the|strong="H5221" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Gadi|strong="H1424", went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" from|strong="H5927" Tirzah|strong="H8656" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} to|strong="H4191" Samaria|strong="H8111" and|strong="H1121" assassinated|strong="H4191" Shallum|strong="H7967". Then|strong="H5927" Menahem|strong="H4505" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H5221" king|strong="H4427" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478". 
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\verseNumber{15}Everything|strong="H3605" else|strong="H5750" that|strong="H3117" Shallum|strong="H7967" did|strong="H3478", including|strong="H4428" his|strong="H5921" killing|strong="H2026" King|strong="H4428" Zechariah|strong="H2148", is|strong="H3117" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" scroll|strong="H5612" called|strong="H7121" ‘The|strong="H5921" History|strong="H8435" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" Kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel’. 
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\verseNumber{16}While|strong="H3588" Menahem|strong="H4505" was|strong="H1366" ruling|strong="H4910" in|strong="H3808" Samaria|strong="H8111", he|strong="H3588" completely|strong="H3605" destroyed|strong="H5221" Tappuah|strong="H8599" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w village|strong="H1949"\+w* \+w south|strong="H5045"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1366"\+w* \+w Samaria|strong="H8111"\+w*} and|strong="H5221" killed|strong="H5221" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3808" who|strong="H3605" lived|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3605" and|strong="H5221" in|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3605" surrounding|strong="H5439" territory|strong="H1366". He|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3588" because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3808" in|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3588" city|strong="H5892" refused|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3808" surrender|strong="H6605" to|strong="H3808" him|strong="H5221". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w With|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w sword|strong="H2719"\+w*} he|strong="H3588" even|strong="H3588" ripped|strong="H1234" open|strong="H6605" the|strong="H3605" bellies of|strong="H1366" pregnant|strong="H2030" women|strong="H2030". 

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\verseNumber{17}When|strong="H1121" King|strong="H4428" Azariah|strong="H5838" had|strong="H3478" been|strong="H4427" ruling|strong="H4910" Judah|strong="H3063" for|strong="H5921" almost|strong="H4592" thirty-nine years|strong="H8141", Menahem|strong="H4505", the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Gadi|strong="H1424", became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478". He|strong="H8141" ruled|strong="H4427" in|strong="H5921" Samaria|strong="H8111" for|strong="H5921" ten|strong="H6235" years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{18}He|strong="H3117" did|strong="H6213" many|strong="H3808" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" considered|strong="H2803" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3808" evil|strong="H7451". He|strong="H3117" committed|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" same|strong="H1931" kinds|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" sins|strong="H2403" that|strong="H3605" King|strong="H5921" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{#1} had|strong="H3068" committed|strong="H6213", sins|strong="H2403" that|strong="H3605" led|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" sin|strong="H2403". He|strong="H3117" continued|strong="H5674" to|strong="H3478" commit|strong="H6213" those|strong="H3605" sins|strong="H2403" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" rest|strong="H5117" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" life|strong="H3117". 
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\verseNumber{19}Then|strong="H1961" King|strong="H4428" Tiglath-Pileser|strong="H8407" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" came|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w his|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*} to|strong="H1961" attack|strong="H5221" Israel|strong="H3478". So|strong="H1961" Menahem|strong="H4505" gave|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" ◄thirty-eight|strong="H7970" tons/35,000 kg.► of|strong="H4428" silver|strong="H3701" in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H3027" that|strong="H5414" Tiglath-Pileser|strong="H8407" would|strong="H4428" help|strong="H2388" Menahem|strong="H4505" to|strong="H1961" continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H3701" rule|strong="H3027" his|strong="H5414" country|strong="H3603" more|strong="H5921" strongly|strong="H2388". 
\verseNumber{20}Menahem|strong="H4505" obtained|strong="H5375" that|strong="H3605" money|strong="H3701" from|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3605" rich|strong="H6223" men|strong="H1368" in|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478". He|strong="H8033" compelled|strong="H5080" each|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4428" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H7725" contribute|strong="H5414" 50 pieces|strong="H8255" of|strong="H4428" silver|strong="H3701". So|strong="H5414" Tiglath-Pileser|strong="H8407" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w took|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w money|strong="H3701"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3478"\+w*} went|strong="H3318" back|strong="H7725" home|strong="H7725". 
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\verseNumber{21}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w If|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w want|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w more|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w about|strong="H5921"\+w*} everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" Menahem|strong="H4505" did|strong="H6213", it|strong="H5921" is|strong="H3117" written|strong="H3789" [RHQ] in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" scroll|strong="H5612" called|strong="H7121" ‘The|strong="H3605" History|strong="H8435" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel’. 
\verseNumber{22}Menahem|strong="H4505" died|strong="H4191" [EUP] and|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" buried|strong="H6912", and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H8478" son|strong="H1121" Pekahiah|strong="H6494" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H8478" king|strong="H4427" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478". 

\BibleSectionHeading{King|strong="H4427" Pekahiah|strong="H6494" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" }

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\verseNumber{23}When|strong="H1121" King|strong="H4428" Uzziah|strong="H5818" had|strong="H3478" been|strong="H4427" ruling|strong="H4910" Judah|strong="H3063" for|strong="H5921" almost|strong="H4592" 50 years|strong="H8141", Menahem’s|strong="H4505" son|strong="H1121" Pekahiah|strong="H6494" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478". He|strong="H8141" ruled|strong="H4427" in|strong="H8141" Samaria|strong="H8111" for|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="H0389"\+w*} two|strong="H4427" years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{24}He|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" many|strong="H3808" things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" considered|strong="H2803" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3808" evil|strong="H7451". He|strong="H6213" committed|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" same|strong="H1931" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H1121" sins|strong="H2403" that|strong="H3068" King|strong="H4428" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{#1} had|strong="H3068" committed|strong="H6213", sins|strong="H2403" which|strong="H3068" led|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" sin|strong="H2403". 
\verseNumber{25}Then|strong="H4428" one|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Pekahiah’s army|strong="H2428" commanders|strong="H8269" whose|strong="H1121" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H4428" Pekah|strong="H6492", the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Remaliah|strong="H7425", planned|strong="H3289" with|strong="H5973" 50 men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w*} Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*} to|strong="H4191" kill|strong="H4191" Pekahiah|strong="H5973". They|strong="H5921" assassinated|strong="H4191" him|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5221" fortified|strong="H1219" place|strong="H8478" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" king’s|strong="H4428" palace|strong="H1004" in|strong="H5921" Samaria|strong="H8111". Then|strong="H4428" Pekah|strong="H6492" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428". 
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\verseNumber{26}Everything|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" Pekahiah|strong="H6494" did|strong="H6213" is|strong="H3117" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" scroll|strong="H5612" called|strong="H7121" ‘The|strong="H3605" History|strong="H8435" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel’. 

\BibleSectionHeading{King|strong="H4428" Pekah|strong="H6492" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" }

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\verseNumber{27}When|strong="H1121" King|strong="H4428" Uzziah|strong="H5818" had|strong="H3478" been|strong="H4427" ruling|strong="H4910" Judah|strong="H3063" for|strong="H5921" almost|strong="H4592" 52 years|strong="H8141", Pekah|strong="H6492", the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Remaliah|strong="H7425", became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478". He|strong="H8147" ruled|strong="H4427" in|strong="H5921" Samaria|strong="H8111" for|strong="H5921" 20 years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{28}He|strong="H6213" also|strong="H3068" did|strong="H6213" many|strong="H3808" things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" considered|strong="H2803" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3808" evil|strong="H7451". He|strong="H6213" committed|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" same|strong="H4480" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H1121" sins|strong="H2403" that|strong="H3068" King|strong="H4428" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{#1} had|strong="H3068" committed|strong="H6213", sins|strong="H2403" that|strong="H3068" led|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" sin|strong="H2403". 
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\verseNumber{29}While|strong="H3117" Pekah|strong="H6492" was|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", Tiglath-Pileser|strong="H8407", the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804", came|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* } and|strong="H3478" captured|strong="H3947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} Ijon|strong="H5859", Abel-Beth-Maacah|strong="H0062", Janoah|strong="H3239", Kedesh|strong="H6943", Hazor|strong="H2674", and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" regions|strong="H2506" of|strong="H4428" Gilead|strong="H1568", Galilee|strong="H1551", and|strong="H3478" Naphtali|strong="H5321". His|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428" forced|strong="H4522" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H3478" leave|strong="H5800" their|strong="H3605" country|strong="H2022" and|strong="H3478" go|strong="H1540" to|strong="H3478" live|strong="H3117" in|strong="H3478" Assyria|strong="H0804". 
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\verseNumber{30}Then|strong="H1121" Hoshea|strong="H1954", the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Elah|strong="H0425", plotted|strong="H7451" to|strong="H4191" kill|strong="H4191" Pekah|strong="H6492". He|strong="H5921" assassinated|strong="H4191" him|strong="H5921" when|strong="H1121" Uzziah’s|strong="H5818" son|strong="H1121" Jotham|strong="H3147" had|strong="H5818" been|strong="H4427" ruling|strong="H4910" Judah|strong="H3063" for|strong="H5921" almost|strong="H4592" 20 years|strong="H8141". Then|strong="H1121" Hoshea|strong="H1954" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4427" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478". 
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\verseNumber{31}Everything|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" Pekah|strong="H6492" did|strong="H6213" is|strong="H3117" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" scroll|strong="H5612" called|strong="H7121" ‘The|strong="H3605" History|strong="H8435" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel’. 

\BibleSectionHeading{King|strong="H4428" Jotham|strong="H3147" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{King|strong="H4428" Jotham|strong="H3147" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" }
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\verseNumber{32}When|strong="H1121" Pekah|strong="H6492" had|strong="H3478" been|strong="H4427" ruling|strong="H4910" Israel|strong="H3478" for|strong="H1121" almost|strong="H4592" two|strong="H8147" years|strong="H8141", Uzziah’s|strong="H5818" son|strong="H1121" Jotham|strong="H3147" began|strong="H3063" to|strong="H3478" rule|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063". 
\verseNumber{33}He|strong="H2568" was|strong="H8034" 25 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1961" he|strong="H2568" started|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" rule|strong="H4427", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H2568" ruled|strong="H4427" from|strong="H1121" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" for|strong="H8034" 16 years|strong="H8141". His|strong="H1961" mother|strong="H0517" was|strong="H8034" Jerusha|strong="H3388", the|strong="H1961" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" Zadok|strong="H6659". 
\verseNumber{34}He|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" many|strong="H7227" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" pleased|strong="H5869" Yahweh|strong="H3068", like|strong="H6213" his|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" Uzziah|strong="H5818" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{35}But|strong="H7535" he|strong="H1931" did|strong="H5971" not|strong="H3808" destroy|strong="H7843" the|strong="H3068" places|strong="H1116" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" tops|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1004" hills|strong="H1389" where|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" worshiped|strong="H7812" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*}, and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" continued|strong="H5750" to|strong="H3068" burn|strong="H6999" incense|strong="H6999" there|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w honor|strong="H3519"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*}. Jotham’s|strong="H3147" workers|strong="H1129" built|strong="H1129" the|strong="H3068" Upper|strong="H5945" Gate|strong="H8179" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004". 
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\verseNumber{36}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w If|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w want|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w more|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w about|strong="H5921"\+w*} everything|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3117" Jotham|strong="H3147" did|strong="H6213", it|strong="H5921" is|strong="H3117" written|strong="H3789" [RHQ] in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" scroll|strong="H5612" called|strong="H7121" ‘The|strong="H5921" History|strong="H8435" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" Kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah’. 
\verseNumber{37}It|strong="H7971" was|strong="H3068" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3068" time|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" Jotham|strong="H3147" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428" that|strong="H3117" Yahweh|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7971" King|strong="H4428" Rezin|strong="H7526" of|strong="H1121" Syria|strong="H0758" and|strong="H1121" King|strong="H4428" Pekah|strong="H6492" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w armies|strong="H6635"\+w*} to|strong="H3068" attack|strong="H5221" Judah|strong="H3063". 
\verseNumber{38}Jotham|strong="H3147" died|strong="H4191" [EUP] and|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1732" buried|strong="H6912" where|strong="H8478" his|strong="H1732" ancestors|strong="H0001" had|strong="H1732" been|strong="H4427" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H6912" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H8478"\+w* \+w part|strong="H7992"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w called|strong="H7121"\+w*} ‘The|strong="H8478" City|strong="H5892" of|strong="H1121" David’. Then|strong="H1732" his|strong="H1732" son|strong="H1121" Ahaz|strong="H0271" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H8478" king|strong="H4427" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063". 

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\chapterNumber{16}When|strong="H1121" Pekah|strong="H6492" had|strong="H4428" been|strong="H4427" ruling|strong="H4910" Israel|strong="H3478" for|strong="H1121" almost|strong="H4592" 17 years|strong="H8141", Ahaz|strong="H0271", the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jotham|strong="H3147", became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H1121" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063". 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H6213" was|strong="H3068" 20 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H6213" he|strong="H6213" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H6213" king|strong="H4427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*}. He|strong="H6213" ruled|strong="H4427" from|strong="H1121" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" for|strong="H6213" 16 years|strong="H8141". He|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" things|strong="H8337" that|strong="H3068" pleased|strong="H5869" Yahweh|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", good|strong="H5869" things|strong="H8337" like|strong="H3808" his|strong="H3068" ancestor King|strong="H4427" David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{3}Instead|strong="H8478", he|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" as|strong="H1571" sinful|strong="H2400" as|strong="H1571" the|strong="H6440" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H5674". He|strong="H3068" even|strong="H1571" sacrificed|strong="H2076" his|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121" as|strong="H1571" an|strong="H6440" offering|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3478" idols|strong="H1544". That|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" worse|strong="H6440" than|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" disgusting|strong="H8441" things|strong="H8441" that|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H1471" who|strong="H3068" previously|strong="H6440" lived|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H3478", people|strong="H1471" whom|strong="H6440" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" expelled|strong="H3423" as|strong="H1571" the|strong="H6440" Israelis were|strong="H3478" advancing|strong="H1980" through|strong="H5674" the|strong="H6440" land|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{4}Ahaz|strong="H0271" offered|strong="H2076" sacrifices|strong="H6999" and|strong="H6086" burned|strong="H6999" incense|strong="H6999" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w honor|strong="H3519"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*} on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" tops|strong="H7218" of|strong="H6086" many|strong="H7227" hills|strong="H1389" and|strong="H6086" under|strong="H8478" many|strong="H7227" [HYP] big|strong="H0931" trees|strong="H6086", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w instead|strong="H8478"\+w* \+w of|strong="H6086"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w as|strong="H8478"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w commanded|strong="H6680"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{5}While|strong="H5921" he|strong="H3808" was|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063", King|strong="H4428" Rezin|strong="H7526" of|strong="H1121" Assyria|strong="H0804" and|strong="H1121" King|strong="H4428" Pekah|strong="H6492" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w came|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w with|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w their|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w armies|strong="H3808"\+w*} and|strong="H1121" attacked|strong="H5927" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". They|strong="H3808" surrounded|strong="H5437" the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892", but|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3808" could|strong="H3201" not|strong="H3808" conquer|strong="H3898" it|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{6}At|strong="H3427" that|strong="H3117" time|strong="H6256" the|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w army|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3117"\+w*} king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Edom|strong="H0112" expelled|strong="H3423" the|strong="H3117" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3064" who|strong="H1931" were|strong="H3117" living|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Elath|strong="H0359" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H1931"\+w*}. Some|strong="H8033" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3117" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H4428" Edom|strong="H0112" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H5704" live|strong="H3427" there|strong="H8033", and|strong="H7725" they|strong="H3117" are|strong="H3117" still|strong="H3427" living|strong="H3427" there|strong="H8033". 
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\verseNumber{7}King|strong="H4428" Ahaz|strong="H0271" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="H3478" King|strong="H4428" Tiglath-Pileser|strong="H8407" of|strong="H1121" Assyria|strong="H0804", to|strong="H3478" tell|strong="H5046" this|strong="H5927" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3478" him|strong="H5921": “I|strong="H5921" promise|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3478" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H4428" completely|strong="H3617" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H5927" you|strong="H7971" tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3478" do|strong="H6213", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} I|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w was|strong="H3478"\+w*} your|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121". Please|strong="H4994" come|strong="H5927" and|strong="H1121" rescue|strong="H3467" us|strong="H5921" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H1121" Syria|strong="H0758" and|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" who|strong="H1121" are|strong="H1121" attacking|strong="H5221" my|strong="H5921" country|strong="H2022".” 
\verseNumber{8}Ahaz|strong="H0271" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H3068" gold|strong="H2091" that|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3947" palace|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3947" temple|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7971" it|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3068" Assyria|strong="H0804" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3947" present|strong="H4672"/gift|strong="H7810" for|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3947" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804". 
\verseNumber{9}So|strong="H5927" Tiglath-Pileser|strong="H8407" did|strong="H6213" what|strong="H8085" Ahaz|strong="H0271" requested|strong="H7592". His|strong="H8085" army|strong="H5927" marched|strong="H5927" to|strong="H4191" Damascus|strong="H1834" and|strong="H4428" captured|strong="H8610" it|strong="H5927", and|strong="H4428" they|strong="H1540" took|strong="H8610" the|strong="H8085" people|strong="H8085" of|strong="H4428" Damascus|strong="H1834" as|strong="H5927" prisoners|strong="H0615" to|strong="H4191" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H8085" capital|strong="H5927" city|strong="H5892" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804", and|strong="H4428" executed|strong="H4191" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="H4428"\+w*} Rezin|strong="H7526". 
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\verseNumber{10}When|strong="H7200" King|strong="H4428" Ahaz|strong="H0271" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" Damascus|strong="H1834" to|strong="H3212" meet|strong="H7125" King|strong="H4428" Tiglath-Pileser|strong="H8407", he|strong="H3605" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196" that|strong="H7200" was|strong="H4428" there|strong="H3605". So|strong="H7971" he|strong="H3605" sent|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3212" Uriah|strong="H0223", the|strong="H3605" Supreme Priest|strong="H3548" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*}, a|strong="H7971" drawing|strong="H5472" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196" and|strong="H7971" a|strong="H7971" model|strong="H8403" that|strong="H7200" was|strong="H4428" exactly|strong="H3605" like|strong="H1823" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196" in|strong="H4428" Damascus|strong="H1834". 
\verseNumber{11}So|strong="H3651" Uriah|strong="H0223" built|strong="H1129" an|strong="H1129" altar|strong="H4196" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*}, following|strong="H0310" the|strong="H3605" drawing|strong="H5472" that|strong="H3605" King|strong="H4428" Ahaz|strong="H0271" had|strong="H4428" sent|strong="H7971". Uriah|strong="H0223" finished|strong="H3615" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196" before|strong="H5704" Ahaz|strong="H0271" returned|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*} from|strong="H7971" Damascus|strong="H1834". 
\verseNumber{12}When|strong="H7200" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" returned|strong="H5927" from|strong="H5921" Damascus|strong="H1834", he|strong="H5921" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196". He|strong="H5921" went|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" it|strong="H5921" 
\verseNumber{13}and|strong="H4196" burned|strong="H6999" animal|strong="H0929" sacrifices|strong="H6999" and|strong="H4196" a|strong="H5921" grain|strong="H6999" offering|strong="H4503" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921". He|strong="H5921" also|strong="H1571" poured|strong="H5258" a|strong="H5921" wine|strong="H3196" offering|strong="H4503" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921" and|strong="H4196" threw|strong="H2236" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" blood|strong="H1818" of|strong="H4196" the|strong="H5921" offerings|strong="H8002" to|strong="H5921" maintain|strong="H6213" fellowship|strong="H2266" with|strong="H5921" God|strong="H0430". 
\verseNumber{14}The|strong="H6440" old|strong="H6440" bronze|strong="H5178" altar|strong="H4196" which|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3068" dedicated|strong="H5414" long|strong="H6440" ago|strong="H7350" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" between|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" new|strong="H2319" altar|strong="H4196" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" temple|strong="H1004", so|strong="H5414" Ahaz|strong="H0271" moved|strong="H4131" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" north|strong="H6828" side|strong="H3409" of|strong="H1004" his|strong="H5414" new|strong="H2319" altar|strong="H4196", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w bigger|strong="H1419"\+w* \+w than|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w old|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{15}Then|strong="H1961" King|strong="H4428" Ahaz|strong="H0271" ordered|strong="H6680" Uriah|strong="H0223": “Each|strong="H3605" morning|strong="H1242" put|strong="H6680" on|strong="H5921" this|strong="H5971" new|strong="H2319" altar|strong="H4196" the|strong="H3605" sacrifices|strong="H2077" that|strong="H5971" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" completely|strong="H3605" burned|strong="H6999", and|strong="H4428" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" evening|strong="H6153" put|strong="H6680" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" grain|strong="H3605" offering|strong="H4503", along|strong="H5921" with|strong="H5921" my|strong="H3605" offering|strong="H4503" and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" offerings|strong="H5930" that|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" bring|strong="H1961", ones|strong="H1419" that|strong="H5971" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" completely|strong="H3605" burned|strong="H6999", and|strong="H4428" my|strong="H3605" grain|strong="H3605" offering|strong="H4503" and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" people’s|strong="H5971" grain|strong="H3605" and|strong="H4428" wine|strong="H3196" offerings|strong="H5930". Pour|strong="H8210" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" sides|strong="H3411" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196" the|strong="H3605" blood|strong="H1818" of|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" animals|strong="H1961" that|strong="H5971" are|strong="H5971" sacrificed|strong="H2076". But|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" old|strong="H1419" bronze|strong="H5178" altar|strong="H4196" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" only|strong="H3605" for|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1961" use|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" find|strong="H4672" out|strong="H5921" what|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068" wants|strong="H2656" me|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1961" do|strong="H6680".” 
\verseNumber{16}So|strong="H6213" Uriah|strong="H0223" did|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" commanded|strong="H6680" him|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{17}King|strong="H4428" Ahaz|strong="H0271" told|strong="H5046" his|strong="H5414" workers|strong="H6466" to|strong="H3381" take|strong="H5493" off|strong="H7112" the|strong="H5921" frames|strong="H4526" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" carts|strong="H5699" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1241"\+w* \+w outside|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w*} and|strong="H4428" to|strong="H3381" take|strong="H5493" down|strong="H3381" the|strong="H5921" basins|strong="H4350" that|strong="H5414" were|strong="H1241" on|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5414". They|strong="H5921" also|strong="H4428" took|strong="H5493" down|strong="H3381" the|strong="H5921" bronze|strong="H5178" tank from|strong="H5493" the|strong="H5921" backs|strong="H6203" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" bronze|strong="H5178" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w statues|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w*} oxen|strong="H1241" and|strong="H4428" put|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" on|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5414" stone|strong="H0068" foundation|strong="H4350". 
\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H4428" to|strong="H3068" please|strong="H4994" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804", Ahaz|strong="H0271" had|strong="H3068" them|strong="H6440" remove|strong="H5437" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" temple|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6440" roof|strong="H1406" under|strong="H1004" which|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H5971" walked|strong="H1980" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H6440" temple|strong="H1004" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" Sabbath|strong="H7676" Day|strong="H3117", and|strong="H3068" closed|strong="H5462" up|strong="H1129" the|strong="H6440" private|strong="H7023" entrance|strong="H3996" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H6440" temple|strong="H1004" for|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063". 
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\verseNumber{19}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w If|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w want|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w about|strong="H5921"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" other|strong="H0312" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3117" Ahaz|strong="H0271" did|strong="H6213", they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H3117" written|strong="H3789" [RHQ] in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" scroll|strong="H5612" called|strong="H7121" ‘The|strong="H5921" History|strong="H8435" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" Kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah’. 
\verseNumber{20}Ahaz|strong="H0271" died|strong="H4191" [EUP], and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H1732" was|strong="H1732" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H6912" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H8478"\+w* \+w part|strong="H7992"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w called|strong="H7121"\+w*} ‘The|strong="H8478" City|strong="H5892" of|strong="H1121" David’, where|strong="H8478" his|strong="H1732" ancestors|strong="H0001" had|strong="H1732" been|strong="H4427" buried|strong="H6912". Then|strong="H1732" his|strong="H1732" son|strong="H1121" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H8478" king|strong="H4427". 

