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And it was <i>so</i>, that when any \w man|strong="H0376"\w* came \w nigh|strong="H7126"\w* <i>to him</i> to do him \w obeisance|strong="H7812"\w*, he put \w forth|strong="H7971"\w* his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, and \w took|strong="H2388"\w* him, and \w kissed|strong="H5401"\w* him.


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And on this \w manner|strong="H1697"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* to all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* that \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* for \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w*: so \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w stole|strong="H1589"\w* the \w hearts|strong="H3820"\w* of the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And it came to pass \w after|strong="H7093"\w* \w forty|strong="H0705"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, that \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, I pray thee, let me \w go|strong="H3212"\w* and \w pay|strong="H7999"\w* my \w vow|strong="H5088"\w*, which I have \w vowed|strong="H5087"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, in \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w*.


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For thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w vowed|strong="H5087"\w* a \w vow|strong="H5088"\w* while I \w abode|strong="H3427"\w* at \w Geshur|strong="H1650"\w* in \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, If the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* shall bring me \w again|strong="H7725"\w* indeed to \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, then I will \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w* in \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*. So he \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ But \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w spies|strong="H7270"\w* throughout all the \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, As soon as ye \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* the \w sound|strong="H6963"\w* of the \w trumpet|strong="H7782"\w*, then ye shall \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w reigneth|strong="H4427"\w* in \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w*.


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And with \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w went|strong="H1980"\w* two \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* out of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, <i>that were</i> \w called|strong="H7121"\w*; and they \w went|strong="H1980"\w* in their \w simplicity|strong="H8537"\w*, and they \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* not any \w thing|strong="H1697"\w*.


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And \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* for \w Ahithophel|strong="H0302"\w* the \w Gilonite|strong="H1526"\w*, \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w counsellor|strong="H3289"\w*, from his \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, <i>even</i> from \w Giloh|strong="H1542"\w*, while he \w offered|strong="H2076"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w*. And the \w conspiracy|strong="H7195"\w* was \w strong|strong="H0533"\w*; for the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w increased|strong="H7227"\w* \w continually|strong="H1980"\w* with \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And there \w came|strong="H0935"\w* a \w messenger|strong="H5046"\w* to \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, The \w hearts|strong="H3820"\w* of the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* are \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*.


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And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto all his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* that <i>were</i> with him at \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w Arise|strong="H6965"\w*, and let us \w flee|strong="H1272"\w*; for we shall not <i>else</i> \w escape|strong="H6413"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*: make \w speed|strong="H4116"\w* to \w depart|strong="H3212"\w*, lest he \w overtake|strong="H5381"\w* us \w suddenly|strong="H4116"\w*, and \w bring|strong="H5080"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* upon us, and \w smite|strong="H5221"\w* the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* with the \w edge|strong="H6310"\w* of the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*.<n>bring: Heb. thrust</n>


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And the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, Behold, thy \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* <i>are ready to do</i> whatsoever my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* shall \w appoint|strong="H0977"\w*.<n>appoint: Heb. choose</n>


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And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* went \w forth|strong="H3318"\w*, and all his \w household|strong="H1004"\w* \w after|strong="H7272"\w* him. And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w left|strong="H5800"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w women|strong="H0802"\w*, <i>which were</i> \w concubines|strong="H6370"\w*, to \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.<n>after…: Heb. at his feet</n>


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And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* went \w forth|strong="H3318"\w*, and all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w after|strong="H7272"\w* him, and \w tarried|strong="H5975"\w* in a \w place|strong="H1004"\w* that was far \w off|strong="H4801"\w*.


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And all his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* passed \w on|strong="H5674"\w* \w beside|strong="H3027"\w* him; and all the \w Cherethites|strong="H3774"\w*, and all the \w Pelethites|strong="H6432"\w*, and all the \w Gittites|strong="H1663"\w*, \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* which \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w after|strong="H7272"\w* him from \w Gath|strong="H1661"\w*, passed \w on|strong="H5674"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* to \w Ittai|strong="H0863"\w* the \w Gittite|strong="H1663"\w*, Wherefore \w goest|strong="H3212"\w* thou also with us? \w return|strong="H7725"\w* to thy \w place|strong="H4725"\w*, and \w abide|strong="H3427"\w* with the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*: for thou <i>art</i> a \w stranger|strong="H5237"\w*, and also an \w exile|strong="H1540"\w*.


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Whereas thou \w camest|strong="H0935"\w* <i>but</i> \w yesterday|strong="H8543"\w*, should I this \w day|strong="H3117"\w* make thee \w go|strong="H3212"\w* up and \w down|strong="H5128"\w* with us? seeing I \w go|strong="H1980"\w* whither I may, \w return|strong="H7725"\w* thou, and take \w back|strong="H7725"\w* thy \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w*: \w mercy|strong="H2617"\w* and \w truth|strong="H0571"\w* <i>be</i> with thee.<n>go up…: Heb. wander in going</n>


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And \w Ittai|strong="H0863"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, <i>As</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, and <i>as</i> my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, surely in what \w place|strong="H4725"\w* my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* shall be, whether in \w death|strong="H4194"\w* or \w life|strong="H2416"\w*, even there also will thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* be.


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And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Ittai|strong="H0863"\w*, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w* and pass \w over|strong="H5674"\w*. And \w Ittai|strong="H0863"\w* the \w Gittite|strong="H1663"\w* passed \w over|strong="H5674"\w*, and all his \w men|strong="H0582"\w*, and all the little \w ones|strong="H2945"\w* that <i>were</i> with him.


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And all the \w country|strong="H0776"\w* \w wept|strong="H1058"\w* with a \w loud|strong="H1419"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*, and all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* passed \w over|strong="H5674"\w*: the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* also himself passed \w over|strong="H5674"\w* the \w brook|strong="H5158"\w* \w Kidron|strong="H6939"\w*, and all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* passed \w over|strong="H5674"\w*, \w toward|strong="H6440"\w* the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*.<n>Kidron: Gr. Cedron</n><pb/>


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¶ And lo \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w* also, and all the \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w* <i>were</i> with him, \w bearing|strong="H5375"\w* the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of the \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*: and they set \w down|strong="H3332"\w* the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*; and \w Abiathar|strong="H0054"\w* went \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, until all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* had \w done|strong="H8552"\w* \w passing|strong="H5674"\w* out of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.


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And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w*, Carry \w back|strong="H7725"\w* the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* into the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*: if I shall \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w favour|strong="H2580"\w* in the \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, he will bring me \w again|strong="H7725"\w*, and \w shew|strong="H7200"\w* me <i>both</i> it, and his \w habitation|strong="H5116"\w*:


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But if he thus \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, I have no \w delight|strong="H2654"\w* in thee; behold, <i>here am</i> I, let him \w do|strong="H6213"\w* to me as \w seemeth|strong="H5869"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* unto him.


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The \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* also unto \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, <i>Art not</i> thou a \w seer|strong="H7200"\w*? \w return|strong="H7725"\w* into the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* in \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*, and your \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* with you, \w Ahimaaz|strong="H0290"\w* thy \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, and \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Abiathar|strong="H0054"\w*.


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\w See|strong="H7200"\w*, I will \w tarry|strong="H4102"\w* in the \w plain|strong="H6160"\w* of the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*, until there \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* from you to \w certify|strong="H5046"\w* me.


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\w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w* therefore and \w Abiathar|strong="H0054"\w* \w carried|strong="H7725"\w* the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w* to \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*: and they \w tarried|strong="H3427"\w* there.<pb/>


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¶ And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* by the \w ascent|strong="H4608"\w* of <i>mount</i> \w Olivet|strong="H2132"\w*, and \w wept|strong="H1058"\w* as he went \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, and had his \w head|strong="H7218"\w* \w covered|strong="H2645"\w*, and he \w went|strong="H1980"\w* \w barefoot|strong="H3182"\w*: and all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that <i>was</i> with him \w covered|strong="H2645"\w* every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* his \w head|strong="H7218"\w*, and they went \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, \w weeping|strong="H1058"\w* as they went \w up|strong="H5927"\w*.<n>and wept…: Heb. going up and weeping</n><pb/>


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¶ And <i>one</i> \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Ahithophel|strong="H0302"\w* <i>is</i> among the \w conspirators|strong="H7194"\w* with \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*. And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, O  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, I pray thee, turn the \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w* of \w Ahithophel|strong="H0302"\w* into \w foolishness|strong="H5528"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And it came to pass, that <i>when</i> \w David|strong="H1732"\w* was \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w top|strong="H7218"\w* <i>of the mount</i>, where he \w worshipped|strong="H7812"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, behold, \w Hushai|strong="H2365"\w* the \w Archite|strong="H0757"\w* came to \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* him with his \w coat|strong="H3801"\w* \w rent|strong="H7167"\w*, and \w earth|strong="H0127"\w* upon his \w head|strong="H7218"\w*:


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Unto whom \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, If thou passest \w on|strong="H5674"\w* with me, then thou shalt be a \w burden|strong="H4853"\w* unto me:


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But if thou \w return|strong="H7725"\w* to the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*, I will be thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, O \w king|strong="H4428"\w*; <i>as</i> I <i>have been</i> thy \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w hitherto|strong="H0227"\w*, so <i>will</i> I now also <i>be</i> thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*: then mayest thou for me \w defeat|strong="H6565"\w* the \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w* of \w Ahithophel|strong="H0302"\w*.


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And <i>hast thou</i> not there with thee \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w* and \w Abiathar|strong="H0054"\w* the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*? therefore it shall be, <i>that</i> what \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* soever thou shalt \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* out of the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, thou shalt \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* <i>it</i> to \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w* and \w Abiathar|strong="H0054"\w* the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*.


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Behold, <i>they have</i> there with them their \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, \w Ahimaaz|strong="H0290"\w* \w Zadok’s|strong="H6659"\w* <i>son</i>, and \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* \w Abiathar’s|strong="H0054"\w* <i>son;</i> and by \w them|strong="H3027"\w* ye shall \w send|strong="H7971"\w* unto me every \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* that ye can \w hear|strong="H8085"\w*.


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So \w Hushai|strong="H2365"\w* \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w friend|strong="H7463"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* into \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.<pb/>


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And when \w David|strong="H1732"\w* was a \w little|strong="H4592"\w* \w past|strong="H5674"\w* the \w top|strong="H7218"\w* <i>of the hill</i>, behold, \w Ziba|strong="H6717"\w* the \w servant|strong="H5288"\w* of \w Mephibosheth|strong="H4648"\w* \w met|strong="H7125"\w* him, with a \w couple|strong="H6776"\w* of \w asses|strong="H2543"\w* \w saddled|strong="H2280"\w*, and upon them two \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* <i>loaves</i> of \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*, and an \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* bunches of \w raisins|strong="H6778"\w*, and an \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* of summer \w fruits|strong="H7019"\w*, and a \w bottle|strong="H5035"\w* of \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*.


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And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Ziba|strong="H6717"\w*, What meanest thou by these? And \w Ziba|strong="H6717"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, The \w asses|strong="H2543"\w* <i>be</i> for the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w household|strong="H1004"\w* to ride \w on|strong="H7392"\w*; and the \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* and summer \w fruit|strong="H7019"\w* for the young \w men|strong="H5288"\w* to \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*; and the \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*, that such as be \w faint|strong="H3287"\w* in the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w* may \w drink|strong="H8354"\w*.


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And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, And where <i>is</i> thy \w master’s|strong="H0113"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*? And \w Ziba|strong="H6717"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, Behold, he \w abideth|strong="H3427"\w* at \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*: for he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, To \w day|strong="H3117"\w* shall the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w restore|strong="H7725"\w* me the \w kingdom|strong="H4468"\w* of my \w father|strong="H0001"\w*.


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Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* to \w Ziba|strong="H6717"\w*, Behold, thine <i>are</i> all that <i>pertained</i> unto \w Mephibosheth|strong="H4648"\w*. And \w Ziba|strong="H6717"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I \w humbly|strong="H7812"\w* beseech thee <i>that</i> I may \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w grace|strong="H2580"\w* in thy \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*, my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*, O \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.<n>I humbly…: Heb. I do obeisance</n><pb/>


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¶ And when \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Bahurim|strong="H0980"\w*, behold, thence came \w out|strong="H3318"\w* a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of the \w family|strong="H4940"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, whose \w name|strong="H8034"\w* <i>was</i> \w Shimei|strong="H8096"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Gera|strong="H1617"\w*: he came \w forth|strong="H3318"\w*, and \w cursed|strong="H7043"\w* still as he \w came|strong="H3318"\w*.<n>he came forth…: or, he still came forth and cursed</n>


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And he \w cast|strong="H5619"\w* \w stones|strong="H0068"\w* at \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, and at all the \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* of \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*: and all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* and all the mighty \w men|strong="H1368"\w* <i>were</i> on his right \w hand|strong="H3225"\w* and on his \w left|strong="H8040"\w*.


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And thus \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w Shimei|strong="H8096"\w* when he \w cursed|strong="H7043"\w*, Come \w out|strong="H3318"\w*, come \w out|strong="H3318"\w*, thou \w bloody|strong="H1818"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w*, and thou \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Belial|strong="H1100"\w*:<n>bloody…: Heb. man of blood</n>


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The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* upon thee all the \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, in whose stead thou hast \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w*; and the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* the \w kingdom|strong="H4410"\w* into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* thy \w son|strong="H1121"\w*: and, behold, thou <i>art taken</i> in thy \w mischief|strong="H7451"\w*, because thou <i>art</i> a \w bloody|strong="H1818"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w*.<n>behold…: Heb. behold thee in thy evil</n><pb/>


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¶ Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w Abishai|strong="H0052"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Zeruiah|strong="H6870"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, Why should this \w dead|strong="H4191"\w* \w dog|strong="H3611"\w* \w curse|strong="H7043"\w* my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*? let me go \w over|strong="H5674"\w*, I pray thee, and take \w off|strong="H5493"\w* his \w head|strong="H7218"\w*.


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And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, What have I to do with you, ye \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Zeruiah|strong="H6870"\w*? so let him \w curse|strong="H7043"\w*, because the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w Curse|strong="H7043"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*. Who shall then \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, Wherefore hast thou done \w so|strong="H6213"\w*?


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And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Abishai|strong="H0052"\w*, and to all his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, Behold, my \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, which came \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* of my \w bowels|strong="H4578"\w*, \w seeketh|strong="H1245"\w* my \w life|strong="H5315"\w*: how much more now <i>may this</i> \w Benjamite|strong="H1145"\w* <i>do it</i>? let him \w alone|strong="H3240"\w*, and let him \w curse|strong="H7043"\w*; for the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w bidden|strong="H0559"\w* him.


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It may be that the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* will \w look|strong="H7200"\w* on mine \w affliction|strong="H5869"\w*, and that the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* will \w requite|strong="H7725"\w* me \w good|strong="H2896"\w* for his \w cursing|strong="H7045"\w* this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.<n>affliction: or, tears: Heb. eye</n>


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And as \w David|strong="H1732"\w* and his \w men|strong="H0582"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* by the \w way|strong="H1870"\w*, \w Shimei|strong="H8096"\w* went \w along|strong="H1980"\w* on the \w hill’s|strong="H2022"\w* \w side|strong="H6763"\w* over \w against|strong="H5980"\w* him, and \w cursed|strong="H7043"\w* as he \w went|strong="H1980"\w*, and \w threw|strong="H5619"\w* \w stones|strong="H0068"\w* \w at|strong="H5980"\w* him, and \w cast|strong="H6080"\w* \w dust|strong="H6083"\w*.<n>cast…: Heb. dusted him with dust</n>


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And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, and all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that <i>were</i> with him, \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w weary|strong="H5889"\w*, and \w refreshed|strong="H5314"\w* themselves there.<pb/>


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¶ And \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*, and all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, and \w Ahithophel|strong="H0302"\w* with him.


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And it came to pass, when \w Hushai|strong="H2365"\w* the \w Archite|strong="H0757"\w*, \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w friend|strong="H7463"\w*, was \w come|strong="H0935"\w* unto \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*, that \w Hushai|strong="H2365"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*, God \w save|strong="H2421"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, God \w save|strong="H2421"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.<n>God…: Heb. Let the king live</n>


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And \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Hushai|strong="H2365"\w*, <i>Is</i> this thy \w kindness|strong="H2617"\w* to thy \w friend|strong="H7453"\w*? why \w wentest|strong="H1980"\w* thou not with thy \w friend|strong="H7453"\w*?


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And \w Hushai|strong="H2365"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*, Nay; but whom the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and this \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, and all the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w choose|strong="H0977"\w*, his will I be, and with him will I \w abide|strong="H3427"\w*.


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And \w again|strong="H8145"\w*, whom should I \w serve|strong="H5647"\w*? <i>should I</i> not <i>serve</i> in the \w presence|strong="H6440"\w* of his \w son|strong="H1121"\w*? as I have \w served|strong="H5647"\w* in thy \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w presence|strong="H6440"\w*, so will I be in thy \w presence|strong="H6440"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* to \w Ahithophel|strong="H0302"\w*, \w Give|strong="H3051"\w* \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w* among you what we shall \w do|strong="H6213"\w*.


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And \w Ahithophel|strong="H0302"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*, Go \w in|strong="H0935"\w* unto thy \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w concubines|strong="H6370"\w*, which he hath \w left|strong="H3240"\w* to \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*; and all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* shall \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* that thou art \w abhorred|strong="H0887"\w* of thy \w father|strong="H0001"\w*: then shall the \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* of all that <i>are</i> with thee be \w strong|strong="H2388"\w*.


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So they \w spread|strong="H5186"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* a \w tent|strong="H0168"\w* upon the top of the \w house|strong="H1406"\w*; and \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* went \w in|strong="H0935"\w* unto his \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w concubines|strong="H6370"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.


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And the \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w* of \w Ahithophel|strong="H0302"\w*, which he \w counselled|strong="H3289"\w* in those \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, <i>was</i> as if a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* had \w enquired|strong="H7592"\w* at the \w oracle|strong="H1697"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*: so <i>was</i> all the \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w* of \w Ahithophel|strong="H0302"\w* both with \w David|strong="H1732"\w* and with \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*.<n>oracle: Heb. word</n><pb/>


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Moreover \w Ahithophel|strong="H0302"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*, Let me now choose \w out|strong="H0977"\w* \w twelve|strong="H8147"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*, and I will \w arise|strong="H6965"\w* and \w pursue|strong="H7291"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* this \w night|strong="H3915"\w*:


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And I will \w come|strong="H0935"\w* upon him while he <i>is</i> \w weary|strong="H3023"\w* and \w weak|strong="H7504"\w* \w handed|strong="H3027"\w*, and will make him \w afraid|strong="H2729"\w*: and all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that <i>are</i> with him shall \w flee|strong="H5127"\w*; and I will \w smite|strong="H5221"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* only:


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And I will bring \w back|strong="H7725"\w* all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* unto thee: the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* whom thou \w seekest|strong="H1245"\w* <i>is</i> as if all \w returned|strong="H7725"\w*: <i>so</i> all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* shall be in \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*.


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And the \w saying|strong="H1697"\w* \w pleased|strong="H3474"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w well|strong="H5869"\w*, and all the \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.<n>pleased…: Heb. was right in the eyes of, etc</n>


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Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*, \w Call|strong="H7121"\w* now \w Hushai|strong="H2365"\w* the \w Archite|strong="H0757"\w* also, and let us \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* likewise what he \w saith|strong="H6310"\w*.<n>what…: Heb. what is in his mouth</n>


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And when \w Hushai|strong="H2365"\w* was \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*, \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w spake|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Ahithophel|strong="H0302"\w* hath \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* after this \w manner|strong="H1697"\w*: shall we \w do|strong="H6213"\w* <i>after</i> his \w saying|strong="H1697"\w*? if not; \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* thou.<n>his saying: Heb. his word</n>


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And \w Hushai|strong="H2365"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*, The \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w* that \w Ahithophel|strong="H0302"\w* hath \w given|strong="H3289"\w* <i>is</i> not \w good|strong="H2896"\w* at this \w time|strong="H6471"\w*.<n>given: Heb. counselled</n>


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For, \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w Hushai|strong="H2365"\w*, thou \w knowest|strong="H3045"\w* thy \w father|strong="H0001"\w* and his \w men|strong="H0582"\w*, that they <i>be</i> mighty \w men|strong="H1368"\w*, and they <i>be</i> \w chafed|strong="H4751"\w* in their \w minds|strong="H5315"\w*, as a \w bear|strong="H1677"\w* \w robbed|strong="H7909"\w* of her whelps in the \w field|strong="H7704"\w*: and thy \w father|strong="H0001"\w* <i>is</i> a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w war|strong="H4421"\w*, and will not \w lodge|strong="H3885"\w* with the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.<n>chafed…: Heb. bitter of soul</n>


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Behold, he is \w hid|strong="H2244"\w* now in \w some|strong="H0259"\w* \w pit|strong="H6354"\w*, or in \w some|strong="H0259"\w* <i>other</i> \w place|strong="H4725"\w*: and it will come to pass, when some of them be \w overthrown|strong="H5307"\w* at the \w first|strong="H8462"\w*, that \w whosoever|strong="H8085"\w* \w heareth|strong="H8085"\w* it will \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, There is a \w slaughter|strong="H4046"\w* among the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that \w follow|strong="H0310"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*.<n>overthrown: Heb. fallen</n>


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And he also <i>that is</i> \w valiant|strong="H1121"\w*, whose \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* <i>is</i> as the \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* of a \w lion|strong="H0738"\w*, shall \w utterly|strong="H4549"\w* \w melt|strong="H4549"\w*: for all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w knoweth|strong="H3045"\w* that thy \w father|strong="H0001"\w* <i>is</i> a mighty \w man|strong="H1368"\w*, and <i>they</i> which <i>be</i> with him <i>are</i> \w valiant|strong="H2428"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w*.


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Therefore I \w counsel|strong="H3289"\w* that all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* be \w generally|strong="H0622"\w* \w gathered|strong="H0622"\w* unto thee, from \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w* even to \w Beer-sheba|strong="H0884"\w*, as the \w sand|strong="H2344"\w* that <i>is</i> by the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* for \w multitude|strong="H7230"\w*; and that thou \w go|strong="H1980"\w* to \w battle|strong="H7128"\w* in thine own \w person|strong="H6440"\w*.<n>that thou…: Heb. that thy face, or, presence go, etc</n>


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So shall we \w come|strong="H0935"\w* upon him in \w some|strong="H0259"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* where he shall be \w found|strong="H4672"\w*, and we will \w light|strong="H5168"\w* upon him as the \w dew|strong="H2919"\w* \w falleth|strong="H5307"\w* on the \w ground|strong="H0127"\w*: and of him and of all the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* that <i>are</i> with him there shall not be \w left|strong="H3498"\w* so much \w as|strong="H1571"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w*.


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Moreover, \w if|strong="H0518"\w* he be \w gotten|strong="H0622"\w* into a \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, then shall all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w bring|strong="H5375"\w* \w ropes|strong="H2256"\w* to that \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and we will \w draw|strong="H5498"\w* it into the \w river|strong="H5158"\w*, until there be not \w one|strong="H1571"\w* small \w stone|strong="H6872"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* there.


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And \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* and all the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, The \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w* of \w Hushai|strong="H2365"\w* the \w Archite|strong="H0757"\w* <i>is</i> \w better|strong="H2896"\w* than the \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w* of \w Ahithophel|strong="H0302"\w*. For the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* had \w appointed|strong="H6680"\w* to \w defeat|strong="H6565"\w* the \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w* of \w Ahithophel|strong="H0302"\w*, to the \w intent|strong="H5668"\w* that the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* might \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* upon \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*.<n>appointed: Heb. commanded</n><pb/>


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¶ Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w Hushai|strong="H2365"\w* unto \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w* and to \w Abiathar|strong="H0054"\w* the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, Thus and thus did \w Ahithophel|strong="H0302"\w* \w counsel|strong="H3289"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* and the \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; and thus and thus have I \w counselled|strong="H3289"\w*.


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Now therefore \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w quickly|strong="H4120"\w*, and \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Lodge|strong="H3885"\w* not this \w night|strong="H3915"\w* in the \w plains|strong="H6160"\w* of the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*, but \w speedily|strong="H5674"\w* pass \w over|strong="H5674"\w*; lest the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* be swallowed \w up|strong="H1104"\w*, and all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that <i>are</i> with him.


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Now \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* and \w Ahimaaz|strong="H0290"\w* \w stayed|strong="H5975"\w* by \w En-rogel|strong="H5883"\w*; for they \w might|strong="H3201"\w* not be \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* to \w come|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*: and a \w wench|strong="H8198"\w* \w went|strong="H1980"\w* and \w told|strong="H5046"\w* them; and they \w went|strong="H3212"\w* and \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*.


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Nevertheless a \w lad|strong="H5288"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* them, and \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*: but they \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w both|strong="H8147"\w* of them away \w quickly|strong="H4120"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to a \w man’s|strong="H0376"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* in \w Bahurim|strong="H0980"\w*, which had a \w well|strong="H0875"\w* in his \w court|strong="H2691"\w*; \w whither|strong="H8033"\w* they went \w down|strong="H3381"\w*.


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And the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* and \w spread|strong="H6566"\w* a \w covering|strong="H4539"\w* over the \w well’s|strong="H0875"\w* \w mouth|strong="H6440"\w*, and \w spread|strong="H7849"\w* ground \w corn|strong="H7383"\w* thereon; and the \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* was not \w known|strong="H3045"\w*.


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And when \w Absalom’s|strong="H0053"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* to the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, they \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Where <i>is</i> \w Ahimaaz|strong="H0290"\w* and \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w*? And the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, They be gone \w over|strong="H5674"\w* the \w brook|strong="H4323"\w* of \w water|strong="H4325"\w*. And when they had \w sought|strong="H1245"\w* and could not \w find|strong="H4672"\w* <i>them</i>, they \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* to \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.


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And it came to pass, \w after|strong="H0310"\w* they were \w departed|strong="H3212"\w*, that they came \w up|strong="H5927"\w* out of the \w well|strong="H0875"\w*, and \w went|strong="H3212"\w* and \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w Arise|strong="H6965"\w*, and pass \w quickly|strong="H4120"\w* \w over|strong="H5674"\w* the \w water|strong="H4325"\w*: for thus hath \w Ahithophel|strong="H0302"\w* \w counselled|strong="H3289"\w* against you.<pb/>


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Then \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that <i>were</i> with him, and they passed \w over|strong="H5674"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*: by the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* \w light|strong="H0216"\w* there \w lacked|strong="H5737"\w* not \w one|strong="H0259"\w* of them that was not gone \w over|strong="H5674"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And when \w Ahithophel|strong="H0302"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* that his \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w* was not \w followed|strong="H6213"\w*, he \w saddled|strong="H2280"\w* <i>his</i> \w ass|strong="H2543"\w*, and \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and gat him \w home|strong="H3212"\w* to his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, to his \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and put his \w household|strong="H1004"\w* in \w order|strong="H6680"\w*, and \w hanged|strong="H2614"\w* himself, and \w died|strong="H4191"\w*, and was \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* in the \w sepulchre|strong="H6913"\w* of his \w father|strong="H0001"\w*.<n>followed: Heb. done</n><n>put his…: Heb. gave charge concerning his house</n>


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Then \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Mahanaim|strong="H4266"\w*. And \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* passed \w over|strong="H5674"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*, he and all the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* with him.<pb/>


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¶ And \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w made|strong="H7760"\w* \w Amasa|strong="H6021"\w* captain of the \w host|strong="H6635"\w* instead of \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*: which \w Amasa|strong="H6021"\w* <i>was</i> a \w man’s|strong="H0376"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, whose \w name|strong="H8034"\w* <i>was</i> \w Ithra|strong="H3501"\w* an \w Israelite|strong="H3481"\w*, that went \w in|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Abigail|strong="H0026"\w* the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Nahash|strong="H5176"\w*, \w sister|strong="H0269"\w* to \w Zeruiah|strong="H6870"\w* \w Joab’s|strong="H3097"\w* \w mother|strong="H0517"\w*.<n>Ithra an Israelite: or, Jether an Ishmaelite</n><n>Abigail: Heb. Abigal</n><n>Nahash: or, Jesse</n>


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So \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* and \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w pitched|strong="H2583"\w* in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And it came to pass, when \w David|strong="H1732"\w* was \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Mahanaim|strong="H4266"\w*, that \w Shobi|strong="H7629"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Nahash|strong="H5176"\w* of \w Rabbah|strong="H7237"\w* of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w*, and \w Machir|strong="H4353"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammiel|strong="H5988"\w* of \w Lo-debar|strong="H3810"\w*, and \w Barzillai|strong="H1271"\w* the \w Gileadite|strong="H1569"\w* of \w Rogelim|strong="H7274"\w*,


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\w Brought|strong="H5066"\w* \w beds|strong="H4904"\w*, and \w basons|strong="H5592"\w*, and \w earthen|strong="H3335"\w* \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w*, and \w wheat|strong="H2406"\w*, and \w barley|strong="H8184"\w*, and \w flour|strong="H7058"\w*, and \w parched|strong="H7039"\w* <i>corn</i>, and \w beans|strong="H6321"\w*, and \w lentiles|strong="H5742"\w*, and \w parched|strong="H7039"\w* <i>pulse</i>,<n>basons: or, cups</n>


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And \w honey|strong="H1706"\w*, and \w butter|strong="H2529"\w*, and \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*, and \w cheese|strong="H8194"\w* of \w kine|strong="H1241"\w*, for \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, and for the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that <i>were</i> with him, to \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*: for they \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, The \w people|strong="H5971"\w* <i>is</i> \w hungry|strong="H7457"\w*, and \w weary|strong="H5889"\w*, and \w thirsty|strong="H6771"\w*, in the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*.<pb/>


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And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w numbered|strong="H6485"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that <i>were</i> with him, and \w set|strong="H7760"\w* \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* of \w thousands|strong="H0505"\w* and \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* of \w hundreds|strong="H3967"\w* over them.


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And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* sent \w forth|strong="H7971"\w* a third \w part|strong="H7992"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* under the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*, and a third \w part|strong="H7992"\w* under the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Abishai|strong="H0052"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Zeruiah|strong="H6870"\w*, \w Joab’s|strong="H3097"\w* \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*, and a third \w part|strong="H7992"\w* under the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Ittai|strong="H0863"\w* the \w Gittite|strong="H1663"\w*. And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, I will \w surely|strong="H3318"\w* go \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* with you \w myself|strong="H0589"\w* also.


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But the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, Thou shalt not go \w forth|strong="H3318"\w*: for if we \w flee|strong="H5127"\w* \w away|strong="H5127"\w*, they will not \w care|strong="H7760"\w* for us; neither if \w half|strong="H2677"\w* of us \w die|strong="H4191"\w*, will they \w care|strong="H7760"\w* for us: but now <i>thou art</i> \w worth|strong="H3644"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* of us: therefore now <i>it is</i> \w better|strong="H2896"\w* that thou \w succour|strong="H5826"\w* us out of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.<n>care…: Heb. set their heart on us</n><n>worth…: Heb. as ten thousand of us</n><n>succour: Heb. be to succour or help</n>


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And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, What \w seemeth|strong="H5869"\w* you \w best|strong="H3190"\w* I will \w do|strong="H6213"\w*. And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* by the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w side|strong="H3027"\w*, and all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* came \w out|strong="H3318"\w* by \w hundreds|strong="H3967"\w* and by \w thousands|strong="H0505"\w*.


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And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* and \w Abishai|strong="H0052"\w* and \w Ittai|strong="H0863"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, <i>Deal</i> \w gently|strong="H0328"\w* for my sake with the young \w man|strong="H5288"\w*, <i>even</i> with \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*. And all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* when the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* gave all the \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* \w charge|strong="H6680"\w* \w concerning|strong="H1697"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ So the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* into the \w field|strong="H7704"\w* \w against|strong="H7125"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: and the \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* was in the \w wood|strong="H3293"\w* of \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*;


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Where the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* were \w slain|strong="H5062"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, and there was there a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w slaughter|strong="H4046"\w* that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* <i>men</i>.


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For the \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* was there \w scattered|strong="H6327"\w* over the \w face|strong="H6440"\w* of all the \w country|strong="H0776"\w*: and the \w wood|strong="H3293"\w* \w devoured|strong="H0398"\w* \w more|strong="H7235"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* than the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w devoured|strong="H0398"\w*.<n>devoured: Heb. multiplied to devour</n><pb/>


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¶ And \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w met|strong="H7122"\w* the \w servants|strong="H6440"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*. And \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w rode|strong="H7392"\w* upon a \w mule|strong="H6505"\w*, and the \w mule|strong="H6505"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* under the thick \w boughs|strong="H7730"\w* of a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w oak|strong="H0424"\w*, and his \w head|strong="H7218"\w* caught \w hold|strong="H2388"\w* of the \w oak|strong="H0424"\w*, and he was taken \w up|strong="H5414"\w* between the \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* and the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*; and the \w mule|strong="H6505"\w* that <i>was</i> under him went \w away|strong="H5674"\w*.


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And a \w certain|strong="H0259"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* <i>it</i>, and \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold, I \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w hanged|strong="H8518"\w* in an \w oak|strong="H0424"\w*.


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And \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* that \w told|strong="H5046"\w* him, And, behold, thou \w sawest|strong="H7200"\w* <i>him</i>, and why didst thou not \w smite|strong="H5221"\w* him there to the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*? and I would have \w given|strong="H5414"\w* thee \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* <i>shekels</i> of \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, and \w a|strong="H0259"\w* \w girdle|strong="H2290"\w*.


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And the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*, \w Though|strong="H3863"\w* I should \w receive|strong="H8254"\w* a \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* <i>shekels</i> of \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* in mine \w hand|strong="H3709"\w*, <i>yet</i> would I not put \w forth|strong="H7971"\w* mine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* against the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*: for in our \w hearing|strong="H0241"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w charged|strong="H6680"\w* thee and \w Abishai|strong="H0052"\w* and \w Ittai|strong="H0863"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Beware|strong="H8104"\w* that none <i>touch</i> the young \w man|strong="H5288"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*.<n>receive: Heb. weigh upon mine hand</n><n>Beware…: Heb. Beware whosoever ye be of, etc</n>


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\w Otherwise|strong="H0176"\w* I should have \w wrought|strong="H6213"\w* \w falsehood|strong="H8267"\w* against mine own \w life|strong="H5315"\w*: for there is no \w matter|strong="H1697"\w* \w hid|strong="H3582"\w* from the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, and thou thyself wouldest have \w set|strong="H3320"\w* thyself against <i>me</i>.


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Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*, I may not \w tarry|strong="H3176"\w* thus with \w thee|strong="H6440"\w*. And he \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w darts|strong="H7626"\w* in his \w hand|strong="H3709"\w*, and \w thrust|strong="H8628"\w* them through the \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* of \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*, while he <i>was</i> yet \w alive|strong="H2416"\w* in the midst of the \w oak|strong="H0424"\w*.<n>with…: Heb. before thee</n><n>midst: Heb. heart</n>


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And \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* young \w men|strong="H5288"\w* that \w bare|strong="H5375"\w* \w Joab’s|strong="H3097"\w* \w armour|strong="H3627"\w* compassed \w about|strong="H5437"\w* and \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*, and \w slew|strong="H4191"\w* him.


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And \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w blew|strong="H8628"\w* the \w trumpet|strong="H7782"\w*, and the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* from \w pursuing|strong="H7291"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: for \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* held \w back|strong="H2820"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.


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And they \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*, and \w cast|strong="H7993"\w* him into a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w pit|strong="H6354"\w* in the \w wood|strong="H3293"\w*, and \w laid|strong="H5324"\w* a \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w heap|strong="H1530"\w* of \w stones|strong="H0068"\w* upon him: and all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* to his \w tent|strong="H0168"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Now \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* in his \w lifetime|strong="H2416"\w* had \w taken|strong="H3947"\w* and reared \w up|strong="H5324"\w* for himself a \w pillar|strong="H4678"\w*, which <i>is</i> in the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w dale|strong="H6010"\w*: for he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I have no \w son|strong="H1121"\w* to keep my \w name|strong="H8034"\w* in \w remembrance|strong="H2142"\w*: and he \w called|strong="H7121"\w* the \w pillar|strong="H4678"\w* after his own \w name|strong="H8034"\w*: and it is \w called|strong="H7121"\w* unto this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \w Absalom’s|strong="H0053"\w* \w place|strong="H3027"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w Ahimaaz|strong="H0290"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w*, Let me now \w run|strong="H7323"\w*, and \w bear|strong="H1319"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w tidings|strong="H1319"\w*, how that the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w avenged|strong="H8199"\w* him of his \w enemies|strong="H3027"\w*.<n>avenged…: Heb. judged him from the hand, etc</n>


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And \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w Thou|strong="H0376"\w* shalt not bear \w tidings|strong="H1309"\w* this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, but thou shalt bear \w tidings|strong="H1319"\w* \w another|strong="H0312"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*: but this \w day|strong="H3117"\w* thou shalt bear no \w tidings|strong="H1319"\w*, because the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* is \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*.<n>bear tidings this: Heb. be a man of tidings, etc</n>


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Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* to \w Cushi|strong="H3569"\w*, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w* \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* what thou hast \w seen|strong="H7200"\w*. And \w Cushi|strong="H3569"\w* \w bowed|strong="H7812"\w* himself unto \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*, and \w ran|strong="H7323"\w*.


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Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w Ahimaaz|strong="H0290"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w* yet \w again|strong="H3254"\w* to \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*, But \w howsoever|strong="H4100"\w*, let me, I pray thee, also \w run|strong="H7323"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w Cushi|strong="H3569"\w*. And \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Wherefore wilt thou \w run|strong="H7323"\w*, my \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, seeing that thou hast no \w tidings|strong="H1309"\w* \w ready|strong="H4672"\w*?<n>howsoever: Heb. be what may</n><n>ready: or, convenient</n>


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But howsoever, <i>said he</i>, let me \w run|strong="H7323"\w*. And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w Run|strong="H7323"\w*. Then \w Ahimaaz|strong="H0290"\w* \w ran|strong="H7323"\w* by the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of the \w plain|strong="H3603"\w*, and \w overran|strong="H5674"\w* \w Cushi|strong="H3569"\w*.


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And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* between the \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w gates|strong="H8179"\w*: and the \w watchman|strong="H6822"\w* went \w up|strong="H3212"\w* to the \w roof|strong="H1406"\w* over the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* unto the \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*, and lifted \w up|strong="H5375"\w* his \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, and \w looked|strong="H7200"\w*, and behold a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w running|strong="H7323"\w* alone.


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And the \w watchman|strong="H6822"\w* \w cried|strong="H7121"\w*, and \w told|strong="H5046"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*. And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, If he <i>be</i> alone, <i>there is</i> \w tidings|strong="H1309"\w* in his \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*. And he \w came|strong="H3212"\w* \w apace|strong="H1980"\w*, and drew \w near|strong="H7131"\w*.


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And the \w watchman|strong="H6822"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w another|strong="H0312"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w running|strong="H7323"\w*: and the \w watchman|strong="H6822"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* unto the \w porter|strong="H7778"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold <i>another</i> \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w running|strong="H7323"\w* alone. And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, He also bringeth \w tidings|strong="H1319"\w*.


