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And the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w*; and the \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* of the \w child|strong="H3206"\w* \w came|strong="H7725"\w* into \w him|strong="H7130"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w*, and he \w revived|strong="H2421"\w*.


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And \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* the \w child|strong="H3206"\w*, and brought him \w down|strong="H3381"\w* out of the \w chamber|strong="H5944"\w* into the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* him unto his \w mother|strong="H0517"\w*: and \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w See|strong="H7200"\w*, thy \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w*, Now by \w this|strong="H2088"\w* I \w know|strong="H3045"\w* that thou <i>art</i> a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, <i>and</i> that the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* in thy \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* <i>is</i> \w truth|strong="H0571"\w*.<pb/>


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And it came to pass <i>after</i> \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, that the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* came to \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* in the \w third|strong="H7992"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w*, \w shew|strong="H7200"\w* thyself unto \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w*; and I will \w send|strong="H5414"\w* \w rain|strong="H4306"\w* \w upon|strong="H6440"\w* the \w earth|strong="H0127"\w*.


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And \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to \w shew|strong="H7200"\w* himself unto \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w*. And <i>there was</i> a \w sore|strong="H2389"\w* \w famine|strong="H7458"\w* in \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*.


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And \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w Obadiah|strong="H5662"\w*, which <i>was</i> the governor of <i>his</i> \w house|strong="H1004"\w*. (Now \w Obadiah|strong="H5662"\w* \w feared|strong="H3373"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w greatly|strong="H3966"\w*:<n>Obadiah: Heb. Obadiahu</n><n>the governor…: Heb. over his house</n>


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For it was <i>so</i>, when \w Jezebel|strong="H0348"\w* cut \w off|strong="H3772"\w* the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, that \w Obadiah|strong="H5662"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* an \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*, and \w hid|strong="H2244"\w* them by \w fifty|strong="H0376"\w* in a \w cave|strong="H4631"\w*, and \w fed|strong="H3557"\w* them with \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* and \w water|strong="H4325"\w*.)<n>Jezebel: Heb. Izebel</n>


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And \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Obadiah|strong="H5662"\w*, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w* into the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, unto all \w fountains|strong="H4599"\w* of \w water|strong="H4325"\w*, and unto all \w brooks|strong="H5158"\w*: \w peradventure|strong="H0194"\w* we may \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w grass|strong="H2682"\w* to \w save|strong="H2421"\w* the \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* and \w mules|strong="H6505"\w* \w alive|strong="H2421"\w*, that we \w lose|strong="H3772"\w* not all the \w beasts|strong="H0929"\w*.<n>that…: Heb. that we cut not off ourselves from the beasts</n>


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So they \w divided|strong="H2505"\w* the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* between them to pass \w throughout|strong="H5674"\w* it: \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w went|strong="H1980"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* by himself, and \w Obadiah|strong="H5662"\w* \w went|strong="H1980"\w* \w another|strong="H0259"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* by himself.<pb/>


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¶ And as \w Obadiah|strong="H5662"\w* was in the \w way|strong="H1870"\w*, behold, \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w met|strong="H7125"\w* him: and he \w knew|strong="H5234"\w* him, and \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* on his \w face|strong="H6440"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, <i>Art</i> thou that my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w*?


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And he \w answered|strong="H0559"\w* him, I <i>am:</i> \w go|strong="H3212"\w*, \w tell|strong="H0559"\w* thy \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*, Behold, \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* <i>is here</i>.


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, What have I \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w*, that thou wouldest \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w*, to \w slay|strong="H4191"\w* me?


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<i>As</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* thy \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, there is \w no|strong="H3426"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* or \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w*, \w whither|strong="H0834"\w* my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* hath not \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* to \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* thee: and when they \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, <i>He is</i> not <i>there;</i> he took an \w oath|strong="H7650"\w* of the \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w* and \w nation|strong="H1471"\w*, that they \w found|strong="H4672"\w* thee not.


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And now thou \w sayest|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w*, \w tell|strong="H0559"\w* thy \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*, Behold, \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* <i>is here</i>.


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And it shall come to pass, <i>as soon as</i> I am \w gone|strong="H3212"\w* from thee, that the \w Spirit|strong="H7307"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* shall \w carry|strong="H5375"\w* thee whither I \w know|strong="H3045"\w* not; and <i>so</i> when I \w come|strong="H0935"\w* and \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w*, and he cannot \w find|strong="H4672"\w* thee, he shall \w slay|strong="H2026"\w* me: but I thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w fear|strong="H3372"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* from my \w youth|strong="H5271"\w*.


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Was it not \w told|strong="H5046"\w* my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* what I \w did|strong="H6213"\w* when \w Jezebel|strong="H0348"\w* \w slew|strong="H2026"\w* the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, how I \w hid|strong="H2244"\w* an \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of the  \+w LORD’s|strong="H3068"\+w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* by \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w* in a \w cave|strong="H4631"\w*, and \w fed|strong="H3557"\w* them with \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* and \w water|strong="H4325"\w*?


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And now thou \w sayest|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w*, \w tell|strong="H0559"\w* thy \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*, Behold, \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* <i>is here:</i> and he shall \w slay|strong="H2026"\w* me.


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And \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, <i>As</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, \w before|strong="H6440"\w* whom I \w stand|strong="H5975"\w*, I will surely \w shew|strong="H7200"\w* myself unto him to \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.


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So \w Obadiah|strong="H5662"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w*, and \w told|strong="H5046"\w* him: and \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And it came to pass, when \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w*, that \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, <i>Art</i> thou he that \w troubleth|strong="H5916"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*?


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And he \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, I have not \w troubled|strong="H5916"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; but thou, and thy \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, in that ye have \w forsaken|strong="H5800"\w* the \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and thou hast \w followed|strong="H3212"\w* \w Baalim|strong="H1168"\w*.


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Now therefore \w send|strong="H7971"\w*, <i>and</i> \w gather|strong="H6908"\w* to me all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* unto \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Carmel|strong="H3760"\w*, and the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* of \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w* \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* and \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w*, and the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* of the \w groves|strong="H0842"\w* \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w*, which \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* at \w Jezebel’s|strong="H0348"\w* \w table|strong="H7979"\w*.


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So \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* unto all the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and \w gathered|strong="H6908"\w* the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w together|strong="H6908"\w* unto \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Carmel|strong="H3760"\w*.<pb/>


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And \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w came|strong="H5066"\w* unto all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, How \w long|strong="H5921"\w* \w halt|strong="H6452"\w* ye between \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w opinions|strong="H5587"\w*? if the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* <i>be</i> \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, follow him: but if \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*, <i>then</i> \w follow|strong="H3212"\w* him. And the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* him not a \w word|strong="H1697"\w*.<n>opinions: or, thoughts</n>


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Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* unto the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, I, <i>even</i> I only, \w remain|strong="H3498"\w* a \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; but \w Baal’s|strong="H1168"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* <i>are</i> \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* and \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*.


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Let them therefore \w give|strong="H5414"\w* us \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w bullocks|strong="H6499"\w*; and let them \w choose|strong="H0977"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w bullock|strong="H6499"\w* for themselves, and cut it in \w pieces|strong="H5408"\w*, and \w lay|strong="H7760"\w* <i>it</i> on \w wood|strong="H6086"\w*, and \w put|strong="H7760"\w* no \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* <i>under:</i> and I will \w dress|strong="H6213"\w* the \w other|strong="H0259"\w* \w bullock|strong="H6499"\w*, and \w lay|strong="H5414"\w* <i>it</i> on \w wood|strong="H6086"\w*, and \w put|strong="H7760"\w* no \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* <i>under:</i>


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And \w call|strong="H7121"\w* ye on the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of your \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*, and I will \w call|strong="H7121"\w* on the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*: and the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* that \w answereth|strong="H6030"\w* by \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*, let him be \w God|strong="H0430"\w*. And all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, It is \w well|strong="H2896"\w* \w spoken|strong="H1697"\w*.<n>It is…: Heb. The word is good</n>


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And \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* of \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*, \w Choose|strong="H0977"\w* you \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w bullock|strong="H6499"\w* for yourselves, and \w dress|strong="H6213"\w* <i>it</i> \w first|strong="H7223"\w*; for ye <i>are</i> \w many|strong="H7227"\w*; and \w call|strong="H7121"\w* on the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of your \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*, but \w put|strong="H7760"\w* no \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* <i>under</i>.


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And they \w took|strong="H3947"\w* the \w bullock|strong="H6499"\w* which was \w given|strong="H5414"\w* them, and they \w dressed|strong="H6213"\w* <i>it</i>, and \w called|strong="H7121"\w* on the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w* from \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* even until \w noon|strong="H6672"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, O \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*, \w hear|strong="H6030"\w* us. But <i>there was</i> \w no|strong="H0369"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*, nor any that \w answered|strong="H6030"\w*. And they \w leaped|strong="H6452"\w* upon the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* which was \w made|strong="H6213"\w*.<n>hear: or, answer</n><n>answered: or, heard</n><n>leaped…: or, leaped up and down at the altar</n>


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And it came to pass at \w noon|strong="H6672"\w*, that \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w mocked|strong="H2048"\w* them, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Cry|strong="H7121"\w* \w aloud|strong="H1419"\w*: for he <i>is</i> a \w god|strong="H0430"\w*; either he is \w talking|strong="H7879"\w*, or he is \w pursuing|strong="H7873"\w*, or he is in a \w journey|strong="H1870"\w*, <i>or</i> \w peradventure|strong="H0194"\w* he \w sleepeth|strong="H3463"\w*, and must be \w awaked|strong="H3364"\w*.<n>aloud: Heb. with a great voice</n><n>he is talking: or, he meditateth</n><n>is pursuing: Heb. hath a pursuit</n>


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And they \w cried|strong="H7121"\w* \w aloud|strong="H6963"\w*, and \w cut|strong="H1413"\w* themselves after their \w manner|strong="H4941"\w* with \w knives|strong="H2719"\w* and \w lancets|strong="H7420"\w*, till the \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* gushed \w out|strong="H8210"\w* upon them.<n>the blood…: Heb. poured out blood upon them</n>


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And it came to pass, when \w midday|strong="H6672"\w* was \w past|strong="H5674"\w*, and they \w prophesied|strong="H5012"\w* until the <i>time</i> of the \w offering|strong="H5927"\w* of the <i>evening</i> \w sacrifice|strong="H4503"\w*, that <i>there was</i> neither \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*, nor any to \w answer|strong="H6030"\w*, nor any that \w regarded|strong="H7182"\w*.<n>offering: Heb. ascending</n><n>that regarded: Heb. attention</n>


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And \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, Come \w near|strong="H5066"\w* unto me. And all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* came \w near|strong="H5066"\w* unto him. And he \w repaired|strong="H7495"\w* the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* <i>that was</i> broken \w down|strong="H2040"\w*.


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And \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w twelve|strong="H8147"\w* \w stones|strong="H0068"\w*, according to the \w number|strong="H4557"\w* of the \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* of the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*, unto whom the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* came, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* shall be thy \w name|strong="H8034"\w*:


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And with the \w stones|strong="H0068"\w* he \w built|strong="H1129"\w* an \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* in the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*: and he \w made|strong="H6213"\w* a \w trench|strong="H8585"\w* \w about|strong="H5439"\w* the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*, as great as would \w contain|strong="H1004"\w* two \w measures|strong="H5429"\w* of \w seed|strong="H2233"\w*.


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And he \w put|strong="H6186"\w* the \w wood|strong="H6086"\w* in \w order|strong="H6186"\w*, and \w cut|strong="H5408"\w* the \w bullock|strong="H6499"\w* in pieces, and \w laid|strong="H7760"\w* <i>him</i> on the \w wood|strong="H6086"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Fill|strong="H4390"\w* \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w barrels|strong="H3537"\w* with \w water|strong="H4325"\w*, and \w pour|strong="H3332"\w* <i>it</i> on the burnt \w sacrifice|strong="H5930"\w*, and on the \w wood|strong="H6086"\w*.


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Do <i>it</i> the second \w time|strong="H8138"\w*. And they did <i>it</i> the second \w time|strong="H8138"\w*. And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Do <i>it</i> the third \w time|strong="H8027"\w*. And they did <i>it</i> the third \w time|strong="H8027"\w*.


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And the \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w ran|strong="H3212"\w* round \w about|strong="H5439"\w* the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*; and he \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* the \w trench|strong="H8585"\w* also with \w water|strong="H4325"\w*.<n>ran: Heb. went</n>


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And it came to pass at <i>the time of</i> the \w offering|strong="H5927"\w* of the <i>evening</i> \w sacrifice|strong="H4503"\w*, that \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* came \w near|strong="H5066"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*,  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Abraham|strong="H0085"\w*, \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w*, and of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, let it be \w known|strong="H3045"\w* this \w day|strong="H3117"\w* that thou <i>art</i> \w God|strong="H0430"\w* in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and <i>that</i> I <i>am</i> thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, and <i>that</i> I have \w done|strong="H6213"\w* all these things at thy \w word|strong="H1697"\w*.


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\w Hear|strong="H6030"\w* me, O  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, \w hear|strong="H6030"\w* me, that this \w people|strong="H5971"\w* may \w know|strong="H3045"\w* that thou <i>art</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, and <i>that</i> thou hast \w turned|strong="H5437"\w* their \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w back|strong="H5437"\w* \w again|strong="H0322"\w*.


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Then the \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w fell|strong="H5307"\w*, and \w consumed|strong="H0398"\w* the burnt \w sacrifice|strong="H5930"\w*, and the \w wood|strong="H6086"\w*, and the \w stones|strong="H0068"\w*, and the \w dust|strong="H6083"\w*, and licked \w up|strong="H3897"\w* the \w water|strong="H4325"\w* that <i>was</i> in the \w trench|strong="H8585"\w*.


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And when all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* <i>it</i>, they \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* on their \w faces|strong="H6440"\w*: and they \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, he <i>is</i> the \w God|strong="H0430"\w*; the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, he <i>is</i> the \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.


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And \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, \w Take|strong="H8610"\w* the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* of \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*; let not \w one|strong="H0376"\w* of them \w escape|strong="H4422"\w*. And they \w took|strong="H8610"\w* them: and \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* brought them \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to the \w brook|strong="H5158"\w* \w Kishon|strong="H7028"\w*, and \w slew|strong="H7819"\w* them there.<n>Take: or, Apprehend</n><pb/>


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¶ And \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w*, Get thee \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* and \w drink|strong="H8354"\w*; for <i>there is</i> a \w sound|strong="H6963"\w* of \w abundance|strong="H1995"\w* of \w rain|strong="H1653"\w*.<n>a sound…: or, a sound of a noise of rain</n>


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So \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* and to \w drink|strong="H8354"\w*. And \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to the \w top|strong="H7218"\w* of \w Carmel|strong="H3760"\w*; and he cast himself \w down|strong="H1457"\w* upon the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, and \w put|strong="H7760"\w* his \w face|strong="H6440"\w* between his \w knees|strong="H1290"\w*,


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And \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to his \w servant|strong="H5288"\w*, Go \w up|strong="H5927"\w* now, \w look|strong="H5027"\w* \w toward|strong="H1870"\w* the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*. And he went \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, and \w looked|strong="H5027"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, <i>There is</i> \w nothing|strong="H3972"\w*. And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Go \w again|strong="H7725"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w times|strong="H6471"\w*.


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And it came to pass at the seventh \w time|strong="H7637"\w*, that he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold, there \w ariseth|strong="H5927"\w* a \w little|strong="H6996"\w* \w cloud|strong="H5645"\w* out of the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*, like a \w man’s|strong="H0376"\w* \w hand|strong="H3709"\w*. And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Go \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w*, \w Prepare|strong="H0631"\w* <i>thy chariot</i>, and get thee \w down|strong="H3381"\w*, that the \w rain|strong="H1653"\w* \w stop|strong="H6113"\w* thee not.<n>Prepare: Heb. Tie, or, Bind</n>


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And it came to pass in the mean \w while|strong="H3541"\w*, that the \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* was \w black|strong="H6937"\w* with \w clouds|strong="H5645"\w* and \w wind|strong="H7307"\w*, and there was a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w rain|strong="H1653"\w*. And \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w rode|strong="H7392"\w*, and \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*.


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And the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* was on \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w*; and he girded \w up|strong="H8151"\w* his \w loins|strong="H4975"\w*, and \w ran|strong="H7323"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* to the \w entrance|strong="H0935"\w* of \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*.<n>to the…: Heb. till thou come to Jezreel</n><pb/>


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And \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w Jezebel|strong="H0348"\w* all that \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* had \w done|strong="H6213"\w*, and withal how he had \w slain|strong="H2026"\w* all the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* with the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*.


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Then \w Jezebel|strong="H0348"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* a \w messenger|strong="H4397"\w* unto \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, So let the \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* <i>to me</i>, and \w more|strong="H3254"\w* also, if I \w make|strong="H7760"\w* not thy \w life|strong="H5315"\w* as the \w life|strong="H5315"\w* of \w one|strong="H0259"\w* of them by to \w morrow|strong="H4279"\w* about this \w time|strong="H6256"\w*.


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And when he \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* <i>that</i>, he \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and \w went|strong="H3212"\w* for his \w life|strong="H5315"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Beer-sheba|strong="H0884"\w*, which <i>belongeth</i> to \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and \w left|strong="H3240"\w* his \w servant|strong="H5288"\w* there.<pb/>


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¶ But he himself \w went|strong="H1980"\w* a \w day’s|strong="H3117"\w* \w journey|strong="H1870"\w* into the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* and sat \w down|strong="H3427"\w* under \w a|strong="H0259"\w* juniper \w tree|strong="H7574"\w*: and he \w requested|strong="H7592"\w* for \w himself|strong="H5315"\w* that he might \w die|strong="H4191"\w*; and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, It is \w enough|strong="H7227"\w*; now, O  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, take \w away|strong="H3947"\w* my \w life|strong="H5315"\w*; for I <i>am</i> not \w better|strong="H2896"\w* than my \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*.<n>for himself: Heb. for his life</n>


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And as he \w lay|strong="H7901"\w* and \w slept|strong="H3462"\w* under \w a|strong="H0259"\w* juniper \w tree|strong="H7574"\w*, behold, then an \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* \w touched|strong="H5060"\w* him, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w Arise|strong="H6965"\w* <i>and</i> \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*.


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And he \w looked|strong="H5027"\w*, and, behold, <i>there was</i> a \w cake|strong="H5692"\w* baken on the \w coals|strong="H7529"\w*, and a \w cruse|strong="H6835"\w* of \w water|strong="H4325"\w* at his \w head|strong="H4763"\w*. And he did \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* and \w drink|strong="H8354"\w*, and laid him \w down|strong="H7901"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w*.<n>head: Heb. bolster</n>


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And the \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* came \w again|strong="H7725"\w* the second \w time|strong="H8145"\w*, and \w touched|strong="H5060"\w* him, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Arise|strong="H6965"\w* <i>and</i> \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*; because the \w journey|strong="H1870"\w* <i>is</i> too \w great|strong="H7227"\w* for thee.


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And he \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and did \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* and \w drink|strong="H8354"\w*, and \w went|strong="H3212"\w* in the \w strength|strong="H3581"\w* of that \w meat|strong="H0396"\w* \w forty|strong="H0705"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* and \w forty|strong="H0705"\w* \w nights|strong="H3915"\w* unto \w Horeb|strong="H2722"\w* the \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And he \w came|strong="H0935"\w* thither unto a \w cave|strong="H4631"\w*, and \w lodged|strong="H3885"\w* there; and, behold, the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* <i>came</i> to him, and he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, What doest thou here, \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w*?


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I have been \w very|strong="H7065"\w* \w jealous|strong="H7065"\w* for the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*: for the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* have \w forsaken|strong="H5800"\w* thy \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w*, thrown \w down|strong="H2040"\w* thine \w altars|strong="H4196"\w*, and \w slain|strong="H2026"\w* thy \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* with the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*; and I, <i>even</i> I only, am \w left|strong="H3498"\w*; and they \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* my \w life|strong="H5315"\w*, to take it \w away|strong="H3947"\w*.


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Go \w forth|strong="H3318"\w*, and \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* upon the \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*. And, behold, the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* passed \w by|strong="H5674"\w*, and a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* and \w strong|strong="H2389"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w* \w rent|strong="H6561"\w* the \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w*, and brake in \w pieces|strong="H7665"\w* the \w rocks|strong="H5553"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; <i>but</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* <i>was</i> not in the \w wind|strong="H7307"\w*: and \w after|strong="H0310"\w* the \w wind|strong="H7307"\w* an \w earthquake|strong="H7494"\w*; <i>but</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* <i>was</i> not in the \w earthquake|strong="H7494"\w*:


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And \w after|strong="H0310"\w* the \w earthquake|strong="H7494"\w* a \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*; <i>but</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* <i>was</i> not in the \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*: and \w after|strong="H0310"\w* the \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* a \w still|strong="H1827"\w* \w small|strong="H1851"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*.


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And it was <i>so</i>, when \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* <i>it</i>, that he \w wrapped|strong="H3874"\w* his \w face|strong="H6440"\w* in his \w mantle|strong="H0155"\w*, and went \w out|strong="H3318"\w*, and \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* in the entering \w in|strong="H6607"\w* of the \w cave|strong="H4631"\w*. And, behold, <i>there came</i> a \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* unto him, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, What doest thou here, \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w*?


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I have been \w very|strong="H7065"\w* \w jealous|strong="H7065"\w* for the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*: because the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* have \w forsaken|strong="H5800"\w* thy \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w*, thrown \w down|strong="H2040"\w* thine \w altars|strong="H4196"\w*, and \w slain|strong="H2026"\w* thy \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* with the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*; and I, <i>even</i> I only, am \w left|strong="H3498"\w*; and they \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* my \w life|strong="H5315"\w*, to take it \w away|strong="H3947"\w*.


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And the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w*, \w return|strong="H7725"\w* on thy \w way|strong="H1870"\w* to the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w* of \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w*: and when thou \w comest|strong="H0935"\w*, \w anoint|strong="H4886"\w* \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* <i>to be</i> \w king|strong="H4428"\w* over \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w*:


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And \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Nimshi|strong="H5250"\w* shalt thou \w anoint|strong="H4886"\w* <i>to be</i> \w king|strong="H4428"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: and \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Shaphat|strong="H8202"\w* of \w Abel-meholah|strong="H0065"\w* shalt thou \w anoint|strong="H4886"\w* <i>to be</i> \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* in thy room.<n>Elisha: Gr. Eliseus</n>


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And it shall come to pass, <i>that</i> him that \w escapeth|strong="H4422"\w* the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* of \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* shall \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w slay|strong="H4191"\w*: and him that \w escapeth|strong="H4422"\w* from the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* of \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* shall \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* \w slay|strong="H4191"\w*.


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Yet I have \w left|strong="H7604"\w* <i>me</i> \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, all the \w knees|strong="H1290"\w* which have not \w bowed|strong="H3766"\w* unto \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*, and every \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* which hath not \w kissed|strong="H5401"\w* him.<n>I have…: or, I will leave</n><pb/>


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¶ So he \w departed|strong="H3212"\w* thence, and \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Shaphat|strong="H8202"\w*, who <i>was</i> \w plowing|strong="H2790"\w* <i>with</i> \w twelve|strong="H8147"\w* \w yoke|strong="H6776"\w* <i>of oxen</i> \w before|strong="H6440"\w* him, and he with the \w twelfth|strong="H8147"\w*: and \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w passed|strong="H5674"\w* by him, and \w cast|strong="H7993"\w* his \w mantle|strong="H0155"\w* upon him.


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And he \w left|strong="H5800"\w* the \w oxen|strong="H1241"\w*, and \w ran|strong="H7323"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Let me, I pray thee, \w kiss|strong="H5401"\w* my \w father|strong="H0001"\w* and my \w mother|strong="H0517"\w*, and <i>then</i> I will \w follow|strong="H3212"\w* thee. And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Go \w back|strong="H3212"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w*: for what have I \w done|strong="H6213"\w* to thee?<n>Go…: Heb. Go return</n>


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And he returned \w back|strong="H7725"\w* from \w him|strong="H0310"\w*, and \w took|strong="H3947"\w* a \w yoke|strong="H6776"\w* of \w oxen|strong="H1241"\w*, and \w slew|strong="H2076"\w* them, and \w boiled|strong="H1310"\w* their \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* with the \w instruments|strong="H3627"\w* of the \w oxen|strong="H1241"\w*, and \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* unto the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, and they did \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*. Then he \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w*, and \w ministered|strong="H8334"\w* unto him.<pb/>


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And \w Ben-hadad|strong="H1130"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w* \w gathered|strong="H6908"\w* all his \w host|strong="H2428"\w* \w together|strong="H6908"\w*: and <i>there were</i> \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* and \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* with him, and \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*, and \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w*: and he went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* and \w besieged|strong="H6696"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, and \w warred|strong="H3898"\w* against it.