\BibleSectionHeading{When Hoshea ruled Israel }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{When Hoshea ruled Israel }
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\chapterNumber{17}Elah’s son|strong="H1121" Hoshea|strong="H1954" began|strong="H3063" to|strong="H3478" rule|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" after|strong="H5921" King|strong="H4428" Ahaz|strong="H0271" had|strong="H3478" ruled|strong="H4427" Judah|strong="H3063" for|strong="H5921" twelve|strong="H8147" years|strong="H8141". Hoshea|strong="H1954" ruled|strong="H4427" in|strong="H5921" Samaria|strong="H8111" for|strong="H5921" nine|strong="H8672" years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" many|strong="H3808" things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" considered|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1961" evil|strong="H7451", but|strong="H7535" he|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" as|strong="H1961" many|strong="H3808" evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H7451" as|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6440" previous|strong="H7223" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{3}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w army|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} King|strong="H4428" Shalmaneser|strong="H8022" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" attacked|strong="H5927" and|strong="H7725" defeated|strong="H5221" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w army|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} King|strong="H4428" Hoshea|strong="H1954". As|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" result|strong="H6903", the|strong="H5921" Israelis were|strong="H1961" forced|strong="H4522" to|strong="H7725" pay|strong="H7725" a|strong="H1961" lot|strong="H1486" of|strong="H4428" tribute|strong="H4503"/taxes|strong="H4061" to|strong="H7725" Assyria|strong="H0804" each|strong="H0376" year|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{4}But|strong="H3808" several|strong="H2669" years|strong="H8141" later|strong="H0310", Hoshea|strong="H1954" secretly|strong="H5643" planned|strong="H3289" to|strong="H7971" rebel|strong="H4775" against|strong="H5927" the|strong="H7971" rulers|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804". He|strong="H1004" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="H7971" So|strong="H7971"/Osorkon, the|strong="H7971" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Egypt|strong="H4714", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w asking|strong="H7592"\+w* \+w if|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w his|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w army|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w could|strong="H6113"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5826"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7971"\+w* Israelis \+w fight|strong="H3898"\+w* \+w against|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w army|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Assyria|strong="H0804"\+w*}. Hoshea|strong="H1954" also|strong="H4428" stopped|strong="H6113" paying|strong="H1576" the|strong="H7971" tribute|strong="H4503"/taxes|strong="H4061" that|strong="H4397" he|strong="H1004" had|strong="H4428" been|strong="H3808" paying|strong="H1576" to|strong="H7971" Assyria|strong="H0804" every|strong="H5927" year|strong="H8141". But|strong="H3808" the|strong="H7971" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" found|strong="H4672" out|strong="H7971" about|strong="H4428" those|strong="H1992" things|strong="H3808", so|strong="H7971" he|strong="H1004" told|strong="H5046" his|strong="H7971" officers|strong="H7860" to|strong="H7971" put|strong="H7971" Hoshea|strong="H1954" in|strong="H8141" prison|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H4428" he|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w brought|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w army|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} Assyria|strong="H0804" to|strong="H5927" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H4428" they|strong="H5921" attacked|strong="H5927" everywhere|strong="H3605" in|strong="H8141" that|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776". His|strong="H3605" army|strong="H5927" surrounded|strong="H5437" Samaria|strong="H8111" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} for|strong="H5921" three|strong="H7969" years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{6}Finally|strong="H5704", after|strong="H8141" King|strong="H4428" Hoshea|strong="H1954" had|strong="H3478" been|strong="H1961" ruling|strong="H3427" Israel|strong="H3478" for|strong="H3427" nine|strong="H8672" years|strong="H8141", the|strong="H3920" army|strong="H3427" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" [MTY] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{forcefully \+w entered|strong="H0935"\+w*} the|strong="H3920" city|strong="H5892" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3478"\+w*} captured|strong="H3920" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3920"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3427"\+w*}. They|strong="H8141" took|strong="H3920" the|strong="H3920" Israeli people|strong="H3427" to|strong="H3478" Assyria|strong="H0804" and|strong="H3478" forced|strong="H4522" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4428" them|strong="H1540" to|strong="H3478" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Halah|strong="H2477" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H5892"\+w*}. They|strong="H8141" forced|strong="H4522" others|strong="H1540" to|strong="H3478" live|strong="H3427" near|strong="H3920" the|strong="H3920" Habor|strong="H2249" River|strong="H5104" in|strong="H3427" Gozan|strong="H1470" district|strong="H6418". They|strong="H8141" forced|strong="H4522" others|strong="H1540" to|strong="H3478" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3920" towns|strong="H5892" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3920" Mede|strong="H4075" people-group lived|strong="H3427". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H3920" reason|strong="H6440" that|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3920" Israelis were|strong="H3478" defeated|strong="H5221" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{The|strong="H3920" reason|strong="H6440" that|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3920" Israelis were|strong="H3478" defeated|strong="H5221" }
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\verseNumber{7}Those|strong="H1121" things|strong="H3372" happened|strong="H1961" because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" Israeli people|strong="H1121" had|strong="H3068" sinned|strong="H2398" against|strong="H5927" Yahweh|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068". He|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3068" rescued|strong="H5337" their|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w ancestors|strong="H0001"\+w*} from|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3588" power|strong="H3027" [MTY] of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Egypt|strong="H4714" and|strong="H1121" brought|strong="H5927" them|strong="H3027" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w safely|strong="H0983"\+w*} out|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" Egypt|strong="H4714", but|strong="H3588" later|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3588" began|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" worship|strong="H3372" other|strong="H0312" gods|strong="H0430". 
\verseNumber{8}They|strong="H3068" imitated the|strong="H6440" things|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" heathen|strong="H1471"/pagan|strong="H5869" people-groups did|strong="H6213". Those|strong="H1121" were|strong="H3478" the|strong="H6440" groups|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" expelled|strong="H3423" as|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6440" Israelis occupied|strong="H6213" their|strong="H3068" land|strong="H6440". The|strong="H6440" Israeli people|strong="H1471" also|strong="H3068" did|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6440" evil|strong="H6213" things|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" ◄introduced|strong="H6213"/showed|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3478" them|strong="H6440"►. 
\verseNumber{9}The|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121" also|strong="H3068" secretly|strong="H2644" did|strong="H3478" many|strong="H5704" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" pleasing|strong="H2896" to|strong="H5704" Yahweh|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068". They|strong="H3651" built|strong="H1129" shrines|strong="H1354" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w idols|strong="H1544"\+w*} in|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892", including|strong="H5704" small|strong="H6996" towns|strong="H5892" and|strong="H1121" big|strong="H0931" cities|strong="H5892" with|strong="H3068" walls|strong="H2346" around|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{10}They|strong="H5921" set|strong="H5324" up|strong="H5324" stone|strong="H0068" pillars|strong="H4676" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w honor|strong="H3519"\+w* \+w gods|strong="H0430"\+w*}, and|strong="H6086" poles|strong="H0905" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w goddess|strong="H0430"\+w*} Asherah|strong="H0842" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" top|strong="H5921" of|strong="H6086" every|strong="H3605" high|strong="H1364" hill|strong="H1389" and|strong="H6086" under|strong="H8478" every|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w big|strong="H0931"\+w*} tree|strong="H6086". 
\verseNumber{11}The|strong="H3605" Israelis burned|strong="H6999" incense|strong="H6999" in|strong="H3068" every|strong="H3605" place|strong="H1116" where|strong="H8033" they|strong="H8033" worshiped|strong="H7812" those|strong="H3605" gods|strong="H0430", just|strong="H1697" like|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" people-groups who|strong="H3605" lived|strong="H3427" there|strong="H8033" previously|strong="H6440" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213"—the|strong="H3605" groups|strong="H7218" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" expelled|strong="H3423" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H6440". The|strong="H3605" Israelis did|strong="H6213" many|strong="H7227" wicked|strong="H7451" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3605" caused|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" become|strong="H6213" angry|strong="H3707". 
\verseNumber{12}Yahweh|strong="H3068" warned|strong="H2094" them|strong="H6213" many|strong="H3808" times|strong="H6471" that|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" should|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" worship|strong="H5647" idols|strong="H1544", but|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3068" did|strong="H6213" it|strong="H6213" anyway. 
\verseNumber{13}Yahweh|strong="H3068" frequently sent|strong="H7971" his|strong="H3605" prophets|strong="H5030" and|strong="H3063" ◄seers|strong="H2374"/those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" saw|strong="H3063" visions|strong="H2376" from|strong="H7725" Yahweh|strong="H3068"► to|strong="H7725" warn|strong="H5749" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3063" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063". The|strong="H3605" message|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H6680" them|strong="H7725" was|strong="H3068", “Turn|strong="H7725" away|strong="H7971" from|strong="H7725" all|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3068" evil|strong="H7451" behavior|strong="H3027". Obey|strong="H8104" my|strong="H8104" commands|strong="H6680" and|strong="H3063" my|strong="H8104" laws|strong="H8451", the|strong="H3605" laws|strong="H8451" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H6680" told|strong="H6680" your|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w obey|strong="H8104"\+w*} and|strong="H3063" which|strong="H3068" I|strong="H6680" told|strong="H6680" the|strong="H3605" prophets|strong="H5030" who|strong="H3605" served|strong="H5647" me|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7725" tell|strong="H3605" to|strong="H7725" you|strong="H6680" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w again|strong="H7725"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{14}But|strong="H3808" the|strong="H8085" Israeli people|strong="H3808" would|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" pay|strong="H8085" attention|strong="H8085". They|strong="H3068" were|strong="H3068" stubborn|strong="H7185" [IDM] just|strong="H3512" like|strong="H3808" their|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" were|strong="H3068". Just|strong="H3512" like|strong="H3808" their|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" did|strong="H3068", they|strong="H3068" refused|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3068" believe|strong="H0539" in|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{15}They|strong="H3068" rejected|strong="H3988" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" laws|strong="H5715" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" agreement|strong="H1285" that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H6213" had|strong="H3068" made|strong="H6213" with|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001". They|strong="H3068" ignored|strong="H6313" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" warnings|strong="H5715". They|strong="H3068" worshiped|strong="H7812" worthless|strong="H1892" idols|strong="H1892" and|strong="H3068" as|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" result|strong="H6903" they|strong="H3068" themselves|strong="H6213" became|strong="H1891" worthless|strong="H1892". Although|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" them|strong="H6213" not|strong="H1115" to|strong="H3068" imitate|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" evil|strong="H6213" behavior|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" people-groups that|strong="H3068" lived|strong="H3427" near|strong="H7126" them|strong="H6213", they|strong="H3068" disobeyed|strong="H6963" that|strong="H3068" command|strong="H6680". 
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\verseNumber{16}The|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5800" disobeyed|strong="H6963" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" commands|strong="H4687". They|strong="H3068" made|strong="H6213" two|strong="H8147" metal|strong="H6213" calves|strong="H5695" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w*}. They|strong="H3068" set|strong="H6213" up|strong="H6213" two|strong="H8147" poles|strong="H0905" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w goddess|strong="H0430"\+w*} Asherah|strong="H0842", and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" worshiped|strong="H7812" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w god|strong="H3068"\+w*} Baal|strong="H1168", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" sun|strong="H8121", the|strong="H3605" moon|strong="H3394", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" stars|strong="H3556". 
\verseNumber{17}They|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" burned|strong="H8313" their|strong="H3068" own|strong="H5869" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" daughters|strong="H1323" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" sacrifices|strong="H2077" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w those|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w gods|strong="H0430"\+w*}. They|strong="H3068" went|strong="H5674" to|strong="H3068" fortune-tellers|strong="H6049" and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3068" practiced|strong="H6213" sorcery|strong="H3784". They|strong="H3068" continually|strong="H3068" chose|strong="H6213" [MET|strong="H6298"] to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w kinds|strong="H2178"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5674" Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" become|strong="H6213" angry|strong="H3707". 
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\verseNumber{18}So|strong="H3808", because|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" very|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" Israeli people|strong="H3808", he|strong="H3068" allowed|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*} to|strong="H3478" take|strong="H5493" them|strong="H5921" away|strong="H5493" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H5493"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w country|strong="H2022"\+w*}. Only|strong="H7535" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" tribe|strong="H7626" of|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063" were|strong="H3478" left|strong="H7604" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w land|strong="H6440"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{19}But|strong="H3808" even|strong="H1571" the|strong="H6213" people|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" obey|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" commands|strong="H4687" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068". They|strong="H3068" imitated the|strong="H6213" evil|strong="H6213" customs|strong="H2708" that|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" Israelis had|strong="H3068" introduced|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{20}So|strong="H5414" Yahweh|strong="H3068" rejected|strong="H3988" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3478" of|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063". He|strong="H5704" punished|strong="H6485" them|strong="H5414" by|strong="H3027" allowing the|strong="H3605" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H3068" other|strong="H3605" nations|strong="H6440" to|strong="H5704" defeat|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w take|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w away|strong="H7993"\+w*}. He|strong="H5704" got|strong="H6965" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5414". 
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\verseNumber{21}Earlier|strong="H7223", when|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" allowed|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" separate|strong="H0914"/break|strong="H3068" away|strong="H7167" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" area|strong="H1508" [MTY] that|strong="H3588" King|strong="H4427" David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* estabished}, they|strong="H3588" chose|strong="H0977" Jeroboam|strong="H3379", the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Nebat|strong="H5028", to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4427". Then|strong="H3588" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" enticed|strong="H6601" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" stop|strong="H2308" worshiping|strong="H7812" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w idols|strong="H1544"\+w* \+w instead|strong="H3588"\+w*}. He|strong="H3588" led|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3478" commit|strong="H2398" great|strong="H1419" sins|strong="H2398". 
\verseNumber{22}And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121" continued|strong="H5674" to|strong="H3478" do|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" evil|strong="H6213" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" introduced|strong="H6213". They|strong="H3808" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" turn|strong="H5493" away|strong="H5493" from|strong="H4480" those|strong="H3605" sins|strong="H2403", 
\verseNumber{23}until|strong="H5704" finally|strong="H5704" Yahweh|strong="H3068" got|strong="H6965" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5921". That|strong="H3605" was|strong="H3068" just|strong="H3605" what|strong="H2088" his|strong="H3605" prophets|strong="H5030" had|strong="H3068" warned|strong="H1696" would|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H1961". The|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1696" were|strong="H3478" taken|strong="H5493" away|strong="H5493" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" Assyria|strong="H0804", and|strong="H3478" they|strong="H3117" still|strong="H5704" remain|strong="H3427" there|strong="H2088". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Other|strong="H2088" groups|strong="H7218" settled|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Other|strong="H2088" groups|strong="H7218" settled|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478" }
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\verseNumber{24}The|strong="H8478" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Assyria|strong="H0804" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w ordered|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w*} take|strong="H3423" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w groups|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} people|strong="H1121" from|strong="H3478" Babylon|strong="H0894", Cuthah|strong="H3575", Avva|strong="H5755", Hamath|strong="H2574", and|strong="H1121" Sepharvaim|strong="H5617" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w*} to|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H8478"\+w*} Samaria|strong="H8111" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3478" resettle|strong="H3427" them|strong="H3423" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H8478" towns|strong="H5892" there|strong="H3427", to|strong="H3478" take|strong="H3423" the|strong="H8478" place|strong="H8478" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H8478" Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w lived|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w there|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w previously|strong="H8543"\+w*}. Those|strong="H1121" people|strong="H1121" took|strong="H3423" control|strong="H3027" over|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H8478"\+w* \+w whole|strong="H3605"\+w*} Samaria|strong="H8111" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*} and|strong="H1121" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H8478" towns|strong="H5892" there|strong="H3427". 
\verseNumber{25}But|strong="H3808" those|strong="H3427" people|strong="H3427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w came|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w from|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w countries|strong="H0776"\+w*} did|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" worship|strong="H3372" Yahweh|strong="H3068" when|strong="H1961" they|strong="H8033" first|strong="H8462" arrived|strong="H0935" in|strong="H3427" Samaria|strong="H8111". So|strong="H7971" Yahweh|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7971" lions|strong="H3715" to|strong="H3068" kill|strong="H2026" some|strong="H8033" of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H7971". 
\verseNumber{26}Then|strong="H2009" those|strong="H3427" people|strong="H1471" sent|strong="H7971" a|strong="H7971" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H4191" the|strong="H3045" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804". They|strong="H3808" wrote|strong="H3789", “We|strong="H5892" people|strong="H1471" who|strong="H3427" have|strong="H3045" resettled in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3045" towns|strong="H5892" in|strong="H3427" Samaria|strong="H8111" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" how|strong="H3045" to|strong="H4191" worship|strong="H7812" the|strong="H3045" God|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3045"\+w* Israelis \+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w*} in|strong="H3427" this|strong="H4191" land|strong="H0776". So|strong="H7971" he|strong="H3808" has|strong="H4428" sent|strong="H7971" lions|strong="H3715" among|strong="H3427" us|strong="H3045" to|strong="H4191" kill|strong="H4191" us|strong="H3045", because|strong="H3588" we|strong="H5892" have|strong="H3045" not|strong="H3808" worshiped|strong="H7812" him|strong="H7971" correctly|strong="H3651".” 
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\verseNumber{27}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H3427"\+w*} the|strong="H6680" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w read|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w this|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w letter|strong="H5612"\+w*, \+w he|strong="H8033"\+w*} commanded|strong="H6680" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w officers|strong="H7860"\+w*}, “You|strong="H6680" brought|strong="H3212" many|strong="H7227" priests|strong="H3548" here|strong="H8033" from|strong="H1540" Samaria|strong="H8111". Send|strong="H7971" one|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" them|strong="H6680" back|strong="H3212" there|strong="H8033". Tell|strong="H5046" him|strong="H6680" to|strong="H3212" teach|strong="H3384" the|strong="H6680" people|strong="H3427" who|strong="H3548" are|strong="H4428" now|strong="H3212" living|strong="H3427" there|strong="H8033" how|strong="H4100" to|strong="H3212" worship|strong="H7812" correctly|strong="H3651" the|strong="H6680" God|strong="H0430" whom|strong="H0834" the|strong="H6680" Israelis worshiped|strong="H7812" in|strong="H3427" that|strong="H3548" land|strong="H0776".” 
\verseNumber{28}So|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w officers|strong="H7860"\+w* \+w did|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w*}. They|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H1540" one|strong="H1961" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" Israeli priests|strong="H3548" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H3068" Samaria|strong="H8111". That|strong="H3068" priest|strong="H3548" went|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Bethel|strong="H1008" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" taught|strong="H3384" the|strong="H3068" people|strong="H3427" there|strong="H1961" how|strong="H4100" to|strong="H3068" worship|strong="H3372" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{29}But|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6213" people|strong="H1471" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w returned|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w from|strong="H1471"\+w* \+w Babylon|strong="H0894"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w started|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w live|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w Samaria|strong="H8118"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1004"\+w*} continued|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" make|strong="H6213" their|strong="H1992" own|strong="H1961" idols|strong="H1544". They|strong="H1992" placed|strong="H3427" them|strong="H1992" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H6213" shrines|strong="H1004" that|strong="H1471" the|strong="H6213" Israelis had|strong="H1961" built|strong="H6213" there|strong="H8033". The|strong="H6213" people|strong="H1471" of|strong="H1004" each|strong="H5892" people-group made|strong="H6213" idols|strong="H1544" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H6213" cities|strong="H5892" in|strong="H3427" which|strong="H1471" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1961" living|strong="H3427". 
\verseNumber{30}The|strong="H6213" people|strong="H5971" from|strong="H6213" Babylon|strong="H0894" made|strong="H6213" idols|strong="H1544" to|strong="H6213" represent|strong="H7969" their|strong="H6213" god|strong="H0430" Succoth-Benoth|strong="H5524". The|strong="H6213" people|strong="H5971" from|strong="H6213" Cuthah|strong="H3575" made|strong="H6213" idols|strong="H1544" to|strong="H6213" represent|strong="H7969" their|strong="H6213" god|strong="H0430" Nergal|strong="H5370". The|strong="H6213" people|strong="H5971" from|strong="H6213" Hamath|strong="H2574" made|strong="H6213" idols|strong="H1544" to|strong="H6213" represent|strong="H7969" their|strong="H6213" god|strong="H0430" Ashima|strong="H0807". 
\verseNumber{31}The|strong="H6213" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Avva|strong="H5755" made|strong="H6213" idols|strong="H1544" to|strong="H6213" represent|strong="H7969" their|strong="H8313" gods|strong="H0430" Nibhaz|strong="H5026" and|strong="H1121" Tartak|strong="H8662". The|strong="H6213" people|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" Sepharvaim|strong="H5617" sacrificed|strong="H6213" their|strong="H8313" own|strong="H1961" children|strong="H1121". They|strong="H6213" completely|strong="H8313" burned|strong="H8313" them|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w pits|strong="H7882"\+w* \+w where|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w hot|strong="H2552"\+w* \+w fires|strong="H0784"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w kept|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w burning|strong="H8313"\+w*,} as|strong="H6213" offerings|strong="H8002" to|strong="H6213" their|strong="H8313" gods|strong="H0430" Adrammelech|strong="H0152" and|strong="H1121" Anammelech|strong="H6048". 
\verseNumber{32}But|strong="H1961" those|strong="H1992" people|strong="H5971" also|strong="H3068" worshiped|strong="H7812" Yahweh|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H1992" appointed|strong="H6213" from|strong="H3068" among|strong="H7098" their|strong="H3068" own|strong="H1961" groups|strong="H7218" many|strong="H7227" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" priests|strong="H3548" at|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" shrines|strong="H1004" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" tops|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6213" hills|strong="H1389", in|strong="H3068" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3068" those|strong="H1992" priests|strong="H3548" could|strong="H3201" offer|strong="H6213" sacrifices|strong="H2077" for|strong="H6213" them|strong="H1992" there|strong="H1961". 
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\verseNumber{33}So|strong="H1961" they|strong="H8033" revered|strong="H3372" Yahweh|strong="H3068", but|strong="H1961" they|strong="H8033" also|strong="H3068" worshiped|strong="H5647" their|strong="H3068" own|strong="H1961" gods|strong="H0430", just|strong="H4941" as|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5647" people|strong="H1471" living|strong="H2416" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5647" countries|strong="H0776" from|strong="H1540" which|strong="H3068" they|strong="H8033" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H1961" taken|strong="H1540" to|strong="H3068" Samaria|strong="H8111" did|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{34}They|strong="H1992" still|strong="H5704" keep|strong="H6213" their|strong="H3068" old|strong="H1121" customs|strong="H2708". They|strong="H1992" really|strong="H2088" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" worship|strong="H3372" Yahweh|strong="H3068", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H1992" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" obey|strong="H6213" all|strong="H5704" the|strong="H6213" laws|strong="H8451" and|strong="H1121" commands|strong="H6680" that|strong="H3117" Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H6680" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H6213" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jacob|strong="H3290", to|strong="H5704" whom|strong="H1992" he|strong="H3117" gave|strong="H6680" the|strong="H6213" new|strong="H2319" name|strong="H8034" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{35}Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" previously|strong="H3808" made|strong="H3772" an|strong="H3772" agreement|strong="H1285" with|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001", commanding|strong="H6680" them|strong="H6680" not|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3068" worship|strong="H7812" other|strong="H0312" gods|strong="H0430" or|strong="H3808" bow|strong="H7812" down|strong="H7812" to|strong="H3068" honor|strong="H3519" them|strong="H6680" or|strong="H3808" do|strong="H5647" other|strong="H0312" things|strong="H3372" to|strong="H3068" please|strong="H4994" them|strong="H6680" or|strong="H3808" offer|strong="H2076" sacrifices|strong="H2076" to|strong="H3068" them|strong="H6680". 
\verseNumber{36}He|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5927", “You|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" have|strong="H3068" an|strong="H3588" awesome|strong="H3372" respect|strong="H6437" for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H3372", Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3588" one|strong="H3588" who|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H5927" you|strong="H3588" out|strong="H5186" of|strong="H3068" Egypt|strong="H4714" with|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" very|strong="H1419" great|strong="H1419" power|strong="H3581" [DOU]. I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" one|strong="H3588" whom|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" bow|strong="H7812" down|strong="H7812" to|strong="H3068" honor|strong="H3519", and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" one|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" offer|strong="H5927" sacrifices|strong="H2076". 
\verseNumber{37}You|strong="H3605" must|strong="H3808" always|strong="H3605" obey|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" laws|strong="H8451" and|strong="H3117" commands|strong="H4687" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w told|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w Moses|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6213"\+w*} write|strong="H3789" for|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3605". You|strong="H3605" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" worship|strong="H3372" other|strong="H3605" gods|strong="H0430". 
\verseNumber{38}And|strong="H1285" you|strong="H3808" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" forget|strong="H7911" the|strong="H3772" agreement|strong="H1285" that|strong="H3808" I|strong="H3808" made|strong="H3772" with|strong="H1285" your|strong="H7911" ancestors|strong="H0001". You|strong="H3808" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" revere|strong="H3372" other|strong="H0312" gods|strong="H0430". 
\verseNumber{39}Instead|strong="H3588", you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" revere|strong="H3372" me|strong="H5337", Yahweh|strong="H3068", your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068". If|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" do|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3588", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" rescue|strong="H5337" you|strong="H3588" from|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" power|strong="H3027" [MTY] of|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H3027".” 
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\verseNumber{40}But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H8085" people|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w those|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w foreign|strong="H5237"\+w* \+w nations|strong="H1471"\+w*} would|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" heed|strong="H8085" what|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H8085". Instead|strong="H3588", they|strong="H1992" continued|strong="H5674" to|strong="H6213" adhere|strong="H1693" to|strong="H6213" their|strong="H8085" old|strong="H7223" customs|strong="H4941". 
\verseNumber{41}So|strong="H6213", they|strong="H1992" worshiped|strong="H5647" Yahweh|strong="H3068", but|strong="H1961" they|strong="H1992" also|strong="H1571" worshiped|strong="H5647" their|strong="H3068" idols|strong="H6456". And|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H1121" still|strong="H5704" do|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" same|strong="H2088" thing|strong="H2088". 