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And the \w watchman|strong="H6822"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Me \w thinketh|strong="H7200"\w* the \w running|strong="H4794"\w* of the \w foremost|strong="H7223"\w* is like the \w running|strong="H4794"\w* of \w Ahimaaz|strong="H0290"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w*. And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, He <i>is</i> a \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w*, and \w cometh|strong="H0935"\w* with \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w tidings|strong="H1309"\w*.<n>Me…: Heb. I see the running</n>


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And \w Ahimaaz|strong="H0290"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, All is \w well|strong="H7965"\w*. And he fell \w down|strong="H7812"\w* to the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* upon his \w face|strong="H0639"\w* before the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Blessed|strong="H1288"\w* <i>be</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* thy \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, which hath delivered \w up|strong="H5462"\w* the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* that lifted \w up|strong="H5375"\w* their \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* against my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.<n>All…: or, Peace be to thee: Heb. Peace</n><n>delivered…: Heb. shut up</n>


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And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Is the young \w man|strong="H5288"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w safe|strong="H7965"\w*? And \w Ahimaaz|strong="H0290"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, When \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, and <i>me</i> thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, I \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w tumult|strong="H1995"\w*, but I \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* not what <i>it was</i>.<n>Is…: Heb. Is there peace?</n>


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And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* <i>unto him</i>, Turn \w aside|strong="H5437"\w*, <i>and</i> \w stand|strong="H3320"\w* \w here|strong="H3541"\w*. And he turned \w aside|strong="H5437"\w*, and stood \w still|strong="H5975"\w*.


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And, behold, \w Cushi|strong="H3569"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w*; and \w Cushi|strong="H3569"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Tidings|strong="H1319"\w*, my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*: for the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w avenged|strong="H8199"\w* thee this \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of all \w them|strong="H3027"\w* that rose \w up|strong="H6965"\w* against thee.<n>Tidings: Heb. Tidings is brought</n>


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And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Cushi|strong="H3569"\w*, Is the young \w man|strong="H5288"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w safe|strong="H7965"\w*? And \w Cushi|strong="H3569"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, The \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w* of my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, and all that \w rise|strong="H6965"\w* against thee to do <i>thee</i> \w hurt|strong="H7451"\w*, be as <i>that</i> young \w man|strong="H5288"\w* <i>is</i>.<pb/>


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¶ And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* was much \w moved|strong="H7264"\w*, and went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to the \w chamber|strong="H5944"\w* over the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*, and \w wept|strong="H1058"\w*: and as he \w went|strong="H3212"\w*, thus he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, O my \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*, my \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, my \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*! would God I had \w died|strong="H4191"\w* for \w thee|strong="H5414"\w*, O \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*, my \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, my \w son|strong="H1121"\w*!<pb/>


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And it was \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*, Behold, the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w weepeth|strong="H1058"\w* and \w mourneth|strong="H0056"\w* for \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*.


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And the \w victory|strong="H8668"\w* that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* was <i>turned</i> into \w mourning|strong="H0060"\w* unto all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*: for the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w say|strong="H0559"\w* that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* how the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* was \w grieved|strong="H6087"\w* for his \w son|strong="H1121"\w*.<n>victory: Heb. salvation, or, deliverance</n>


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And the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w gat|strong="H0935"\w* them by \w stealth|strong="H1589"\w* that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* into the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, as \w people|strong="H5971"\w* being \w ashamed|strong="H3637"\w* steal \w away|strong="H1589"\w* when they \w flee|strong="H5127"\w* in \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*.


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But the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w covered|strong="H3813"\w* his \w face|strong="H6440"\w*, and the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w cried|strong="H2199"\w* with a \w loud|strong="H1419"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*, O my \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*, O \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*, my \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, my \w son|strong="H1121"\w*!


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And \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Thou hast \w shamed|strong="H3001"\w* this \w day|strong="H3117"\w* the \w faces|strong="H6440"\w* of all thy \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, which this \w day|strong="H3117"\w* have \w saved|strong="H4422"\w* thy \w life|strong="H5315"\w*, and the \w lives|strong="H5315"\w* of thy \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* and of thy \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*, and the \w lives|strong="H5315"\w* of thy \w wives|strong="H0802"\w*, and the \w lives|strong="H5315"\w* of thy \w concubines|strong="H6370"\w*;


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In that thou \w lovest|strong="H0157"\w* thine \w enemies|strong="H8130"\w*, and \w hatest|strong="H8130"\w* thy \w friends|strong="H0157"\w*. For thou hast \w declared|strong="H5046"\w* this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, that thou regardest neither \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* nor \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*: for this \w day|strong="H3117"\w* I \w perceive|strong="H3045"\w*, that \w if|strong="H3863"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* had \w lived|strong="H2416"\w*, and all we had \w died|strong="H4191"\w* this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, then it had pleased thee \w well|strong="H3477"\w*.<n>In…: Heb. By loving, etc</n><n>that thou regardest…: Heb. that princes or servants are not to thee</n>


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Now therefore \w arise|strong="H6965"\w*, go \w forth|strong="H3318"\w*, and \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w comfortably|strong="H3820"\w* unto thy \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*: for I \w swear|strong="H7650"\w* by the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, if thou go not \w forth|strong="H3318"\w*, there will not \w tarry|strong="H3885"\w* \w one|strong="H0376"\w* with thee this \w night|strong="H3915"\w*: and that will be \w worse|strong="H7489"\w* unto thee than all the \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* that \w befell|strong="H0935"\w* thee from thy \w youth|strong="H5271"\w* until now.<n>comfortably…: Heb. to the heart of thy servants</n>


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Then the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* in the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*. And they \w told|strong="H5046"\w* unto all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold, the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* doth \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* in the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*. And all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*: for \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* had \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* to his \w tent|strong="H0168"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* were at \w strife|strong="H1777"\w* throughout all the \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, The \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w saved|strong="H5337"\w* us out of the \w hand|strong="H3709"\w* of our \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*, and he \w delivered|strong="H4422"\w* us out of the \w hand|strong="H3709"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*; and now he is \w fled|strong="H1272"\w* out of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* for \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*.


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And \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*, whom we \w anointed|strong="H4886"\w* over us, is \w dead|strong="H4191"\w* in \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*. Now therefore why \w speak|strong="H2790"\w* ye not a word of \w bringing|strong="H7725"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w*?<n>speak…: Heb. are ye silent?</n><pb/>


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¶ And \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* to \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w* and to \w Abiathar|strong="H0054"\w* the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Speak|strong="H1696"\w* unto the \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Why are ye the \w last|strong="H0314"\w* to \w bring|strong="H7725"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* to his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*? seeing the \w speech|strong="H1697"\w* of all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* is \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, <i>even</i> to his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.


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Ye <i>are</i> my \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w*, ye <i>are</i> my \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* and my \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w*: wherefore then are ye the \w last|strong="H0314"\w* to bring \w back|strong="H7725"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*?


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And \w say|strong="H0559"\w* ye to \w Amasa|strong="H6021"\w*, <i>Art</i> thou not of my \w bone|strong="H6106"\w*, and of my \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w*? \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* so to me, and \w more|strong="H3254"\w* also, if thou be not \w captain|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w host|strong="H6635"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* me \w continually|strong="H3117"\w* in the \w room|strong="H8478"\w* of \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*.


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And he \w bowed|strong="H5186"\w* the \w heart|strong="H3824"\w* of all the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, even as <i>the heart of</i> \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w*; so that they \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* <i>this word</i> unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w Return|strong="H7725"\w* thou, and all thy \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*.


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So the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*. And \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w*, to \w go|strong="H3212"\w* to \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, to \w conduct|strong="H5674"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w over|strong="H5674"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And \w Shimei|strong="H8096"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Gera|strong="H1617"\w*, a \w Benjamite|strong="H1145"\w*, which <i>was</i> of \w Bahurim|strong="H0980"\w*, \w hasted|strong="H4116"\w* and came \w down|strong="H3381"\w* with the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* to \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*.


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And <i>there were</i> a \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1145"\w* with him, and \w Ziba|strong="H6717"\w* the \w servant|strong="H5288"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, and his \w fifteen|strong="H2568"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* and his \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* with him; and they went \w over|strong="H6743"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.


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And there went \w over|strong="H5674"\w* a ferry \w boat|strong="H5679"\w* to carry \w over|strong="H5674"\w* the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w household|strong="H1004"\w*, and to \w do|strong="H6213"\w* what he \w thought|strong="H5869"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w*. And \w Shimei|strong="H8096"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Gera|strong="H1617"\w* fell \w down|strong="H5307"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, as he was come \w over|strong="H5674"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*;<n>what…: Heb. the good in his eyes</n>


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And \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, Let not my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* \w impute|strong="H2803"\w* \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w* unto me, neither do thou \w remember|strong="H2142"\w* that which thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* did \w perversely|strong="H5753"\w* the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* that my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, that the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* should \w take|strong="H7760"\w* it to his \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*.


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For thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* doth \w know|strong="H3045"\w* that I have \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w*: therefore, behold, I am \w come|strong="H0935"\w* the \w first|strong="H7223"\w* this \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of all the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* to go \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.


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But \w Abishai|strong="H0052"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Zeruiah|strong="H6870"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Shall not \w Shimei|strong="H8096"\w* be put to \w death|strong="H4191"\w* for this, because he \w cursed|strong="H7043"\w* the  \+w LORD’s|strong="H3068"\+w* \w anointed|strong="H4899"\w*?


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And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, What have I to do with you, ye \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Zeruiah|strong="H6870"\w*, that ye should this \w day|strong="H3117"\w* be \w adversaries|strong="H7854"\w* unto me? shall there any \w man|strong="H0376"\w* be put to \w death|strong="H4191"\w* this \w day|strong="H3117"\w* in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*? for do not I \w know|strong="H3045"\w* that I <i>am</i> this \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*?


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Therefore the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Shimei|strong="H8096"\w*, Thou shalt not \w die|strong="H4191"\w*. And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w sware|strong="H7650"\w* unto him.<pb/>


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¶ And \w Mephibosheth|strong="H4648"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* came \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, and had \w neither|strong="H3808"\w* \w dressed|strong="H6213"\w* his \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*, nor \w trimmed|strong="H6213"\w* his \w beard|strong="H8222"\w*, nor \w washed|strong="H3526"\w* his \w clothes|strong="H0899"\w*, from the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w departed|strong="H3212"\w* until the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* he \w came|strong="H0935"\w* <i>again</i> in \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*.


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And it came to pass, when he was \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* to \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, that the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Wherefore \w wentest|strong="H1980"\w* not thou with me, \w Mephibosheth|strong="H4648"\w*?


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And he \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, My \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*, O \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, my \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w deceived|strong="H7411"\w* me: for thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I will \w saddle|strong="H2280"\w* me an \w ass|strong="H2543"\w*, that I may \w ride|strong="H7392"\w* thereon, and \w go|strong="H3212"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*; because thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* <i>is</i> \w lame|strong="H6455"\w*.


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And he hath \w slandered|strong="H7270"\w* thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* unto my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*; but my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* <i>is</i> as an \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*: \w do|strong="H6213"\w* therefore <i>what is</i> \w good|strong="H2896"\w* in thine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*.


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For all <i>of</i> my \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* were \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w dead|strong="H4194"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w* before my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*: yet didst thou \w set|strong="H7896"\w* thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* among them that did \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* at thine own \w table|strong="H7979"\w*. What \w right|strong="H6666"\w* therefore \w have|strong="H3426"\w* I yet to \w cry|strong="H2199"\w* any more unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*?<n>dead…: Heb. men of death</n>


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And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Why \w speakest|strong="H1696"\w* thou any more of thy \w matters|strong="H1697"\w*? I have \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Thou and \w Ziba|strong="H6717"\w* \w divide|strong="H2505"\w* the \w land|strong="H7704"\w*.


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And \w Mephibosheth|strong="H4648"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, Yea, let him \w take|strong="H3947"\w* all, \w forasmuch|strong="H0310"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* is come \w again|strong="H0935"\w* in \w peace|strong="H7965"\w* unto his own \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And \w Barzillai|strong="H1271"\w* the \w Gileadite|strong="H1569"\w* came \w down|strong="H3381"\w* from \w Rogelim|strong="H7274"\w*, and went \w over|strong="H5674"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* with the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, to \w conduct|strong="H7971"\w* him over \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*.


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Now \w Barzillai|strong="H1271"\w* was a \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w aged|strong="H2204"\w* man, <i>even</i> \w fourscore|strong="H8084"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w*: and he had provided the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w sustenance|strong="H3557"\w* while he \w lay|strong="H7871"\w* at \w Mahanaim|strong="H4266"\w*; for he <i>was</i> a \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w*.


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And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Barzillai|strong="H1271"\w*, Come thou \w over|strong="H5674"\w* with me, and I will \w feed|strong="H3557"\w* thee with me in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.


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And \w Barzillai|strong="H1271"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, How \w long|strong="H3117"\w* have I to \w live|strong="H8141"\w*, that I should go \w up|strong="H5927"\w* with the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* unto \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*?<n>How…: Heb. How many days are the years of my life</n>


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I <i>am</i> this \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w fourscore|strong="H8084"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w*: <i>and</i> can I \w discern|strong="H3045"\w* between \w good|strong="H2896"\w* and \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*? can thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w taste|strong="H2938"\w* \w what|strong="H0834"\w* I \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* or \w what|strong="H0834"\w* I \w drink|strong="H8354"\w*? can I \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* any more the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of singing \w men|strong="H7891"\w* and singing \w women|strong="H7891"\w*? wherefore then should thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* be yet a \w burden|strong="H4853"\w* unto my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*?


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Thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* will \w go|strong="H5674"\w* a little \w way|strong="H4592"\w* \w over|strong="H5674"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* with the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*: and why should the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w recompense|strong="H1580"\w* it me with such a \w reward|strong="H1578"\w*?


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Let thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, I pray thee, turn back \w again|strong="H7725"\w*, that I may \w die|strong="H4191"\w* in mine own \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, <i>and be buried</i> by the \w grave|strong="H6913"\w* of my \w father|strong="H0001"\w* and of my \w mother|strong="H0517"\w*. But behold thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Chimham|strong="H3643"\w*; let him go \w over|strong="H5674"\w* with my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*; and \w do|strong="H6213"\w* to him what shall seem \w good|strong="H2896"\w* unto thee.


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And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Chimham|strong="H3643"\w* shall \w go|strong="H5674"\w* over with me, and I will \w do|strong="H6213"\w* to him that which shall seem \w good|strong="H2896"\w* unto thee: and whatsoever thou shalt \w require|strong="H0977"\w* of me, <i>that</i> will I \w do|strong="H6213"\w* for thee.<n>require: Heb. choose</n>


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And all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* went \w over|strong="H5674"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*. And when the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* was come \w over|strong="H5674"\w*, the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w kissed|strong="H5401"\w* \w Barzillai|strong="H1271"\w*, and \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w* him; and he \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* unto his own \w place|strong="H4725"\w*.<pb/>


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Then the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* went \w on|strong="H5674"\w* to \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w*, and \w Chimham|strong="H3643"\w* went \w on|strong="H5674"\w* with him: and all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w conducted|strong="H5674"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, and also \w half|strong="H2677"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.<n>Chimham: Heb. Chimhan</n><pb/>


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¶ And, behold, all the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, Why have our \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w* the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* stolen thee \w away|strong="H1589"\w*, and have \w brought|strong="H5674"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, and his \w household|strong="H1004"\w*, and all \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w* with him, over \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*?


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And all the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, Because the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* <i>is</i> near of \w kin|strong="H7138"\w* to us: wherefore then be ye \w angry|strong="H2734"\w* for this \w matter|strong="H1697"\w*? have we \w eaten|strong="H0398"\w* at \w all|strong="H0398"\w* of the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* <i>cost</i>? or hath he \w given|strong="H5375"\w* us any \w gift|strong="H5379"\w*?


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And the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, We have \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w parts|strong="H3027"\w* in the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, and \w we|strong="H0589"\w* have also more <i>right</i> in \w David|strong="H1732"\w* than ye: why then did ye \w despise|strong="H7043"\w* us, that our \w advice|strong="H1697"\w* should not be \w first|strong="H7223"\w* had in bringing \w back|strong="H7725"\w* our \w king|strong="H4428"\w*? And the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* were \w fiercer|strong="H7185"\w* than the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.<n>despise…: Heb. set us at light</n><pb/>


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And there \w happened|strong="H7122"\w* to be there a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Belial|strong="H1100"\w*, whose \w name|strong="H8034"\w* <i>was</i> \w Sheba|strong="H7652"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Bichri|strong="H1075"\w*, a \w Benjamite|strong="H1145"\w*: and he \w blew|strong="H8628"\w* a \w trumpet|strong="H7782"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, We have no \w part|strong="H2506"\w* in \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, neither have we \w inheritance|strong="H5159"\w* in the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jesse|strong="H3448"\w*: \w every|strong="H0376"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* to his \w tents|strong="H0168"\w*, O \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.


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So every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* from \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, <i>and</i> \w followed|strong="H0310"\w* \w Sheba|strong="H7652"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Bichri|strong="H1075"\w*: but the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w clave|strong="H1692"\w* unto their \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, from \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* even to \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to his \w house|strong="H1004"\w* at \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*; and the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* the \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w women|strong="H0802"\w* <i>his</i> \w concubines|strong="H6370"\w*, whom he had \w left|strong="H3240"\w* to \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and \w put|strong="H5414"\w* them in \w ward|strong="H4931"\w*, and \w fed|strong="H3557"\w* them, but went not \w in|strong="H0935"\w* unto them. So they were shut \w up|strong="H6887"\w* unto the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of their \w death|strong="H4191"\w*, \w living|strong="H2424"\w* in \w widowhood|strong="H0491"\w*.<n>ward: Heb. an house of ward</n><n>shut…: Heb. bound</n><n>living…: Heb. in widowhood of life</n><pb/>


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¶ Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* to \w Amasa|strong="H6021"\w*, \w Assemble|strong="H2199"\w* me the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* within \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, and be thou here \w present|strong="H5975"\w*.<n>Assemble: Heb. Call</n>


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So \w Amasa|strong="H6021"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to \w assemble|strong="H2199"\w* <i>the men of</i> \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*: but he tarried \w longer|strong="H0309"\w* than the set \w time|strong="H4150"\w* which he had \w appointed|strong="H3259"\w* him.<n>Assemble: Heb. Call</n>


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And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Abishai|strong="H0052"\w*, Now shall \w Sheba|strong="H7652"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Bichri|strong="H1075"\w* do us more \w harm|strong="H3415"\w* than <i>did</i> \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*: \w take|strong="H3947"\w* thou thy \w lord’s|strong="H0113"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, and \w pursue|strong="H7291"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* him, lest he \w get|strong="H4672"\w* him \w fenced|strong="H1219"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*, and \w escape|strong="H5337"\w* \w us|strong="H5869"\w*.<n>escape…: Heb. deliver himself from our eyes</n>


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And there went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* him \w Joab’s|strong="H3097"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w*, and the \w Cherethites|strong="H3774"\w*, and the \w Pelethites|strong="H6432"\w*, and all the mighty \w men|strong="H1368"\w*: and they went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, to \w pursue|strong="H7291"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w Sheba|strong="H7652"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Bichri|strong="H1075"\w*.


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When they <i>were</i> at the \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w stone|strong="H0068"\w* which <i>is</i> in \w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\w*, \w Amasa|strong="H6021"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* them. And \w Joab’s|strong="H3097"\w* \w garment|strong="H4055"\w* that he had put \w on|strong="H3830"\w* was \w girded|strong="H2296"\w* unto him, and upon it a \w girdle|strong="H2289"\w* <i>with</i> a \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w fastened|strong="H6775"\w* upon his \w loins|strong="H4975"\w* in the \w sheath|strong="H8593"\w* thereof; and as he went \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* it fell \w out|strong="H5307"\w*.


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And \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Amasa|strong="H6021"\w*, <i>Art</i> thou in \w health|strong="H7965"\w*, my \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*? And \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w took|strong="H0270"\w* \w Amasa|strong="H6021"\w* by the \w beard|strong="H2206"\w* with the \w right|strong="H3225"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* to \w kiss|strong="H5401"\w* him.


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But \w Amasa|strong="H6021"\w* took no \w heed|strong="H8104"\w* to the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* that <i>was</i> in \w Joab’s|strong="H3097"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*: so he \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* him therewith in the \w fifth|strong="H2570"\w* <i>rib</i>, and shed \w out|strong="H8210"\w* his \w bowels|strong="H4578"\w* to the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*, and struck him not \w again|strong="H8138"\w*; and he \w died|strong="H4191"\w*. So \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* and \w Abishai|strong="H0052"\w* his \w brother|strong="H0251"\w* \w pursued|strong="H7291"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w Sheba|strong="H7652"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Bichri|strong="H1075"\w*.<n>struck…: Heb. doubled not his stroke</n>


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And \w one|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Joab’s|strong="H3097"\w* \w men|strong="H5288"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* by him, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w He|strong="H4310"\w* that \w favoureth|strong="H2654"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*, and he that <i>is</i> for \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, <i>let him go</i> \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*.


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And \w Amasa|strong="H6021"\w* \w wallowed|strong="H1556"\w* in \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* in the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* of the \w highway|strong="H4546"\w*. And when the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* that all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* stood \w still|strong="H5975"\w*, he \w removed|strong="H5437"\w* \w Amasa|strong="H6021"\w* out of the \w highway|strong="H4546"\w* into the \w field|strong="H7704"\w*, and \w cast|strong="H7993"\w* a \w cloth|strong="H0899"\w* upon him, when he \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* that every one that \w came|strong="H0935"\w* by him stood \w still|strong="H5975"\w*.


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When he was \w removed|strong="H3014"\w* out of the \w highway|strong="H4546"\w*, all the \w people|strong="H0376"\w* went \w on|strong="H5674"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*, to \w pursue|strong="H7291"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w Sheba|strong="H7652"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Bichri|strong="H1075"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And he \w went|strong="H5674"\w* through all the \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* unto \w Abel|strong="H0059"\w*, and to \w Beth-maachah|strong="H1038"\w*, and all the \w Berites|strong="H1276"\w*: and they were gathered \w together|strong="H6950"\w*, and \w went|strong="H0935"\w* also \w after|strong="H0310"\w* him.


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And they \w came|strong="H0935"\w* and \w besieged|strong="H6696"\w* him in \w Abel|strong="H0059"\w* of \w Beth-maachah|strong="H1038"\w*, and they cast \w up|strong="H8210"\w* a \w bank|strong="H5550"\w* against the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and it \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* in the \w trench|strong="H2426"\w*: and all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that <i>were</i> with \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w battered|strong="H7843"\w* the \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*, to throw it \w down|strong="H5307"\w*.<n>in the trench: or, against the outmost wall</n><n>battered: Heb. marred to throw down</n><pb/>


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¶ Then \w cried|strong="H7121"\w* a \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* out of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w Hear|strong="H8085"\w*, \w hear|strong="H8085"\w*; \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, I pray you, unto \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*, Come \w near|strong="H7126"\w* hither, that I may \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* with thee.


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And when he was come \w near|strong="H7126"\w* unto her, the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, <i>Art</i> thou \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*? And he \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, I <i>am he</i>. Then she \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w Hear|strong="H8085"\w* the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of thine \w handmaid|strong="H0519"\w*. And he \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, I do \w hear|strong="H8085"\w*.


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Then she \w spake|strong="H0559"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, They were \w wont|strong="H1696"\w* to \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* in old \w time|strong="H7223"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, They shall \w surely|strong="H7592"\w* \w ask|strong="H7592"\w* <i>counsel</i> at \w Abel|strong="H0059"\w*: and so they \w ended|strong="H8552"\w* <i>the matter</i>.<n>They were…: or, They plainly spake in the beginning, saying, Surely they will ask of Abel, and so make an end</n>


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I <i>am one of them that are</i> \w peaceable|strong="H7999"\w* <i>and</i> \w faithful|strong="H0539"\w* in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: thou \w seekest|strong="H1245"\w* to \w destroy|strong="H4191"\w* a \w city|strong="H5892"\w* and a \w mother|strong="H0517"\w* in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: why wilt thou swallow \w up|strong="H1104"\w* the \w inheritance|strong="H5159"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*?


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And \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Far be \w it|strong="H2486"\w*, far be \w it|strong="H2486"\w* from me, that I should swallow \w up|strong="H1104"\w* or \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w*.


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The \w matter|strong="H1697"\w* <i>is</i> not so: but a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*, \w Sheba|strong="H7652"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Bichri|strong="H1075"\w* by \w name|strong="H8034"\w*, hath lifted \w up|strong="H5375"\w* his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* against the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, <i>even</i> against \w David|strong="H1732"\w*: \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* him only, and I will \w depart|strong="H3212"\w* from the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*. And the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*, Behold, his \w head|strong="H7218"\w* shall be \w thrown|strong="H7993"\w* to thee \w over|strong="H1157"\w* the \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*.<n>by name: Heb. by his name</n>


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Then the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* unto all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* in her \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w*. And they cut \w off|strong="H3772"\w* the \w head|strong="H7218"\w* of \w Sheba|strong="H7652"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Bichri|strong="H1075"\w*, and \w cast|strong="H7993"\w* <i>it</i> out to \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*. And he \w blew|strong="H8628"\w* a \w trumpet|strong="H7782"\w*, and they \w retired|strong="H6327"\w* from the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* to his \w tent|strong="H0168"\w*. And \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* to \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.<n>retired: Heb. were scattered</n><pb/>


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¶ Now \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* <i>was</i> over all the \w host|strong="H6635"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: and \w Benaiah|strong="H1141"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w* <i>was</i> over the \w Cherethites|strong="H3774"\w* and over the \w Pelethites|strong="H6432"\w*:


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And \w Adoram|strong="H0151"\w* <i>was</i> over the \w tribute|strong="H4522"\w*: and \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ahilud|strong="H0286"\w* <i>was</i> \w recorder|strong="H2142"\w*:<n>recorder: or, remembrancer</n>


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And \w Sheva|strong="H7864"\w* <i>was</i> \w scribe|strong="H5608"\w*: and \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w* and \w Abiathar|strong="H0054"\w* <i>were</i> the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*:


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And \w Ira|strong="H5896"\w* also the \w Jairite|strong="H2972"\w* was a chief \w ruler|strong="H3548"\w* about \w David|strong="H1732"\w*.<n>a chief…: or, a prince</n><pb/>


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Then there was a \w famine|strong="H7458"\w* in the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w*; and \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w enquired|strong="H1245"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*. And the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, <i>It is</i> for \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, and for <i>his</i> \w bloody|strong="H1818"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, because he \w slew|strong="H4191"\w* the \w Gibeonites|strong="H1393"\w*.<n>enquired…: Heb. sought the face, etc</n>


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And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* the \w Gibeonites|strong="H1393"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them; (now the \w Gibeonites|strong="H1393"\w* <i>were</i> not of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, but of the \w remnant|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w Amorites|strong="H0567"\w*; and the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* had \w sworn|strong="H7650"\w* unto them: and \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w sought|strong="H1245"\w* to \w slay|strong="H5221"\w* them in his \w zeal|strong="H7065"\w* to the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* and \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.)


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Wherefore \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w Gibeonites|strong="H1393"\w*, What shall I \w do|strong="H6213"\w* for you? and wherewith shall I make the \w atonement|strong="H3722"\w*, that ye may \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* the \w inheritance|strong="H5159"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*?


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And the \w Gibeonites|strong="H1393"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, We will have no \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* nor \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w of|strong="H5973"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, nor of his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*; neither for us shalt thou \w kill|strong="H4191"\w* any \w man|strong="H0376"\w* in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, What ye shall \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, <i>that</i> will I \w do|strong="H6213"\w* for you.<n>We will…: or, It is not silver nor gold that we have to do with Saul or his house, neither pertains it to us to kill, etc</n>


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And they \w answered|strong="H0559"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, The \w man|strong="H0376"\w* that \w consumed|strong="H3615"\w* us, and that \w devised|strong="H1819"\w* against us <i>that</i> we should be \w destroyed|strong="H8045"\w* from \w remaining|strong="H3320"\w* in any of the \w coasts|strong="H1366"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*,<n>devised…: or, cut us off</n>


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Let \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of his \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* be \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* unto us, and we will hang them \w up|strong="H3363"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* in \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, <i>whom</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* did \w choose|strong="H0972"\w*. And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I will \w give|strong="H5414"\w* <i>them</i>.<n>whom…: or, chosen of the  [[ LORD]][[*]]</n>


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But the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w spared|strong="H2550"\w* \w Mephibosheth|strong="H4648"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, because of the  \+w LORD’s|strong="H3068"\+w* \w oath|strong="H7621"\w* that <i>was</i> between them, between \w David|strong="H1732"\w* and \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*.


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But the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* the \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Rizpah|strong="H7532"\w* the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Aiah|strong="H0345"\w*, whom she \w bare|strong="H3205"\w* unto \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, \w Armoni|strong="H0764"\w* and \w Mephibosheth|strong="H4648"\w*; and the \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Michal|strong="H4324"\w* the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, whom she brought \w up|strong="H3205"\w* for \w Adriel|strong="H5741"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Barzillai|strong="H1271"\w* the \w Meholathite|strong="H4259"\w*:<n>Michal: or, Michal’s sister</n><n>brought…: Heb. bear to Adriel</n>


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And he \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* them into the \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w Gibeonites|strong="H1393"\w*, and they \w hanged|strong="H3363"\w* them in the \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*: and they \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* <i>all</i> \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w*, and were put to \w death|strong="H4191"\w* in the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of \w harvest|strong="H7105"\w*, in the \w first|strong="H7223"\w* <i>days</i>, in the \w beginning|strong="H8462"\w* of \w barley|strong="H8184"\w* \w harvest|strong="H7105"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And \w Rizpah|strong="H7532"\w* the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Aiah|strong="H0345"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w sackcloth|strong="H8242"\w*, and \w spread|strong="H5186"\w* it for her upon the \w rock|strong="H6697"\w*, from the \w beginning|strong="H8462"\w* of \w harvest|strong="H7105"\w* until \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w dropped|strong="H5413"\w* upon them out of \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, and \w suffered|strong="H5414"\w* neither the \w birds|strong="H5775"\w* of the \w air|strong="H8064"\w* to \w rest|strong="H5117"\w* on them by \w day|strong="H3119"\w*, nor the \w beasts|strong="H2416"\w* of the \w field|strong="H7704"\w* by \w night|strong="H3915"\w*.


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And it was \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* what \w Rizpah|strong="H7532"\w* the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Aiah|strong="H0345"\w*, the \w concubine|strong="H6370"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, had \w done|strong="H6213"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* and \w took|strong="H3947"\w* the \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* and the \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* of \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w* from the \w men|strong="H1167"\w* of \w Jabesh-gilead|strong="H3003"\w*, which had \w stolen|strong="H1589"\w* them from the \w street|strong="H7339"\w* of \w Beth-shan|strong="H1052"\w*, where the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* had \w hanged|strong="H8511"\w* them, \w when|strong="H3117"\w* the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* had \w slain|strong="H5221"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* in \w Gilboa|strong="H1533"\w*:


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And he brought \w up|strong="H5927"\w* from thence the \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* and the \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* of \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w*; and they \w gathered|strong="H0622"\w* the \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* of them that were \w hanged|strong="H3363"\w*.


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And the \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* and \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* they in the \w country|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* in \w Zelah|strong="H6762"\w*, in the \w sepulchre|strong="H6913"\w* of \w Kish|strong="H7027"\w* his \w father|strong="H0001"\w*: and they \w performed|strong="H6213"\w* all that the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w*. And \w after|strong="H0310"\w* that \w God|strong="H0430"\w* was \w intreated|strong="H6279"\w* for the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Moreover the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* had yet \w war|strong="H4421"\w* again with \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; and \w David|strong="H1732"\w* went \w down|strong="H3381"\w*, and his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* with him, and \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* against the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*: and \w David|strong="H1732"\w* waxed \w faint|strong="H5774"\w*.


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And \w Ishbi-benob|strong="H3430"\w*, which <i>was</i> of the \w sons|strong="H3211"\w* of the \w giant|strong="H7497"\w*, the \w weight|strong="H4948"\w* of whose \w spear|strong="H7013"\w* <i>weighed</i> \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* <i>shekels</i> of \w brass|strong="H5178"\w* in \w weight|strong="H4948"\w*, he being \w girded|strong="H2296"\w* with a \w new|strong="H2319"\w* <i>sword</i>, \w thought|strong="H0559"\w* to have \w slain|strong="H5221"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*.<n>the giant: or, Rapha</n><n>spear: Heb. the staff, or, the head</n>


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But \w Abishai|strong="H0052"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Zeruiah|strong="H6870"\w* \w succoured|strong="H5826"\w* him, and \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* the \w Philistine|strong="H6430"\w*, and \w killed|strong="H4191"\w* him. Then the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w sware|strong="H7650"\w* unto him, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Thou shalt \w go|strong="H3318"\w* no more out with us to \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*, that thou \w quench|strong="H3518"\w* not the \w light|strong="H5216"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.<n>light: Heb. candle, or, lamp</n>


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And it came to pass after \w this|strong="H0310"\w*, that there was again a \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* with the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* at \w Gob|strong="H1359"\w*: then \w Sibbechai|strong="H5444"\w* the \w Hushathite|strong="H2843"\w* \w slew|strong="H5221"\w* \w Saph|strong="H5593"\w*, which <i>was</i> of the \w sons|strong="H3211"\w* of the \w giant|strong="H7497"\w*.<n>the giant: or, Rapha</n><n>Saph: or, Sippai</n>


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And there was again a \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* in \w Gob|strong="H1359"\w* with the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*, where \w Elhanan|strong="H0445"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jaare-oregim|strong="H3296"\w*, a \w Beth-lehemite|strong="H1022"\w*, \w slew|strong="H5221"\w* <i>the brother of</i> \w Goliath|strong="H1555"\w* the \w Gittite|strong="H1663"\w*, the \w staff|strong="H6086"\w* of whose \w spear|strong="H2595"\w* <i>was</i> like a \w weaver’s|strong="H0707"\w* \w beam|strong="H4500"\w*.<n>Jaare-oregim: or, Jair</n>


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And there was yet a \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* in \w Gath|strong="H1661"\w*, where was a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of <i>great</i> \w stature|strong="H4067"\w*, that had on every \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w fingers|strong="H0676"\w*, and on every \w foot|strong="H7272"\w* \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w toes|strong="H0676"\w*, \w four|strong="H0702"\w* and \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* in \w number|strong="H4557"\w*; and he also was \w born|strong="H3205"\w* to the \w giant|strong="H7497"\w*.<n>the giant: or, Rapha</n>


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And when he \w defied|strong="H2778"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Shimea|strong="H8092"\w* the \w brother|strong="H0251"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w slew|strong="H5221"\w* him.<n>defied: or, reproached</n><n>Shimea: also called, Shammah</n>


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These \w four|strong="H0702"\w* were \w born|strong="H3205"\w* to the \w giant|strong="H7497"\w* in \w Gath|strong="H1661"\w*, and \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* by the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, and by the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*.<pb/>


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And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of this \w song|strong="H7892"\w* in the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* <i>that</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* had \w delivered|strong="H5337"\w* him out of the \w hand|strong="H3709"\w* of all his \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*, and out of the \w hand|strong="H3709"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*:<pb/>


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* <i>is</i> my \w rock|strong="H5553"\w*, and my \w fortress|strong="H4686"\w*, and my \w deliverer|strong="H6403"\w*;


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The \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of my \w rock|strong="H6697"\w*; in him will I \w trust|strong="H2620"\w*: <i>he is</i> my \w shield|strong="H4043"\w*, and the \w horn|strong="H7161"\w* of my \w salvation|strong="H3468"\w*, my high \w tower|strong="H4869"\w*, and my \w refuge|strong="H4498"\w*, my \w saviour|strong="H3467"\w*; thou \w savest|strong="H3467"\w* me from \w violence|strong="H2555"\w*.


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I will \w call|strong="H7121"\w* on the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, <i>who is</i> worthy to be \w praised|strong="H1984"\w*: so shall I be \w saved|strong="H3467"\w* from mine \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*.


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When the \w waves|strong="H4867"\w* of \w death|strong="H4194"\w* \w compassed|strong="H0661"\w* me, the \w floods|strong="H5158"\w* of ungodly \w men|strong="H1100"\w* made me \w afraid|strong="H1204"\w*;<n>waves: or, pangs</n><n>ungodly…: Heb. Belial</n>


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The \w sorrows|strong="H2256"\w* of \w hell|strong="H7585"\w* compassed me \w about|strong="H5437"\w*; the \w snares|strong="H4170"\w* of \w death|strong="H4194"\w* \w prevented|strong="H6923"\w* me;<n>sorrows: or, cords</n>


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In my \w distress|strong="H6862"\w* I \w called|strong="H7121"\w* upon the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and \w cried|strong="H7121"\w* to my \w God|strong="H0430"\w*: and he did \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* my \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* out of his \w temple|strong="H1964"\w*, and my \w cry|strong="H7775"\w* <i>did enter</i> into his \w ears|strong="H0241"\w*.


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Then the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* \w shook|strong="H1607"\w* and \w trembled|strong="H7493"\w*; the \w foundations|strong="H4146"\w* of \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* \w moved|strong="H7264"\w* and \w shook|strong="H1607"\w*, because he was \w wroth|strong="H2734"\w*.


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There went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* a \w smoke|strong="H6227"\w* out of his \w nostrils|strong="H0639"\w*, and \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* out of his \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* \w devoured|strong="H0398"\w*: \w coals|strong="H1513"\w* were \w kindled|strong="H1197"\w* by it.<n>out of his nostrils: Heb. by, etc</n>


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He \w bowed|strong="H5186"\w* the \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w* also, and came \w down|strong="H3381"\w*; and \w darkness|strong="H6205"\w* <i>was</i> under his \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*.


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And he \w rode|strong="H7392"\w* upon a \w cherub|strong="H3742"\w*, and did \w fly|strong="H5774"\w*: and he was \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* upon the \w wings|strong="H3671"\w* of the \w wind|strong="H7307"\w*.


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And he \w made|strong="H7896"\w* \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w* \w pavilions|strong="H5521"\w* round \w about|strong="H5439"\w* him, \w dark|strong="H2841"\w* \w waters|strong="H4325"\w*, <i>and</i> thick \w clouds|strong="H5645"\w* of the \w skies|strong="H7834"\w*.<n>dark…: Heb. binding of waters</n>


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Through the \w brightness|strong="H5051"\w* before him were \w coals|strong="H1513"\w* of \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* \w kindled|strong="H1197"\w*.


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The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w thundered|strong="H7481"\w* from \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, and the most \w High|strong="H5945"\w* \w uttered|strong="H5414"\w* his \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*.


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And he sent \w out|strong="H7971"\w* \w arrows|strong="H2671"\w*, and \w scattered|strong="H6327"\w* them; \w lightning|strong="H1300"\w*, and \w discomfited|strong="H2000"\w* them.


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And the \w channels|strong="H0650"\w* of the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w appeared|strong="H7200"\w*, the \w foundations|strong="H4146"\w* of the \w world|strong="H8398"\w* were \w discovered|strong="H1540"\w*, at the \w rebuking|strong="H1606"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, at the \w blast|strong="H5397"\w* of the \w breath|strong="H7307"\w* of his \w nostrils|strong="H0639"\w*.