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And he \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* to \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* into the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* \w Ben-hadad|strong="H1130"\w*,


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Thy \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* and thy \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* <i>is</i> mine; thy \w wives|strong="H0802"\w* also and thy \w children|strong="H1121"\w*, <i>even</i> the \w goodliest|strong="H2896"\w*, <i>are</i> mine.


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And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, My \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*, O \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, according to thy \w saying|strong="H1697"\w*, I <i>am</i> thine, and all that I have.


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And the \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* came \w again|strong="H7725"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Thus \w speaketh|strong="H0559"\w* \w Ben-hadad|strong="H1130"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Although I have \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* unto thee, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Thou shalt \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* me thy \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, and thy \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, and thy \w wives|strong="H0802"\w*, and thy \w children|strong="H1121"\w*;


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Yet I will \w send|strong="H7971"\w* my \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* unto thee to \w morrow|strong="H4279"\w* about this \w time|strong="H6256"\w*, and they shall \w search|strong="H2664"\w* thine \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and the \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* of thy \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*; and it shall \w be|strong="H1961"\w*, <i>that</i> whatsoever is \w pleasant|strong="H4261"\w* in thine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, they shall \w put|strong="H7760"\w* <i>it</i> in their \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, and take <i>it</i> \w away|strong="H3947"\w*.<n>pleasant: Heb. desirable</n>


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Then the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* all the \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Mark|strong="H3045"\w*, I pray you, and \w see|strong="H7200"\w* how this <i>man</i> \w seeketh|strong="H1245"\w* \w mischief|strong="H7451"\w*: for he \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* unto me for my \w wives|strong="H0802"\w*, and for my \w children|strong="H1121"\w*, and for my \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, and for my \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*; and I \w denied|strong="H4513"\w* him not.<n>I denied…: Heb. I kept not back from him</n>


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And all the \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* and all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w Hearken|strong="H8085"\w* not <i>unto him</i>, nor \w consent|strong="H0014"\w*.


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Wherefore he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* of \w Ben-hadad|strong="H1130"\w*, \w Tell|strong="H0559"\w* my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, All that thou didst \w send|strong="H7971"\w* for to thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* at the \w first|strong="H7223"\w* I will \w do|strong="H6213"\w*: but this \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* I \w may|strong="H3201"\w* not \w do|strong="H6213"\w*. And the \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* \w departed|strong="H3212"\w*, and \w brought|strong="H7725"\w* him \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w*.


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And \w Ben-hadad|strong="H1130"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* unto him, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, The \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* do \w so|strong="H6213"\w* unto me, and more \w also|strong="H3254"\w*, if the \w dust|strong="H6083"\w* of \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* shall \w suffice|strong="H5606"\w* for \w handfuls|strong="H8168"\w* for all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that \w follow|strong="H7272"\w* me.<n>follow…: Heb. are at my feet</n>


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And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Tell|strong="H1696"\w* <i>him</i>, Let not him that \w girdeth|strong="H2296"\w* on <i>his harness</i> \w boast|strong="H1984"\w* himself as he that putteth it \w off|strong="H6605"\w*.<pb/>


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And it came to pass, when <i>Ben-hadad</i> \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* this \w message|strong="H1697"\w*, as he <i>was</i> \w drinking|strong="H8354"\w*, he and the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* in the \w pavilions|strong="H5521"\w*, that he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, \w Set|strong="H7760"\w* <i>yourselves in array</i>. And they \w set|strong="H7760"\w* <i>themselves in array</i> against the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.<n>message: Heb. word</n><n>pavilions: or, tents</n><n>Set yourselves…: or, Place the engines. And they placed the engines</n><pb/>


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¶ And, behold, there \w came|strong="H5066"\w* \w a|strong="H0259"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* unto \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, Hast thou \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* all this \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w multitude|strong="H1995"\w*? behold, I will \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* it into thine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*; and thou shalt \w know|strong="H3045"\w* that I <i>am</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<n>came: Heb. approached</n>


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And \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, By whom? And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, <i>Even</i> by the young \w men|strong="H5288"\w* of the \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w provinces|strong="H4082"\w*. Then he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Who shall \w order|strong="H0631"\w* the \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*? And he \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, Thou.<n>young…: or, servants</n><n>order: Heb. bind, or, tie</n>


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Then he \w numbered|strong="H6485"\w* the young \w men|strong="H5288"\w* of the \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w provinces|strong="H4082"\w*, and they were \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* and \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w*: and \w after|strong="H0310"\w* them he \w numbered|strong="H6485"\w* all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, <i>even</i> all the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, <i>being</i> \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w*.


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And they went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* at \w noon|strong="H6672"\w*. But \w Ben-hadad|strong="H1130"\w* <i>was</i> \w drinking|strong="H8354"\w* himself \w drunk|strong="H7910"\w* in the \w pavilions|strong="H5521"\w*, he and the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w*, the \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* and \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* that \w helped|strong="H5826"\w* him.


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And the young \w men|strong="H5288"\w* of the \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w provinces|strong="H4082"\w* went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w first|strong="H7223"\w*; and \w Ben-hadad|strong="H1130"\w* sent \w out|strong="H7971"\w*, and they \w told|strong="H5046"\w* him, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, There are \w men|strong="H0582"\w* come \w out|strong="H3318"\w* of \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*.


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Whether they be come \w out|strong="H3318"\w* for \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*, \w take|strong="H8610"\w* them \w alive|strong="H2416"\w*; or whether they be come \w out|strong="H3318"\w* for \w war|strong="H4421"\w*, \w take|strong="H8610"\w* them \w alive|strong="H2416"\w*.


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So these young \w men|strong="H5288"\w* of the \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w provinces|strong="H4082"\w* came \w out|strong="H3318"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and the \w army|strong="H2428"\w* which \w followed|strong="H0310"\w* them.


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And they \w slew|strong="H5221"\w* every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* his \w man|strong="H0376"\w*: and the \w Syrians|strong="H0758"\w* \w fled|strong="H5127"\w*; and \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w pursued|strong="H7291"\w* them: and \w Ben-hadad|strong="H1130"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w* \w escaped|strong="H4422"\w* on an \w horse|strong="H5483"\w* with the \w horsemen|strong="H6571"\w*.


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And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* went \w out|strong="H3318"\w*, and \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* the \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* and \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w*, and \w slew|strong="H5221"\w* the \w Syrians|strong="H0758"\w* with a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w slaughter|strong="H4347"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w came|strong="H5066"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w*, \w strengthen|strong="H2388"\w* thyself, and \w mark|strong="H3045"\w*, and \w see|strong="H7200"\w* what thou \w doest|strong="H6213"\w*: for at the \w return|strong="H8666"\w* of the \w year|strong="H8141"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w* will come \w up|strong="H5927"\w* against thee.


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And the \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Their \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* <i>are</i> \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* of the \w hills|strong="H2022"\w*; therefore they were \w stronger|strong="H2388"\w* than we; \w but|strong="H0199"\w* let us \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* against them in the \w plain|strong="H4334"\w*, and \w surely|strong="H3808"\w* we shall be \w stronger|strong="H2388"\w* than they.


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And \w do|strong="H6213"\w* this \w thing|strong="H1697"\w*, \w Take|strong="H5493"\w* the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* away, every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* out of his \w place|strong="H4725"\w*, and \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w captains|strong="H6346"\w* in their rooms:


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And \w number|strong="H4487"\w* thee an \w army|strong="H2428"\w*, like the \w army|strong="H2428"\w* that thou hast \w lost|strong="H5307"\w*, \w horse|strong="H5483"\w* for \w horse|strong="H5483"\w*, and \w chariot|strong="H7393"\w* for \w chariot|strong="H7393"\w*: and we will \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* \w against|strong="H0854"\w* them in the \w plain|strong="H4334"\w*, <i>and</i> surely we shall be \w stronger|strong="H2388"\w* than they. And he \w hearkened|strong="H8085"\w* unto their \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*, and did \w so|strong="H6213"\w*.<n>that thou…: Heb. that was fallen</n>


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And it came to pass at the \w return|strong="H8666"\w* of the \w year|strong="H8141"\w*, that \w Ben-hadad|strong="H1130"\w* \w numbered|strong="H6485"\w* the \w Syrians|strong="H0758"\w*, and went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to \w Aphek|strong="H0663"\w*, to \w fight|strong="H4421"\w* against \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.<n>to fight…: Heb. to the war with Israel</n>


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And the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* were \w numbered|strong="H6485"\w*, and were all \w present|strong="H3557"\w*, and \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w against|strong="H7125"\w* them: and the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w pitched|strong="H2583"\w* before them like \w two|strong="H8147"\w* little \w flocks|strong="H2835"\w* of \w kids|strong="H5795"\w*; but the \w Syrians|strong="H0758"\w* \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* the \w country|strong="H0776"\w*.<n>were all…: or, were nourished</n><pb/>


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¶ And there \w came|strong="H5066"\w* a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, and \w spake|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, Because the \w Syrians|strong="H0758"\w* have \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* <i>is</i> \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of the \w hills|strong="H2022"\w*, but he <i>is</i> not \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of the \w valleys|strong="H6010"\w*, therefore will I \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* all this \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w multitude|strong="H1995"\w* into thine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, and ye shall \w know|strong="H3045"\w* that I <i>am</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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And they \w pitched|strong="H2583"\w* \w one|strong="H0428"\w* over \w against|strong="H5227"\w* the \w other|strong="H0428"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*. And <i>so</i> it was, that in the \w seventh|strong="H7637"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* the \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* was \w joined|strong="H7126"\w*: and the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w slew|strong="H5221"\w* of the \w Syrians|strong="H0758"\w* an \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w footmen|strong="H7273"\w* in \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.


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But the \w rest|strong="H3498"\w* \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* to \w Aphek|strong="H0663"\w*, into the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*; and <i>there</i> a \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* upon \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* and \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* of the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* <i>that were</i> \w left|strong="H3498"\w*. And \w Ben-hadad|strong="H1130"\w* \w fled|strong="H5127"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, into an \w inner|strong="H2315"\w* \w chamber|strong="H2315"\w*.<n>into an…: or, from chamber to chamber: Heb. into a chamber within a chamber</n><pb/>


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¶ And his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Behold now, we have \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* that the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* <i>are</i> \w merciful|strong="H2617"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w*: let us, I pray thee, \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w sackcloth|strong="H8242"\w* on our \w loins|strong="H4975"\w*, and \w ropes|strong="H2256"\w* upon our \w heads|strong="H7218"\w*, and go \w out|strong="H3318"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: peradventure he will \w save|strong="H2421"\w* thy \w life|strong="H5315"\w*.


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So they \w girded|strong="H2296"\w* \w sackcloth|strong="H8242"\w* on their \w loins|strong="H4975"\w*, and <i>put</i> \w ropes|strong="H2256"\w* on their \w heads|strong="H7218"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Ben-hadad|strong="H1130"\w* \w saith|strong="H0559"\w*, I pray thee, let me \w live|strong="H2421"\w*. And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, <i>Is</i> he yet \w alive|strong="H2416"\w*? he <i>is</i> my \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*.


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Now the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* did diligently \w observe|strong="H5172"\w* whether <i>any thing would come</i> from him, and did \w hastily|strong="H4116"\w* \w catch|strong="H2480"\w* <i>it:</i> and they \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Thy \w brother|strong="H0251"\w* \w Ben-hadad|strong="H1130"\w*. Then he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Go|strong="H0935"\w* ye, \w bring|strong="H3947"\w* him. Then \w Ben-hadad|strong="H1130"\w* came \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* to him; and he caused him to come \w up|strong="H5927"\w* into the \w chariot|strong="H4818"\w*.


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And <i>Ben-hadad</i> \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, The \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*, which my \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* from thy \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, I will \w restore|strong="H7725"\w*; and thou shalt \w make|strong="H7760"\w* \w streets|strong="H2351"\w* for thee in \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w*, as my \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w made|strong="H7760"\w* in \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*. Then <i>said Ahab</i>, I will send thee \w away|strong="H7971"\w* with this \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w*. So he \w made|strong="H3772"\w* a \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* with him, and sent him \w away|strong="H7971"\w*.<n>streets: or, market places</n><pb/>


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¶ And a \w certain|strong="H0259"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto his \w neighbour|strong="H7453"\w* in the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, \w Smite|strong="H5221"\w* me, I pray thee. And the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w refused|strong="H3985"\w* to \w smite|strong="H5221"\w* him.


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Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* he unto him, Because thou hast not \w obeyed|strong="H8085"\w* the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, behold, as soon as thou art \w departed|strong="H1980"\w* from me, a \w lion|strong="H0738"\w* shall \w slay|strong="H5221"\w* thee. And as soon as he was \w departed|strong="H3212"\w* from \w him|strong="H0681"\w*, a \w lion|strong="H0738"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* him, and \w slew|strong="H5221"\w* him.


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Then he \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w another|strong="H0312"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Smite|strong="H5221"\w* me, I pray thee. And the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* him, so that in \w smiting|strong="H5221"\w* he \w wounded|strong="H6481"\w* <i>him</i>.<n>so that…: Heb. smiting and wounding</n>


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So the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w departed|strong="H3212"\w*, and \w waited|strong="H5975"\w* for the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* by the \w way|strong="H1870"\w*, and \w disguised|strong="H2664"\w* himself with \w ashes|strong="H0666"\w* upon his \w face|strong="H5869"\w*.


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And as the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* passed \w by|strong="H5674"\w*, he \w cried|strong="H6817"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*: and he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* into the \w midst|strong="H7130"\w* of the \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*; and, behold, a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* turned \w aside|strong="H5493"\w*, and \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* unto me, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Keep|strong="H8104"\w* this \w man|strong="H0376"\w*: if by any \w means|strong="H6485"\w* he be \w missing|strong="H6485"\w*, then shall thy \w life|strong="H5315"\w* be for his \w life|strong="H5315"\w*, or else thou shalt \w pay|strong="H8254"\w* a \w talent|strong="H3603"\w* of \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*.<n>pay: Heb. weigh</n>


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And as thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* was \w busy|strong="H6213"\w* here and there, he was \w gone|strong="H0369"\w*. And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, So <i>shall</i> thy \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w* <i>be;</i> thyself hast \w decided|strong="H2782"\w* <i>it</i>.<n>he was…: Heb. he was not</n>


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And he \w hasted|strong="H4116"\w*, and took the \w ashes|strong="H0666"\w* \w away|strong="H5493"\w* from his \w face|strong="H5869"\w*; and the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w discerned|strong="H5234"\w* him that he <i>was</i> of the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*.


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, Because thou hast let \w go|strong="H7971"\w* out of <i>thy</i> \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* whom I appointed to utter \w destruction|strong="H2764"\w*, therefore thy \w life|strong="H5315"\w* shall go for his \w life|strong="H5315"\w*, and thy \w people|strong="H5971"\w* for his \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.


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And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to his \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w heavy|strong="H5620"\w* and \w displeased|strong="H2198"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*.<pb/>


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And it came to pass \w after|strong="H0310"\w* these \w things|strong="H1697"\w*, <i>that</i> \w Naboth|strong="H5022"\w* the \w Jezreelite|strong="H3158"\w* had a \w vineyard|strong="H3754"\w*, which <i>was</i> in \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*, hard \w by|strong="H0681"\w* the \w palace|strong="H1964"\w* of \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*.


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And \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* unto \w Naboth|strong="H5022"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Give|strong="H5414"\w* me thy \w vineyard|strong="H3754"\w*, that I may have it for a \w garden|strong="H1588"\w* of \w herbs|strong="H3419"\w*, because it <i>is</i> \w near|strong="H7138"\w* \w unto|strong="H0681"\w* my \w house|strong="H1004"\w*: and I will \w give|strong="H5414"\w* thee for it a \w better|strong="H2896"\w* \w vineyard|strong="H3754"\w* than it; <i>or</i>, if it seem \w good|strong="H2896"\w* to \w thee|strong="H5869"\w*, I will \w give|strong="H5414"\w* thee the \w worth|strong="H4242"\w* of it in \w money|strong="H3701"\w*.<n>seem…: Heb. be good in thine eyes</n>


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And \w Naboth|strong="H5022"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w*, The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w forbid|strong="H2486"\w* it me, that I should \w give|strong="H5414"\w* the \w inheritance|strong="H5159"\w* of my \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* unto thee.


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And \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* into his \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w heavy|strong="H5620"\w* and \w displeased|strong="H2198"\w* because of the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* which \w Naboth|strong="H5022"\w* the \w Jezreelite|strong="H3158"\w* had \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* to him: for he had \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I will not \w give|strong="H5414"\w* thee the \w inheritance|strong="H5159"\w* of my \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*. And he laid him \w down|strong="H7901"\w* upon his \w bed|strong="H4296"\w*, and turned \w away|strong="H5437"\w* his \w face|strong="H6440"\w*, and would \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* no \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ But \w Jezebel|strong="H0348"\w* his \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to him, and \w said|strong="H1696"\w* unto him, Why is thy \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* so \w sad|strong="H5620"\w*, that thou \w eatest|strong="H0398"\w* no \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*?


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And he \w said|strong="H1696"\w* unto her, Because I \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* unto \w Naboth|strong="H5022"\w* the \w Jezreelite|strong="H3158"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w Give|strong="H5414"\w* me thy \w vineyard|strong="H3754"\w* for \w money|strong="H3701"\w*; or else, if it \w please|strong="H2655"\w* thee, I will \w give|strong="H5414"\w* thee <i>another</i> \w vineyard|strong="H3754"\w* for it: and he \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, I will not \w give|strong="H5414"\w* thee my \w vineyard|strong="H3754"\w*.


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And \w Jezebel|strong="H0348"\w* his \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Dost thou now \w govern|strong="H6213"\w* the \w kingdom|strong="H4410"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*? \w arise|strong="H6965"\w*, <i>and</i> \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*, and let thine \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* be \w merry|strong="H3190"\w*: I will \w give|strong="H5414"\w* thee the \w vineyard|strong="H3754"\w* of \w Naboth|strong="H5022"\w* the \w Jezreelite|strong="H3158"\w*.


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So she \w wrote|strong="H3789"\w* \w letters|strong="H5612"\w* in \w Ahab’s|strong="H0256"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w*, and \w sealed|strong="H2856"\w* <i>them</i> with his \w seal|strong="H2368"\w*, and \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* the \w letters|strong="H5612"\w* unto the \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* and to the \w nobles|strong="H2715"\w* that <i>were</i> in his \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w dwelling|strong="H3427"\w* with \w Naboth|strong="H5022"\w*.


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And she \w wrote|strong="H3789"\w* in the \w letters|strong="H5612"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Proclaim|strong="H7121"\w* a \w fast|strong="H6685"\w*, and \w set|strong="H3427"\w* \w Naboth|strong="H5022"\w* on \w high|strong="H7218"\w* among the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*:<n>on high…: Heb. in the top of the people</n>


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And \w set|strong="H3427"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w*, \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Belial|strong="H1100"\w*, before him, to bear \w witness|strong="H5749"\w* against him, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Thou didst \w blaspheme|strong="H1288"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* and the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*. And <i>then</i> carry him \w out|strong="H3318"\w*, and \w stone|strong="H5619"\w* him, that he may \w die|strong="H4191"\w*.


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And the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of his \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, <i>even</i> the \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* and the \w nobles|strong="H2715"\w* who were the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* in his \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w did|strong="H6213"\w* as \w Jezebel|strong="H0348"\w* had \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* unto them, <i>and</i> as it <i>was</i> \w written|strong="H3789"\w* in the \w letters|strong="H5612"\w* which she had \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* unto them.


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They \w proclaimed|strong="H7121"\w* a \w fast|strong="H6685"\w*, and \w set|strong="H3427"\w* \w Naboth|strong="H5022"\w* on \w high|strong="H7218"\w* among the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.


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And there \w came|strong="H0935"\w* in \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w*, \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Belial|strong="H1100"\w*, and \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* before him: and the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Belial|strong="H1100"\w* \w witnessed|strong="H5749"\w* against him, <i>even</i> against \w Naboth|strong="H5022"\w*, in the presence of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Naboth|strong="H5022"\w* did \w blaspheme|strong="H1288"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* and the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*. Then they carried him \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H2351"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and \w stoned|strong="H5619"\w* him with \w stones|strong="H0068"\w*, that he \w died|strong="H4191"\w*.


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Then they \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* to \w Jezebel|strong="H0348"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Naboth|strong="H5022"\w* is \w stoned|strong="H5619"\w*, and is \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And it came to pass, when \w Jezebel|strong="H0348"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* that \w Naboth|strong="H5022"\w* was \w stoned|strong="H5619"\w*, and was \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*, that \w Jezebel|strong="H0348"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w*, \w Arise|strong="H6965"\w*, take \w possession|strong="H3423"\w* of the \w vineyard|strong="H3754"\w* of \w Naboth|strong="H5022"\w* the \w Jezreelite|strong="H3158"\w*, which he \w refused|strong="H3985"\w* to \w give|strong="H5414"\w* thee for \w money|strong="H3701"\w*: for \w Naboth|strong="H5022"\w* is not \w alive|strong="H2416"\w*, but \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*.


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And it came to pass, when \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* that \w Naboth|strong="H5022"\w* was \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*, that \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* rose \w up|strong="H6965"\w* to go \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to the \w vineyard|strong="H3754"\w* of \w Naboth|strong="H5022"\w* the \w Jezreelite|strong="H3158"\w*, to take \w possession|strong="H3423"\w* of it.<pb/>


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¶ And the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* came to \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* the \w Tishbite|strong="H8664"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,


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\w Arise|strong="H6965"\w*, go \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, which <i>is</i> in \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*: behold, <i>he is</i> in the \w vineyard|strong="H3754"\w* of \w Naboth|strong="H5022"\w*, whither he is gone \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to \w possess|strong="H3423"\w* it.


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And thou shalt \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* unto him, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, Hast thou \w killed|strong="H7523"\w*, and also taken \w possession|strong="H3423"\w*? And thou shalt \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* unto him, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, In the \w place|strong="H4725"\w* where \w dogs|strong="H3611"\w* \w licked|strong="H3952"\w* the \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* of \w Naboth|strong="H5022"\w* shall \w dogs|strong="H3611"\w* \w lick|strong="H3952"\w* thy \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*, even thine.


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And \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w*, Hast thou \w found|strong="H4672"\w* me, O mine \w enemy|strong="H0341"\w*? And he \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, I have \w found|strong="H4672"\w* <i>thee:</i> because thou hast \w sold|strong="H4376"\w* thyself to \w work|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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Behold, I will \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* upon thee, and will take \w away|strong="H1197"\w* thy \w posterity|strong="H0310"\w*, and will cut \w off|strong="H3772"\w* from \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* him that \w pisseth|strong="H8366"\w* against the \w wall|strong="H7023"\w*, and him that is shut \w up|strong="H6113"\w* and \w left|strong="H5800"\w* in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*,


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And will \w make|strong="H5414"\w* thine \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*, and like the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Baasha|strong="H1201"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ahijah|strong="H0281"\w*, for the \w provocation|strong="H3708"\w* wherewith thou hast provoked <i>me</i> to \w anger|strong="H3707"\w*, and made \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* to \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*.


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And of \w Jezebel|strong="H0348"\w* also \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, The \w dogs|strong="H3611"\w* shall \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w Jezebel|strong="H0348"\w* by the \w wall|strong="H2426"\w* of \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*.<n>wall: or, ditch</n>


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Him that \w dieth|strong="H4191"\w* of \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* in the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* the \w dogs|strong="H3611"\w* shall \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*.<pb/>


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¶ But there was none like unto \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w*, which did \w sell|strong="H4376"\w* himself to \w work|strong="H6213"\w* \w wickedness|strong="H7451"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, whom \w Jezebel|strong="H0348"\w* his \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* stirred \w up|strong="H5496"\w*.<n>stirred…: or, incited</n>


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And he did \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w abominably|strong="H8581"\w* in \w following|strong="H3212"\w* \w idols|strong="H1544"\w*, according to all <i>things</i> as \w did|strong="H6213"\w* the \w Amorites|strong="H0567"\w*, whom 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*.


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And it came to pass, when \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* those \w words|strong="H1697"\w*, that he \w rent|strong="H7167"\w* his \w clothes|strong="H0899"\w*, and \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w sackcloth|strong="H8242"\w* upon his \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w*, and \w fasted|strong="H6684"\w*, and \w lay|strong="H7901"\w* in \w sackcloth|strong="H8242"\w*, and \w went|strong="H1980"\w* \w softly|strong="H0328"\w*.


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And the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* came to \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* the \w Tishbite|strong="H8664"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,


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\w Seest|strong="H7200"\w* thou how \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w humbleth|strong="H3665"\w* himself \w before|strong="H6440"\w* me? \w because|strong="H3282"\w* he \w humbleth|strong="H3665"\w* himself \w before|strong="H6440"\w* me, I will not \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* the \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* in his \w days|strong="H3117"\w*: <i>but</i> in his \w son’s|strong="H1121"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* will I \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* the \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* upon his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.<pb/>


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And they \w continued|strong="H3427"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* without \w war|strong="H4421"\w* between \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w* and \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.