\BibleSectionHeading{King Hezekiah started to rule Judah }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{King Hezekiah started to rule Judah }
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\chapterNumber{18}After|strong="H1961" King|strong="H4428" Hoshea|strong="H1954" had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" ruling|strong="H4910" Israel|strong="H3478" for|strong="H1121" almost|strong="H4592" three|strong="H7969" years|strong="H8141", Hezekiah|strong="H2396", the|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ahaz|strong="H0271", began|strong="H3063" to|strong="H3478" rule|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063". 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H2568" was|strong="H8034" 25 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1961" he|strong="H2568" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*} and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H2568" ruled|strong="H4427" from|strong="H1121" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" for|strong="H8034" 29 years|strong="H8141". His|strong="H1961" mother|strong="H0517" was|strong="H8034" Abijah|strong="H0029", the|strong="H1961" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w man|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w whose|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w name|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w was|strong="H8034"\+w*} Zechariah|strong="H2148". 
\verseNumber{3}Hezekiah|strong="H2396" did|strong="H6213" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" considered|strong="H2803" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" right|strong="H3477", like|strong="H6213" his|strong="H3605" ancestor King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{5}Hezekiah|strong="H2396" trusted|strong="H0982" in|strong="H3478" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w*.} There|strong="H1961" was|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3808" king|strong="H4428" who|strong="H3605" ruled|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" before|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440" or|strong="H3808" after|strong="H1961" him|strong="H6440" who|strong="H3605" was|strong="H3068" as|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w devoted|strong="H8003"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w as|strong="H1961"\+w*} he|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{6}He|strong="H3068" remained|strong="H1692" loyal|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" and|strong="H4872" never|strong="H3808" disobeyed|strong="H6963" him|strong="H6680". He|strong="H3068" carefully|strong="H8104" obeyed|strong="H8104" all|strong="H6680" the|strong="H8104" commandments|strong="H4687" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" given|strong="H6680" to|strong="H3068" Moses|strong="H4872". 
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\verseNumber{8}His|strong="H5221" army|strong="H2428" defeated|strong="H5221" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5892"\+w* } Philistia|strong="H6429" as|strong="H5704" far|strong="H5704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w south|strong="H5045"\+w*} as|strong="H5704" Gaza|strong="H5804" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} and|strong="H5892" the|strong="H5221" nearby|strong="H7138" villages|strong="H2691". They|strong="H5704" conquered|strong="H5221" the|strong="H5221" entire|strong="H3605" area|strong="H1366", from|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5221" smallest|strong="H6996" watchtower|strong="H4026" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5221" largest cities|strong="H5892" surrounded|strong="H5437" by|strong="H5892" walls|strong="H2346". 
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\verseNumber{9}After|strong="H5921" King|strong="H4428" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" ruling|strong="H4910" Judah|strong="H3063" for|strong="H5921" almost|strong="H4592" four|strong="H0702" years|strong="H8141", and|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1961" King|strong="H4428" Hoshea|strong="H1954" had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" ruling|strong="H4910" Israel|strong="H3478" for|strong="H5921" almost|strong="H4592" seven|strong="H7637" years|strong="H8141", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w army|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} King|strong="H4428" Shalmaneser|strong="H8022" of|strong="H1121" Assyria|strong="H0804" invaded|strong="H5927" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H1121" surrounded|strong="H5437" Samaria|strong="H8111" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H1931"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{10}In|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3920" third|strong="H7969" year|strong="H8141" they|strong="H8141" captured|strong="H3920" the|strong="H3920" city|strong="H1931". That|strong="H1931" was|strong="H3478" when|strong="H3478" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" has|strong="H3478" been|strong="H1961" ruling|strong="H4910" Judah|strong="H3063" for|strong="H4428" almost|strong="H4592" six|strong="H8337" years|strong="H8141", and|strong="H3478" when|strong="H3478" Hoshea|strong="H1954" had|strong="H3478" been|strong="H1961" ruling|strong="H4910" Israel|strong="H3478" for|strong="H4428" almost|strong="H4592" nine|strong="H8672" years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{11}The|strong="H1540" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" commanded|strong="H6680" that|strong="H3478" the|strong="H1540" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3478" taken|strong="H1540" to|strong="H3478" Assyria|strong="H0804". Some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4428" them|strong="H1540" were|strong="H3478" taken|strong="H1540" to|strong="H3478" Halah|strong="H2477" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H5892"\+w*}, some|strong="H4480" were|strong="H3478" taken|strong="H1540" to|strong="H3478" a|strong="H3478" place|strong="H4725" near|strong="H7126" the|strong="H1540" Habor|strong="H2249" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*} in|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H1540"\+w*} Gozan|strong="H1470" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}, and|strong="H3478" some|strong="H4480" were|strong="H3478" taken|strong="H1540" to|strong="H3478" cities|strong="H5892" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H1540" Mede|strong="H4075" people-group live|strong="H3427". 
\verseNumber{12}That|strong="H3605" happened|strong="H6213" because|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" Israelis did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" obey|strong="H8085" Yahweh|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068". They|strong="H3068" disobeyed|strong="H6963" the|strong="H3605" agreement|strong="H1285" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" made|strong="H6213" with|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3605" ancestors|strong="H0001", and|strong="H4872" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" laws|strong="H8451" that|strong="H3605" Moses|strong="H4872", the|strong="H3605" man|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" served|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w very|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w well|strong="H3190"\+w*}, had|strong="H3068" told|strong="H6680" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" obey|strong="H8085". They|strong="H3068" would|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" obey|strong="H8085" those|strong="H3605" laws|strong="H8451"; they|strong="H3068" would|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" even|strong="H3808" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5921". 

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\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{The|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H3068" Assyria|strong="H0804" invaded|strong="H0935" Judah|strong="H3063" }
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\verseNumber{13}After|strong="H5921" King|strong="H4428" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" had|strong="H4428" been|strong="H5927" ruling|strong="H4910" Judah|strong="H3063" for|strong="H5921" almost|strong="H4592" 14 years|strong="H8141", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w army|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} King|strong="H4428" Sennacherib|strong="H5576" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" attacked|strong="H5927" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" in|strong="H5921" Judah|strong="H3063" that|strong="H3605" had|strong="H4428" walls|strong="H2346" around|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921". They|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w did|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w not|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w capture|strong="H8610"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*, \+w but|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w they|strong="H5921"\+w* } captured|strong="H8610" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{14}King|strong="H4428" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" sent|strong="H7971" a|strong="H5414" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H7725" Sennacherib|strong="H5576", while|strong="H5921" Sennacherib|strong="H5576" was|strong="H4428" in|strong="H5921" Lachish|strong="H3923", saying|strong="H0559" “What|strong="H5921" I|strong="H5414" have|strong="H3063" done|strong="H2398" was|strong="H4428" wrong|strong="H2398". Please|strong="H4994" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w tell|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w your|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H3967"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w*} stop|strong="H2308" attacking|strong="H5221" us|strong="H5414". If|strong="H2398" you|strong="H5414" do|strong="H3063" that|strong="H5414", I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H4428" pay|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" whatever|strong="H3605" you|strong="H5414" tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H5414" to|strong="H7725".” So|strong="H7971" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" said|strong="H0559" that|strong="H5414" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" must|strong="H5375" pay|strong="H5414" to|strong="H7725" him|strong="H5414" ◄ten|strong="H6235" tons/9,000 kg.► of|strong="H4428" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H3967" ◄one|strong="H5375" ton/900 kg.► of|strong="H4428" gold|strong="H2091". 
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\verseNumber{15}So|strong="H5414" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H5414" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" silver|strong="H3701" that|strong="H3605" was|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3605" was|strong="H3068" stored|strong="H5414" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" palace|strong="H1004". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Sennacherib|strong="H5576" threatened|strong="H1696" to|strong="H3068" destroy|strong="H3605" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Sennacherib|strong="H5576" threatened|strong="H1696" to|strong="H3068" destroy|strong="H3605" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" }
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\verseNumber{16}Hezekiah’s|strong="H2396" men|strong="H0376" also|strong="H3068" stripped|strong="H7112" the|strong="H5414" gold|strong="H2091" from|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" doors|strong="H1817" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5414" temple|strong="H1964" and|strong="H3063" the|strong="H5414" gold|strong="H2091" that|strong="H1931" he|strong="H1931" himself|strong="H1931" had|strong="H3068" put|strong="H5414" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" doorposts|strong="H4201", and|strong="H3063" he|strong="H1931" sent|strong="H5414" all|strong="H5414" that|strong="H1931" gold|strong="H2091" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804". 
\verseNumber{17}But|strong="H4428" the|strong="H4480" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" sent|strong="H7971" a|strong="H7971" large|strong="H3515" army|strong="H2426" with|strong="H3389" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3526" important|strong="H5704" officials|strong="H8269" from|strong="H4480" Lachish|strong="H3923" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} to|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w persuade|strong="H6601"\+w*} King|strong="H4428" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w surrender|strong="H5462"\+w*}. When|strong="H7971" they|strong="H3389" arrived|strong="H0935" at|strong="H4428" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", they|strong="H3389" stood|strong="H5975" alongside|strong="H5980" the|strong="H4480" aqueduct/channel|strong="H8585" in|strong="H4428" which|strong="H7704" water|strong="H4325" flows|strong="H2100" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" upper|strong="H5945" pool|strong="H1295" into|strong="H5927" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", near|strong="H5975" the|strong="H4480" road|strong="H1870" to|strong="H7971" the|strong="H4480" field|strong="H7704" where|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" women|strong="H0802" wash|strong="H3526" clothes|strong="H0899". 
\verseNumber{18}They|strong="H5921" sent|strong="H3318" a|strong="H7121" message|strong="H1697" requesting King|strong="H4428" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" to|strong="H3318" come|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" them|strong="H5921", but|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" sent|strong="H3318" three|strong="H7969" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H7121" officials|strong="H8269" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w talk|strong="H5608"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w*}. He|strong="H1004" sent|strong="H3318" Hilkiah’s|strong="H2518" son|strong="H1121" Eliakim|strong="H0471", who|strong="H1121" supervised|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" palace|strong="H1004"; Shebna|strong="H7644", the|strong="H5921" official|strong="H8269" secretary|strong="H5608"; and|strong="H1121" Asaph’s|strong="H0623" son|strong="H1121" Joah|strong="H3098", who|strong="H1121" communicated the|strong="H5921" king’s|strong="H4428" messages|strong="H2372" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H1121". 
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\verseNumber{19}One|strong="H2088" of|strong="H4428" Sennacherib’s|strong="H1696" important|strong="H1419" officials|strong="H8269" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="H2088" to|strong="H4428" take|strong="H3947" this|strong="H2088" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H4428" Hezekiah|strong="H2396": 
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“This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" what|strong="H4100" the|strong="H3541" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804", the|strong="H3541" great|strong="H1419" king|strong="H4428", says|strong="H3541": ‘What|strong="H4100" are|strong="H4100" you|strong="H4100" trusting|strong="H0982" in|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w rescue|strong="H5337"\+w* \+w you|strong="H4100"\+w*} [RHQ]? 
\verseNumber{20}You|strong="H3588" say|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1697" weapons|strong="H4421" to|strong="H5921" fight|strong="H4421" us|strong="H5921", and|strong="H1697" some|strong="H1697" country|strong="H2022" promises|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w help|strong="H4421"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w*}, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H4310"\+w* \+w enable|strong="H7980"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w defeat|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w us|strong="H5921"\+w*,} but|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H4310" only|strong="H3588" talk|strong="H1697" [RHQ]. Who|strong="H4310" do|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3588" think|strong="H2803" will|strong="H4310" help|strong="H4421" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H5921" rebel|strong="H4775" against|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w soldiers|strong="H4421"\+w* \+w from|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Assyria|strong="H0804"\+w*}? 
\verseNumber{21}Listen|strong="H3605" to|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921"! You|strong="H3605" are|strong="H4428" relying on|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} Egypt|strong="H4714". But|strong="H2009" that|strong="H3605" is|strong="H2088" like|strong="H3651" [MET|strong="H6298"] using|strong="H5927" a|strong="H2088" broken|strong="H7533" reed|strong="H7070" for|strong="H5921" a|strong="H2088" walking|strong="H1980" stick|strong="H7070" on|strong="H5921" which|strong="H2088" you|strong="H3605" could|strong="H2088" lean|strong="H5564". But|strong="H2009" it|strong="H5921" would|strong="H6547" pierce|strong="H5344" the|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3709" of|strong="H4428" anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" would|strong="H6547" lean|strong="H5564" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921"! That|strong="H3605" is|strong="H2088" what|strong="H2088" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Egypt|strong="H4714" would|strong="H6547" be|strong="H4428" like|strong="H3651" for|strong="H5921" anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" relied|strong="H5564" on|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5826"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{22}But|strong="H3588" perhaps|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6440", “No|strong="H3808", we|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3068" ◄relying on|strong="H3068"/trusting|strong="H0982" in|strong="H3068"► Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5826"\+w* \+w us|strong="H6440"\+w*}.” \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w would|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w reply|strong="H7725"\+w*,} “Is|strong="H3068" he|strong="H1931" not|strong="H3808" the|strong="H6440" one|strong="H2088" whom|strong="H6440" you|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w insulted|strong="H3637"\+w* \+w by|strong="H3068"\+w*} tearing|strong="H2963" down|strong="H7812" his|strong="H3068" shrines|strong="H1354" and|strong="H3063" altars|strong="H4196" and|strong="H3063" forcing|strong="H4330" everyone|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H3063" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w places|strong="H1116"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3068"\+w*} Judah|strong="H3063" to|strong="H3068" worship|strong="H7812" only|strong="H3588" in|strong="H3068" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" altar|strong="H4196" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*}?” ’ 
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\verseNumber{23}So|strong="H5414" I|strong="H5414" suggest that|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" make|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" deal|strong="H6148" between|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5414" and|strong="H4428" my|strong="H5414" master|strong="H5414"/boss, the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804". I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H4428" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" 2,000 horses|strong="H5483", but|strong="H6258" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w think|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5414"\+w*} you|strong="H5414" are|strong="H5483" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3201" find|strong="H3201" 2,000 of|strong="H4428" your|strong="H5414" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H4428" can|strong="H3201" ride|strong="H7392" on|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5414"! 
\verseNumber{24}You|strong="H6440" are|strong="H5650" expecting the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H5921" of|strong="H6440" Egypt|strong="H4714" to|strong="H7725" send|strong="H7971" chariots|strong="H7393" and|strong="H7725" men|strong="H5650" riding|strong="H7392" horses|strong="H6571" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w assist|strong="H6677"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6440"\+w*}. But|strong="H7725" they|strong="H5921" certainly|strong="H7725" would|strong="H5650" not|strong="H7725" [RHQ] be|strong="H5650" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H7725" resist|strong="H2388"/defeat|strong="H5221" even|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" most|strong="H6944" insignificant|strong="H6819"/unimportant official|strong="H5650" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H6440" Assyria|strong="H0804"! 
\verseNumber{25}Furthermore|strong="H6258", ◄do|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5921" think|strong="H2803" that|strong="H3068" we|strong="H6258" have|strong="H3068" come|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3068" destroy|strong="H7843" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" without|strong="H1107" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" help|strong="H5826"?/do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H2088" think|strong="H2803" that|strong="H3068" we|strong="H6258" have|strong="H3068" come|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" without|strong="H1107" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" help|strong="H5826".► [RHQ] It|strong="H5921" is|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" himself|strong="H3068" who|strong="H3068" told|strong="H5046" us|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" come|strong="H5927" here|strong="H2088" and|strong="H3068" destroy|strong="H7843" this|strong="H2088" land|strong="H4725"!” 
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\verseNumber{26}Then|strong="H1696" Eliakim|strong="H0471", Shebna|strong="H7644" and|strong="H1121" Joah|strong="H3098" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H5921" official|strong="H5650" from|strong="H5921" Assyria|strong="H0804", “Sir|strong="H0113", please|strong="H4994" speak|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" us|strong="H4994" in|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" Aramaic|strong="H0762" language|strong="H3066", because|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" understand|strong="H8085" it|strong="H5921". Do|strong="H4994" not|strong="H3588" speak|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" us|strong="H4994" in|strong="H5921" our|strong="H5921" Hebrew|strong="H5680" language|strong="H3066", because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" are|strong="H5971" standing|strong="H5975" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" wall|strong="H2346" will|strong="H5971" understand|strong="H8085" it|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w frightened|strong="H3372"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{27}But|strong="H3808" the|strong="H5921" official|strong="H8269" replied|strong="H1696", “Do|strong="H1697" you|strong="H7971" think|strong="H2803" [RHQ] that|strong="H1697" my|strong="H5921" master|strong="H3427" sent|strong="H7971" me|strong="H7971" to|strong="H1696" say|strong="H1696" these|strong="H1696" things|strong="H1697" only|strong="H0389" to|strong="H1696" you|strong="H7971" and|strong="H7971" not|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H3427" who|strong="H3427" are|strong="H1697" standing|strong="H5975" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" wall|strong="H2346"? \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w If|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w you|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w reject|strong="H3988"\+w* \+w this|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w message|strong="H1697"\+w*,} the|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w this|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} will|strong="H1697" soon|strong="H3512" need|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1696" eat|strong="H0398" their|strong="H5921" own|strong="H5973" dung|strong="H1828" and|strong="H7971" drink|strong="H8354" their|strong="H5921" own|strong="H5973" urine|strong="H7890", just|strong="H1697" like|strong="H5973" you|strong="H7971" will|strong="H1697", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w there|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w nothing|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w more|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w you|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w eat|strong="H0398"\+w* \+w or|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w drink|strong="H8354"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{28}Then|strong="H1696" the|strong="H8085" official|strong="H8269" stood|strong="H5975" up|strong="H5975" and|strong="H4428" shouted|strong="H7121" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H8085" Hebrew|strong="H5680" language|strong="H3066" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w sitting|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w on|strong="H5975"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w wall|strong="H2346"\+w*}. He|strong="H7121" said|strong="H1696", “Listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1696" this|strong="H1696" message|strong="H1697" from|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" great|strong="H1419" king|strong="H4428", the|strong="H8085" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804". He|strong="H7121" says|strong="H1696", 
\verseNumber{29}‘Do|strong="H3201" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" to|strong="H3201" deceive|strong="H5377" you|strong="H3588". He|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4428" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3201" rescue|strong="H5337" you|strong="H3588" from|strong="H3027" my|strong="H5337" power|strong="H3027" [MTY]. 
\verseNumber{30}Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" persuade|strong="H6601" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" rely|strong="H8172" on|strong="H3027" Yahweh|strong="H3068", saying|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" rescue|strong="H5337" you|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" will|strong="H3068" never|strong="H3808" capture|strong="H3920" this|strong="H2063" city|strong="H5892"!’ 
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\verseNumber{31}“o|strong="H8085" not|strong="H6213" pay|strong="H8085" attention|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3318" what|strong="H6213" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" says|strong="H3541"! This|strong="H6213" is|strong="H4428" what|strong="H6213" the|strong="H8085" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" says|strong="H3541": ‘Come|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H8085" city|strong="H5892" and|strong="H4428" surrender|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" me|strong="H6213". If|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4428" arrange|strong="H6186" for|strong="H3588" each|strong="H3541" of|strong="H4428" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3318" drink|strong="H8354" the|strong="H8085" juice|strong="H6071" from|strong="H3318" your|strong="H8085" own|strong="H1961" grapevines, and|strong="H4428" to|strong="H3318" eat|strong="H0398" figs|strong="H8384" from|strong="H3318" your|strong="H8085" own|strong="H1961" trees|strong="H8384", and|strong="H4428" to|strong="H3318" drink|strong="H8354" water|strong="H4325" from|strong="H3318" your|strong="H8085" own|strong="H1961" wells|strong="H0875". 
\verseNumber{32}You|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H4191" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H5704" do|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3588" until|strong="H5704" we|strong="H3588" come|strong="H2421" and|strong="H3068" take|strong="H3947" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H5704" a|strong="H3947" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" like|strong="H3808" your|strong="H3068" land|strong="H0776"—a|strong="H3947" land|strong="H0776" where|strong="H3808" there|strong="H5704" is|strong="H3068" grain|strong="H1715" to|strong="H5704" make|strong="H8085" bread|strong="H3899" and|strong="H3068" vineyards|strong="H3754" to|strong="H5704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w produce|strong="H6529"\+w* \+w grapes|strong="H8492"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w making|strong="H6213"\+w*} wine|strong="H8492". It|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H4191" a|strong="H3947" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3068" plenty|strong="H7647" of|strong="H3068" olive|strong="H2132" trees|strong="H2132" and|strong="H3068" honey|strong="H1706". If|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" do|strong="H3068" what|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H3068" Assyria|strong="H0804" commands|strong="H6680", you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" die|strong="H4191". You|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" live|strong="H2421". 
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‘o|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" to|strong="H5704" persuade|strong="H5496" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H5704" trust|strong="H0982" in|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" saying|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" rescue|strong="H5337" you|strong="H3588"! 
\verseNumber{33}The|strong="H3027" gods|strong="H0430" that|strong="H1471" people|strong="H1471" of|strong="H4428" other|strong="H0312" nations|strong="H1471" worship|strong="H7812" have|strong="H1471" never|strong="H3808" rescued|strong="H5337" them|strong="H3027" from|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3027" power|strong="H3027" [MTY] of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3027" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" [RHQ]! 
\verseNumber{34}Why|strong="H3588" were|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3588" gods|strong="H0430" of|strong="H3027" Hamath|strong="H2574" and|strong="H3027" Arpad|strong="H0774" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w*} unable|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3027" rescue|strong="H5337" their|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" from|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H3027" Assyria|strong="H0804" [RHQ]? What|strong="H3588" happened|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3588" gods|strong="H0430" of|strong="H3027" Sepharvaim|strong="H5617", Hena|strong="H2012", and|strong="H3027" Ivvah|strong="H5755", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w towns|strong="H1323"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w we|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w completely|strong="H3617"\+w* \+w destroyed|strong="H4229"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w gods|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w disappeared|strong="H0369"\+w*} [RHQ]? Did|strong="H6213" any|strong="H3588" god|strong="H3027" rescue|strong="H5337" Samaria|strong="H8111" from|strong="H3027" my|strong="H5337" power|strong="H3027"? 
\verseNumber{35}No|strong="H3605", none|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" gods|strong="H0430" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" countries|strong="H0776" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w my|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w army|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w attacked|strong="H3027"\+w*} rescued|strong="H5337" their|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" [RHQ] from|strong="H3027" me|strong="H5337"! So|strong="H3588" why|strong="H3588" do|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" think|strong="H2803" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" rescue|strong="H5337" you|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" from|strong="H3027" my|strong="H3605" power|strong="H3027" [MTY]?’” 
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\verseNumber{36}But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w were|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w listening|strong="H8085"\+w*} stayed|strong="H3427" silent|strong="H2790". No|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" said|strong="H1697" anything|strong="H1697", because|strong="H3588" King|strong="H4428" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" had|strong="H4428" told|strong="H1697" them|strong="H6030", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w official|strong="H8269"\+w* \+w from|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w Assyria|strong="H0804"\+w* talks \+w to|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w*,} do|strong="H1697" not|strong="H3808" answer|strong="H6030" him|strong="H1931".” 
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\verseNumber{37}Then|strong="H1121" Eliakim|strong="H0471" the|strong="H5921" palace|strong="H1004" administrator|strong="H5532" and|strong="H1121" Shebna|strong="H7644" the|strong="H5921" court|strong="H1004" secretary|strong="H5608" and|strong="H1121" Joah|strong="H3098" the|strong="H5921" royal|strong="H4438" historian went|strong="H2396" back|strong="H1004" to|strong="H5921" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" with|strong="H1004" their|strong="H5921" clothes|strong="H0899" torn|strong="H7167" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w they|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w extremely|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w distressed|strong="H6887"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H5921" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5921" what|strong="H1697" the|strong="H5921" official|strong="H8269" from|strong="H5921" Assyria|strong="H0804" had|strong="H1121" said|strong="H1697". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Hezekiah consulted the prophet Isaiah }