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He \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* from \w above|strong="H4791"\w*, he \w took|strong="H3947"\w* me; he \w drew|strong="H4871"\w* me out of \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w waters|strong="H4325"\w*;<n>many: or, great</n>


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He \w delivered|strong="H5337"\w* me from my \w strong|strong="H5794"\w* \w enemy|strong="H0341"\w*, <i>and</i> from them that \w hated|strong="H8130"\w* me: for they were too \w strong|strong="H0553"\w* for me.


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They \w prevented|strong="H6923"\w* me in the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of my \w calamity|strong="H0343"\w*: but the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* was my \w stay|strong="H4937"\w*.


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He brought me \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* also into a large \w place|strong="H4800"\w*: he \w delivered|strong="H2502"\w* me, because he \w delighted|strong="H2654"\w* in me.


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The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w rewarded|strong="H1580"\w* me according to my \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w*: according to the \w cleanness|strong="H1252"\w* of my \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* hath he \w recompensed|strong="H7725"\w* me.


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For I have \w kept|strong="H8104"\w* the \w ways|strong="H1870"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and have not wickedly \w departed|strong="H7561"\w* from my \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.


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For all his \w judgments|strong="H4941"\w* <i>were</i> before me: and <i>as for</i> his \w statutes|strong="H2708"\w*, I did not \w depart|strong="H5493"\w* from them.


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I was also \w upright|strong="H8549"\w* before him, and have \w kept|strong="H8104"\w* myself from mine \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w*.<n>before: Heb. to</n>


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Therefore the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w recompensed|strong="H7725"\w* me according to my \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w*; according to my \w cleanness|strong="H1252"\w* in his eye \w sight|strong="H5048"\w*.<n>in…: Heb. before his eyes</n>


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With the \w merciful|strong="H2623"\w* thou wilt shew thyself \w merciful|strong="H2616"\w*, <i>and</i> with the \w upright|strong="H8549"\w* \w man|strong="H1368"\w* thou wilt shew thyself \w upright|strong="H8552"\w*.


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With the \w pure|strong="H1305"\w* thou wilt shew thyself \w pure|strong="H1305"\w*; and with the \w froward|strong="H6141"\w* thou wilt shew thyself \w unsavoury|strong="H6617"\w*.<n>shew thyself unsavoury: or, wrestle</n>


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And the \w afflicted|strong="H6041"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* thou wilt \w save|strong="H3467"\w*: but thine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* <i>are</i> upon the \w haughty|strong="H7311"\w*, <i>that</i> thou mayest bring <i>them</i> \w down|strong="H8213"\w*.


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For thou <i>art</i> my \w lamp|strong="H5216"\w*, O  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*: and the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* will \w lighten|strong="H5050"\w* my \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w*.<n>lamp: or, candle</n>


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For by thee I have \w run|strong="H7323"\w* through a \w troop|strong="H1416"\w*: by my \w God|strong="H0430"\w* have I leaped \w over|strong="H1801"\w* a \w wall|strong="H7791"\w*.<n>run: or, broken</n>


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<i>As for</i> \w God|strong="H0410"\w*, his \w way|strong="H1870"\w* <i>is</i> \w perfect|strong="H8549"\w*; the \w word|strong="H0565"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* <i>is</i> \w tried|strong="H6884"\w*: he <i>is</i> a \w buckler|strong="H4043"\w* to all them that \w trust|strong="H2620"\w* in him.<n>tried: or, refined</n>


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For who <i>is</i> \w God|strong="H0410"\w*, \w save|strong="H1107"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*? and who <i>is</i> a \w rock|strong="H6697"\w*, \w save|strong="H1107"\w* our \w God|strong="H0430"\w*?


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\w God|strong="H0410"\w* <i>is</i> my \w strength|strong="H4581"\w* <i>and</i> \w power|strong="H2428"\w*: and he \w maketh|strong="H5425"\w* my \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w perfect|strong="H8549"\w*.<n>maketh: Heb. riddeth, or, looseth</n>


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He \w maketh|strong="H7737"\w* my \w feet|strong="H7272"\w* \w like|strong="H7737"\w* \w hinds’|strong="H0355"\w* <i>feet:</i> and \w setteth|strong="H5975"\w* me upon my high \w places|strong="H1116"\w*.<n>maketh: Heb. equalleth</n>


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He \w teacheth|strong="H3925"\w* my \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* to \w war|strong="H4421"\w*; so that a \w bow|strong="H7198"\w* of \w steel|strong="H5154"\w* is \w broken|strong="H5181"\w* by mine \w arms|strong="H2220"\w*.<n>to war: Heb. for the war</n>


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Thou hast also \w given|strong="H5414"\w* me the \w shield|strong="H4043"\w* of thy \w salvation|strong="H3468"\w*: and thy \w gentleness|strong="H6031"\w* hath made me \w great|strong="H7235"\w*.<n>made…: Heb. multiplied me</n>


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Thou hast \w enlarged|strong="H7337"\w* my \w steps|strong="H6806"\w* under me; so that my \w feet|strong="H7166"\w* did not \w slip|strong="H4571"\w*.<n>feet: Heb. ankles</n>


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I have \w pursued|strong="H7291"\w* mine \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*, and \w destroyed|strong="H8045"\w* them; and turned not \w again|strong="H7725"\w* until I had \w consumed|strong="H3615"\w* them.


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And I have \w consumed|strong="H3615"\w* them, and \w wounded|strong="H4272"\w* them, that they could not \w arise|strong="H6965"\w*: yea, they are \w fallen|strong="H5307"\w* under my \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*.


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For thou hast \w girded|strong="H0247"\w* me with \w strength|strong="H2428"\w* to \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*: them that rose \w up|strong="H6965"\w* against me hast thou \w subdued|strong="H3766"\w* under me.<n>subdued: Heb. caused to bow</n>


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Thou hast also \w given|strong="H5414"\w* me the \w necks|strong="H6203"\w* of mine \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*, that I might \w destroy|strong="H6789"\w* them that \w hate|strong="H8130"\w* me.


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They \w looked|strong="H8159"\w*, but <i>there was</i> none to \w save|strong="H3467"\w*; <i>even</i> unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, but he \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* them not.


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Then did I \w beat|strong="H7833"\w* them as small as the \w dust|strong="H6083"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, I did \w stamp|strong="H1854"\w* them as the \w mire|strong="H2916"\w* of the \w street|strong="H2351"\w*, <i>and</i> did spread them \w abroad|strong="H7554"\w*.


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Thou also hast \w delivered|strong="H6403"\w* me from the \w strivings|strong="H7379"\w* of my \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, thou hast \w kept|strong="H8104"\w* me <i>to be</i> \w head|strong="H7218"\w* of the \w heathen|strong="H1471"\w*: a \w people|strong="H5971"\w* <i>which</i> I \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* not shall \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* me.


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\w Strangers|strong="H1121"\w* shall \w submit|strong="H3584"\w* themselves unto me: as soon as they \w hear|strong="H8085"\w*, they shall be \w obedient|strong="H8085"\w* unto me.<n>Strangers: Heb. Sons of the stranger</n><n>submit…: or, yield feigned obedience: Heb. lie</n>


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\w Strangers|strong="H1121"\w* shall fade \w away|strong="H5034"\w*, and they shall be \w afraid|strong="H2296"\w* out of their close \w places|strong="H4526"\w*.


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The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*; and \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w* <i>be</i> my \w rock|strong="H6697"\w*; and \w exalted|strong="H7311"\w* be the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of the \w rock|strong="H6697"\w* of my \w salvation|strong="H3468"\w*.


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It <i>is</i> \w God|strong="H0410"\w* that \w avengeth|strong="H5414"\w* me, and that bringeth \w down|strong="H3381"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* under me,<n>avengeth: Heb. giveth avengement for</n>


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And that bringeth me \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* from mine \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*: thou also hast lifted me up on \w high|strong="H7311"\w* above them that rose \w up|strong="H6965"\w* against me: thou hast \w delivered|strong="H5337"\w* me from the \w violent|strong="H2555"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w*.


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Therefore I will give \w thanks|strong="H3034"\w* unto thee, O  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, among the \w heathen|strong="H1471"\w*, and I will sing \w praises|strong="H2167"\w* unto thy \w name|strong="H8034"\w*.


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<i>He is</i> the \w tower|strong="H4024"\w* of \w salvation|strong="H3444"\w* for his \w king|strong="H4428"\w*: and \w sheweth|strong="H6213"\w* \w mercy|strong="H2617"\w* to his \w anointed|strong="H4899"\w*, unto \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, and to his \w seed|strong="H2233"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w evermore|strong="H5769"\w*.<pb/>


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Now these <i>be</i> the \w last|strong="H0314"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*. \w David|strong="H1732"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jesse|strong="H3448"\w* \w said|strong="H5002"\w*, and the \w man|strong="H1397"\w* <i>who was</i> raised \w up|strong="H6965"\w* on \w high|strong="H5920"\w*, the \w anointed|strong="H4899"\w* of the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*, and the \w sweet|strong="H5273"\w* \w psalmist|strong="H2158"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w said|strong="H5002"\w*,


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The \w Spirit|strong="H7307"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* by me, and his \w word|strong="H4405"\w* <i>was</i> in my \w tongue|strong="H3956"\w*.


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The \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, the \w Rock|strong="H6697"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* to me, He that \w ruleth|strong="H4910"\w* over \w men|strong="H0120"\w* <i>must be</i> \w just|strong="H6662"\w*, \w ruling|strong="H4910"\w* in the \w fear|strong="H3374"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.<n>He…: or, Be thou ruler, etc</n>


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And <i>he shall be</i> as the \w light|strong="H0216"\w* of the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*, <i>when</i> the \w sun|strong="H8121"\w* \w riseth|strong="H2224"\w*, <i>even</i> a \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* \w without|strong="H3808"\w* \w clouds|strong="H5645"\w*; <i>as</i> the tender \w grass|strong="H1877"\w* <i>springing</i> out of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* by clear \w shining|strong="H5051"\w* after \w rain|strong="H4306"\w*.


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Although my \w house|strong="H1004"\w* <i>be</i> not so with \w God|strong="H0410"\w*; yet he hath \w made|strong="H7760"\w* with me an \w everlasting|strong="H5769"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w*, \w ordered|strong="H6186"\w* in all <i>things</i>, and \w sure|strong="H8104"\w*: for <i>this is</i> all my \w salvation|strong="H3468"\w*, and all <i>my</i> \w desire|strong="H2656"\w*, although he make <i>it</i> not to \w grow|strong="H6779"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ But <i>the sons</i> of \w Belial|strong="H1100"\w* <i>shall be</i> all of them as \w thorns|strong="H6975"\w* thrust \w away|strong="H5074"\w*, because they cannot be \w taken|strong="H3947"\w* with \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*:


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But the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* <i>that</i> shall \w touch|strong="H5060"\w* them must be \w fenced|strong="H4390"\w* with \w iron|strong="H1270"\w* and the \w staff|strong="H6086"\w* of a \w spear|strong="H2595"\w*; and they shall be \w utterly|strong="H8313"\w* \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* with \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* in the <i>same</i> \w place|strong="H7675"\w*.<n>fenced: Heb. filled</n><pb/>


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¶ These <i>be</i> the \w names|strong="H8034"\w* of the mighty \w men|strong="H1368"\w* whom \w David|strong="H1732"\w* had: The \w Tachmonite|strong="H8461"\w* that \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* in the \w seat|strong="H7675"\w*, \w chief|strong="H7218"\w* among the \w captains|strong="H7991"\w*; the same <i>was</i> \w Adino|strong="H5722"\w* the \w Eznite|strong="H6112"\w*: <i>he lift up his spear</i> against \w eight|strong="H8083"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w*, whom he \w slew|strong="H2491"\w* at \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w time|strong="H6471"\w*.<n>The Tachmonite…: or, Joshebbassebet the Tachmonite, head of the three</n><n>whom he…: Heb. slain</n><n>1ch 11:11 he lift…: from whom he…: Heb. slain</n>


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And \w after|strong="H0310"\w* him <i>was</i> \w Eleazar|strong="H0499"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Dodo|strong="H1734"\w* the \w Ahohite|strong="H0266"\w*, <i>one</i> of the \w three|strong="H7969"\w* mighty \w men|strong="H1368"\w* with \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, when they \w defied|strong="H2778"\w* the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* <i>that</i> were there gathered \w together|strong="H0622"\w* to \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*, and the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* were gone \w away|strong="H5927"\w*:


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He \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w until|strong="H3588"\w* his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* was \w weary|strong="H3021"\w*, and his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w clave|strong="H1692"\w* unto the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*: and the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w wrought|strong="H6213"\w* a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w victory|strong="H8668"\w* that \w day|strong="H3117"\w*; and the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* him only to \w spoil|strong="H6584"\w*.


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And \w after|strong="H0310"\w* him <i>was</i> \w Shammah|strong="H8048"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Agee|strong="H0089"\w* the \w Hararite|strong="H2043"\w*. And the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* were gathered \w together|strong="H0622"\w* into a \w troop|strong="H2416"\w*, where was a \w piece|strong="H2513"\w* of \w ground|strong="H7704"\w* \w full|strong="H4392"\w* of \w lentiles|strong="H5742"\w*: and the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*.<n>into…: or, for foraging</n>


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But he \w stood|strong="H3320"\w* in the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* of the \w ground|strong="H2513"\w*, and \w defended|strong="H5337"\w* it, and \w slew|strong="H5221"\w* the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*: and the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w wrought|strong="H6213"\w* a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w victory|strong="H8668"\w*.


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And \w three|strong="H7969"\w* of the \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* \w chief|strong="H7218"\w* went \w down|strong="H3381"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w David|strong="H1732"\w* in the harvest \w time|strong="H7105"\w* unto the \w cave|strong="H4631"\w* of \w Adullam|strong="H5725"\w*: and the \w troop|strong="H2416"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w pitched|strong="H2583"\w* in the \w valley|strong="H6010"\w* of \w Rephaim|strong="H7497"\w*.<n>three…: or, the three captains over the thirty</n>


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And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* <i>was</i> then in an \w hold|strong="H4686"\w*, and the \w garrison|strong="H4673"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* <i>was</i> then <i>in</i> \w Beth-lehem|strong="H1035"\w*.


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And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w longed|strong="H0183"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Oh that one would give me \w drink|strong="H8248"\w* of the \w water|strong="H4325"\w* of the \w well|strong="H0953"\w* of \w Beth-lehem|strong="H1035"\w*, which <i>is</i> by the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*!


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And the \w three|strong="H7969"\w* mighty \w men|strong="H1368"\w* brake \w through|strong="H1234"\w* the \w host|strong="H4264"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*, and \w drew|strong="H7579"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* out of the \w well|strong="H0953"\w* of \w Beth-lehem|strong="H1035"\w*, that <i>was</i> by the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*, and \w took|strong="H5375"\w* <i>it</i>, and \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* <i>it</i> to \w David|strong="H1732"\w*: nevertheless he \w would|strong="H0014"\w* not \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* thereof, but poured it \w out|strong="H5258"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Be it \w far|strong="H2486"\w* from me, O  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, that I should \w do|strong="H6213"\w* this: <i>is not this</i> the \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* of the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* that \w went|strong="H1980"\w* in jeopardy of their \w lives|strong="H5315"\w*? therefore he \w would|strong="H0014"\w* not \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* it. These things \w did|strong="H6213"\w* these \w three|strong="H7969"\w* mighty \w men|strong="H1368"\w*.


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And \w Abishai|strong="H0052"\w*, the \w brother|strong="H0251"\w* of \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Zeruiah|strong="H6870"\w*, was \w chief|strong="H7218"\w* among \w three|strong="H7992"\w*. And he lifted \w up|strong="H5782"\w* his \w spear|strong="H2595"\w* against \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w*, <i>and</i> \w slew|strong="H2491"\w* <i>them</i>, and had the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* among \w three|strong="H7969"\w*.<n>and slew them: Heb. slain</n>


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Was he not most \w honourable|strong="H3513"\w* of \w three|strong="H7969"\w*? therefore he was their \w captain|strong="H8269"\w*: howbeit he \w attained|strong="H0935"\w* not unto the <i>first</i> \w three|strong="H7969"\w*.


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And \w Benaiah|strong="H1141"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of a \w valiant|strong="H2428"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w*, of \w Kabzeel|strong="H6909"\w*, who had done \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w acts|strong="H6467"\w*, he \w slew|strong="H5221"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* lionlike \w men|strong="H0739"\w* of \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*: he went \w down|strong="H3381"\w* also and \w slew|strong="H5221"\w* a \w lion|strong="H0738"\w* in the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* of a \w pit|strong="H0953"\w* in \w time|strong="H3117"\w* of \w snow|strong="H7950"\w*:<n>who…: Heb. great of acts</n><n>lionlike…: Heb. lion of God</n>


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And he \w slew|strong="H2026"\w* an \w Egyptian|strong="H4713"\w*, a \w goodly|strong="H4758"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w*: and the \w Egyptian|strong="H4713"\w* had a \w spear|strong="H2595"\w* in his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*; but he went \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to him with a \w staff|strong="H7626"\w*, and \w plucked|strong="H1497"\w* the \w spear|strong="H2595"\w* out of the \w Egyptian’s|strong="H4713"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, and \w slew|strong="H5221"\w* him with his own \w spear|strong="H2595"\w*.<n>a goodly…: Heb. a man of countenance, or, sight: also called, a man of great stature</n>


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These <i>things</i> \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w Benaiah|strong="H1141"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w*, and had the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* among \w three|strong="H7969"\w* mighty \w men|strong="H1368"\w*.


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He was more \w honourable|strong="H3513"\w* than the \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w*, but he \w attained|strong="H0935"\w* not to the <i>first</i> \w three|strong="H7969"\w*. And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w set|strong="H7760"\w* him over his \w guard|strong="H4928"\w*.<n>more…: or, honourable among the thirty</n><n>guard: or, council: Heb. at his command</n>


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\w Asahel|strong="H6214"\w* the \w brother|strong="H0251"\w* of \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* <i>was</i> one of the \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w*; \w Elhanan|strong="H0445"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Dodo|strong="H1734"\w* of \w Beth-lehem|strong="H1035"\w*,


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\w Shammah|strong="H8048"\w* the \w Harodite|strong="H2733"\w*, \w Elika|strong="H0470"\w* the \w Harodite|strong="H2733"\w*,


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\w Helez|strong="H2503"\w* the \w Paltite|strong="H6407"\w*, \w Ira|strong="H5896"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ikkesh|strong="H6142"\w* the \w Tekoite|strong="H8621"\w*,


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\w Abiezer|strong="H0044"\w* the \w Anethothite|strong="H6069"\w*, \w Mebunnai|strong="H4012"\w* the \w Hushathite|strong="H2843"\w*,


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\w Zalmon|strong="H6756"\w* the \w Ahohite|strong="H0266"\w*, \w Maharai|strong="H4121"\w* the \w Netophathite|strong="H5200"\w*,


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\w Heleb|strong="H2460"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Baanah|strong="H1196"\w*, a \w Netophathite|strong="H5200"\w*, \w Ittai|strong="H0863"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ribai|strong="H7380"\w* out of \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w* of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*,


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\w Benaiah|strong="H1141"\w* the \w Pirathonite|strong="H6553"\w*, \w Hiddai|strong="H1914"\w* of the \w brooks|strong="H5158"\w* of \w Gaash|strong="H1608"\w*,<n>brooks: or, valleys</n>


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\w Abi-albon|strong="H0045"\w* the \w Arbathite|strong="H6164"\w*, \w Azmaveth|strong="H5820"\w* the \w Barhumite|strong="H1273"\w*,


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\w Eliahba|strong="H0455"\w* the \w Shaalbonite|strong="H8170"\w*, of the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jashen|strong="H3464"\w*, \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w*,


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\w Shammah|strong="H8048"\w* the \w Hararite|strong="H2043"\w*, \w Ahiam|strong="H0279"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Sharar|strong="H8325"\w* the \w Hararite|strong="H2043"\w*,


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\w Eliphelet|strong="H0467"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ahasbai|strong="H0308"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of the \w Maachathite|strong="H4602"\w*, \w Eliam|strong="H0463"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ahithophel|strong="H0302"\w* the \w Gilonite|strong="H1526"\w*,


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\w Hezrai|strong="H2695"\w* the \w Carmelite|strong="H3761"\w*, \w Paarai|strong="H6474"\w* the \w Arbite|strong="H0701"\w*,


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\w Igal|strong="H3008"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w* of \w Zobah|strong="H6678"\w*, \w Bani|strong="H1137"\w* the \w Gadite|strong="H1425"\w*,


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\w Zelek|strong="H6768"\w* the \w Ammonite|strong="H5984"\w*, \w Naharai|strong="H5171"\w* the \w Beerothite|strong="H0886"\w*, \w armourbearer|strong="H5375"\w* to \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Zeruiah|strong="H6870"\w*,


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\w Ira|strong="H5896"\w* an \w Ithrite|strong="H3505"\w*, \w Gareb|strong="H1619"\w* an \w Ithrite|strong="H3505"\w*,


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\w Uriah|strong="H0223"\w* the \w Hittite|strong="H2850"\w*: \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* and \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* in all.<pb/>


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And \w again|strong="H3254"\w* the \w anger|strong="H0639"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* was \w kindled|strong="H2734"\w* against \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and he \w moved|strong="H5496"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* against them to \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w*, \w number|strong="H4487"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* and \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.


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For the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* the \w captain|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w host|strong="H2428"\w*, which <i>was</i> with him, Go now \w through|strong="H7751"\w* all the \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, from \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w* even to \w Beer-sheba|strong="H0884"\w*, and \w number|strong="H6485"\w* ye the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, that I may \w know|strong="H3045"\w* the \w number|strong="H4557"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.<n>Go: or, Compass</n>


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And \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, Now the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* thy \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w add|strong="H3254"\w* unto the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, how many \w soever|strong="H1992"\w* they be, an \w hundredfold|strong="H3967"\w*, and that the \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* of my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* may \w see|strong="H7200"\w* <i>it:</i> but why doth my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w delight|strong="H2654"\w* in this \w thing|strong="H1697"\w*?


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Notwithstanding the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w prevailed|strong="H2388"\w* against \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*, and against the \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w host|strong="H2428"\w*. And \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* and the \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w host|strong="H2428"\w* went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* from the \w presence|strong="H6440"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, to \w number|strong="H6485"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And they passed \w over|strong="H5674"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*, and \w pitched|strong="H2583"\w* in \w Aroer|strong="H6177"\w*, on the right \w side|strong="H3225"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* that <i>lieth</i> in the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* of the \w river|strong="H5158"\w* of \w Gad|strong="H1410"\w*, and toward \w Jazer|strong="H3270"\w*:<n>river: or, valley</n>


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Then they \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*, and to the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Tahtim-hodshi|strong="H8483"\w*; and they \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Dan-jaan|strong="H1842"\w*, and \w about|strong="H5439"\w* to \w Zidon|strong="H6721"\w*,<n>land of Tahtim-hodshi: or, nether land newly inhabited</n>


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And \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to the strong \w hold|strong="H4013"\w* of \w Tyre|strong="H6865"\w*, and to all the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* of the \w Hivites|strong="H2340"\w*, and of the \w Canaanites|strong="H3669"\w*: and they went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* to the \w south|strong="H5045"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, <i>even</i> to \w Beer-sheba|strong="H0884"\w*.


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So when they had \w gone|strong="H7751"\w* through all the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, they \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* at the \w end|strong="H7097"\w* of \w nine|strong="H8672"\w* \w months|strong="H2320"\w* and \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*.


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And \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* gave \w up|strong="H5414"\w* the \w sum|strong="H4557"\w* of the \w number|strong="H4662"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*: and there were in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w eight|strong="H8083"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w valiant|strong="H2428"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* that \w drew|strong="H8025"\w* the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*; and the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* <i>were</i> \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* him \w after|strong="H0310"\w* that he had \w numbered|strong="H5608"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*. And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, I have \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* \w greatly|strong="H3966"\w* in that I have \w done|strong="H6213"\w*: and now, I beseech thee, O  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, take \w away|strong="H5674"\w* the \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w* of thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*; for I have done \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w foolishly|strong="H5528"\w*.


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For when \w David|strong="H1732"\w* was \w up|strong="H6965"\w* in the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*, the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* came unto the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w Gad|strong="H1410"\w*, \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w seer|strong="H2374"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,


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\w Go|strong="H1980"\w* and \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, Thus \w saith|strong="H1696"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, I \w offer|strong="H5190"\w* thee \w three|strong="H7969"\w* <i>things;</i> \w choose|strong="H0977"\w* thee \w one|strong="H0259"\w* of them, that I may <i>do it</i> unto \w thee|strong="H6213"\w*.


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So \w Gad|strong="H1410"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, and \w told|strong="H5046"\w* him, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Shall \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* of \w famine|strong="H7458"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* unto thee in thy \w land|strong="H0776"\w*? or wilt thou \w flee|strong="H5127"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w months|strong="H2320"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* thine \w enemies|strong="H6862"\w*, while they \w pursue|strong="H7291"\w* thee? or that there be \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w days’|strong="H3117"\w* \w pestilence|strong="H1698"\w* in thy \w land|strong="H0776"\w*? now \w advise|strong="H3045"\w*, and \w see|strong="H7200"\w* what \w answer|strong="H1697"\w* I shall \w return|strong="H7725"\w* to him that \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* me.


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And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Gad|strong="H1410"\w*, I am in a \w great|strong="H3966"\w* \w strait|strong="H6887"\w*: let us \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* now into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; for his \w mercies|strong="H7356"\w* <i>are</i> \w great|strong="H7227"\w*: and let me not \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w man|strong="H0120"\w*.<n>are great: or, are many</n><pb/>


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¶ So the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w sent|strong="H5414"\w* a \w pestilence|strong="H1698"\w* upon \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* from the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* even to the \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w appointed|strong="H4150"\w*: and there \w died|strong="H4191"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* from \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w* even to \w Beer-sheba|strong="H0884"\w* \w seventy|strong="H7657"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*.


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And when the \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* stretched \w out|strong="H7971"\w* his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* upon \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* to \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* it, the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w repented|strong="H5162"\w* him of the \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to the \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* that \w destroyed|strong="H7843"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, It is \w enough|strong="H7227"\w*: \w stay|strong="H7503"\w* now thine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*. And the \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* was by the \w threshingplace|strong="H1637"\w* of \w Araunah|strong="H0728"\w* the \w Jebusite|strong="H2983"\w*.<n>Araunah: also called, Ornan</n>


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And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w spake|strong="H0559"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* when he \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* the \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* that \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Lo, I have \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w*, and I have done \w wickedly|strong="H5753"\w*: but these \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*, what have they \w done|strong="H6213"\w*? let thine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, I pray thee, be against me, and against my \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And \w Gad|strong="H1410"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* to \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Go \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, \w rear|strong="H6965"\w* an \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* in the \w threshingfloor|strong="H1637"\w* of \w Araunah|strong="H0728"\w* the \w Jebusite|strong="H2983"\w*.<n>Araunah: Heb. Araniah</n>


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And \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, according to the \w saying|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Gad|strong="H1410"\w*, went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* as the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w*.


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And \w Araunah|strong="H0728"\w* \w looked|strong="H8259"\w*, and \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* and his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* coming \w on|strong="H5674"\w* toward him: and \w Araunah|strong="H0728"\w* went \w out|strong="H3318"\w*, and \w bowed|strong="H7812"\w* himself before the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* on his \w face|strong="H0639"\w* upon the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*.


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And \w Araunah|strong="H0728"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Wherefore is my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to his \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*? And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, To \w buy|strong="H7069"\w* the \w threshingfloor|strong="H1637"\w* of thee, to \w build|strong="H1129"\w* an \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, that the \w plague|strong="H4046"\w* may be \w stayed|strong="H6113"\w* from the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.


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And \w Araunah|strong="H0728"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, Let my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* and offer \w up|strong="H5927"\w* what <i>seemeth</i> \w good|strong="H2896"\w* unto \w him|strong="H5869"\w*: \w behold|strong="H7200"\w*, <i>here be</i> \w oxen|strong="H1241"\w* for burnt \w sacrifice|strong="H5930"\w*, and threshing \w instruments|strong="H4173"\w* and <i>other</i> \w instruments|strong="H3627"\w* of the \w oxen|strong="H1241"\w* for \w wood|strong="H6086"\w*.


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All these <i>things</i> did \w Araunah|strong="H0728"\w*, <i>as</i> a \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w give|strong="H5414"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*. And \w Araunah|strong="H0728"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* thy \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w accept|strong="H7521"\w* thee.


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And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Araunah|strong="H0728"\w*, Nay; but I will \w surely|strong="H7069"\w* \w buy|strong="H7069"\w* <i>it</i> of thee at a \w price|strong="H4242"\w*: neither will I \w offer|strong="H5927"\w* burnt \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* my \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of that which doth cost me \w nothing|strong="H2600"\w*. So \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w bought|strong="H7069"\w* the \w threshingfloor|strong="H1637"\w* and the \w oxen|strong="H1241"\w* for \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w* \w shekels|strong="H8255"\w* of \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*.


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And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* there an \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and \w offered|strong="H5927"\w* burnt \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w* and peace \w offerings|strong="H8002"\w*. So the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* was \w intreated|strong="H6279"\w* for the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, and the \w plague|strong="H4046"\w* was \w stayed|strong="H6113"\w* from \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.


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Now \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* was \w old|strong="H2204"\w* <i>and</i> \w stricken|strong="H0935"\w* in \w years|strong="H3117"\w*; and they \w covered|strong="H3680"\w* him with \w clothes|strong="H0899"\w*, but he gat no \w heat|strong="H3179"\w*.<n>stricken…: Heb. entered into days</n>


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Wherefore his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Let there be \w sought|strong="H1245"\w* for my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* a \w young|strong="H5291"\w* \w virgin|strong="H1330"\w*: and let her \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, and let her \w cherish|strong="H5532"\w* him, and let her \w lie|strong="H7901"\w* in thy \w bosom|strong="H2436"\w*, that my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* may get \w heat|strong="H2552"\w*.<n>Let there…: Heb. Let them seek</n><n>a young…: Heb. a damsel, a virgin</n><n>cherish…: Heb. be a cherisher unto him</n>


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So they \w sought|strong="H1245"\w* for a \w fair|strong="H3303"\w* \w damsel|strong="H5291"\w* throughout all the \w coasts|strong="H1366"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w Abishag|strong="H0049"\w* a \w Shunammite|strong="H7767"\w*, and \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* her to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.


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And the \w damsel|strong="H5291"\w* <i>was</i> \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w fair|strong="H3303"\w*, and \w cherished|strong="H5532"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, and \w ministered|strong="H8334"\w* to him: but the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* her not.<pb/>


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¶ Then \w Adonijah|strong="H0138"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Haggith|strong="H2294"\w* \w exalted|strong="H4984"\w* himself, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, I will be \w king|strong="H4427"\w*: and he \w prepared|strong="H6213"\w* him \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* and \w horsemen|strong="H6571"\w*, and \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* to \w run|strong="H7323"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* him.<n>be king: Heb. reign</n>


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And his \w father|strong="H0001"\w* had not \w displeased|strong="H6087"\w* him at any \w time|strong="H3117"\w* in \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Why hast thou done \w so|strong="H6213"\w*? and he also <i>was a</i> \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w goodly|strong="H2896"\w* <i>man;</i> and <i>his mother</i> \w bare|strong="H3205"\w* him \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*.<n>at any…: Heb. from his days</n>


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And he \w conferred|strong="H1697"\w* with \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Zeruiah|strong="H6870"\w*, and with \w Abiathar|strong="H0054"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*: and they \w following|strong="H0310"\w* \w Adonijah|strong="H0138"\w* \w helped|strong="H5826"\w* <i>him</i>.<n>he…: Heb. his words were with</n><n>following…: Heb. helped after Adonijah</n>


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But \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, and \w Benaiah|strong="H1141"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w*, and \w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w* the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w*, and \w Shimei|strong="H8096"\w*, and \w Rei|strong="H7472"\w*, and the mighty \w men|strong="H1368"\w* which <i>belonged</i> to \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, were not with \w Adonijah|strong="H0138"\w*.


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And \w Adonijah|strong="H0138"\w* \w slew|strong="H2076"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* and \w oxen|strong="H1241"\w* and fat \w cattle|strong="H4806"\w* by the \w stone|strong="H0068"\w* of \w Zoheleth|strong="H2120"\w*, which <i>is</i> \w by|strong="H0681"\w* \w En-rogel|strong="H5883"\w*, and \w called|strong="H7121"\w* all his \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w* the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, and all the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*:<n>En-rogel: or, the well Rogel</n>


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But \w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w* the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w*, and \w Benaiah|strong="H1141"\w*, and the mighty \w men|strong="H1368"\w*, and \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* his \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*, he \w called|strong="H7121"\w* not.<pb/>


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¶ Wherefore \w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w* \w spake|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Bath-sheba|strong="H1339"\w* the \w mother|strong="H0517"\w* of \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Hast thou not \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* that \w Adonijah|strong="H0138"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Haggith|strong="H2294"\w* doth \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*, and \w David|strong="H1732"\w* our \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* \w knoweth|strong="H3045"\w* <i>it</i> not?


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Now therefore \w come|strong="H3212"\w*, let me, I pray thee, give thee \w counsel|strong="H3289"\w*, that thou mayest \w save|strong="H4422"\w* thine own \w life|strong="H5315"\w*, and the \w life|strong="H5315"\w* of thy \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*.


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\w Go|strong="H3212"\w* and get thee \w in|strong="H0935"\w* unto \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, and \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Didst not thou, my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*, O \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w swear|strong="H7650"\w* unto thine \w handmaid|strong="H0519"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Assuredly|strong="H3588"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* thy \w son|strong="H1121"\w* shall \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* me, and he shall \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* upon my \w throne|strong="H3678"\w*? why then doth \w Adonijah|strong="H0138"\w* \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*?


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Behold, while thou yet \w talkest|strong="H1696"\w* there with the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, I also will come \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* thee, and \w confirm|strong="H4390"\w* thy \w words|strong="H1697"\w*.<n>confirm: Heb. fill up</n><pb/>


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¶ And \w Bath-sheba|strong="H1339"\w* went \w in|strong="H0935"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* into the \w chamber|strong="H2315"\w*: and the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* was \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w old|strong="H2204"\w*; and \w Abishag|strong="H0049"\w* the \w Shunammite|strong="H7767"\w* \w ministered|strong="H8334"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.


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And \w Bath-sheba|strong="H1339"\w* \w bowed|strong="H6915"\w*, and did \w obeisance|strong="H7812"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*. And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, What wouldest thou?<n>What…: Heb. What to thee?</n>


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And she \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, My \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*, thou \w swarest|strong="H7650"\w* by the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* thy \w God|strong="H0430"\w* unto thine \w handmaid|strong="H0519"\w*, <i>saying</i>, Assuredly \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* thy \w son|strong="H1121"\w* shall \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* me, and he shall \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* upon my \w throne|strong="H3678"\w*.


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And now, behold, \w Adonijah|strong="H0138"\w* \w reigneth|strong="H4427"\w*; and now, my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, thou \w knowest|strong="H3045"\w* <i>it</i> not:


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And he hath \w slain|strong="H2076"\w* \w oxen|strong="H7794"\w* and fat \w cattle|strong="H4806"\w* and \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* in \w abundance|strong="H7230"\w*, and hath \w called|strong="H7121"\w* all the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, and \w Abiathar|strong="H0054"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, and \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* the \w captain|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w host|strong="H6635"\w*: but \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* hath he not \w called|strong="H7121"\w*.


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And thou, my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*, O \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, the \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* of all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* <i>are</i> upon thee, that thou shouldest \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* them who shall \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* on the \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* of my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* him.


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Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* shall \w sleep|strong="H7901"\w* with his \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, that I and my \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* shall be counted \w offenders|strong="H2400"\w*.<n>offenders: Heb. sinners</n><pb/>


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¶ And, lo, while she yet \w talked|strong="H1696"\w* with the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w* the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* also came \w in|strong="H0935"\w*.


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And they \w told|strong="H5046"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold \w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w* the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w*. And when he was come \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, he \w bowed|strong="H7812"\w* himself before the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* with his \w face|strong="H0639"\w* to the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*.


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And \w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, My \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*, O \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, hast thou \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Adonijah|strong="H0138"\w* shall \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* me, and he shall \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* upon my \w throne|strong="H3678"\w*?


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For he is gone \w down|strong="H3381"\w* this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, and hath \w slain|strong="H2076"\w* \w oxen|strong="H7794"\w* and fat \w cattle|strong="H4806"\w* and \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* in \w abundance|strong="H7230"\w*, and hath \w called|strong="H7121"\w* all the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, and the \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w host|strong="H6635"\w*, and \w Abiathar|strong="H0054"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*; and, behold, they \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* and \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* him, and \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, God \w save|strong="H2421"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Adonijah|strong="H0138"\w*.<n>God…: Heb. Let king Adonijah live</n>


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But me, <i>even</i> me thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, and \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, and \w Benaiah|strong="H1141"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w*, and thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*, hath he not \w called|strong="H7121"\w*.


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Is this \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* \w done|strong="H1961"\w* by my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, and thou hast not \w shewed|strong="H3045"\w* <i>it</i> unto thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, who should \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* on the \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* of my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* him?<pb/>


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¶ Then \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Call|strong="H7121"\w* me \w Bath-sheba|strong="H1339"\w*. And she \w came|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w presence|strong="H6440"\w*, and \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.<n>into…: Heb. before the king</n>


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And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w sware|strong="H7650"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, <i>As</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, that hath \w redeemed|strong="H6299"\w* my \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* out of all \w distress|strong="H6869"\w*,


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Even as I \w sware|strong="H7650"\w* unto thee by the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Assuredly \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* thy \w son|strong="H1121"\w* shall \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* me, and he shall \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* upon my \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* in my stead; even so will I certainly \w do|strong="H6213"\w* this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.


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Then \w Bath-sheba|strong="H1339"\w* \w bowed|strong="H6915"\w* with <i>her</i> \w face|strong="H0639"\w* to the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, and did \w reverence|strong="H7812"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Let my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w live|strong="H2421"\w* for \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Call|strong="H7121"\w* me \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, and \w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w* the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w*, and \w Benaiah|strong="H1141"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w*. And they \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.


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The \w king|strong="H4428"\w* also \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, \w Take|strong="H3947"\w* with you the \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* of your \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*, and cause \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* my \w son|strong="H1121"\w* to \w ride|strong="H7392"\w* upon mine own \w mule|strong="H6506"\w*, and bring him \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to \w Gihon|strong="H1521"\w*:<n>mine…: Heb. which belongeth to me</n>


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And let \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* and \w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w* the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w anoint|strong="H4886"\w* him there \w king|strong="H4428"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: and \w blow|strong="H8628"\w* ye with the \w trumpet|strong="H7782"\w*, and \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, God \w save|strong="H2421"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*.