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And it came to pass in the \w third|strong="H7992"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w*, that \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* came \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.


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And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, \w Know|strong="H3045"\w* ye that \w Ramoth|strong="H7433"\w* in \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* <i>is</i> ours, and we <i>be</i> \w still|strong="H2814"\w*, <i>and</i> \w take|strong="H3947"\w* it not out of the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w*?<n>still…: Heb. silent from taking it</n>


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w*, Wilt thou \w go|strong="H3212"\w* with me to \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* to \w Ramoth-gilead|strong="H7433"\w*? And \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, I <i>am</i> as \w thou|strong="H3644"\w* <i>art</i>, my \w people|strong="H5971"\w* as thy \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, my \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* as thy \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*.


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And \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w Enquire|strong="H1875"\w*, I pray thee, at the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* to \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.


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Then the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w gathered|strong="H6908"\w* the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w together|strong="H6908"\w*, about \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, Shall I \w go|strong="H3212"\w* against \w Ramoth-gilead|strong="H7433"\w* to \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*, or shall I \w forbear|strong="H2308"\w*? And they \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Go \w up|strong="H5927"\w*; for the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* shall \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* <i>it</i> into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.


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And \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, <i>Is there</i> not here a \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w besides|strong="H5750"\w*, that we might \w enquire|strong="H1875"\w* of him?


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And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w*, <i>There is</i> yet \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w*, \w Micaiah|strong="H4321"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Imlah|strong="H3229"\w*, by whom we may \w enquire|strong="H1875"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*: but I \w hate|strong="H8130"\w* him; for he doth not \w prophesy|strong="H5012"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* concerning me, but \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*. And \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Let not the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w say|strong="H0559"\w* so.


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Then the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w an|strong="H0259"\w* \w officer|strong="H5631"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Hasten|strong="H4116"\w* <i>hither</i> \w Micaiah|strong="H4321"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Imlah|strong="H3229"\w*.<n>officer: or, eunuch</n>


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And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* and \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* \w each|strong="H0376"\w* on his \w throne|strong="H3678"\w*, having put \w on|strong="H3847"\w* their \w robes|strong="H0899"\w*, in a void \w place|strong="H1637"\w* in the \w entrance|strong="H6607"\w* of the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* of \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*; and all the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w prophesied|strong="H5012"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* them.<n>void…: Heb. floor</n>


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And \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Chenaanah|strong="H3668"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* him \w horns|strong="H7161"\w* of \w iron|strong="H1270"\w*: and he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, With these shalt thou \w push|strong="H5055"\w* the \w Syrians|strong="H0758"\w*, until thou have \w consumed|strong="H3615"\w* them.


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And all the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w prophesied|strong="H5012"\w* so, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Go \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to \w Ramoth-gilead|strong="H7433"\w*, and \w prosper|strong="H6743"\w*: for the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* shall \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* <i>it</i> into the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.


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And the \w messenger|strong="H4397"\w* that was \w gone|strong="H1980"\w* to \w call|strong="H7121"\w* \w Micaiah|strong="H4321"\w* \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* unto him, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold now, the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* <i>declare</i> \w good|strong="H2896"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* with \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*: let thy \w word|strong="H1697"\w*, I pray thee, be like the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of \w one|strong="H0259"\w* of them, and \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* <i>that which is</i> \w good|strong="H2896"\w*.


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And \w Micaiah|strong="H4321"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, <i>As</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, what the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* unto me, that will I \w speak|strong="H1696"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ So he \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*. And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w Micaiah|strong="H4321"\w*, shall we \w go|strong="H3212"\w* against \w Ramoth-gilead|strong="H7433"\w* to \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*, or shall we \w forbear|strong="H2308"\w*? And he \w answered|strong="H0559"\w* him, \w Go|strong="H5927"\w*, and \w prosper|strong="H6743"\w*: for the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* shall \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* <i>it</i> into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.


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And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, How many \w times|strong="H6471"\w* shall I \w adjure|strong="H7650"\w* thee that thou \w tell|strong="H1696"\w* me nothing but <i>that which is</i> \w true|strong="H0571"\w* in the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*?


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w scattered|strong="H6327"\w* upon the \w hills|strong="H2022"\w*, as \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* that have not a \w shepherd|strong="H7462"\w*: and the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, These have no \w master|strong="H0113"\w*: let them \w return|strong="H7725"\w* every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* to his \w house|strong="H1004"\w* in \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*.


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And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w*, Did I not \w tell|strong="H0559"\w* thee that he would \w prophesy|strong="H5012"\w* no \w good|strong="H2896"\w* concerning me, but \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*?


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Hear|strong="H8085"\w* thou therefore the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*: I \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w sitting|strong="H3427"\w* on his \w throne|strong="H3678"\w*, and all the \w host|strong="H6635"\w* of \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* \w standing|strong="H5975"\w* by him on his right \w hand|strong="H3225"\w* and on his \w left|strong="H8040"\w*.


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And the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Who shall \w persuade|strong="H6601"\w* \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w*, that he may go \w up|strong="H5927"\w* and \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* at \w Ramoth-gilead|strong="H7433"\w*? And one \w said|strong="H0559"\w* on this \w manner|strong="H3541"\w*, and another \w said|strong="H0559"\w* on that \w manner|strong="H3541"\w*.<n>persuade: or, deceive</n>


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And there came \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* a \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w*, and \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I will \w persuade|strong="H6601"\w* him.


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And the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Wherewith? And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I will go \w forth|strong="H3318"\w*, and I will be a \w lying|strong="H8267"\w* \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* in the \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* of all his \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*. And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Thou shalt \w persuade|strong="H6601"\w* <i>him</i>, and \w prevail|strong="H3201"\w* also: go \w forth|strong="H3318"\w*, and \w do|strong="H6213"\w* so.


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Now therefore, behold, the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w put|strong="H5414"\w* a \w lying|strong="H8267"\w* \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* in the \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* of all these thy \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*, and the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* concerning thee.


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But \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Chenaanah|strong="H3668"\w* went \w near|strong="H5066"\w*, and \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* \w Micaiah|strong="H4321"\w* on the \w cheek|strong="H3895"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Which \w way|strong="H0335"\w* \w went|strong="H5674"\w* the \w Spirit|strong="H7307"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* from me to \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* unto thee?


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And \w Micaiah|strong="H4321"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold, thou shalt \w see|strong="H7200"\w* in that \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, when thou shalt \w go|strong="H0935"\w* into an \w inner|strong="H2315"\w* \w chamber|strong="H2315"\w* to \w hide|strong="H2247"\w* thyself.<n>into…: or, from chamber to chamber: Heb. a chamber in a chamber</n>


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And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Take|strong="H3947"\w* \w Micaiah|strong="H4321"\w*, and carry him \w back|strong="H7725"\w* unto \w Amon|strong="H0526"\w* the \w governor|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and to \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*;


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And \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w Put|strong="H7760"\w* this <i>fellow</i> in the \w prison|strong="H1004"\w*, and \w feed|strong="H0398"\w* him with \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* of \w affliction|strong="H3906"\w* and with \w water|strong="H4325"\w* of \w affliction|strong="H3906"\w*, until I \w come|strong="H0935"\w* in \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*.


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And \w Micaiah|strong="H4321"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, If thou \w return|strong="H7725"\w* at \w all|strong="H7725"\w* in \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*, the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath not \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* by me. And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Hearken|strong="H8085"\w*, O \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, every one of you.<pb/>


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So the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* and \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to \w Ramoth-gilead|strong="H7433"\w*.


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And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w*, I will \w disguise|strong="H2664"\w* myself, and \w enter|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*; but put thou \w on|strong="H3847"\w* thy \w robes|strong="H0899"\w*. And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w disguised|strong="H2664"\w* himself, and \w went|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*.<n>I will…: or, when he was to disguise himself, and enter into the battle</n>


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But the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* his \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* and \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* that had rule over his \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Fight|strong="H3898"\w* neither with \w small|strong="H6996"\w* nor \w great|strong="H1419"\w*, save only with the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.


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And it came to pass, when the \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w*, that they \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Surely it <i>is</i> the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. And they turned \w aside|strong="H5493"\w* to \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* against him: and \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* cried \w out|strong="H2199"\w*.


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And it came to pass, when the \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* \w perceived|strong="H7200"\w* that it <i>was</i> not the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, that they turned \w back|strong="H7725"\w* from \w pursuing|strong="H0310"\w* him.


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And a <i>certain</i> \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w drew|strong="H4900"\w* a \w bow|strong="H7198"\w* at a \w venture|strong="H8537"\w*, and \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* between the \w joints|strong="H1694"\w* of the \w harness|strong="H8302"\w*: wherefore he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the driver of his \w chariot|strong="H7395"\w*, \w Turn|strong="H2015"\w* thine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, and carry me \w out|strong="H3318"\w* of the \w host|strong="H4264"\w*; for I am \w wounded|strong="H2470"\w*.<n>at a…: Heb. in his simplicity</n><n>joints…: Heb. joints and the breastplate</n><n>wounded: Heb. made sick</n>


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And the \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* \w increased|strong="H5927"\w* that \w day|strong="H3117"\w*: and the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* was stayed \w up|strong="H5975"\w* in his \w chariot|strong="H4818"\w* \w against|strong="H5227"\w* the \w Syrians|strong="H0758"\w*, and \w died|strong="H4191"\w* at \w even|strong="H6153"\w*: and the \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* ran \w out|strong="H3332"\w* of the \w wound|strong="H4347"\w* into the \w midst|strong="H2436"\w* of the \w chariot|strong="H7393"\w*.<n>increased: Heb. ascended</n><n>midst: Heb. bosom</n>


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And there \w went|strong="H5674"\w* a \w proclamation|strong="H7440"\w* throughout the \w host|strong="H4264"\w* about the going \w down|strong="H0935"\w* of the \w sun|strong="H8121"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* to his \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* to his own \w country|strong="H0776"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ So the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*, and was \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*; and they \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* in \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*.<n>was brought: Heb. came</n>


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And <i>one</i> \w washed|strong="H7857"\w* the \w chariot|strong="H7393"\w* in the \w pool|strong="H1295"\w* of \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*; and the \w dogs|strong="H3611"\w* licked \w up|strong="H3952"\w* his \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*; and they \w washed|strong="H7364"\w* his \w armour|strong="H2185"\w*; according unto the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* which he \w spake|strong="H1696"\w*.


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Now the \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w*, and all that he \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, and the \w ivory|strong="H8127"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* which he \w made|strong="H1129"\w*, and all the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* that 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 Israel|strong="H3478"\w*?


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So \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w slept|strong="H7901"\w* with his \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*; and \w Ahaziah|strong="H0274"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* in his stead.<pb/>


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¶ And \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Asa|strong="H0609"\w* began to \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* over \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* in the \w fourth|strong="H0702"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.


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\w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* <i>was</i> \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* and \w five|strong="H2568"\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 twenty|strong="H6242"\w* and \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. And his \w mother’s|strong="H0517"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* <i>was</i> \w Azubah|strong="H5806"\w* the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Shilhi|strong="H7977"\w*.


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And he \w walked|strong="H3212"\w* in all the \w ways|strong="H1870"\w* of \w Asa|strong="H0609"\w* his \w father|strong="H0001"\w*; he turned not \w aside|strong="H5493"\w* from it, \w doing|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*: nevertheless the high \w places|strong="H1116"\w* were not taken \w away|strong="H5493"\w*; <i>for</i> the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w offered|strong="H2076"\w* and burnt \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* yet in the high \w places|strong="H1116"\w*.


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And \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* made \w peace|strong="H7999"\w* with the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.


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Now the \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w*, and his \w might|strong="H1369"\w* that he \w shewed|strong="H6213"\w*, and how he \w warred|strong="H3898"\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 the \w remnant|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w sodomites|strong="H6945"\w*, which \w remained|strong="H7604"\w* in the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of his \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w Asa|strong="H0609"\w*, he \w took|strong="H1197"\w* out of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*.


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<i>There was</i> then no \w king|strong="H4428"\w* in \w Edom|strong="H0123"\w*: a \w deputy|strong="H5324"\w* <i>was</i> \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.


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\w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w ships|strong="H0591"\w* of \w Tharshish|strong="H8659"\w* to \w go|strong="H3212"\w* to \w Ophir|strong="H0211"\w* for \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*: but they \w went|strong="H1980"\w* not; for the \w ships|strong="H0591"\w* were \w broken|strong="H7665"\w* at \w Ezion-geber|strong="H6100"\w*.<n>made…: or, had ten ships</n>


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Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w Ahaziah|strong="H0274"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* unto \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w*, Let my \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* with thy \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* in the \w ships|strong="H0591"\w*. But \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w would|strong="H0014"\w* not.<pb/>


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¶ And \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\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 Jehoram|strong="H3088"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* in his stead.<pb/>


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¶ \w Ahaziah|strong="H0274"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* began to \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* in \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* the \w seventeenth|strong="H7651"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* two \w years|strong="H8141"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\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 his \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, and in the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of his \w mother|strong="H0517"\w*, and in the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Nebat|strong="H5028"\w*, who made \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* to \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*:


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For he \w served|strong="H5647"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*, and \w worshipped|strong="H7812"\w* him, and provoked to \w anger|strong="H3707"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, according to all that his \w father|strong="H0001"\w* had \w done|strong="H6213"\w*.


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Then \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* \w rebelled|strong="H6586"\w* against \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* the \w death|strong="H4194"\w* of \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w*.


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And \w Ahaziah|strong="H0274"\w* fell \w down|strong="H5307"\w* through a \w lattice|strong="H7639"\w* in his upper \w chamber|strong="H5944"\w* that <i>was</i> in \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, and was \w sick|strong="H2470"\w*: and he \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w*, \w enquire|strong="H1875"\w* of \w Baal-zebub|strong="H1176"\w* the \w god|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Ekron|strong="H6138"\w* whether I shall \w recover|strong="H2421"\w* of this \w disease|strong="H2483"\w*.


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But the \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* to \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* the \w Tishbite|strong="H8664"\w*, \w Arise|strong="H6965"\w*, go \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* the \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, and \w say|strong="H1696"\w* unto them, <i>Is it</i> not because <i>there is</i> not a \w God|strong="H0430"\w* in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, <i>that</i> ye \w go|strong="H1980"\w* to \w enquire|strong="H1875"\w* of \w Baal-zebub|strong="H1176"\w* the \w god|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Ekron|strong="H6138"\w*?


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Now therefore thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, Thou shalt not come \w down|strong="H3381"\w* from that \w bed|strong="H4296"\w* on which thou art gone \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, but shalt \w surely|strong="H4191"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*. And \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w departed|strong="H3212"\w*.<n>Thou shalt…: Heb. The bed whither thou art gone up, thou shalt not come down from it</n><pb/>


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¶ And when the \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* turned \w back|strong="H7725"\w* unto him, he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, Why are ye \w now|strong="H2088"\w* turned \w back|strong="H7725"\w*?


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And they \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, There \w came|strong="H5927"\w* a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* us, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto us, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w*, turn \w again|strong="H7725"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* that \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* you, and \w say|strong="H1696"\w* unto him, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, <i>Is it</i> not because <i>there is</i> not a \w God|strong="H0430"\w* in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, <i>that</i> thou \w sendest|strong="H7971"\w* to \w enquire|strong="H1875"\w* of \w Baal-zebub|strong="H1176"\w* the \w god|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Ekron|strong="H6138"\w*? therefore thou shalt not come \w down|strong="H3381"\w* from that \w bed|strong="H4296"\w* on which thou art gone \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, but shalt \w surely|strong="H4191"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*.


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And he \w said|strong="H1696"\w* unto them, What \w manner|strong="H4941"\w* of \w man|strong="H0376"\w* <i>was he</i> which came \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* you, and \w told|strong="H1696"\w* you these \w words|strong="H1697"\w*?<n>What…: Heb. What was the manner of the man</n>


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And they \w answered|strong="H0559"\w* him, <i>He was</i> an \w hairy|strong="H8181"\w* \w man|strong="H1167"\w*, and \w girt|strong="H0247"\w* with a \w girdle|strong="H0232"\w* of \w leather|strong="H5785"\w* about his \w loins|strong="H4975"\w*. And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, It <i>is</i> \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* the \w Tishbite|strong="H8664"\w*.<pb/>


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Then the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* unto him a \w captain|strong="H8269"\w* of \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w* with his \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w*. And he went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to him: and, behold, he \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* on the \w top|strong="H7218"\w* of an \w hill|strong="H2022"\w*. And he \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* unto him, Thou \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* hath \w said|strong="H1696"\w*, Come \w down|strong="H3381"\w*.


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And \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* and \w said|strong="H1696"\w* to the \w captain|strong="H8269"\w* of \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w*, If I <i>be</i> a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, then let \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* come \w down|strong="H3381"\w* from \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, and \w consume|strong="H0398"\w* thee and thy \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w*. And there came \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* from \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, and \w consumed|strong="H0398"\w* him and his \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w*.


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\w Again|strong="H7725"\w* also he \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* unto him \w another|strong="H0312"\w* \w captain|strong="H8269"\w* of \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w* with his \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w*. And he \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* and \w said|strong="H1696"\w* unto him, O \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, thus hath the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Come \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w quickly|strong="H4120"\w*.


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And \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* and \w said|strong="H1696"\w* unto them, If I <i>be</i> a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, let \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* come \w down|strong="H3381"\w* from \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, and \w consume|strong="H0398"\w* thee and thy \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w*. And the \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* came \w down|strong="H3381"\w* from \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, and \w consumed|strong="H0398"\w* him and his \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And he \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w* a \w captain|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w third|strong="H7992"\w* \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w* with his \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w*. And the \w third|strong="H7992"\w* \w captain|strong="H8269"\w* of \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w* went \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* and \w fell|strong="H3766"\w* on his \w knees|strong="H1290"\w* \w before|strong="H5048"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w*, and \w besought|strong="H2603"\w* him, and \w said|strong="H1696"\w* unto him, O \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, I pray thee, let my \w life|strong="H5315"\w*, and the \w life|strong="H5315"\w* of these \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w* thy \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, be \w precious|strong="H3365"\w* in thy \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*.<n>fell: Heb. bowed</n>


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Behold, there \w came|strong="H3381"\w* \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* from \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, and burnt \w up|strong="H0398"\w* the \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w former|strong="H7223"\w* \w fifties|strong="H2572"\w* with their \w fifties|strong="H2572"\w*: therefore let my \w life|strong="H5315"\w* now be \w precious|strong="H3365"\w* in thy \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*.


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And the \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* unto \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w*, Go \w down|strong="H3381"\w* with him: be not \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* of \w him|strong="H6440"\w*. And he \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and went \w down|strong="H3381"\w* with him unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.


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And he \w said|strong="H1696"\w* unto him, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, Forasmuch as thou hast \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* to \w enquire|strong="H1875"\w* of \w Baal-zebub|strong="H1176"\w* the \w god|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Ekron|strong="H6138"\w*, <i>is it</i> not because <i>there is</i> no \w God|strong="H0430"\w* in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* to \w enquire|strong="H1875"\w* of his \w word|strong="H1697"\w*? therefore thou shalt not come \w down|strong="H3381"\w* off that \w bed|strong="H4296"\w* on which thou art gone \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, but shalt \w surely|strong="H4191"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ So he \w died|strong="H4191"\w* according to the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* which \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* had \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w*. And \w Jehoram|strong="H3088"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* in his stead in the \w second|strong="H8147"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Jehoram|strong="H3088"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*; because he had no \w son|strong="H1121"\w*.


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Now the \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Ahaziah|strong="H0274"\w* which 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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And it came to pass, when the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* would take \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* into \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* by a \w whirlwind|strong="H5591"\w*, that \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* with \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* from \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w*.


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And \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w*, \w Tarry|strong="H3427"\w* here, I pray thee; for the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* me to \w Beth-el|strong="H1008"\w*. And \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* <i>unto him, As</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, and <i>as</i> thy \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, I will not \w leave|strong="H5800"\w* thee. So they went \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to \w Beth-el|strong="H1008"\w*.


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And the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* that <i>were</i> at \w Beth-el|strong="H1008"\w* came \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* to \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w Knowest|strong="H3045"\w* thou that the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* will take \w away|strong="H3947"\w* thy \w master|strong="H0113"\w* from thy \w head|strong="H7218"\w* to \w day|strong="H3117"\w*? And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Yea, I \w know|strong="H3045"\w* <i>it;</i> hold ye your \w peace|strong="H2814"\w*.


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And \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w*, \w tarry|strong="H3427"\w* here, I pray thee; for the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* me to \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w*. And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, <i>As</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, and <i>as</i> thy \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, I will not \w leave|strong="H5800"\w* thee. So they \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w*.


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And the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* that <i>were</i> at \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w* \w came|strong="H5066"\w* to \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w Knowest|strong="H3045"\w* thou that the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* will take \w away|strong="H3947"\w* thy \w master|strong="H0113"\w* from thy \w head|strong="H7218"\w* to \w day|strong="H3117"\w*? And he \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, Yea, I \w know|strong="H3045"\w* <i>it;</i> hold ye your \w peace|strong="H2814"\w*.


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And \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w Tarry|strong="H3427"\w*, I pray thee, here; for the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* me to \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*. And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, <i>As</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, and <i>as</i> thy \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, I will not \w leave|strong="H5800"\w* thee. And they \w two|strong="H8147"\w* went \w on|strong="H3212"\w*.


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And \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w went|strong="H1980"\w*, and \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* to \w view|strong="H5048"\w* afar \w off|strong="H7350"\w*: and they \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* by \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*.<n>to view: Heb. in sight, or, over against</n>


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And \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* his \w mantle|strong="H0155"\w*, and wrapped <i>it</i> \w together|strong="H1563"\w*, and \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* the \w waters|strong="H4325"\w*, and they were \w divided|strong="H2673"\w* hither and thither, so that they \w two|strong="H8147"\w* went \w over|strong="H5674"\w* on \w dry|strong="H2724"\w* ground.<pb/>


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¶ And it came to pass, when they were gone \w over|strong="H5674"\w*, that \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w*, \w Ask|strong="H7592"\w* what I shall \w do|strong="H6213"\w* for thee, before I be taken \w away|strong="H3947"\w* from thee. And \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I pray thee, let a \w double|strong="H8147"\w* \w portion|strong="H6310"\w* of thy \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* be upon me.


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Thou hast \w asked|strong="H7592"\w* a hard \w thing|strong="H7185"\w*: <i>nevertheless</i>, if thou \w see|strong="H7200"\w* me <i>when I am</i> \w taken|strong="H3947"\w* from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not be <i>so</i>.<n>Thou hast…: Heb. Thou hast done hard in asking</n>


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And it came to pass, as they \w still|strong="H1980"\w* went \w on|strong="H1980"\w*, and \w talked|strong="H1696"\w*, that, behold, <i>there appeared</i> a \w chariot|strong="H7393"\w* of \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*, and \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* of \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*, and \w parted|strong="H6504"\w* them \w both|strong="H8147"\w* \w asunder|strong="H0996"\w*; and \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* by a \w whirlwind|strong="H5591"\w* into \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* <i>it</i>, and he \w cried|strong="H6817"\w*, My \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, my \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, the \w chariot|strong="H7393"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and the \w horsemen|strong="H6571"\w* thereof. And he \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* him no more: and he took \w hold|strong="H2388"\w* of his own \w clothes|strong="H0899"\w*, and \w rent|strong="H7167"\w* them in \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w pieces|strong="H7168"\w*.<pb/>


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He took \w up|strong="H7311"\w* also the \w mantle|strong="H0155"\w* of \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* that \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* from him, and went \w back|strong="H7725"\w*, and \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* by the \w bank|strong="H8193"\w* of \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*;<n>bank: Heb. lip</n>


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And he \w took|strong="H3947"\w* the \w mantle|strong="H0155"\w* of \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* that \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* from him, and \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* the \w waters|strong="H4325"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Where <i>is</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w*? and when he also had \w smitten|strong="H5221"\w* the \w waters|strong="H4325"\w*, they \w parted|strong="H2673"\w* hither and thither: and \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* went \w over|strong="H5674"\w*.


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And when the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* which <i>were</i> to view at \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* him, they \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, The \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* of \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* doth \w rest|strong="H5117"\w* on \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w*. And they \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* him, and \w bowed|strong="H7812"\w* themselves to the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w* before him.<pb/>


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¶ And they \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Behold now, there \w be|strong="H3426"\w* with thy \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w* \w strong|strong="H2428"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w*; let them \w go|strong="H3212"\w*, we pray thee, and \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* thy \w master|strong="H0113"\w*: lest peradventure the \w Spirit|strong="H7307"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath taken him \w up|strong="H5375"\w*, and \w cast|strong="H7993"\w* him upon \w some|strong="H0259"\w* \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w*, or into \w some|strong="H0259"\w* \w valley|strong="H1516"\w*. And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Ye shall not \w send|strong="H7971"\w*.<n>strong…: Heb. sons of strength</n><n>some mountain: Heb. one of the mountains</n>


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And when they \w urged|strong="H6484"\w* him till he was \w ashamed|strong="H0954"\w*, he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Send|strong="H7971"\w*. They \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* therefore \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*; and they \w sought|strong="H1245"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, but \w found|strong="H4672"\w* him not.