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\chapterNumber{19}When|strong="H1961" King|strong="H4428" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" heard|strong="H8085" what|strong="H8085" they|strong="H3068" reported|strong="H8085", he|strong="H3068" tore|strong="H7167" his|strong="H3068" clothes|strong="H0899" and|strong="H3068" put|strong="H3068" on|strong="H3068" clothes|strong="H0899" made|strong="H1961" of|strong="H4428" rough|strong="H8181" cloth|strong="H0899" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w very|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w distressed|strong="H6887"\+w*}. Then|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3068" went|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H8085" temple|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w ask|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w God|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w what|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H1004" summoned|strong="H7121" Eliakim|strong="H0471" and|strong="H1121" Shebna|strong="H7644" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" ◄older|strong="H2205"/most|strong="H6944" important|strong="H5704"► priests|strong="H3548", who|strong="H3548" were|strong="H1121" also|strong="H1121" wearing|strong="H2296" clothes|strong="H0899" made|strong="H3680" of|strong="H1121" rough|strong="H8181" sackcloth|strong="H8242", and|strong="H1121" told|strong="H5608" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H7971" talk|strong="H5608" to|strong="H7971" me|strong="H7971". 
\verseNumber{3}He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5704" them|strong="H5704", “Tell|strong="H5046" this|strong="H2088" to|strong="H5704" Isaiah|strong="H3470": ‘ing Hezekiah|strong="H2396" says|strong="H3541" that|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3117" having|strong="H3205" great|strong="H1419" distress|strong="H6869"/trouble|strong="H6869" now|strong="H3117". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Other|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w nations|strong="H1471"\+w* \+w are|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w causing|strong="H7462"\+w*} us|strong="H3588" to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H1121" insulted|strong="H3637" and|strong="H1121" disgraced|strong="H0954". We|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3117" like|strong="H3541" [MET|strong="H6298"] a|strong="H3588" woman|strong="H3205" who|strong="H1121" is|strong="H2088" about|strong="H3117" to|strong="H5704" give|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H5704" a|strong="H3588" child|strong="H1121", but|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" does|strong="H2088" not|strong="H2088" have|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" strength|strong="H3581" that|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" needs|strong="H5375" to|strong="H5704" do|strong="H2088" it|strong="H3588". 
\verseNumber{4}Perhaps|strong="H5375" Yahweh|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" heard|strong="H8085" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" official|strong="H8269" from|strong="H8085" Assyria|strong="H0804" said|strong="H1697". Perhaps|strong="H5375" he|strong="H3068" knows|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" boss/master|strong="H0113", the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804", sent|strong="H7971" him|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3068" insult|strong="H2778" the|strong="H3605" all-powerful God|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" rebuke|strong="H3198"/punish|strong="H3198" him|strong="H7971" for|strong="H1157" what|strong="H1697" he|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697".’ And|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" requests|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" pray|strong="H8605" for|strong="H1157" the|strong="H3605" few|strong="H4592" of|strong="H4428" us|strong="H8085" who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H1697" still|strong="H5750" alive|strong="H2416" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w here|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{5}When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5650" messengers|strong="H5650" from|strong="H5650" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" came|strong="H5650" to|strong="H4428" Isaiah|strong="H3470", 
\verseNumber{6}Isaiah|strong="H3470" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" them|strong="H6440", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Go|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w back|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w*} your|strong="H3068" boss/master|strong="H0113" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3068"\+w*} tell|strong="H8085" him|strong="H6440", ‘This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541": Those|strong="H8085" messengers|strong="H4397" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" have|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697" evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H1697" about|strong="H1697" me|strong="H6440". But|strong="H8085" you|strong="H6440" should|strong="H3068" not|strong="H8085" be|strong="H1697" disturbed|strong="H1993" because|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4428" what|strong="H1697" they|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697". 
\verseNumber{7}Listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H7725" this|strong="H5414": I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H2719" cause|strong="H5414" Sennacherib|strong="H5576" to|strong="H7725" hear|strong="H8085" a|strong="H5414" rumor|strong="H8052" that|strong="H8085" will|strong="H2719" worry|strong="H2347" him|strong="H5414", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w a|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w foreign|strong="H5237"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w is|strong="H7307"\+w* \+w about|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w attack|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w his|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w country|strong="H2022"\+w*}. So|strong="H5414" he|strong="H5414" will|strong="H2719" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" his|strong="H5414" own|strong="H1961" country|strong="H2022", and|strong="H7725" there|strong="H7725" I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H2719" cause|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H7725" be|strong="H5414" assassinated|strong="H4191" by|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w men|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w using|strong="H5927"\+w*} swords|strong="H2719".’” 
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\verseNumber{8}The|strong="H5921" official|strong="H8269" from|strong="H5265" Assyria|strong="H0804" found|strong="H4672" out|strong="H4672" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w his|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*} had|strong="H4428" left|strong="H4672" Lachish|strong="H3923" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, and|strong="H7725" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" were|strong="H4428" attacking|strong="H5221" Libnah|strong="H3841", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w nearby|strong="H7138"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. So|strong="H7725" the|strong="H5921" official|strong="H8269" went|strong="H5265" there|strong="H4672" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w report|strong="H8088"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w what|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w had|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{9}Soon|strong="H3512" after|strong="H3318" that|strong="H8085", King|strong="H4428" Sennacherib|strong="H5576" received|strong="H8085" a|strong="H7971" report|strong="H8088" that|strong="H8085" King|strong="H4428" Tirhakah|strong="H8640" of|strong="H4428" Ethiopia|strong="H3568" was|strong="H4428" leading|strong="H7218" his|strong="H7971" army|strong="H2428", and|strong="H7971" was|strong="H4428" coming|strong="H3318" to|strong="H7725" attack|strong="H3898" them|strong="H7725". So|strong="H7971" before|strong="H4397" King|strong="H4428" Sennacherib|strong="H5576" left|strong="H3318" Libnah|strong="H3841" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w fight|strong="H3898"\+w* \+w against|strong="H3898"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w from|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w Ethiopia|strong="H3568"\+w*}, he|strong="H7971" sent|strong="H7971" other|strong="H0312" messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="H7725" King|strong="H4428" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" with|strong="H3898" a|strong="H7971" letter|strong="H5612". 
\verseNumber{10}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w In|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w letter|strong="H5612"\+w*} he|strong="H5414" wrote|strong="H3789" this|strong="H3541" to|strong="H5414" Hezekiah|strong="H2396": “Do|strong="H3063" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" your|strong="H5414" god|strong="H5414" on|strong="H3027" whom|strong="H0834" you|strong="H5414" are|strong="H3027" relying to|strong="H5414" deceive|strong="H5377" you|strong="H5414" by|strong="H3027" promising|strong="H1696" that|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} Jerusalem|strong="H3389" will|strong="H4428" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" captured|strong="H3920" by|strong="H3027" my|strong="H5414" army|strong="H3389" [MTY]. 
\verseNumber{11}You|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3605" certainly|strong="H6213" heard|strong="H8085" what|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" have|strong="H3605" done|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" countries|strong="H0776". Our|strong="H3605" armies|strong="H6635" have|strong="H3605" completely|strong="H3605" destroyed|strong="H2763" them|strong="H6213". So|strong="H6213", ◄do|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3605" think|strong="H2803" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" will|strong="H4428" escape|strong="H5337"?/do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" think|strong="H2803" that|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3605" god|strong="H0430" will|strong="H4428" save|strong="H5337" you|strong="H3605"!► [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{12}Did|strong="H6213" the|strong="H7843" gods|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H7843" nations|strong="H1471" that|strong="H1471" were|strong="H1121" about|strong="H5439" to|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1121" destroyed|strong="H7843" by|strong="H5337" the|strong="H7843" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H7843" previous|strong="H7223" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Assyria|strong="H0804" rescue|strong="H5337" them|strong="H7843"? Did|strong="H6213" those|strong="H1121" gods|strong="H0430" rescue|strong="H5337" the|strong="H7843" people|strong="H1471" in|strong="H1121" the|strong="H7843" Gozan|strong="H1470" region|strong="H2256" and|strong="H1121" in|strong="H1121" Haran|strong="H2771" and|strong="H1121" Rezeph|strong="H7530" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w in|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w northern|strong="H6828"\+w* \+w Syria|strong="H0758"\+w*} and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H7843" people|strong="H1471" of|strong="H1121" Eden|strong="H5729" who|strong="H1121" had|strong="H1121" been|strong="H1961" ◄deported|strong="H1540"/forced|strong="H4522" to|strong="H1121" go|strong="H7843"► to|strong="H1121" Tel-Assar \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}? None|strong="H0369" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H7843" gods|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1121" those|strong="H1121" cities|strong="H5892" were|strong="H1121" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H1121" rescue|strong="H5337" them|strong="H7843". 
\verseNumber{13}What|strong="H4100" happened|strong="H1961" to|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5892" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Hamath|strong="H2574" and|strong="H4428" Arpad|strong="H0774" and|strong="H4428" Sepharvaim|strong="H5617" and|strong="H4428" Ivvah|strong="H5755" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w*} [RHQ]? \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Most|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w are|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w dead|strong="H4191"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w were|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w deported|strong="H1540"\+w*}!” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Hezekiah|strong="H2396" prayed|strong="H6419" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Hezekiah|strong="H2396" prayed|strong="H6419" }
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\verseNumber{14}Hezekiah|strong="H2396" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H6440" letter|strong="H5612" that|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" messengers|strong="H4397" gave|strong="H7121" him|strong="H6440", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" read|strong="H7121" it|strong="H7121". Then|strong="H3947" he|strong="H3068" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" temple|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3068" spread|strong="H6566" out|strong="H6566" the|strong="H6440" letter|strong="H5612" in|strong="H3068" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1004" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{15}Then|strong="H6213" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" prayed|strong="H6419", “Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3478" whom|strong="H6440" we|strong="H6213" Israelis belong|strong="H1961", you|strong="H6440" are|strong="H3478" seated|strong="H3427" on|strong="H3427" your|strong="H3068" throne|strong="H3678" above|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w statues|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} creatures|strong="H2416" with|strong="H3068" wings|strong="H3671", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w above|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w Sacred|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w Chest|strong="H0727"\+w*}. Only|strong="H3605" you|strong="H6440" are|strong="H3478" truly|strong="H6213" God|strong="H3068". You|strong="H6440" rule|strong="H4467" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" kingdoms|strong="H4467" on|strong="H3427" this|strong="H6213" earth|strong="H8064". You|strong="H6440" are|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" created|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w everything|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w on|strong="H3427"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H8064" and|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3427"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" sky|strong="H8064". 
\verseNumber{16}So|strong="H7971", Yahweh|strong="H3068", please|strong="H8085" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" I|strong="H1697" am|strong="H3068" saying|strong="H1697", and|strong="H3068" look|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w at|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w what|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* happening}. And|strong="H3068" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" King|strong="H4428" Sennacherib|strong="H5576" has|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" insult|strong="H2778" you|strong="H7971", the|strong="H8085" all-powerful God|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{17}“ahweh, it|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" true|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w armies|strong="H6635"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} the|strong="H3068" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" have|strong="H3068" completely|strong="H3617" destroyed|strong="H2717" many|strong="H7227" nations|strong="H1471", and|strong="H3068" ruined|strong="H2717" their|strong="H3068" land|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{18}And|strong="H3027" they|strong="H1992" have|strong="H3027" thrown|strong="H7993" the|strong="H3588" idols|strong="H1544" of|strong="H3027" those|strong="H1992" nations|strong="H1471" into|strong="H3027" fires|strong="H0784" and|strong="H3027" burned|strong="H8313" them|strong="H5414". But|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w difficult|strong="H6381"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w do|strong="H4639"\+w*, \+w because|strong="H3588"\+w*} they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1992" not|strong="H3808" gods|strong="H0430". They|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1992" only|strong="H3588" statues|strong="H2088" made|strong="H5414" of|strong="H3027" wood|strong="H6086" and|strong="H3027" stone|strong="H0068", idols|strong="H1544" that|strong="H3588" were|strong="H1992" shaped|strong="H4639" by|strong="H3027" humans, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w why|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w destroyed|strong="H4229"\+w* \+w easily|strong="H4592"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{19}So|strong="H6258" now|strong="H6258", Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", please|strong="H4994" rescue|strong="H3467" us|strong="H4994" from|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" power|strong="H3027" [MTY] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Assyria|strong="H0804"\+w*}, in|strong="H3068" order|strong="H3027" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3045" in|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" kingdoms|strong="H4467" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" world|strong="H8398" will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", are|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" only|strong="H3588" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3068" truly|strong="H3588" God|strong="H3068".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Isaiah|strong="H3470" predicted|strong="H1696" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" Assyrians|strong="H0804" would|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3045" conquer|strong="H3423" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" }

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\verseNumber{20}Then|strong="H7971" Isaiah|strong="H3470" sent|strong="H7971" this|strong="H3541" message|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3478" Hezekiah|strong="H2396": “This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H8085" God|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3478" whom|strong="H0834" we|strong="H8085" Israelis belong|strong="H1961", says|strong="H3541": 'I have|strong="H3068" heard|strong="H8085" what|strong="H3541" you|strong="H7971" prayed|strong="H6419" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H7971" about|strong="H8085" Sennacherib|strong="H5576", the|strong="H8085" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Assyria|strong="H0804". 
\verseNumber{21}This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" I|strong="H5921" say|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H5921": 
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“The|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5128" of|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" [MTY] despise|strong="H3988" you|strong="H5921" and|strong="H3068" make|strong="H6213" fun of|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5921". 
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They|strong="H3068" wag|strong="H5128"/shake|strong="H5128" their|strong="H3068" heads|strong="H7218" to|strong="H1696" mock|strong="H3932" you|strong="H5921" while|strong="H2088" you|strong="H5921" flee|strong="H5127" from|strong="H5921" here|strong="H2088". 
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\verseNumber{22}Who|strong="H4310" do|strong="H5869" you|strong="H5921" think|strong="H5869" that|strong="H3478" you|strong="H5921" are|strong="H3478" despising|strong="H3988" and|strong="H3478" ridiculing? 
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Who|strong="H4310" do|strong="H5869" you|strong="H5921" think|strong="H5869" you|strong="H5921" were|strong="H3478" shouting|strong="H6963" at|strong="H5921"? 
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Who|strong="H4310" do|strong="H5869" you|strong="H5921" think|strong="H5869" you|strong="H5921" were|strong="H3478" looking|strong="H2370" at|strong="H5921" very|strong="H3966" proudly|strong="H4791"/arrogantly|strong="H2102"? 
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It|strong="H5921" was|strong="H3478" I|strong="H5921", the|strong="H5921" holy|strong="H6918" God|strong="H4310" whom|strong="H4310" the|strong="H5921" Israelis worship|strong="H3478". 
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\verseNumber{23}The|strong="H5927" messengers|strong="H4397" that|strong="H4397" you|strong="H3027" sent|strong="H3027" made|strong="H3772" fun of|strong="H3027" me|strong="H5927". 
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You|strong="H3027" said|strong="H0559", 'With my|strong="H5927" many|strong="H7227" chariots|strong="H7393" I|strong="H3772" have|strong="H3027" gone|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5927" highest|strong="H7093" mountains|strong="H2022", 
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even|strong="H1571" to|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5927" highest|strong="H7093" mountains|strong="H2022" in|strong="H3027" Lebanon|strong="H3844". 
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We|strong="H0587" have|strong="H3027" cut|strong="H3772" down|strong="H3772" its|strong="H5927" tallest cedar|strong="H6967" trees|strong="H1265" 
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and|strong="H3027" its|strong="H5927" nicest pine|strong="H1992"/cyprus|strong="H3794" trees|strong="H1265". 
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We|strong="H0587" have|strong="H3027" been|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5927" most|strong="H6944" distant|strong="H7350"/remote|strong="H3411" peaks|strong="H1386" 
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and|strong="H3027" to|strong="H5927" its|strong="H5927" dense|strong="H3514" forests|strong="H3293". 
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\verseNumber{24}We|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3605" dug|strong="H6979" wells|strong="H0875" in|strong="H3709" other|strong="H6471" countries|strong="H0776" and|strong="H8354" drank|strong="H8354" water|strong="H4325" from|strong="H4325" them|strong="H5414". 
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And|strong="H8354" by|strong="H4325" marching|strong="H5265" through|strong="H3605" [MTY] the|strong="H3605" streams|strong="H2975" of|strong="H4325" Egypt|strong="H4693", 
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we|strong="H3605" dried|strong="H2717" them|strong="H5414" all|strong="H3605" up|strong="H2717" [HYP]!” ’ 
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\verseNumber{25}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{‘ut \+w I|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w reply|strong="H7725"\+w*}, “ave you|strong="H3117" never|strong="H3808" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3117" long|strong="H3117" ago|strong="H7350" I|strong="H3117" determined|strong="H2782" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w those|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w things|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w would|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w*}? 
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I|strong="H3117" planned|strong="H3335" it|strong="H6213" long|strong="H3117" ago|strong="H7350", 
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and|strong="H3117" now|strong="H6258" I|strong="H3117" have|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" causing|strong="H6213" it|strong="H6213" to|strong="H1961" happen|strong="H1961". 
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I|strong="H3117" planned|strong="H3335" that|strong="H3117" your|strong="H8085" army|strong="H2428" would|strong="H6213" have|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w power|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w*} capture|strong="H3920" many|strong="H3808" cities|strong="H5892" that|strong="H3117" were|strong="H1961" surrounded|strong="H5437" by|strong="H3117" high|strong="H6213" walls|strong="H2346", 
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and|strong="H3117" cause|strong="H6213" them|strong="H6213" to|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" piles|strong="H6651" of|strong="H3117" rubble|strong="H2721". 
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\verseNumber{26}The|strong="H6440" people|strong="H3427" who|strong="H3427" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" those|strong="H3427" cities|strong="H5892" have|strong="H1961" no|strong="H6440" power|strong="H3027", 
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and|strong="H3027" as|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" result|strong="H6903" they|strong="H3027" became|strong="H1961" dismayed|strong="H2865" and|strong="H3027" discouraged|strong="H2865". 
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They|strong="H3027" are|strong="H3027" as|strong="H1961" frail|strong="H2310" as|strong="H1961" plants|strong="H6212" and|strong="H3027" grass|strong="H2682" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H6440" fields|strong="H7704", 
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as|strong="H1961" frail|strong="H2310" as|strong="H1961" grass|strong="H2682" that|strong="H3027" grows|strong="H3318" on|strong="H3427" the|strong="H6440" roofs|strong="H1406" of|strong="H3027" houses|strong="H1004" 
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and|strong="H3027" is|strong="H3027" scorched|strong="H7711" by|strong="H3027" the|strong="H6440" hot|strong="H2552" east|strong="H6440" wind|strong="H7711". 
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\verseNumber{27}“ut I|strong="H3045" know|strong="H3045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w everything|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w about|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3045"\+w*}. 
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I|strong="H3045" know|strong="H3045" when|strong="H3318" you|strong="H3045" are|strong="H3045" in|strong="H3427" your|strong="H3045" house|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3318" when|strong="H3318" you|strong="H3045" go|strong="H3318" outside|strong="H3318"; 
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I|strong="H3045" also|strong="H3318" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3045" you|strong="H3045" are|strong="H3045" ◄raging|strong="H7264"/speaking|strong="H1696" very|strong="H3045" angrily|strong="H2195"► against|strong="H3427" me|strong="H3318". 
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\verseNumber{28}So|strong="H5927", because|strong="H3282" you|strong="H7725" have|strong="H8193" raged|strong="H5927" against|strong="H5927" me|strong="H7725", 
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and|strong="H7725" because|strong="H3282" I|strong="H7760" have|strong="H8193" heard|strong="H8085" [MTY] you|strong="H7725" speak|strong="H8193" very|strong="H3966" proudly|strong="H2102"/arrogantly|strong="H2102", 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w will|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w as|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} I|strong="H7760" will|strong="H7725" put|strong="H7760" a|strong="H7760" hook|strong="H2397" in|strong="H1870" your|strong="H7760" nose|strong="H0639" 
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and|strong="H7725" an|strong="H7760" iron|strong="H1270" ◄bit|strong="H4964"/piece|strong="H6595" of|strong="H1870" metal|strong="H2830"► in|strong="H1870" your|strong="H7760" mouth|strong="H6310" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w order|strong="H4616"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w I|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w can|strong="H4310"\+w* \+w lead|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w you|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w where|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w I|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w you|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w go|strong="H5927"\+w*}, 
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and|strong="H7725" I|strong="H7760" will|strong="H7725" force|strong="H2394" you|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" return|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w your|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w own|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w country|strong="H2022"\+w*} 
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on|strong="H1870" the|strong="H7725" same|strong="H1931" road|strong="H1870" on|strong="H1870" which|strong="H0834" you|strong="H7725" came|strong="H5927" here|strong="H1870", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w without|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w conquering|strong="H2114"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*}.” ' 
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\verseNumber{29}Then|strong="H2088" Isaiah|strong="H3470" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H8141" Hezekiah|strong="H2396", “This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" what|strong="H2088" will|strong="H3754" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H8141" prove|strong="H5254" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H8141"\+w* \+w I|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w am|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w telling|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8141"\+w* \+w truth|strong="H0571"\+w*}: 
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This|strong="H2088" year|strong="H8141" and|strong="H8141" next|strong="H8145" year|strong="H8141" you|strong="H8145" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H8141"\+w* \+w your|strong="H2232"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*} will|strong="H3754" be|strong="H8141" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H8141" harvest|strong="H7114" only|strong="H0389" ◄wild|strong="H7704" grain|strong="H1715"/grain|strong="H1715" that|strong="H8141" grows|strong="H5599" without|strong="H8141" having|strong="H0369" been|strong="H1961" planted|strong="H5193"►. 
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But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H8141" following|strong="H0310" year|strong="H8141", you|strong="H8145" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Israelis} will|strong="H3754" be|strong="H8141" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H8141" plant|strong="H5193" grain|strong="H1715" and|strong="H8141" harvest|strong="H7114" it|strong="H2088", and|strong="H8141" to|strong="H8141" plant|strong="H5193" vineyards|strong="H3754" and|strong="H8141" eat|strong="H0398" the|strong="H8141" grapes|strong="H6025" that|strong="H8141" you|strong="H8145" harvest|strong="H7114". 
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\verseNumber{30}The|strong="H6213" people|strong="H5971" [MTY] in|strong="H1004" Judah|strong="H3063" who|strong="H3063" remain|strong="H7604" alive|strong="H7604" will|strong="H1004" prosper|strong="H6743" and|strong="H3063" have|strong="H3063" many|strong="H7227" children|strong="H1121"; they|strong="H6213" will|strong="H1004" be|strong="H3254" like|strong="H1004" plants|strong="H6212" whose|strong="H0834" roots|strong="H8328" go|strong="H3254" deep|strong="H8328" down|strong="H4295" into|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" ground|strong="H0776" and|strong="H3063" which|strong="H1004" produce|strong="H6529" much|strong="H6213" [MET|strong="H6298"]. 
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\verseNumber{31}There|strong="H2022" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" many|strong="H7227" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" [DOU] who|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" survive|strong="H6965", because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3588" commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H3068" angels|strong="H4397" in|strong="H3068" heaven|strong="H8064", wants|strong="H2656" [PRS] it|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3318" happen|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{32}So|strong="H3651" this|strong="H2063" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" Yahweh|strong="H3068", says|strong="H3541" about|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804": 
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‘His|strong="H3068" armies|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" enter|strong="H0935" this|strong="H2063" city|strong="H5892"; 
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they|strong="H3651" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" even|strong="H3651" shoot|strong="H3384" any|strong="H3808" arrows|strong="H2671" into|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921"! 
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His|strong="H3068" soldiers|strong="H5650" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" march|strong="H1980" outside|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892" gates|strong="H8179" carrying|strong="H5375" shields|strong="H4043", 
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and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3651" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" even|strong="H3651" build|strong="H1129" high|strong="H1116" mounds|strong="H8510" of|strong="H4428" dirt|strong="H6083" against|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w walls|strong="H2346"\+w*} 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w enable|strong="H7980"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w attack|strong="H6923"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{33}Their|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428" will|strong="H3068" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" his|strong="H3068" own|strong="H1961" country|strong="H2022" 
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on|strong="H1870" the|strong="H5002" same|strong="H2063" road|strong="H1870" on|strong="H1870" which|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" came|strong="H3068" here|strong="H2063". 
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He|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" enter|strong="H0935" this|strong="H2063" city|strong="H5892"! 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w That|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w because|strong="H1870"\+w*} I|strong="H3808", Yahweh|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" said|strong="H5002" it|strong="H7725"! 
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\verseNumber{34}I|strong="H5650" will|strong="H5650" defend|strong="H1598" this|strong="H2063" city|strong="H5892" and|strong="H5892" prevent|strong="H6923" it|strong="H2063" from|strong="H5650" being|strong="H1961" destroyed|strong="H4229". 
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I|strong="H5650" will|strong="H5650" do|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2063" for|strong="H4616" the|strong="H5650" sake|strong="H4616" of|strong="H5892" my|strong="H1732" own|strong="H1961" reputation|strong="H8034" and|strong="H5892" because|strong="H4616" of|strong="H5892" what|strong="H2063" I|strong="H5650" promised|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1732" King|strong="H4616" David|strong="H1732", who|strong="H5650" served|strong="H5647" me|strong="H3467" well|strong="H3190".' ” 
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\verseNumber{35}That|strong="H3605" night|strong="H3915", an|strong="H1961" angel|strong="H4397" from|strong="H3318" Yahweh|strong="H3068" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" where|strong="H2009" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H4264" of|strong="H3068" Assyria|strong="H0804" had|strong="H3068" put|strong="H4191" up|strong="H7925" their|strong="H3605" tents|strong="H4264", and|strong="H3967" killed|strong="H5221" 185,000 of|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H3967"! When|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" rest|strong="H1961" of|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H3967" woke|strong="H3364" up|strong="H7925" the|strong="H3605" next|strong="H4283" morning|strong="H1242", they|strong="H3068" saw|strong="H2009" that|strong="H3605" there|strong="H2009" were|strong="H1961" corpses|strong="H6297" everywhere|strong="H3605"! 
\verseNumber{36}Then|strong="H7725" King|strong="H4428" Sennacherib|strong="H5576" left|strong="H5265" and|strong="H7725" went|strong="H3212" home|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Nineveh|strong="H5210", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w capital|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Assyria|strong="H0804"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{37}One|strong="H1931" day|strong="H3117", when|strong="H1961" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" worshiping|strong="H7812" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5221" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5221" god|strong="H0430" Nisroch|strong="H5268", two|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5221" sons|strong="H1121", Adrammelech|strong="H0152" and|strong="H1121" Sharezer|strong="H8272", killed|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5221" with|strong="H1004" their|strong="H1992" swords|strong="H2719". Then|strong="H1961" they|strong="H1992" escaped|strong="H4422" and|strong="H1121" went|strong="H1121" to|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5221"\+w*} Ararat|strong="H0780" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*, northwest \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Nineveh|strong="H5210"\+w*}. And|strong="H1121" another|strong="H0312" of|strong="H1121" Sennacherib's sons|strong="H1121", Esarhaddon|strong="H0634", became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H5221" king|strong="H4427" of|strong="H1121" Assyria|strong="H0804". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Hezekiah’s sickness and his recovery }