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Then ye shall come \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* him, that he may \w come|strong="H0935"\w* and \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* upon my \w throne|strong="H3678"\w*; for he shall be \w king|strong="H4427"\w* in my stead: and I have \w appointed|strong="H6680"\w* him to be \w ruler|strong="H5057"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* and over \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.


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And \w Benaiah|strong="H1141"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Amen|strong="H0543"\w*: the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w say|strong="H0559"\w* so <i>too</i>.


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As the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath been with my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, even so be he with \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*, and \w make|strong="H1431"\w* his \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* \w greater|strong="H1431"\w* than the \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* of my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*.


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So \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, and \w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w* the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w*, and \w Benaiah|strong="H1141"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w*, and the \w Cherethites|strong="H3774"\w*, and the \w Pelethites|strong="H6432"\w*, went \w down|strong="H3381"\w*, and caused \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* to \w ride|strong="H7392"\w* upon \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w mule|strong="H6506"\w*, and \w brought|strong="H3212"\w* him to \w Gihon|strong="H1521"\w*.


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And \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* an \w horn|strong="H7161"\w* of \w oil|strong="H8081"\w* out of the \w tabernacle|strong="H0168"\w*, and \w anointed|strong="H4886"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*. And they \w blew|strong="H8628"\w* the \w trumpet|strong="H7782"\w*; and all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, God \w save|strong="H2421"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*.


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And all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* came \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* him, and the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w piped|strong="H2490"\w* with \w pipes|strong="H2485"\w*, and \w rejoiced|strong="H8056"\w* with \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w joy|strong="H8057"\w*, so that the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* \w rent|strong="H1234"\w* with the \w sound|strong="H6963"\w* of them.<n>pipes: or, flutes</n><pb/>


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¶ And \w Adonijah|strong="H0138"\w* and all the \w guests|strong="H7121"\w* that <i>were</i> with him \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* <i>it</i> as they had made an \w end|strong="H3615"\w* of \w eating|strong="H0398"\w*. And when \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* the \w sound|strong="H6963"\w* of the \w trumpet|strong="H7782"\w*, he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Wherefore <i>is this</i> \w noise|strong="H6963"\w* of the \w city|strong="H7151"\w* being in an \w uproar|strong="H1993"\w*?


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And while he yet \w spake|strong="H1696"\w*, behold, \w Jonathan|strong="H3129"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Abiathar|strong="H0054"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w*: and \w Adonijah|strong="H0138"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Come \w in|strong="H0935"\w*; for thou <i>art</i> a \w valiant|strong="H2428"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w*, and \w bringest|strong="H1319"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w tidings|strong="H1319"\w*.


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And \w Jonathan|strong="H3129"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Adonijah|strong="H0138"\w*, \w Verily|strong="H0061"\w* our \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* hath made \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w*.


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And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* hath \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* with him \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, and \w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w* the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w*, and \w Benaiah|strong="H1141"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w*, and the \w Cherethites|strong="H3774"\w*, and the \w Pelethites|strong="H6432"\w*, and they have caused him to \w ride|strong="H7392"\w* upon the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w mule|strong="H6506"\w*:


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And \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* and \w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w* the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* have \w anointed|strong="H4886"\w* him \w king|strong="H4428"\w* in \w Gihon|strong="H1521"\w*: and they are come \w up|strong="H5927"\w* from thence \w rejoicing|strong="H8056"\w*, so that the \w city|strong="H7151"\w* rang \w again|strong="H1949"\w*. This <i>is</i> the \w noise|strong="H6963"\w* that ye have \w heard|strong="H8085"\w*.


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And also \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w sitteth|strong="H3427"\w* on the \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* of the \w kingdom|strong="H4410"\w*.


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And moreover the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* our \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w God|strong="H0430"\w* make the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w better|strong="H3190"\w* than thy \w name|strong="H8034"\w*, and \w make|strong="H1431"\w* his \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* \w greater|strong="H1431"\w* than thy \w throne|strong="H3678"\w*. And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w bowed|strong="H7812"\w* himself upon the \w bed|strong="H4904"\w*.


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And also thus \w said|strong="H0559"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w Blessed|strong="H1288"\w* <i>be</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, which hath \w given|strong="H5414"\w* <i>one</i> to \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* on my \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, mine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* even \w seeing|strong="H7200"\w* <i>it</i>.


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And all the \w guests|strong="H7121"\w* that <i>were</i> with \w Adonijah|strong="H0138"\w* were \w afraid|strong="H2729"\w*, and rose \w up|strong="H6965"\w*, and \w went|strong="H3212"\w* every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* his \w way|strong="H1870"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And \w Adonijah|strong="H0138"\w* \w feared|strong="H3372"\w* \w because|strong="H6440"\w* of \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*, and \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and \w went|strong="H3212"\w*, and caught \w hold|strong="H2388"\w* on the \w horns|strong="H7161"\w* of the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*.


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And it was \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold, \w Adonijah|strong="H0138"\w* \w feareth|strong="H3372"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*: for, lo, he hath caught \w hold|strong="H0270"\w* on the \w horns|strong="H7161"\w* of the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Let \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w swear|strong="H7650"\w* unto me to \w day|strong="H3117"\w* that he will not \w slay|strong="H4191"\w* his \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* with the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*.


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And \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, If he will shew himself a \w worthy|strong="H2428"\w* \w man|strong="H1121"\w*, there shall not an \w hair|strong="H8185"\w* of him \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* to the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*: but if \w wickedness|strong="H7451"\w* shall be \w found|strong="H4672"\w* in him, he shall \w die|strong="H4191"\w*.


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So \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w*, and they brought him \w down|strong="H3381"\w* from the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*. And he \w came|strong="H0935"\w* and \w bowed|strong="H7812"\w* himself to \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*: and \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w* to thine \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.<pb/>


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Now the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w* drew \w nigh|strong="H7126"\w* that he should \w die|strong="H4191"\w*; and he \w charged|strong="H6680"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,


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I \w go|strong="H1980"\w* the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of all the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*: be thou \w strong|strong="H2388"\w* therefore, and shew thyself a \w man|strong="H0376"\w*;


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And \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* the \w charge|strong="H4931"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* thy \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, to \w walk|strong="H3212"\w* in his \w ways|strong="H1870"\w*, to \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* his \w statutes|strong="H2708"\w*, and his \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w*, and his \w judgments|strong="H4941"\w*, and his \w testimonies|strong="H5715"\w*, as it is \w written|strong="H3789"\w* in the \w law|strong="H8451"\w* of \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*, that thou mayest \w prosper|strong="H7919"\w* in all that thou \w doest|strong="H6213"\w*, and whithersoever thou \w turnest|strong="H6437"\w* thyself:<n>prosper: or, do wisely</n>


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That the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* may \w continue|strong="H6965"\w* his \w word|strong="H1697"\w* which he \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* concerning me, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, If thy \w children|strong="H1121"\w* take \w heed|strong="H8104"\w* to their \w way|strong="H1870"\w*, to \w walk|strong="H3212"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* me in \w truth|strong="H0571"\w* with all their \w heart|strong="H3824"\w* and with all their \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*, there shall not \w fail|strong="H3772"\w* thee (\w said|strong="H0559"\w* he) a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* on the \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.<n>fail…: Heb. be cut off from thee from the throne</n>


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Moreover thou \w knowest|strong="H3045"\w* also what \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Zeruiah|strong="H6870"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* to me, <i>and</i> what he \w did|strong="H6213"\w* to the \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, unto \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ner|strong="H5369"\w*, and unto \w Amasa|strong="H6021"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jether|strong="H3500"\w*, whom he \w slew|strong="H2026"\w*, and \w shed|strong="H7760"\w* the \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* of \w war|strong="H4421"\w* in \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*, and \w put|strong="H5414"\w* the \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* of \w war|strong="H4421"\w* upon his \w girdle|strong="H2290"\w* that <i>was</i> about his \w loins|strong="H4975"\w*, and in his \w shoes|strong="H5275"\w* that <i>were</i> on his \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*.<n>shed: Heb. put</n>


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\w Do|strong="H6213"\w* therefore according to thy \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w*, and let not his hoar \w head|strong="H7872"\w* go \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to the \w grave|strong="H7585"\w* in \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*.


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But \w shew|strong="H6213"\w* \w kindness|strong="H2617"\w* unto the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Barzillai|strong="H1271"\w* the \w Gileadite|strong="H1569"\w*, and let them be of those that \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* at thy \w table|strong="H7979"\w*: for so they \w came|strong="H7126"\w* to me when I \w fled|strong="H1272"\w* \w because|strong="H6440"\w* of \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* thy \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*.


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And, behold, <i>thou hast</i> with thee \w Shimei|strong="H8096"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Gera|strong="H1617"\w*, a \w Benjamite|strong="H1145"\w* of \w Bahurim|strong="H0980"\w*, which \w cursed|strong="H7043"\w* me with a \w grievous|strong="H4834"\w* \w curse|strong="H7045"\w* in the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* when I \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to \w Mahanaim|strong="H4266"\w*: but he came \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* me at \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*, and I \w sware|strong="H7650"\w* to him by the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, I will not put thee to \w death|strong="H4191"\w* with the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*.<n>grievous: Heb. strong</n>


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Now therefore hold him not \w guiltless|strong="H5352"\w*: for thou <i>art</i> a \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w*, and \w knowest|strong="H3045"\w* what thou oughtest to \w do|strong="H6213"\w* unto him; but his hoar \w head|strong="H7872"\w* bring thou \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to the \w grave|strong="H7585"\w* with \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*.


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So \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w slept|strong="H7901"\w* with his \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, and was \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* in the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*.


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And the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* that \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* <i>were</i> \w forty|strong="H0705"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*: \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* he in \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w*, and \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* and \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* he in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Then \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* upon the \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w* his \w father|strong="H0001"\w*; and his \w kingdom|strong="H4438"\w* was \w established|strong="H3559"\w* \w greatly|strong="H3966"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And \w Adonijah|strong="H0138"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Haggith|strong="H2294"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Bath-sheba|strong="H1339"\w* the \w mother|strong="H0517"\w* of \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*. And she \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Comest|strong="H0935"\w* thou \w peaceably|strong="H7965"\w*? And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Peaceably|strong="H7965"\w*.


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He \w said|strong="H0559"\w* moreover, I have somewhat to \w say|strong="H1697"\w* unto thee. And she \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Say \w on|strong="H1696"\w*.


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Thou \w knowest|strong="H3045"\w* that the \w kingdom|strong="H4410"\w* was mine, and <i>that</i> all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w set|strong="H7760"\w* their \w faces|strong="H6440"\w* on me, that I should \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*: howbeit the \w kingdom|strong="H4410"\w* is turned \w about|strong="H5437"\w*, and is become my \w brother’s|strong="H0251"\w*: for it was his from the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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And now I \w ask|strong="H7592"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w petition|strong="H7596"\w* of thee, \w deny|strong="H7725"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w* not. And she \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Say \w on|strong="H1696"\w*.<n>deny…: Heb. turn not away my face</n>


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Speak|strong="H0559"\w*, I pray thee, unto \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, (for he will not \w say|strong="H7725"\w* \w thee|strong="H6440"\w* \w nay|strong="H7725"\w*,) that he \w give|strong="H5414"\w* me \w Abishag|strong="H0049"\w* the \w Shunammite|strong="H7767"\w* to \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*.


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And \w Bath-sheba|strong="H1339"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Well|strong="H2896"\w*; I will \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* for thee unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ \w Bath-sheba|strong="H1339"\w* therefore \w went|strong="H0935"\w* unto \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*, to \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* unto him for \w Adonijah|strong="H0138"\w*. And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* rose \w up|strong="H6965"\w* to \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* her, and \w bowed|strong="H7812"\w* himself unto her, and sat \w down|strong="H3427"\w* on his \w throne|strong="H3678"\w*, and caused a \w seat|strong="H3678"\w* to be \w set|strong="H7760"\w* for the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w mother|strong="H0517"\w*; and she \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* on his right \w hand|strong="H3225"\w*.


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Then she \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I \w desire|strong="H7592"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w small|strong="H6996"\w* \w petition|strong="H7596"\w* of thee; <i>I pray thee</i>, \w say|strong="H7725"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w* not \w nay|strong="H7725"\w*. And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto her, Ask \w on|strong="H7592"\w*, my \w mother|strong="H0517"\w*: for I will not \w say|strong="H7725"\w* \w thee|strong="H6440"\w* \w nay|strong="H7725"\w*.


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And she \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Let \w Abishag|strong="H0049"\w* the \w Shunammite|strong="H7767"\w* be \w given|strong="H5414"\w* to \w Adonijah|strong="H0138"\w* thy \w brother|strong="H0251"\w* to \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*.


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And \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto his \w mother|strong="H0517"\w*, And why dost thou \w ask|strong="H7592"\w* \w Abishag|strong="H0049"\w* the \w Shunammite|strong="H7767"\w* for \w Adonijah|strong="H0138"\w*? \w ask|strong="H7592"\w* for him the \w kingdom|strong="H4410"\w* also; for he <i>is</i> mine \w elder|strong="H1419"\w* \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*; even for him, and for \w Abiathar|strong="H0054"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, and for \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Zeruiah|strong="H6870"\w*.


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Then \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w sware|strong="H7650"\w* by the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* so to me, and more \w also|strong="H3254"\w*, if \w Adonijah|strong="H0138"\w* have not \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* this \w word|strong="H1697"\w* against his own \w life|strong="H5315"\w*.


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Now therefore, <i>as</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, which hath \w established|strong="H3559"\w* me, and \w set|strong="H3427"\w* me on the \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w* my \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, and who hath \w made|strong="H6213"\w* me an \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, as he \w promised|strong="H1696"\w*, \w Adonijah|strong="H0138"\w* shall be put to \w death|strong="H4191"\w* this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.


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And \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* by the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Benaiah|strong="H1141"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w*; and he \w fell|strong="H6293"\w* upon him that he \w died|strong="H4191"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And unto \w Abiathar|strong="H0054"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w Get|strong="H3212"\w* thee to \w Anathoth|strong="H6068"\w*, unto thine own \w fields|strong="H7704"\w*; for thou <i>art</i> \w worthy|strong="H0376"\w* of \w death|strong="H4194"\w*: but I will not at this \w time|strong="H3117"\w* put thee to \w death|strong="H4191"\w*, because thou \w barest|strong="H5375"\w* the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* my \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, and because thou hast been \w afflicted|strong="H6031"\w* in all wherein my \w father|strong="H0001"\w* was \w afflicted|strong="H6031"\w*.<n>worthy…: Heb. a man of death</n>


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So \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* thrust \w out|strong="H1644"\w* \w Abiathar|strong="H0054"\w* from being \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; that he might \w fulfil|strong="H4390"\w* the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, which he \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* concerning the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Eli|strong="H5941"\w* in \w Shiloh|strong="H7887"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Then \w tidings|strong="H8052"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*: for \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* had \w turned|strong="H5186"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w Adonijah|strong="H0138"\w*, though he \w turned|strong="H5186"\w* not \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*. And \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* unto the \w tabernacle|strong="H0168"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and caught \w hold|strong="H2388"\w* on the \w horns|strong="H7161"\w* of the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*.


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And it was \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* that \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* was \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* unto the \w tabernacle|strong="H0168"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; and, behold, <i>he is</i> \w by|strong="H0681"\w* the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*. Then \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w Benaiah|strong="H1141"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w*, \w fall|strong="H6293"\w* upon him.


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And \w Benaiah|strong="H1141"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w tabernacle|strong="H0168"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, Come \w forth|strong="H3318"\w*. And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Nay; but I will \w die|strong="H4191"\w* here. And \w Benaiah|strong="H1141"\w* \w brought|strong="H7725"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Thus \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*, and thus he \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* me.


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And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w Do|strong="H6213"\w* as he hath \w said|strong="H1696"\w*, and \w fall|strong="H6293"\w* upon him, and \w bury|strong="H6912"\w* him; that thou mayest take \w away|strong="H5493"\w* the \w innocent|strong="H2600"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*, which \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w shed|strong="H8210"\w*, from me, and from the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of my \w father|strong="H0001"\w*.


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And the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* shall \w return|strong="H7725"\w* his \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* upon his own \w head|strong="H7218"\w*, who \w fell|strong="H6293"\w* upon \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w* more \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* and \w better|strong="H2896"\w* than he, and \w slew|strong="H2026"\w* them with the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, my \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* not \w knowing|strong="H3045"\w* <i>thereof, to wit</i>, \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ner|strong="H5369"\w*, \w captain|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w host|strong="H6635"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and \w Amasa|strong="H6021"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jether|strong="H3500"\w*, \w captain|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w host|strong="H6635"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.


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Their \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* shall therefore \w return|strong="H7725"\w* upon the \w head|strong="H7218"\w* of \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*, and upon the \w head|strong="H7218"\w* of his \w seed|strong="H2233"\w* for \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*: but upon \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, and upon his \w seed|strong="H2233"\w*, and upon his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and upon his \w throne|strong="H3678"\w*, shall there be \w peace|strong="H7965"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w ever|strong="H5769"\w* from the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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So \w Benaiah|strong="H1141"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w* went \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, and \w fell|strong="H6293"\w* upon him, and \w slew|strong="H4191"\w* him: and he was \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* in his own \w house|strong="H1004"\w* in the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w Benaiah|strong="H1141"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w* in his room over the \w host|strong="H6635"\w*: and \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* did the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* in the room of \w Abiathar|strong="H0054"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* and \w called|strong="H7121"\w* for \w Shimei|strong="H8096"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w Build|strong="H1129"\w* thee an \w house|strong="H1004"\w* in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, and \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* there, and go not \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* thence any \w whither|strong="H0575"\w*.


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For it shall be, <i>that</i> on the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* thou goest \w out|strong="H3318"\w*, and passest \w over|strong="H5674"\w* the \w brook|strong="H5158"\w* \w Kidron|strong="H6939"\w*, thou shalt \w know|strong="H3045"\w* for \w certain|strong="H3045"\w* that thou shalt \w surely|strong="H4191"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*: thy \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* shall be upon thine own \w head|strong="H7218"\w*.


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And \w Shimei|strong="H8096"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, The \w saying|strong="H1697"\w* <i>is</i> \w good|strong="H2896"\w*: as my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* hath \w said|strong="H1696"\w*, so will thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*. And \w Shimei|strong="H8096"\w* \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*.


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And it came to pass at the \w end|strong="H7093"\w* of \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, that \w two|strong="H8147"\w* of the \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* of \w Shimei|strong="H8096"\w* ran \w away|strong="H1272"\w* unto \w Achish|strong="H0397"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Maachah|strong="H4601"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Gath|strong="H1661"\w*. And they \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w Shimei|strong="H8096"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold, thy \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* <i>be</i> in \w Gath|strong="H1661"\w*.


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And \w Shimei|strong="H8096"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and \w saddled|strong="H2280"\w* his \w ass|strong="H2543"\w*, and \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to \w Gath|strong="H1661"\w* to \w Achish|strong="H0397"\w* to \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*: and \w Shimei|strong="H8096"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w*, and \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* from \w Gath|strong="H1661"\w*.


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And it was \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* that \w Shimei|strong="H8096"\w* had \w gone|strong="H1980"\w* from \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* to \w Gath|strong="H1661"\w*, and was come \w again|strong="H7725"\w*.


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And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* and \w called|strong="H7121"\w* for \w Shimei|strong="H8096"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Did I not make thee to \w swear|strong="H7650"\w* by the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and \w protested|strong="H5749"\w* unto thee, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Know|strong="H3045"\w* for a \w certain|strong="H3045"\w*, on the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* thou goest \w out|strong="H3318"\w*, and \w walkest|strong="H1980"\w* abroad any \w whither|strong="H0575"\w*, that thou shalt \w surely|strong="H4191"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*? and thou \w saidst|strong="H0559"\w* unto me, The \w word|strong="H1697"\w* <i>that</i> I have \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* <i>is</i> \w good|strong="H2896"\w*.


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Why then hast thou not \w kept|strong="H8104"\w* the \w oath|strong="H7621"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and the \w commandment|strong="H4687"\w* that I have \w charged|strong="H6680"\w* thee with?


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The \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* moreover to \w Shimei|strong="H8096"\w*, Thou \w knowest|strong="H3045"\w* all the \w wickedness|strong="H7451"\w* which thine \w heart|strong="H3824"\w* is privy \w to|strong="H3045"\w*, that thou \w didst|strong="H6213"\w* to \w David|strong="H1732"\w* my \w father|strong="H0001"\w*: therefore the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* shall \w return|strong="H7725"\w* thy \w wickedness|strong="H7451"\w* upon thine own \w head|strong="H7218"\w*;


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And \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* <i>shall be</i> \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w*, and the \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w* shall be \w established|strong="H3559"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*.


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So the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w Benaiah|strong="H1141"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w*; which went \w out|strong="H3318"\w*, and \w fell|strong="H6293"\w* upon him, that he \w died|strong="H4191"\w*. And the \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w* was \w established|strong="H3559"\w* in the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*.<pb/>


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And \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* made \w affinity|strong="H2859"\w* with \w Pharaoh|strong="H6547"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, and \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w Pharaoh’s|strong="H6547"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w*, and \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* her into the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, until he had made an \w end|strong="H3615"\w* of \w building|strong="H1129"\w* his own \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and the \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* round \w about|strong="H5439"\w*.


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Only the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w sacrificed|strong="H2076"\w* in high \w places|strong="H1116"\w*, because there was no \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* unto the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, until those \w days|strong="H3117"\w*.


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And \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w loved|strong="H0157"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, \w walking|strong="H3212"\w* in the \w statutes|strong="H2708"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w* his \w father|strong="H0001"\w*: only he \w sacrificed|strong="H2076"\w* and burnt \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* in high \w places|strong="H1116"\w*.


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And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to \w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\w* to \w sacrifice|strong="H2076"\w* there; for \w that|strong="H1931"\w* <i>was</i> the \w great|strong="H1419"\w* high \w place|strong="H1116"\w*: a \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* burnt \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w* did \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w offer|strong="H5927"\w* upon that \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ In \w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w appeared|strong="H7200"\w* to \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* in a \w dream|strong="H2472"\w* by \w night|strong="H3915"\w*: and \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Ask|strong="H7592"\w* what I shall \w give|strong="H5414"\w* thee.


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And \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Thou hast \w shewed|strong="H6213"\w* unto thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* my \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w mercy|strong="H2617"\w*, according as he \w walked|strong="H1980"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* thee in \w truth|strong="H0571"\w*, and in \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w*, and in \w uprightness|strong="H3483"\w* of \w heart|strong="H3824"\w* with thee; and thou hast \w kept|strong="H8104"\w* for him this \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w kindness|strong="H2617"\w*, that thou hast \w given|strong="H5414"\w* him a \w son|strong="H1121"\w* to \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* on his \w throne|strong="H3678"\w*, as <i>it is</i> this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.<n>mercy: or, bounty</n>


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And now, O  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* my \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, thou hast made thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w* instead of \w David|strong="H1732"\w* my \w father|strong="H0001"\w*: and I <i>am but</i> a \w little|strong="H6996"\w* \w child|strong="H5288"\w*: I \w know|strong="H3045"\w* not <i>how</i> to go \w out|strong="H3318"\w* or come \w in|strong="H0935"\w*.


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And thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* <i>is</i> in the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* of thy \w people|strong="H5971"\w* which thou hast \w chosen|strong="H0977"\w*, a \w great|strong="H7227"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, that cannot be \w numbered|strong="H4487"\w* nor \w counted|strong="H5608"\w* for \w multitude|strong="H7230"\w*.


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\w Give|strong="H5414"\w* therefore thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* an \w understanding|strong="H8085"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* to \w judge|strong="H8199"\w* thy \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, that I may \w discern|strong="H0995"\w* between \w good|strong="H2896"\w* and \w bad|strong="H7451"\w*: for who is \w able|strong="H3201"\w* to \w judge|strong="H8199"\w* this thy so \w great|strong="H3515"\w* a \w people|strong="H5971"\w*?<n>understanding: Heb. hearing</n>


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And the \w speech|strong="H1697"\w* \w pleased|strong="H3190"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*, that \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* had \w asked|strong="H7592"\w* this \w thing|strong="H1697"\w*.


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And \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Because thou hast \w asked|strong="H7592"\w* this \w thing|strong="H1697"\w*, and hast not \w asked|strong="H7592"\w* for thyself \w long|strong="H7227"\w* \w life|strong="H3117"\w*; neither hast \w asked|strong="H7592"\w* \w riches|strong="H6239"\w* for thyself, nor hast \w asked|strong="H7592"\w* the \w life|strong="H5315"\w* of thine \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*; but hast \w asked|strong="H7592"\w* for thyself \w understanding|strong="H0995"\w* to \w discern|strong="H8085"\w* \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w*;<n>long life: Heb. many days</n><n>discern: Heb. hear</n>


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Behold, I have \w done|strong="H6213"\w* according to thy \w words|strong="H1697"\w*: lo, I have \w given|strong="H5414"\w* thee a \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* and an \w understanding|strong="H0995"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*; so that there was none like thee \w before|strong="H6440"\w* thee, neither \w after|strong="H0310"\w* thee shall any \w arise|strong="H6965"\w* like unto thee.


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And I have also \w given|strong="H5414"\w* thee that which thou hast not \w asked|strong="H7592"\w*, both \w riches|strong="H6239"\w*, and \w honour|strong="H3519"\w*: so that there shall not be \w any|strong="H0376"\w* among the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* like unto thee all thy \w days|strong="H3117"\w*.<n>shall…: or, hath not been</n>


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And if thou wilt \w walk|strong="H3212"\w* in my \w ways|strong="H1870"\w*, to \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* my \w statutes|strong="H2706"\w* and my \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w*, as thy \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* did \w walk|strong="H1980"\w*, then I will \w lengthen|strong="H0748"\w* thy \w days|strong="H3117"\w*.


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And \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w awoke|strong="H3364"\w*; and, behold, <i>it was</i> a \w dream|strong="H2472"\w*. And he \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, and \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of the \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and offered \w up|strong="H5927"\w* burnt \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w*, and \w offered|strong="H6213"\w* peace \w offerings|strong="H8002"\w*, and \w made|strong="H6213"\w* a \w feast|strong="H4960"\w* to all his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Then \w came|strong="H0935"\w* there \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w women|strong="H0802"\w*, <i>that were</i> \w harlots|strong="H2181"\w*, unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, and \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* him.


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And the \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w O|strong="H0994"\w* my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*, I and this \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* in \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*; and I was delivered of a \w child|strong="H3205"\w* with her in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.


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And it came to pass the \w third|strong="H7992"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* after that I was \w delivered|strong="H3205"\w*, that this \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* was \w delivered|strong="H3205"\w* also: and we <i>were</i> \w together|strong="H3162"\w*; <i>there was</i> no \w stranger|strong="H2114"\w* with us in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w save|strong="H2108"\w* we \w two|strong="H8147"\w* in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.


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And this \w woman’s|strong="H0802"\w* \w child|strong="H1121"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w* in the \w night|strong="H3915"\w*; because she \w overlaid|strong="H7901"\w* it.


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And she \w arose|strong="H6965"\w* at \w midnight|strong="H8432"\w*, and \w took|strong="H3947"\w* my \w son|strong="H1121"\w* from \w beside|strong="H0681"\w* me, while thine \w handmaid|strong="H0519"\w* \w slept|strong="H3463"\w*, and \w laid|strong="H7901"\w* it in her \w bosom|strong="H2436"\w*, and \w laid|strong="H7901"\w* her \w dead|strong="H4191"\w* \w child|strong="H1121"\w* in my \w bosom|strong="H2436"\w*.


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And when I \w rose|strong="H6965"\w* in the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* to give my \w child|strong="H1121"\w* \w suck|strong="H3243"\w*, behold, it was \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*: but when I had \w considered|strong="H0995"\w* it in the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*, behold, it was not my \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, which I did \w bear|strong="H3205"\w*.


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And the \w other|strong="H0312"\w* \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Nay; but the \w living|strong="H2416"\w* <i>is</i> my \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, and the \w dead|strong="H4191"\w* <i>is</i> thy \w son|strong="H1121"\w*. And this \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, No; but the \w dead|strong="H4191"\w* <i>is</i> thy \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, and the \w living|strong="H2416"\w* <i>is</i> my \w son|strong="H1121"\w*. Thus they \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.


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Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, The \w one|strong="H2063"\w* \w saith|strong="H0559"\w*, This <i>is</i> my \w son|strong="H1121"\w* that \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, and thy \w son|strong="H1121"\w* <i>is</i> the \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*: and the \w other|strong="H2063"\w* \w saith|strong="H0559"\w*, Nay; but thy \w son|strong="H1121"\w* <i>is</i> the \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*, and my \w son|strong="H1121"\w* <i>is</i> the \w living|strong="H2416"\w*.


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And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Bring|strong="H3947"\w* me a \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*. And they \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* a \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.


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And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Divide|strong="H1504"\w* the \w living|strong="H2416"\w* \w child|strong="H3206"\w* in \w two|strong="H8147"\w*, and \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w half|strong="H2677"\w* to the \w one|strong="H0259"\w*, and \w half|strong="H2677"\w* to the \w other|strong="H0259"\w*.


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Then \w spake|strong="H0559"\w* the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* whose the \w living|strong="H2416"\w* \w child|strong="H1121"\w* <i>was</i> unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, for her \w bowels|strong="H7356"\w* \w yearned|strong="H3648"\w* upon her \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, and she \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w O|strong="H0994"\w* my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*, \w give|strong="H5414"\w* her the \w living|strong="H2416"\w* \w child|strong="H3205"\w*, and in no \w wise|strong="H4191"\w* \w slay|strong="H4191"\w* it. But the other \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Let it be neither mine nor thine, <i>but</i> \w divide|strong="H1504"\w* <i>it</i>.<n>yearned: Heb. were hot</n>


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Then the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Give|strong="H5414"\w* her the \w living|strong="H2416"\w* \w child|strong="H3205"\w*, and in no \w wise|strong="H4191"\w* \w slay|strong="H4191"\w* it: she <i>is</i> the \w mother|strong="H0517"\w* thereof.


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And all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* of the \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w* which the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* had \w judged|strong="H8199"\w*; and they \w feared|strong="H3372"\w* the \w king|strong="H6440"\w*: for they \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* that the \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* <i>was</i> in \w him|strong="H7130"\w*, to \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w*.<n>in him: Heb. in the midst of him</n><pb/>


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So \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* was \w king|strong="H4428"\w* over all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.


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And these <i>were</i> the \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* which he had; \w Azariah|strong="H5838"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*,<n>priest: or, chief officer</n>


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\w Elihoreph|strong="H0456"\w* and \w Ahiah|strong="H0281"\w*, the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Shisha|strong="H7894"\w*, \w scribes|strong="H5608"\w*; \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ahilud|strong="H0286"\w*, the \w recorder|strong="H2142"\w*.<n>scribes: or, secretaries</n><n>recorder: or, remembrancer</n>


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And \w Benaiah|strong="H1141"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w* <i>was</i> over the \w host|strong="H6635"\w*: and \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w* and \w Abiathar|strong="H0054"\w* <i>were</i> the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*:


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And \w Azariah|strong="H5838"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w* <i>was</i> over the \w officers|strong="H5324"\w*: and \w Zabud|strong="H2071"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w* <i>was</i> principal \w officer|strong="H3548"\w*, <i>and</i> the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w friend|strong="H7463"\w*:


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And \w Ahishar|strong="H0301"\w* <i>was</i> over the \w household|strong="H1004"\w*: and \w Adoniram|strong="H0141"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Abda|strong="H5653"\w* <i>was</i> over the \w tribute|strong="H4522"\w*.<n>tribute: or, levy</n><pb/>


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¶ And \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* had \w twelve|strong="H8147"\w* \w officers|strong="H5324"\w* over all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, which provided \w victuals|strong="H3557"\w* for the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* and his \w household|strong="H1004"\w*: each \w man|strong="H0259"\w* his \w month|strong="H2320"\w* in a \w year|strong="H8141"\w* made \w provision|strong="H3557"\w*.


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And these <i>are</i> their \w names|strong="H8034"\w*: The son of \w Hur|strong="H1133"\w*, in \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*:<n>The son…: or, Ben-hur</n>


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The son of \w Dekar|strong="H1128"\w*, in \w Makaz|strong="H4739"\w*, and in \w Shaalbim|strong="H8169"\w*, and \w Beth-shemesh|strong="H1053"\w*, and \w Elon-beth-hanan|strong="H0358"\w*:<n>The son…: or, Ben-dekar</n>


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The son of \w Hesed|strong="H1136"\w*, in \w Aruboth|strong="H0700"\w*; to him <i>pertained</i> \w Sochoh|strong="H7755"\w*, and all the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Hepher|strong="H2660"\w*:<n>The son…: or, Ben-hesed</n>


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The son of \w Abinadab|strong="H1125"\w*, in all the \w region|strong="H5299"\w* of \w Dor|strong="H1756"\w*; which had \w Taphath|strong="H2955"\w* the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* to \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*:<n>The son…: or, Ben-abinadab</n>


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\w Baana|strong="H1195"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ahilud|strong="H0286"\w*; <i>to him pertained</i> \w Taanach|strong="H8590"\w* and \w Megiddo|strong="H4023"\w*, and all \w Beth-shean|strong="H1052"\w*, which <i>is</i> \w by|strong="H0681"\w* \w Zartanah|strong="H6891"\w* beneath \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*, from \w Beth-shean|strong="H1052"\w* to \w Abel-meholah|strong="H0065"\w*, <i>even</i> unto <i>the place that is</i> \w beyond|strong="H5676"\w* \w Jokneam|strong="H3361"\w*:


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The son of \w Geber|strong="H1127"\w*, in \w Ramoth-gilead|strong="H1568"\w*; to him <i>pertained</i> the \w towns|strong="H2333"\w* of \w Jair|strong="H2971"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*, which <i>are</i> in \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*; to him <i>also pertained</i> the \w region|strong="H2256"\w* of \w Argob|strong="H0709"\w*, which <i>is</i> in \w Bashan|strong="H1316"\w*, \w threescore|strong="H8346"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* with \w walls|strong="H2346"\w* and \w brasen|strong="H5178"\w* \w bars|strong="H1280"\w*:<n>The son…: or, Ben-geber</n>


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\w Ahinadab|strong="H0292"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Iddo|strong="H5714"\w* <i>had</i> \w Mahanaim|strong="H4266"\w*:<n>Mahanaim: or, to Mahanaim</n>


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\w Ahimaaz|strong="H0290"\w* <i>was</i> in \w Naphtali|strong="H5321"\w*; he also \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w Basmath|strong="H1315"\w* the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* to \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*:


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\w Baanah|strong="H1195"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Hushai|strong="H2365"\w* <i>was</i> in \w Asher|strong="H0836"\w* and in \w Aloth|strong="H1175"\w*:


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\w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Paruah|strong="H6515"\w*, in \w Issachar|strong="H3485"\w*:


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\w Shimei|strong="H8096"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Elah|strong="H0414"\w*, in \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*:


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\w Geber|strong="H1398"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Uri|strong="H0221"\w* <i>was</i> in the \w country|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*, <i>in</i> the \w country|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Sihon|strong="H5511"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of the \w Amorites|strong="H0567"\w*, and of \w Og|strong="H5747"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Bashan|strong="H1316"\w*; and <i>he was</i> the \w only|strong="H0259"\w* \w officer|strong="H5333"\w* which <i>was</i> in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* and \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* <i>were</i> \w many|strong="H7227"\w*, as the \w sand|strong="H2344"\w* which <i>is</i> by the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* in \w multitude|strong="H7230"\w*, \w eating|strong="H0398"\w* and \w drinking|strong="H8354"\w*, and making \w merry|strong="H8056"\w*.


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And \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4910"\w* over all \w kingdoms|strong="H4467"\w* from the \w river|strong="H5104"\w* unto the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*, and unto the \w border|strong="H1366"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*: they \w brought|strong="H5066"\w* \w presents|strong="H4503"\w*, and \w served|strong="H5647"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* all the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of his \w life|strong="H2416"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And \w Solomon’s|strong="H8010"\w* \w provision|strong="H3899"\w* for \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* was \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* \w measures|strong="H3734"\w* of fine \w flour|strong="H5560"\w*, and \w threescore|strong="H8346"\w* \w measures|strong="H3734"\w* of \w meal|strong="H7058"\w*,<n>provision: Heb. bread</n><n>measures: Heb. cors</n>


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\w Ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w fat|strong="H1277"\w* \w oxen|strong="H1241"\w*, and \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w oxen|strong="H1241"\w* out of the \w pastures|strong="H7471"\w*, and an \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*, beside \w harts|strong="H0354"\w*, and \w roebucks|strong="H6643"\w*, and \w fallowdeer|strong="H3180"\w*, and \w fatted|strong="H0075"\w* \w fowl|strong="H1257"\w*.


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For he had \w dominion|strong="H7287"\w* over all <i>the region</i> on this \w side|strong="H5676"\w* the \w river|strong="H5104"\w*, from \w Tiphsah|strong="H8607"\w* even to \w Azzah|strong="H5804"\w*, over all the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* on this \w side|strong="H5676"\w* the \w river|strong="H5104"\w*: and he had \w peace|strong="H7965"\w* on all \w sides|strong="H5650"\w* round \w about|strong="H5439"\w* him.


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And \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* and \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* \w safely|strong="H0983"\w*, every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* under his \w vine|strong="H1612"\w* and under his fig \w tree|strong="H8384"\w*, from \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w* even to \w Beer-sheba|strong="H0884"\w*, all the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*.<n>safely: Heb. confidently</n><pb/>


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¶ And \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* had \w forty|strong="H0705"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w stalls|strong="H0723"\w* of \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* for his \w chariots|strong="H4817"\w*, and \w twelve|strong="H8147"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w horsemen|strong="H6571"\w*.


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And those \w officers|strong="H5324"\w* provided \w victual|strong="H3557"\w* for \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*, and for all that \w came|strong="H7131"\w* unto \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon’s|strong="H8010"\w* \w table|strong="H7979"\w*, every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* in his \w month|strong="H2320"\w*: they \w lacked|strong="H5737"\w* \w nothing|strong="H1697"\w*.


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\w Barley|strong="H8184"\w* also and \w straw|strong="H8401"\w* for the \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* and \w dromedaries|strong="H7409"\w* \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* they unto the \w place|strong="H4725"\w* where <i>the officers</i> were, every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* according to his \w charge|strong="H4941"\w*.<n>dromedaries: or, mules, or, swift beasts</n><pb/>


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¶ And \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w* and \w understanding|strong="H8394"\w* \w exceeding|strong="H3966"\w* \w much|strong="H7235"\w*, and \w largeness|strong="H7341"\w* of \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*, even as the \w sand|strong="H2344"\w* that <i>is</i> on the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w shore|strong="H8193"\w*.


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And \w Solomon’s|strong="H8010"\w* \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w* \w excelled|strong="H7235"\w* the \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w* of all the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of the east \w country|strong="H6924"\w*, and all the \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.


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For he was \w wiser|strong="H2449"\w* than all \w men|strong="H0120"\w*; than \w Ethan|strong="H0387"\w* the \w Ezrahite|strong="H0250"\w*, and \w Heman|strong="H1968"\w*, and \w Chalcol|strong="H3633"\w*, and \w Darda|strong="H1862"\w*, the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Mahol|strong="H4235"\w*: and his \w fame|strong="H8034"\w* was in all \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* round \w about|strong="H5439"\w*.