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And when they came \w again|strong="H7725"\w* to him, (for he \w tarried|strong="H3427"\w* at \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w*,) he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, Did I not \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto you, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w* not?<pb/>


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¶ And the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w*, Behold, I pray thee, the \w situation|strong="H4186"\w* of this \w city|strong="H5892"\w* <i>is</i> \w pleasant|strong="H2896"\w*, as my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* \w seeth|strong="H7200"\w*: but the \w water|strong="H4325"\w* <i>is</i> \w naught|strong="H7451"\w*, and the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w* \w barren|strong="H7921"\w*.<n>barren: Heb. causing to miscarry</n>


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Bring|strong="H3947"\w* me a \w new|strong="H2319"\w* \w cruse|strong="H6746"\w*, and \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w salt|strong="H4417"\w* therein. And they \w brought|strong="H3947"\w* <i>it</i> to him.


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And he went \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* unto the \w spring|strong="H4161"\w* of the \w waters|strong="H4325"\w*, and \w cast|strong="H7993"\w* the \w salt|strong="H4417"\w* in there, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, I have \w healed|strong="H7495"\w* these \w waters|strong="H4325"\w*; there shall not be from thence any more \w death|strong="H4194"\w* or \w barren|strong="H7921"\w* <i>land</i>.


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So the \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* were \w healed|strong="H7495"\w* unto this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, according to the \w saying|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* which he \w spake|strong="H1696"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And he went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* from thence unto \w Beth-el|strong="H1008"\w*: and as he was going \w up|strong="H5927"\w* by the \w way|strong="H1870"\w*, there came \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* \w little|strong="H6996"\w* \w children|strong="H5288"\w* out of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and \w mocked|strong="H7046"\w* him, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Go \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, thou bald \w head|strong="H7142"\w*; go \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, thou bald \w head|strong="H7142"\w*.


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And he \w turned|strong="H6437"\w* \w back|strong="H0310"\w*, and \w looked|strong="H7200"\w* on them, and \w cursed|strong="H7043"\w* them in the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*. And there came \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* she \w bears|strong="H1677"\w* out of the \w wood|strong="H3293"\w*, and \w tare|strong="H1234"\w* \w forty|strong="H0705"\w* and \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w children|strong="H3206"\w* of them.


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And he \w went|strong="H3212"\w* from thence to \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Carmel|strong="H3760"\w*, and from thence he \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* to \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*.<pb/>


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Now \w Jehoram|strong="H3088"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* began to \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* in \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* the \w eighteenth|strong="H8083"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w twelve|strong="H8147"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.


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And he \w wrought|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; but not like his \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, and like his \w mother|strong="H0517"\w*: for he put \w away|strong="H5493"\w* the \w image|strong="H4676"\w* of \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w* that his \w father|strong="H0001"\w* had \w made|strong="H6213"\w*.<n>image: Heb. statue</n>


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Nevertheless he \w cleaved|strong="H1692"\w* unto the \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* of \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Nebat|strong="H5028"\w*, which made \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* to \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*; he \w departed|strong="H5493"\w* not therefrom.<pb/>


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¶ And \w Mesha|strong="H4338"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* was a \w sheepmaster|strong="H5349"\w*, and \w rendered|strong="H7725"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* an \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w lambs|strong="H3733"\w*, and an \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w rams|strong="H0352"\w*, with the \w wool|strong="H6785"\w*.


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But it came to pass, when \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* was \w dead|strong="H4194"\w*, that the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* \w rebelled|strong="H6586"\w* against the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jehoram|strong="H3088"\w* went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* of \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* the same \w time|strong="H3117"\w*, and \w numbered|strong="H6485"\w* all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.


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And he \w went|strong="H3212"\w* and \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* to \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, The \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* hath \w rebelled|strong="H6586"\w* against me: wilt thou \w go|strong="H3212"\w* with me against \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* to \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*? And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I will go \w up|strong="H5927"\w*: I <i>am</i> as thou <i>art</i>, my \w people|strong="H5971"\w* as thy \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, <i>and</i> my \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* as thy \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*.


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Which \w way|strong="H1870"\w* shall we go \w up|strong="H5927"\w*? And he \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, The \w way|strong="H1870"\w* through the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w* of \w Edom|strong="H0123"\w*.


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So the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w*, and the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Edom|strong="H0123"\w*: and they fetched a \w compass|strong="H5437"\w* of \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w days’|strong="H3117"\w* \w journey|strong="H1870"\w*: and there was no \w water|strong="H4325"\w* for the \w host|strong="H4264"\w*, and for the \w cattle|strong="H0929"\w* that \w followed|strong="H7272"\w* them.<n>that…: Heb. at their feet</n>


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And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Alas|strong="H0162"\w*! that the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w called|strong="H7121"\w* these \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w together|strong="H7121"\w*, to \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* them into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*!


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But \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, <i>Is there</i> not here a \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, that we may \w enquire|strong="H1875"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* by him? And \w one|strong="H0259"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel’s|strong="H3478"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Here <i>is</i> \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Shaphat|strong="H8202"\w*, which \w poured|strong="H3332"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* on the \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w*.


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And \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, The \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w is|strong="H3426"\w* with him. So the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* and \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* and the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Edom|strong="H0123"\w* went \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to him.


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And \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, What have I to do with thee? \w get|strong="H3212"\w* thee to the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* of thy \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, and to the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* of thy \w mother|strong="H0517"\w*. And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Nay: for the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w called|strong="H7121"\w* these \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w together|strong="H7121"\w*, to \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* them into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*.


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And \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, <i>As</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, \w before|strong="H6440"\w* whom I \w stand|strong="H5975"\w*, surely, were it not \w that|strong="H3884"\w* I \w regard|strong="H5375"\w* the \w presence|strong="H6440"\w* of \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, I would not \w look|strong="H5027"\w* toward thee, nor \w see|strong="H7200"\w* thee.


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But now \w bring|strong="H3947"\w* me a \w minstrel|strong="H5059"\w*. And it came to pass, when the \w minstrel|strong="H5059"\w* \w played|strong="H5059"\w*, that the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* came upon him.


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, \w Make|strong="H6213"\w* this \w valley|strong="H5158"\w* full of \w ditches|strong="H1356"\w*.


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For thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, Ye shall not \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w*, neither shall ye \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w rain|strong="H1653"\w*; yet that \w valley|strong="H5158"\w* shall be \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* with \w water|strong="H4325"\w*, that ye may \w drink|strong="H8354"\w*, both ye, and your \w cattle|strong="H4735"\w*, and your \w beasts|strong="H0929"\w*.


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And this is <i>but</i> a light \w thing|strong="H7043"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*: he will \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* the \w Moabites|strong="H4124"\w* also into your \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.


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And ye shall \w smite|strong="H5221"\w* every \w fenced|strong="H4013"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and every \w choice|strong="H4004"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and shall \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* every \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w tree|strong="H6086"\w*, and \w stop|strong="H5640"\w* all \w wells|strong="H4599"\w* of \w water|strong="H4325"\w*, and \w mar|strong="H3510"\w* every \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w piece|strong="H2513"\w* of land with \w stones|strong="H0068"\w*.<n>mar: Heb. grieve</n><pb/>


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And it came to pass in the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*, when the meat \w offering|strong="H4503"\w* was \w offered|strong="H5927"\w*, that, behold, there \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* by the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of \w Edom|strong="H0123"\w*, and the \w country|strong="H0776"\w* was \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* with \w water|strong="H4325"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And when all the \w Moabites|strong="H4124"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* that the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* were come \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* against them, they \w gathered|strong="H6817"\w* all that were able to \w put|strong="H2296"\w* on \w armour|strong="H2290"\w*, and \w upward|strong="H4605"\w*, and \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* in the \w border|strong="H1366"\w*.<n>gathered: Heb. were cried together</n><n>put on…: Heb. gird himself with a girdle</n>


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And they rose up \w early|strong="H7925"\w* in the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*, and the \w sun|strong="H8121"\w* \w shone|strong="H2224"\w* upon the \w water|strong="H4325"\w*, and the \w Moabites|strong="H4124"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* the \w water|strong="H4325"\w* on the other \w side|strong="H5048"\w* <i>as</i> \w red|strong="H0122"\w* as \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*:


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And they \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, This <i>is</i> \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*: the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* are \w surely|strong="H2717"\w* \w slain|strong="H2717"\w*, and they have \w smitten|strong="H5221"\w* \w one|strong="H0376"\w* \w another|strong="H7453"\w*: now therefore, \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*, to the \w spoil|strong="H7998"\w*.<n>slain: Heb. destroyed</n>


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And when they \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, the \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* rose \w up|strong="H6965"\w* and \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* the \w Moabites|strong="H4124"\w*, so that they \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* them: but they went \w forward|strong="H5221"\w* \w smiting|strong="H5221"\w* the \w Moabites|strong="H4124"\w*, even in <i>their</i> country.<n>they went…: or, they smote in it even smiting</n>


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And they beat \w down|strong="H2040"\w* the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*, and on every \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w piece|strong="H2513"\w* of land \w cast|strong="H7993"\w* every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* his \w stone|strong="H0068"\w*, and \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* it; and they \w stopped|strong="H5640"\w* all the \w wells|strong="H4599"\w* of \w water|strong="H4325"\w*, and \w felled|strong="H5307"\w* all the \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w trees|strong="H6086"\w*: only in \w Kir-haraseth|strong="H7025"\w* \w left|strong="H7604"\w* they the \w stones|strong="H0068"\w* thereof; howbeit the \w slingers|strong="H7051"\w* went \w about|strong="H5437"\w* <i>it</i>, and \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* it.<n>only in…: Heb. until he left its stones in Kir-haraseth</n><pb/>


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¶ And when the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* that the \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* was too \w sore|strong="H2388"\w* for him, he \w took|strong="H3947"\w* with him \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* that \w drew|strong="H8025"\w* \w swords|strong="H2719"\w*, to break \w through|strong="H1234"\w* <i>even</i> unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Edom|strong="H0123"\w*: but they \w could|strong="H3201"\w* not.


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Then he \w took|strong="H3947"\w* his \w eldest|strong="H1060"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* that should have \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* in his stead, and \w offered|strong="H5927"\w* him <i>for</i> a burnt \w offering|strong="H5930"\w* upon the \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*. And there was \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w indignation|strong="H7110"\w* against \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: and they \w departed|strong="H5265"\w* from him, and \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* to <i>their own</i> \w land|strong="H0776"\w*.<pb/>


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Now there \w cried|strong="H6817"\w* a \w certain|strong="H0259"\w* \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* of the \w wives|strong="H0802"\w* of the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* unto \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* my \w husband|strong="H0376"\w* is \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*; and thou \w knowest|strong="H3045"\w* that thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* did \w fear|strong="H3373"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*: and the \w creditor|strong="H5383"\w* is \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to \w take|strong="H3947"\w* unto him my \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w sons|strong="H3206"\w* to be \w bondmen|strong="H5650"\w*.


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And \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto her, What shall I \w do|strong="H6213"\w* for thee? \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* me, what \w hast|strong="H3426"\w* thou in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*? And she \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Thine \w handmaid|strong="H8198"\w* hath not any thing in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, save a \w pot|strong="H0610"\w* of \w oil|strong="H8081"\w*.


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Then he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w*, \w borrow|strong="H7592"\w* thee \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w* \w abroad|strong="H2351"\w* of all thy \w neighbours|strong="H7934"\w*, <i>even</i> \w empty|strong="H7386"\w* \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w*; borrow not a \w few|strong="H4591"\w*.<n>borrow not…: or, scant not</n>


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And when thou art come \w in|strong="H0935"\w*, thou shalt \w shut|strong="H5462"\w* the \w door|strong="H1817"\w* upon thee and upon thy \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, and shalt pour \w out|strong="H3332"\w* into all those \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w*, and thou shalt set \w aside|strong="H5265"\w* that which is \w full|strong="H4392"\w*.


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So she \w went|strong="H3212"\w* from him, and \w shut|strong="H5462"\w* the \w door|strong="H1817"\w* upon her and \w upon|strong="H1157"\w* her \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, \w who|strong="H1992"\w* \w brought|strong="H5066"\w* <i>the vessels</i> to her; and she poured \w out|strong="H3332"\w*.


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And it came to pass, when the \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w* were \w full|strong="H4390"\w*, that she \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto her \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w Bring|strong="H5066"\w* me yet a \w vessel|strong="H3627"\w*. And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto her, <i>There is</i> not a \w vessel|strong="H3627"\w* more. And the \w oil|strong="H8081"\w* \w stayed|strong="H5975"\w*.


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Then she \w came|strong="H0935"\w* and \w told|strong="H5046"\w* the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*. And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w*, \w sell|strong="H4376"\w* the \w oil|strong="H8081"\w*, and \w pay|strong="H7999"\w* thy \w debt|strong="H5386"\w*, and \w live|strong="H2421"\w* thou and thy \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of the \w rest|strong="H3498"\w*.<n>debt: or, creditor</n><pb/>


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¶ And it fell on a \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, that \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* \w passed|strong="H5674"\w* to \w Shunem|strong="H7766"\w*, where <i>was</i> a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w woman|strong="H0802"\w*; and she \w constrained|strong="H2388"\w* him to \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*. And <i>so</i> it was, <i>that</i> as \w oft|strong="H1767"\w* as he passed \w by|strong="H5674"\w*, he \w turned|strong="H5493"\w* in thither to \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*.<n>it fell on a day: Heb. there was a day</n><n>constrained him: Heb. laid hold on him</n>


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And she \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto her \w husband|strong="H0376"\w*, Behold now, I \w perceive|strong="H3045"\w* that this <i>is</i> an \w holy|strong="H6918"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, which \w passeth|strong="H5674"\w* by us \w continually|strong="H8548"\w*.


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Let us \w make|strong="H6213"\w* a \w little|strong="H6996"\w* \w chamber|strong="H5944"\w*, I pray thee, on the \w wall|strong="H7023"\w*; and let us \w set|strong="H7760"\w* for him there a \w bed|strong="H4296"\w*, and a \w table|strong="H7979"\w*, and a \w stool|strong="H3678"\w*, and a \w candlestick|strong="H4501"\w*: and it shall be, when he \w cometh|strong="H0935"\w* to us, that he shall \w turn|strong="H5493"\w* in thither.


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And it fell on a \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, that he \w came|strong="H0935"\w* thither, and he \w turned|strong="H5493"\w* into the \w chamber|strong="H5944"\w*, and \w lay|strong="H7901"\w* there.


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Gehazi|strong="H1522"\w* his \w servant|strong="H5288"\w*, \w Call|strong="H7121"\w* this \w Shunammite|strong="H7767"\w*. And when he had \w called|strong="H7121"\w* her, she \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* him.


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w Say|strong="H0559"\w* now unto her, Behold, thou hast been \w careful|strong="H2729"\w* for us with all this \w care|strong="H2731"\w*; what <i>is</i> to be \w done|strong="H6213"\w* for thee? \w wouldest|strong="H3426"\w* thou be \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* for to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, or to the \w captain|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w host|strong="H6635"\w*? And she \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, I \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* \w among|strong="H8432"\w* mine own \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, What then <i>is</i> to be \w done|strong="H6213"\w* for her? And \w Gehazi|strong="H1522"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Verily|strong="H0061"\w* she hath no \w child|strong="H1121"\w*, and her \w husband|strong="H0376"\w* is \w old|strong="H2204"\w*.


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Call|strong="H7121"\w* her. And when he had \w called|strong="H7121"\w* her, she \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* in the \w door|strong="H6607"\w*.


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, About this \w season|strong="H4150"\w*, according to the \w time|strong="H6256"\w* of \w life|strong="H2416"\w*, thou shalt \w embrace|strong="H2263"\w* a \w son|strong="H1121"\w*. And she \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Nay, my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*, <i>thou</i> \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, do not \w lie|strong="H3576"\w* unto thine \w handmaid|strong="H8198"\w*.<n>season: Heb. set time</n>


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And the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w conceived|strong="H2029"\w*, and \w bare|strong="H3205"\w* a \w son|strong="H1121"\w* at that \w season|strong="H4150"\w* that \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* had \w said|strong="H1696"\w* unto her, according to the \w time|strong="H6256"\w* of \w life|strong="H2416"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And when the \w child|strong="H3206"\w* was \w grown|strong="H1431"\w*, it fell on a \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, that he went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* to his \w father|strong="H0001"\w* to the \w reapers|strong="H7114"\w*.


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto his \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, My \w head|strong="H7218"\w*, my \w head|strong="H7218"\w*. And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to a \w lad|strong="H5288"\w*, \w Carry|strong="H5375"\w* him to his \w mother|strong="H0517"\w*.


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And when he had \w taken|strong="H5375"\w* him, and \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* him to his \w mother|strong="H0517"\w*, he \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* on her \w knees|strong="H1290"\w* till \w noon|strong="H6672"\w*, and <i>then</i> \w died|strong="H4191"\w*.


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And she went \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, and \w laid|strong="H7901"\w* him on the \w bed|strong="H4296"\w* of the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, and \w shut|strong="H5462"\w* <i>the door</i> upon him, and went \w out|strong="H3318"\w*.


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And she \w called|strong="H7121"\w* unto her \w husband|strong="H0376"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Send|strong="H7971"\w* me, I pray thee, \w one|strong="H0259"\w* of the young \w men|strong="H5288"\w*, and \w one|strong="H0259"\w* of the \w asses|strong="H0860"\w*, that I may \w run|strong="H7323"\w* to the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, and come \w again|strong="H7725"\w*.


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Wherefore wilt thou \w go|strong="H1980"\w* to him to \w day|strong="H3117"\w*? <i>it is</i> neither new \w moon|strong="H2320"\w*, nor \w sabbath|strong="H7676"\w*. And she \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, <i>It shall be</i> \w well|strong="H7965"\w*.<n>well: Heb. peace</n>


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Then she \w saddled|strong="H2280"\w* an \w ass|strong="H0860"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to her \w servant|strong="H5288"\w*, \w Drive|strong="H5090"\w*, and go \w forward|strong="H3212"\w*; \w slack|strong="H6113"\w* not <i>thy</i> \w riding|strong="H7392"\w* for me, except I \w bid|strong="H0559"\w* thee.<n>slack…: Heb. restrain not for me to ride</n>


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So she \w went|strong="H3212"\w* and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* unto the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* to \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Carmel|strong="H3760"\w*. And it came to pass, when the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* saw her afar \w off|strong="H7200"\w*, that he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Gehazi|strong="H1522"\w* his \w servant|strong="H5288"\w*, Behold, <i>yonder is</i> \w that|strong="H1975"\w* \w Shunammite|strong="H7767"\w*:


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\w Run|strong="H7323"\w* now, I pray thee, to \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* her, and \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto her, <i>Is it</i> \w well|strong="H7965"\w* with thee? <i>is it</i> \w well|strong="H7965"\w* with thy \w husband|strong="H0376"\w*? <i>is it</i> \w well|strong="H7965"\w* with the \w child|strong="H3206"\w*? And she \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, <i>It is</i> \w well|strong="H7965"\w*.


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And when she \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* to the \w hill|strong="H2022"\w*, she \w caught|strong="H2388"\w* him by the \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*: but \w Gehazi|strong="H1522"\w* came \w near|strong="H5066"\w* to thrust her \w away|strong="H1920"\w*. And the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Let her \w alone|strong="H7503"\w*; for her \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* <i>is</i> \w vexed|strong="H4843"\w* within her: and the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w hid|strong="H5956"\w* <i>it</i> from me, and hath not \w told|strong="H5046"\w* me.<n>him…: Heb. by his feet</n><n>vexed: Heb. bitter</n>


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Then she \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Did I \w desire|strong="H7592"\w* a \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*? did I not \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, Do not \w deceive|strong="H7952"\w* me?


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Then he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Gehazi|strong="H1522"\w*, Gird \w up|strong="H2296"\w* thy \w loins|strong="H4975"\w*, and \w take|strong="H3947"\w* my \w staff|strong="H4938"\w* in thine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, and go thy \w way|strong="H3212"\w*: if thou \w meet|strong="H4672"\w* any \w man|strong="H0376"\w*, \w salute|strong="H1288"\w* him not; and if \w any|strong="H0376"\w* \w salute|strong="H1288"\w* thee, answer him not \w again|strong="H6030"\w*: and \w lay|strong="H7760"\w* my \w staff|strong="H4938"\w* upon the \w face|strong="H6440"\w* of the \w child|strong="H5288"\w*.


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And the \w mother|strong="H0517"\w* of the \w child|strong="H5288"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, <i>As</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, and <i>as</i> thy \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, I will not \w leave|strong="H5800"\w* thee. And he \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and \w followed|strong="H3212"\w* her.


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And \w Gehazi|strong="H1522"\w* passed \w on|strong="H5674"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* them, and \w laid|strong="H7760"\w* the \w staff|strong="H4938"\w* upon the \w face|strong="H6440"\w* of the \w child|strong="H5288"\w*; but <i>there was</i> neither \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*, nor \w hearing|strong="H7182"\w*. Wherefore he went \w again|strong="H7725"\w* to \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* him, and \w told|strong="H5046"\w* him, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, The \w child|strong="H5288"\w* is not \w awaked|strong="H6974"\w*.<n>hearing: Heb. attention</n>


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And when \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* was \w come|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, behold, the \w child|strong="H5288"\w* was \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*, <i>and</i> \w laid|strong="H7901"\w* upon his \w bed|strong="H4296"\w*.


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He went \w in|strong="H0935"\w* therefore, and \w shut|strong="H5462"\w* the \w door|strong="H1817"\w* upon them \w twain|strong="H8147"\w*, and \w prayed|strong="H6419"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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And he went \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, and \w lay|strong="H7901"\w* upon the \w child|strong="H3206"\w*, and \w put|strong="H7760"\w* his \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* upon his \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*, and his \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* upon his \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, and his \w hands|strong="H3709"\w* upon his \w hands|strong="H3709"\w*: and he \w stretched|strong="H1457"\w* himself upon the child; and the \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* of the \w child|strong="H3206"\w* waxed \w warm|strong="H2552"\w*.


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Then he \w returned|strong="H7725"\w*, and \w walked|strong="H3212"\w* in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w to|strong="H0259"\w* and \w fro|strong="H0259"\w*; and went \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, and \w stretched|strong="H1457"\w* himself upon him: and the \w child|strong="H5288"\w* \w sneezed|strong="H2237"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w times|strong="H6471"\w*, and the \w child|strong="H5288"\w* \w opened|strong="H6491"\w* his \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*.<n>to and fro: Heb. once hither and once thither</n>


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And he \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w Gehazi|strong="H1522"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Call|strong="H7121"\w* this \w Shunammite|strong="H7767"\w*. So he \w called|strong="H7121"\w* her. And when she was come \w in|strong="H0935"\w* unto him, he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Take \w up|strong="H5375"\w* thy \w son|strong="H1121"\w*.


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Then she went \w in|strong="H0935"\w*, and \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* at his \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*, and \w bowed|strong="H7812"\w* herself to the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*, and took \w up|strong="H5375"\w* her \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, and went \w out|strong="H3318"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* came \w again|strong="H7725"\w* to \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w*: and <i>there was</i> a \w dearth|strong="H7458"\w* in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*; and the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* <i>were</i> \w sitting|strong="H3427"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* him: and he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto his \w servant|strong="H5288"\w*, \w Set|strong="H8239"\w* on the \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w pot|strong="H5518"\w*, and \w seethe|strong="H1310"\w* \w pottage|strong="H5138"\w* for the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*.


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And \w one|strong="H0259"\w* went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* into the \w field|strong="H7704"\w* to \w gather|strong="H3950"\w* \w herbs|strong="H0219"\w*, and \w found|strong="H4672"\w* a \w wild|strong="H7704"\w* \w vine|strong="H1612"\w*, and \w gathered|strong="H3950"\w* thereof \w wild|strong="H7704"\w* \w gourds|strong="H6498"\w* his \w lap|strong="H0899"\w* \w full|strong="H4393"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* and \w shred|strong="H6398"\w* <i>them</i> into the \w pot|strong="H5518"\w* of \w pottage|strong="H5138"\w*: for they \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* <i>them</i> not.


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So they poured \w out|strong="H3332"\w* for the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* to \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*. And it came to pass, as they were \w eating|strong="H0398"\w* of the \w pottage|strong="H5138"\w*, that they cried \w out|strong="H6817"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, O <i>thou</i> \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, <i>there is</i> \w death|strong="H4194"\w* in the \w pot|strong="H5518"\w*. And they \w could|strong="H3201"\w* not \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* <i>thereof</i>.