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\chapterNumber{20}About|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" time|strong="H3117", Hezekiah|strong="H2396" became|strong="H2470" very|strong="H1992" ill|strong="H2470". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w thought|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w*} was|strong="H3068" about|strong="H3117" to|strong="H4191" die|strong="H4191". Isaiah|strong="H3470" the|strong="H3588" prophet|strong="H5030" came|strong="H3068" to|strong="H4191" him|strong="H6680" and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559", “This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541": ‘You|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3068" tell|strong="H5046" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H1121" in|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" palace|strong="H1004" what|strong="H3541" you|strong="H3588" want|strong="H3808" them|strong="H1992" to|strong="H4191" do|strong="H3068" after|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3588" die|strong="H4191", because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3117" not|strong="H3808" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="H4191" recover|strong="H2421" from|strong="H1121" this|strong="H3541" illness|strong="H2483". You|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3117" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="H4191" die|strong="H4191".’ ” 
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\verseNumber{2}Hezekiah|strong="H2396" turned|strong="H5437" his|strong="H3068" face|strong="H6440" toward|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" wall|strong="H7023" and|strong="H3068" prayed|strong="H6419", 
\verseNumber{3}“Yahweh|strong="H3068", do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" forget|strong="H7911" that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H1980" have|strong="H3068" always|strong="H3605" served|strong="H6440" you|strong="H6440" faithfully|strong="H0571", and|strong="H1980" I|strong="H1980" have|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" things|strong="H1419" that|strong="H3068" pleased|strong="H5869" you|strong="H6440".” Then|strong="H1980" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H1980" cry|strong="H7121" loudly|strong="H1419". 
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\verseNumber{4}Isaiah|strong="H3470" left|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428", but|strong="H3808" before|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" crossed|strong="H5674" the|strong="H3068" middle|strong="H8484" courtyard|strong="H5892" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" palace|strong="H1004", Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H3318" him|strong="H3318" a|strong="H1961" message|strong="H1697" 
\verseNumber{5}which|strong="H3068" said|strong="H8085", “Go|strong="H5927" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Hezekiah|strong="H2396", the|strong="H8085" ruler|strong="H5057" of|strong="H1004" my|strong="H8085" people|strong="H5971", and|strong="H3068" say|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" him|strong="H7725", ‘I|strong="H3117", Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H8085" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H5971" your|strong="H3068" ancestor King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w*}, have|strong="H3068" heard|strong="H8085" what|strong="H3541" you|strong="H3117" prayed|strong="H6419". And|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3117" have|strong="H3068" seen|strong="H7200" your|strong="H3068" tears|strong="H1832". So|strong="H3541", listen|strong="H8085": I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" heal|strong="H7495" you|strong="H3117". Two|strong="H1004" days|strong="H3117" from|strong="H7725" now|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w be|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w able|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w*} go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H7725" my|strong="H8085" temple|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{6}I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H4428" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" live|strong="H3117" for|strong="H5921" 15 more|strong="H3254" years|strong="H8141". And|strong="H4428" I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H4428" rescue|strong="H5337" you|strong="H5921" and|strong="H4428" this|strong="H2063" city|strong="H5892" again|strong="H3254" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" power|strong="H3709" [MTY] of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804". I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H4428" defend|strong="H1598" this|strong="H2063" city|strong="H5892" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" sake|strong="H4616" of|strong="H4428" my|strong="H1732" own|strong="H1961" reputation|strong="H8034" and|strong="H4428" because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H4428" what|strong="H2063" I|strong="H3117" promised|strong="H1696" King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732", who|strong="H5650" served|strong="H5647" me|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w well|strong="H3190"\+w*}.’ ” 
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\verseNumber{7}So|strong="H3947" Isaiah|strong="H3470" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w returned|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w palace|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w told|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\+w* \+w what|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w had|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w said|strong="H0559"\+w*. \+w Then|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w he|strong="H5921"\+w*} said|strong="H0559"\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Hezekiah’s|strong="H2396"\+w* \+w servants|strong="H5650"\+w*}, “Bring|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" paste made|strong="H7760" of|strong="H5921" boiled|strong="H1310" figs|strong="H8384". Put|strong="H7760" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H5921" it|strong="H7760" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H7760" boil|strong="H7822", and|strong="H3947" he|strong="H5921" will|strong="H8384" get|strong="H3947" well|strong="H7760".” 
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\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="H3588" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" replied|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" Isaiah|strong="H3470", “What|strong="H4100" will|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" prove|strong="H5254" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" heal|strong="H7495" me|strong="H5927" and|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3588" two|strong="H1004" days|strong="H3117" from|strong="H5927" now|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3068" go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" temple|strong="H1004"?” 
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\verseNumber{9}Isaiah|strong="H3470" replied|strong="H1696", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" something|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" prove|strong="H5254" to|strong="H1696" you|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H1697" he|strong="H3588" promised|strong="H1696". Do|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588" want|strong="H4270" him|strong="H6213" to|strong="H1696" cause|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3588" shadow|strong="H6738" on|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3588" stairway|strong="H4609"/sundial to|strong="H1696" go|strong="H1980" back|strong="H7725" ten|strong="H6235" steps|strong="H4609"/degrees|strong="H4609", or|strong="H3068" to|strong="H1696" go|strong="H1980" forward|strong="H1980" ten|strong="H6235" steps|strong="H4609"/degrees|strong="H4609"?” 
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\verseNumber{10}Hezekiah|strong="H2396" replied|strong="H0559", “It|strong="H3588" is|strong="H6738" easy|strong="H7043" to|strong="H7725" cause|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3588" shadow|strong="H6738" to|strong="H7725" move|strong="H5472" forward|strong="H5265", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="H6738"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w it|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w always|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w does|strong="H3808"\+w*}. Tell|strong="H5046" him|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" cause|strong="H7725" it|strong="H3588" to|strong="H7725" move|strong="H5472" backward|strong="H0268" ten|strong="H6235" steps|strong="H4609"/degrees|strong="H4609".” 
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\verseNumber{11}So|strong="H7121" Isaiah|strong="H3470" prayed|strong="H7121" earnestly|strong="H7592" to|strong="H7725" Yahweh|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3068" shadow|strong="H6738" to|strong="H7725" go|strong="H3381" backward|strong="H0268" ten|strong="H6235" steps|strong="H4609"/degrees|strong="H4609" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" stairway|strong="H4609"/sundial that|strong="H3068" King|strong="H4428" Ahaz|strong="H0271" had|strong="H3068" made|strong="H7725" (OR|strong="H3068", that|strong="H3068" workers|strong="H6466" had|strong="H3068" built|strong="H1129" for|strong="H7121" King|strong="H4428" Ahaz|strong="H0271"). 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H3068" messengers|strong="H4397" from|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H3068" Babylonia|strong="H0894" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{The|strong="H3068" messengers|strong="H4397" from|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H3068" Babylonia|strong="H0894" }
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\verseNumber{12}At|strong="H4428" that|strong="H3588" time|strong="H6256", King|strong="H4428" Merodach-Baladan|strong="H1255", the|strong="H8085" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Baladan|strong="H1081" the|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w previous|strong="H7223"\+w*} King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Babylonia|strong="H0894", heard|strong="H8085" a|strong="H3588" report|strong="H8088" that|strong="H3588" King|strong="H4428" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" had|strong="H4428" been|strong="H2470" very|strong="H3966" sick|strong="H2470". So|strong="H7971" he|strong="H1931" wrote|strong="H3789" some|strong="H6256" letters|strong="H5612" and|strong="H1121" gave|strong="H8085" them|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" some|strong="H6256" messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="H7971" take|strong="H1121" to|strong="H7971" Hezekiah|strong="H2396", along|strong="H3588" with|strong="H4428" a|strong="H3588" gift|strong="H4503". 
\verseNumber{13}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w messengers|strong="H4397"\+w* \+w arrived|strong="H0935"\+w*}, Hezekiah|strong="H2396" welcomed|strong="H8085" them|strong="H5921" gladly|strong="H8055". Then|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3605" showed|strong="H7200" them|strong="H5921" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H7200" was|strong="H1961" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" ◄treasure|strong="H5238" houses|strong="H1004"/places|strong="H1004" where|strong="H1004" very|strong="H2896" valuable|strong="H3368" things|strong="H1697" were|strong="H1961" stored|strong="H6845"►—the|strong="H3605" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H3701" gold|strong="H2091", the|strong="H3605" spices|strong="H1314", the|strong="H3605" nice-smelling olive|strong="H8081" oil|strong="H8081", and|strong="H3701" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" weapons|strong="H3627" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w*}. He|strong="H3605" showed|strong="H7200" them|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w valuable|strong="H3368"\+w*} things|strong="H1697" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" storerooms and|strong="H3701" everywhere|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3808" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" kingdom|strong="H4474" [HYP]; he|strong="H3605" showed|strong="H7200" them|strong="H5921" everything|strong="H3605". 
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\verseNumber{14}Then|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3470" prophet|strong="H5030" Isaiah|strong="H3470" went|strong="H4428" to|strong="H4428" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" and|strong="H4428" asked|strong="H4100" him|strong="H4428", “Where|strong="H4100" did|strong="H4100" those|strong="H1992" men|strong="H0376" come|strong="H7350" from|strong="H7350", and|strong="H4428" what|strong="H4100" did|strong="H4100" they|strong="H4100" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H4428" you|strong="H4100"?” 
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Hezekiah|strong="H2396" replied|strong="H0559", “They|strong="H4100" came|strong="H4428" from|strong="H7350" a|strong="H4428" country|strong="H2022" very|strong="H3966" far|strong="H7350" from|strong="H7350" here|strong="H6311". They|strong="H4100" came|strong="H4428" from|strong="H7350" Babylonia|strong="H0894".” 
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\verseNumber{15}Isaiah|strong="H3470" asked|strong="H4100", “What|strong="H4100" did|strong="H4100" they|strong="H3808" see|strong="H7200" in|strong="H1004" your|strong="H3605" palace|strong="H1004"?” 
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Hezekiah|strong="H2396" replied|strong="H0559", “They|strong="H3808" saw|strong="H7200" everything|strong="H3605". I|strong="H1697" showed|strong="H7200" them|strong="H7200" absolutely|strong="H0657" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H7200" I|strong="H1697" own|strong="H1961"—all|strong="H3605" my|strong="H3605" valuable|strong="H3368" things|strong="H1697".” 
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\verseNumber{16}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Isaiah|strong="H3470"\+w* \+w knew|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w done|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w a|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w very|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w foolish|strong="H3684"\+w* \+w thing|strong="H1697"\+w*}. So|strong="H1697" Isaiah|strong="H3470" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H8085", “Listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H1697". 
\verseNumber{17}There|strong="H2009" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" a|strong="H5375" time|strong="H3117" when|strong="H3117" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3068" still|strong="H5704" in|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" palace|strong="H1004", all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" valuable|strong="H3368" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3117" put|strong="H3068" there|strong="H2009" by|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3605" and|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001", will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" carried|strong="H5375" away|strong="H5375" to|strong="H5704" Babylon|strong="H0894". There|strong="H2009" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" nothing|strong="H3808" left|strong="H3498" here|strong="H2009"! \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w That|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w what|strong="H1697"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3605"\+w*} 
\verseNumber{18}Furthermore|strong="H1571", some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3947" own|strong="H1961" descendants|strong="H1121" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" forced|strong="H4522" to|strong="H3318" go|strong="H3318" there|strong="H1961", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3205" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" castrated in|strong="H4428" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H4428" they|strong="H3205" may|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" servants|strong="H5650" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3947" palace|strong="H1964" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3947" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Babylon|strong="H0894".” 
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\verseNumber{19}Then|strong="H1961" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" replied|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Isaiah|strong="H3470", “That|strong="H3117" message|strong="H1697" from|strong="H3117" Yahweh|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117" have|strong="H1961" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H1696" is|strong="H3068" good|strong="H2896".” He|strong="H3117" said|strong="H1696" that|strong="H3117" because|strong="H1697" he|strong="H3117" was|strong="H3068" thinking|strong="H0559", “Even|strong="H3808" if|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3117" happens|strong="H1961", there|strong="H1961" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" peace|strong="H7965" and|strong="H3068" security|strong="H7965" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*} all|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3068" rest|strong="H7965" of|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" life|strong="H3117".” 
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\verseNumber{20}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w If|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w want|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w more|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w about|strong="H5921"\+w*} [RHQ] all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3605" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" did|strong="H6213", about|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" brave|strong="H2428" deeds|strong="H1697" in|strong="H5921" battle|strong="H3117", about|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" ordering|strong="H0559" a|strong="H6213" reservoir|strong="H4724" to|strong="H6213" be|strong="H3808" built|strong="H6213" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" and|strong="H3063" a|strong="H6213" tunnel|strong="H6794" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w dug|strong="H2658"\+w*} to|strong="H6213" bring|strong="H6213" water|strong="H4325" into|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" reservoir|strong="H4724", they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H3117" all|strong="H3605" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" scroll|strong="H5612" called|strong="H7121" ‘The|strong="H3605" History|strong="H8435" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah’. 
\verseNumber{21}Later|strong="H0310" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" died|strong="H4191" [EUP], and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H8478" son|strong="H1121" Manasseh|strong="H4519" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H8478" king|strong="H4427". 

\BibleSectionHeading{King Manasseh of Judah }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{King Manasseh of Judah }
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\chapterNumber{21}Manasseh|strong="H4519" was|strong="H8034" twelve|strong="H8147" years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1121" he|strong="H2568" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3389" rule|strong="H4427". He|strong="H2568" ruled|strong="H4427" Judah|strong="H3063" for|strong="H8034" 55 years|strong="H8141" from|strong="H1121" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". His|strong="H4519" mother|strong="H0517" was|strong="H8034" Hephzibah|strong="H2657". 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" many|strong="H7227" things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" considered|strong="H2803" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3068" evil|strong="H7451". He|strong="H6213" imitated the|strong="H6440" disgusting|strong="H8441" things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3068" were|strong="H3478" formerly|strong="H6440" done|strong="H6213" by|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H1471" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" nations|strong="H1471" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" expelled|strong="H3423" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" land|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" as|strong="H6213" his|strong="H3068" people|strong="H1471" advanced|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w through|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w land|strong="H6440"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{3}He|strong="H6213" commanded|strong="H6680" his|strong="H3605" workers|strong="H6213" to|strong="H7725" rebuild|strong="H1129" the|strong="H3605" shrines|strong="H1354" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w worshiping|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*} that|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" had|strong="H3478" destroyed|strong="H4229" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w they|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w were|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w not|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w place|strong="H1116"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w said|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w they|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w should|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w him|strong="H6213"\+w*}. He|strong="H6213" directed|strong="H5090" his|strong="H3605" workers|strong="H6213" to|strong="H7725" build|strong="H1129" altars|strong="H4196" for|strong="H6213" worshiping|strong="H7812" Baal|strong="H1168". He|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w statue|strong="H6755"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w goddess|strong="H0430"\+w*} Asherah|strong="H0842", like|strong="H3478" Ahab|strong="H0256" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" had|strong="H3478" done|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w previously|strong="H8543"\+w*}. And|strong="H6965" Manasseh|strong="H1129" worshiped|strong="H7812" [DOU] the|strong="H3605" stars|strong="H3556". 
\verseNumber{4}He|strong="H3068" directed|strong="H5090" his|strong="H3068" workers|strong="H1129" to|strong="H3068" build|strong="H1129" altars|strong="H4196" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w worshiping|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w foreign|strong="H5237"\+w* \+w gods|strong="H0430"\+w*} in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Yahweh|strong="H3068", about|strong="H8034" which|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “It|strong="H7760" is|strong="H3068" here|strong="H7760" in|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" where|strong="H1004" I|strong="H7760" want|strong="H4270" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H3068" worship|strong="H7812" [MTY] me|strong="H7760", forever|strong="H5769".” 
\verseNumber{5}He|strong="H3068" directed|strong="H5090" that|strong="H3605" altars|strong="H4196" for|strong="H3068" worshiping|strong="H7812" the|strong="H3605" stars|strong="H3556" be|strong="H3068" built|strong="H1129" in|strong="H3068" both|strong="H8147" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" courtyards|strong="H2691" outside|strong="H1129" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{6}He|strong="H6213" even|strong="H6213" sacrificed|strong="H6213" his|strong="H3068" own|strong="H5869" son|strong="H1121" by|strong="H5674" burning|strong="H2740" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w him|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w a|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w fire|strong="H0784"\+w*}. He|strong="H6213" performed|strong="H6213" rituals to|strong="H3068" practice|strong="H6213" sorcery|strong="H3784" and|strong="H1121" magic rituals. He|strong="H6213" also|strong="H3068" went|strong="H5674" to|strong="H3068" people|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3068" consulted|strong="H3289" the|strong="H6213" spirits|strong="H7307" of|strong="H1121" dead|strong="H4191" people|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3068" find|strong="H4672" out|strong="H6213" what|strong="H7451" would|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H6213" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" future|strong="H0319". He|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" many|strong="H7235" things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" considered|strong="H2803" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" extremely|strong="H3966" evil|strong="H7451", things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5674" Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" become|strong="H6213" very|strong="H7235" angry|strong="H3707". 
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\verseNumber{7}He|strong="H6213" placed|strong="H7760" the|strong="H3605" statue|strong="H6755" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" goddess|strong="H0430" Asherah|strong="H0842" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004", the|strong="H3605" place|strong="H7760" about|strong="H6213" which|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" Solomon|strong="H8010", “My|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" here|strong="H2088" in|strong="H3478" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H7760" have|strong="H3068" chosen|strong="H0977" from|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" territory|strong="H1366" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" twelve|strong="H8147" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", where|strong="H1004" I|strong="H7760" want|strong="H4270" people|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3478" worship|strong="H3478" me|strong="H7760", forever|strong="H5769". 
\verseNumber{8}And|strong="H4872" if|strong="H0518" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H3808" obey|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" my|strong="H8104" commands|strong="H6680" and|strong="H4872" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" laws|strong="H8451" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H5414" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" Moses|strong="H4872", the|strong="H3605" man|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" served|strong="H6213" me|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w very|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w well|strong="H3190"\+w*}, I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" again|strong="H3254" force|strong="H2394" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" leave|strong="H4480" this|strong="H6213" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H5414" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" their|strong="H3605" ancestors|strong="H0001".” 
\verseNumber{9}But|strong="H3808" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H1471" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" heed|strong="H8085" Yahweh|strong="H3068". And|strong="H1121" Manasseh|strong="H4519" persuaded|strong="H5496" them|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3478" commit|strong="H6213" sins|strong="H2403" that|strong="H8085" are|strong="H1121" more|strong="H4480" evil|strong="H7451" than|strong="H4480" the|strong="H6440" sins|strong="H2403" that|strong="H8085" were|strong="H3478" committed|strong="H6213" by|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H1471" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" nations|strong="H1471" that|strong="H8085" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" expelled|strong="H3423" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H6440" land|strong="H6440" as|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6440" Israeli people|strong="H1471" advanced|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{10}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w These|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w are|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w some|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w things|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w*} the|strong="H3068" prophets|strong="H5030" said|strong="H1696" many|strong="H7227" times|strong="H3027", messages|strong="H2372" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" given|strong="H5650" them|strong="H3027": 
\verseNumber{11}“Manasseh|strong="H4519", the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063", has|strong="H4428" done|strong="H6213" these|strong="H6213" abominable|strong="H8441" things|strong="H3605", things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" are|strong="H4428" much|strong="H6213" worse|strong="H7489" than|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Amor people-group did|strong="H6213" in|strong="H6213" this|strong="H6213" land|strong="H6440" long|strong="H3605" ago|strong="H7350". He|strong="H6213" has|strong="H4428" persuaded|strong="H5496" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1571" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" to|strong="H6213" sin|strong="H2398" by|strong="H1571" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worshiping|strong="H7812"\+w*} idols|strong="H1544". 
\verseNumber{12}Therefore|strong="H3651", this|strong="H3651" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H7451" I|strong="H2005", Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H0834" you|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H8085" worship|strong="H3651", say|strong="H3478": I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" cause|strong="H3651" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H8085" of|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H3063" the|strong="H3605" rest|strong="H5117" of|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063" to|strong="H3478" experience|strong="H7200" great|strong="H7451" disasters|strong="H7451". It|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" terrible|strong="H7451", with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H3605" everyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" hears|strong="H8085" about|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" stunned|strong="H6313" [MTY]. 
\verseNumber{13}I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1004" judge|strong="H8199" and|strong="H1004" punish|strong="H6485" [MET|strong="H6298"] the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1004" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" like|strong="H1004" I|strong="H5921" punished|strong="H6485" the|strong="H6440" family|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" King|strong="H5921" Ahab|strong="H0256" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*}. I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1004" ◄wipe|strong="H4229" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" clean|strong="H2889"/remove|strong="H6440" all|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H5971" from|strong="H6440" Jerusalem|strong="H3389"►, like|strong="H1004" [MET|strong="H6298"] people|strong="H5971" wipe|strong="H4229" a|strong="H5921" plate|strong="H6731" and|strong="H1004" then|strong="H0227" turn|strong="H5186" it|strong="H5921" upside|strong="H5921" down|strong="H5186" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w after|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w they|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w finished|strong="H3615"\+w* \+w eating|strong="H0398"\+w*, \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w show|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w they|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w are|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w now|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w satisfied|strong="H7646"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{14}And|strong="H3027" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1961" abandon|strong="H5203" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5159" who|strong="H3605" remain|strong="H1961" alive|strong="H2416", and|strong="H3027" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1961" allow|strong="H5414" their|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H3027" to|strong="H1961" conquer|strong="H3423" them|strong="H5414" and|strong="H3027" steal|strong="H1589" everything|strong="H3605" valuable|strong="H3368" from|strong="H3027" their|strong="H3605" land|strong="H5159". 
\verseNumber{15}I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1961" do|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2088" because|strong="H4480" my|strong="H3318" people|strong="H5869" have|strong="H1961" done|strong="H6213" things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" consider|strong="H5869" to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H1961" very|strong="H2088" evil|strong="H7451", things|strong="H7451" which|strong="H5869" have|strong="H1961" caused|strong="H1961" me|strong="H4480" to|strong="H5704" become|strong="H1961" very|strong="H2088" angry|strong="H3707". They|strong="H3117" have|strong="H1961" caused|strong="H1961" me|strong="H4480" to|strong="H5704" become|strong="H1961" angry|strong="H3707" continually|strong="H3117", ever|strong="H3117" since|strong="H4480" their|strong="H1961" ancestors|strong="H0001" left|strong="H3318" Egypt|strong="H4714".” 
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\verseNumber{16}Manasseh|strong="H4519" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w commanded|strong="H1571"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w officials|strong="H8269"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w*} kill|strong="H8210" many|strong="H7235" innocent|strong="H5355" people|strong="H1818" in|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", with|strong="H4390" the|strong="H6213" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" blood|strong="H1818" flowed|strong="H1980" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" streets|strong="H2351". He|strong="H5704" did|strong="H6213" this|strong="H6213" in|strong="H3068" addition|strong="H1571" to|strong="H5704" persuading the|strong="H6213" people|strong="H1818" of|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063" to|strong="H5704" sin|strong="H2403" against|strong="H2398" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w worshiping|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w idols|strong="H6310"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{17}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w If|strong="H2398"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w want|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w more|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w about|strong="H5921"\+w*} all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3605" Manasseh|strong="H4519" did|strong="H6213", they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H3117" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" scroll|strong="H5612" called|strong="H7121" ‘The|strong="H3605" History|strong="H8435" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah’. 
\verseNumber{18}Manasseh|strong="H4519" died|strong="H4191" [EUP] and|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1004" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H8478" garden|strong="H1588" outside|strong="H2351" his|strong="H8478" palace|strong="H1004", the|strong="H8478" garden|strong="H1588" that|strong="H1121" Uzza|strong="H5798" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w had|strong="H4519"\+w* \+w made|strong="H4427"\+w*}. Then|strong="H1121" Manasseh’s|strong="H4519" son|strong="H1121" Amon|strong="H0526" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H8478" king|strong="H4427". 