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And he \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w proverbs|strong="H4912"\w*: and his \w songs|strong="H7892"\w* were a \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* and \w five|strong="H2568"\w*.


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And he \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* of \w trees|strong="H6086"\w*, from the cedar \w tree|strong="H0730"\w* that <i>is</i> in \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w* even unto the \w hyssop|strong="H0231"\w* that springeth \w out|strong="H3318"\w* of the \w wall|strong="H7023"\w*: he \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* also of \w beasts|strong="H0929"\w*, and of \w fowl|strong="H5775"\w*, and of creeping \w things|strong="H7431"\w*, and of \w fishes|strong="H1709"\w*.


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And there \w came|strong="H0935"\w* of all \w people|strong="H5971"\w* to \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* the \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w* of \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*, from all \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, which had \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* of his \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w*.<pb/>


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And \w Hiram|strong="H2438"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Tyre|strong="H6865"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* unto \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*; for he had \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* that they had \w anointed|strong="H4886"\w* him \w king|strong="H4428"\w* in the room of his \w father|strong="H0001"\w*: for \w Hiram|strong="H2438"\w* was \w ever|strong="H3117"\w* a \w lover|strong="H0157"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*.<n>Hiram: also called, Huram</n>


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And \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* to \w Hiram|strong="H2438"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,


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Thou \w knowest|strong="H3045"\w* how that \w David|strong="H1732"\w* my \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w could|strong="H3201"\w* not \w build|strong="H1129"\w* an \w house|strong="H1004"\w* unto the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* his \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w for|strong="H6440"\w* the \w wars|strong="H4421"\w* which were about him on every \w side|strong="H5437"\w*, until the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* them under the \w soles|strong="H3709"\w* of his \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*.


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But now the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* my \w God|strong="H0430"\w* hath given me \w rest|strong="H5117"\w* on every \w side|strong="H5439"\w*, <i>so that there is</i> neither \w adversary|strong="H7854"\w* nor \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w occurrent|strong="H6294"\w*.


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And, behold, I \w purpose|strong="H0559"\w* to \w build|strong="H1129"\w* an \w house|strong="H1004"\w* unto the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* my \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, as the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* unto \w David|strong="H1732"\w* my \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Thy \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, whom I will \w set|strong="H5414"\w* upon thy \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* in thy room, he shall \w build|strong="H1129"\w* an \w house|strong="H1004"\w* unto my \w name|strong="H8034"\w*.<n>purpose: Heb. say</n>


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Now therefore \w command|strong="H6680"\w* thou that they \w hew|strong="H3772"\w* me cedar \w trees|strong="H0730"\w* out of \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w*; and my \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* shall be with thy \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*: and unto thee will I \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w hire|strong="H7939"\w* for thy \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* according to all that thou shalt \w appoint|strong="H0559"\w*: for thou \w knowest|strong="H3045"\w* that <i>there is</i> not among us \w any|strong="H0376"\w* that can \w skill|strong="H3045"\w* to \w hew|strong="H3772"\w* \w timber|strong="H6086"\w* like unto the \w Sidonians|strong="H6722"\w*.<n>appoint: Heb. say</n><pb/>


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¶ And it came to pass, when \w Hiram|strong="H2438"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*, that he \w rejoiced|strong="H8055"\w* \w greatly|strong="H3966"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Blessed|strong="H1288"\w* <i>be</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, which hath \w given|strong="H5414"\w* unto \w David|strong="H1732"\w* a \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* over this \w great|strong="H7227"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.


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And \w Hiram|strong="H2438"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* to \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, I have \w considered|strong="H8085"\w* the things which thou \w sentest|strong="H7971"\w* to me for: <i>and</i> I will \w do|strong="H6213"\w* all thy \w desire|strong="H2656"\w* concerning \w timber|strong="H6086"\w* of \w cedar|strong="H0730"\w*, and concerning \w timber|strong="H6086"\w* of \w fir|strong="H1265"\w*.<n>considered: Heb. heard</n>


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My \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* shall bring <i>them</i> \w down|strong="H3381"\w* from \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w* unto the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*: and I will \w convey|strong="H7760"\w* them by \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* in \w floats|strong="H1702"\w* unto the \w place|strong="H4725"\w* that thou shalt \w appoint|strong="H7971"\w* me, and will cause them to be \w discharged|strong="H5310"\w* there, and thou shalt \w receive|strong="H5375"\w* <i>them:</i> and thou shalt \w accomplish|strong="H6213"\w* my \w desire|strong="H2656"\w*, in \w giving|strong="H5414"\w* \w food|strong="H3899"\w* for my \w household|strong="H1004"\w*.<n>appoint: Heb. send</n><pb/>


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So \w Hiram|strong="H2438"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w cedar|strong="H0730"\w* \w trees|strong="H6086"\w* and \w fir|strong="H1265"\w* \w trees|strong="H6086"\w* <i>according to</i> all his \w desire|strong="H2656"\w*.


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And \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w Hiram|strong="H2438"\w* \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w measures|strong="H3734"\w* of \w wheat|strong="H2406"\w* <i>for</i> \w food|strong="H4361"\w* to his \w household|strong="H1004"\w*, and \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w measures|strong="H3734"\w* of \w pure|strong="H3795"\w* \w oil|strong="H8081"\w*: thus \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* to \w Hiram|strong="H2438"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* by \w year|strong="H8141"\w*.<n>measures: Heb. cors</n>


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And the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w*, as he \w promised|strong="H1696"\w* him: and there was \w peace|strong="H7965"\w* between \w Hiram|strong="H2438"\w* and \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*; and they \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w made|strong="H3772"\w* a \w league|strong="H1285"\w* \w together|strong="H8147"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w raised|strong="H5927"\w* a \w levy|strong="H4522"\w* out of all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; and the \w levy|strong="H4522"\w* was \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*.<n>levy: Heb. tribute of men</n>


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And he \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* them to \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w*, \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* a \w month|strong="H2320"\w* by \w courses|strong="H2487"\w*: a \w month|strong="H2320"\w* they were in \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w*, <i>and</i> \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w months|strong="H2320"\w* at \w home|strong="H1004"\w*: and \w Adoniram|strong="H0141"\w* <i>was</i> over the \w levy|strong="H4522"\w*.


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And \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* had threescore and \w ten|strong="H7657"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* that \w bare|strong="H5375"\w* \w burdens|strong="H5449"\w*, and \w fourscore|strong="H8084"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w hewers|strong="H2672"\w* in the \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w*;


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Beside the \w chief|strong="H8269"\w* of \w Solomon’s|strong="H8010"\w* \w officers|strong="H5324"\w* which <i>were</i> over the \w work|strong="H4399"\w*, \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* and \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w*, which \w ruled|strong="H7287"\w* over the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that \w wrought|strong="H6213"\w* in the \w work|strong="H4399"\w*.


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And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w*, and they \w brought|strong="H5265"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w stones|strong="H0068"\w*, \w costly|strong="H3368"\w* \w stones|strong="H0068"\w*, <i>and</i> \w hewed|strong="H1496"\w* \w stones|strong="H0068"\w*, to lay the \w foundation|strong="H3245"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.


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And \w Solomon’s|strong="H8010"\w* \w builders|strong="H1129"\w* and \w Hiram’s|strong="H2438"\w* \w builders|strong="H1129"\w* did \w hew|strong="H6458"\w* <i>them</i>, and the \w stonesquarers|strong="H1382"\w*: so they \w prepared|strong="H3559"\w* \w timber|strong="H6086"\w* and \w stones|strong="H0068"\w* to \w build|strong="H1129"\w* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.<n>stonesquarers: or, Giblites</n><pb/>


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And it came to pass in the \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* and \w eightieth|strong="H8084"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* after the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* were come \w out|strong="H3318"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, in the \w fourth|strong="H7243"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Solomon’s|strong="H8010"\w* \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, in the \w month|strong="H2320"\w* \w Zif|strong="H2099"\w*, which <i>is</i> the \w second|strong="H8145"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w*, that he began to \w build|strong="H1129"\w* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<n>began…: Heb. built</n>


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And the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* which \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* for the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, the \w length|strong="H0753"\w* thereof <i>was</i> \w threescore|strong="H8346"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w*, and the \w breadth|strong="H7341"\w* thereof \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* <i>cubits</i>, and the \w height|strong="H6967"\w* thereof \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w*.


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And the \w porch|strong="H0197"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w temple|strong="H1964"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w* <i>was</i> the \w length|strong="H0753"\w* thereof, according to the \w breadth|strong="H7341"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*; <i>and</i> \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w* <i>was</i> the \w breadth|strong="H7341"\w* thereof before the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.


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And for the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* he \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w windows|strong="H2474"\w* of \w narrow|strong="H0331"\w* \w lights|strong="H8261"\w*.<n>of…: or, broad within, and narrow without: or, skewed and closed</n><pb/>


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¶ And against the \w wall|strong="H7023"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* he \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w chambers|strong="H3326"\w* round \w about|strong="H5439"\w*, <i>against</i> the \w walls|strong="H7023"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* round \w about|strong="H5439"\w*, <i>both</i> of the \w temple|strong="H1964"\w* and of the \w oracle|strong="H1687"\w*: and he \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w chambers|strong="H6763"\w* round \w about|strong="H5439"\w*:<n>against the wall: or, upon, or, joining to the wall</n><n>built chambers: Heb. built floors</n><n>made chambers: Heb. made ribs</n>


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The \w nethermost|strong="H8481"\w* \w chamber|strong="H3326"\w* <i>was</i> \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w* \w broad|strong="H7341"\w*, and the \w middle|strong="H8484"\w* <i>was</i> \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w* \w broad|strong="H7341"\w*, and the \w third|strong="H7992"\w* <i>was</i> \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w* \w broad|strong="H7341"\w*: for without <i>in the wall</i> \w of|strong="H2351"\w* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* he \w made|strong="H5414"\w* narrowed \w rests|strong="H4052"\w* round \w about|strong="H5439"\w*, that <i>the beams</i> should not be \w fastened|strong="H0270"\w* in the \w walls|strong="H7023"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.<n>narrowed…: Heb. narrowings, or, rebatements</n>


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And the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, when it was in \w building|strong="H1129"\w*, was \w built|strong="H1129"\w* of \w stone|strong="H0068"\w* made \w ready|strong="H8003"\w* before it was \w brought|strong="H4551"\w* thither: so that there was neither \w hammer|strong="H4717"\w* nor \w axe|strong="H1631"\w* <i>nor</i> any \w tool|strong="H3627"\w* of \w iron|strong="H1270"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, while it was in \w building|strong="H1129"\w*.


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The \w door|strong="H6607"\w* for the \w middle|strong="H8484"\w* \w chamber|strong="H6763"\w* <i>was</i> in the \w right|strong="H3233"\w* \w side|strong="H3802"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*: and they went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* with winding \w stairs|strong="H3883"\w* into the \w middle|strong="H8484"\w* <i>chamber</i>, and out of the \w middle|strong="H8484"\w* into the \w third|strong="H7992"\w*.<n>side: Heb. shoulder</n>


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So he \w built|strong="H1129"\w* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and \w finished|strong="H3615"\w* it; and \w covered|strong="H5603"\w* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* with \w beams|strong="H1356"\w* and \w boards|strong="H7713"\w* of \w cedar|strong="H0730"\w*.<n>with…: or, the vaultbeams and the panellings with cedar</n>


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And <i>then</i> he \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w chambers|strong="H3326"\w* against all the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w* \w high|strong="H6967"\w*: and they \w rested|strong="H0270"\w* on the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* <i>with</i> \w timber|strong="H6086"\w* of \w cedar|strong="H0730"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* came to \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,


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<i>Concerning</i> this \w house|strong="H1004"\w* which thou art in \w building|strong="H1129"\w*, if thou wilt \w walk|strong="H3212"\w* in my \w statutes|strong="H2708"\w*, and \w execute|strong="H6213"\w* my \w judgments|strong="H4941"\w*, and \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* all my \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w* to \w walk|strong="H3212"\w* in them; then will I \w perform|strong="H6965"\w* my \w word|strong="H1697"\w* with thee, which I \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* unto \w David|strong="H1732"\w* thy \w father|strong="H0001"\w*:


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And I will \w dwell|strong="H7931"\w* \w among|strong="H8432"\w* the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and will not \w forsake|strong="H5800"\w* my \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.


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So \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and \w finished|strong="H3615"\w* it.<pb/>


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And he \w built|strong="H1129"\w* the \w walls|strong="H7023"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w within|strong="H1004"\w* with \w boards|strong="H6763"\w* of \w cedar|strong="H0730"\w*, both the \w floor|strong="H7172"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and the \w walls|strong="H7023"\w* of the \w cieling|strong="H5604"\w*: <i>and</i> he \w covered|strong="H6823"\w* <i>them</i> on the \w inside|strong="H1004"\w* with \w wood|strong="H6086"\w*, and \w covered|strong="H6823"\w* the \w floor|strong="H7172"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* with \w planks|strong="H6763"\w* of \w fir|strong="H1265"\w*.<n>both…: or, from the floor of the house unto the walls, etc</n>


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And he \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w* on the \w sides|strong="H3411"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w both|strong="H4480"\w* the \w floor|strong="H7172"\w* and the \w walls|strong="H7023"\w* with \w boards|strong="H6763"\w* of \w cedar|strong="H0730"\w*: he even \w built|strong="H1129"\w* <i>them</i> for it \w within|strong="H1004"\w*, <i>even</i> for the \w oracle|strong="H1687"\w*, <i>even</i> for the \w most|strong="H6944"\w* \w holy|strong="H6944"\w* <i>place</i>.


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And the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, that <i>is</i>, the \w temple|strong="H1964"\w* \w before|strong="H3942"\w* it, was \w forty|strong="H0705"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w* <i>long</i>.


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And the \w cedar|strong="H0730"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w within|strong="H6441"\w* <i>was</i> \w carved|strong="H4734"\w* with \w knops|strong="H6497"\w* and \w open|strong="H6362"\w* \w flowers|strong="H6731"\w*: all <i>was</i> \w cedar|strong="H0730"\w*; there was no \w stone|strong="H0068"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w*.<n>knops: or, gourds</n><n>open: Heb. openings of</n>


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And the \w oracle|strong="H1687"\w* he \w prepared|strong="H3559"\w* \w in|strong="H8432"\w* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w within|strong="H6441"\w*, to \w set|strong="H5414"\w* there the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of the \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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And the \w oracle|strong="H1687"\w* in the \w forepart|strong="H6440"\w* <i>was</i> \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w* in \w length|strong="H0753"\w*, and \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w* in \w breadth|strong="H7341"\w*, and \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w* in the \w height|strong="H6967"\w* thereof: and he \w overlaid|strong="H6823"\w* it with \w pure|strong="H5462"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*; and <i>so</i> \w covered|strong="H6823"\w* the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* <i>which was of</i> \w cedar|strong="H0730"\w*.<n>pure: Heb. shut up</n>


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So \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w overlaid|strong="H6823"\w* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w within|strong="H6441"\w* with \w pure|strong="H5462"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*: and he made a \w partition|strong="H5674"\w* by the \w chains|strong="H7572"\w* of \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w oracle|strong="H1687"\w*; and he \w overlaid|strong="H6823"\w* it with \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*.


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And the whole \w house|strong="H1004"\w* he \w overlaid|strong="H6823"\w* with \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, until he had \w finished|strong="H8552"\w* all the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*: also the whole \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* that <i>was</i> by the \w oracle|strong="H1687"\w* he \w overlaid|strong="H6823"\w* with \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And within the \w oracle|strong="H1687"\w* he \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w cherubims|strong="H3742"\w* <i>of</i> \w olive|strong="H8081"\w* \w tree|strong="H6086"\w*, <i>each</i> \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w* \w high|strong="H6967"\w*.<n>olive: or, oily: Heb. trees of oil</n>


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And \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w* <i>was</i> the \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w wing|strong="H3671"\w* of the \w cherub|strong="H3742"\w*, and \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w* the \w other|strong="H8145"\w* \w wing|strong="H3671"\w* of the \w cherub|strong="H3742"\w*: from the uttermost \w part|strong="H7098"\w* of the one \w wing|strong="H3671"\w* unto the uttermost \w part|strong="H7098"\w* of the \w other|strong="H3671"\w* <i>were</i> \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w*.


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And the \w other|strong="H8145"\w* \w cherub|strong="H3742"\w* <i>was</i> \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w*: \w both|strong="H8147"\w* the \w cherubims|strong="H3742"\w* <i>were</i> of \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w measure|strong="H4060"\w* and \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w size|strong="H7095"\w*.


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The \w height|strong="H6967"\w* of the \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w cherub|strong="H3742"\w* <i>was</i> \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w*, and so <i>was it</i> of the \w other|strong="H8145"\w* \w cherub|strong="H3742"\w*.


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And he \w set|strong="H5414"\w* the \w cherubims|strong="H3742"\w* \w within|strong="H8432"\w* the \w inner|strong="H6442"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*: and they stretched \w forth|strong="H6566"\w* the \w wings|strong="H3671"\w* of the \w cherubims|strong="H3742"\w*, so that the \w wing|strong="H3671"\w* of the \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w touched|strong="H5060"\w* the <i>one</i> \w wall|strong="H7023"\w*, and the \w wing|strong="H3671"\w* of the \w other|strong="H8145"\w* \w cherub|strong="H3742"\w* \w touched|strong="H5060"\w* the \w other|strong="H8145"\w* \w wall|strong="H7023"\w*; and their \w wings|strong="H3671"\w* \w touched|strong="H5060"\w* \w one|strong="H3671"\w* \w another|strong="H3671"\w* in the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.<n>they…: or, the cherubims stretched forth their wings</n>


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And he \w overlaid|strong="H6823"\w* the \w cherubims|strong="H3742"\w* with \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*.


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And he \w carved|strong="H7049"\w* all the \w walls|strong="H7023"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* round \w about|strong="H4524"\w* with \w carved|strong="H6603"\w* \w figures|strong="H4734"\w* of \w cherubims|strong="H3742"\w* and palm \w trees|strong="H8561"\w* and \w open|strong="H6362"\w* \w flowers|strong="H6731"\w*, \w within|strong="H6441"\w* and \w without|strong="H2435"\w*.<n>open flowers: Heb. openings of flowers</n>


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And the \w floor|strong="H7172"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* he \w overlaid|strong="H6823"\w* with \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, \w within|strong="H6441"\w* and \w without|strong="H2435"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And for the \w entering|strong="H6607"\w* of the \w oracle|strong="H1687"\w* he \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w doors|strong="H1817"\w* <i>of</i> \w olive|strong="H8081"\w* \w tree|strong="H6086"\w*: the \w lintel|strong="H0352"\w* <i>and</i> side \w posts|strong="H4201"\w* <i>were</i> a fifth \w part|strong="H2549"\w* <i>of the wall</i>.<n>a fifth…: or, fivesquare</n>


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The \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w doors|strong="H1817"\w* also <i>were of</i> \w olive|strong="H8081"\w* \w tree|strong="H6086"\w*; and he \w carved|strong="H7049"\w* upon them \w carvings|strong="H4734"\w* of \w cherubims|strong="H3742"\w* and palm \w trees|strong="H8561"\w* and \w open|strong="H6362"\w* \w flowers|strong="H6731"\w*, and \w overlaid|strong="H6823"\w* <i>them</i> with \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, and \w spread|strong="H7286"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* upon the \w cherubims|strong="H3742"\w*, and upon the palm \w trees|strong="H8561"\w*.<n>two…: or, leaves of the doors</n><n>open flowers: Heb. openings of flowers</n>


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So also \w made|strong="H6213"\w* he for the \w door|strong="H6607"\w* of the \w temple|strong="H1964"\w* \w posts|strong="H4201"\w* <i>of</i> \w olive|strong="H8081"\w* \w tree|strong="H6086"\w*, a fourth \w part|strong="H7243"\w* <i>of the wall</i>.<n>a fourth…: or, foursquare</n>


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And the \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w doors|strong="H1817"\w* <i>were of</i> \w fir|strong="H1265"\w* \w tree|strong="H6086"\w*: the \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w leaves|strong="H6763"\w* of the \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w door|strong="H1817"\w* <i>were</i> \w folding|strong="H1550"\w*, and the \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w leaves|strong="H7050"\w* of the \w other|strong="H8145"\w* \w door|strong="H1817"\w* <i>were</i> \w folding|strong="H1550"\w*.


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And he \w carved|strong="H7049"\w* <i>thereon</i> \w cherubims|strong="H3742"\w* and palm \w trees|strong="H8561"\w* and \w open|strong="H6362"\w* \w flowers|strong="H6731"\w*: and \w covered|strong="H6823"\w* <i>them</i> with \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w fitted|strong="H3474"\w* upon the carved \w work|strong="H2707"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And he \w built|strong="H1129"\w* the \w inner|strong="H6442"\w* \w court|strong="H2691"\w* with \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w rows|strong="H2905"\w* of hewed \w stone|strong="H1496"\w*, and a \w row|strong="H2905"\w* of \w cedar|strong="H0730"\w* \w beams|strong="H3773"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ In the \w fourth|strong="H7243"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* was the \w foundation|strong="H3245"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w laid|strong="H3245"\w*, in the \w month|strong="H3391"\w* \w Zif|strong="H2099"\w*:


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And in the \w eleventh|strong="H0259"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w*, in the \w month|strong="H3391"\w* \w Bul|strong="H0945"\w*, which <i>is</i> the \w eighth|strong="H8066"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w*, was the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w finished|strong="H3615"\w* throughout all the \w parts|strong="H1697"\w* thereof, and according to all the \w fashion|strong="H4941"\w* of it. So was he \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* in \w building|strong="H1129"\w* it.<n>throughout…: or, with all the parts thereof, and with all the ordinances thereof</n><pb/>


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But \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* was \w building|strong="H1129"\w* his own \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w thirteen|strong="H7969"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, and he \w finished|strong="H3615"\w* all his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ He \w built|strong="H1129"\w* also the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \w forest|strong="H3293"\w* of \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w*; the \w length|strong="H0753"\w* thereof <i>was</i> an \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w*, and the \w breadth|strong="H7341"\w* thereof \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w*, and the \w height|strong="H6967"\w* thereof \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w*, upon \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w rows|strong="H2905"\w* of \w cedar|strong="H0730"\w* \w pillars|strong="H5982"\w*, with \w cedar|strong="H0730"\w* \w beams|strong="H3773"\w* upon the \w pillars|strong="H5982"\w*.


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And <i>it was</i> \w covered|strong="H5603"\w* with \w cedar|strong="H0730"\w* \w above|strong="H4605"\w* upon the \w beams|strong="H6763"\w*, that <i>lay</i> on \w forty|strong="H0705"\w* \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w pillars|strong="H5982"\w*, \w fifteen|strong="H6240"\w* <i>in</i> a \w row|strong="H2905"\w*.<n>beams: Heb. ribs</n>


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And <i>there were</i> \w windows|strong="H8261"\w* <i>in</i> \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w rows|strong="H2905"\w*, and \w light|strong="H4237"\w* <i>was</i> against \w light|strong="H4237"\w* <i>in</i> \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w ranks|strong="H6471"\w*.<n>light was…: Heb. sight against sight</n>


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And all the \w doors|strong="H6607"\w* and \w posts|strong="H4201"\w* <i>were</i> \w square|strong="H7251"\w*, with the \w windows|strong="H8260"\w*: and \w light|strong="H4237"\w* <i>was</i> \w against|strong="H4136"\w* \w light|strong="H4237"\w* <i>in</i> \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w ranks|strong="H6471"\w*.<n>doors…: or, spaces and pillars were square in prospect</n><pb/>


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¶ And he \w made|strong="H6213"\w* a \w porch|strong="H0197"\w* of \w pillars|strong="H5982"\w*; the \w length|strong="H0753"\w* thereof <i>was</i> \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w*, and the \w breadth|strong="H7341"\w* thereof \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w*: and the \w porch|strong="H0197"\w* <i>was</i> \w before|strong="H6440"\w* them: and the <i>other</i> \w pillars|strong="H5982"\w* and the thick \w beam|strong="H5646"\w* <i>were</i> before them.<n>before them: or, according to them</n><pb/>


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¶ Then he \w made|strong="H6213"\w* a \w porch|strong="H0197"\w* for the \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* where he might \w judge|strong="H8199"\w*, <i>even</i> the \w porch|strong="H0197"\w* of \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w*: and <i>it was</i> \w covered|strong="H5603"\w* with \w cedar|strong="H0730"\w* from one side of the \w floor|strong="H7172"\w* to the \w other|strong="H7172"\w*.<n>from…: Heb. from floor to floor</n><pb/>


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¶ And his \w house|strong="H1004"\w* where he \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* <i>had</i> \w another|strong="H0312"\w* \w court|strong="H2691"\w* \w within|strong="H1004"\w* the \w porch|strong="H0197"\w*, <i>which</i> was of the like \w work|strong="H4639"\w*. \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* also an \w house|strong="H1004"\w* for \w Pharaoh’s|strong="H6547"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w*, whom he had \w taken|strong="H3947"\w* <i>to wife</i>, like unto this \w porch|strong="H0197"\w*.


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All these <i>were of</i> \w costly|strong="H3368"\w* \w stones|strong="H0068"\w*, according to the \w measures|strong="H4060"\w* of hewed \w stones|strong="H1496"\w*, \w sawed|strong="H1641"\w* with \w saws|strong="H4050"\w*, \w within|strong="H1004"\w* and \w without|strong="H2351"\w*, even from the \w foundation|strong="H4527"\w* unto the \w coping|strong="H2947"\w*, and <i>so</i> on the \w outside|strong="H2351"\w* toward the \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w court|strong="H2691"\w*.


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And the \w foundation|strong="H3245"\w* <i>was of</i> \w costly|strong="H3368"\w* \w stones|strong="H0068"\w*, even \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w stones|strong="H0068"\w*, \w stones|strong="H0068"\w* of \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w*, and \w stones|strong="H0068"\w* of \w eight|strong="H8083"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w*.


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And \w above|strong="H4605"\w* <i>were</i> \w costly|strong="H3368"\w* \w stones|strong="H0068"\w*, after the \w measures|strong="H4060"\w* of hewed \w stones|strong="H1496"\w*, and \w cedars|strong="H0730"\w*.


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And the \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w court|strong="H2691"\w* round \w about|strong="H5439"\w* <i>was</i> with \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w rows|strong="H2905"\w* of hewed \w stones|strong="H1496"\w*, and a \w row|strong="H2905"\w* of \w cedar|strong="H0730"\w* \w beams|strong="H3773"\w*, both for the \w inner|strong="H6442"\w* \w court|strong="H2691"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and for the \w porch|strong="H0197"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* and \w fetched|strong="H3947"\w* \w Hiram|strong="H2438"\w* out of \w Tyre|strong="H6865"\w*.<n>Hiram: also called, Huram</n>


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He <i>was</i> a \w widow’s|strong="H0802"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of the \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* of \w Naphtali|strong="H5321"\w*, and his \w father|strong="H0001"\w* <i>was</i> a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Tyre|strong="H6876"\w*, a \w worker|strong="H2790"\w* in \w brass|strong="H5178"\w*: and he was \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* with \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w*, and \w understanding|strong="H8394"\w*, and \w cunning|strong="H1847"\w* to \w work|strong="H6213"\w* all \w works|strong="H4399"\w* in \w brass|strong="H5178"\w*. And he \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*, and \w wrought|strong="H6213"\w* all his \w work|strong="H4399"\w*.<n>a widow’s…: Heb. the son of a widow woman</n>


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For he \w cast|strong="H6696"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w pillars|strong="H5982"\w* of \w brass|strong="H5178"\w*, of \w eighteen|strong="H8083"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w* \w high|strong="H6967"\w* \w apiece|strong="H5982"\w*: and a \w line|strong="H2339"\w* of \w twelve|strong="H8147"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w* did \w compass|strong="H5437"\w* \w either|strong="H8145"\w* of them \w about|strong="H5437"\w*.<n>cast: Heb. fashioned</n>


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And he \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w chapiters|strong="H3805"\w* <i>of</i> \w molten|strong="H3332"\w* \w brass|strong="H5178"\w*, to \w set|strong="H5414"\w* upon the \w tops|strong="H7218"\w* of the \w pillars|strong="H5982"\w*: the \w height|strong="H6967"\w* of the \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w chapiter|strong="H3805"\w* <i>was</i> \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w*, and the \w height|strong="H6967"\w* of the \w other|strong="H8145"\w* \w chapiter|strong="H3805"\w* <i>was</i> \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w*:


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<i>And</i> \w nets|strong="H7638"\w* of \w checker|strong="H7639"\w* \w work|strong="H4639"\w*, and \w wreaths|strong="H1434"\w* of \w chain|strong="H8333"\w* \w work|strong="H4639"\w*, for the \w chapiters|strong="H3805"\w* which <i>were</i> upon the \w top|strong="H7218"\w* of the \w pillars|strong="H5982"\w*; \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* for the \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w chapiter|strong="H3805"\w*, and \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* for the \w other|strong="H8145"\w* \w chapiter|strong="H3805"\w*.


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And he \w made|strong="H6213"\w* the \w pillars|strong="H5982"\w*, and \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w rows|strong="H2905"\w* round \w about|strong="H5439"\w* upon the \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w network|strong="H7639"\w*, to \w cover|strong="H3680"\w* the \w chapiters|strong="H3805"\w* that <i>were</i> upon the \w top|strong="H7218"\w*, with \w pomegranates|strong="H7416"\w*: and so \w did|strong="H6213"\w* he for the \w other|strong="H8145"\w* \w chapiter|strong="H3805"\w*.


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And the \w chapiters|strong="H3805"\w* that <i>were</i> upon the \w top|strong="H7218"\w* of the \w pillars|strong="H5982"\w* <i>were</i> of \w lily|strong="H7799"\w* \w work|strong="H4639"\w* in the \w porch|strong="H0197"\w*, \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w*.


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And the \w chapiters|strong="H3805"\w* upon the \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w pillars|strong="H5982"\w* <i>had pomegranates</i> also \w above|strong="H4605"\w*, over \w against|strong="H5980"\w* the \w belly|strong="H0990"\w* which <i>was</i> \w by|strong="H5676"\w* the \w network|strong="H7639"\w*: and the \w pomegranates|strong="H7416"\w* <i>were</i> two \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* in \w rows|strong="H2905"\w* round \w about|strong="H5439"\w* upon the \w other|strong="H8145"\w* \w chapiter|strong="H3805"\w*.


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And he set \w up|strong="H6965"\w* the \w pillars|strong="H5982"\w* in the \w porch|strong="H0197"\w* of the \w temple|strong="H1964"\w*: and he set \w up|strong="H6965"\w* the \w right|strong="H3233"\w* \w pillar|strong="H5982"\w*, and \w called|strong="H7121"\w* the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* thereof \w Jachin|strong="H3199"\w*: and he set \w up|strong="H6965"\w* the \w left|strong="H8042"\w* \w pillar|strong="H5982"\w*, and \w called|strong="H7121"\w* the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* thereof \w Boaz|strong="H1162"\w*.<n>Jachin: that is, He shall establish</n><n>Boaz: that is, In it is strength</n>


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And upon the \w top|strong="H7218"\w* of the \w pillars|strong="H5982"\w* <i>was</i> \w lily|strong="H7799"\w* \w work|strong="H4639"\w*: so was the \w work|strong="H4399"\w* of the \w pillars|strong="H5982"\w* \w finished|strong="H8552"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And he \w made|strong="H6213"\w* a \w molten|strong="H3332"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*, \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w* from the one \w brim|strong="H8193"\w* to the \w other|strong="H8193"\w*: <i>it was</i> \w round|strong="H5696"\w* all \w about|strong="H5439"\w*, and his \w height|strong="H6967"\w* <i>was</i> \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w*: and a \w line|strong="H6957"\w* of \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w* did \w compass|strong="H5437"\w* it round \w about|strong="H5439"\w*.<n>from…: Heb. from his brim to his brim</n>


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And under the \w brim|strong="H8193"\w* of it round \w about|strong="H5439"\w* <i>there were</i> \w knops|strong="H6497"\w* \w compassing|strong="H5437"\w* it, \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* in a \w cubit|strong="H0520"\w*, \w compassing|strong="H5362"\w* the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* round \w about|strong="H5439"\w*: the \w knops|strong="H6497"\w* <i>were</i> \w cast|strong="H3333"\w* in \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w rows|strong="H2905"\w*, when it was \w cast|strong="H3332"\w*.


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It \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* upon \w twelve|strong="H8147"\w* \w oxen|strong="H1241"\w*, \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w looking|strong="H6437"\w* toward the \w north|strong="H6828"\w*, and \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w looking|strong="H6437"\w* toward the \w west|strong="H3220"\w*, and \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w looking|strong="H6437"\w* toward the \w south|strong="H5045"\w*, and \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w looking|strong="H6437"\w* toward the \w east|strong="H4217"\w*: and the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* <i>was set</i> \w above|strong="H4605"\w* upon them, and all their hinder \w parts|strong="H0268"\w* <i>were</i> \w inward|strong="H1004"\w*.


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And it <i>was</i> an hand \w breadth|strong="H2947"\w* \w thick|strong="H5672"\w*, and the \w brim|strong="H8193"\w* thereof was \w wrought|strong="H4639"\w* like the \w brim|strong="H8193"\w* of a \w cup|strong="H3563"\w*, with \w flowers|strong="H6525"\w* of \w lilies|strong="H7799"\w*: it \w contained|strong="H3557"\w* two \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w baths|strong="H1324"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And he \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w bases|strong="H4350"\w* of \w brass|strong="H5178"\w*; \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w* <i>was</i> the \w length|strong="H0753"\w* of \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w base|strong="H4350"\w*, and \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w* the \w breadth|strong="H7341"\w* thereof, and \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w* the \w height|strong="H6967"\w* of it.


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And the \w work|strong="H4639"\w* of the \w bases|strong="H4350"\w* <i>was</i> on this <i>manner:</i> they had \w borders|strong="H4526"\w*, and the \w borders|strong="H4526"\w* <i>were</i> between the \w ledges|strong="H7948"\w*:


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And on the \w borders|strong="H4526"\w* that <i>were</i> between the \w ledges|strong="H7948"\w* <i>were</i> \w lions|strong="H0738"\w*, \w oxen|strong="H1241"\w*, and \w cherubims|strong="H3742"\w*: and upon the \w ledges|strong="H7948"\w* <i>there was</i> a \w base|strong="H3653"\w* \w above|strong="H4605"\w*: and beneath the \w lions|strong="H0738"\w* and \w oxen|strong="H1241"\w* <i>were</i> certain \w additions|strong="H3914"\w* made of \w thin|strong="H4174"\w* \w work|strong="H4639"\w*.


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And \w every|strong="H0259"\w* \w base|strong="H4350"\w* had \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w brasen|strong="H5178"\w* \w wheels|strong="H0212"\w*, and \w plates|strong="H5633"\w* of \w brass|strong="H5178"\w*: and the \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w corners|strong="H6471"\w* thereof had \w undersetters|strong="H3802"\w*: under the \w laver|strong="H3595"\w* <i>were</i> \w undersetters|strong="H3802"\w* \w molten|strong="H3332"\w*, at the \w side|strong="H5676"\w* of \w every|strong="H0376"\w* \w addition|strong="H3914"\w*.


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And the \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* of it \w within|strong="H1004"\w* the \w chapiter|strong="H3805"\w* and \w above|strong="H4605"\w* <i>was</i> a \w cubit|strong="H0520"\w*: but the \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* thereof <i>was</i> \w round|strong="H5696"\w* <i>after</i> the \w work|strong="H4639"\w* of the \w base|strong="H3653"\w*, a \w cubit|strong="H0520"\w* and an \w half|strong="H2677"\w*: and also upon the \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* of it <i>were</i> \w gravings|strong="H4734"\w* with their \w borders|strong="H4526"\w*, \w foursquare|strong="H7251"\w*, not \w round|strong="H5696"\w*.


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And \w under|strong="H8478"\w* the \w borders|strong="H4526"\w* <i>were</i> \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w wheels|strong="H0212"\w*; and the \w axletrees|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w wheels|strong="H0212"\w* <i>were joined</i> to the \w base|strong="H4350"\w*: and the \w height|strong="H6967"\w* of \w a|strong="H0259"\w* \w wheel|strong="H0212"\w* <i>was</i> a \w cubit|strong="H0520"\w* and \w half|strong="H2677"\w* a \w cubit|strong="H0520"\w*.<n>joined…: Heb. in the base</n>


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And the \w work|strong="H4639"\w* of the \w wheels|strong="H0212"\w* <i>was</i> like the \w work|strong="H4639"\w* of a \w chariot|strong="H4818"\w* \w wheel|strong="H0212"\w*: their \w axletrees|strong="H3027"\w*, and their \w naves|strong="H1354"\w*, and their \w felloes|strong="H2839"\w*, and their \w spokes|strong="H2840"\w*, <i>were</i> all \w molten|strong="H3332"\w*.


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And <i>there were</i> \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w undersetters|strong="H3802"\w* to the \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w corners|strong="H6438"\w* of \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w base|strong="H4350"\w*: <i>and</i> the \w undersetters|strong="H3802"\w* <i>were</i> of the very \w base|strong="H4350"\w* itself.


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And in the \w top|strong="H7218"\w* of the \w base|strong="H4350"\w* <i>was there</i> a \w round|strong="H5696"\w* \w compass|strong="H5439"\w* of \w half|strong="H2677"\w* a \w cubit|strong="H0520"\w* \w high|strong="H6967"\w*: and on the \w top|strong="H7218"\w* of the \w base|strong="H4350"\w* the \w ledges|strong="H3027"\w* thereof and the \w borders|strong="H4526"\w* thereof <i>were</i> of the same.


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For on the \w plates|strong="H3871"\w* of the \w ledges|strong="H3027"\w* thereof, and on the \w borders|strong="H4526"\w* thereof, he \w graved|strong="H6605"\w* \w cherubims|strong="H3742"\w*, \w lions|strong="H0738"\w*, and palm \w trees|strong="H8561"\w*, according to the \w proportion|strong="H4626"\w* of every \w one|strong="H0376"\w*, and \w additions|strong="H3914"\w* round \w about|strong="H5439"\w*.<n>proportion: Heb. nakedness</n>


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After this <i>manner</i> he \w made|strong="H6213"\w* the \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w bases|strong="H4350"\w*: all of them had \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w casting|strong="H4165"\w*, \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w measure|strong="H4060"\w*, <i>and</i> \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w size|strong="H7095"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Then \w made|strong="H6213"\w* he \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w lavers|strong="H3595"\w* of \w brass|strong="H5178"\w*: \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w laver|strong="H3595"\w* \w contained|strong="H3557"\w* \w forty|strong="H0705"\w* \w baths|strong="H1324"\w*: <i>and</i> \w every|strong="H0259"\w* \w laver|strong="H3595"\w* was \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w*: <i>and</i> upon every \w one|strong="H0259"\w* of the \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w bases|strong="H4350"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w laver|strong="H3595"\w*.