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But he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Then \w bring|strong="H3947"\w* \w meal|strong="H7058"\w*. And he \w cast|strong="H7993"\w* <i>it</i> into the \w pot|strong="H5518"\w*; and he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Pour \w out|strong="H3332"\w* for the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, that they may \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*. And there was no \w harm|strong="H1697"\w* in the \w pot|strong="H5518"\w*.<n>harm: Heb. evil thing</n><pb/>


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¶ And there \w came|strong="H0935"\w* a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* from \w Baal-shalisha|strong="H1190"\w*, and \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* of the \w firstfruits|strong="H1061"\w*, \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w loaves|strong="H3899"\w* of \w barley|strong="H8184"\w*, and full ears of \w corn|strong="H3759"\w* in the \w husk|strong="H6861"\w* thereof. And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Give|strong="H5414"\w* unto the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, that they may \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*.<n>the husk…: or, his scrip, or, garment</n>


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And his \w servitor|strong="H8334"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, What, should I \w set|strong="H5414"\w* this \w before|strong="H6440"\w* an \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*? He said \w again|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Give|strong="H5414"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, that they may \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*: for thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, They shall \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*, and shall \w leave|strong="H3498"\w* <i>thereof</i>.


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So he \w set|strong="H5414"\w* <i>it</i> \w before|strong="H6440"\w* them, and they did \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*, and \w left|strong="H3498"\w* <i>thereof</i>, according to the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<pb/>


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Now \w Naaman|strong="H5283"\w*, \w captain|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w host|strong="H6635"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w*, was a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w with|strong="H6440"\w* his \w master|strong="H0113"\w*, and \w honourable|strong="H5375"\w*, because by him the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* had \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w deliverance|strong="H8668"\w* unto \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w*: he was also a \w mighty|strong="H1368"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* in \w valour|strong="H2428"\w*, <i>but he was</i> a \w leper|strong="H6879"\w*.<n>with: Heb. before</n><n>honourable: or, gracious: Heb. lifted up, or, accepted in countenance</n><n>deliverance: or, victory</n>


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And the \w Syrians|strong="H0758"\w* had gone \w out|strong="H3318"\w* by \w companies|strong="H1416"\w*, and had brought away \w captive|strong="H7617"\w* out of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* a \w little|strong="H6996"\w* \w maid|strong="H5291"\w*; and she waited \w on|strong="H6440"\w* \w Naaman’s|strong="H5283"\w* \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*.<n>waited…: Heb. was before</n>


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And she \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto her \w mistress|strong="H1404"\w*, \w Would|strong="H0305"\w* God my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* <i>were</i> \w with|strong="H6440"\w* the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* that <i>is</i> in \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*! \w for|strong="H0227"\w* he would \w recover|strong="H0622"\w* him of his \w leprosy|strong="H6883"\w*.<n>with: Heb. before</n><n>recover: Heb. gather in</n>


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And <i>one</i> went \w in|strong="H0935"\w*, and \w told|strong="H5046"\w* his \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Thus and thus \w said|strong="H1696"\w* the \w maid|strong="H5291"\w* that <i>is</i> of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.


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And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Go \w to|strong="H3212"\w*, \w go|strong="H0935"\w*, and I will \w send|strong="H7971"\w* a \w letter|strong="H5612"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. And he \w departed|strong="H3212"\w*, and \w took|strong="H3947"\w* with \w him|strong="H3027"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w talents|strong="H3603"\w* of \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, and \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* <i>pieces</i> of \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, and \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w changes|strong="H2487"\w* of \w raiment|strong="H0899"\w*.<n>with…: Heb. in his hand</n>


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And he \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* the \w letter|strong="H5612"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Now when this \w letter|strong="H5612"\w* is \w come|strong="H0935"\w* unto thee, behold, I have <i>therewith</i> \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w Naaman|strong="H5283"\w* my \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* to thee, that thou mayest \w recover|strong="H0622"\w* him of his \w leprosy|strong="H6883"\w*.


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And it came to pass, when the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* had \w read|strong="H7121"\w* the \w letter|strong="H5612"\w*, that he \w rent|strong="H7167"\w* his \w clothes|strong="H0899"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, <i>Am</i> I \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, to \w kill|strong="H4191"\w* and to make \w alive|strong="H2421"\w*, that this \w man|strong="H2088"\w* doth \w send|strong="H7971"\w* unto me to \w recover|strong="H0622"\w* a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of his \w leprosy|strong="H6883"\w*? \w wherefore|strong="H0389"\w* \w consider|strong="H3045"\w*, I pray you, and \w see|strong="H7200"\w* how he seeketh a \w quarrel|strong="H0579"\w* against me.<pb/>


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¶ And it was <i>so</i>, when \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* had \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* that the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* had \w rent|strong="H7167"\w* his \w clothes|strong="H0899"\w*, that he \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Wherefore hast thou \w rent|strong="H7167"\w* thy \w clothes|strong="H0899"\w*? let him \w come|strong="H0935"\w* now to me, and he shall \w know|strong="H3045"\w* that there \w is|strong="H3426"\w* a \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.<pb/>


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So \w Naaman|strong="H5283"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* with his \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* and with his \w chariot|strong="H7393"\w*, and \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* at the \w door|strong="H6607"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w*.


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And \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* a \w messenger|strong="H4397"\w* unto him, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Go|strong="H1980"\w* and \w wash|strong="H7364"\w* in \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w times|strong="H6471"\w*, and thy \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* shall come \w again|strong="H7725"\w* to thee, and thou shalt be \w clean|strong="H2891"\w*.


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But \w Naaman|strong="H5283"\w* was \w wroth|strong="H7107"\w*, and went \w away|strong="H3212"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold, I \w thought|strong="H0559"\w*, He will \w surely|strong="H3318"\w* come \w out|strong="H3318"\w* to me, and \w stand|strong="H5975"\w*, and \w call|strong="H7121"\w* on the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* his \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, and \w strike|strong="H5130"\w* his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* over the \w place|strong="H4725"\w*, and \w recover|strong="H0622"\w* the \w leper|strong="H6879"\w*.<n>I thought: Heb. I said</n><n>I thought…: or, I said with myself, He will surely come out, etc: Heb. I said</n><n>strike: Heb. move up and down</n>


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<i>Are</i> not \w Abana|strong="H0071"\w* and \w Pharpar|strong="H6554"\w*, \w rivers|strong="H5104"\w* of \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w*, \w better|strong="H2896"\w* than all the \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*? may I not \w wash|strong="H7364"\w* in them, and be \w clean|strong="H2891"\w*? So he \w turned|strong="H6437"\w* and went \w away|strong="H3212"\w* in a \w rage|strong="H2534"\w*.<n>Abana: or, Amana</n>


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And his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* came \w near|strong="H5066"\w*, and \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* unto him, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, My \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, <i>if</i> the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* had \w bid|strong="H1696"\w* thee <i>do some</i> \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w thing|strong="H1697"\w*, wouldest thou not have \w done|strong="H6213"\w* <i>it</i>? how much rather \w then|strong="H0637"\w*, when he \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* to thee, \w Wash|strong="H7364"\w*, and be \w clean|strong="H2891"\w*?


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Then went he \w down|strong="H3381"\w*, and \w dipped|strong="H2881"\w* himself \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w times|strong="H6471"\w* in \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*, according to the \w saying|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*: and his \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* came \w again|strong="H7725"\w* like unto the \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* of a \w little|strong="H6996"\w* \w child|strong="H5288"\w*, and he was \w clean|strong="H2891"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And he \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* to the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, he and all his \w company|strong="H4264"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w*, and \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* him: and he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold, now I \w know|strong="H3045"\w* that <i>there is</i> no \w God|strong="H0430"\w* in all the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, but in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: now therefore, I pray thee, \w take|strong="H3947"\w* a \w blessing|strong="H1293"\w* of thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*.


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But he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, <i>As</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, \w before|strong="H6440"\w* whom I \w stand|strong="H5975"\w*, I will \w receive|strong="H3947"\w* none. And he \w urged|strong="H6484"\w* him to \w take|strong="H3947"\w* <i>it;</i> but he \w refused|strong="H3985"\w*.


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And \w Naaman|strong="H5283"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Shall there not then, I pray thee, be \w given|strong="H5414"\w* to thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w two|strong="H6776"\w* \w mules’|strong="H6505"\w* \w burden|strong="H4853"\w* of \w earth|strong="H0127"\w*? for thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* will henceforth \w offer|strong="H6213"\w* neither burnt \w offering|strong="H5930"\w* nor \w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\w* unto \w other|strong="H0312"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*, but unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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In this \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w pardon|strong="H5545"\w* thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, <i>that</i> when my \w master|strong="H0113"\w* \w goeth|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Rimmon|strong="H7417"\w* to \w worship|strong="H7812"\w* there, and he \w leaneth|strong="H8172"\w* on my \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, and I \w bow|strong="H7812"\w* myself in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Rimmon|strong="H7417"\w*: when I bow \w down|strong="H7812"\w* myself in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Rimmon|strong="H7417"\w*, the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w pardon|strong="H5545"\w* thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* in this \w thing|strong="H1697"\w*.


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w* in \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*. So he \w departed|strong="H3212"\w* from him a \w little|strong="H3530"\w* \w way|strong="H0776"\w*.<n>a little…: Heb. a little piece of ground</n><pb/>


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¶ But \w Gehazi|strong="H1522"\w*, the \w servant|strong="H5288"\w* of \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold, my \w master|strong="H0113"\w* hath \w spared|strong="H2820"\w* \w Naaman|strong="H5283"\w* this \w Syrian|strong="H0761"\w*, in not \w receiving|strong="H3947"\w* at his \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* that which he \w brought|strong="H0935"\w*: but, <i>as</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, I will \w run|strong="H7323"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* him, and \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w somewhat|strong="H3972"\w* of him.


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So \w Gehazi|strong="H1522"\w* \w followed|strong="H7291"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w Naaman|strong="H5283"\w*. And when \w Naaman|strong="H5283"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* <i>him</i> \w running|strong="H7323"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* him, he lighted \w down|strong="H5307"\w* from the \w chariot|strong="H4818"\w* to \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* him, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, <i>Is</i> all \w well|strong="H7965"\w*?<n>Is…: Heb. Is there peace?</n>


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, All <i>is</i> \w well|strong="H7965"\w*. My \w master|strong="H0113"\w* hath \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* me, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold, even now there be \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to me from \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* young \w men|strong="H5288"\w* of the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*: \w give|strong="H5414"\w* them, I pray thee, a \w talent|strong="H3603"\w* of \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, and \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w changes|strong="H2487"\w* of \w garments|strong="H0899"\w*.


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And \w Naaman|strong="H5283"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Be \w content|strong="H2974"\w*, \w take|strong="H3947"\w* two \w talents|strong="H3603"\w*. And he \w urged|strong="H6555"\w* him, and \w bound|strong="H6696"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w talents|strong="H3603"\w* of \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* in \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w bags|strong="H2754"\w*, with \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w changes|strong="H2487"\w* of \w garments|strong="H0899"\w*, and \w laid|strong="H5414"\w* <i>them</i> upon \w two|strong="H8147"\w* of his \w servants|strong="H5288"\w*; and they \w bare|strong="H5375"\w* <i>them</i> \w before|strong="H6440"\w* him.


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And when he \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w tower|strong="H6076"\w*, he \w took|strong="H3947"\w* <i>them</i> from their \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, and \w bestowed|strong="H6485"\w* <i>them</i> in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*: and he let the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* \w go|strong="H7971"\w*, and they \w departed|strong="H3212"\w*.<n>tower: or, secret place</n>


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But he went \w in|strong="H0935"\w*, and \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* before his \w master|strong="H0113"\w*. And \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w Whence|strong="H0370"\w* <i>comest thou</i>, \w Gehazi|strong="H1522"\w*? And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w went|strong="H1980"\w* no \w whither|strong="H0575"\w*.<n>no whither: Heb. not hither or thither</n>


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w Went|strong="H1980"\w* not mine \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* <i>with thee</i>, when the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w turned|strong="H2015"\w* again from his \w chariot|strong="H4818"\w* to \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* thee? <i>Is it</i> a \w time|strong="H6256"\w* to \w receive|strong="H3947"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w*, and to \w receive|strong="H3947"\w* \w garments|strong="H0899"\w*, and \w oliveyards|strong="H2132"\w*, and \w vineyards|strong="H3754"\w*, and \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*, and \w oxen|strong="H1241"\w*, and \w menservants|strong="H5650"\w*, and \w maidservants|strong="H8198"\w*?


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The \w leprosy|strong="H6883"\w* therefore of \w Naaman|strong="H5283"\w* shall \w cleave|strong="H1692"\w* unto thee, and unto thy \w seed|strong="H2233"\w* for \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*. And he went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* from his \w presence|strong="H6440"\w* a \w leper|strong="H6879"\w* <i>as white</i> as \w snow|strong="H7950"\w*.<pb/>


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And the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w unto|strong="H6440"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w*, Behold now, the \w place|strong="H4725"\w* where we \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* with thee is too \w strait|strong="H6862"\w* for us.


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Let us \w go|strong="H3212"\w*, we pray thee, unto \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*, and \w take|strong="H3947"\w* thence every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w a|strong="H0259"\w* \w beam|strong="H6982"\w*, and let us \w make|strong="H6213"\w* us a \w place|strong="H4725"\w* there, where we may \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w*. And he \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w* ye.


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And \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Be \w content|strong="H2974"\w*, I pray thee, and \w go|strong="H3212"\w* with thy \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*. And he \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, I will \w go|strong="H3212"\w*.


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So he \w went|strong="H3212"\w* with them. And when they \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*, they cut \w down|strong="H1504"\w* \w wood|strong="H6086"\w*.


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But as \w one|strong="H0259"\w* was \w felling|strong="H5307"\w* a \w beam|strong="H6982"\w*, the axe \w head|strong="H1270"\w* \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* into the \w water|strong="H4325"\w*: and he \w cried|strong="H6817"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Alas|strong="H0162"\w*, \w master|strong="H0113"\w*! for it was \w borrowed|strong="H7592"\w*.<n>axe head: Heb. iron</n>


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And the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Where|strong="H0575"\w* \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* it? And he \w shewed|strong="H7200"\w* him the \w place|strong="H4725"\w*. And he cut \w down|strong="H7094"\w* a \w stick|strong="H6086"\w*, and \w cast|strong="H7993"\w* <i>it</i> in thither; and the \w iron|strong="H1270"\w* did \w swim|strong="H6687"\w*.


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Therefore \w said|strong="H0559"\w* he, Take <i>it</i> \w up|strong="H7311"\w* to thee. And he put \w out|strong="H7971"\w* his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, and \w took|strong="H3947"\w* it.<pb/>


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¶ Then the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w* \w warred|strong="H3898"\w* against \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and took \w counsel|strong="H3289"\w* with his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, In \w such|strong="H6423"\w* and \w such|strong="H0492"\w* a \w place|strong="H4725"\w* <i>shall be</i> my \w camp|strong="H8466"\w*.<n>camp: or, encamping</n>


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And the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Beware|strong="H8104"\w* that thou \w pass|strong="H5674"\w* not \w such|strong="H2088"\w* a \w place|strong="H4725"\w*; for thither the \w Syrians|strong="H0758"\w* are come \w down|strong="H5185"\w*.


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And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* to the \w place|strong="H4725"\w* which the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w told|strong="H0559"\w* him and \w warned|strong="H2094"\w* him of, and \w saved|strong="H8104"\w* himself there, not \w once|strong="H0259"\w* nor \w twice|strong="H8147"\w*.


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Therefore the \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w* was sore \w troubled|strong="H5590"\w* for this \w thing|strong="H1697"\w*; and he \w called|strong="H7121"\w* his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, Will ye not \w shew|strong="H5046"\w* me which of us <i>is</i> for the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*?


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And \w one|strong="H0259"\w* of his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, None, my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*, O \w king|strong="H4428"\w*: but \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w*, the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* that <i>is</i> in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w telleth|strong="H5046"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* that thou \w speakest|strong="H1696"\w* in thy \w bedchamber|strong="H2315"\w*.<n>None: Heb. No</n><pb/>


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¶ And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w* and \w spy|strong="H7200"\w* \w where|strong="H0351"\w* he <i>is</i>, that I may \w send|strong="H7971"\w* and \w fetch|strong="H3947"\w* him. And it was \w told|strong="H5046"\w* him, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold, <i>he is</i> in \w Dothan|strong="H1886"\w*.


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Therefore \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* he thither \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*, and \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w*, and a \w great|strong="H3515"\w* \w host|strong="H2428"\w*: and they \w came|strong="H0935"\w* by \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, and \w compassed|strong="H5362"\w* the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w about|strong="H5362"\w*.<n>great: Heb. heavy</n>


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And when the \w servant|strong="H8334"\w* of the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* was \w risen|strong="H6965"\w* \w early|strong="H7925"\w*, and gone \w forth|strong="H3318"\w*, behold, an \w host|strong="H2428"\w* \w compassed|strong="H5437"\w* the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* both with \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* and \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w*. And his \w servant|strong="H5288"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w Alas|strong="H0162"\w*, my \w master|strong="H0113"\w*! how shall we \w do|strong="H6213"\w*?<n>the servant: or, the minister</n>


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And he \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Fear|strong="H3372"\w* not: for they that <i>be</i> with us <i>are</i> \w more|strong="H7227"\w* than they that <i>be</i> with them.


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And \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* \w prayed|strong="H6419"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*,  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, I pray thee, \w open|strong="H6491"\w* his \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, that he may \w see|strong="H7200"\w*. And the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w opened|strong="H6491"\w* the \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* of the young \w man|strong="H5288"\w*; and he \w saw|strong="H7200"\w*: and, behold, the \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w* <i>was</i> \w full|strong="H4390"\w* of \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* and \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* of \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* round \w about|strong="H5439"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w*.


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And when they came \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to him, \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* \w prayed|strong="H6419"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Smite|strong="H5221"\w* this \w people|strong="H1471"\w*, I pray thee, with \w blindness|strong="H5575"\w*. And he \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* them with \w blindness|strong="H5575"\w* according to the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, This <i>is</i> not the \w way|strong="H1870"\w*, neither <i>is</i> \w this|strong="H2090"\w* the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*: \w follow|strong="H3212"\w* me, and I will \w bring|strong="H3212"\w* you to the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* whom ye \w seek|strong="H1245"\w*. But he \w led|strong="H3212"\w* them to \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*.<n>follow…: Heb. come ye after me</n>


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And it came to pass, when they were \w come|strong="H0935"\w* into \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, that \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*,  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, \w open|strong="H6491"\w* the \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* of these <i>men</i>, that they may \w see|strong="H7200"\w*. And the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w opened|strong="H6491"\w* their \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, and they \w saw|strong="H7200"\w*; and, behold, <i>they were</i> in the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* of \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*.


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And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w*, when he \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* them, My \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, shall I \w smite|strong="H5221"\w* <i>them</i>? shall I \w smite|strong="H5221"\w* <i>them</i>?


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And he \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, Thou shalt not \w smite|strong="H5221"\w* <i>them:</i> wouldest thou \w smite|strong="H5221"\w* those whom thou hast taken \w captive|strong="H7617"\w* with thy \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* and with thy \w bow|strong="H7198"\w*? \w set|strong="H7760"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* and \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* them, that they may \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* and \w drink|strong="H8354"\w*, and \w go|strong="H3212"\w* to their \w master|strong="H0113"\w*.


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And he \w prepared|strong="H3739"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w provision|strong="H3740"\w* for them: and when they had \w eaten|strong="H0398"\w* and \w drunk|strong="H8354"\w*, he sent them \w away|strong="H7971"\w*, and they \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to their \w master|strong="H0113"\w*. So the \w bands|strong="H1416"\w* of \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* no \w more|strong="H3254"\w* into the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And it came to pass after \w this|strong="H0310"\w*, that \w Ben-hadad|strong="H1130"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w* \w gathered|strong="H6908"\w* all his \w host|strong="H4264"\w*, and went \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, and \w besieged|strong="H6696"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*.


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And there was a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w famine|strong="H7458"\w* in \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*: and, behold, they \w besieged|strong="H6696"\w* it, until an \w ass’s|strong="H2543"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w* was <i>sold</i> for \w fourscore|strong="H8084"\w* <i>pieces</i> of \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, and the fourth \w part|strong="H7255"\w* of a \w cab|strong="H6894"\w* of \w dove’s dung|strong="H1686"\w* for \w five|strong="H2568"\w* <i>pieces</i> of \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*.


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And as the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* was passing \w by|strong="H5674"\w* upon the \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*, there \w cried|strong="H6817"\w* a \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* unto him, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Help|strong="H3467"\w*, my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*, O \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, If the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* do not \w help|strong="H3467"\w* thee, \w whence|strong="H0370"\w* shall I \w help|strong="H3467"\w* thee? out of the \w barnfloor|strong="H1637"\w*, or out of the \w winepress|strong="H3342"\w*?<n>If…: or, Let not the  [[ LORD]][[* save thee]]</n>


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And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto her, What aileth thee? And she \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, This \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto me, \w Give|strong="H5414"\w* thy \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, that we may \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* him to \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, and we will \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* my \w son|strong="H1121"\w* to \w morrow|strong="H4279"\w*.


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So we \w boiled|strong="H1310"\w* my \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, and did \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* him: and I \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto her on the \w next|strong="H0312"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \w Give|strong="H5414"\w* thy \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, that we may \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* him: and she hath \w hid|strong="H2244"\w* her \w son|strong="H1121"\w*.<n>next: Heb. other</n><pb/>


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¶ And it came to pass, when the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w*, that he \w rent|strong="H7167"\w* his \w clothes|strong="H0899"\w*; and he passed \w by|strong="H5674"\w* upon the \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*, and the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w looked|strong="H7200"\w*, and, behold, <i>he had</i> \w sackcloth|strong="H8242"\w* \w within|strong="H1004"\w* upon his \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w*.


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Then he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* so and \w more|strong="H3254"\w* also to me, if the \w head|strong="H7218"\w* of \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Shaphat|strong="H8202"\w* shall \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* on him this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.


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But \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* in his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and the \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* with him; and <i>the king</i> \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* from \w before|strong="H6440"\w* him: but ere the \w messenger|strong="H4397"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to him, he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to the \w elders|strong="H2205"\w*, \w See|strong="H7200"\w* ye how this \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of a \w murderer|strong="H7523"\w* hath \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* to take \w away|strong="H5493"\w* mine \w head|strong="H7218"\w*? \w look|strong="H7200"\w*, when the \w messenger|strong="H4397"\w* \w cometh|strong="H0935"\w*, \w shut|strong="H5462"\w* the \w door|strong="H1817"\w*, and hold him \w fast|strong="H3905"\w* at the \w door|strong="H1817"\w*: <i>is</i> not the \w sound|strong="H6963"\w* of his \w master’s|strong="H0113"\w* \w feet|strong="H7272"\w* \w behind|strong="H0310"\w* him?


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And while he yet \w talked|strong="H1696"\w* with them, behold, the \w messenger|strong="H4397"\w* came \w down|strong="H3381"\w* unto him: and he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold, this \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* <i>is</i> of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; what should I \w wait|strong="H3176"\w* for the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* any longer?<pb/>


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Then \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Hear|strong="H8085"\w* ye the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, To \w morrow|strong="H4279"\w* about this \w time|strong="H6256"\w* <i>shall</i> a \w measure|strong="H5429"\w* of fine \w flour|strong="H5560"\w* <i>be sold</i> for a \w shekel|strong="H8255"\w*, and two \w measures|strong="H5429"\w* of \w barley|strong="H8184"\w* for a \w shekel|strong="H8255"\w*, in the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* of \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*.


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Then a \w lord|strong="H7991"\w* on whose \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w leaned|strong="H8172"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold, <i>if</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* would \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w windows|strong="H0699"\w* in \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, might this \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* be? And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold, thou shalt \w see|strong="H7200"\w* <i>it</i> with thine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, but shalt not \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* thereof.<n>a lord…: Heb. a lord which belonged to the king leaning upon his hand</n><pb/>


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¶ And there were \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w leprous|strong="H6879"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w* at the entering \w in|strong="H6607"\w* of the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*: and they \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w one|strong="H0376"\w* to \w another|strong="H7453"\w*, Why \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* we here until we \w die|strong="H4191"\w*?


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If we \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, We will \w enter|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, then the \w famine|strong="H7458"\w* <i>is</i> in the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and we shall \w die|strong="H4191"\w* there: and if we sit \w still|strong="H3427"\w* here, we \w die|strong="H4191"\w* also. Now therefore \w come|strong="H3212"\w*, and let us \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* unto the \w host|strong="H4264"\w* of the \w Syrians|strong="H0758"\w*: if they save us \w alive|strong="H2421"\w*, we shall \w live|strong="H2421"\w*; and if they \w kill|strong="H4191"\w* us, we shall but \w die|strong="H4191"\w*.