\BibleSectionHeading{King|strong="H4427" Amon|strong="H0526" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{King|strong="H4427" Amon|strong="H0526" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" }
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\verseNumber{19}Amon|strong="H0526" was|strong="H8034" twenty-two|strong="H6242" years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1121" he|strong="H8147" became|strong="H4427" king|strong="H4427". He|strong="H8147" ruled|strong="H4427" Judah|strong="H3063" from|strong="H4480" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" for|strong="H8034" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="H0389"\+w*} two|strong="H8147" years|strong="H8141". His|strong="H4480" mother’s|strong="H0517" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Meshullemeth|strong="H4922". She|strong="H8147" was|strong="H8034" from|strong="H4480" Jotbah|strong="H3192" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" was|strong="H8034" the|strong="H4480" granddaughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" Haruz|strong="H2743". 
\verseNumber{20}Amon|strong="H0526" did|strong="H6213" many|strong="H7227" things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" considered|strong="H2803" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" evil|strong="H7451", like|strong="H6213" his|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001" Manasseh|strong="H4519" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{21}He|strong="H3605" imitated the|strong="H3605" behavior|strong="H1980" of|strong="H1870" his|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001", and|strong="H1980" he|strong="H3605" worshiped|strong="H7812" the|strong="H3605" same|strong="H1931" idols|strong="H1544" that|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" had|strong="H3068" worshiped|strong="H7812" [DOU]. 
\verseNumber{22}He|strong="H3068" abandoned|strong="H5800" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H0834" his|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w*}, and|strong="H1980" did|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" behave|strong="H6213" as|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" wanted|strong="H2654" him|strong="H5800" to|strong="H1980". 
\verseNumber{23}Then|strong="H4428" one|strong="H1004" day|strong="H3117" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H5921" officials|strong="H5650" plotted|strong="H7451" to|strong="H4191" kill|strong="H4191" him|strong="H5921". They|strong="H5921" assassinated|strong="H4191" him|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" palace|strong="H1004". 
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\verseNumber{24}But|strong="H5221" then|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" killed|strong="H5221" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H4428" assassinated|strong="H4191" King|strong="H4428" Amon|strong="H0526", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H5921" appointed|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" Josiah|strong="H2977" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428". 
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\verseNumber{25}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w If|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w want|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w read|strong="H5612"\+w* \+w about|strong="H5921"\+w*} [RHQ] the|strong="H5921" other|strong="H0312" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3117" Amon|strong="H0526" did|strong="H6213", they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H3117" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" scroll|strong="H5612" called|strong="H7121" ‘The|strong="H5921" History|strong="H8435" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" Kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah’. 
\verseNumber{26}Amon|strong="H0526" was|strong="H1121" also|strong="H1121" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H6912" the|strong="H8478" tomb|strong="H6900" in|strong="H6912" the|strong="H8478" garden|strong="H1588" that|strong="H1121" Uzza|strong="H5798" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w had|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w made|strong="H4427"\+w*}. Then|strong="H1121" Amon’s|strong="H0526" son|strong="H1121" Josiah|strong="H2977" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H8478" king|strong="H4427". 

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\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{King Josiah of Judah }
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\chapterNumber{22}Josiah|strong="H2977" was|strong="H8034" eight|strong="H8083" years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3389" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H8034" king|strong="H4427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*}. He|strong="H3389" ruled|strong="H4427" from|strong="H1121" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" for|strong="H8034" 31 years|strong="H8141". His|strong="H2977" mother|strong="H0517" was|strong="H8034" Jedidah|strong="H3040" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H2977" grandfather|strong="H0001" was|strong="H8034" Adaiah|strong="H5718" from|strong="H1121" Bozkath|strong="H1218" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{2}Josiah|strong="H2977" did|strong="H6213" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" were|strong="H5869" pleasing|strong="H2896" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" conducted|strong="H1240" his|strong="H3605" life|strong="H3605" as|strong="H6213" his|strong="H3605" ancestor King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213". He|strong="H6213" completely|strong="H3605" obeyed|strong="H8085" [IDM] all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" laws|strong="H8451" of|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{3}After|strong="H1961" Josiah|strong="H2977" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H1961" ruling|strong="H4910" for|strong="H7971" almost|strong="H4592" 18 years|strong="H8141", he|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7971" his|strong="H3068" secretary|strong="H5608" Shaphan|strong="H8227", the|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Azaliah|strong="H0683" and|strong="H1121" grandson|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Meshullam|strong="H4918", to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004" with|strong="H1004" these|strong="H1004" instructions|strong="H1697": 
\verseNumber{4}“Go|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3068" Hilkiah|strong="H2518", the|strong="H8104" Supreme Priest|strong="H3548", and|strong="H3068" tell|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3068" give|strong="H8104" me|strong="H8104" a|strong="H5927" report|strong="H8088", telling|strong="H1696" me|strong="H8104" how|strong="H4100" much|strong="H1419" money|strong="H3701" the|strong="H8104" men|strong="H1419" who|strong="H5971" guard|strong="H8104" the|strong="H8104" doors|strong="H5592" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H8104" temple|strong="H1004" have|strong="H3068" collected|strong="H6908" from|strong="H5927" the|strong="H8104" people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w offerings|strong="H5927"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H5414" tell|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" all|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3068" money|strong="H3701" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" men|strong="H6213" who|strong="H3068" are|strong="H3027" supervising the|strong="H5921" work|strong="H4399" of|strong="H1004" repairing|strong="H2388" the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{6}They|strong="H1992" must|strong="H4191" give|strong="H5414" that|strong="H6086" money|strong="H3701" to|strong="H1004" the|strong="H1129" carpenters|strong="H2796", the|strong="H1129" builders|strong="H1129", and|strong="H1004" the|strong="H1129" masons|strong="H1443", and|strong="H1004" they|strong="H1992" should|strong="H3068" also|strong="H2388" buy|strong="H7069" the|strong="H1129" timber|strong="H6086" and|strong="H1004" the|strong="H1129" stones|strong="H0068" that|strong="H6086" they|strong="H1992" will|strong="H1004" use|strong="H4399" to|strong="H1004" repair|strong="H2388" the|strong="H1129" temple|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{7}But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" men|strong="H6213" who|strong="H1992" supervise|strong="H5329" the|strong="H5921" work|strong="H6213" will|strong="H3027" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" required|strong="H7592" to|strong="H6213" make|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" report|strong="H8088" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" money|strong="H3701" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3027" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H6213" them|strong="H5414", saying|strong="H0559" what|strong="H6213" they|strong="H1992" spent|strong="H3885" it|strong="H5414" for|strong="H3588", because|strong="H3588" those|strong="H1992" men|strong="H6213" are|strong="H1992" completely|strong="H3617" honest|strong="H3653".” 
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\verseNumber{8}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w After|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Shaphan|strong="H8227"\+w* \+w said|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Hilkiah|strong="H2518"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" king’s|strong="H4428" secretary|strong="H5608", Hilkiah|strong="H2518" said|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3068" Shaphan|strong="H8227", “I|strong="H5414" have|strong="H3068" found|strong="H4672" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1004" a|strong="H5414" scroll|strong="H5612" on|strong="H5921" which|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" written|strong="H3789" the|strong="H5921" laws|strong="H8451" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w God|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w gave|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Moses|strong="H5414"\+w*}!” Hilkiah|strong="H2518" gave|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" scroll|strong="H5612" to|strong="H3068" Shaphan|strong="H8227", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3068" read|strong="H7121" it|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H5414" Shaphan|strong="H8227" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w took|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w scroll|strong="H5612"\+w*} to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H7725" him|strong="H5414", “Your|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004" guards|strong="H7323" have|strong="H3068" taken|strong="H5608" the|strong="H5921" money|strong="H3701" that|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1004", and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" given|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H5921" men|strong="H5650" who|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" supervise|strong="H5329" the|strong="H5921" work|strong="H4399" of|strong="H4428" repairing|strong="H3247" the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1004".” 
\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="H5414" Shaphan|strong="H8227" said|strong="H7121" to|strong="H5414" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{“\+w I|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w brought|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5414"\+w*} a|strong="H5414" scroll|strong="H5612" that|strong="H3548" Hilkiah|strong="H2518" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414".” And|strong="H4428" Shaphan|strong="H8227" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H5414" read|strong="H7121" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428". 
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\verseNumber{11}When|strong="H1961" the|strong="H8085" king|strong="H4428" heard|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" laws|strong="H8451" that|strong="H8085" were|strong="H1961" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H8085" scroll|strong="H5612" that|strong="H8085" Shaphan|strong="H8227" was|strong="H1961" reading|strong="H7121" to|strong="H1961" him|strong="H8085", he|strong="H4428" tore|strong="H7167" his|strong="H8085" clothes|strong="H0899" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w he|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w very|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w dismayed|strong="H2865"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H4428" he|strong="H6680" gave|strong="H6680" these|strong="H4428" instructions|strong="H6680" to|strong="H1121" Hilkiah|strong="H2518", to|strong="H1121" Shaphan’s son|strong="H1121" Ahikam|strong="H0296", to|strong="H1121" Micaiah’s son|strong="H1121" Achbor|strong="H5907", and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H1121" Asaiah|strong="H6222", the|strong="H6680" king’s|strong="H4428" special|strong="H6381" advisor: 
\verseNumber{13}“Go|strong="H3212" and|strong="H3063" ask|strong="H1875" Yahweh|strong="H3068" for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H5921" and|strong="H3063" for|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063", about|strong="H5921" what|strong="H1697" is|strong="H3068" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2088" scroll|strong="H5612" that|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3068" been|strong="H5971" found|strong="H4672". Because|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w clear|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" very|strong="H2088" angry|strong="H2534" with|strong="H3068" us|strong="H5921" because|strong="H3588" our|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" disobeyed|strong="H6963" what|strong="H1697" was|strong="H3068" written|strong="H3789" on|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2088" scroll|strong="H5612", things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w should|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w done|strong="H6213"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{14}So|strong="H1696" Hilkiah|strong="H2518", Ahikam|strong="H0296", Achbor|strong="H5907", Shaphan|strong="H8227", and|strong="H1121" Asaiah|strong="H6222" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H1696" ◄consult|strong="H3289"/talk|strong="H1696" with|strong="H1696"► a|strong="H1696" woman|strong="H0802" whose|strong="H1121" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H1931" Huldah|strong="H2468", who|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" a|strong="H1696" prophetess|strong="H5031" who|strong="H1931" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H8104" newer/northern|strong="H6828" part|strong="H1931" of|strong="H1121" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". Her|strong="H1931" husband|strong="H0376" Shallum|strong="H7967", son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Tikvah|strong="H8616" and|strong="H1121" grandson|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Harhas|strong="H2745", took|strong="H3548" care|strong="H8104" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H8104" robes|strong="H0899" that|strong="H1931" were|strong="H1121" worn|strong="H1086" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w*} (OR|strong="H1121", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w*}). \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Those|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w five|strong="H2568"\+w* \+w men|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w told|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w her|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w about|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w scroll|strong="H5612"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{15}She|strong="H1931" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" them|strong="H7971", “This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3541" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H0834" we|strong="H0587" Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H3478"\+w*} says|strong="H3541": ‘Go|strong="H7971" back|strong="H7725" and|strong="H3478" tell|strong="H5046" the|strong="H3541" king|strong="H4428" who|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7971" you|strong="H7971" 
\verseNumber{16}that|strong="H3605" this|strong="H2088" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541": “Listen|strong="H2005" to|strong="H3068" this|strong="H2088" carefully|strong="H3605". I|strong="H2005" am|strong="H3068" going|strong="H2005" to|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H1697" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3427" who|strong="H3605" live|strong="H3427" here|strong="H2088" in|strong="H3427" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" to|strong="H3068" experience|strong="H7200" a|strong="H7121" disaster|strong="H7451", which|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" was|strong="H3068" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" scroll|strong="H5612" that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" has|strong="H3068" read|strong="H7121". 
\verseNumber{17}I|strong="H2088" will|strong="H3027" do|strong="H4639" that|strong="H3605" because|strong="H4616" they|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3027" abandoned|strong="H5800" me|strong="H5800", and|strong="H3027" they|strong="H3808" burn|strong="H6999" incense|strong="H6999" to|strong="H3027" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w honor|strong="H3519"\+w*} other|strong="H2088" gods|strong="H0430". They|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3027" caused|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5800" to|strong="H3027" become|strong="H3027" very|strong="H2088" angry|strong="H3707" by|strong="H3027" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worshiping|strong="H7812"\+w* }all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" idols|strong="H1544" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3027" made|strong="H4639" (OR|strong="H3808", by|strong="H3027" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" wicked|strong="H8478" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3027" done|strong="H4639"), and|strong="H3027" my|strong="H3605" anger|strong="H3707" is|strong="H2088" like|strong="H3808" [MET|strong="H6298"] a|strong="H3341" fire|strong="H3341" that|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3027" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" put|strong="H3518" out|strong="H3518".” 
\verseNumber{18}The|strong="H8085" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" sent|strong="H7971" you|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3478" inquire|strong="H1875" what|strong="H1697" I|strong="H3541", Yahweh|strong="H3068", wanted|strong="H2654" you|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3478" do|strong="H3068", so|strong="H3541" this|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H7971" should|strong="H3068" say|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3478" him|strong="H7971": “Because|strong="H1697" you|strong="H7971" have|strong="H3068" heeded|strong="H8085" what|strong="H1697" was|strong="H3068" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H8085" scroll|strong="H5612", 
\verseNumber{19}and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6440" repented|strong="H5162" and|strong="H3068" humbled|strong="H3665" yourself|strong="H3665" when|strong="H1961" you|strong="H6440" heard|strong="H8085" what|strong="H2088" I|strong="H5921" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" warn|strong="H2094" you|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w what|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w would|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w*} this|strong="H2088" city|strong="H5892" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H3427" who|strong="H3068" live|strong="H3427" here|strong="H2088" and|strong="H3068" because|strong="H5921" you|strong="H6440" tore|strong="H7167" your|strong="H3068" robes|strong="H0899" and|strong="H3068" wept|strong="H1058" in|strong="H3427" my|strong="H8085" presence|strong="H6440", I|strong="H5921" have|strong="H1961" heard|strong="H8085" you|strong="H6440". I|strong="H5921" said|strong="H1696" that|strong="H8085" I|strong="H5921" would|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H1961" this|strong="H2088" city|strong="H5892" to|strong="H1696" be|strong="H1961" abandoned|strong="H5800". It|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" city|strong="H5892" whose|strong="H0834" name|strong="H8034" people|strong="H3427" will|strong="H3068" use|strong="H1961" when|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3068" curse|strong="H7045" someone|strong="H0376". But|strong="H1961" I|strong="H5921" have|strong="H1961" heard|strong="H8085" what|strong="H2088" you|strong="H6440" prayed|strong="H6419", 
\verseNumber{20}so|strong="H3651" I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H4428" allow|strong="H5414" you|strong="H3605" to|strong="H7725" die|strong="H4191" [EUP] and|strong="H7725" be|strong="H3808" buried|strong="H6912" peacefully|strong="H7965". I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H4428" cause|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3808" who|strong="H3605" live|strong="H3427" here|strong="H2088" to|strong="H7725" experience|strong="H7200" a|strong="H7200" terrible|strong="H7451" disaster|strong="H7451", but|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3605" will|strong="H4428" not|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w be|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w alive|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w*} see|strong="H7200" it|strong="H5921".” ’ ” 
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After|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H7451" heard|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200", they|strong="H3651" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" King|strong="H4428" Josiah|strong="H2977" and|strong="H7725" gave|strong="H7725" him|strong="H5921" that|strong="H7200" message|strong="H1697". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Josiah got rid of pagan worship }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Josiah got rid of pagan worship }
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\chapterNumber{23}Then|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" summoned|strong="H7121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" elders|strong="H2205" of|strong="H4428" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H3063" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w other|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w places|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w in|strong="H4428"\+w*} Judah|strong="H3063". 
\verseNumber{2}They|strong="H3068" went|strong="H5927" together|strong="H7121" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004", along|strong="H5704" with|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H3063" the|strong="H3605" prophets|strong="H5030", and|strong="H3063" many|strong="H5704" other|strong="H3605" [HYP] people|strong="H5971", from|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3605" most|strong="H3068" important|strong="H5704" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" least|strong="H6996" important|strong="H5704" people|strong="H5971". And|strong="H3063" while|strong="H5704" they|strong="H3068" listened|strong="H8085", the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" read|strong="H7121" to|strong="H5704" them|strong="H7121" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" laws|strong="H8451" that|strong="H5971" Moses|strong="H4872" had|strong="H3068" written|strong="H3789". He|strong="H5704" read|strong="H7121" from|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3605" scroll|strong="H5612" that|strong="H5971" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H5971" found|strong="H4672" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{3}Then|strong="H6965" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" stood|strong="H5975" next|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" pillar|strong="H5982" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w where|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w kings|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w stood|strong="H5975"\+w* \+w when|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w made|strong="H3772"\+w* \+w important|strong="H5704"\+w* announcements}, and|strong="H6965" while|strong="H2088" Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" listening|strong="H8085", he|strong="H3068" repeated|strong="H1696" his|strong="H3605" promise|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" sincerely|strong="H8549" obey|strong="H8104" [DOU] all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4428" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" commands|strong="H4687" and|strong="H6965" regulations|strong="H3789" [DOU]. He|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" ◄fulfill|strong="H6965" the|strong="H3605" conditions|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428"/do|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" was|strong="H3068" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921"► the|strong="H3605" agreement|strong="H1285" he|strong="H3068" made|strong="H3772" with|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". And|strong="H6965" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" also|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" obey|strong="H8104" the|strong="H3605" agreement|strong="H1285". 
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\verseNumber{4}Then|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" commanded|strong="H6680" Hilkiah|strong="H2518" the|strong="H3605" Supreme Priest|strong="H3548" and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" who|strong="H3605" assisted|strong="H5375" him|strong="H6213" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1419" who|strong="H3605" guarded|strong="H8104" the|strong="H3605" entrance|strong="H6607" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1964" to|strong="H3318" bring|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" from|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1964" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" items|strong="H3627" that|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H5375" using|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3318" worship|strong="H7812" Baal|strong="H1168", the|strong="H3605" goddess|strong="H0430" Asherah|strong="H0842", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" stars|strong="H3556". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w After|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w carried|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w them|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w out|strong="H3318"\+w*,} they|strong="H3068" burned|strong="H8313" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" things|strong="H1419" outside|strong="H2351" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" near|strong="H7126" the|strong="H3605" Kidron|strong="H6939" Valley|strong="H6010". Then|strong="H3318" they|strong="H3068" took|strong="H5375" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" ashes|strong="H6083" to|strong="H3318" Bethel|strong="H1008", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w already|strong="H3528"\+w* \+w considered|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w desecrated|strong="H2490"\+w*/\+w unholy|strong="H2455"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{5}There|strong="H3605" were|strong="H8064" many|strong="H7227" pagan|strong="H5869" priests|strong="H3649" that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" previous|strong="H7223" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" had|strong="H4428" appointed|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" burn|strong="H6999" incense|strong="H6999" on|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3605" altars|strong="H4196" on|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3605" tops|strong="H7218" of|strong="H4428" hills|strong="H1389" in|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063". They|strong="H3605" had|strong="H4428" been|strong="H3605" offering|strong="H6999" sacrifices|strong="H6999" to|strong="H5414" Baal|strong="H1168", to|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" sun|strong="H8121", the|strong="H3605" moon|strong="H3394", the|strong="H3605" planets|strong="H4208", and|strong="H3063" the|strong="H3605" stars|strong="H3556". The|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" stopped|strong="H7673" them|strong="H5414" from|strong="H8064" doing|strong="H6213" those|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{6}He|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w commanded|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" statue|strong="H6755" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" goddess|strong="H0430" Asherah|strong="H0842" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w be|strong="H3068"\+w*} taken|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1004". Then|strong="H3318" they|strong="H3068" took|strong="H3318" it|strong="H5921" outside|strong="H2351" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", down|strong="H7993" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5921" Kidron|strong="H6939" Brook|strong="H5158", and|strong="H1121" burned|strong="H8313" it|strong="H5921". Then|strong="H3318" they|strong="H3068" pounded|strong="H1743" the|strong="H5921" ashes|strong="H6083" to|strong="H3318" powder|strong="H1854" and|strong="H1121" scattered|strong="H5971" that|strong="H5971" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" graves|strong="H6913" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" public|strong="H1121" cemetery. 
\verseNumber{7}He|strong="H8033" also|strong="H3068" destroyed|strong="H5422" the|strong="H3068" rooms|strong="H1004" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004" where|strong="H8033" the|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004" male|strong="H6945" prostitutes|strong="H6945" lived|strong="H3427". That|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" where|strong="H8033" women|strong="H0802" wove|strong="H5526" robes|strong="H0899" that|strong="H3068" were|strong="H1004" used|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" worship|strong="H7812" the|strong="H3068" goddess|strong="H0430" Asherah|strong="H0842". 
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\verseNumber{8-9}Josiah|strong="H2977" also|strong="H1571" brought|strong="H0935" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*} all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" offering|strong="H4503" sacrifices|strong="H2077" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H0312" cities|strong="H5892" in|strong="H0935" Judah|strong="H3063". He|strong="H0834" also|strong="H1571" desecrated|strong="H2490" the|strong="H3605" places|strong="H1116" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" tops|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" hills|strong="H1389" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" had|strong="H3068" burned|strong="H8313" incense|strong="H7004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w honor|strong="H3519"\+w* \+w idols|strong="H1544"\+w*}, from|strong="H4480" Geba|strong="H1387" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w north|strong="H6828"\+w*} to|strong="H0413" Beersheba|strong="H0884" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w south|strong="H5045"\+w*}. Those|strong="H1992" priests|strong="H3548" were|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" allowed|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0413" offer|strong="H7126" sacrifices|strong="H2077" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004", but|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w were|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w allowed|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="H0413"\+w*} eat|strong="H0398" the|strong="H3605" unleavened|strong="H4682" bread|strong="H3899" that|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w worked|strong="H2388"\+w* \+w in|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w*} ate|strong="H0398". He|strong="H0834" also|strong="H1571" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w commanded|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w that|strong="H0834"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" altars|strong="H4196" that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" dedicated|strong="H6942" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" goat|strong="H5795" demons|strong="H7700" near|strong="H7126" the|strong="H3605" gate|strong="H8179" built|strong="H1129" by|strong="H0801" Joshua|strong="H3091", the|strong="H3605" mayor of|strong="H1121" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w be|strong="H1961"\+w*} destroyed|strong="H4229". Those|strong="H1992" altars|strong="H4196" were|strong="H0834" at|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" left|strong="H7604" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" main|strong="H1419" gate|strong="H8179" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892". 
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\verseNumber{10}Josiah|strong="H2977" also|strong="H1121" desecrated|strong="H2490" the|strong="H5674" place|strong="H4725" named|strong="H7121" Topheth|strong="H8612", in|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5674" Hinnom|strong="H2011" Valley|strong="H1516", in|strong="H1121" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H1121" no|strong="H1115" one|strong="H1121" could|strong="H3201" offer|strong="H5674" his|strong="H2930" son|strong="H1121" or|strong="H1121" daughter|strong="H1323" there|strong="H8033" to|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1121" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H8313" for|strong="H1121" a|strong="H5674" sacrifice|strong="H2077" to|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w god|strong="H0430"\+w*} Molech|strong="H4432". 
\verseNumber{11}He|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" removed|strong="H7673" the|strong="H5414" horses|strong="H5483" that|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w previous|strong="H7223"\+w*} kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" had|strong="H3068" dedicated|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" worshiping|strong="H7812" the|strong="H5414" sun|strong="H8121", and|strong="H3063" he|strong="H3068" burned|strong="H8313" the|strong="H5414" chariots|strong="H4818" that|strong="H3068" were|strong="H3063" used|strong="H5414" in|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068" worship|strong="H7812". Those|strong="H1992" horses|strong="H5483" and|strong="H3063" chariots|strong="H4818" were|strong="H3063" kept|strong="H5414" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" courtyard|strong="H2691" outside|strong="H2351" the|strong="H5414" temple|strong="H1004", near|strong="H7126" the|strong="H5414" entrance|strong="H6607" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" temple|strong="H1004", and|strong="H3063" near|strong="H7126" the|strong="H5414" room|strong="H1004" where|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w one|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Josiah’s|strong="H2977"\+w*} officials|strong="H5631", whose|strong="H3957" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H3068" Nathan-Melech|strong="H5419", lived|strong="H3427". 
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\verseNumber{12}Josiah|strong="H2977" also|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" his|strong="H3068" servants|strong="H8033" to|strong="H3068" tear|strong="H5422" down|strong="H5422" the|strong="H5921" altars|strong="H4196" that|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" previous|strong="H7223" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" had|strong="H3068" built|strong="H6213" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" roof|strong="H1406" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" palace|strong="H1004", above|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" room|strong="H1004" where|strong="H8033" King|strong="H4428" Ahaz|strong="H0271" had|strong="H3068" stayed|strong="H3427". They|strong="H8033" also|strong="H3068" tore|strong="H5422" down|strong="H5422" the|strong="H5921" altars|strong="H4196" that|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3068" built|strong="H6213" by|strong="H5921" King|strong="H4428" Manasseh|strong="H4519" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" two|strong="H8147" courtyards|strong="H2691" outside|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1004". He|strong="H8033" commanded|strong="H6680" that|strong="H3068" they|strong="H8033" be|strong="H3068" smashed|strong="H5422" to|strong="H3068" pieces|strong="H5409" and|strong="H3063" thrown|strong="H7993" down|strong="H5422" into|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Kidron|strong="H6939" Valley|strong="H5158". 
\verseNumber{13}He|strong="H3389" also|strong="H3478" commanded|strong="H6680" that|strong="H3478" the|strong="H6440" altars|strong="H4196" that|strong="H3478" King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010" had|strong="H3478" built|strong="H1129" east|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1121" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", south|strong="H3225" of|strong="H1121" Olive|strong="H2132" Tree|strong="H6086" Hill|strong="H2022", be|strong="H1121" desecrated|strong="H2490". Solomon|strong="H8010" had|strong="H3478" built|strong="H1129" them|strong="H5921" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" worship|strong="H3478" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" disgusting|strong="H8441" idols|strong="H8251"—the|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w statue|strong="H6755"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w goddess|strong="H0430"\+w*} Astarte|strong="H6253" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w by|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w*} Sidon|strong="H6721" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, Chemosh|strong="H3645" the|strong="H6440" god|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" Moab|strong="H4124" people-group, and|strong="H1121" Molech|strong="H4432" the|strong="H6440" god|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-group. 
\verseNumber{14}They|strong="H4725" also|strong="H1571" broke|strong="H7665" into|strong="H0413" pieces|strong="H7665" the|strong="H7665" stone|strong="H0068" pillars|strong="H4676" that|strong="H4725" the|strong="H7665" Israeli people|strong="H5971" worshiped|strong="H7812", and|strong="H4725" cut|strong="H3772" down|strong="H3772" the|strong="H7665" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w pillars|strong="H4676"\+w* \+w that|strong="H4725"\+w* \+w honored|strong="H3513"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7665"\+w* \+w goddess|strong="H0430"\+w*} Asherah|strong="H0842", and|strong="H4725" they|strong="H4725" scattered|strong="H6327" the|strong="H7665" ground|strong="H4725" there|strong="H8033" with|strong="H4390" human|strong="H0120" bones|strong="H6106" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H4725"\+w* \+w desecrate|strong="H2490"\+w* \+w it|strong="H7665"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{15}Furthermore|strong="H1571", he|strong="H1931" commanded|strong="H1571" them|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3478" tear|strong="H5422" down|strong="H5422" the|strong="H6213" place|strong="H1116" of|strong="H1121" worship|strong="H3478" at|strong="H3478" Bethel|strong="H1008" which|strong="H1931" had|strong="H3478" been|strong="H1961" built|strong="H6213" by|strong="H3478" King|strong="H4428" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{#1}, the|strong="H6213" king|strong="H4428" who|strong="H1931" persuaded|strong="H5496" the|strong="H6213" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" sin|strong="H2398". They|strong="H1931" tore|strong="H5422" down|strong="H5422" the|strong="H6213" altar|strong="H4196". Then|strong="H1571" they|strong="H1931" broke|strong="H5422" its|strong="H6213" stones|strong="H0068" into|strong="H6213" pieces|strong="H1854" and|strong="H1121" pounded|strong="H1743" them|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3478" become|strong="H6213" powder|strong="H1854". They|strong="H1931" also|strong="H1571" burned|strong="H8313" the|strong="H6213" statue|strong="H6755" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w goddess|strong="H0430"\+w*} Asherah|strong="H0842". 
\verseNumber{16}Then|strong="H3947" Josiah|strong="H2977" looked|strong="H7200" around|strong="H5921" and|strong="H3068" saw|strong="H7200" some|strong="H4480" tombs|strong="H6913" there|strong="H8033" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" hill|strong="H2022". He|strong="H8033" commanded|strong="H6680" his|strong="H3068" men|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3068" take|strong="H3947" the|strong="H5921" bones|strong="H6106" out|strong="H7971" of|strong="H3068" those|strong="H4480" tombs|strong="H6913" and|strong="H3068" burn|strong="H8313" them|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196". By|strong="H5921" doing|strong="H4480" that|strong="H7200", he|strong="H8033" desecrated|strong="H2490" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196". That|strong="H7200" was|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" a|strong="H3947" prophet|strong="H5030" had|strong="H3068" predicted|strong="H1696" many|strong="H7200" years|strong="H8141" before|strong="H4480" when|strong="H7200" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{#1} was|strong="H3068" standing|strong="H5975" close|strong="H4480" to|strong="H3068" that|strong="H7200" altar|strong="H4196" at|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3947" festival|strong="H2282". 
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Then|strong="H3947" Josiah|strong="H2977" looked|strong="H7200" up|strong="H7200" and|strong="H3068" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H5921" tomb|strong="H6913" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" prophet|strong="H5030" who|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" predicted|strong="H1696" that|strong="H7200". 
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\verseNumber{17}Josiah|strong="H2977" asked|strong="H4100", “Whose|strong="H0834" tomb|strong="H6913" is|strong="H4100" that|strong="H7200"?” The|strong="H5921" people|strong="H7200" of|strong="H1697" Bethel|strong="H1008" replied|strong="H0559", “It|strong="H7121" is|strong="H4100" the|strong="H5921" tomb|strong="H6913" of|strong="H1697" the|strong="H5921" prophet|strong="H5030" who|strong="H3063" came|strong="H1697" from|strong="H5921" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3063" predicted|strong="H1696" that|strong="H7200" these|strong="H6213" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H7200" you|strong="H5921" have|strong="H3063" just|strong="H1697" now|strong="H7121" done|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" this|strong="H6213" altar|strong="H4196" would|strong="H1697" happen|strong="H6213".” 
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\verseNumber{18}Josiah|strong="H2977" replied|strong="H0559", “Allow|strong="H3240" his|strong="H4422" tomb|strong="H6913" to|strong="H4422" remain|strong="H3427" as|strong="H8111" it|strong="H3240" is|strong="H5030". Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" remove|strong="H5493" the|strong="H5030" prophet’s|strong="H5030" bones|strong="H6106" from|strong="H4422" the|strong="H5030" tomb|strong="H6913".” 
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So|strong="H3651" the|strong="H5030" people|strong="H5128" did|strong="H5030" not|strong="H3808" remove|strong="H5493" those|strong="H3240" bones|strong="H6106", or|strong="H0176" the|strong="H5030" bones|strong="H6106" of|strong="H5030" the|strong="H5030" other|strong="H0312" prophet|strong="H5030", the|strong="H5030" one|strong="H4422" who|strong="H5030" had|strong="H5030" come|strong="H0935" from|strong="H4422" Samaria|strong="H8111". 
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\verseNumber{19}In|strong="H3478" every|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478", at|strong="H3478" Josiah’s|strong="H2977" command|strong="H6680", they|strong="H1992" tore|strong="H7167" down|strong="H5493" the|strong="H3605" shrines|strong="H1004" that|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3478" been|strong="H3605" built|strong="H6213" by|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" previous|strong="H7223" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", which|strong="H1992" had|strong="H3478" caused|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3478" become|strong="H6213" very|strong="H6213" angry|strong="H3707". He|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H1992" shrines|strong="H1004"/altars|strong="H5493" the|strong="H3605" same|strong="H1992" thing|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H6213" had|strong="H3478" done|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" altars|strong="H5493" at|strong="H3478" Bethel|strong="H1008". 
\verseNumber{20}He|strong="H8033" ordered|strong="H6680" that|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" who|strong="H3605" offered|strong="H2076" sacrifices|strong="H2076" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" altars|strong="H4196" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" tops|strong="H7218" of|strong="H4196" hills|strong="H1389" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H3389" killed|strong="H2076" on|strong="H5921" those|strong="H3605" altars|strong="H4196". Then|strong="H7725" he|strong="H8033" burned|strong="H8313" human|strong="H0120" bones|strong="H6106" on|strong="H5921" every|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4196" those|strong="H3605" altars|strong="H4196" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w desecrate|strong="H2490"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w*}. Then|strong="H7725" he|strong="H8033" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Josiah|strong="H2977" had|strong="H3548" them|strong="H5921" celebrate|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" Passover|strong="H6453" Festival|strong="H2282" }