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And he \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w bases|strong="H4350"\w* on the \w right|strong="H3225"\w* \w side|strong="H3802"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and \w five|strong="H2568"\w* on the \w left|strong="H8040"\w* \w side|strong="H3802"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*: and he \w set|strong="H5414"\w* the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* on the \w right|strong="H3233"\w* \w side|strong="H3802"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w eastward|strong="H6924"\w* over \w against|strong="H4136"\w* the \w south|strong="H5045"\w*.<n>side: Heb. shoulder</n><pb/>


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¶ And \w Hiram|strong="H2438"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* the \w lavers|strong="H3595"\w*, and the \w shovels|strong="H3257"\w*, and the \w basons|strong="H4219"\w*. So \w Hiram|strong="H2438"\w* \w made|strong="H3615"\w* an end of \w doing|strong="H6213"\w* all the \w work|strong="H4399"\w* that he \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* for the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*:<n>And Hiram: Heb. And Hirom</n>


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The \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w pillars|strong="H5982"\w*, and the <i>two</i> \w bowls|strong="H1543"\w* of the \w chapiters|strong="H3805"\w* that <i>were</i> on the \w top|strong="H7218"\w* of the \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w pillars|strong="H5982"\w*; and the \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w networks|strong="H7639"\w*, to \w cover|strong="H3680"\w* the \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w bowls|strong="H1543"\w* of the \w chapiters|strong="H3805"\w* which <i>were</i> upon the \w top|strong="H7218"\w* of the \w pillars|strong="H5982"\w*;


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And \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w pomegranates|strong="H7416"\w* for the \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w networks|strong="H7639"\w*, <i>even</i> \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w rows|strong="H2905"\w* of \w pomegranates|strong="H7416"\w* for \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w network|strong="H7639"\w*, to \w cover|strong="H3680"\w* the \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w bowls|strong="H1543"\w* of the \w chapiters|strong="H3805"\w* that <i>were</i> \w upon|strong="H6440"\w* the \w pillars|strong="H5982"\w*;<n>upon…: Heb. upon the face of the pillars</n>


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And the \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w bases|strong="H4350"\w*, and \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w lavers|strong="H3595"\w* on the \w bases|strong="H4350"\w*;


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And \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*, and \w twelve|strong="H8147"\w* \w oxen|strong="H1241"\w* under the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*;


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And the \w pots|strong="H5518"\w*, and the \w shovels|strong="H3257"\w*, and the \w basons|strong="H4219"\w*: and all these \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w*, which \w Hiram|strong="H2438"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* to \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* for the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, <i>were of</i> \w bright|strong="H4178"\w* \w brass|strong="H5178"\w*.<n>bright: Heb. made bright or, scoured</n>


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In the \w plain|strong="H3603"\w* of \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* did the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w cast|strong="H3332"\w* them, in the \w clay|strong="H4568"\w* \w ground|strong="H0127"\w* between \w Succoth|strong="H5523"\w* and \w Zarthan|strong="H6891"\w*.<n>in…: Heb. in the thickness of the ground</n>


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And \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w left|strong="H3240"\w* all the \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w* <i>unweighed</i>, because they were \w exceeding|strong="H3966"\w* \w many|strong="H7230"\w*: neither was the \w weight|strong="H4948"\w* of the \w brass|strong="H5178"\w* found \w out|strong="H2713"\w*.<n>because…: Heb. for the exceeding multitude</n><n>found: Heb. searched</n><pb/>


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And \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* all the \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w* that <i>pertained</i> unto the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*: the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* of \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, and the \w table|strong="H7979"\w* of \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, whereupon the \w shewbread|strong="H3899"\w* <i>was</i>,


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And the \w candlesticks|strong="H4501"\w* of \w pure|strong="H5462"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, \w five|strong="H2568"\w* on the \w right|strong="H3225"\w* <i>side</i>, and \w five|strong="H2568"\w* on the \w left|strong="H8040"\w*, \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w oracle|strong="H1687"\w*, with the \w flowers|strong="H6525"\w*, and the \w lamps|strong="H5216"\w*, and the \w tongs|strong="H4457"\w* <i>of</i> \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*,


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And the \w bowls|strong="H5592"\w*, and the \w snuffers|strong="H4212"\w*, and the \w basons|strong="H4219"\w*, and the \w spoons|strong="H3709"\w*, and the \w censers|strong="H4289"\w* <i>of</i> \w pure|strong="H5462"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*; and the \w hinges|strong="H6596"\w* <i>of</i> \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, <i>both</i> for the \w doors|strong="H1817"\w* of the \w inner|strong="H6442"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, the \w most|strong="H6944"\w* \w holy|strong="H6944"\w* <i>place, and</i> for the \w doors|strong="H1817"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, <i>to wit</i>, of the \w temple|strong="H1964"\w*.<n>censers: Heb. ash pans</n>


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So was \w ended|strong="H7999"\w* all the \w work|strong="H4399"\w* that \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* for the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*. And \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* brought \w in|strong="H0935"\w* the things which \w David|strong="H1732"\w* his \w father|strong="H0001"\w* had \w dedicated|strong="H6944"\w*; <i>even</i> the \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, and the \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, and the \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w*, did he \w put|strong="H5414"\w* among the \w treasures|strong="H0214"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<n>things…: Heb. holy things of David</n><pb/>


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Then \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w assembled|strong="H6950"\w* the \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and all the \w heads|strong="H7218"\w* of the \w tribes|strong="H4294"\w*, the \w chief|strong="H5387"\w* of the \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, unto \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, that they might bring \w up|strong="H5927"\w* the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of the \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* out of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, which <i>is</i> \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*.<n>chief: Heb. princes</n>


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And all the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w assembled|strong="H6950"\w* themselves unto \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* at the \w feast|strong="H2282"\w* in the \w month|strong="H3391"\w* \w Ethanim|strong="H0388"\w*, which <i>is</i> the \w seventh|strong="H7637"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w*.


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And all the \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w*, and the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* took \w up|strong="H5375"\w* the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w*.


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And they brought \w up|strong="H5927"\w* the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and the \w tabernacle|strong="H0168"\w* of the \w congregation|strong="H4150"\w*, and all the \w holy|strong="H6944"\w* \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w* that <i>were</i> in the \w tabernacle|strong="H0168"\w*, even those did the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* and the \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w* bring \w up|strong="H5927"\w*.


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And \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*, and all the \w congregation|strong="H5712"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, that were \w assembled|strong="H3259"\w* unto him, <i>were</i> with him \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w*, \w sacrificing|strong="H2076"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* and \w oxen|strong="H1241"\w*, that could not be \w told|strong="H5608"\w* nor \w numbered|strong="H4487"\w* for \w multitude|strong="H7230"\w*.


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And the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* brought \w in|strong="H0935"\w* the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of the \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* unto his \w place|strong="H4725"\w*, into the \w oracle|strong="H1687"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, to the \w most|strong="H6944"\w* \w holy|strong="H6944"\w* <i>place, even</i> under the \w wings|strong="H3671"\w* of the \w cherubims|strong="H3742"\w*.


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For the \w cherubims|strong="H3742"\w* spread \w forth|strong="H6566"\w* <i>their</i> two \w wings|strong="H3671"\w* over the \w place|strong="H4725"\w* of the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w*, and the \w cherubims|strong="H3742"\w* \w covered|strong="H5526"\w* the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* and the \w staves|strong="H0905"\w* thereof \w above|strong="H4605"\w*.


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And they drew \w out|strong="H0748"\w* the \w staves|strong="H0905"\w*, that the \w ends|strong="H7218"\w* of the \w staves|strong="H0905"\w* were seen \w out|strong="H7200"\w* in the \w holy|strong="H6944"\w* <i>place</i> \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w oracle|strong="H1687"\w*, and they were not \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w without|strong="H2351"\w*: and there they are unto this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.<n>ends: Heb. heads</n><n>holy…: or, ark</n>


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<i>There was</i> nothing in the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* \w save|strong="H7535"\w* the \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w tables|strong="H3871"\w* of \w stone|strong="H0068"\w*, which \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w put|strong="H3240"\w* there at \w Horeb|strong="H2722"\w*, when the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w made|strong="H3772"\w* <i>a covenant</i> with the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, when they came \w out|strong="H3318"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.<n>when the: or, where the</n>


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And it came to pass, when the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* were come \w out|strong="H3318"\w* of the \w holy|strong="H6944"\w* <i>place</i>, that the \w cloud|strong="H6051"\w* \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*,


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So that the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w could|strong="H3201"\w* not \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* to \w minister|strong="H8334"\w* \w because|strong="H6440"\w* of the \w cloud|strong="H6051"\w*: for the \w glory|strong="H3519"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* had \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<pb/>


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¶ Then \w spake|strong="H0559"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*, The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* that he would \w dwell|strong="H7931"\w* in the thick \w darkness|strong="H6205"\w*.


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I have \w surely|strong="H1129"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* thee an \w house|strong="H1004"\w* to dwell \w in|strong="H2073"\w*, a settled \w place|strong="H4349"\w* for thee to abide \w in|strong="H3427"\w* for \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*.


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And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w turned|strong="H5437"\w* his \w face|strong="H6440"\w* \w about|strong="H5437"\w*, and \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w* all the \w congregation|strong="H6951"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: (and all the \w congregation|strong="H6951"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w*;)


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Blessed|strong="H1288"\w* <i>be</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, which \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* with his \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* unto \w David|strong="H1732"\w* my \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, and hath with his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w fulfilled|strong="H4390"\w* <i>it</i>, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,


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Since the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* that I brought \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* my \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* out of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, I \w chose|strong="H0977"\w* no \w city|strong="H5892"\w* out of all the \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* to \w build|strong="H1129"\w* an \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, that my \w name|strong="H8034"\w* might be therein; but I \w chose|strong="H0977"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* to be over my \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.


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And it was in the \w heart|strong="H3824"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w* my \w father|strong="H0001"\w* to \w build|strong="H1129"\w* an \w house|strong="H1004"\w* for the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.


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And the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w David|strong="H1732"\w* my \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, \w Whereas|strong="H3282"\w* it was in thine \w heart|strong="H3824"\w* to \w build|strong="H1129"\w* an \w house|strong="H1004"\w* unto my \w name|strong="H8034"\w*, thou didst \w well|strong="H2895"\w* that it was in thine \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*.


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\w Nevertheless|strong="H7535"\w* thou shalt not \w build|strong="H1129"\w* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*; but thy \w son|strong="H1121"\w* that shall come forth \w out|strong="H3318"\w* of thy \w loins|strong="H2504"\w*, he shall \w build|strong="H1129"\w* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* unto my \w name|strong="H8034"\w*.


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And the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w performed|strong="H6965"\w* his \w word|strong="H1697"\w* that he \w spake|strong="H1696"\w*, and I am risen \w up|strong="H6965"\w* in the room of \w David|strong="H1732"\w* my \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, and \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* on the \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, as the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w promised|strong="H1696"\w*, and have \w built|strong="H1129"\w* an \w house|strong="H1004"\w* for the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.


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And I have \w set|strong="H7760"\w* there a \w place|strong="H4725"\w* for the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w*, wherein <i>is</i> the \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, which he \w made|strong="H3772"\w* with our \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, when he brought them \w out|strong="H3318"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* in the presence \w of|strong="H5048"\w* all the \w congregation|strong="H6951"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and spread \w forth|strong="H6566"\w* his \w hands|strong="H3709"\w* toward \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*:


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*,  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, <i>there is</i> no \w God|strong="H0430"\w* like thee, in \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* \w above|strong="H4605"\w*, or on \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* beneath, who \w keepest|strong="H8104"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* and \w mercy|strong="H2617"\w* with thy \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* that \w walk|strong="H1980"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* thee with all their \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*:


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Who hast \w kept|strong="H8104"\w* with thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* my \w father|strong="H0001"\w* that thou \w promisedst|strong="H1696"\w* him: thou \w spakest|strong="H1696"\w* also with thy \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*, and hast \w fulfilled|strong="H4390"\w* <i>it</i> with thine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, as <i>it is</i> this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.


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Therefore now,  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* with thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* my \w father|strong="H0001"\w* that thou \w promisedst|strong="H1696"\w* him, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, There shall not \w fail|strong="H3772"\w* thee a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* in my \w sight|strong="H6440"\w* to \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* on the \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; \w so|strong="H7535"\w* that thy \w children|strong="H1121"\w* take \w heed|strong="H8104"\w* to their \w way|strong="H1870"\w*, that they \w walk|strong="H3212"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* me as thou hast \w walked|strong="H1980"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* me.<n>fail…: Heb. be cut off unto thee a man from my sight</n><n>so that: Heb. only if</n>


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And now, O \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, let thy \w word|strong="H1697"\w*, I pray thee, be \w verified|strong="H0539"\w*, which thou \w spakest|strong="H1696"\w* unto thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* my \w father|strong="H0001"\w*.


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But will \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w indeed|strong="H0552"\w* \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* on the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*? behold, the \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* and \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* of \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w* cannot \w contain|strong="H3557"\w* thee; how much \w less|strong="H0637"\w* this \w house|strong="H1004"\w* that I have \w builded|strong="H1129"\w*?


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Yet have thou \w respect|strong="H6437"\w* unto the \w prayer|strong="H8605"\w* of thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, and to his \w supplication|strong="H8467"\w*, O  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* my \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, to \w hearken|strong="H8085"\w* unto the \w cry|strong="H7440"\w* and to the \w prayer|strong="H8605"\w*, which thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w prayeth|strong="H6419"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* thee to \w day|strong="H3117"\w*:


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That thine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* may be \w open|strong="H6605"\w* toward this \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w* and \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, <i>even</i> toward the \w place|strong="H4725"\w* of which thou hast \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, My \w name|strong="H8034"\w* shall be there: that thou mayest \w hearken|strong="H8085"\w* unto the \w prayer|strong="H8605"\w* which thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* shall \w make|strong="H6419"\w* toward this \w place|strong="H4725"\w*.<n>toward this place: or, in this place</n>


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And \w hearken|strong="H8085"\w* thou to the \w supplication|strong="H8467"\w* of thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, and of thy \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, when they shall \w pray|strong="H6419"\w* toward this \w place|strong="H4725"\w*: and \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* thou in \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* thy \w dwelling|strong="H3427"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w*: and when thou \w hearest|strong="H8085"\w*, \w forgive|strong="H5545"\w*.<n>toward this place: or, in this place</n><pb/>


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¶ If any \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w trespass|strong="H2398"\w* against his \w neighbour|strong="H7453"\w*, and an \w oath|strong="H0423"\w* be \w laid|strong="H5375"\w* upon him to cause him to \w swear|strong="H0422"\w*, and the \w oath|strong="H0423"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* thine \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* in this \w house|strong="H1004"\w*:<n>and an oath…: Heb. and he require an oath of him</n>


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Then \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* thou in \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, and \w do|strong="H6213"\w*, and \w judge|strong="H8199"\w* thy \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, \w condemning|strong="H7561"\w* the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w*, to \w bring|strong="H5414"\w* his \w way|strong="H1870"\w* upon his \w head|strong="H7218"\w*; and \w justifying|strong="H6663"\w* the \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w*, to \w give|strong="H5414"\w* him according to his \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ When thy \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* be smitten \w down|strong="H5062"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w enemy|strong="H0341"\w*, because they have \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* against thee, and shall turn \w again|strong="H7725"\w* to thee, and \w confess|strong="H3034"\w* thy \w name|strong="H8034"\w*, and \w pray|strong="H6419"\w*, and make \w supplication|strong="H2603"\w* unto thee in this \w house|strong="H1004"\w*:<n>in: or, toward</n>


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Then \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* thou in \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, and \w forgive|strong="H5545"\w* the \w sin|strong="H2403"\w* of thy \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and bring them \w again|strong="H7725"\w* unto the \w land|strong="H0127"\w* which thou \w gavest|strong="H5414"\w* unto their \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ When \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* is shut \w up|strong="H6113"\w*, and there is no \w rain|strong="H4306"\w*, because they have \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* against thee; if they \w pray|strong="H6419"\w* toward this \w place|strong="H4725"\w*, and \w confess|strong="H3034"\w* thy \w name|strong="H8034"\w*, and \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* from their \w sin|strong="H2403"\w*, when thou \w afflictest|strong="H6031"\w* them:


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Then \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* thou in \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, and \w forgive|strong="H5545"\w* the \w sin|strong="H2403"\w* of thy \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, and of thy \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, that thou \w teach|strong="H3384"\w* them the \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* wherein they should \w walk|strong="H3212"\w*, and \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w rain|strong="H4306"\w* upon thy \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, which thou hast \w given|strong="H5414"\w* to thy \w people|strong="H5971"\w* for an \w inheritance|strong="H5159"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ If there be in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w famine|strong="H7458"\w*, if there be \w pestilence|strong="H1698"\w*, \w blasting|strong="H7711"\w*, \w mildew|strong="H3420"\w*, \w locust|strong="H0697"\w*, <i>or</i> if there be \w caterpiller|strong="H2625"\w*; if their \w enemy|strong="H0341"\w* \w besiege|strong="H6887"\w* them in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of their \w cities|strong="H8179"\w*; whatsoever \w plague|strong="H5061"\w*, whatsoever \w sickness|strong="H4245"\w* <i>there be;</i><n>cities: or, jurisdiction</n>


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What \w prayer|strong="H8605"\w* and \w supplication|strong="H8467"\w* soever be <i>made</i> by any \w man|strong="H0120"\w*, <i>or</i> by all thy \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, which shall \w know|strong="H3045"\w* every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* the \w plague|strong="H5061"\w* of his own \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*, and spread \w forth|strong="H6566"\w* his \w hands|strong="H3709"\w* toward this \w house|strong="H1004"\w*:


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Then \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* thou in \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* thy \w dwelling|strong="H3427"\w* \w place|strong="H4349"\w*, and \w forgive|strong="H5545"\w*, and \w do|strong="H6213"\w*, and \w give|strong="H5414"\w* to every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* according to his \w ways|strong="H1870"\w*, whose \w heart|strong="H3824"\w* thou \w knowest|strong="H3045"\w*; (for thou, <i>even</i> thou only, \w knowest|strong="H3045"\w* the \w hearts|strong="H3824"\w* of all the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w men|strong="H0120"\w*;)


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That they may \w fear|strong="H3372"\w* thee all the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* that they \w live|strong="H2416"\w* \w in|strong="H6440"\w* the \w land|strong="H0127"\w* which thou \w gavest|strong="H5414"\w* unto our \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*.


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Moreover concerning a \w stranger|strong="H5237"\w*, that <i>is</i> not of thy \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, but cometh \w out|strong="H0935"\w* of a \w far|strong="H7350"\w* \w country|strong="H0776"\w* \w for|strong="H4616"\w* thy \w name’s|strong="H8034"\w* sake;


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(For they shall \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* of thy \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w*, and of thy \w strong|strong="H2389"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, and of thy stretched \w out|strong="H5186"\w* \w arm|strong="H2220"\w*;) when he shall \w come|strong="H0935"\w* and \w pray|strong="H6419"\w* toward this \w house|strong="H1004"\w*;


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\w Hear|strong="H8085"\w* thou in \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* thy \w dwelling|strong="H3427"\w* \w place|strong="H4349"\w*, and \w do|strong="H6213"\w* according to all that the \w stranger|strong="H5237"\w* \w calleth|strong="H7121"\w* to thee for: that all \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* may \w know|strong="H3045"\w* thy \w name|strong="H8034"\w*, to \w fear|strong="H3372"\w* thee, as <i>do</i> thy \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; and that they may \w know|strong="H3045"\w* that this \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, which I have \w builded|strong="H1129"\w*, is \w called|strong="H7121"\w* by thy \w name|strong="H8034"\w*.<n>this…: Heb. thy name is called upon this house</n><pb/>


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¶ If thy \w people|strong="H5971"\w* go \w out|strong="H3318"\w* to \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* against their \w enemy|strong="H0341"\w*, \w whithersoever|strong="H1870"\w* thou shalt \w send|strong="H7971"\w* them, and shall \w pray|strong="H6419"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w toward|strong="H1870"\w* the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* which thou hast \w chosen|strong="H0977"\w*, and <i>toward</i> the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* that I have \w built|strong="H1129"\w* for thy \w name|strong="H8034"\w*:<n>toward the city: Heb. the way of the city</n>


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Then \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* thou in \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* their \w prayer|strong="H8605"\w* and their \w supplication|strong="H8467"\w*, and \w maintain|strong="H6213"\w* their \w cause|strong="H4941"\w*.<n>cause: or, right</n>


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If they \w sin|strong="H2398"\w* against thee, (for <i>there is</i> no \w man|strong="H0120"\w* that \w sinneth|strong="H2398"\w* not,) and thou be \w angry|strong="H0599"\w* with them, and \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* them to the \w enemy|strong="H0341"\w*, so that they carry them \w away|strong="H7617"\w* \w captives|strong="H7617"\w* \w unto|strong="H6440"\w* the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of the \w enemy|strong="H0341"\w*, \w far|strong="H7350"\w* or \w near|strong="H7138"\w*;


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<i>Yet</i> if they shall \w bethink|strong="H7725"\w* themselves in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* whither they were carried \w captives|strong="H7617"\w*, and \w repent|strong="H7725"\w*, and make \w supplication|strong="H2603"\w* unto thee in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of them that carried them \w captives|strong="H7617"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, We have \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w*, and have done \w perversely|strong="H5753"\w*, we have committed \w wickedness|strong="H7561"\w*;<n>bethink…: Heb. bring back to their heart</n>


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And <i>so</i> \w return|strong="H7725"\w* unto thee with all their \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*, and with all their \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*, in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of their \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*, which led them away \w captive|strong="H7617"\w*, and \w pray|strong="H6419"\w* unto thee \w toward|strong="H1870"\w* their \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, which thou \w gavest|strong="H5414"\w* unto their \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* which thou hast \w chosen|strong="H0977"\w*, and the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* which I have \w built|strong="H1129"\w* for thy \w name|strong="H8034"\w*:


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Then \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* thou their \w prayer|strong="H8605"\w* and their \w supplication|strong="H8467"\w* in \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* thy \w dwelling|strong="H3427"\w* \w place|strong="H4349"\w*, and \w maintain|strong="H6213"\w* their \w cause|strong="H4941"\w*,<n>cause: or, right</n>


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And \w forgive|strong="H5545"\w* thy \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that have \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* against thee, and all their \w transgressions|strong="H6588"\w* wherein they have \w transgressed|strong="H6586"\w* against thee, and \w give|strong="H5414"\w* them \w compassion|strong="H7356"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* them who carried them \w captive|strong="H7617"\w*, that they may have \w compassion|strong="H7355"\w* on them:


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For they <i>be</i> thy \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, and thine \w inheritance|strong="H5159"\w*, which thou broughtest \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* out of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, from the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* of the \w furnace|strong="H3564"\w* of \w iron|strong="H1270"\w*:


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That thine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* may be \w open|strong="H6605"\w* unto the \w supplication|strong="H8467"\w* of thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, and unto the \w supplication|strong="H8467"\w* of thy \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, to \w hearken|strong="H8085"\w* unto them in all that they \w call|strong="H7121"\w* for unto thee.


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For thou didst \w separate|strong="H0914"\w* them from among all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, <i>to be</i> thine \w inheritance|strong="H5159"\w*, as thou \w spakest|strong="H1696"\w* by the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, when thou \w broughtest|strong="H3318"\w* our \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* out of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, O \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*  \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*.<pb/>


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And it was <i>so</i>, that when \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* had made an \w end|strong="H3615"\w* of \w praying|strong="H6419"\w* all this \w prayer|strong="H8605"\w* and \w supplication|strong="H8467"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, he \w arose|strong="H6965"\w* from \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, from \w kneeling|strong="H3766"\w* on his \w knees|strong="H1290"\w* with his \w hands|strong="H3709"\w* spread \w up|strong="H6566"\w* to \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*.


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And he \w stood|strong="H5975"\w*, and \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w* all the \w congregation|strong="H6951"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* with a \w loud|strong="H1419"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,


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\w Blessed|strong="H1288"\w* <i>be</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, that hath \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w rest|strong="H4496"\w* unto his \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, according to all that he \w promised|strong="H1696"\w*: there hath not \w failed|strong="H5307"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of all his \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w promise|strong="H1697"\w*, which he \w promised|strong="H1696"\w* by the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* his \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*.<n>failed: Heb. fallen</n>


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The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* our \w God|strong="H0430"\w* be with us, as he was with our \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*: let him not \w leave|strong="H5800"\w* us, nor \w forsake|strong="H5203"\w* us:


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That he may \w incline|strong="H5186"\w* our \w hearts|strong="H3824"\w* unto him, to \w walk|strong="H3212"\w* in all his \w ways|strong="H1870"\w*, and to \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* his \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w*, and his \w statutes|strong="H2706"\w*, and his \w judgments|strong="H4941"\w*, which he \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* our \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*.


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And let these my \w words|strong="H1697"\w*, wherewith I have made \w supplication|strong="H2603"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, be \w nigh|strong="H7138"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* our \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w day|strong="H3119"\w* and \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, that he \w maintain|strong="H6213"\w* the \w cause|strong="H4941"\w* of his \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, and the \w cause|strong="H4941"\w* of his \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* at all \w times|strong="H3117"\w*, as the \w matter|strong="H1697"\w* shall require:<n>at all…: Heb. the thing of a day in his day</n>


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That all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* may \w know|strong="H3045"\w* that the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* <i>is</i> \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, <i>and that there is</i> none else.


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Let your \w heart|strong="H3824"\w* therefore be \w perfect|strong="H8003"\w* with the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* our \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, to \w walk|strong="H3212"\w* in his \w statutes|strong="H2706"\w*, and to \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* his \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w*, as at this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, and all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* with him, \w offered|strong="H2076"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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And \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w offered|strong="H2076"\w* a \w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\w* of peace \w offerings|strong="H8002"\w*, which he \w offered|strong="H2076"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, \w two|strong="H8147"\w* and \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w oxen|strong="H1241"\w*, and an \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* and \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*. So the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* and all the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w dedicated|strong="H2596"\w* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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The same \w day|strong="H3117"\w* did the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w hallow|strong="H6942"\w* the \w middle|strong="H8432"\w* of the \w court|strong="H2691"\w* that <i>was</i> \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*: for there he \w offered|strong="H6213"\w* burnt \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w*, and meat \w offerings|strong="H4503"\w*, and the \w fat|strong="H2459"\w* of the peace \w offerings|strong="H8002"\w*: because the \w brasen|strong="H5178"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* that <i>was</i> \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* <i>was</i> too \w little|strong="H6996"\w* to \w receive|strong="H3557"\w* the burnt \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w*, and meat \w offerings|strong="H4503"\w*, and the \w fat|strong="H2459"\w* of the peace \w offerings|strong="H8002"\w*.


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And at that \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w held|strong="H6213"\w* a \w feast|strong="H2282"\w*, and all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* with him, a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w congregation|strong="H6951"\w*, from the \w entering|strong="H0935"\w* in of \w Hamath|strong="H2574"\w* unto the \w river|strong="H5158"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* our \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* and \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, <i>even</i> \w fourteen|strong="H0702"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*.


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On the \w eighth|strong="H8066"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* he \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w away|strong="H7971"\w*: and they \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, and \w went|strong="H3212"\w* unto their \w tents|strong="H0168"\w* \w joyful|strong="H8056"\w* and \w glad|strong="H2896"\w* of \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* for all the \w goodness|strong="H2896"\w* that the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* had \w done|strong="H6213"\w* for \w David|strong="H1732"\w* his \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, and for \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* his \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.<n>blessed: or, thanked</n><pb/>


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And it came to pass, when \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* had \w finished|strong="H3615"\w* the \w building|strong="H1129"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and all \w Solomon’s|strong="H8010"\w* \w desire|strong="H2837"\w* which he was \w pleased|strong="H2654"\w* to \w do|strong="H6213"\w*,


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That the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w appeared|strong="H7200"\w* to \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* the second \w time|strong="H8145"\w*, as he had \w appeared|strong="H7200"\w* unto him at \w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\w*.


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And the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, I have \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* thy \w prayer|strong="H8605"\w* and thy \w supplication|strong="H8467"\w*, that thou hast \w made|strong="H2603"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* me: I have \w hallowed|strong="H6942"\w* this \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, which thou hast \w built|strong="H1129"\w*, to \w put|strong="H7760"\w* my \w name|strong="H8034"\w* there \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*; and mine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* and mine \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* shall be there \w perpetually|strong="H3117"\w*.


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And if thou wilt \w walk|strong="H3212"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* me, as \w David|strong="H1732"\w* thy \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w walked|strong="H1980"\w*, in \w integrity|strong="H8537"\w* of \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*, and in \w uprightness|strong="H3476"\w*, to \w do|strong="H6213"\w* according to all that I have \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* thee, <i>and</i> wilt \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* my \w statutes|strong="H2706"\w* and my \w judgments|strong="H4941"\w*:


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Then I will \w establish|strong="H6965"\w* the \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* of thy \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w* upon \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* for \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*, as I \w promised|strong="H1696"\w* to \w David|strong="H1732"\w* thy \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, There shall not \w fail|strong="H3772"\w* thee a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* upon the \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.


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<i>But</i> if ye shall at \w all|strong="H7725"\w* \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* from \w following|strong="H0310"\w* me, ye or your \w children|strong="H1121"\w*, and will not \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* my \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w* <i>and</i> my \w statutes|strong="H2708"\w* which I have \w set|strong="H5414"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* you, but \w go|strong="H1980"\w* and \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* \w other|strong="H0312"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*, and \w worship|strong="H7812"\w* them:


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Then will I cut \w off|strong="H3772"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w out|strong="H6440"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0127"\w* which I have \w given|strong="H5414"\w* them; and this \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, which I have \w hallowed|strong="H6942"\w* for my \w name|strong="H8034"\w*, will I cast \w out|strong="H7971"\w* of my \w sight|strong="H6440"\w*; and \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* shall be a \w proverb|strong="H4912"\w* and a \w byword|strong="H8148"\w* among all \w people|strong="H5971"\w*:


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And at this \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, <i>which</i> is \w high|strong="H5945"\w*, every one that \w passeth|strong="H5674"\w* by it shall be \w astonished|strong="H8074"\w*, and shall \w hiss|strong="H8319"\w*; and they shall \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, Why hath the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* thus unto this \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, and to this \w house|strong="H1004"\w*?


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And they shall \w answer|strong="H0559"\w*, Because they \w forsook|strong="H5800"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* their \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, who brought \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* their \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* out of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, and have taken \w hold|strong="H2388"\w* upon \w other|strong="H0312"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*, and have \w worshipped|strong="H7812"\w* them, and \w served|strong="H5647"\w* them: therefore hath the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* upon them all this \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And it came to pass at the \w end|strong="H7097"\w* of \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, when \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* had \w built|strong="H1129"\w* the \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w*, the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*,


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(<i>Now</i> \w Hiram|strong="H2438"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Tyre|strong="H6865"\w* had \w furnished|strong="H5375"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* with \w cedar|strong="H0730"\w* \w trees|strong="H6086"\w* and \w fir|strong="H1265"\w* \w trees|strong="H6086"\w*, and with \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, according to all his \w desire|strong="H2656"\w*,) that \w then|strong="H0227"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w Hiram|strong="H2438"\w* \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Galilee|strong="H1551"\w*.


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And \w Hiram|strong="H2438"\w* came \w out|strong="H3318"\w* from \w Tyre|strong="H6865"\w* to \w see|strong="H7200"\w* the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* which \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* had \w given|strong="H5414"\w* him; and they \w pleased|strong="H3474"\w* him not.<n>pleased…: Heb. were not right in his eyes</n>


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, What \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* <i>are</i> these which thou hast \w given|strong="H5414"\w* me, my \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*? And he \w called|strong="H7121"\w* them the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Cabul|strong="H3521"\w* unto this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.<n>Cabul: that is, displeasing, or, dirty</n>


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And \w Hiram|strong="H2438"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w sixscore|strong="H3967"\w* \w talents|strong="H3603"\w* of \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And this <i>is</i> the \w reason|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w levy|strong="H4522"\w* which \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w raised|strong="H5927"\w*; for to \w build|strong="H1129"\w* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and his own \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and \w Millo|strong="H4407"\w*, and the \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, and \w Hazor|strong="H2674"\w*, and \w Megiddo|strong="H4023"\w*, and \w Gezer|strong="H1507"\w*.


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<i>For</i> \w Pharaoh|strong="H6547"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* had gone \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, and \w taken|strong="H3920"\w* \w Gezer|strong="H1507"\w*, and \w burnt|strong="H8313"\w* it with \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*, and \w slain|strong="H2026"\w* the \w Canaanites|strong="H3669"\w* that \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* in the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and \w given|strong="H5414"\w* it <i>for</i> a \w present|strong="H7964"\w* unto his \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w*, \w Solomon’s|strong="H8010"\w* \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*.


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And \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w Gezer|strong="H1507"\w*, and \w Beth-horon|strong="H1032"\w* the \w nether|strong="H8481"\w*,


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And \w Baalath|strong="H1191"\w*, and \w Tadmor|strong="H8412"\w* in the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*, in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*,


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And all the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* of \w store|strong="H4543"\w* that \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* had, and \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* for his \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w*, and \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* for his \w horsemen|strong="H6571"\w*, and \w that|strong="H2837"\w* which \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w desired|strong="H2836"\w* to \w build|strong="H1129"\w* in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, and in \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w*, and in all the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of his \w dominion|strong="H4475"\w*.<n>that which…: Heb. the desire of Solomon which he desired</n>


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<i>And</i> all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* <i>that were</i> \w left|strong="H3498"\w* of the \w Amorites|strong="H0567"\w*, \w Hittites|strong="H2850"\w*, \w Perizzites|strong="H6522"\w*, \w Hivites|strong="H2340"\w*, and \w Jebusites|strong="H2983"\w*, which <i>were</i> not of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*,


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Their \w children|strong="H1121"\w* that were \w left|strong="H3498"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* them in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, whom the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* also were not \w able|strong="H3201"\w* utterly to \w destroy|strong="H2763"\w*, upon those did \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w levy|strong="H5927"\w* a \w tribute|strong="H4522"\w* of \w bondservice|strong="H5647"\w* unto this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.


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But of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* did \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w make|strong="H5414"\w* no \w bondmen|strong="H5650"\w*: but they <i>were</i> \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w war|strong="H4421"\w*, and his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, and his \w princes|strong="H8269"\w*, and his \w captains|strong="H7991"\w*, and \w rulers|strong="H8269"\w* of his \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w*, and his \w horsemen|strong="H6571"\w*.


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These <i>were</i> the \w chief|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w officers|strong="H5324"\w* that <i>were</i> over \w Solomon’s|strong="H8010"\w* \w work|strong="H4399"\w*, \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* and \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w*, which bare \w rule|strong="H7287"\w* over the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that \w wrought|strong="H6213"\w* in the \w work|strong="H4399"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ But \w Pharaoh’s|strong="H6547"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* came \w up|strong="H5927"\w* out of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w* unto her \w house|strong="H1004"\w* which <i>Solomon</i> had \w built|strong="H1129"\w* for her: then did he \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w Millo|strong="H4407"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w times|strong="H6471"\w* in a \w year|strong="H8141"\w* did \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w offer|strong="H5927"\w* burnt \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w* and peace \w offerings|strong="H8002"\w* upon the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* which he \w built|strong="H1129"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and he burnt \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* upon the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* that <i>was</i> \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*. So he \w finished|strong="H7999"\w* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.<n>upon the altar that: Heb. upon it, etc</n><pb/>


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¶ And \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* a navy of \w ships|strong="H0590"\w* in \w Ezion-geber|strong="H6100"\w*, which <i>is</i> beside \w Eloth|strong="H0359"\w*, on the \w shore|strong="H8193"\w* of the \w Red|strong="H5488"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*, in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Edom|strong="H0123"\w*.<n>shore: Heb. lip</n>


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And \w Hiram|strong="H2438"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* in the \w navy|strong="H0590"\w* his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, \w shipmen|strong="H0582"\w* that had \w knowledge|strong="H3045"\w* of the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*, with the \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* of \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*.


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And they \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Ophir|strong="H0211"\w*, and \w fetched|strong="H3947"\w* from thence \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* and \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w talents|strong="H3603"\w*, and \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* <i>it</i> to \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*.<pb/>


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And when the \w queen|strong="H4436"\w* of \w Sheba|strong="H7614"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* of the \w fame|strong="H8088"\w* of \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* concerning the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, she \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w prove|strong="H5254"\w* him with hard \w questions|strong="H2420"\w*.


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And she \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* with a \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w great|strong="H3515"\w* \w train|strong="H2428"\w*, with \w camels|strong="H1581"\w* that \w bare|strong="H5375"\w* \w spices|strong="H1314"\w*, and \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w much|strong="H7227"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, and \w precious|strong="H3368"\w* \w stones|strong="H0068"\w*: and when she was \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*, she \w communed|strong="H1696"\w* with him of all that was in her \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*.


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And \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* her all her \w questions|strong="H1697"\w*: there was not <i>any</i> \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* \w hid|strong="H5956"\w* from the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, which he \w told|strong="H5046"\w* her not.<n>questions: Heb. words</n>


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And when the \w queen|strong="H4436"\w* of \w Sheba|strong="H7614"\w* had \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* all \w Solomon’s|strong="H8010"\w* \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w*, and the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* that he had \w built|strong="H1129"\w*,


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And the \w meat|strong="H3978"\w* of his \w table|strong="H7979"\w*, and the \w sitting|strong="H4186"\w* of his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, and the \w attendance|strong="H4612"\w* of his \w ministers|strong="H8334"\w*, and their \w apparel|strong="H4403"\w*, and his \w cupbearers|strong="H8248"\w*, and his \w ascent|strong="H5930"\w* by which he went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* unto the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; there was no more \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* in her.<n>attendance: Heb. standing</n><n>cupbearers: or, butlers</n>


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And she \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, It was a \w true|strong="H0571"\w* \w report|strong="H1697"\w* that I \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* in mine own \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of thy \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* and of thy \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w*.<n>report: Heb. word</n><n>acts: or, sayings</n>


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Howbeit I \w believed|strong="H0539"\w* not the \w words|strong="H1697"\w*, until I \w came|strong="H0935"\w*, and mine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* had \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* <i>it:</i> and, behold, the \w half|strong="H2677"\w* was not \w told|strong="H5046"\w* me: thy \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w* and \w prosperity|strong="H2896"\w* \w exceedeth|strong="H3254"\w* the \w fame|strong="H8052"\w* which I \w heard|strong="H8085"\w*.<n>thy…: Heb. thou hast added wisdom and goodness to</n>


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\w Happy|strong="H0835"\w* <i>are</i> thy \w men|strong="H0582"\w*, \w happy|strong="H0835"\w* <i>are</i> these thy \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, which \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* \w continually|strong="H8548"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* thee, <i>and</i> that \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* thy \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w*.


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\w Blessed|strong="H1288"\w* be the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* thy \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, which \w delighted|strong="H2654"\w* in thee, to \w set|strong="H5414"\w* thee on the \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: because the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w loved|strong="H0160"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* for \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*, therefore \w made|strong="H7760"\w* he thee \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, to \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w* and \w justice|strong="H6666"\w*.