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And they rose \w up|strong="H6965"\w* in the \w twilight|strong="H5399"\w*, to \w go|strong="H0935"\w* unto the \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* of the \w Syrians|strong="H0758"\w*: and when they were \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to the uttermost \w part|strong="H7097"\w* of the \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* of \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w*, behold, <i>there was</i> no \w man|strong="H0376"\w* there.


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For the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* had made the \w host|strong="H4264"\w* of the \w Syrians|strong="H0758"\w* to \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* a \w noise|strong="H6963"\w* of \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w*, and a \w noise|strong="H6963"\w* of \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*, <i>even</i> the \w noise|strong="H6963"\w* of a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w host|strong="H2428"\w*: and they \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w one|strong="H0376"\w* to \w another|strong="H0251"\w*, Lo, the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* hath \w hired|strong="H7936"\w* against us the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of the \w Hittites|strong="H2850"\w*, and the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of the \w Egyptians|strong="H4714"\w*, to \w come|strong="H0935"\w* upon us.


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Wherefore they \w arose|strong="H6965"\w* and \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* in the \w twilight|strong="H5399"\w*, and \w left|strong="H5800"\w* their \w tents|strong="H0168"\w*, and their \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*, and their \w asses|strong="H2543"\w*, even the \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* as it <i>was</i>, and \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* for their \w life|strong="H5315"\w*.


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And when these \w lepers|strong="H6879"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to the uttermost \w part|strong="H7097"\w* of the \w camp|strong="H4264"\w*, they \w went|strong="H0935"\w* into \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w tent|strong="H0168"\w*, and did \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* and \w drink|strong="H8354"\w*, and \w carried|strong="H5375"\w* thence \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, and \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, and \w raiment|strong="H0899"\w*, and \w went|strong="H3212"\w* and \w hid|strong="H2934"\w* <i>it;</i> and came \w again|strong="H7725"\w*, and \w entered|strong="H0935"\w* into \w another|strong="H0312"\w* \w tent|strong="H0168"\w*, and \w carried|strong="H5375"\w* thence <i>also</i>, and \w went|strong="H3212"\w* and \w hid|strong="H2934"\w* <i>it</i>.


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Then they \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w one|strong="H0376"\w* to \w another|strong="H7453"\w*, We \w do|strong="H6213"\w* not well: this \w day|strong="H3117"\w* <i>is</i> a \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of good \w tidings|strong="H1309"\w*, and we hold our \w peace|strong="H2814"\w*: if we \w tarry|strong="H2442"\w* till the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* \w light|strong="H0216"\w*, some \w mischief|strong="H5771"\w* will \w come|strong="H4672"\w* upon us: now therefore \w come|strong="H3212"\w*, that we may \w go|strong="H0935"\w* and \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w household|strong="H1004"\w*.<n>some…: Heb. we shall find punishment</n>


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So they \w came|strong="H0935"\w* and \w called|strong="H7121"\w* unto the \w porter|strong="H7778"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*: and they \w told|strong="H5046"\w* them, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, We \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* of the \w Syrians|strong="H0758"\w*, and, behold, <i>there was</i> no \w man|strong="H0376"\w* there, neither \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of \w man|strong="H0120"\w*, but \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w tied|strong="H0631"\w*, and \w asses|strong="H2543"\w* \w tied|strong="H0631"\w*, and the \w tents|strong="H0168"\w* as they <i>were</i>.


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And he \w called|strong="H7121"\w* the \w porters|strong="H7778"\w*; and they \w told|strong="H5046"\w* <i>it</i> to the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w within|strong="H6441"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w* in the \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, I will now \w shew|strong="H5046"\w* you what the \w Syrians|strong="H0758"\w* have \w done|strong="H6213"\w* to us. They \w know|strong="H3045"\w* that we <i>be</i> \w hungry|strong="H7457"\w*; therefore are they gone \w out|strong="H3318"\w* of the \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* to \w hide|strong="H2247"\w* themselves in the \w field|strong="H7704"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, When they come \w out|strong="H3318"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, we shall \w catch|strong="H8610"\w* them \w alive|strong="H2416"\w*, and \w get|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.


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And \w one|strong="H0259"\w* of his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Let <i>some</i> \w take|strong="H3947"\w*, I pray thee, \w five|strong="H2568"\w* of the \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* that \w remain|strong="H7604"\w*, which are \w left|strong="H7604"\w* in the city, (behold, they <i>are</i> as all the \w multitude|strong="H1995"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* that are \w left|strong="H7604"\w* in it: behold, <i>I say</i>, they <i>are</i> even as all the \w multitude|strong="H1995"\w* of the \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* that are \w consumed|strong="H8552"\w*:) and let us \w send|strong="H7971"\w* and \w see|strong="H7200"\w*.<n>in the city: Heb. in it</n>


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They \w took|strong="H3947"\w* therefore \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w chariot|strong="H7393"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*; and the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* the \w host|strong="H4264"\w* of the \w Syrians|strong="H0758"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w* and \w see|strong="H7200"\w*.


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And they \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* them unto \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*: and, lo, all the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* <i>was</i> \w full|strong="H4392"\w* of \w garments|strong="H0899"\w* and \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w*, which the \w Syrians|strong="H0758"\w* had cast \w away|strong="H7993"\w* in their \w haste|strong="H2648"\w*. And the \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w*, and \w told|strong="H5046"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.


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And the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* went \w out|strong="H3318"\w*, and \w spoiled|strong="H0962"\w* the \w tents|strong="H4264"\w* of the \w Syrians|strong="H0758"\w*. So a \w measure|strong="H5429"\w* of fine \w flour|strong="H5560"\w* was <i>sold</i> for a \w shekel|strong="H8255"\w*, and two \w measures|strong="H5429"\w* of \w barley|strong="H8184"\w* for a \w shekel|strong="H8255"\w*, according to the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<pb/>


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¶ And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w appointed|strong="H6485"\w* the \w lord|strong="H7991"\w* on whose \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* he \w leaned|strong="H8172"\w* to have the charge of the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*: and the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w trode|strong="H7429"\w* upon him in the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*, and he \w died|strong="H4191"\w*, as the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* had \w said|strong="H1696"\w*, who \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* when the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* came \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to him.


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And it came to pass as the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* had \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Two \w measures|strong="H5429"\w* of \w barley|strong="H8184"\w* for a \w shekel|strong="H8255"\w*, and a \w measure|strong="H5429"\w* of fine \w flour|strong="H5560"\w* for a \w shekel|strong="H8255"\w*, shall be to \w morrow|strong="H4279"\w* about this \w time|strong="H6256"\w* in the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* of \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*:


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And that \w lord|strong="H7991"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Now, behold, <i>if</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* should \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w windows|strong="H0699"\w* in \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, might such a \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* be? And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold, thou shalt \w see|strong="H7200"\w* it with thine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, but shalt not \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* thereof.


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And so it fell out unto him: for the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w trode|strong="H7429"\w* upon him in the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*, and he \w died|strong="H4191"\w*.<pb/>


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Then \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* unto the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w*, whose \w son|strong="H1121"\w* he had restored to \w life|strong="H2421"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Arise|strong="H6965"\w*, and \w go|strong="H3212"\w* thou and thine \w household|strong="H1004"\w*, and \w sojourn|strong="H1481"\w* \w wheresoever|strong="H0834"\w* thou canst \w sojourn|strong="H1481"\w*: for the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w called|strong="H7121"\w* for a \w famine|strong="H7458"\w*; and it shall also \w come|strong="H0935"\w* upon the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.


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And the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and \w did|strong="H6213"\w* after the \w saying|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*: and she \w went|strong="H3212"\w* with her \w household|strong="H1004"\w*, and \w sojourned|strong="H1481"\w* in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.


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And it came to pass at the \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w years’|strong="H8141"\w* \w end|strong="H7097"\w*, that the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* out of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*: and she went \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* to \w cry|strong="H6817"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* for her \w house|strong="H1004"\w* and for her \w land|strong="H7704"\w*.


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And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w talked|strong="H1696"\w* with \w Gehazi|strong="H1522"\w* the \w servant|strong="H5288"\w* of the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Tell|strong="H5608"\w* me, I pray thee, all the great \w things|strong="H1419"\w* that \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* hath \w done|strong="H6213"\w*.


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And it came to pass, as he was \w telling|strong="H5608"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* how he had \w restored|strong="H2421"\w* a dead \w body|strong="H4191"\w* to \w life|strong="H2421"\w*, that, behold, the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w*, whose \w son|strong="H1121"\w* he had restored to \w life|strong="H2421"\w*, \w cried|strong="H6817"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* for her \w house|strong="H1004"\w* and for her \w land|strong="H7704"\w*. And \w Gehazi|strong="H1522"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, My \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*, O \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, this <i>is</i> the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w*, and this <i>is</i> her \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, whom \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* restored to \w life|strong="H2421"\w*.


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And when the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w asked|strong="H7592"\w* the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w*, she \w told|strong="H5608"\w* him. So the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w appointed|strong="H5414"\w* unto her a \w certain|strong="H0259"\w* \w officer|strong="H5631"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Restore|strong="H7725"\w* all that <i>was</i> hers, and all the \w fruits|strong="H8393"\w* of the \w field|strong="H7704"\w* since the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* that she \w left|strong="H5800"\w* the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, even until now.<n>officer: or, eunuch</n><pb/>


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¶ And \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w*; and \w Ben-hadad|strong="H1130"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w* was \w sick|strong="H2470"\w*; and it was \w told|strong="H5046"\w* him, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, The \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* is \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w hither|strong="H2008"\w*.


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And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w*, \w Take|strong="H3947"\w* a \w present|strong="H4503"\w* in thine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, and \w go|strong="H3212"\w*, \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, and \w enquire|strong="H1875"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* by him, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Shall I \w recover|strong="H2421"\w* of this \w disease|strong="H2483"\w*?


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So \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* him, and \w took|strong="H3947"\w* a \w present|strong="H4503"\w* with \w him|strong="H3027"\w*, even of every good \w thing|strong="H2898"\w* of \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w*, \w forty|strong="H0705"\w* \w camels’|strong="H1581"\w* \w burden|strong="H4853"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* and \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* him, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Thy \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ben-hadad|strong="H1130"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w* hath \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* me to thee, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Shall I \w recover|strong="H2421"\w* of this \w disease|strong="H2483"\w*?<n>with…: Heb. in his hand</n>


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And \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w*, \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Thou mayest \w certainly|strong="H2421"\w* \w recover|strong="H2421"\w*: howbeit the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w shewed|strong="H7200"\w* me that he shall \w surely|strong="H4191"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*.


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And he \w settled|strong="H5975"\w* his \w countenance|strong="H6440"\w* \w stedfastly|strong="H7760"\w*, until he was \w ashamed|strong="H0954"\w*: and the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w wept|strong="H1058"\w*.<n>stedfastly: Heb. and set it</n>


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And \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Why \w weepeth|strong="H1058"\w* my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*? And he \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, Because I \w know|strong="H3045"\w* the \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* that thou wilt \w do|strong="H6213"\w* unto the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: their strong \w holds|strong="H4013"\w* wilt thou \w set|strong="H7971"\w* on \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*, and their young \w men|strong="H0970"\w* wilt thou \w slay|strong="H2026"\w* with the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, and wilt \w dash|strong="H7376"\w* their \w children|strong="H5768"\w*, and rip \w up|strong="H1234"\w* their women with \w child|strong="H2030"\w*.


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And \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, But what, <i>is</i> thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* a \w dog|strong="H3611"\w*, that he should \w do|strong="H6213"\w* this \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w thing|strong="H1697"\w*? And \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w shewed|strong="H7200"\w* me that thou <i>shalt be</i> \w king|strong="H4428"\w* over \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w*.


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So he \w departed|strong="H3212"\w* from \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to his \w master|strong="H0113"\w*; who \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to him, What \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* to thee? And he \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, He \w told|strong="H0559"\w* me <i>that</i> thou shouldest \w surely|strong="H2421"\w* \w recover|strong="H2421"\w*.


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And it came to pass on the \w morrow|strong="H4283"\w*, that he \w took|strong="H3947"\w* a thick \w cloth|strong="H4346"\w*, and \w dipped|strong="H2881"\w* <i>it</i> in \w water|strong="H4325"\w*, and \w spread|strong="H6566"\w* <i>it</i> on his \w face|strong="H6440"\w*, so that he \w died|strong="H4191"\w*: and \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* in his stead.<pb/>


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¶ And in the \w fifth|strong="H2568"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Joram|strong="H3141"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* <i>being</i> then \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w Jehoram|strong="H3088"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* began to \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*.<n>began…: Heb. reigned</n>


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\w Thirty|strong="H7970"\w* and \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* was he when he began to \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*; and he \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w eight|strong="H8083"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.


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And he \w walked|strong="H3212"\w* in the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, as \w did|strong="H6213"\w* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w*: for the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* was his \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*: 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*.


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Yet the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w would|strong="H0014"\w* not \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* for \w David|strong="H1732"\w* his \w servant’s|strong="H5650"\w* sake, as he \w promised|strong="H0559"\w* him to \w give|strong="H5414"\w* him \w alway|strong="H3117"\w* a \w light|strong="H5216"\w*, <i>and</i> to his \w children|strong="H1121"\w*.<n>light: Heb. candle, or, lamp</n><pb/>


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¶ In his \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w Edom|strong="H0123"\w* \w revolted|strong="H6586"\w* from under the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and \w made|strong="H4427"\w* a \w king|strong="H4428"\w* over themselves.


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So \w Joram|strong="H3141"\w* went \w over|strong="H5674"\w* to \w Zair|strong="H6811"\w*, and all the \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* with him: and he \w rose|strong="H6965"\w* by \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, and \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* the \w Edomites|strong="H0123"\w* which compassed him \w about|strong="H5437"\w*, and the \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w*: and the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* into their \w tents|strong="H0168"\w*.


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Yet \w Edom|strong="H0123"\w* \w revolted|strong="H6586"\w* from under the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* unto this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*. Then \w Libnah|strong="H3841"\w* \w revolted|strong="H6586"\w* at the \w same|strong="H1931"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w*.


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And the \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Joram|strong="H3141"\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 \w Joram|strong="H3141"\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 \w Ahaziah|strong="H0274"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* in his stead.<n>Ahaziah: also called, Azariah, and Jehoahaz</n><pb/>


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¶ In the \w twelfth|strong="H8147"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Joram|strong="H3141"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* did \w Ahaziah|strong="H0274"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jehoram|strong="H3088"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* begin to \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*.


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\w Two|strong="H8147"\w* and \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* <i>was</i> \w Ahaziah|strong="H0274"\w* when he began to \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*; and he \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. And his \w mother’s|strong="H0517"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* <i>was</i> \w Athaliah|strong="H6271"\w*, the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Omri|strong="H6018"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.<n>daughter: or, granddaughter</n>


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And he \w walked|strong="H3212"\w* in the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w*, and \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, as <i>did</i> the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w*: for he <i>was</i> the son in \w law|strong="H2860"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And he \w went|strong="H3212"\w* with \w Joram|strong="H3141"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* to the \w war|strong="H4421"\w* against \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w* in \w Ramoth-gilead|strong="H7433"\w*; and the \w Syrians|strong="H0761"\w* \w wounded|strong="H5221"\w* \w Joram|strong="H3141"\w*.


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And \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Joram|strong="H3141"\w* went \w back|strong="H7725"\w* to be \w healed|strong="H7495"\w* in \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w* of the \w wounds|strong="H4347"\w* which the \w Syrians|strong="H0761"\w* had \w given|strong="H5221"\w* him at \w Ramah|strong="H7414"\w*, when he \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* against \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w*. And \w Ahaziah|strong="H0274"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jehoram|strong="H3088"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* went \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w Joram|strong="H3141"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* in \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*, because he was \w sick|strong="H2470"\w*.<n>which…: Heb. wherewith the Syrians had wounded</n><n>Ramah: called Ramoth</n><n>sick: Heb. wounded</n><pb/>


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And \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Gird \w up|strong="H2296"\w* thy \w loins|strong="H4975"\w*, and \w take|strong="H3947"\w* this \w box|strong="H6378"\w* of \w oil|strong="H8081"\w* in thine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, and \w go|strong="H3212"\w* to \w Ramoth-gilead|strong="H7433"\w*:


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And when thou \w comest|strong="H0935"\w* thither, look \w out|strong="H7200"\w* there \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Nimshi|strong="H5250"\w*, and go \w in|strong="H0935"\w*, and make him arise \w up|strong="H6965"\w* from \w among|strong="H8432"\w* his \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w*, and \w carry|strong="H0935"\w* him to an \w inner|strong="H2315"\w* \w chamber|strong="H2315"\w*;<n>inner…: Heb. chamber in a chamber</n>


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Then \w take|strong="H3947"\w* the \w box|strong="H6378"\w* of \w oil|strong="H8081"\w*, and \w pour|strong="H3332"\w* <i>it</i> on his \w head|strong="H7218"\w*, and \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, I have \w anointed|strong="H4886"\w* thee \w king|strong="H4428"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. Then \w open|strong="H6605"\w* the \w door|strong="H1817"\w*, and \w flee|strong="H5127"\w*, and \w tarry|strong="H2442"\w* not.<pb/>


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¶ So the young \w man|strong="H5288"\w*, <i>even</i> the young \w man|strong="H5288"\w* the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w*, \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to \w Ramoth-gilead|strong="H7433"\w*.


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And when he \w came|strong="H0935"\w*, behold, the \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w host|strong="H2428"\w* <i>were</i> \w sitting|strong="H3427"\w*; and he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I have an \w errand|strong="H1697"\w* to thee, O \w captain|strong="H8269"\w*. And \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Unto which of all us? And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, To thee, O \w captain|strong="H8269"\w*.


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And he \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and \w went|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*; and he \w poured|strong="H3332"\w* the \w oil|strong="H8081"\w* on his \w head|strong="H7218"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, I have \w anointed|strong="H4886"\w* thee \w king|strong="H4428"\w* over the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, <i>even</i> over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.


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And thou shalt \w smite|strong="H5221"\w* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* thy \w master|strong="H0113"\w*, that I may \w avenge|strong="H5358"\w* the \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* of my \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*, and the \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* of all the \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, at the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Jezebel|strong="H0348"\w*.


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For the whole \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* shall \w perish|strong="H0006"\w*: and I will cut \w off|strong="H3772"\w* from \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* him that \w pisseth|strong="H8366"\w* against the \w wall|strong="H7023"\w*, and him that is shut \w up|strong="H6113"\w* and \w left|strong="H5800"\w* in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*:


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And I will \w make|strong="H5414"\w* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\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*, and like the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Baasha|strong="H1201"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ahijah|strong="H0281"\w*:


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And the \w dogs|strong="H3611"\w* shall \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w Jezebel|strong="H0348"\w* in the \w portion|strong="H2506"\w* of \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*, and <i>there shall be</i> none to \w bury|strong="H6912"\w* <i>her</i>. And he \w opened|strong="H6605"\w* the \w door|strong="H1817"\w*, and \w fled|strong="H5127"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Then \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* came \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* to the \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* of his \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*: and <i>one</i> \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, <i>Is</i> all \w well|strong="H7965"\w*? wherefore \w came|strong="H0935"\w* this \w mad|strong="H7696"\w* <i>fellow</i> to thee? And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, Ye \w know|strong="H3045"\w* the \w man|strong="H0376"\w*, and his \w communication|strong="H7879"\w*.


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And they \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, <i>It is</i> \w false|strong="H8267"\w*; \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* us now. And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Thus and thus \w spake|strong="H0559"\w* he to me, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, I have \w anointed|strong="H4886"\w* thee \w king|strong="H4428"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.


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Then they \w hasted|strong="H4116"\w*, and \w took|strong="H3947"\w* every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* his \w garment|strong="H0899"\w*, and \w put|strong="H7760"\w* <i>it</i> under him on the \w top|strong="H1634"\w* of the \w stairs|strong="H4609"\w*, and \w blew|strong="H8628"\w* with \w trumpets|strong="H7782"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* is \w king|strong="H4427"\w*.<n>is king: Heb. reigneth</n>


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So \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Nimshi|strong="H5250"\w* \w conspired|strong="H7194"\w* against \w Joram|strong="H3141"\w*. (Now \w Joram|strong="H3141"\w* had \w kept|strong="H8104"\w* \w Ramoth-gilead|strong="H7433"\w*, he and all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w because|strong="H6440"\w* of \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w*.


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But \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Joram|strong="H3088"\w* was \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* to be \w healed|strong="H7495"\w* in \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w* of the \w wounds|strong="H4347"\w* which the \w Syrians|strong="H0761"\w* had \w given|strong="H5221"\w* him, when he \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* with \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w*.) And \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, If it \w be|strong="H3426"\w* your \w minds|strong="H5315"\w*, <i>then</i> let \w none|strong="H0408"\w* go \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* <i>nor</i> \w escape|strong="H6412"\w* out of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* to \w go|strong="H3212"\w* to \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* <i>it</i> in \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*.<n>Joram: Heb. Jehoram but not in verse sixteen</n><n>had given: Heb. smote</n><n>let none…: Heb. let no escaper go, etc</n><pb/>


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So \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* rode in a \w chariot|strong="H7392"\w*, and \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*; for \w Joram|strong="H3141"\w* \w lay|strong="H7901"\w* there. And \w Ahaziah|strong="H0274"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* was come \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w Joram|strong="H3141"\w*.


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And there \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* a \w watchman|strong="H6822"\w* on the \w tower|strong="H4026"\w* in \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*, and he \w spied|strong="H7200"\w* the \w company|strong="H8229"\w* of \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* as he \w came|strong="H0935"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I \w see|strong="H7200"\w* a \w company|strong="H8229"\w*. And \w Joram|strong="H3088"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Take|strong="H3947"\w* an \w horseman|strong="H7395"\w*, and \w send|strong="H7971"\w* to \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* them, and let him \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, <i>Is it</i> \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*?


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So there \w went|strong="H3212"\w* one on \w horseback|strong="H7392"\w* to \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* him, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, <i>Is it</i> \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*? And \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, What hast thou to do with \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*? \w turn|strong="H5437"\w* thee \w behind|strong="H0310"\w* me. And the \w watchman|strong="H6822"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, The \w messenger|strong="H4397"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to them, but he cometh not \w again|strong="H7725"\w*.


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Then he sent \w out|strong="H7971"\w* a \w second|strong="H8145"\w* on \w horseback|strong="H7392"\w*, which \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to them, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, <i>Is it</i> \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*? And \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, What hast thou to do with \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*? \w turn|strong="H5437"\w* thee \w behind|strong="H0310"\w* me.


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And the \w watchman|strong="H6822"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, He \w came|strong="H0935"\w* even unto them, and cometh not \w again|strong="H7725"\w*: and the \w driving|strong="H4491"\w* <i>is</i> like the \w driving|strong="H4491"\w* of \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Nimshi|strong="H5250"\w*; for he \w driveth|strong="H5090"\w* \w furiously|strong="H7697"\w*.<n>driving: or, marching</n><n>furiously: Heb. in madness</n>


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And \w Joram|strong="H3088"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Make \w ready|strong="H0631"\w*. And his \w chariot|strong="H7393"\w* was made \w ready|strong="H0631"\w*. And \w Joram|strong="H3088"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* and \w Ahaziah|strong="H0274"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* went \w out|strong="H3318"\w*, \w each|strong="H0376"\w* in his \w chariot|strong="H7393"\w*, and they went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w against|strong="H7125"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w*, and \w met|strong="H4672"\w* him in the \w portion|strong="H2513"\w* of \w Naboth|strong="H5022"\w* the \w Jezreelite|strong="H3158"\w*.<n>Make ready: Heb. Bind</n><n>met: Heb. found</n>


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And it came to pass, when \w Joram|strong="H3088"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w*, that he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, <i>Is it</i> \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*, \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w*? And he \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, What \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*, so long \w as|strong="H5704"\w* the \w whoredoms|strong="H2183"\w* of thy \w mother|strong="H0517"\w* \w Jezebel|strong="H0348"\w* and her \w witchcrafts|strong="H3785"\w* <i>are so</i> \w many|strong="H7227"\w*?


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And \w Joram|strong="H3088"\w* \w turned|strong="H2015"\w* his \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*, and \w fled|strong="H5127"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Ahaziah|strong="H0274"\w*, <i>There is</i> \w treachery|strong="H4820"\w*, O \w Ahaziah|strong="H0274"\w*.


