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Key: khaki:verbs.
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BrLXXΚαὶ κατεκράτησαν τῶν πόλεων τῶν ὀχυρῶν, αἳ ἦσαν ἐν Ἰούδα, καὶ ἦλθον εἰς Ἱερουσαλήμ. (Kai katekrataʸsan tōn poleōn tōn oⱪurōn, hai aʸsan en Youda, kai aʸlthon eis Hierousalaʸm. )
BrTrAnd they obtained possession of the strong cities, which were in Juda, and came to Jerusalem.
ULTAnd he captured the fortified cities that belonged to Judah, and he came to Jerusalem.
USTThey captured many of the cities in Judah that had walls around them, and they came as far as Jerusalem.
BSBHe captured the fortified cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem.
JPSAnd he took the fortified cities which pertained to Judah, and came unto Jerusalem.
ASVAnd he took the fortified cities which pertained to Judah, and came unto Jerusalem.
DRAAnd he took the strongest cities in Juda, and came to Jerusalem.
YLTand he captureth the cities of the bulwarks that [are] to Judah, and cometh in unto Jerusalem.
DrbyAnd he took the fortified cities that belonged to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.
RVAnd he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah, and came unto Jerusalem.
WbstrAnd he took the fortified cities which pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.
KJB-1769And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem. (And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Yudah, and came to Yerusalem. )
KJB-1611And hee tooke the fenced cities which perteined to Iudah, and came to Ierusalem. (Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from marking of added words (and possibly capitalisation and punctuation))
BshpsAnd he toke the strong cities in Iuda, and came to Hierusalem. (And he took the strong cities in Yudah, and came to Yerusalem.)
GnvaAnd he tooke the strong cities which were of Iudah, and came vnto Ierusalem. (And he took the strong cities which were of Yudah, and came unto Yerusalem. )
Cvdland he wanne the stroge cities that were in Iuda, and came to Ierusalem. (and he wanne the stroge cities that were in Yudah, and came to Yerusalem.)
WyclAnd he took ful stronge citees in Juda, and he cam `til to Jerusalem. (And he took full strong cities in Yudah, and he came `til to Yerusalem.)
LuthUnd er gewann die festen Städte, die in Juda waren, und kam bis gen Jerusalem. (And he won the festen Städte, the in Yuda were, and came until to/toward Yerusalem.)
ClVgCepitque civitates munitissimas in Juda, et venit usque in Jerusalem. (Cepitque civitates munitissimas in Yuda, and he_came until in Yerusalem. )
If you ask someone today what biblical prophets did, they will likely tell you that they divinely foretold of future events. While this was often the case, most prophets in the Bible focused as much on “forthtelling” God’s messages as they did on “foretelling” the future. That is, their primary role was to simply “forthtell” divinely acquired messages to leaders and groups of people, and at times that included foretelling of coming judgment, blessing, rescue, etc. Also, though plenty of prophets (sometimes called “seers” in Scripture) often spoke in confrontational or eccentric language that put them at odds with kings and religious leaders, the biblical writers also applied the term prophet to people who communicated God’s messages in ways that many readers today might not think of as prophecy, such as worship leaders appointed by David to “prophesy with lyres, harps, and cymbals” (1 Chronicles 25:1). Similarly, the books of Joshua, Judges, 1 & 2 Samuel, and 1 & 2 Kings are typically categorized as history by Christians, but in the Hebrew canon they belong to the category of Former Prophets. The Lord raised up prophets throughout all of biblical history, from the giving of the law under Moses to the revelation of the last days by the apostle John, and the kings of Israel and Judah often recognized and supported specific people as official prophets of the royal court and consulted them to find out God’s perspective about official matters. Following is a list of nearly everyone designated as prophet or seer in the Old Testament and the primary area of their ministry.