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And she \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* an \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* and \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w talents|strong="H3603"\w* of \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, and of \w spices|strong="H1314"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* great \w store|strong="H7235"\w*, and \w precious|strong="H3368"\w* \w stones|strong="H0068"\w*: there \w came|strong="H0935"\w* no more \w such|strong="H1931"\w* \w abundance|strong="H7230"\w* of \w spices|strong="H1314"\w* as these which the \w queen|strong="H4436"\w* of \w Sheba|strong="H7614"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* to \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*.


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And the \w navy|strong="H0590"\w* also of \w Hiram|strong="H2438"\w*, that \w brought|strong="H5375"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* from \w Ophir|strong="H0211"\w*, brought \w in|strong="H0935"\w* from \w Ophir|strong="H0211"\w* \w great|strong="H3966"\w* \w plenty|strong="H7235"\w* of \w almug|strong="H0484"\w* \w trees|strong="H6086"\w*, and \w precious|strong="H3368"\w* \w stones|strong="H0068"\w*.<n>almug…: also called, algum trees</n>


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And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* of the \w almug|strong="H0484"\w* \w trees|strong="H6086"\w* \w pillars|strong="H4552"\w* for the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and for the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w harps|strong="H3658"\w* also and \w psalteries|strong="H5035"\w* for \w singers|strong="H7891"\w*: there \w came|strong="H0935"\w* no such \w almug|strong="H0484"\w* \w trees|strong="H6086"\w*, nor were \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* unto this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.<n>pillars: or, rails: Heb. a prop</n>


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And \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* unto the \w queen|strong="H4436"\w* of \w Sheba|strong="H7614"\w* all her \w desire|strong="H2656"\w*, whatsoever she \w asked|strong="H7592"\w*, beside <i>that</i> which \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* her of his \w royal|strong="H4428"\w* \w bounty|strong="H3027"\w*. So she \w turned|strong="H6437"\w* and \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to her own \w country|strong="H0776"\w*, she and her \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*.<n>of his…: Heb. according to the hand of king Solomon</n><pb/>


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¶ Now the \w weight|strong="H4948"\w* of \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* that \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* in \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* was \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w threescore|strong="H8346"\w* and \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w talents|strong="H3603"\w* of \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*,


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Beside <i>that he had</i> of the \w merchantmen|strong="H0582"\w*, and of the \w traffick|strong="H4536"\w* of the spice \w merchants|strong="H7402"\w*, and of all the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Arabia|strong="H6153"\w*, and of the \w governors|strong="H6346"\w* of the \w country|strong="H0776"\w*.<n>governors: or, captains</n><pb/>


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¶ And \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* two \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w targets|strong="H6793"\w* <i>of</i> \w beaten|strong="H7820"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*: \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* <i>shekels</i> of \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* to \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w target|strong="H6793"\w*.


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And <i>he made</i> \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w shields|strong="H4043"\w* <i>of</i> \w beaten|strong="H7820"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*; \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w pound|strong="H4488"\w* of \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* to \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w shield|strong="H4043"\w*: and the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* them in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \w forest|strong="H3293"\w* of \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Moreover the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* of \w ivory|strong="H8127"\w*, and \w overlaid|strong="H6823"\w* it with the \w best|strong="H6338"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*.


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The \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* had \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w steps|strong="H4609"\w*, and the \w top|strong="H7218"\w* of the \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* <i>was</i> \w round|strong="H5696"\w* \w behind|strong="H0310"\w*: and <i>there were</i> \w stays|strong="H3027"\w* on either side on the \w place|strong="H4725"\w* of the \w seat|strong="H7675"\w*, and \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w lions|strong="H0738"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w beside|strong="H0681"\w* the \w stays|strong="H3027"\w*.<n>behind: Heb. on the hinder part thereof</n><n>stays: Heb. hands</n>


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And \w twelve|strong="H8147"\w* \w lions|strong="H0738"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* there on the one side and on the other upon the \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w steps|strong="H4609"\w*: there was not the \w like|strong="H3651"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* in any \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w*.<n>the like: Heb. so</n><pb/>


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¶ And all \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon’s|strong="H8010"\w* \w drinking|strong="H4945"\w* \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w* <i>were of</i> \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, and all the \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \w forest|strong="H3293"\w* of \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w* <i>were of</i> \w pure|strong="H5462"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*; none <i>were of</i> \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*: it was \w nothing|strong="H3972"\w* \w accounted|strong="H2803"\w* of in the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*.<n>none…: or, there was no silver in them</n>


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For the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* had at \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* a \w navy|strong="H0590"\w* of \w Tharshish|strong="H8659"\w* with the \w navy|strong="H0590"\w* of \w Hiram|strong="H2438"\w*: \w once|strong="H0259"\w* in \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* the \w navy|strong="H0590"\w* of \w Tharshish|strong="H8659"\w*, \w bringing|strong="H5375"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, and \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, \w ivory|strong="H8143"\w*, and \w apes|strong="H6971"\w*, and \w peacocks|strong="H8500"\w*.<n>ivory: or, elephants’ teeth</n>


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So \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w exceeded|strong="H1431"\w* all the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* for \w riches|strong="H6239"\w* and for \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And all the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* \w sought|strong="H1245"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*, to \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* his \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w*, which \w God|strong="H0430"\w* had \w put|strong="H5414"\w* in his \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*.<n>sought to: Heb. sought the face of</n>


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And they \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* his \w present|strong="H4503"\w*, \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w* of \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, and \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w* of \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, and \w garments|strong="H8008"\w*, and \w armour|strong="H5402"\w*, and \w spices|strong="H1314"\w*, \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*, and \w mules|strong="H6505"\w*, a \w rate|strong="H1697"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* by \w year|strong="H8141"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* gathered \w together|strong="H0622"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* and \w horsemen|strong="H6571"\w*: and he had a \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* and \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w*, and \w twelve|strong="H8147"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w horsemen|strong="H6571"\w*, whom he \w bestowed|strong="H5148"\w* in the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* for \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w*, and with the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* at \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.


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And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w made|strong="H5414"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* <i>to be</i> in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* as \w stones|strong="H0068"\w*, and \w cedars|strong="H0730"\w* \w made|strong="H5414"\w* he <i>to be</i> as the sycomore \w trees|strong="H8256"\w* that <i>are</i> in the \w vale|strong="H8219"\w*, for \w abundance|strong="H7230"\w*.<n>made: Heb. gave</n><pb/>


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¶ And \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* had \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w brought|strong="H4161"\w* out of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, and linen \w yarn|strong="H4723"\w*: the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w merchants|strong="H5503"\w* \w received|strong="H3947"\w* the linen \w yarn|strong="H4723"\w* at a \w price|strong="H4242"\w*.<n>And Solomon…: Heb. And the going forth of the horses which was Solomon’s</n>


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And a \w chariot|strong="H4818"\w* came \w up|strong="H5927"\w* and went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* for \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* <i>shekels</i> of \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, and an \w horse|strong="H5483"\w* for an \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* and \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w*: and so for all the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of the \w Hittites|strong="H2850"\w*, and for the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w*, did they bring <i>them</i> \w out|strong="H3318"\w* by their \w means|strong="H3027"\w*.<n>by their…: Heb. by their hand</n><pb/>


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But \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w loved|strong="H0157"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w strange|strong="H5237"\w* \w women|strong="H0802"\w*, together with the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Pharaoh|strong="H6547"\w*, women of the \w Moabites|strong="H4125"\w*, \w Ammonites|strong="H5984"\w*, \w Edomites|strong="H0130"\w*, \w Zidonians|strong="H6722"\w*, <i>and</i> \w Hittites|strong="H2850"\w*;<n>together…: or, beside</n>


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Of the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* <i>concerning</i> which the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, Ye shall not go \w in|strong="H0935"\w* to them, neither shall they come \w in|strong="H0935"\w* unto you: <i>for</i> \w surely|strong="H0403"\w* they will turn \w away|strong="H5186"\w* your \w heart|strong="H3824"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* their \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*: \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w clave|strong="H1692"\w* unto these in \w love|strong="H0157"\w*.


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And he had \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w wives|strong="H0802"\w*, \w princesses|strong="H8282"\w*, and \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w concubines|strong="H6370"\w*: and his \w wives|strong="H0802"\w* turned \w away|strong="H5186"\w* his \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*.


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For it came to pass, \w when|strong="H6256"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* was \w old|strong="H2209"\w*, <i>that</i> his \w wives|strong="H0802"\w* turned \w away|strong="H5186"\w* his \w heart|strong="H3824"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w other|strong="H0312"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*: and his \w heart|strong="H3824"\w* was not \w perfect|strong="H8003"\w* with the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* his \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, as <i>was</i> the \w heart|strong="H3824"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w* his \w father|strong="H0001"\w*.


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For \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w Ashtoreth|strong="H6253"\w* the \w goddess|strong="H0430"\w* of the \w Zidonians|strong="H6722"\w*, and \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w Milcom|strong="H4445"\w* the \w abomination|strong="H8251"\w* of the \w Ammonites|strong="H5984"\w*.<n>Milcom: also called, Molech</n>


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And \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and went not \w fully|strong="H4390"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, as <i>did</i> \w David|strong="H1732"\w* his \w father|strong="H0001"\w*.<n>went…: Heb. fulfilled not after</n>


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Then did \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w build|strong="H1129"\w* an high \w place|strong="H1116"\w* for \w Chemosh|strong="H3645"\w*, the \w abomination|strong="H8251"\w* of \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*, in the \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* that <i>is</i> \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, and for \w Molech|strong="H4432"\w*, the \w abomination|strong="H8251"\w* of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w*.


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And likewise \w did|strong="H6213"\w* he for all his \w strange|strong="H5237"\w* \w wives|strong="H0802"\w*, which burnt \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* and \w sacrificed|strong="H2076"\w* unto their \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* was \w angry|strong="H0599"\w* with \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*, because his \w heart|strong="H3824"\w* was \w turned|strong="H5186"\w* from the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, which had \w appeared|strong="H7200"\w* unto him \w twice|strong="H6471"\w*,


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And had \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* him concerning this \w thing|strong="H1697"\w*, that he should not \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w other|strong="H0312"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*: but he \w kept|strong="H8104"\w* not that which the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w*.


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Wherefore the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*, Forasmuch as this is done of thee, and thou hast not \w kept|strong="H8104"\w* my \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* and my \w statutes|strong="H2708"\w*, which I have \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* thee, I will \w surely|strong="H7167"\w* \w rend|strong="H7167"\w* the \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w* from thee, and will \w give|strong="H5414"\w* it to thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*.<n>is done…: Heb. is with thee</n>


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Notwithstanding in thy \w days|strong="H3117"\w* I will not \w do|strong="H6213"\w* it for \w David|strong="H1732"\w* thy \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* sake: <i>but</i> I will \w rend|strong="H7167"\w* it out of the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of thy \w son|strong="H1121"\w*.


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\w Howbeit|strong="H7535"\w* I will not rend \w away|strong="H7167"\w* all the \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w*; <i>but</i> will \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w* to thy \w son|strong="H1121"\w* for \w David|strong="H1732"\w* my \w servant’s|strong="H5650"\w* sake, and for \w Jerusalem’s|strong="H3389"\w* sake which I have \w chosen|strong="H0977"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* stirred \w up|strong="H6965"\w* an \w adversary|strong="H7854"\w* unto \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*, \w Hadad|strong="H1908"\w* the \w Edomite|strong="H0130"\w*: he <i>was</i> of the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w seed|strong="H2233"\w* in \w Edom|strong="H0123"\w*.


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For it came to pass, when \w David|strong="H1732"\w* was in \w Edom|strong="H0123"\w*, and \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* the \w captain|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w host|strong="H6635"\w* was gone \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to \w bury|strong="H6912"\w* the \w slain|strong="H2491"\w*, after he had \w smitten|strong="H5221"\w* every \w male|strong="H2145"\w* in \w Edom|strong="H0123"\w*;


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(For \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w months|strong="H2320"\w* did \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w remain|strong="H3427"\w* there with all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, until he had cut \w off|strong="H3772"\w* every \w male|strong="H2145"\w* in \w Edom|strong="H0123"\w*:)


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That \w Hadad|strong="H0111"\w* \w fled|strong="H1272"\w*, he and \w certain|strong="H0582"\w* \w Edomites|strong="H0130"\w* of his \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* with him, to \w go|strong="H0935"\w* into \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*; \w Hadad|strong="H1908"\w* <i>being</i> yet a \w little|strong="H6996"\w* \w child|strong="H5288"\w*.


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And they \w arose|strong="H6965"\w* out of \w Midian|strong="H4080"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Paran|strong="H6290"\w*: and they \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w* with them out of \w Paran|strong="H6290"\w*, and they \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, unto \w Pharaoh|strong="H6547"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*; which \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* him an \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and \w appointed|strong="H0559"\w* him \w victuals|strong="H3899"\w*, and \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* him \w land|strong="H0776"\w*.


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And \w Hadad|strong="H1908"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w great|strong="H3966"\w* \w favour|strong="H2580"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of \w Pharaoh|strong="H6547"\w*, so that he \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* him to \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* the \w sister|strong="H0269"\w* of his own \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*, the \w sister|strong="H0269"\w* of \w Tahpenes|strong="H8472"\w* the \w queen|strong="H1377"\w*.


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And the \w sister|strong="H0269"\w* of \w Tahpenes|strong="H8472"\w* \w bare|strong="H3205"\w* him \w Genubath|strong="H1592"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, whom \w Tahpenes|strong="H8472"\w* \w weaned|strong="H1580"\w* \w in|strong="H8432"\w* \w Pharaoh’s|strong="H6547"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*: and \w Genubath|strong="H1592"\w* was in \w Pharaoh’s|strong="H6547"\w* \w household|strong="H1004"\w* \w among|strong="H8432"\w* the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Pharaoh|strong="H6547"\w*.


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And when \w Hadad|strong="H1908"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* in \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* that \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w slept|strong="H7901"\w* with his \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, and that \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* the \w captain|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w host|strong="H6635"\w* was \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*, \w Hadad|strong="H1908"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Pharaoh|strong="H6547"\w*, Let me \w depart|strong="H7971"\w*, that I may \w go|strong="H3212"\w* to mine own \w country|strong="H0776"\w*.<n>Let…: Heb. Send me away</n>


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Then \w Pharaoh|strong="H6547"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, But what hast thou \w lacked|strong="H2638"\w* with me, that, behold, thou \w seekest|strong="H1245"\w* to \w go|strong="H3212"\w* to thine own \w country|strong="H0776"\w*? And he \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, Nothing: howbeit let me \w go|strong="H7971"\w* in any \w wise|strong="H7971"\w*.<n>Nothing: Heb. Not</n><pb/>


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¶ And \w God|strong="H0430"\w* stirred him \w up|strong="H6965"\w* <i>another</i> \w adversary|strong="H7854"\w*, \w Rezon|strong="H7331"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Eliadah|strong="H0450"\w*, which \w fled|strong="H1272"\w* from his \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* \w Hadadezer|strong="H1909"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Zobah|strong="H6678"\w*:


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And he \w gathered|strong="H6908"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w* unto him, and became \w captain|strong="H8269"\w* over a \w band|strong="H1416"\w*, when \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w slew|strong="H2026"\w* them <i>of Zobah:</i> and they \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w*, and \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* therein, and \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* in \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w*.


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And he was an \w adversary|strong="H7854"\w* to \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* all the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*, beside the \w mischief|strong="H7451"\w* that \w Hadad|strong="H1908"\w* <i>did:</i> and he \w abhorred|strong="H6973"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* over \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Nebat|strong="H5028"\w*, an \w Ephrathite|strong="H0673"\w* of \w Zereda|strong="H6868"\w*, \w Solomon’s|strong="H8010"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, whose \w mother’s|strong="H0517"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* <i>was</i> \w Zeruah|strong="H6871"\w*, a \w widow|strong="H0490"\w* \w woman|strong="H0802"\w*, even he lifted \w up|strong="H7311"\w* <i>his</i> \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* against the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.


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And this <i>was</i> the \w cause|strong="H1697"\w* that he lifted \w up|strong="H7311"\w* <i>his</i> \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* against the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*: \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w Millo|strong="H4407"\w*, <i>and</i> \w repaired|strong="H5462"\w* the \w breaches|strong="H6556"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w* his \w father|strong="H0001"\w*.<n>repaired: Heb. closed</n>


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And the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* <i>was</i> a mighty \w man|strong="H1368"\w* of \w valour|strong="H2428"\w*: and \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w seeing|strong="H7200"\w* the young \w man|strong="H5288"\w* that he was \w industrious|strong="H6213"\w*, he made him \w ruler|strong="H6485"\w* over all the \w charge|strong="H5447"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w*.<n>was industrious: Heb. did work</n><n>charge: Heb. burden</n>


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And it came to pass at that \w time|strong="H6256"\w* when \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, that the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w Ahijah|strong="H0281"\w* the \w Shilonite|strong="H7888"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* him in the \w way|strong="H1870"\w*; and he had \w clad|strong="H3680"\w* himself with a \w new|strong="H2319"\w* \w garment|strong="H8008"\w*; and they \w two|strong="H8147"\w* <i>were</i> alone in the \w field|strong="H7704"\w*:


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And \w Ahijah|strong="H0281"\w* \w caught|strong="H8610"\w* the \w new|strong="H2319"\w* \w garment|strong="H8008"\w* that <i>was</i> on him, and \w rent|strong="H7167"\w* it <i>in</i> \w twelve|strong="H8147"\w* \w pieces|strong="H7168"\w*:


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w*, \w Take|strong="H3947"\w* thee \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w pieces|strong="H7168"\w*: for thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, Behold, I will \w rend|strong="H7167"\w* the \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w* out of the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*, and will \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* to thee:


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(But he shall have \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w* for my \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* sake, and for \w Jerusalem’s|strong="H3389"\w* sake, the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* which I have \w chosen|strong="H0977"\w* out of all the \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*:)


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Because that they have \w forsaken|strong="H5800"\w* me, and have \w worshipped|strong="H7812"\w* \w Ashtoreth|strong="H6253"\w* the \w goddess|strong="H0430"\w* of the \w Zidonians|strong="H6722"\w*, \w Chemosh|strong="H3645"\w* the \w god|strong="H0430"\w* of the \w Moabites|strong="H4124"\w*, and \w Milcom|strong="H4445"\w* the \w god|strong="H0430"\w* of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w*, and have not \w walked|strong="H1980"\w* in my \w ways|strong="H1870"\w*, to \w do|strong="H6213"\w* <i>that which is</i> \w right|strong="H3477"\w* in mine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, and <i>to keep</i> my \w statutes|strong="H2708"\w* and my \w judgments|strong="H4941"\w*, as <i>did</i> \w David|strong="H1732"\w* his \w father|strong="H0001"\w*.


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Howbeit I will not \w take|strong="H3947"\w* the whole \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w* out of his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*: but I will \w make|strong="H7896"\w* him \w prince|strong="H5387"\w* all the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of his \w life|strong="H2416"\w* for \w David|strong="H1732"\w* my \w servant’s|strong="H5650"\w* sake, whom I \w chose|strong="H0977"\w*, because he \w kept|strong="H8104"\w* my \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w* and my \w statutes|strong="H2708"\w*:


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But I will \w take|strong="H3947"\w* the \w kingdom|strong="H4410"\w* out of his \w son’s|strong="H1121"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, and will \w give|strong="H5414"\w* it unto thee, <i>even</i> \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w*.


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And unto his \w son|strong="H1121"\w* will I \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w*, that \w David|strong="H1732"\w* my \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* may have a \w light|strong="H5216"\w* \w alway|strong="H3117"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* me in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* which I have \w chosen|strong="H0977"\w* me to \w put|strong="H7760"\w* my \w name|strong="H8034"\w* there.<n>light: Heb. lamp, or, candle</n>


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And I will \w take|strong="H3947"\w* thee, and thou shalt \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* according to all that thy \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* \w desireth|strong="H0183"\w*, and shalt be \w king|strong="H4428"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.


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And it shall be, if thou wilt \w hearken|strong="H8085"\w* unto all that I \w command|strong="H6680"\w* thee, and wilt \w walk|strong="H1980"\w* in my \w ways|strong="H1870"\w*, and \w do|strong="H6213"\w* <i>that is</i> \w right|strong="H3477"\w* in my \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*, to \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* my \w statutes|strong="H2708"\w* and my \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w*, as \w David|strong="H1732"\w* my \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w*; that I will be with thee, and \w build|strong="H1129"\w* thee a \w sure|strong="H0539"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, as I \w built|strong="H1129"\w* for \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, and will \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* unto thee.


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And I will for this \w afflict|strong="H6031"\w* the \w seed|strong="H2233"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, but not for \w ever|strong="H3117"\w*.


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\w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w sought|strong="H1245"\w* therefore to \w kill|strong="H4191"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w*. And \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and \w fled|strong="H1272"\w* into \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, unto \w Shishak|strong="H7895"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, and was in \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* until the \w death|strong="H4194"\w* of \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And the \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*, and all that he \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, and his \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w*, <i>are</i> they not \w written|strong="H3789"\w* in the \w book|strong="H5612"\w* of the \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*?<n>acts: or, words, or, things</n>


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And the \w time|strong="H3117"\w* that \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* over all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* <i>was</i> \w forty|strong="H0705"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.<n>time: Heb. days</n>


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And \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w slept|strong="H7901"\w* with his \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, and was \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* in the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w* his \w father|strong="H0001"\w*: and \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* in his stead.<n>Rehoboam: Gr. Roboam</n><pb/>


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And \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w*: for all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* were \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w* to make him \w king|strong="H4427"\w*.


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And it came to pass, when \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Nebat|strong="H5028"\w*, who was yet in \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* <i>of it</i>, (for he was \w fled|strong="H1272"\w* from the \w presence|strong="H6440"\w* of \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*, and \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* in \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*;)


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That they \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* and \w called|strong="H7121"\w* him. And \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* and all the \w congregation|strong="H6951"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w*, and \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* unto \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,


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Thy \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w made|strong="H7185"\w* our \w yoke|strong="H5923"\w* \w grievous|strong="H7185"\w*: now therefore make thou the \w grievous|strong="H7186"\w* \w service|strong="H5656"\w* of thy \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, and his \w heavy|strong="H3515"\w* \w yoke|strong="H5923"\w* which he \w put|strong="H5414"\w* upon us, \w lighter|strong="H7043"\w*, and we will \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* thee.


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, \w Depart|strong="H3212"\w* yet <i>for</i> \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, then come \w again|strong="H7725"\w* to me. And the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w departed|strong="H3212"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w* \w consulted|strong="H3289"\w* with the old \w men|strong="H2205"\w*, that \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* his \w father|strong="H0001"\w* while he yet \w lived|strong="H2416"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, How do ye \w advise|strong="H3289"\w* that I \w may|strong="H7725"\w* \w answer|strong="H1697"\w* this \w people|strong="H5971"\w*?


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And they \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* unto him, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, If thou wilt be a \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* unto this \w people|strong="H5971"\w* this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, and wilt \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* them, and \w answer|strong="H6030"\w* them, and \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* to them, then they will be thy \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* for \w ever|strong="H3117"\w*.


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But he \w forsook|strong="H5800"\w* the \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w* of the old \w men|strong="H2205"\w*, which they had \w given|strong="H3289"\w* him, and \w consulted|strong="H3289"\w* with the young \w men|strong="H3206"\w* that were grown \w up|strong="H1431"\w* with him, <i>and</i> which \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* him:


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, What counsel \w give|strong="H3289"\w* ye that we \w may|strong="H7725"\w* \w answer|strong="H1697"\w* this \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, who have \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* to me, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Make|strong="H7043"\w* the \w yoke|strong="H5923"\w* which thy \w father|strong="H0001"\w* did \w put|strong="H5414"\w* upon us \w lighter|strong="H7043"\w*?


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And the young \w men|strong="H3206"\w* that were grown \w up|strong="H1431"\w* with him \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* unto him, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Thus shalt thou \w speak|strong="H0559"\w* unto this \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* unto thee, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Thy \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w made|strong="H3513"\w* our \w yoke|strong="H5923"\w* \w heavy|strong="H3513"\w*, but make thou <i>it</i> \w lighter|strong="H7043"\w* unto us; thus shalt thou \w say|strong="H1696"\w* unto them, My \w little|strong="H6995"\w* <i>finger</i> shall be \w thicker|strong="H5666"\w* than my \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w loins|strong="H4975"\w*.


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And now whereas my \w father|strong="H0001"\w* did \w lade|strong="H6006"\w* you with a \w heavy|strong="H3515"\w* \w yoke|strong="H5923"\w*, I will \w add|strong="H3254"\w* to your \w yoke|strong="H5923"\w*: my \w father|strong="H0001"\w* hath \w chastised|strong="H3256"\w* you with \w whips|strong="H7752"\w*, but I will \w chastise|strong="H3256"\w* you with \w scorpions|strong="H6137"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ So \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* and all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w* the \w third|strong="H7992"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, as the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* had \w appointed|strong="H1696"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Come to me \w again|strong="H7725"\w* the \w third|strong="H7992"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.


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And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w roughly|strong="H7186"\w*, and \w forsook|strong="H5800"\w* the old \w men’s|strong="H2205"\w* \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w* that they \w gave|strong="H3289"\w* him;<n>roughly: Heb. hardly</n>


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And \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* to them after the \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w* of the young \w men|strong="H3206"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, My \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w made|strong="H3513"\w* your \w yoke|strong="H5923"\w* \w heavy|strong="H3513"\w*, and I will \w add|strong="H3254"\w* to your \w yoke|strong="H5923"\w*: my \w father|strong="H0001"\w* <i>also</i> \w chastised|strong="H3256"\w* you with \w whips|strong="H7752"\w*, but I will \w chastise|strong="H3256"\w* you with \w scorpions|strong="H6137"\w*.


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Wherefore the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w hearkened|strong="H8085"\w* not unto the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*; for the \w cause|strong="H5438"\w* was from the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, that he might \w perform|strong="H6965"\w* his \w saying|strong="H1697"\w*, which the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w Ahijah|strong="H0281"\w* the \w Shilonite|strong="H7888"\w* unto \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Nebat|strong="H5028"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ \w So|strong="H7725"\w* when all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* that the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w hearkened|strong="H8085"\w* not unto them, the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w answered|strong="H1697"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, What \w portion|strong="H2506"\w* have we in \w David|strong="H1732"\w*? neither <i>have we</i> \w inheritance|strong="H5159"\w* in the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jesse|strong="H3448"\w*: to your \w tents|strong="H0168"\w*, O \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: now \w see|strong="H7200"\w* to thine own \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w David|strong="H1732"\w*. So \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w departed|strong="H3212"\w* unto their \w tents|strong="H0168"\w*.


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But <i>as for</i> the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* which \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* in the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* over them.


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Then \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w Adoram|strong="H0151"\w*, who <i>was</i> over the \w tribute|strong="H4522"\w*; and all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w stoned|strong="H7275"\w* him with \w stones|strong="H0068"\w*, that he \w died|strong="H4191"\w*. Therefore \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w* made \w speed|strong="H0553"\w* to get him \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to his \w chariot|strong="H4818"\w*, to \w flee|strong="H5127"\w* to \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.<n>made…: Heb. strengthened himself</n>


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So \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w rebelled|strong="H6586"\w* against the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w* unto this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.<n>rebelled: or, fell away</n>


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And it came to pass, when all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* that \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* was come \w again|strong="H7725"\w*, that they \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* and \w called|strong="H7121"\w* him unto the \w congregation|strong="H5712"\w*, and made him \w king|strong="H4427"\w* over all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: there was none that \w followed|strong="H0310"\w* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w but|strong="H2108"\w* the \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* only.<pb/>


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¶ And when \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w* was \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, he \w assembled|strong="H6950"\w* all the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, with the \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*, an \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* and \w fourscore|strong="H8084"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* chosen \w men|strong="H0977"\w*, which were \w warriors|strong="H6213"\w*, to \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* against the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, to \w bring|strong="H7725"\w* the \w kingdom|strong="H4410"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w* to \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*.


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But the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* came unto \w Shemaiah|strong="H8098"\w* the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,


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\w Speak|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*, \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and unto all the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* and \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*, and to the \w remnant|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,


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Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, Ye shall not go \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, nor \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* against your \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w* the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: \w return|strong="H7725"\w* every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* to his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*; for this \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* \w is|strong="H1961"\w* from me. They \w hearkened|strong="H8085"\w* therefore to the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* to \w depart|strong="H3212"\w*, according to the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<pb/>


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¶ Then \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w* in \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*, and \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* therein; and went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* from thence, and \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w Penuel|strong="H6439"\w*.


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And \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* in his \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*, Now shall the \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* to the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*:


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If this \w people|strong="H5971"\w* go \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\w* in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* at \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, then shall the \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* of this \w people|strong="H5971"\w* turn \w again|strong="H7725"\w* unto their \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*, <i>even</i> unto \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and they shall \w kill|strong="H2026"\w* me, and go \w again|strong="H7725"\w* to \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.


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Whereupon the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* took \w counsel|strong="H3289"\w*, and \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w calves|strong="H5695"\w* <i>of</i> \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, It is too \w much|strong="H7227"\w* for you to go \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*: behold thy \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*, O \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, which brought thee \w up|strong="H5927"\w* out of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.


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And he \w set|strong="H7760"\w* the \w one|strong="H0259"\w* in \w Beth-el|strong="H1008"\w*, and the \w other|strong="H0259"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* he in \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w*.


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And this \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* became a \w sin|strong="H2403"\w*: for the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* <i>to worship</i> \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w one|strong="H0259"\w*, <i>even</i> unto \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w*.


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And he \w made|strong="H6213"\w* an \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of high \w places|strong="H1116"\w*, and \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* of the \w lowest|strong="H7098"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, which were not of the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Levi|strong="H3878"\w*.


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And \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w ordained|strong="H6213"\w* a \w feast|strong="H2282"\w* in the \w eighth|strong="H8066"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w*, on the \w fifteenth|strong="H2568"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of the \w month|strong="H2320"\w*, like unto the \w feast|strong="H2282"\w* that <i>is</i> in \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and he \w offered|strong="H5927"\w* upon the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*. So \w did|strong="H6213"\w* he in \w Beth-el|strong="H1008"\w*, \w sacrificing|strong="H2076"\w* unto the \w calves|strong="H5695"\w* that he had \w made|strong="H6213"\w*: and he \w placed|strong="H5975"\w* in \w Beth-el|strong="H1008"\w* the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* of the high \w places|strong="H1116"\w* which he had \w made|strong="H6213"\w*.<n>offered…: or, went up to the altar, etc</n><n>sacrificing: or, to sacrifice</n>


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So he \w offered|strong="H5927"\w* upon the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* which he had \w made|strong="H6213"\w* in \w Beth-el|strong="H1008"\w* the \w fifteenth|strong="H2568"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of the \w eighth|strong="H8066"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w*, <i>even</i> in the \w month|strong="H2320"\w* which he had \w devised|strong="H0908"\w* of his own \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*; and \w ordained|strong="H6213"\w* a \w feast|strong="H2282"\w* unto the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: and he \w offered|strong="H5927"\w* upon the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*, and burnt \w incense|strong="H6999"\w*.<n>offered…: or, went up to the altar, etc</n><n>and burnt…: Heb. to burn incense</n><pb/>


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And, behold, there \w came|strong="H0935"\w* a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* out of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* by the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* unto \w Beth-el|strong="H1008"\w*: and \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* by the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* to burn \w incense|strong="H6999"\w*.<n>burn: or, offer</n>


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And he \w cried|strong="H7121"\w* against the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* in the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, O \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*, \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*, thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; Behold, a \w child|strong="H1121"\w* shall be \w born|strong="H3205"\w* unto the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* by \w name|strong="H8034"\w*; and upon thee shall he \w offer|strong="H2076"\w* the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* of the high \w places|strong="H1116"\w* that burn \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* upon thee, and \w men’s|strong="H0120"\w* \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* shall be \w burnt|strong="H8313"\w* upon thee.


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And he \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* a \w sign|strong="H4159"\w* the same \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, This <i>is</i> the \w sign|strong="H4159"\w* which the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w*; Behold, the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* shall be \w rent|strong="H7167"\w*, and the \w ashes|strong="H1880"\w* that <i>are</i> upon it shall be poured \w out|strong="H8210"\w*.


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And it came to pass, when \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* the \w saying|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, which had \w cried|strong="H7121"\w* against the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* in \w Beth-el|strong="H1008"\w*, that he put \w forth|strong="H7971"\w* his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* from the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Lay \w hold|strong="H8610"\w* on him. And his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, which he put \w forth|strong="H7971"\w* against him, dried \w up|strong="H3001"\w*, so that he \w could|strong="H3201"\w* not pull it in \w again|strong="H7725"\w* to him.


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The \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* also was \w rent|strong="H7167"\w*, and the \w ashes|strong="H1880"\w* poured \w out|strong="H8210"\w* from the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*, according to the \w sign|strong="H4159"\w* which the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* had \w given|strong="H5414"\w* by the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w Intreat|strong="H2470"\w* now the \w face|strong="H6440"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* thy \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, and \w pray|strong="H6419"\w* for me, that my \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* may be restored me \w again|strong="H7725"\w*. And the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w besought|strong="H2470"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* was restored him \w again|strong="H7725"\w*, and became as <i>it was</i> \w before|strong="H7223"\w*.<n>the  [[ LORD]][[*, and: Heb. the face of the ]][[ LORD]][[*, etc]]</n>


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And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* unto the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w Come|strong="H0935"\w* \w home|strong="H1004"\w* with me, and \w refresh|strong="H5582"\w* thyself, and I will \w give|strong="H5414"\w* thee a \w reward|strong="H4991"\w*.


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And the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, If thou wilt \w give|strong="H5414"\w* me \w half|strong="H2677"\w* thine \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, I will not go \w in|strong="H0935"\w* with thee, neither will I \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* nor \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* in this \w place|strong="H4725"\w*:


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For so was it \w charged|strong="H6680"\w* me by the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Eat|strong="H0398"\w* no \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*, nor \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*, nor turn \w again|strong="H7725"\w* by the same \w way|strong="H1870"\w* that thou \w camest|strong="H1980"\w*.


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So he \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w another|strong="H0312"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w*, and \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* not by the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* that he \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Beth-el|strong="H1008"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Now there \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* \w an|strong="H0259"\w* \w old|strong="H2205"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* in \w Beth-el|strong="H1008"\w*; and his \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* and \w told|strong="H5608"\w* him all the \w works|strong="H4639"\w* that the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* had \w done|strong="H6213"\w* that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* in \w Beth-el|strong="H1008"\w*: the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* which he had \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, them they \w told|strong="H5608"\w* also to their \w father|strong="H0001"\w*.


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And their \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* unto them, What \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w went|strong="H1980"\w* he? For his \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* had \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w what|strong="H0335"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w went|strong="H1980"\w*, which \w came|strong="H0935"\w* from \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto his \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, \w Saddle|strong="H2280"\w* me the \w ass|strong="H2543"\w*. So they \w saddled|strong="H2280"\w* him the \w ass|strong="H2543"\w*: and he \w rode|strong="H7392"\w* thereon,


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And \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, and \w found|strong="H4672"\w* him \w sitting|strong="H3427"\w* under an \w oak|strong="H0424"\w*: and he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, <i>Art</i> thou the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* that \w camest|strong="H0935"\w* from \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*? And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I <i>am</i>.


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Then he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w Come|strong="H3212"\w* \w home|strong="H1004"\w* with me, and \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*.


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I \w may|strong="H3201"\w* not \w return|strong="H7725"\w* with thee, nor go \w in|strong="H0935"\w* with thee: neither will I \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* nor \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* with thee in this \w place|strong="H4725"\w*:


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For it was \w said|strong="H1697"\w* to me by the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, Thou shalt \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* no \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* nor \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* there, nor turn \w again|strong="H7725"\w* to \w go|strong="H3212"\w* by the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* that thou \w camest|strong="H1980"\w*.<n>it…: Heb. a word was</n>


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He \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, I <i>am</i> a \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* also as thou <i>art;</i> and an \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* unto me by the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Bring him \w back|strong="H7725"\w* with thee into thine \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, that he may \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* and \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*. <i>But</i> he \w lied|strong="H3584"\w* unto him.


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So he went \w back|strong="H7725"\w* with him, and did \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* in his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and \w drank|strong="H8354"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And it came to pass, as they \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* at the \w table|strong="H7979"\w*, that the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* came unto the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* that brought him \w back|strong="H7725"\w*:


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And he \w cried|strong="H7121"\w* unto the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* that \w came|strong="H0935"\w* from \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, Forasmuch \w as|strong="H3282"\w* thou hast \w disobeyed|strong="H4784"\w* the \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and hast not \w kept|strong="H8104"\w* the \w commandment|strong="H4687"\w* which the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* thy \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* thee,


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But camest \w back|strong="H7725"\w*, and hast \w eaten|strong="H0398"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* and \w drunk|strong="H8354"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* in the \w place|strong="H4725"\w*, of the which <i>the Lord</i> did \w say|strong="H1696"\w* to thee, \w Eat|strong="H0398"\w* no \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*, and \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* no \w water|strong="H4325"\w*; thy \w carcase|strong="H5038"\w* shall not \w come|strong="H0935"\w* unto the \w sepulchre|strong="H6913"\w* of thy \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And it came to pass, \w after|strong="H0310"\w* he had \w eaten|strong="H0398"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*, and \w after|strong="H0310"\w* he had \w drunk|strong="H8354"\w*, that he \w saddled|strong="H2280"\w* for him the \w ass|strong="H2543"\w*, <i>to wit</i>, for the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* whom he had brought \w back|strong="H7725"\w*.


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And when he was \w gone|strong="H3212"\w*, a \w lion|strong="H0738"\w* \w met|strong="H4672"\w* him by the \w way|strong="H1870"\w*, and \w slew|strong="H4191"\w* him: and his \w carcase|strong="H5038"\w* was \w cast|strong="H7993"\w* in the \w way|strong="H1870"\w*, and the \w ass|strong="H2543"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w by|strong="H0681"\w* it, the \w lion|strong="H0738"\w* also \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* by the \w carcase|strong="H5038"\w*.


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And, behold, \w men|strong="H0582"\w* passed \w by|strong="H5674"\w*, and \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* the \w carcase|strong="H5038"\w* \w cast|strong="H7993"\w* in the \w way|strong="H1870"\w*, and the \w lion|strong="H0738"\w* \w standing|strong="H5975"\w* \w by|strong="H0681"\w* the \w carcase|strong="H5038"\w*: and they \w came|strong="H0935"\w* and \w told|strong="H1696"\w* <i>it</i> in the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* where the \w old|strong="H2205"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w*.


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And when the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* that brought him \w back|strong="H7725"\w* from the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* <i>thereof</i>, he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, It <i>is</i> the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, who was \w disobedient|strong="H4784"\w* unto the \w word|strong="H6310"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*: therefore the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* him unto the \w lion|strong="H0738"\w*, which hath \w torn|strong="H7665"\w* him, and \w slain|strong="H4191"\w* him, according to the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, which he \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* unto him.<n>torn: Heb. broken</n>


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And he \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* to his \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Saddle|strong="H2280"\w* me the \w ass|strong="H2543"\w*. And they \w saddled|strong="H2280"\w* <i>him</i>.