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And \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* drew a \w bow|strong="H7198"\w* with his \w full|strong="H4390"\w* \w strength|strong="H3027"\w*, and \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* \w Jehoram|strong="H3088"\w* between his \w arms|strong="H2220"\w*, and the \w arrow|strong="H2678"\w* went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* at his \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*, and he sunk \w down|strong="H3766"\w* in his \w chariot|strong="H7393"\w*.<n>drew…: Heb. filled his hand with a bow</n><n>sunk: Heb. bowed</n>


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Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* <i>Jehu</i> to \w Bidkar|strong="H0920"\w* his \w captain|strong="H7991"\w*, Take \w up|strong="H5375"\w*, <i>and</i> \w cast|strong="H7993"\w* him in the \w portion|strong="H2513"\w* of the \w field|strong="H7704"\w* of \w Naboth|strong="H5022"\w* the \w Jezreelite|strong="H3158"\w*: for \w remember|strong="H2142"\w* how that, when I and thou \w rode|strong="H7392"\w* \w together|strong="H6776"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* his \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w laid|strong="H5375"\w* this \w burden|strong="H4853"\w* upon him;


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Surely I have \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w yesterday|strong="H0570"\w* the \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* of \w Naboth|strong="H5022"\w*, and the \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* of his \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; and I will \w requite|strong="H7999"\w* thee in this \w plat|strong="H2513"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*. Now therefore \w take|strong="H5375"\w* <i>and</i> \w cast|strong="H7993"\w* him into the \w plat|strong="H2513"\w* <i>of ground</i>, according to the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<n>blood: Heb. bloods</n><n>plat: or, portion</n><pb/>


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¶ But when \w Ahaziah|strong="H0274"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* <i>this</i>, he \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* by the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of the \w garden|strong="H1588"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*. And \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w followed|strong="H7291"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* him, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Smite|strong="H5221"\w* him also in the \w chariot|strong="H4818"\w*. <i>And they did so</i> at the going \w up|strong="H4608"\w* to \w Gur|strong="H1483"\w*, which <i>is</i> by \w Ibleam|strong="H2991"\w*. And he \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* to \w Megiddo|strong="H4023"\w*, and \w died|strong="H4191"\w* there.


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And his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w carried|strong="H7392"\w* him in a chariot to \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, and \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* him in his \w sepulchre|strong="H6900"\w* with his \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* in the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*.


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And in the \w eleventh|strong="H0259"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Joram|strong="H3141"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* began \w Ahaziah|strong="H0274"\w* to \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* over \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And when \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* was \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*, \w Jezebel|strong="H0348"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* <i>of it;</i> and she \w painted|strong="H7760"\w* her \w face|strong="H5869"\w*, and \w tired|strong="H3190"\w* her \w head|strong="H7218"\w*, and looked \w out|strong="H8259"\w* at a \w window|strong="H2474"\w*.<n>painted…: Heb. put her eyes in painting</n>


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And as \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* entered \w in|strong="H0935"\w* at the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*, she \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, <i>Had</i> \w Zimri|strong="H2174"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*, who \w slew|strong="H2026"\w* his \w master|strong="H0113"\w*?


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And he lifted \w up|strong="H5375"\w* his \w face|strong="H6440"\w* to the \w window|strong="H2474"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Who <i>is</i> on my side? who? And there looked \w out|strong="H8259"\w* to him \w two|strong="H8147"\w* <i>or</i> \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w eunuchs|strong="H5631"\w*.<n>eunuchs: or, chamberlains</n>


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Throw her \w down|strong="H8058"\w*. So they threw her \w down|strong="H8058"\w*: and <i>some</i> of her \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* was \w sprinkled|strong="H5137"\w* on the \w wall|strong="H7023"\w*, and on the \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*: and he trode her under \w foot|strong="H7429"\w*.


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And when he was come \w in|strong="H0935"\w*, he did \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* and \w drink|strong="H8354"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Go|strong="H6485"\w*, see now this \w cursed|strong="H0779"\w* <i>woman</i>, and \w bury|strong="H6912"\w* her: for she <i>is</i> a \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w*.


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And they \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to \w bury|strong="H6912"\w* her: but they \w found|strong="H4672"\w* no more of her \w than|strong="H0518"\w* the \w skull|strong="H1538"\w*, and the \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*, and the \w palms|strong="H3709"\w* of <i>her</i> \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*.


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Wherefore they came \w again|strong="H7725"\w*, and \w told|strong="H5046"\w* him. And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, This <i>is</i> 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* his \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* the \w Tishbite|strong="H8664"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, In the \w portion|strong="H2506"\w* of \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w* shall \w dogs|strong="H3611"\w* \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* the \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* of \w Jezebel|strong="H0348"\w*:<n>by: Heb. by the hand of</n>


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And the \w carcase|strong="H5038"\w* of \w Jezebel|strong="H0348"\w* shall be as \w dung|strong="H1828"\w* upon the \w face|strong="H6440"\w* of the \w field|strong="H7704"\w* in the \w portion|strong="H2506"\w* of \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*; <i>so</i> that they shall not \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, This <i>is</i> \w Jezebel|strong="H0348"\w*.<pb/>


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And \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* had \w seventy|strong="H7657"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* in \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*. And \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w wrote|strong="H3789"\w* \w letters|strong="H5612"\w*, and \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* to \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, unto the \w rulers|strong="H8269"\w* of \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*, to the \w elders|strong="H2205"\w*, and to them that brought \w up|strong="H0539"\w* \w Ahab’s|strong="H0256"\w* <i>children</i>, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,<n>them…: Heb. nourishers</n>


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Now as soon as this \w letter|strong="H5612"\w* \w cometh|strong="H0935"\w* to you, seeing your \w master’s|strong="H0113"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* <i>are</i> with you, and <i>there are</i> with you \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* and \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*, a \w fenced|strong="H4013"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* also, and \w armour|strong="H5402"\w*;


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Look even \w out|strong="H7200"\w* the \w best|strong="H2896"\w* and \w meetest|strong="H3477"\w* of your \w master’s|strong="H0113"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, and \w set|strong="H7760"\w* <i>him</i> on his \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w throne|strong="H3678"\w*, and \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* for your \w master’s|strong="H0113"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.


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But they were \w exceedingly|strong="H3966"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold, \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* not \w before|strong="H6440"\w* him: how then shall we \w stand|strong="H5975"\w*?


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And he that <i>was</i> over the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and he that <i>was</i> over the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, the \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* also, and the bringers \w up|strong="H0539"\w* <i>of the children</i>, \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* to \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, We <i>are</i> thy \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, and will \w do|strong="H6213"\w* all that thou shalt \w bid|strong="H0559"\w* us; we will not make \w any|strong="H0376"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w*: \w do|strong="H6213"\w* thou <i>that which is</i> \w good|strong="H2896"\w* in thine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*.


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Then he \w wrote|strong="H3789"\w* a \w letter|strong="H5612"\w* the second \w time|strong="H8145"\w* to them, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, If ye <i>be</i> mine, and <i>if</i> ye will \w hearken|strong="H8085"\w* unto my \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*, \w take|strong="H3947"\w* ye the \w heads|strong="H7218"\w* of the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* your \w master’s|strong="H0113"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, and \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to me to \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w* by to \w morrow|strong="H4279"\w* this \w time|strong="H6256"\w*. Now the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, <i>being</i> \w seventy|strong="H7657"\w* \w persons|strong="H0376"\w*, <i>were</i> with the great \w men|strong="H1419"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, which brought them \w up|strong="H1431"\w*.<n>mine: Heb. for me</n>


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And it came to pass, when the \w letter|strong="H5612"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to them, that they \w took|strong="H3947"\w* the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, and \w slew|strong="H7819"\w* \w seventy|strong="H7657"\w* \w persons|strong="H0376"\w*, and \w put|strong="H7760"\w* their \w heads|strong="H7218"\w* in \w baskets|strong="H1731"\w*, and \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* him <i>them</i> to \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And there \w came|strong="H0935"\w* a \w messenger|strong="H4397"\w*, and \w told|strong="H5046"\w* him, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, They have \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* the \w heads|strong="H7218"\w* of the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*. And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Lay|strong="H7760"\w* ye them in \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w heaps|strong="H6652"\w* at the entering \w in|strong="H6607"\w* of the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* until the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*.


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And it came to pass in the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*, that he went \w out|strong="H3318"\w*, and \w stood|strong="H5975"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, Ye <i>be</i> \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w*: behold, I \w conspired|strong="H7194"\w* against my \w master|strong="H0113"\w*, and \w slew|strong="H2026"\w* him: but who \w slew|strong="H5221"\w* all these?


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\w Know|strong="H3045"\w* \w now|strong="H0645"\w* that there shall \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* unto the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* nothing of the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, which the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* concerning the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w*: for the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w done|strong="H6213"\w* <i>that</i> which he \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* his \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w*.<n>by: Heb. by the hand of</n>


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So \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w slew|strong="H5221"\w* all that \w remained|strong="H7604"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* in \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*, and all his great \w men|strong="H1419"\w*, and his \w kinsfolks|strong="H3045"\w*, and his \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, until he \w left|strong="H7604"\w* him none \w remaining|strong="H8300"\w*.<n>kinsfolks: or, acquaintance</n><pb/>


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¶ And he \w arose|strong="H6965"\w* and \w departed|strong="H0935"\w*, and \w came|strong="H3212"\w* to \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*. <i>And</i> as he <i>was</i> at the \w shearing|strong="H7462"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* in the \w way|strong="H1870"\w*,<n>shearing…: Heb. house of shepherds binding sheep</n>


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\w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w met|strong="H4672"\w* with the \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w* of \w Ahaziah|strong="H0274"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Who <i>are</i> ye? And they \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, We <i>are</i> the \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w* of \w Ahaziah|strong="H0274"\w*; and we go \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to \w salute|strong="H7965"\w* the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* and the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of the \w queen|strong="H1377"\w*.<n>met with: Heb. found</n><n>to salute…: Heb. to the peace of, etc</n>


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Take|strong="H8610"\w* them \w alive|strong="H2416"\w*. And they \w took|strong="H8610"\w* them \w alive|strong="H2416"\w*, and \w slew|strong="H7819"\w* them at the \w pit|strong="H0953"\w* of the shearing \w house|strong="H1044"\w*, <i>even</i> \w two|strong="H8147"\w* and \w forty|strong="H0705"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*; neither \w left|strong="H7604"\w* he \w any|strong="H0376"\w* of them.<pb/>


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¶ And when he was \w departed|strong="H3212"\w* thence, he \w lighted|strong="H4672"\w* on \w Jehonadab|strong="H3082"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Rechab|strong="H7394"\w* <i>coming</i> to \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* him: and he \w saluted|strong="H1288"\w* him, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to him, \w Is|strong="H3426"\w* thine \w heart|strong="H3824"\w* \w right|strong="H3477"\w*, as my \w heart|strong="H3824"\w* <i>is</i> with thy \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*? And \w Jehonadab|strong="H3082"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, It \w is|strong="H3426"\w*. If it be, \w give|strong="H5414"\w* <i>me</i> thine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*. And he \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* <i>him</i> his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*; and he took him \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to him into the \w chariot|strong="H4818"\w*.<n>lighted on: Heb. found</n><n>saluted: Heb. blessed</n>


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Come|strong="H3212"\w* with me, and \w see|strong="H7200"\w* my \w zeal|strong="H7068"\w* for the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*. So they made him \w ride|strong="H7392"\w* in his \w chariot|strong="H7393"\w*.


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And when he \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, he \w slew|strong="H5221"\w* all that \w remained|strong="H7604"\w* unto \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* in \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, till he had \w destroyed|strong="H8045"\w* him, according to the \w saying|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, which he \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* to \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w gathered|strong="H6908"\w* all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w together|strong="H6908"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w served|strong="H5647"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w* a \w little|strong="H4592"\w*; <i>but</i> \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* shall \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* him \w much|strong="H7235"\w*.


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Now therefore \w call|strong="H7121"\w* unto me all the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* of \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*, all his \w servants|strong="H5647"\w*, and all his \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*; let \w none|strong="H0376"\w* be \w wanting|strong="H6485"\w*: for I have a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\w* <i>to do</i> to \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*; whosoever shall be \w wanting|strong="H6485"\w*, he shall not \w live|strong="H2421"\w*. But \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* <i>it</i> in \w subtilty|strong="H6122"\w*, to the intent that he might \w destroy|strong="H0006"\w* the \w worshippers|strong="H5647"\w* of \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*.


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And \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Proclaim|strong="H6942"\w* a solemn \w assembly|strong="H6116"\w* for \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*. And they \w proclaimed|strong="H7121"\w* <i>it</i>.<n>Proclaim: Heb. Sanctify</n>


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And \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* through all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: and all the \w worshippers|strong="H5647"\w* of \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w*, so that there was not a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w left|strong="H7604"\w* that \w came|strong="H0935"\w* not. And they \w came|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*; and the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w* was \w full|strong="H4390"\w* from one \w end|strong="H6310"\w* to \w another|strong="H6310"\w*.<n>full…: or, so full that they stood mouth to mouth</n>


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him that <i>was</i> over the \w vestry|strong="H4458"\w*, Bring \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* \w vestments|strong="H3830"\w* for all the \w worshippers|strong="H5647"\w* of \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*. And he brought them \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* \w vestments|strong="H4403"\w*.


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And \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w*, and \w Jehonadab|strong="H3082"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Rechab|strong="H7394"\w*, into the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w worshippers|strong="H5647"\w* of \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*, \w Search|strong="H2664"\w*, and \w look|strong="H7200"\w* that there \w be|strong="H3426"\w* here with you none of the \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, but the \w worshippers|strong="H5647"\w* of \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w* only.


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And when they went \w in|strong="H0935"\w* to \w offer|strong="H6213"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w* and burnt \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w*, \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w appointed|strong="H7760"\w* \w fourscore|strong="H8084"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w without|strong="H2351"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, <i>If</i> \w any|strong="H0376"\w* of the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* whom I have \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* into your \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w escape|strong="H4422"\w*, <i>he that letteth him go</i>, his \w life|strong="H5315"\w* <i>shall be</i> for the \w life|strong="H5315"\w* of him.


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And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an \w end|strong="H3615"\w* of \w offering|strong="H6213"\w* the burnt \w offering|strong="H5930"\w*, that \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to the \w guard|strong="H7323"\w* and to the \w captains|strong="H7991"\w*, Go \w in|strong="H0935"\w*, <i>and</i> \w slay|strong="H5221"\w* them; let \w none|strong="H0376"\w* come \w forth|strong="H3318"\w*. And they \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* them with the \w edge|strong="H6310"\w* of the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*; and the \w guard|strong="H7323"\w* and the \w captains|strong="H7991"\w* cast <i>them</i> \w out|strong="H7993"\w*, and \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*.<n>the edge: Heb. the mouth</n>


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And they brought \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* the \w images|strong="H4676"\w* out of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*, and \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* them.<n>images: Heb. statues</n>


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And they brake \w down|strong="H5422"\w* the \w image|strong="H4676"\w* of \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*, and brake \w down|strong="H5422"\w* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*, and \w made|strong="H7760"\w* it a draught \w house|strong="H4163"\w* unto this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.


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Thus \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H8045"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w* out of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Howbeit <i>from</i> the \w sins|strong="H2399"\w* of \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Nebat|strong="H5028"\w*, who made \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* to \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*, \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w departed|strong="H5493"\w* not from \w after|strong="H0310"\w* them, <i>to wit</i>, the \w golden|strong="H2091"\w* \w calves|strong="H5695"\w* that <i>were</i> in \w Beth-el|strong="H1008"\w*, and that <i>were</i> in \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w*.


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And the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w*, Because thou hast done \w well|strong="H2895"\w* in \w executing|strong="H6213"\w* <i>that which is</i> \w right|strong="H3477"\w* in mine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, <i>and</i> hast \w done|strong="H6213"\w* unto the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* according to all that <i>was</i> in mine \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*, thy \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of the \w fourth|strong="H7243"\w* <i>generation</i> shall \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* on the \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.


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But \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* took no \w heed|strong="H8104"\w* to \w walk|strong="H3212"\w* in the \w law|strong="H8451"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* with all his \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*: for he \w departed|strong="H5493"\w* not from the \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* of \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w*, which made \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* to \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*.<n>took…: Heb. observed not</n><pb/>


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¶ In those \w days|strong="H3117"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w began|strong="H2490"\w* to \w cut|strong="H7096"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w short|strong="H7096"\w*: and \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* them in all the \w coasts|strong="H1366"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*;<n>to cut: Heb. to cut off the ends</n>


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From \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w eastward|strong="H4217"\w*, all the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*, the \w Gadites|strong="H1425"\w*, and the \w Reubenites|strong="H7206"\w*, and the \w Manassites|strong="H4520"\w*, from \w Aroer|strong="H6177"\w*, which <i>is</i> by the \w river|strong="H5158"\w* \w Arnon|strong="H0769"\w*, even \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* and \w Bashan|strong="H1316"\w*.<n>eastward: Heb. toward the rising of the sun</n><n>even…: or, even to Gilead and Bashan</n>


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Now the \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w*, and all that he \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, and all 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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And \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w slept|strong="H7901"\w* with his \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*: and they \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* him in \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*. And \w Jehoahaz|strong="H3059"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* in his stead.


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And the \w time|strong="H3117"\w* that \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* in \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* <i>was</i> \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* and \w eight|strong="H8083"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.<n>the time: Heb. the days were</n><pb/>


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And when \w Athaliah|strong="H6271"\w* the \w mother|strong="H0517"\w* of \w Ahaziah|strong="H0274"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* that her \w son|strong="H1121"\w* was \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*, she \w arose|strong="H6965"\w* and \w destroyed|strong="H0006"\w* all the \w seed|strong="H2233"\w* \w royal|strong="H4467"\w*.<n>seed…: Heb. seed of the kingdom</n>


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But \w Jehosheba|strong="H3089"\w*, the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Joram|strong="H3141"\w*, \w sister|strong="H0269"\w* of \w Ahaziah|strong="H0274"\w*, \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ahaziah|strong="H0274"\w*, and \w stole|strong="H1589"\w* him from \w among|strong="H8432"\w* the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* <i>which were</i> \w slain|strong="H4191"\w*; and they \w hid|strong="H5641"\w* him, <i>even</i> him and his \w nurse|strong="H3243"\w*, in the \w bedchamber|strong="H2315"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w Athaliah|strong="H6271"\w*, so that he was not \w slain|strong="H4191"\w*.<n>Jehosheba: also called, Jehoshabeath</n><n>Joash: also called, Jehoash</n>


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And he was with her \w hid|strong="H2244"\w* in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*. And \w Athaliah|strong="H6271"\w* did \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* over the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And the \w seventh|strong="H7637"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* and \w fetched|strong="H3947"\w* the \w rulers|strong="H8269"\w* over \w hundreds|strong="H3967"\w*, with the \w captains|strong="H3746"\w* and the \w guard|strong="H7323"\w*, and \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* them to him into the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and \w made|strong="H3772"\w* a \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* with them, and took an \w oath|strong="H7650"\w* of them in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and \w shewed|strong="H7200"\w* them the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*.


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And he \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* them, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, This <i>is</i> the \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* that ye shall \w do|strong="H6213"\w*; A third \w part|strong="H7992"\w* of you that enter \w in|strong="H0935"\w* on the \w sabbath|strong="H7676"\w* shall even be \w keepers|strong="H8104"\w* of the \w watch|strong="H4931"\w* of the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*;


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And a third \w part|strong="H7992"\w* <i>shall be</i> at the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* of \w Sur|strong="H5495"\w*; and a third \w part|strong="H7992"\w* at the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w behind|strong="H0310"\w* the \w guard|strong="H7323"\w*: so shall ye \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* the \w watch|strong="H4931"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, that it be not broken \w down|strong="H4535"\w*.<n>that…: or, from breaking up</n>


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And \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w parts|strong="H3027"\w* of all you that go \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* on the \w sabbath|strong="H7676"\w*, even they shall \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* the \w watch|strong="H4931"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w about|strong="H0413"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.<n>parts: or, companies: Heb. hands</n>


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And ye shall \w compass|strong="H5362"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* round \w about|strong="H5439"\w*, every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* with his \w weapons|strong="H3627"\w* in his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*: and he that \w cometh|strong="H0935"\w* within the \w ranges|strong="H7713"\w*, let him be \w slain|strong="H4191"\w*: and be ye with the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* as he goeth \w out|strong="H3318"\w* and as he cometh \w in|strong="H0935"\w*.


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And the \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* over the \w hundreds|strong="H3967"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* according to all <i>things</i> that \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w*: and they \w took|strong="H3947"\w* every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* his \w men|strong="H0582"\w* that were to come \w in|strong="H0935"\w* on the \w sabbath|strong="H7676"\w*, with them that should go \w out|strong="H3318"\w* on the \w sabbath|strong="H7676"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*.


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And to the \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* over \w hundreds|strong="H3967"\w* did the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w spears|strong="H2595"\w* and \w shields|strong="H7982"\w*, that <i>were</i> in the \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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And the \w guard|strong="H7323"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w*, every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* with his \w weapons|strong="H3627"\w* in his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, round \w about|strong="H5439"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, from the \w right|strong="H3233"\w* \w corner|strong="H3802"\w* of the \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* to the \w left|strong="H8042"\w* \w corner|strong="H3802"\w* of the \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*, <i>along</i> by the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* and the \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*.<n>corner: Heb. shoulder</n>


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And he brought \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, and \w put|strong="H5414"\w* the \w crown|strong="H5145"\w* upon him, and <i>gave him</i> the \w testimony|strong="H5715"\w*; and they made him \w king|strong="H4427"\w*, and \w anointed|strong="H4886"\w* him; and they \w clapped|strong="H5221"\w* their \w hands|strong="H3709"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, God \w save|strong="H2421"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.<n>God…: Heb. Let the king live</n><pb/>


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¶ And when \w Athaliah|strong="H6271"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* the \w noise|strong="H6963"\w* of the \w guard|strong="H7323"\w* <i>and</i> of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, she \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* into the \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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And when she \w looked|strong="H7200"\w*, behold, the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* by a \w pillar|strong="H5982"\w*, as the \w manner|strong="H4941"\w* <i>was</i>, and the \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* and the \w trumpeters|strong="H2689"\w* by the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, and all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w rejoiced|strong="H8056"\w*, and \w blew|strong="H8628"\w* with \w trumpets|strong="H2689"\w*: and \w Athaliah|strong="H6271"\w* \w rent|strong="H7167"\w* her \w clothes|strong="H0899"\w*, and \w cried|strong="H7121"\w*, \w Treason|strong="H7195"\w*, \w Treason|strong="H7195"\w*.


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But \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* the \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w hundreds|strong="H3967"\w*, the \w officers|strong="H6485"\w* of the \w host|strong="H2428"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, Have her \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* \w without|strong="H1004"\w* the \w ranges|strong="H7713"\w*: and him that \w followeth|strong="H0935"\w* her \w kill|strong="H4191"\w* with the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*. For the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* had \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Let her not be \w slain|strong="H4191"\w* in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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And they \w laid|strong="H7760"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* on her; and she \w went|strong="H0935"\w* by the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* by the which the \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w came|strong="H3996"\w* into the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*: and there was she \w slain|strong="H4191"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w* \w made|strong="H3772"\w* a \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* between the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* and the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* and the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, that they should be the  \+w LORD’s|strong="H3068"\+w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*; between the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* also and the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.


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And all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*, and brake it \w down|strong="H5422"\w*; his \w altars|strong="H4196"\w* and his \w images|strong="H6754"\w* brake they in \w pieces|strong="H7665"\w* \w thoroughly|strong="H3190"\w*, and \w slew|strong="H2026"\w* \w Mattan|strong="H4977"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* of \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w altars|strong="H4196"\w*. And the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w appointed|strong="H7760"\w* \w officers|strong="H6485"\w* over the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<n>officers: Heb. offices</n>


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And he \w took|strong="H3947"\w* the \w rulers|strong="H8269"\w* over \w hundreds|strong="H3967"\w*, and the \w captains|strong="H3746"\w*, and the \w guard|strong="H7323"\w*, and all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*; and they brought \w down|strong="H3381"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* from the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* by the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* of the \w guard|strong="H7323"\w* to the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*. And he \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* on the \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* of the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w*.


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And all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w rejoiced|strong="H8055"\w*, and the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* was in \w quiet|strong="H8252"\w*: and they \w slew|strong="H4191"\w* \w Athaliah|strong="H6271"\w* with the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* <i>beside</i> the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.


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\w Seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* <i>was</i> \w Jehoash|strong="H3060"\w* when he began to \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*.<pb/>


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In the \w seventh|strong="H7651"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w Jehoash|strong="H3060"\w* began to \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*; and \w forty|strong="H0705"\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 Zibiah|strong="H6645"\w* of \w Beer-sheba|strong="H0884"\w*.


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And \w Jehoash|strong="H3060"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* <i>that which was</i> \w right|strong="H3477"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* all his \w days|strong="H3117"\w* wherein \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w instructed|strong="H3384"\w* him.