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\verseNumber{21}Then|strong="H2088" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" commanded|strong="H6680" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H3068" celebrate|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" Passover|strong="H6453" Festival|strong="H2282" to|strong="H3068" honor|strong="H3519" Yahweh|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068", which|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" law|strong="H8451" of|strong="H4428" Moses|strong="H4872" that|strong="H5971" they|strong="H3068" should|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w every|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w year|strong="H8141"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{22}During|strong="H3117" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" years|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" leaders|strong="H8199" ruled|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3063" during|strong="H3117" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" years|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" kings|strong="H4428" had|strong="H3478" ruled|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3063" Judah|strong="H3063", they|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" celebrated|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588" festival|strong="H2282". 
\verseNumber{23}But|strong="H3588" now|strong="H3588", after|strong="H3588" Josiah|strong="H2977" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3068" ruling|strong="H4910" for|strong="H3588" almost|strong="H4592" 18 years|strong="H8141", to|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w honor|strong="H3519"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3588" celebrated|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3588" Passover|strong="H6453" Festival|strong="H2282" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Other|strong="H2088" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" Josiah|strong="H2977" changed|strong="H8133" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Other|strong="H2088" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" Josiah|strong="H2977" changed|strong="H8133" }
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\verseNumber{24}Furthermore|strong="H1571", Josiah|strong="H2977" got|strong="H6965" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H1004" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1571" in|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H3063" other|strong="H3605" places|strong="H1004" in|strong="H5921" Judah|strong="H3063" who|strong="H3605" practiced|strong="H6213" sorcery|strong="H3784" and|strong="H3063" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" requested|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" spirits|strong="H7307" of|strong="H1004" dead|strong="H4191" people|strong="H1571" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w what|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w should|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w*}. He|strong="H3068" also|strong="H1571" removed|strong="H1197" from|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H3063" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" places|strong="H1004" in|strong="H5921" Judah|strong="H3063" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" household|strong="H1004" idols|strong="H1544" and|strong="H3063" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" idols|strong="H1544" and|strong="H3063" abominable|strong="H8251" things|strong="H1697". He|strong="H3068" did|strong="H3068" those|strong="H3605" things|strong="H1697" in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="H3068" obey|strong="H8451" what|strong="H1697" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3605" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" scroll|strong="H5612" that|strong="H7200" Hilkiah|strong="H2518" had|strong="H3068" found|strong="H4672" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{25}Josiah|strong="H2977" was|strong="H3068" totally|strong="H3605" devoted|strong="H3824" to|strong="H7725" Yahweh|strong="H3068". There|strong="H1961" had|strong="H3068" never|strong="H3808" been|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w or|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*} a|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4428" like|strong="H3644" him|strong="H6440". He|strong="H3068" obeyed|strong="H8085" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" laws|strong="H8451" of|strong="H4428" Moses|strong="H4872". And|strong="H6965" there|strong="H1961" has|strong="H3068" never|strong="H3808" since|strong="H3588" then|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4428" like|strong="H3644" Josiah|strong="H2977". 
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\verseNumber{26}But|strong="H3808" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" become|strong="H7725" extremely|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063" because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H1419" that|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="H5921"\+w*} Manasseh|strong="H4519" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H3605" to|strong="H7725" infuriate him|strong="H5921", and|strong="H3063" he|strong="H3068" continued|strong="H5674" to|strong="H7725" be|strong="H3808" very|strong="H1419" angry|strong="H2734". 
\verseNumber{27}He|strong="H8033" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3478" Judah|strong="H3063" what|strong="H1571" I|strong="H5921" have|strong="H1961" done|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478". I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" banish|strong="H5493" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H1571" of|strong="H1004" Judah|strong="H3063", with|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6440" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H3068" they|strong="H8033" will|strong="H3068" never|strong="H3808" enter|strong="H0935" my|strong="H3068" presence|strong="H6440" again|strong="H6440". And|strong="H3063" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" reject|strong="H3988" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", the|strong="H6440" city|strong="H5892" that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H5921" chose|strong="H0977" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w belong|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w me|strong="H6440"\+w*}, and|strong="H3063" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" abandon|strong="H5493" the|strong="H6440" temple|strong="H1004", the|strong="H6440" place|strong="H1004" where|strong="H8033" I|strong="H5921" said|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H5921" [MTY] should|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" worshiped|strong="H7812".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H6440" end|strong="H7093" of|strong="H1004" Josiah’s|strong="H2977" rule|strong="H4910" of|strong="H1004" Judah|strong="H3063" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{The|strong="H6440" end|strong="H7093" of|strong="H1004" Josiah’s|strong="H2977" rule|strong="H4910" of|strong="H1004" Judah|strong="H3063" }
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\verseNumber{28}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w If|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w want|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w more|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w about|strong="H5921"\+w*} [RHQ] all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3605" Josiah|strong="H2977" did|strong="H6213", they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H3117" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" scroll|strong="H5612" called|strong="H7121" ‘The|strong="H3605" History|strong="H8435" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah’. 
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\verseNumber{29}While|strong="H3117" Josiah|strong="H2977" was|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063", King|strong="H4428" Neco|strong="H6549" of|strong="H4428" Egypt|strong="H4714" led|strong="H3212" his|strong="H5921" army|strong="H5927" north|strong="H6828" to|strong="H4191" the|strong="H5921" Euphrates|strong="H6578" River|strong="H5104" to|strong="H4191" help|strong="H7125" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804". King|strong="H4428" Josiah|strong="H2977" tried|strong="H6884" to|strong="H4191" stop|strong="H2308" the|strong="H5921" army|strong="H5927" of|strong="H4428" Egypt|strong="H4714" at|strong="H5921" Megiddo|strong="H4023" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, but|strong="H7200" Josiah|strong="H2977" was|strong="H3117" killed|strong="H4191" in|strong="H5921" a|strong="H7200" battle|strong="H3117" there|strong="H5927". 
\verseNumber{30}His|strong="H3947" officials|strong="H5650" placed|strong="H3947" his|strong="H3947" corpse|strong="H4191" in|strong="H4191" a|strong="H3947" chariot|strong="H7392" and|strong="H1121" took|strong="H3947" it|strong="H3947" back|strong="H3947" to|strong="H4191" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", where|strong="H8478" it|strong="H3947" was|strong="H1121" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H4191" his|strong="H3947" own|strong="H5971" tomb|strong="H6900", a|strong="H3947" tomb|strong="H6900" where|strong="H8478" the|strong="H3947" other|strong="H0312" previous|strong="H7223" kings|strong="H4427" had|strong="H5971" not|strong="H4191" been|strong="H4427" buried|strong="H6912". 
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Then|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" poured|strong="H4886" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w olive|strong="H2132"\+w*} oil|strong="H4886" on|strong="H7392" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w head|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} Josiah’s|strong="H2977" son|strong="H1121" Joahaz|strong="H3059", to|strong="H4191" appoint|strong="H4427" him|strong="H4427" to|strong="H4191" be|strong="H4191" the|strong="H3947" new|strong="H2319" king|strong="H4427". 

\BibleSectionHeading{King|strong="H4427" Joahaz|strong="H3059" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{King|strong="H4427" Joahaz|strong="H3059" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" }
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\verseNumber{31}Joahaz|strong="H3059" was|strong="H8034" 23 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3389" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H3414" king|strong="H4427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*}, but|strong="H3059" he|strong="H3389" ruled|strong="H4427" from|strong="H1121" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" for|strong="H8034" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="H0389"\+w*} three|strong="H7969" months|strong="H2320". His|strong="H3059" mother|strong="H0517" was|strong="H8034" Hamutal|strong="H2537", the|strong="H3414" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" Jeremiah|strong="H3414" from|strong="H1121" Libnah|strong="H3841" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{32}Joahaz|strong="H3099" did|strong="H6213" many|strong="H7227" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" were|strong="H5869" evil|strong="H7451", just|strong="H3605" like|strong="H6213" many|strong="H7227" of|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3605" ancestors|strong="H0001" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{33}King|strong="H4427" Neco’s \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w army|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w came|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w from|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Egypt|strong="H4714"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3967"\+w* \+w captured|strong="H3920"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3967"\+w*} tied|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" up|strong="H5414" with|strong="H5921" chains|strong="H8333" and|strong="H3967" took|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" as|strong="H3389" a|strong="H5414" prisoner|strong="H0615" to|strong="H5921" Riblah|strong="H7247" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} in|strong="H5921" Hamath|strong="H2574" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w district|strong="H3603"\+w*}, to|strong="H5921" prevent|strong="H6923" him|strong="H5414" from|strong="H5921" continuing|strong="H1641" to|strong="H5921" rule|strong="H4427" in|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". Neco|strong="H6549" forced|strong="H4522" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3603" Judah|strong="H3063" to|strong="H5921" pay|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5414" ◄7,500 pounds|strong="H1993"/3,400 kg.► of|strong="H3603" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H3967" ◄75 pounds|strong="H1993"/34 kg.► of|strong="H3603" gold|strong="H2091". 
\verseNumber{34}King|strong="H4427" Neco|strong="H6549" appointed|strong="H1121" another|strong="H0312" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Josiah|strong="H2977", Eliakim|strong="H0471", to|strong="H4191" be|strong="H4191" the|strong="H3947" new|strong="H2319" king|strong="H4427", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H8033" changed|strong="H5437" Eliakim’s name|strong="H8034" to|strong="H4191" Jehoiakim|strong="H3079". Then|strong="H3947" he|strong="H8033" took|strong="H3947" Joahaz|strong="H3059" to|strong="H4191" Egypt|strong="H4714", and|strong="H1121" later|strong="H0310" Joahaz|strong="H3059" died|strong="H4191" there|strong="H8033" in|strong="H4191" Egypt|strong="H4714". 

\BibleSectionHeading{King|strong="H4427" Jehoiakim|strong="H3079" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" }

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\verseNumber{35}King|strong="H5921" Jehoiakim|strong="H3079" collected|strong="H6908" a|strong="H5414" tax|strong="H4061" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H6310"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*}. He|strong="H5414" collected|strong="H6908" more|strong="H2091" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" rich|strong="H6223" people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H3701" less|strong="H0637" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" poor|strong="H6041" people|strong="H5971". He|strong="H5414" collected|strong="H6908" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H3701" gold|strong="H2091" from|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5414", in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H6186" to|strong="H5921" pay|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H5921" of|strong="H6310" Egypt|strong="H4714" what|strong="H6310" he|strong="H5414" commanded|strong="H6310" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" give|strong="H5414". 
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\verseNumber{36}Jehoiakim|strong="H3079" was|strong="H8034" twenty-five|strong="H6242" years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1121" he|strong="H2568" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H4480" king|strong="H4427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H2568" ruled|strong="H4427" from|strong="H4480" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" for|strong="H8034" eleven|strong="H6240" years|strong="H8141". His|strong="H4480" mother|strong="H0517" was|strong="H8034" Zebidah|strong="H2080", the|strong="H4480" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" Pedaiah|strong="H6305" from|strong="H4480" Rumah|strong="H7316" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{37}He|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" many|strong="H7227" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H0559" are|strong="H5869" evil|strong="H7451", like|strong="H6213" his|strong="H3605" ancestors|strong="H0001" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213". 
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\chapterNumber{24}While|strong="H1961" Jehoiakim|strong="H3079" was|strong="H1961" ruling|strong="H4910" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*, \+w the|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w army|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} King|strong="H4428" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894" invaded|strong="H5927" Judah|strong="H3063". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w defeated|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w Judean|strong="H3066"\+w* \+w army|strong="H5927"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w as|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w result|strong="H6903"\+w*,} Jehoiakim|strong="H3079" was|strong="H1961" required|strong="H3117" to|strong="H7725" pay|strong="H7725" a|strong="H1961" lot|strong="H1486" of|strong="H4428" tribute|strong="H4503"/taxes|strong="H4061" to|strong="H7725" King|strong="H4428" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019". But|strong="H1961" after|strong="H1961" three|strong="H7969" years|strong="H8141", Jehoiakim|strong="H3079" rebelled|strong="H4775". 
\verseNumber{2}Then|strong="H1696" Yahweh|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7971" raiders|strong="H1416" from|strong="H3027" Babylonia|strong="H3778" and|strong="H1121" Syria|strong="H0758", and|strong="H1121" from|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3068" Moab|strong="H4124" and|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-groups, to|strong="H1696" attack|strong="H4124" the|strong="H3068" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H1121" get|strong="H3027" rid|strong="H7971" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H7971", just|strong="H1697" as|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" told|strong="H1696" his|strong="H3068" prophets|strong="H5030" to|strong="H1696" warn|strong="H2094" the|strong="H3068" people|strong="H1121" would|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H1697". 
\verseNumber{3}These|strong="H6213" things|strong="H3605" happened|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063" according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" what|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6310". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w decided|strong="H1961"\+w*} to|strong="H3068" get|strong="H6213" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063" because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" many|strong="H7227" sins|strong="H2403" that|strong="H3605" King|strong="H5921" Manasseh|strong="H4519" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w committed|strong="H6213"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{4}Manasseh|strong="H4519" had|strong="H3068" even|strong="H1571" caused|strong="H5414" many|strong="H3808" innocent|strong="H5355" people|strong="H3808" in|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" killed|strong="H2026", and|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" would|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" forgive|strong="H5545" that|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{5}The|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3605" happened|strong="H1697" while|strong="H3117" Jehoiakim|strong="H3079" was|strong="H1697" king|strong="H4428", and|strong="H3063" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3117" did|strong="H6213", are|strong="H3117" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" scroll|strong="H5612" called|strong="H7121" ‘The|strong="H3605" History|strong="H8435" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah’. 
\verseNumber{6}When|strong="H1121" Jehoiakim|strong="H3079" died|strong="H4191", his|strong="H8478" son|strong="H1121" Jehoiachin|strong="H3078" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H8478" king|strong="H4427". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jehoiachin|strong="H3078" ruled|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" }