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And he \w went|strong="H3212"\w* and \w found|strong="H4672"\w* his \w carcase|strong="H5038"\w* \w cast|strong="H7993"\w* in the \w way|strong="H1870"\w*, and the \w ass|strong="H2543"\w* and the \w lion|strong="H0738"\w* \w standing|strong="H5975"\w* \w by|strong="H0681"\w* the \w carcase|strong="H5038"\w*: the \w lion|strong="H0738"\w* had not \w eaten|strong="H0398"\w* the \w carcase|strong="H5038"\w*, nor \w torn|strong="H7665"\w* the \w ass|strong="H2543"\w*.<n>torn: Heb. broken</n>


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And the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* took \w up|strong="H5375"\w* the \w carcase|strong="H5038"\w* of the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, and \w laid|strong="H3240"\w* it upon the \w ass|strong="H2543"\w*, and brought it \w back|strong="H7725"\w*: and the \w old|strong="H2205"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, to \w mourn|strong="H5594"\w* and to \w bury|strong="H6912"\w* him.


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And he \w laid|strong="H3240"\w* his \w carcase|strong="H5038"\w* in his own \w grave|strong="H6913"\w*; and they \w mourned|strong="H5594"\w* over him, <i>saying</i>, \w Alas|strong="H1945"\w*, my \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*!


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And it came to pass, \w after|strong="H0310"\w* he had \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* him, that he \w spake|strong="H0559"\w* to his \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, When I am \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*, then \w bury|strong="H6912"\w* me in the \w sepulchre|strong="H6913"\w* wherein the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* <i>is</i> \w buried|strong="H6912"\w*; \w lay|strong="H3240"\w* my \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* \w beside|strong="H0681"\w* his \w bones|strong="H6106"\w*:


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For the \w saying|strong="H1697"\w* which he \w cried|strong="H7121"\w* by the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* against the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* in \w Beth-el|strong="H1008"\w*, and against all the \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* of the high \w places|strong="H1116"\w* which <i>are</i> in the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* of \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, shall surely come to pass.<pb/>


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¶ \w After|strong="H0310"\w* this \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* not from his \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w*, but \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w* of the \w lowest|strong="H7098"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* of the high \w places|strong="H1116"\w*: whosoever \w would|strong="H2655"\w*, he \w consecrated|strong="H4390"\w* him, and he became <i>one</i> of the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* of the high \w places|strong="H1116"\w*.<n>made…: Heb. returned and made</n><n>consecrated…: Heb. filled his hand</n>


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And this \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* became \w sin|strong="H2403"\w* unto the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w*, even to cut <i>it</i> \w off|strong="H3582"\w*, and to \w destroy|strong="H8045"\w* <i>it</i> from off the \w face|strong="H6440"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0127"\w*.<pb/>


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At that \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w Abijah|strong="H0029"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* fell \w sick|strong="H2470"\w*.


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And \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to his \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*, \w Arise|strong="H6965"\w*, I pray thee, and \w disguise|strong="H8138"\w* thyself, that thou be not \w known|strong="H3045"\w* to be the \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* of \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w*; and \w get|strong="H1980"\w* thee to \w Shiloh|strong="H7887"\w*: behold, there <i>is</i> \w Ahijah|strong="H0281"\w* the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w*, which \w told|strong="H1696"\w* me that <i>I should be</i> \w king|strong="H4428"\w* over this \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.


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And \w take|strong="H3947"\w* with \w thee|strong="H3027"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w loaves|strong="H3899"\w*, and \w cracknels|strong="H5350"\w*, and a \w cruse|strong="H1228"\w* of \w honey|strong="H1706"\w*, and \w go|strong="H0935"\w* to him: he shall \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* thee what shall become of the \w child|strong="H5288"\w*.<n>with…: Heb. in thine hand</n><n>cracknels: or, cakes</n><n>cruse: or, bottle</n>


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And \w Jeroboam’s|strong="H3379"\w* \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* did \w so|strong="H6213"\w*, and \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to \w Shiloh|strong="H7887"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Ahijah|strong="H0281"\w*. But \w Ahijah|strong="H0281"\w* \w could|strong="H3201"\w* not \w see|strong="H7200"\w*; for his \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* were \w set|strong="H6965"\w* by reason of his \w age|strong="H7869"\w*.<n>were…: Heb. stood for his hoariness</n><pb/>


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¶ And the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Ahijah|strong="H0281"\w*, Behold, the \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* of \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w cometh|strong="H0935"\w* to \w ask|strong="H1875"\w* a \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* of thee for her \w son|strong="H1121"\w*; for he <i>is</i> \w sick|strong="H2470"\w*: \w thus|strong="H2090"\w* and thus shalt thou \w say|strong="H1696"\w* unto her: for it shall be, when she cometh \w in|strong="H0935"\w*, that she shall feign herself <i>to be</i> \w another|strong="H5234"\w* <i>woman</i>.


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And it was <i>so</i>, when \w Ahijah|strong="H0281"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* the \w sound|strong="H6963"\w* of her \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*, as she came \w in|strong="H0935"\w* at the \w door|strong="H6607"\w*, that he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Come \w in|strong="H0935"\w*, thou \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* of \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w*; why feignest thou thyself <i>to be</i> \w another|strong="H5234"\w*? for I <i>am</i> \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* to thee <i>with</i> \w heavy|strong="H7186"\w* <i>tidings</i>.<n>heavy: Heb. hard</n><pb/>


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\w Go|strong="H3212"\w*, \w tell|strong="H0559"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w*, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, Forasmuch \w as|strong="H3282"\w* I \w exalted|strong="H7311"\w* thee from \w among|strong="H8432"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, and \w made|strong="H5414"\w* thee \w prince|strong="H5057"\w* over my \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*,


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And \w rent|strong="H7167"\w* the \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w* \w away|strong="H7167"\w* from the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, and \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* it thee: and <i>yet</i> thou hast not been as my \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, who \w kept|strong="H8104"\w* my \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w*, and who \w followed|strong="H1980"\w* me with all his \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*, to \w do|strong="H6213"\w* <i>that</i> only <i>which was</i> \w right|strong="H3477"\w* in mine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*;


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But hast \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7489"\w* above all that were \w before|strong="H6440"\w* thee: for thou hast \w gone|strong="H3212"\w* and \w made|strong="H6213"\w* thee \w other|strong="H0312"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*, and molten \w images|strong="H4541"\w*, to provoke me to \w anger|strong="H3707"\w*, and hast \w cast|strong="H7993"\w* me \w behind|strong="H0310"\w* thy \w back|strong="H1458"\w*:


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Therefore, behold, I will \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* upon the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w*, and will cut \w off|strong="H3772"\w* from \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* him that \w pisseth|strong="H8366"\w* against the \w wall|strong="H7023"\w*, <i>and</i> him that is shut \w up|strong="H6113"\w* and \w left|strong="H5800"\w* in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and will take \w away|strong="H1197"\w* the \w remnant|strong="H0310"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w*, as a man taketh \w away|strong="H1197"\w* \w dung|strong="H1557"\w*, till it be all \w gone|strong="H8552"\w*.


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Him that \w dieth|strong="H4191"\w* of \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* in the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* shall the \w dogs|strong="H3611"\w* \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*; and him that \w dieth|strong="H4191"\w* in the \w field|strong="H7704"\w* shall the \w fowls|strong="H5775"\w* of the \w air|strong="H8064"\w* \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*: for the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* <i>it</i>.


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\w Arise|strong="H6965"\w* thou therefore, \w get|strong="H3212"\w* thee to thine own \w house|strong="H1004"\w*: <i>and</i> when thy \w feet|strong="H7272"\w* \w enter|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, the \w child|strong="H3206"\w* shall \w die|strong="H4191"\w*.


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And all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* shall \w mourn|strong="H5594"\w* for him, and \w bury|strong="H6912"\w* him: for he only of \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* shall \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w grave|strong="H6913"\w*, because in him there is \w found|strong="H4672"\w* <i>some</i> \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* toward the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w*.


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Moreover the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* shall raise him \w up|strong="H6965"\w* a \w king|strong="H4428"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, who shall cut \w off|strong="H3772"\w* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* that \w day|strong="H3117"\w*: but what? even now.


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For the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* shall \w smite|strong="H5221"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, as a \w reed|strong="H7070"\w* is \w shaken|strong="H5110"\w* in the \w water|strong="H4325"\w*, and he shall root \w up|strong="H5428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* out of this \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w land|strong="H0127"\w*, which he \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* to their \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, and shall \w scatter|strong="H2219"\w* them \w beyond|strong="H5676"\w* the \w river|strong="H5104"\w*, because they have \w made|strong="H6213"\w* their \w groves|strong="H0842"\w*, provoking the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* to \w anger|strong="H3707"\w*.


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And he shall \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w up|strong="H5414"\w* \w because|strong="H1558"\w* of the \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* of \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w*, who did \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*, and who made \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* to \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And \w Jeroboam’s|strong="H3379"\w* \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and \w departed|strong="H3212"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Tirzah|strong="H8656"\w*: <i>and</i> when she \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w threshold|strong="H5592"\w* of the \w door|strong="H1004"\w*, the \w child|strong="H5288"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*;


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And they \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* him; and all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w mourned|strong="H5594"\w* for him, according to the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, which he \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* by the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of his \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Ahijah|strong="H0281"\w* the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w*.


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And the \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w*, how he \w warred|strong="H3898"\w*, and how he \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w*, behold, they <i>are</i> \w written|strong="H3789"\w* in the \w book|strong="H5612"\w* of the \w chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.


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And the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* which \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* <i>were</i> \w two|strong="H8147"\w* and \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*: and he \w slept|strong="H7901"\w* with his \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, and \w Nadab|strong="H5070"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* in his stead.<n>slept: Heb. lay down</n><pb/>


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¶ And \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* in \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*. \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w* <i>was</i> \w forty|strong="H0705"\w* and \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* when he began to \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*, and he \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w seventeen|strong="H7651"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* which the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* did \w choose|strong="H0977"\w* out of all the \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, to \w put|strong="H7760"\w* his \w name|strong="H8034"\w* there. And his \w mother’s|strong="H0517"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* <i>was</i> \w Naamah|strong="H5279"\w* an \w Ammonitess|strong="H5985"\w*.


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And \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and they provoked him to \w jealousy|strong="H7065"\w* with their \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* which they had \w committed|strong="H2398"\w*, above all that their \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* had \w done|strong="H6213"\w*.


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For they also \w built|strong="H1129"\w* them high \w places|strong="H1116"\w*, and \w images|strong="H4676"\w*, and \w groves|strong="H0842"\w*, on every \w high|strong="H1364"\w* \w hill|strong="H1389"\w*, and under every \w green|strong="H7488"\w* \w tree|strong="H6086"\w*.<n>images: or, standing images, or, statues</n>


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And there were also \w sodomites|strong="H6945"\w* in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*: <i>and</i> they \w did|strong="H6213"\w* according to all the \w abominations|strong="H8441"\w* of the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* which the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* cast \w out|strong="H3423"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And it came to pass in the \w fifth|strong="H2549"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w*, <i>that</i> \w Shishak|strong="H7895"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* came \w up|strong="H5927"\w* against \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*:


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And he took \w away|strong="H3947"\w* the \w treasures|strong="H0214"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and the \w treasures|strong="H0214"\w* of the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*; he even took \w away|strong="H3947"\w* all: and he took \w away|strong="H3947"\w* all the \w shields|strong="H4043"\w* of \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* which \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* had \w made|strong="H6213"\w*.


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And \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* in their stead \w brasen|strong="H5178"\w* \w shields|strong="H4043"\w*, and \w committed|strong="H6485"\w* <i>them</i> unto the \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w chief|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w guard|strong="H7323"\w*, which \w kept|strong="H8104"\w* the \w door|strong="H6607"\w* of the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.<n>guard: Heb. runners</n>


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And it was <i>so</i>, \w when|strong="H1767"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, that the \w guard|strong="H7323"\w* \w bare|strong="H5375"\w* them, and brought them \w back|strong="H7725"\w* into the \w guard|strong="H7323"\w* \w chamber|strong="H8372"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Now the \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w*, and all that he \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, <i>are</i> they not \w written|strong="H3789"\w* in the \w book|strong="H5612"\w* of the \w chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*?


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And there was \w war|strong="H4421"\w* between \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w* and \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* all <i>their</i> \w days|strong="H3117"\w*.


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And \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w* \w slept|strong="H7901"\w* with his \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, and was \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* with his \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* in the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*. And his \w mother’s|strong="H0517"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* <i>was</i> \w Naamah|strong="H5279"\w* an \w Ammonitess|strong="H5985"\w*. And \w Abijam|strong="H0038"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* in his stead.<n>Abijam: also called, Abijah: Gr. Abia</n><pb/>


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Now in the \w eighteenth|strong="H8083"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Nebat|strong="H5028"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w Abijam|strong="H0038"\w* over \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.


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\w Three|strong="H7969"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* he in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. And his \w mother’s|strong="H0517"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* <i>was</i> \w Maachah|strong="H4601"\w*, the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Abishalom|strong="H0053"\w*.<n>Maachah…: also called, Michaiah the daughter of Uriel</n><n>Abishalom: also called, Absalom</n>


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And he \w walked|strong="H3212"\w* in all the \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* of his \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, which he had \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* him: and his \w heart|strong="H3824"\w* was not \w perfect|strong="H8003"\w* with the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* his \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, as the \w heart|strong="H3824"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w* his \w father|strong="H0001"\w*.


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Nevertheless for \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* sake did the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* his \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* him a \w lamp|strong="H5216"\w* in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, to set \w up|strong="H6965"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* him, and to \w establish|strong="H5975"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*:<n>lamp: or, candle</n>


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Because \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* <i>that which was</i> \w right|strong="H3477"\w* in the \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and turned not \w aside|strong="H5493"\w* from any <i>thing</i> that he \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* him all the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of his \w life|strong="H2416"\w*, save only in the \w matter|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Uriah|strong="H0223"\w* the \w Hittite|strong="H2850"\w*.


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And there was \w war|strong="H4421"\w* between \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w* and \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* all the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of his \w life|strong="H2416"\w*.


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Now the \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Abijam|strong="H0038"\w*, and all that he \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, <i>are</i> they not \w written|strong="H3789"\w* in the \w book|strong="H5612"\w* of the \w chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*? And there was \w war|strong="H4421"\w* between \w Abijam|strong="H0038"\w* and \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w*.


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And \w Abijam|strong="H0038"\w* \w slept|strong="H7901"\w* with his \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*; and they \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* him in the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*: and \w Asa|strong="H0609"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* in his stead.<pb/>


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¶ And in the \w twentieth|strong="H6242"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w Asa|strong="H0609"\w* over \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.


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And \w forty|strong="H0705"\w* and \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* he in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. And his \w mother’s|strong="H0517"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* <i>was</i> \w Maachah|strong="H4601"\w*, the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Abishalom|strong="H0053"\w*.<n>mother’s: that is, grandmother’s</n>


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And \w Asa|strong="H0609"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* <i>that which was</i> \w right|strong="H3477"\w* in the \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, as <i>did</i> \w David|strong="H1732"\w* his \w father|strong="H0001"\w*.


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And he took \w away|strong="H5674"\w* the \w sodomites|strong="H6945"\w* out of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, and \w removed|strong="H5493"\w* all the \w idols|strong="H1544"\w* that his \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* had \w made|strong="H6213"\w*.


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And also \w Maachah|strong="H4601"\w* his \w mother|strong="H0517"\w*, even her he \w removed|strong="H5493"\w* from <i>being</i> \w queen|strong="H1377"\w*, because she had \w made|strong="H6213"\w* an \w idol|strong="H4656"\w* in a \w grove|strong="H0842"\w*; and \w Asa|strong="H0609"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H3772"\w* her \w idol|strong="H4656"\w*, and \w burnt|strong="H8313"\w* <i>it</i> by the \w brook|strong="H5158"\w* \w Kidron|strong="H6939"\w*.<n>destroyed: Heb. cut off</n>


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But the high \w places|strong="H1116"\w* were not \w removed|strong="H5493"\w*: nevertheless \w Asa’s|strong="H0609"\w* \w heart|strong="H3824"\w* was \w perfect|strong="H8003"\w* with the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* all his \w days|strong="H3117"\w*.


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And he \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* in the \w things|strong="H6944"\w* which his \w father|strong="H0001"\w* had \w dedicated|strong="H6944"\w*, and the things which himself had \w dedicated|strong="H6944"\w*, into the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, and \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, and \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w*.<n>things: Heb. holy</n><pb/>


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¶ And there was \w war|strong="H4421"\w* between \w Asa|strong="H0609"\w* and \w Baasha|strong="H1201"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* all their \w days|strong="H3117"\w*.


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And \w Baasha|strong="H1201"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* against \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w Ramah|strong="H7414"\w*, that he might not \w suffer|strong="H5414"\w* any to go \w out|strong="H3318"\w* or come \w in|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Asa|strong="H0609"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.


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Then \w Asa|strong="H0609"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* all the \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* and the \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* <i>that were</i> \w left|strong="H3498"\w* in the \w treasures|strong="H0214"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and the \w treasures|strong="H0214"\w* of the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* them into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*: and \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Asa|strong="H0609"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* them to \w Ben-hadad|strong="H1130"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Tabrimon|strong="H2886"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Hezion|strong="H2383"\w*, \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w*, that \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* at \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,


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<i>There is</i> a \w league|strong="H1285"\w* between me and thee, <i>and</i> between my \w father|strong="H0001"\w* and thy \w father|strong="H0001"\w*: behold, I have \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* unto thee a \w present|strong="H7810"\w* of \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* and \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*; \w come|strong="H3212"\w* and \w break|strong="H6565"\w* thy \w league|strong="H1285"\w* with \w Baasha|strong="H1201"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, that he may \w depart|strong="H5927"\w* from me.<n>depart: Heb. go up</n>


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So \w Ben-hadad|strong="H1130"\w* \w hearkened|strong="H8085"\w* unto \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Asa|strong="H0609"\w*, and \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* the \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w hosts|strong="H2428"\w* which he had against the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* \w Ijon|strong="H5859"\w*, and \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w*, and \w Abel-beth-maachah|strong="H0062"\w*, and all \w Cinneroth|strong="H3672"\w*, with all the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Naphtali|strong="H5321"\w*.


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And it came to pass, when \w Baasha|strong="H1201"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* <i>thereof</i>, that he left \w off|strong="H2308"\w* \w building|strong="H1129"\w* of \w Ramah|strong="H7414"\w*, and \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* in \w Tirzah|strong="H8656"\w*.


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Then \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Asa|strong="H0609"\w* made a \w proclamation|strong="H8085"\w* throughout all \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*; none <i>was</i> \w exempted|strong="H5355"\w*: and they \w took|strong="H5375"\w* away the \w stones|strong="H0068"\w* of \w Ramah|strong="H7414"\w*, and the \w timber|strong="H6086"\w* thereof, wherewith \w Baasha|strong="H1201"\w* had \w builded|strong="H1129"\w*; and \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Asa|strong="H0609"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* with them \w Geba|strong="H1387"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*, and \w Mizpah|strong="H4709"\w*.<n>exempted: Heb. free</n>


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The \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* of all the \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Asa|strong="H0609"\w*, and all his \w might|strong="H1369"\w*, and all that he \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, and the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* which he \w built|strong="H1129"\w*, <i>are</i> they not \w written|strong="H3789"\w* in the \w book|strong="H5612"\w* of the \w chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*? Nevertheless in the \w time|strong="H6256"\w* of his old \w age|strong="H2209"\w* he was \w diseased|strong="H2470"\w* in his \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*.


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And \w Asa|strong="H0609"\w* \w slept|strong="H7901"\w* with his \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, and was \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* with his \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* in the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w* his \w father|strong="H0001"\w*: and \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* in his stead.<n>Jehoshaphat: Gr. Josaphat</n><pb/>


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¶ And \w Nadab|strong="H5070"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* began to \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* in the \w second|strong="H8147"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Asa|strong="H0609"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.<n>began…: Heb. reigned</n>


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And he \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and \w walked|strong="H3212"\w* in the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of his \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, and in his \w sin|strong="H2403"\w* wherewith he made \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* to \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And \w Baasha|strong="H1201"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ahijah|strong="H0281"\w*, of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Issachar|strong="H3485"\w*, \w conspired|strong="H7194"\w* against him; and \w Baasha|strong="H1201"\w* \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* him at \w Gibbethon|strong="H1405"\w*, which <i>belonged</i> to the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*; for \w Nadab|strong="H5070"\w* and all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* laid \w siege|strong="H6696"\w* to \w Gibbethon|strong="H1405"\w*.


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Even in the \w third|strong="H7969"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Asa|strong="H0609"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* did \w Baasha|strong="H1201"\w* \w slay|strong="H4191"\w* him, and \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* in his stead.


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And it came to pass, when he \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w*, <i>that</i> he \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* all the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w*; he \w left|strong="H7604"\w* not to \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* any that \w breathed|strong="H5397"\w*, until he had \w destroyed|strong="H8045"\w* him, according unto the \w saying|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, which he \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* his \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Ahijah|strong="H0281"\w* the \w Shilonite|strong="H7888"\w*:


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Because of the \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* of \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* which he \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w*, and which he made \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*, by his \w provocation|strong="H3708"\w* wherewith he provoked the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* to \w anger|strong="H3707"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Now the \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Nadab|strong="H5070"\w*, and all that he \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, <i>are</i> they not \w written|strong="H3789"\w* in the \w book|strong="H5612"\w* of the \w chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*?


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And there was \w war|strong="H4421"\w* between \w Asa|strong="H0609"\w* and \w Baasha|strong="H1201"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* all their \w days|strong="H3117"\w*.


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In the \w third|strong="H7969"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Asa|strong="H0609"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* began \w Baasha|strong="H1201"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ahijah|strong="H0281"\w* to \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* over all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* in \w Tirzah|strong="H8656"\w*, \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* and \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.


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And he \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and \w walked|strong="H3212"\w* in the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w*, and in his \w sin|strong="H2403"\w* wherewith he made \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* to \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*.<pb/>


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Then the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* came to \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Hanani|strong="H2607"\w* against \w Baasha|strong="H1201"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,


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Forasmuch as I \w exalted|strong="H7311"\w* thee out of the \w dust|strong="H6083"\w*, and \w made|strong="H5414"\w* thee \w prince|strong="H5057"\w* over my \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; and thou hast \w walked|strong="H3212"\w* in the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w*, and hast made my \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* to \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*, to provoke me to \w anger|strong="H3707"\w* with their \w sins|strong="H2403"\w*;


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Behold, I will take \w away|strong="H1197"\w* the \w posterity|strong="H0310"\w* of \w Baasha|strong="H1201"\w*, and the \w posterity|strong="H0310"\w* of his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*; and will \w make|strong="H5414"\w* thy \w house|strong="H1004"\w* like the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Nebat|strong="H5028"\w*.


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Him that \w dieth|strong="H4191"\w* of \w Baasha|strong="H1201"\w* in the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* shall the \w dogs|strong="H3611"\w* \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*; and him that \w dieth|strong="H4191"\w* of his in the \w fields|strong="H7704"\w* shall the \w fowls|strong="H5775"\w* of the \w air|strong="H8064"\w* \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*.


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Now the \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Baasha|strong="H1201"\w*, and what he \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, and his \w might|strong="H1369"\w*, <i>are</i> they not \w written|strong="H3789"\w* in the \w book|strong="H5612"\w* of the \w chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*?


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So \w Baasha|strong="H1201"\w* \w slept|strong="H7901"\w* with his \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, and was \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* in \w Tirzah|strong="H8656"\w*: and \w Elah|strong="H0425"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* in his stead.


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And also by the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Hanani|strong="H2607"\w* came the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* against \w Baasha|strong="H1201"\w*, and against his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, even for all the \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* that he \w did|strong="H6213"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, in provoking him to \w anger|strong="H3707"\w* with the \w work|strong="H4639"\w* of his \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*, in being like the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w*; and because he \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* him.<pb/>


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¶ In the \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* and \w sixth|strong="H8337"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Asa|strong="H0609"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* began \w Elah|strong="H0425"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Baasha|strong="H1201"\w* to \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* in \w Tirzah|strong="H8656"\w*, two \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.


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And his \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Zimri|strong="H2174"\w*, \w captain|strong="H8269"\w* of \w half|strong="H4276"\w* <i>his</i> \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w*, \w conspired|strong="H7194"\w* against him, as he was in \w Tirzah|strong="H8656"\w*, \w drinking|strong="H8354"\w* himself \w drunk|strong="H7910"\w* in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Arza|strong="H0777"\w* steward of <i>his</i> \w house|strong="H1004"\w* in \w Tirzah|strong="H8656"\w*.<n>steward…: Heb. which was over</n>


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And \w Zimri|strong="H2174"\w* went \w in|strong="H0935"\w* and \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* him, and \w killed|strong="H4191"\w* him, in the \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* and \w seventh|strong="H7651"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Asa|strong="H0609"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* in his stead.<pb/>


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¶ And it came to pass, when he began to \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*, as soon as he \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* on his \w throne|strong="H3678"\w*, <i>that</i> he \w slew|strong="H5221"\w* all the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Baasha|strong="H1201"\w*: he \w left|strong="H7604"\w* him not one that \w pisseth|strong="H8366"\w* against a \w wall|strong="H7023"\w*, neither of his \w kinsfolks|strong="H1350"\w*, nor of his \w friends|strong="H7453"\w*.<n>neither…: or, both his kinsmen and his friends</n>


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Thus did \w Zimri|strong="H2174"\w* \w destroy|strong="H8045"\w* all the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Baasha|strong="H1201"\w*, according to the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, which he \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* against \w Baasha|strong="H1201"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w*,<n>by: Heb. by the hand of</n>


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For all the \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* of \w Baasha|strong="H1201"\w*, and the \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* of \w Elah|strong="H0425"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, by which they \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w*, and by which they made \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* to \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*, in provoking the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* to \w anger|strong="H3707"\w* with their \w vanities|strong="H1892"\w*.


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Now the \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Elah|strong="H0425"\w*, and all that he \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, <i>are</i> they not \w written|strong="H3789"\w* in the \w book|strong="H5612"\w* of the \w chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*?<pb/>


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¶ In the \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* and \w seventh|strong="H7651"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Asa|strong="H0609"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* did \w Zimri|strong="H2174"\w* \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* in \w Tirzah|strong="H8656"\w*. And the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* <i>were</i> \w encamped|strong="H2583"\w* against \w Gibbethon|strong="H1405"\w*, which <i>belonged</i> to the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*.


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And the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* <i>that were</i> \w encamped|strong="H2583"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Zimri|strong="H2174"\w* hath \w conspired|strong="H7194"\w*, and hath also \w slain|strong="H5221"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*: wherefore all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* made \w Omri|strong="H6018"\w*, the \w captain|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w host|strong="H6635"\w*, \w king|strong="H4427"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* in the \w camp|strong="H4264"\w*.


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And \w Omri|strong="H6018"\w* went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* from \w Gibbethon|strong="H1405"\w*, and all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* with him, and they \w besieged|strong="H6696"\w* \w Tirzah|strong="H8656"\w*.


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And it came to pass, when \w Zimri|strong="H2174"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* that the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* was \w taken|strong="H3920"\w*, that he \w went|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w palace|strong="H0759"\w* of the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and \w burnt|strong="H8313"\w* the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* over him with \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*, and \w died|strong="H4191"\w*,


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For his \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* which he \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* in \w doing|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, in \w walking|strong="H3212"\w* in the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w*, and in his \w sin|strong="H2403"\w* which he \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, to make \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* to \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*.


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Now the \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Zimri|strong="H2174"\w*, and his \w treason|strong="H7195"\w* that he \w wrought|strong="H7194"\w*, <i>are</i> they not \w written|strong="H3789"\w* in the \w book|strong="H5612"\w* of the \w chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*?<pb/>


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¶ Then were the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w divided|strong="H2505"\w* into two \w parts|strong="H2677"\w*: \w half|strong="H2677"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w followed|strong="H1961"\w* \w Tibni|strong="H8402"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ginath|strong="H1527"\w*, to make him \w king|strong="H4427"\w*; and \w half|strong="H2677"\w* \w followed|strong="H0310"\w* \w Omri|strong="H6018"\w*.


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But the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that \w followed|strong="H0310"\w* \w Omri|strong="H6018"\w* \w prevailed|strong="H2388"\w* \w against|strong="H0854"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that \w followed|strong="H0310"\w* \w Tibni|strong="H8402"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ginath|strong="H1527"\w*: so \w Tibni|strong="H8402"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*, and \w Omri|strong="H6018"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ In the \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* and \w first|strong="H0259"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Asa|strong="H0609"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* began \w Omri|strong="H6018"\w* to \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w twelve|strong="H8147"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*: \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* he in \w Tirzah|strong="H8656"\w*.


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And he \w bought|strong="H7069"\w* the \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* of \w Shemer|strong="H8106"\w* for two \w talents|strong="H3603"\w* of \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, and \w built|strong="H1129"\w* on the \w hill|strong="H2022"\w*, and \w called|strong="H7121"\w* the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* which he \w built|strong="H1129"\w*, after the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of \w Shemer|strong="H8106"\w*, \w owner|strong="H0113"\w* of the \w hill|strong="H2022"\w*, \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*.<n>Samaria: Heb. Shomeron</n><pb/>


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¶ But \w Omri|strong="H6018"\w* \w wrought|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* in the \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and did \w worse|strong="H7489"\w* than all that <i>were</i> \w before|strong="H6440"\w* him.


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For he \w walked|strong="H3212"\w* in all the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Nebat|strong="H5028"\w*, and in his \w sin|strong="H2403"\w* wherewith he made \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* to \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*, to provoke the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* to \w anger|strong="H3707"\w* with their \w vanities|strong="H1892"\w*.


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Now the \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Omri|strong="H6018"\w* which he \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, and his \w might|strong="H1369"\w* that he \w shewed|strong="H6213"\w*, <i>are</i> they not \w written|strong="H3789"\w* in the \w book|strong="H5612"\w* of the \w chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*?


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So \w Omri|strong="H6018"\w* \w slept|strong="H7901"\w* with his \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, and was \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* in \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*: and \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* in his stead.<pb/>


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¶ And in the \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* and \w eighth|strong="H8083"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Asa|strong="H0609"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* began \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Omri|strong="H6018"\w* to \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: and \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Omri|strong="H6018"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* in \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* and \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.


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And \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Omri|strong="H6018"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* above all that <i>were</i> \w before|strong="H6440"\w* him.


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And it came to pass, as if it had been a light \w thing|strong="H7043"\w* for him to \w walk|strong="H3212"\w* in the \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* of \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Nebat|strong="H5028"\w*, that he \w took|strong="H3947"\w* to \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* \w Jezebel|strong="H0348"\w* the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Ethbaal|strong="H0856"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of the \w Zidonians|strong="H6722"\w*, and \w went|strong="H3212"\w* and \w served|strong="H5647"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*, and \w worshipped|strong="H7812"\w* him.<n>as if…: Heb. was it a light thing, etc</n>


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And he reared \w up|strong="H6965"\w* an \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* for \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w* in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*, which he had \w built|strong="H1129"\w* in \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*.


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And \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* a \w grove|strong="H0842"\w*; and \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w more|strong="H3254"\w* to provoke the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* to \w anger|strong="H3707"\w* than all the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* that were \w before|strong="H6440"\w* him.<pb/>


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¶ In his \w days|strong="H3117"\w* did \w Hiel|strong="H2419"\w* the \w Beth-elite|strong="H1017"\w* \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w*: he laid the \w foundation|strong="H3245"\w* thereof in \w Abiram|strong="H0048"\w* his \w firstborn|strong="H1060"\w*, and set \w up|strong="H5324"\w* the \w gates|strong="H1817"\w* thereof in his \w youngest|strong="H6810"\w* <i>son</i> \w Segub|strong="H7687"\w*, according to the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, which he \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Nun|strong="H5126"\w*.<pb/>


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And \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* the \w Tishbite|strong="H8664"\w*, <i>who was</i> of the \w inhabitants|strong="H8453"\w* of \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*, \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w*, <i>As</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, \w before|strong="H6440"\w* whom I \w stand|strong="H5975"\w*, there shall not be \w dew|strong="H2919"\w* nor \w rain|strong="H4306"\w* these \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, but \w according|strong="H6310"\w* to my \w word|strong="H1697"\w*.<n>Elijah: Heb. Elijahu: Gr. Elias</n>


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And the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* came unto him, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,


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\w Get|strong="H3212"\w* thee hence, and \w turn|strong="H6437"\w* thee \w eastward|strong="H6924"\w*, and \w hide|strong="H5641"\w* thyself by the \w brook|strong="H5158"\w* \w Cherith|strong="H3747"\w*, that <i>is</i> \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*.


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And it shall be, <i>that</i> thou shalt \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* of the \w brook|strong="H5158"\w*; and I have \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* the \w ravens|strong="H6158"\w* to \w feed|strong="H3557"\w* thee there.


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So he \w went|strong="H3212"\w* and \w did|strong="H6213"\w* according unto the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*: for he \w went|strong="H3212"\w* and \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* by the \w brook|strong="H5158"\w* \w Cherith|strong="H3747"\w*, that <i>is</i> \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*.


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And the \w ravens|strong="H6158"\w* \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* him \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* and \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* in the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*, and \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* and \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* in the \w evening|strong="H6153"\w*; and he \w drank|strong="H8354"\w* of the \w brook|strong="H5158"\w*.


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And it came to pass \w after|strong="H7093"\w* a \w while|strong="H3117"\w*, that the \w brook|strong="H5158"\w* dried \w up|strong="H3001"\w*, because there had been no \w rain|strong="H1653"\w* in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*.<n>after…: Heb. at the end of days</n><pb/>


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¶ And the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* came unto him, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,


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\w Arise|strong="H6965"\w*, \w get|strong="H3212"\w* thee to \w Zarephath|strong="H6886"\w*, which <i>belongeth</i> to \w Zidon|strong="H6721"\w*, and \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* there: behold, I have \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* a \w widow|strong="H0490"\w* \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* there to \w sustain|strong="H3557"\w* thee.<n>Zarephath: Gr. Sarepta</n>


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So he \w arose|strong="H6965"\w* and \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to \w Zarephath|strong="H6886"\w*. And when he \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w gate|strong="H6607"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, behold, the \w widow|strong="H0490"\w* \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* <i>was</i> there \w gathering|strong="H7197"\w* of \w sticks|strong="H6086"\w*: and he \w called|strong="H7121"\w* to her, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Fetch|strong="H3947"\w* me, I pray thee, a \w little|strong="H4592"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* in a \w vessel|strong="H3627"\w*, that I may \w drink|strong="H8354"\w*.


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And as she was \w going|strong="H3212"\w* to \w fetch|strong="H3947"\w* <i>it</i>, he \w called|strong="H7121"\w* to her, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Bring|strong="H3947"\w* me, I pray thee, a \w morsel|strong="H6595"\w* of \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* in thine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.


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And she \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, <i>As</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* thy \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, I \w have|strong="H3426"\w* not a \w cake|strong="H4580"\w*, but an \w handful|strong="H4393"\w* of \w meal|strong="H7058"\w* in a \w barrel|strong="H3537"\w*, and a \w little|strong="H4592"\w* \w oil|strong="H8081"\w* in a \w cruse|strong="H6835"\w*: and, behold, I <i>am</i> \w gathering|strong="H7197"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w sticks|strong="H6086"\w*, that I may go \w in|strong="H0935"\w* and \w dress|strong="H6213"\w* it for me and my \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, that we may \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* it, and \w die|strong="H4191"\w*.


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And \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto her, \w Fear|strong="H3372"\w* not; \w go|strong="H0935"\w* <i>and</i> \w do|strong="H6213"\w* as thou hast \w said|strong="H1697"\w*: but \w make|strong="H6213"\w* me \w thereof|strong="H8033"\w* a \w little|strong="H6996"\w* \w cake|strong="H5692"\w* \w first|strong="H7223"\w*, and \w bring|strong="H3318"\w* <i>it</i> unto me, and \w after|strong="H0314"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* for thee and for thy \w son|strong="H1121"\w*.


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For thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, The \w barrel|strong="H3537"\w* of \w meal|strong="H7058"\w* shall not \w waste|strong="H3615"\w*, neither shall the \w cruse|strong="H6835"\w* of \w oil|strong="H8081"\w* \w fail|strong="H2637"\w*, until the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* <i>that</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w sendeth|strong="H5414"\w* \w rain|strong="H1653"\w* \w upon|strong="H6440"\w* the \w earth|strong="H0127"\w*.<n>sendeth: Heb. giveth</n>


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And she \w went|strong="H3212"\w* and \w did|strong="H6213"\w* according to the \w saying|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w*: and she, and he, and her \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, did \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* <i>many</i> \w days|strong="H3117"\w*.<n>many…: or, a full year</n>


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<i>And</i> the \w barrel|strong="H3537"\w* of \w meal|strong="H7058"\w* \w wasted|strong="H3615"\w* not, neither did the \w cruse|strong="H6835"\w* of \w oil|strong="H8081"\w* \w fail|strong="H2638"\w*, according to the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, which he \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w*.<n>by: Heb. by the hand of</n><pb/>


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¶ And it came to pass \w after|strong="H0310"\w* these \w things|strong="H1697"\w*, <i>that</i> the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w*, the \w mistress|strong="H1172"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, fell \w sick|strong="H2470"\w*; and his \w sickness|strong="H2483"\w* was \w so|strong="H3966"\w* \w sore|strong="H2389"\w*, that there was no \w breath|strong="H5397"\w* \w left|strong="H3498"\w* in him.


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And she \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w*, What have I to do with thee, O thou \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*? art thou \w come|strong="H0935"\w* unto me to \w call|strong="H2142"\w* my \w sin|strong="H5771"\w* to \w remembrance|strong="H2142"\w*, and to \w slay|strong="H4191"\w* my \w son|strong="H1121"\w*?


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto her, \w Give|strong="H5414"\w* me thy \w son|strong="H1121"\w*. And he \w took|strong="H3947"\w* him out of her \w bosom|strong="H2436"\w*, and carried him \w up|strong="H5927"\w* into a \w loft|strong="H5944"\w*, where he \w abode|strong="H3427"\w*, and \w laid|strong="H7901"\w* him upon his own \w bed|strong="H4296"\w*.


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And he \w cried|strong="H7121"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, O  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* my \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, hast thou also brought \w evil|strong="H7489"\w* upon the \w widow|strong="H0490"\w* with whom I \w sojourn|strong="H1481"\w*, by \w slaying|strong="H4191"\w* her \w son|strong="H1121"\w*?


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And he \w stretched|strong="H4058"\w* himself upon the \w child|strong="H3206"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w times|strong="H6471"\w*, and \w cried|strong="H7121"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, O  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* my \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, I pray thee, let this \w child’s|strong="H3206"\w* \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* \w come|strong="H7725"\w* into \w him|strong="H7130"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w*.<n>stretched: Heb. measured</n><n>into…: Heb. into his inward parts</n>