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\verseNumber{8}Jehoiachin|strong="H3078" was|strong="H8034" 18 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3389" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H8034" king|strong="H4427" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063". His|strong="H3078" mother’s|strong="H0517" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Nehushta|strong="H5179"; she|strong="H2320" was|strong="H8034" the|strong="H8034" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" a|strong="H3389" man|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" named|strong="H8034" Elnathan|strong="H0494". Jehoiachin|strong="H3078" ruled|strong="H4427" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" for|strong="H8034" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="H0389"\+w*} three|strong="H7969" months|strong="H2320". 
\verseNumber{9}Jehoiachin|strong="H3078" did|strong="H6213" many|strong="H7227" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" considered|strong="H2803" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" evil|strong="H7451", just|strong="H3605" as|strong="H6213" his|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{10}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w While|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w Jehoiachin|strong="H3078"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w*,} some|strong="H6256" officers|strong="H5650" of|strong="H4428" King|strong="H4428" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894" came|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w along|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w with|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w whole|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w Babylonian|strong="H3778"\+w* \+w army|strong="H5927"\+w*} to|strong="H5927" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", and|strong="H4428" they|strong="H6256" surrounded|strong="H5437" the|strong="H5927" city|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{11}While|strong="H5921" they|strong="H5921" were|strong="H5650" doing|strong="H6213" that|strong="H4428", Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019" himself|strong="H5315" came|strong="H5650" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H3318" King|strong="H4428" Jehoiachin|strong="H3078" and|strong="H3063" his|strong="H3947" mother|strong="H0517" and|strong="H3063" his|strong="H3947" advisors and|strong="H3063" important|strong="H5704" officers|strong="H8269" and|strong="H3063" palace|strong="H1004" officials|strong="H8269" all|strong="H5921" surrendered|strong="H3947" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5921" Babylonian|strong="H3778" army|strong="H2428". 
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These|strong="H1931" thngs happened|strong="H1961" when|strong="H3318" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019" had|strong="H4428" been|strong="H4427" king|strong="H4428" for|strong="H5921" eight|strong="H8083" years|strong="H8141". He|strong="H1931" arrested|strong="H8610" Jehoiachin|strong="H3078" and|strong="H3063" took|strong="H3947" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3318" Babylon|strong="H0894". 
\verseNumber{13}Just|strong="H3605" as|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" would|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H6213", Nebuchadnezzar’s \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w*} took|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w Babylon|strong="H0894"\+w*} all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" valuable|strong="H3368" things|strong="H3605" from|strong="H3318" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3478" from|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" palace|strong="H1004". They|strong="H8033" cut|strong="H7112" apart|strong="H0914" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" gold|strong="H2091" items|strong="H3627" that|strong="H3605" King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010" had|strong="H3068" put|strong="H6213" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{14}They|strong="H3808" took|strong="H5971" from|strong="H1540" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w Babylon|strong="H0894"\+w*} 10,000 people|strong="H5971", including|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" important|strong="H5704" officials|strong="H8269" and|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3605" best|strong="H2459" soldiers|strong="H5971" and|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" made|strong="H3605" and|strong="H5971" repaired|strong="H2388" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H5971" were|strong="H5971" made|strong="H3605" of|strong="H8269" metal|strong="H2830". Only|strong="H2108" the|strong="H3605" very|strong="H2428" poor|strong="H1803" people|strong="H5971" were|strong="H5971" left|strong="H7604" in|strong="H7604" Judah|strong="H3063". 
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\verseNumber{15}Nebuchadnezzar’s soldiers|strong="H5650" also|strong="H4428" took|strong="H4428" to|strong="H3212" Babylon|strong="H0894" Jehoiachin’s|strong="H3078" wives|strong="H0802" and|strong="H4428" officials|strong="H5631", his|strong="H1540" mother|strong="H0517", and|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H3212"\+w*} the|strong="H1540" important|strong="H5704" people|strong="H1473". 
\verseNumber{16}They|strong="H6213" also|strong="H6213" took|strong="H4428" to|strong="H6213" Babylon|strong="H0894" 7,000 of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" best|strong="H2459" soldiers|strong="H4421" and|strong="H4428" 1,000 men|strong="H1368" who|strong="H3605" knew|strong="H3045" how|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" make|strong="H6213" and|strong="H4428" repair|strong="H2388" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" are|strong="H1368" made|strong="H6213" from|strong="H1473" metal|strong="H6213". All|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4428" these|strong="H6213" people|strong="H1473" whom|strong="H1368" they|strong="H6213" took|strong="H4428" were|strong="H2428" strong|strong="H2428" and|strong="H4428" able|strong="H2428" to|strong="H6213" fight|strong="H4421" in|strong="H6213" wars|strong="H4421". 
\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="H4428" the|strong="H8478" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894" appointed|strong="H4427" Jehoiachin’s|strong="H1730" uncle|strong="H1730", Mattaniah|strong="H4983", to|strong="H4428" be|strong="H8034" the|strong="H8478" king|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*}, and|strong="H4428" he|strong="H4428" changed|strong="H5437" Mattaniah’s name|strong="H8034" to|strong="H4428" Zedekiah|strong="H6667". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Zedekiah|strong="H6667" ruled|strong="H4427" in|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Zedekiah|strong="H6667" ruled|strong="H4427" in|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" }
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\verseNumber{18}When|strong="H1121" Zedekiah|strong="H6667" was|strong="H8034" twenty-one|strong="H6242" years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121", he|strong="H3389" became|strong="H4427" king|strong="H4427", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3389" ruled|strong="H4427" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" for|strong="H8034" eleven|strong="H6240" years|strong="H8141". His|strong="H6667" mother’s|strong="H0517" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Hamutal|strong="H2537"; she|strong="H6242" was|strong="H8034" the|strong="H3414" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" a|strong="H3389" man|strong="H1121" named|strong="H8034" Jeremiah|strong="H3414" from|strong="H1121" Libnah|strong="H3841" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{19}But|strong="H7451" Zedekiah|strong="H6667" did|strong="H6213" many|strong="H7227" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" considered|strong="H2803" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" evil|strong="H7451", just|strong="H3605" as|strong="H6213" Jehoiakim|strong="H3079" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{20}Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" very|strong="H5704" angry|strong="H2734". So|strong="H1961" ◄and|strong="H3063" finally|strong="H5704"/after|strong="H5921" he|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H1961" patient|strong="H0750" a|strong="H1961" long|strong="H5704" time|strong="H6440"► he|strong="H3588" expelled|strong="H3423" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H4428" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H3063" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w places|strong="H1116"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w*} Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3063" sent|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5704" Babylon|strong="H0894". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jerusalem|strong="H3389" was|strong="H3068" destroyed|strong="H4229" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Jerusalem|strong="H3389" was|strong="H3068" destroyed|strong="H4229" }
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w That|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w happened|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w when|strong="H3588"\+w*} Zedekiah|strong="H6667" rebelled|strong="H4775" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894". 
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\chapterNumber{25}On|strong="H5921" January 15 of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" ninth|strong="H8671" year|strong="H8141" that|strong="H3605" Zedekiah|strong="H6667" had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" ruling|strong="H4910", King|strong="H4428" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019" arrived|strong="H0935" with|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" whole|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428", and|strong="H4428" they|strong="H5921" surrounded|strong="H5439" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". They|strong="H5921" built|strong="H1129" ramps|strong="H5550" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w made|strong="H4427"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w dirt|strong="H6083"\+w* \+w against|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w walls|strong="H1785"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w city|strong="H1931"\+w*}, so|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H5921" could|strong="H2428" climb|strong="H5927" up|strong="H1129" the|strong="H3605" ramps|strong="H5550" and|strong="H4428" attack|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H1931". 
\verseNumber{2}They|strong="H8141" did|strong="H8141" that|strong="H4428" for|strong="H5704" two|strong="H8147" years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{3}After|strong="H1961" Zedekiah|strong="H6667" had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" ruling|strong="H4910" for|strong="H5892" eleven|strong="H0259" years|strong="H8141", the|strong="H2388" ◄famine|strong="H7458"/shortage of|strong="H5892" food|strong="H3899"► had|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" bad|strong="H7451". All|strong="H3605" their|strong="H2388" food|strong="H3899" was|strong="H1961" gone|strong="H1961". 
\verseNumber{4}On|strong="H5921" July 18 of|strong="H4428" that|strong="H3605" year|strong="H8141", the|strong="H3605" Babylonian|strong="H3778" soldiers|strong="H4421" broke|strong="H1234" through|strong="H5921" part|strong="H5921" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" wall|strong="H2346", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w enabled|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w enter|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H4421" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wanted|strong="H2654"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w escape|strong="H4422"\+w*}. But|strong="H1870" the|strong="H3605" Babylonian|strong="H3778" soldiers|strong="H4421" surrounded|strong="H5439" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892", so|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w king|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w and|strong="H4428"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H4421" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" waited|strong="H3176" until|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921" was|strong="H5892" nighttime. Then|strong="H4428" they|strong="H5921" fled|strong="H5127" through|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" gate|strong="H8179" that|strong="H3605" was|strong="H5892" between|strong="H4421" the|strong="H3605" two|strong="H2346" walls|strong="H2346" near|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" park. They|strong="H5921" ran|strong="H3212" across|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" fields|strong="H7704" and|strong="H4428" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3212" go|strong="H3212" down|strong="H1870" to|strong="H3212" the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*} Valley|strong="H6010". 
\verseNumber{5}But|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Babylonian|strong="H3778" soldiers|strong="H2428" chased|strong="H7291"/ran|strong="H7323" after|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921". They|strong="H5921" caught|strong="H5381" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" when|strong="H5921" he|strong="H3605" was|strong="H4428" by|strong="H5921" himself|strong="H5315" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" valley|strong="H6010" near|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383" River|strong="H3405". He|strong="H3605" was|strong="H4428" by|strong="H5921" himself|strong="H5315" because|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H2428" had|strong="H4428" abandoned|strong="H5800" him|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{6}The|strong="H5927" Babylonian|strong="H3778" soldiers|strong="H5927" took|strong="H8610" King|strong="H4428" Zedekiah|strong="H6667" to|strong="H1696" Riblah|strong="H7247" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} in|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894". There|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5927" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894" decided|strong="H3289" what|strong="H4941" they|strong="H5927" would|strong="H4428" do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H1696" punish|strong="H6485" him|strong="H5927". 
\verseNumber{7}There|strong="H8033" the|strong="H7819" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Babylon|strong="H0894" forced|strong="H4522" Zedekiah|strong="H6667" to|strong="H1121" watch|strong="H5869" as|strong="H1121" the|strong="H7819" Babylonian|strong="H3778" soldiers|strong="H1121" killed|strong="H7819" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" Zedekiah’s|strong="H6667" sons|strong="H1121". Then|strong="H1121" they|strong="H5178" gouged|strong="H5365" out|strong="H5786" Zedekiah’s|strong="H6667" eyes|strong="H5869". They|strong="H5178" put|strong="H5786" bronze|strong="H5178" chains|strong="H5178" on|strong="H5869" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="H6667"\+w* \+w hands|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w feet|strong="H7272"\+w*} and|strong="H1121" then|strong="H1121" they|strong="H5178" took|strong="H3947" him|strong="H5869" to|strong="H1121" Babylon|strong="H0894". 
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\verseNumber{8}On|strong="H3389" August 14 of|strong="H4428" that|strong="H1931" year|strong="H8141", after|strong="H8141" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019" had|strong="H4428" been|strong="H1961" ruling|strong="H4910" for|strong="H3389" 19 years|strong="H8141", Nebuzaradan|strong="H5018" arrived|strong="H0935" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". He|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" one|strong="H1931" of|strong="H4428" king|strong="H4428" Nebuchadnezzar’s officials|strong="H5650" and|strong="H4428" captain|strong="H7227" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5650" men|strong="H5650" that|strong="H1931" guarded|strong="H8104" the|strong="H5650" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{9}He|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w commanded|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w*} burn|strong="H8313" down|strong="H8313" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" palace|strong="H1004", and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" houses|strong="H1004" in|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". So|strong="H3651" they|strong="H3068" burned|strong="H8313" down|strong="H8313" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" important|strong="H1419" buildings|strong="H1004" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="H3605" Nebuzaradan|strong="H5018" supervised|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H2428" of|strong="H2346" the|strong="H3605" Babylonian|strong="H3778" army|strong="H2428" as|strong="H3389" they|strong="H3605" tore|strong="H5422" down|strong="H5422" the|strong="H3605" walls|strong="H2346" of|strong="H2346" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H5307" he|strong="H5921" and|strong="H4428" his|strong="H5921" soldiers|strong="H5971" took|strong="H2876" to|strong="H5921" Babylon|strong="H0894" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" were|strong="H5971" still|strong="H5971" living|strong="H2416" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892", the|strong="H5921" other|strong="H0312" people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w lived|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w area|strong="H1508"\+w*}, and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" soldiers|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" had|strong="H4428" previously|strong="H8543" surrendered|strong="H3947" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Babylonian|strong="H3778" army|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{12}But|strong="H7604" Nebuzaradan|strong="H5018" allowed|strong="H5414" some|strong="H7227" of|strong="H7227" the|strong="H7604" very|strong="H7227" poor|strong="H1803" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H7227" stay|strong="H3427" in|strong="H7227" Judah|strong="H3063" to|strong="H7227" take|strong="H3947" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H7227" the|strong="H7604" vineyards|strong="H3754" and|strong="H7227" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7227"\+w* \+w plant|strong="H5193"\+w* \+w crops|strong="H8393"\+w* \+w in|strong="H7227"\+w*} the|strong="H7604" fields|strong="H7704". 
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\verseNumber{13}The|strong="H5375" Babylonian|strong="H3778" soldiers|strong="H5650" broke|strong="H7665" into|strong="H3220" pieces|strong="H7665" the|strong="H5375" bronze|strong="H5178" pillars|strong="H5982", the|strong="H5375" bronze|strong="H5178" carts|strong="H5699" with|strong="H1004" wheels|strong="H0212", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5375" huge|strong="H1995" bronze|strong="H5178" basin|strong="H3595", all|strong="H5375" of|strong="H1004" which|strong="H3068" were|strong="H1004" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5375" temple|strong="H1004" courtyard|strong="H2691", and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" took|strong="H5375" all|strong="H5375" the|strong="H5375" bronze|strong="H5178" to|strong="H3068" Babylon|strong="H0894". 
\verseNumber{14}They|strong="H3605" also|strong="H1571" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3605" pots|strong="H5518", the|strong="H3605" shovels|strong="H3257", the|strong="H3605" instruments|strong="H3627" for|strong="H3627" ◄snuffing out|strong="H3947"/extinguishing► \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* wicks \+w of|strong="H3627"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" lamps|strong="H5216", the|strong="H3605" dishes|strong="H7086", and|strong="H5178" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" bronze|strong="H5178" items|strong="H3627" that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli priests|strong="H3548" had|strong="H3068" used|strong="H8334" for|strong="H3627" offering|strong="H4503" sacrifices|strong="H2077" at|strong="H3709" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{15}The|strong="H3947" soldiers|strong="H5650" also|strong="H2876" took|strong="H3947" away|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" ◄firepans|strong="H4289"/trays|strong="H4289" for|strong="H3701" carrying|strong="H5375" burning|strong="H2740" coals|strong="H1513"►, the|strong="H3947" basins|strong="H4219", and|strong="H3701" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w other|strong="H0312"\+w*} items|strong="H3627" made|strong="H3947" of|strong="H4219" pure|strong="H2889" gold|strong="H2091" or|strong="H3701" pure|strong="H2889" silver|strong="H3701". 
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\verseNumber{16}The|strong="H3605" bronze|strong="H5178" from|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" two|strong="H8147" pillars|strong="H5982", the|strong="H3605" carts|strong="H5699" with|strong="H1004" wheels|strong="H0212", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" huge|strong="H1995" basin|strong="H3595" were|strong="H1961" very|strong="H6213" heavy|strong="H3513"; they|strong="H3068" could|strong="H3201" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" weighed|strong="H4948". ◄Those|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H1961" made|strong="H6213"/A|strong="H1961" man|strong="H3605" named|strong="H7121" Hiram|strong="H2438" had|strong="H3068" made|strong="H6213" these|strong="H6213" things|strong="H3605"► for|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" when|strong="H1961" Solomon|strong="H8010" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{17}Each|strong="H3605" of|strong="H5982" the|strong="H3605" pillars|strong="H5982" was|strong="H6967" ◄27 feet|strong="H7272"/8 meters► tall|strong="H6967". The|strong="H3605" bronze|strong="H5178" capital|strong="H3805"/top|strong="H3805" of|strong="H5982" each|strong="H3605" pillar|strong="H5982" was|strong="H6967" ◄7-1/2 feet|strong="H7272"/2.3 meters► high|strong="H6967". They|strong="H5921" were|strong="H7969" each|strong="H3605" decorated|strong="H5927" all|strong="H3605" around|strong="H5439" with|strong="H5921" something|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" looked|strong="H7200" like|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5921" net|strong="H7568" made|strong="H3605" of|strong="H5982" bronze|strong="H5178" chains|strong="H5178" connecting bronze|strong="H5178" pomegranates|strong="H7416". 
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\verseNumber{18}Nebuzaradan|strong="H5018" took|strong="H3947" with|strong="H3548" him|strong="H3947" to|strong="H8104" Babylon|strong="H0894" Seraiah|strong="H8304" the|strong="H3947" Supreme Priest|strong="H3548", Zephaniah|strong="H6846" his|strong="H8104" assistant|strong="H8334", and|strong="H3548" the|strong="H3947" three|strong="H7969" men|strong="H7218" who|strong="H3548" guarded|strong="H8104" the|strong="H3947" entrance|strong="H6607" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H5592"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{19}And|strong="H4428" fhey found|strong="H4672" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H1931" were|strong="H5971" still|strong="H5971" hiding|strong="H5641" in|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". From|strong="H4480" those|strong="H4480" peeople he|strong="H1931" took|strong="H3947" one|strong="H4480" officer|strong="H5631" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H6440" Judean|strong="H3066" army|strong="H6635", five|strong="H2568" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" king’s|strong="H4428" advisors, the|strong="H6440" chief|strong="H8269" secretary|strong="H5608" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" army|strong="H6635" commander|strong="H8269" who|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" in|strong="H5921" charge|strong="H5921" of|strong="H4428" recruiting men|strong="H5971" to|strong="H5921" join|strong="H2266" the|strong="H6440" army|strong="H6635", and|strong="H4428" 60 other|strong="H0312" important|strong="H5704" Judean|strong="H3066" men|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{20}Nebuzaradan|strong="H5018" took|strong="H3947" them|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894" at|strong="H5921" Riblah|strong="H7247" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{21}There|strong="H8033" at|strong="H5921" Riblah|strong="H7247", in|strong="H5921" Hamath|strong="H2574" province|strong="H4082", the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894" commanded|strong="H6680" that|strong="H4428" they|strong="H5921" all|strong="H5921" be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H5221". 
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That|strong="H4428" is|strong="H4428" what|strong="H5921" happened|strong="H1961" when|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" were|strong="H3063" ◄taken|strong="H5221" forcefully/exiled|strong="H1540"► from|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" land|strong="H0776" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w Babylon|strong="H0894"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Gedaliah|strong="H1436" was|strong="H4428" appointed|strong="H4150" governor|strong="H6346" in|strong="H5921" Judah|strong="H3063" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Gedaliah|strong="H1436" was|strong="H4428" appointed|strong="H4150" governor|strong="H6346" in|strong="H5921" Judah|strong="H3063" }
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\verseNumber{22}Then|strong="H4428" King|strong="H4428" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019" appointed|strong="H6485" Gedaliah|strong="H1436", who|strong="H5971" was|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ahikam|strong="H0296" and|strong="H1121" grandson|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shaphan|strong="H8227", to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" governor|strong="H6485" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" were|strong="H5971" still|strong="H5971" living|strong="H2416" in|strong="H5921" Judah|strong="H3063". 
\verseNumber{23}When|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428" captains|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H2428" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H4428" not|strong="H3588" surrendered|strong="H3947" to|strong="H8085" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019" found|strong="H4672" out|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Babylon|strong="H0894" had|strong="H4428" appointed|strong="H6485" Gedaliah|strong="H1436" to|strong="H8085" be|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" governor|strong="H8269", they|strong="H1992" met|strong="H6298" with|strong="H4428" him|strong="H3605" at|strong="H4428" Mizpah|strong="H4709" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. These|strong="H1992" army|strong="H2428" captains|strong="H8269" were|strong="H1121" Ishmael|strong="H3458" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Nethaniah|strong="H5418", Johanan|strong="H3110" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Kareah|strong="H7143", Seraiah|strong="H8304" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Tanhumeth|strong="H8576" from|strong="H8085" Netophah|strong="H5199" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" Jaazaniah|strong="H2970" from|strong="H8085" the|strong="H3605" Maacah|strong="H4601" region|strong="H2256". 
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\verseNumber{24}Gedaliah|strong="H1436" solemnly|strong="H7650" promised|strong="H7650" them|strong="H3190" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5647"\+w* \+w officials|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w from|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w Babylon|strong="H0894"\+w* \+w were|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3372"\+w* \+w planning|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w harm|strong="H7463"\+w* \+w them|strong="H3190"\+w*}. He|strong="H7650" said|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H5647" may|strong="H4428" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" this|strong="H5650" land|strong="H0776" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w without|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w being|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w afraid|strong="H3372"\+w*} and|strong="H4428" serve|strong="H5647" the|strong="H5647" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894", and|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5647"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3190"\+w*}, everything|strong="H3605" will|strong="H4428" go|strong="H3190" well|strong="H3190" for|strong="H3427" you|strong="H5647".” 
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\verseNumber{25}But|strong="H1961" in|strong="H4191" October of|strong="H1121" that|strong="H1121" year|strong="H7637", Ishmael|strong="H3458", whose|strong="H1121" grandfather|strong="H0001" Elishama|strong="H0476" was|strong="H1961" one|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5221" relatives|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5221" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H1121" King|strong="H4410" David|strong="H1732", went|strong="H1121" to|strong="H4191" Mizpah|strong="H4709" along|strong="H5921" with|strong="H4191" ten|strong="H6235" other|strong="H0312" men|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" assassinated|strong="H4191"/killed|strong="H5221" Gedaliah|strong="H1436" and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H4191" the|strong="H5221" men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1961" with|strong="H4191" him|strong="H5221". There|strong="H1961" were|strong="H1961" also|strong="H3458" men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3064" and|strong="H1121" men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" Babylon|strong="H0894" whom|strong="H0834" they|strong="H2320" assassinated|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{26}Then|strong="H6965" many|strong="H5704" [HYP] of|strong="H8269" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" from|strong="H6440" Judah|strong="H3063", important|strong="H5704" people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H6965" unimportant ones|strong="H1419", and|strong="H6965" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428" captains|strong="H8269", were|strong="H5971" very|strong="H5704" afraid|strong="H3372" of|strong="H8269" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H3372"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" Babylonians|strong="H3778" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w would|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w them|strong="H6440"\+w*}, so|strong="H6965" they|strong="H3588" fled|strong="H5127" to|strong="H5704" Egypt|strong="H4714". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jehoiachin|strong="H3078" was|strong="H4714" released|strong="H7971" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Jehoiachin|strong="H3078" was|strong="H4714" released|strong="H7971" }
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\verseNumber{27}Thirty-seven|strong="H7970" years|strong="H8141" after|strong="H1961" King|strong="H4428" Jehoiachin|strong="H3078" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" was|strong="H1961" taken|strong="H5375" to|strong="H1961" Babylon|strong="H0894", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Nebuchadnezzar’s \+w son|strong="H1121"\+w*} Evil-Merodach|strong="H0192" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H5375" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894". He|strong="H1004" was|strong="H1961" kind|strong="H4327" to|strong="H1961" Jehoiachin|strong="H3078", and|strong="H3063" on|strong="H1961" April 2 of|strong="H4428" that|strong="H4428" year|strong="H8141", he|strong="H1004" released|strong="H5375"/freed|strong="H8199" Jehoiachin|strong="H3078" from|strong="H1961" prison|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{28}He|strong="H5414" always|strong="H3605" spoke|strong="H1696" kindly|strong="H2896" to|strong="H1696" Jehoiachin|strong="H3078" and|strong="H4428" honored|strong="H3513" him|strong="H5414" more|strong="H5921" than|strong="H2896" the|strong="H5921" other|strong="H0312" kings|strong="H4428" who|strong="H4428" had|strong="H4428" been|strong="H1961" taken|strong="H5414"/exiled|strong="H1540" to|strong="H1696" Babylon|strong="H0894". 
\verseNumber{29}He|strong="H3117" gave|strong="H5414" Jehoiachin|strong="H8132" new|strong="H2319" clothes|strong="H0899" to|strong="H6440" replace|strong="H2498" the|strong="H3605" clothes|strong="H0899" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3117" had|strong="H2416" been|strong="H3605" wearing|strong="H2296" in|strong="H3117" prison|strong="H3608", and|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" allowed|strong="H5414" Jehoiachin|strong="H8132" to|strong="H6440" eat|strong="H3899" at|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" table|strong="H6440" every|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" for|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" rest|strong="H5117" of|strong="H3117" his|strong="H3605" life|strong="H2416". 
\verseNumber{30}The|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894" also|strong="H4428" gave|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" money|strong="H3701" every|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117", so|strong="H5414" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3117" could|strong="H1697" buy|strong="H7069" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3117" needed|strong="H1767". The|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" continued|strong="H5674" to|strong="H5414" do|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3605" until|strong="H3117" Jehoiachin|strong="H3078" died|strong="H4191". 
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