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But the high \w places|strong="H1116"\w* were not taken \w away|strong="H5493"\w*: the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* still \w sacrificed|strong="H2076"\w* and burnt \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* in the high \w places|strong="H1116"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And \w Jehoash|strong="H3060"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, All the \w money|strong="H3701"\w* of the dedicated \w things|strong="H6944"\w* that is \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, <i>even</i> the \w money|strong="H3701"\w* of every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* that \w passeth|strong="H5674"\w* <i>the account</i>, the \w money|strong="H3701"\w* that every \w man|strong="H5315"\w* is set \w at|strong="H6187"\w*, <i>and</i> all the \w money|strong="H3701"\w* that \w cometh|strong="H5927"\w* into any \w man’s|strong="H0376"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* to \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*,<n>dedicated things: or, holy things: Heb. holinesses</n><n>that every…: Heb. of the souls of his estimation</n><n>cometh…: Heb. ascendeth upon the heart of a man</n>


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Let the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* <i>it</i> to them, every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of his \w acquaintance|strong="H4378"\w*: and let them \w repair|strong="H2388"\w* the \w breaches|strong="H0919"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, wheresoever any \w breach|strong="H0919"\w* shall be \w found|strong="H4672"\w*.


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But it was <i>so, that</i> in the \w three|strong="H7969"\w* and \w twentieth|strong="H6242"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jehoash|strong="H3060"\w* the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* had not \w repaired|strong="H2388"\w* the \w breaches|strong="H0919"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.<n>three…: Heb. twentieth year and third year</n>


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Then \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jehoash|strong="H3060"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* for \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, and the <i>other</i> \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, Why \w repair|strong="H2388"\w* ye not the \w breaches|strong="H0919"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*? now therefore \w receive|strong="H3947"\w* no <i>more</i> \w money|strong="H3701"\w* of your \w acquaintance|strong="H4378"\w*, but \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* it for the \w breaches|strong="H0919"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.


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And the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w consented|strong="H0225"\w* to \w receive|strong="H3947"\w* \w no|strong="H1115"\w* <i>more</i> \w money|strong="H3701"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w neither|strong="H1115"\w* to \w repair|strong="H2388"\w* the \w breaches|strong="H0919"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.


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But \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H0259"\w* \w chest|strong="H0727"\w*, and \w bored|strong="H5344"\w* a \w hole|strong="H2356"\w* in the \w lid|strong="H1817"\w* of it, and \w set|strong="H5414"\w* it \w beside|strong="H0681"\w* the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*, on the right \w side|strong="H3225"\w* as \w one|strong="H0376"\w* \w cometh|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*: and the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* that \w kept|strong="H8104"\w* the \w door|strong="H5592"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* therein all the \w money|strong="H3701"\w* <i>that was</i> \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<n>door: Heb. threshold</n>


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And it was <i>so</i>, when they \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* that <i>there was</i> \w much|strong="H7227"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w* in the \w chest|strong="H0727"\w*, that the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w scribe|strong="H5608"\w* and the \w high|strong="H1419"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* came \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, and they put up in \w bags|strong="H6696"\w*, and \w told|strong="H4487"\w* the \w money|strong="H3701"\w* that was \w found|strong="H4672"\w* in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<n>scribe: or, secretary</n><n>put…: Heb. bound up</n>


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And they \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* the \w money|strong="H3701"\w*, being \w told|strong="H8505"\w*, into the \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* of them that \w did|strong="H6213"\w* the \w work|strong="H4399"\w*, that had the \w oversight|strong="H6485"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*: and they laid it \w out|strong="H3318"\w* to the \w carpenters|strong="H2796"\w* and \w builders|strong="H1129"\w*, that \w wrought|strong="H6213"\w* upon the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*,<n>laid…: Heb. brought it forth</n>


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And to \w masons|strong="H1443"\w*, and \w hewers|strong="H2672"\w* of \w stone|strong="H0068"\w*, and to \w buy|strong="H7069"\w* \w timber|strong="H6086"\w* and \w hewed|strong="H4274"\w* \w stone|strong="H0068"\w* to \w repair|strong="H2388"\w* the \w breaches|strong="H0919"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and for all that was laid \w out|strong="H3318"\w* for the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* to \w repair|strong="H2394"\w* <i>it</i>.<n>was…: Heb. went forth</n>


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Howbeit there were not \w made|strong="H6213"\w* for the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w bowls|strong="H5592"\w* of \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, \w snuffers|strong="H4212"\w*, \w basons|strong="H4219"\w*, \w trumpets|strong="H2689"\w*, any \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w* of \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, or \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w* of \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, of the \w money|strong="H3701"\w* <i>that was</i> \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*:


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But they \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* that to the \w workmen|strong="H4399"\w*, and \w repaired|strong="H2388"\w* therewith the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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Moreover they \w reckoned|strong="H2803"\w* not with the \w men|strong="H0582"\w*, into whose \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* they \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* the \w money|strong="H3701"\w* to be \w bestowed|strong="H5414"\w* on \w workmen|strong="H4399"\w*: for they \w dealt|strong="H6213"\w* \w faithfully|strong="H0530"\w*.


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The \w trespass|strong="H0817"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w* and \w sin|strong="H2403"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w* was not \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*: it was the \w priests’|strong="H3548"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Then \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w* went \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, and \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* against \w Gath|strong="H1661"\w*, and \w took|strong="H3920"\w* it: and \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* \w set|strong="H7760"\w* his \w face|strong="H6440"\w* to go \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.


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And \w Jehoash|strong="H3060"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* all the hallowed \w things|strong="H6944"\w* that \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w*, and \w Jehoram|strong="H3088"\w*, and \w Ahaziah|strong="H0274"\w*, his \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, had \w dedicated|strong="H6942"\w*, and his own hallowed \w things|strong="H6944"\w*, and all the \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* <i>that was</i> \w found|strong="H4672"\w* in the \w treasures|strong="H0214"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and in the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* <i>it</i> to \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w*: and he went \w away|strong="H5927"\w* from \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.<n>went…: Heb. went up</n><pb/>


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¶ And the \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Joash|strong="H3101"\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 his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and \w made|strong="H7194"\w* a \w conspiracy|strong="H7195"\w*, and \w slew|strong="H5221"\w* \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Millo|strong="H4407"\w*, which goeth \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to \w Silla|strong="H5538"\w*.<n>the house…: or, Bethmillo</n>


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For \w Jozachar|strong="H3108"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Shimeath|strong="H8100"\w*, and \w Jehozabad|strong="H3075"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Shomer|strong="H7763"\w*, his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* him, and he \w died|strong="H4191"\w*; and they \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* him with his \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* in the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*: and \w Amaziah|strong="H0558"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* in his stead.<pb/>


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In the \w three|strong="H7969"\w* and \w twentieth|strong="H6242"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ahaziah|strong="H0274"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w Jehoahaz|strong="H3059"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* began to \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* in \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, <i>and reigned</i> \w seventeen|strong="H7651"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.<n>three…: Heb. twentieth year and third year</n>


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And he \w did|strong="H6213"\w* <i>that which was</i> \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and \w followed|strong="H3212"\w* the \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* of \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Nebat|strong="H5028"\w*, which made \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* to \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*; he \w departed|strong="H5493"\w* not therefrom.<n>followed: Heb. walked after</n><pb/>


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¶ And 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 delivered|strong="H5414"\w* them into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w*, and into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Ben-hadad|strong="H1130"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w*, all <i>their</i> \w days|strong="H3117"\w*.


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And \w Jehoahaz|strong="H3059"\w* \w besought|strong="H2470"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w hearkened|strong="H8085"\w* \w unto|strong="H6440"\w* him: for he \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* the \w oppression|strong="H3906"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, because the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w* \w oppressed|strong="H3905"\w* them.


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(And the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* a \w saviour|strong="H3467"\w*, so that they went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* from under the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w Syrians|strong="H0758"\w*: and the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* in their \w tents|strong="H0168"\w*, as \w beforetime|strong="H8032"\w*.<n>as beforetime: Heb. as yesterday, and third day</n>


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Nevertheless they \w departed|strong="H5493"\w* not from the \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w*, who made \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*, <i>but</i> \w walked|strong="H1980"\w* therein: and there \w remained|strong="H5975"\w* the \w grove|strong="H0842"\w* also in \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*.)<n>walked: Heb. he walked</n><n>remained: Heb. stood</n>


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Neither did he \w leave|strong="H7604"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* to \w Jehoahaz|strong="H3059"\w* but \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w* \w horsemen|strong="H6571"\w*, and \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w*, and \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w footmen|strong="H7273"\w*; for the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w* had \w destroyed|strong="H0006"\w* them, and had \w made|strong="H7760"\w* them like the \w dust|strong="H6083"\w* by \w threshing|strong="H1758"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Now the \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Jehoahaz|strong="H3059"\w*, and all that 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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And \w Jehoahaz|strong="H3059"\w* \w slept|strong="H7901"\w* with his \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*; and they \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* him in \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*: and \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* in his stead.<n>Joash: also called, Jehoash</n><pb/>


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¶ In the \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* and \w seventh|strong="H7651"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* began \w Jehoash|strong="H3060"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jehoahaz|strong="H3059"\w* to \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* in \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, <i>and reigned</i> \w sixteen|strong="H8337"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.


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And he \w did|strong="H6213"\w* <i>that which was</i> \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*; he \w departed|strong="H5493"\w* not from all the \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* of \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Nebat|strong="H5028"\w*, who made \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*: <i>but</i> he \w walked|strong="H1980"\w* therein.


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And the \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w*, and all that he \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, and his \w might|strong="H1369"\w* wherewith he \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* against \w Amaziah|strong="H0558"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\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 \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* \w slept|strong="H7901"\w* with his \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*; and \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* upon his \w throne|strong="H3678"\w*: and \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* was \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* in \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* with the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Now \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* was fallen \w sick|strong="H2470"\w* of his \w sickness|strong="H2483"\w* whereof he \w died|strong="H4191"\w*. And \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* came \w down|strong="H3381"\w* unto him, and \w wept|strong="H1058"\w* over his \w face|strong="H6440"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, O my \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, my \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, the \w chariot|strong="H7393"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and the \w horsemen|strong="H6571"\w* thereof.


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And \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w Take|strong="H3947"\w* \w bow|strong="H7198"\w* and \w arrows|strong="H2671"\w*. And he \w took|strong="H3947"\w* unto him \w bow|strong="H7198"\w* and \w arrows|strong="H2671"\w*.


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w Put|strong="H7392"\w* thine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* upon the \w bow|strong="H7198"\w*. And he \w put|strong="H7392"\w* his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* <i>upon it:</i> and \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* his \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* upon the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*.<n>Put thine…: Heb. Make thine hand to ride</n>


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Open|strong="H6605"\w* the \w window|strong="H2474"\w* \w eastward|strong="H6924"\w*. And he \w opened|strong="H6605"\w* <i>it</i>. Then \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Shoot|strong="H3384"\w*. And he \w shot|strong="H3384"\w*. And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, The \w arrow|strong="H2671"\w* of the  \+w LORD’s|strong="H3068"\+w* \w deliverance|strong="H8668"\w*, and the \w arrow|strong="H2671"\w* of \w deliverance|strong="H8668"\w* from \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w*: for thou shalt \w smite|strong="H5221"\w* the \w Syrians|strong="H0758"\w* in \w Aphek|strong="H0663"\w*, till thou have \w consumed|strong="H3615"\w* <i>them</i>.


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Take|strong="H3947"\w* the \w arrows|strong="H2671"\w*. And he \w took|strong="H3947"\w* <i>them</i>. And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w Smite|strong="H5221"\w* upon the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*. And he \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* \w thrice|strong="H7969"\w*, and \w stayed|strong="H5975"\w*.


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And the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* was \w wroth|strong="H7107"\w* with him, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Thou shouldest have \w smitten|strong="H5221"\w* \w five|strong="H2568"\w* or \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w times|strong="H6471"\w*; then hadst thou \w smitten|strong="H5221"\w* \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w* till thou hadst \w consumed|strong="H3615"\w* <i>it:</i> whereas now thou shalt \w smite|strong="H5221"\w* \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w* <i>but</i> \w thrice|strong="H7969"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*, and they \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* him. And the \w bands|strong="H1416"\w* of the \w Moabites|strong="H4124"\w* \w invaded|strong="H0935"\w* the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* at the coming \w in|strong="H0935"\w* of the \w year|strong="H8141"\w*.


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And it came to pass, as they were \w burying|strong="H6912"\w* a \w man|strong="H0376"\w*, that, behold, they \w spied|strong="H7200"\w* a \w band|strong="H1416"\w* <i>of men;</i> and they \w cast|strong="H7993"\w* the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* into the \w sepulchre|strong="H6913"\w* of \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w*: and when the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* was let \w down|strong="H3212"\w*, and \w touched|strong="H5060"\w* the \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* of \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w*, he \w revived|strong="H2421"\w*, and stood \w up|strong="H6965"\w* on his \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*.<n>was…: Heb. went down</n><pb/>


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¶ But \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w* \w oppressed|strong="H3905"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* all the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of \w Jehoahaz|strong="H3059"\w*.


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And the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* was \w gracious|strong="H2603"\w* unto them, and had \w compassion|strong="H7355"\w* on them, and had \w respect|strong="H6437"\w* unto them, because \w of|strong="H4616"\w* his \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* with \w Abraham|strong="H0085"\w*, \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w*, and \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*, and \w would|strong="H0014"\w* not \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* them, neither \w cast|strong="H7993"\w* he them from his \w presence|strong="H6440"\w* as \w yet|strong="H5704"\w*.<n>presence: Heb. face</n>


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So \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*; and \w Ben-hadad|strong="H1130"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* in his stead.


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And \w Jehoash|strong="H3060"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jehoahaz|strong="H3059"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w* out of the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Ben-hadad|strong="H1130"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*, which he had \w taken|strong="H3947"\w* out of the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Jehoahaz|strong="H3059"\w* his \w father|strong="H0001"\w* by \w war|strong="H4421"\w*. \w Three|strong="H7969"\w* \w times|strong="H6471"\w* did \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* \w beat|strong="H5221"\w* him, and \w recovered|strong="H7725"\w* the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.<n>took…: Heb. returned and took</n><pb/>


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In the \w second|strong="H8147"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jehoahaz|strong="H3099"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w Amaziah|strong="H0558"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.


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He was \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* and \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* when he began to \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*, and \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* and \w nine|strong="H8672"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. And his \w mother’s|strong="H0517"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* <i>was</i> \w Jehoaddan|strong="H3086"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.


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And he \w did|strong="H6213"\w* <i>that which was</i> \w right|strong="H3477"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, \w yet|strong="H7535"\w* not like \w David|strong="H1732"\w* his \w father|strong="H0001"\w*: he \w did|strong="H6213"\w* according to all things as \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* his \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w*.


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Howbeit the high \w places|strong="H1116"\w* were not taken \w away|strong="H5493"\w*: as \w yet|strong="H5750"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* did \w sacrifice|strong="H2076"\w* and burnt \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* on the high \w places|strong="H1116"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And it came to pass, as soon as the \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w* was \w confirmed|strong="H2388"\w* in his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, that he \w slew|strong="H5221"\w* his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* which had \w slain|strong="H5221"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* his \w father|strong="H0001"\w*.


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But the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of the \w murderers|strong="H5221"\w* he \w slew|strong="H4191"\w* not: according unto that which is \w written|strong="H3789"\w* in the \w book|strong="H5612"\w* of the \w law|strong="H8451"\w* of \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*, wherein the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, The \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* shall not be put to \w death|strong="H4191"\w* for the \w children|strong="H1121"\w*, nor the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* be put to \w death|strong="H4191"\w* for the \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*; but every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* shall be put to \w death|strong="H4191"\w* for his own \w sin|strong="H2399"\w*.


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He \w slew|strong="H5221"\w* of \w Edom|strong="H0123"\w* in the \w valley|strong="H1516"\w* of \w salt|strong="H4417"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w*, and \w took|strong="H8610"\w* \w Selah|strong="H5554"\w* by \w war|strong="H4421"\w*, and \w called|strong="H7121"\w* the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of it \w Joktheel|strong="H3371"\w* unto this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.<n>Selah: or, the rock</n><pb/>


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¶ Then \w Amaziah|strong="H0558"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* to \w Jehoash|strong="H3060"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jehoahaz|strong="H3059"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w*, \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Come|strong="H3212"\w*, let us \w look|strong="H7200"\w* one another in the \w face|strong="H6440"\w*.


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And \w Jehoash|strong="H3060"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* to \w Amaziah|strong="H0558"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, The \w thistle|strong="H2336"\w* that <i>was</i> in \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* to the \w cedar|strong="H0730"\w* that <i>was</i> in \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Give|strong="H5414"\w* thy \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* to my \w son|strong="H1121"\w* to \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*: and there \w passed|strong="H5674"\w* by a \w wild|strong="H7704"\w* \w beast|strong="H2416"\w* that <i>was</i> in \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w*, and trode \w down|strong="H7429"\w* the \w thistle|strong="H2336"\w*.


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Thou hast \w indeed|strong="H5221"\w* \w smitten|strong="H5221"\w* \w Edom|strong="H0123"\w*, and thine \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* hath lifted thee \w up|strong="H5375"\w*: \w glory|strong="H3513"\w* <i>of this</i>, and \w tarry|strong="H3427"\w* at \w home|strong="H1004"\w*: for why shouldest thou \w meddle|strong="H1624"\w* to <i>thy</i> \w hurt|strong="H7451"\w*, that thou shouldest \w fall|strong="H5307"\w*, <i>even</i> thou, and \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* with thee?<n>at home: Heb. at thy house</n>


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But \w Amaziah|strong="H0558"\w* would not \w hear|strong="H8085"\w*. Therefore \w Jehoash|strong="H3060"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* went \w up|strong="H5927"\w*; and he and \w Amaziah|strong="H0558"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w looked|strong="H7200"\w* one another in the \w face|strong="H6440"\w* at \w Beth-shemesh|strong="H1053"\w*, which <i>belongeth</i> to \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.


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And \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* was put to the \w worse|strong="H5062"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; and they \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* to their \w tents|strong="H0168"\w*.<n>put…: Heb. smitten</n>


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And \w Jehoash|strong="H3060"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w took|strong="H8610"\w* \w Amaziah|strong="H0558"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jehoash|strong="H3060"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ahaziah|strong="H0274"\w*, at \w Beth-shemesh|strong="H1053"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, and brake \w down|strong="H6555"\w* the \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* from the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* of \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w* unto the \w corner|strong="H6438"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*, \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w*.


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And he \w took|strong="H3947"\w* all the \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* and \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, and all the \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w* that were \w found|strong="H4672"\w* in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and in the \w treasures|strong="H0214"\w* of the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and \w hostages|strong="H1121"\w*, and \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* to \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Now the \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Jehoash|strong="H3060"\w* which he \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, and his \w might|strong="H1369"\w*, and how he \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* with \w Amaziah|strong="H0558"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\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 \w Jehoash|strong="H3060"\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* with the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; and \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* in his stead.<pb/>


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¶ And \w Amaziah|strong="H0558"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w lived|strong="H2421"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* the \w death|strong="H4194"\w* of \w Jehoash|strong="H3060"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jehoahaz|strong="H3059"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w fifteen|strong="H2568"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.


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And the \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Amaziah|strong="H0558"\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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Now they \w made|strong="H7194"\w* a \w conspiracy|strong="H7195"\w* against him in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*: and he \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* to \w Lachish|strong="H3923"\w*; but they \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* him to \w Lachish|strong="H3923"\w*, and \w slew|strong="H4191"\w* him there.


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And they \w brought|strong="H5375"\w* him on \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*: and he was \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* at \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* with his \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* in the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w Azariah|strong="H5838"\w*, which <i>was</i> \w sixteen|strong="H8337"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w*, and made him \w king|strong="H4427"\w* instead of his \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w Amaziah|strong="H0558"\w*.<n>Azariah: also called, Uzziah</n>


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He \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w Elath|strong="H0359"\w*, and \w restored|strong="H7725"\w* it to \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w after|strong="H0310"\w* that the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w slept|strong="H7901"\w* with his \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ In the \w fifteenth|strong="H2568"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Amaziah|strong="H0558"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* began to \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* in \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, <i>and reigned</i> \w forty|strong="H0705"\w* and \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.


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And he \w did|strong="H6213"\w* <i>that which was</i> \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*: he \w departed|strong="H5493"\w* not from all the \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* of \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Nebat|strong="H5028"\w*, who made \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* to \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*.


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He \w restored|strong="H7725"\w* the \w coast|strong="H1366"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* from the \w entering|strong="H0935"\w* of \w Hamath|strong="H2574"\w* unto the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* of the \w plain|strong="H6160"\w*, according to the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, which he \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* by the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of his \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Jonah|strong="H3124"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Amittai|strong="H0573"\w*, the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w*, which <i>was</i> of \w Gath-hepher|strong="H1662"\w*.


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For the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* the \w affliction|strong="H6040"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, <i>that it was</i> \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w bitter|strong="H4784"\w*: for <i>there was</i> \w not|strong="H0657"\w* any shut \w up|strong="H6113"\w*, nor any \w left|strong="H5800"\w*, nor any \w helper|strong="H5826"\w* for \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.


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And the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* not that he would blot \w out|strong="H4229"\w* the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* from under \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*: but he \w saved|strong="H3467"\w* them by the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Now the \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w*, and all that he \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, and his \w might|strong="H1369"\w*, how he \w warred|strong="H3898"\w*, and how he \w recovered|strong="H7725"\w* \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w*, and \w Hamath|strong="H2574"\w*, <i>which belonged</i> to \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, for \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, are 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 \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w slept|strong="H7901"\w* with his \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, <i>even</i> with the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; and \w Zachariah|strong="H2148"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* in his stead.<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 Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* began \w Azariah|strong="H5838"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Amaziah|strong="H0558"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* to \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*.<n>Azariah: also called, Uzziah</n>


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\w Sixteen|strong="H8337"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* was he when he began to \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*, and he \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* and \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. And his \w mother’s|strong="H0517"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* <i>was</i> \w Jecholiah|strong="H3203"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.


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And he \w did|strong="H6213"\w* <i>that which was</i> \w right|strong="H3477"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, according to all that his \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w Amaziah|strong="H0558"\w* had \w done|strong="H6213"\w*;


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Save that the high \w places|strong="H1116"\w* were not \w removed|strong="H5493"\w*: the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w sacrificed|strong="H2076"\w* and burnt \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* still on the high \w places|strong="H1116"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w smote|strong="H5060"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, so that he was a \w leper|strong="H6879"\w* unto the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of his \w death|strong="H4194"\w*, and \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* in a \w several|strong="H2669"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*. And \w Jotham|strong="H3147"\w* the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* <i>was</i> over the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w judging|strong="H8199"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*.


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And the \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Azariah|strong="H5838"\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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So \w Azariah|strong="H5838"\w* \w slept|strong="H7901"\w* with his \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*; and they \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* him with his \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* in the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*: and \w Jotham|strong="H3147"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* in his stead.<pb/>


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¶ In the \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* and \w eighth|strong="H8083"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Azariah|strong="H5838"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* did \w Zachariah|strong="H2148"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* in \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w months|strong="H2320"\w*.


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And he \w did|strong="H6213"\w* <i>that which was</i> \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, as his \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* had \w done|strong="H6213"\w*: he \w departed|strong="H5493"\w* not from the \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* of \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Nebat|strong="H5028"\w*, who made \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* to \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*.


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And \w Shallum|strong="H7967"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jabesh|strong="H3003"\w* \w conspired|strong="H7194"\w* against him, and \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* him \w before|strong="H6905"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, and \w slew|strong="H4191"\w* him, and \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* in his stead.


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And the \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Zachariah|strong="H2148"\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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This <i>was</i> the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* which he \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* unto \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Thy \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* shall \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* on the \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* unto the \w fourth|strong="H7243"\w* <i>generation</i>. And so it came to pass.<pb/>


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¶ \w Shallum|strong="H7967"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jabesh|strong="H3003"\w* began to \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* in the \w nine|strong="H8672"\w* and \w thirtieth|strong="H7970"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Uzziah|strong="H5818"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*; and he \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* a \w full|strong="H3117"\w* \w month|strong="H3391"\w* in \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*.<n>Uzziah: Gr. Ozias</n><n>a full…: Heb. a month of days</n>


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For \w Menahem|strong="H4505"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Gadi|strong="H1424"\w* went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* from \w Tirzah|strong="H8656"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, and \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* \w Shallum|strong="H7967"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jabesh|strong="H3003"\w* in \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, and \w slew|strong="H4191"\w* him, and \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* in his stead.


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And the \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Shallum|strong="H7967"\w*, and his \w conspiracy|strong="H7195"\w* which he \w made|strong="H7194"\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*.<pb/>


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¶ Then \w Menahem|strong="H4505"\w* \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* \w Tiphsah|strong="H8607"\w*, and all that <i>were</i> therein, and the \w coasts|strong="H1366"\w* thereof from \w Tirzah|strong="H8656"\w*: because they \w opened|strong="H6605"\w* not <i>to him</i>, therefore he \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* <i>it; and</i> all the women therein that were with \w child|strong="H2030"\w* he ripped \w up|strong="H1234"\w*.


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In the \w nine|strong="H8672"\w* and \w thirtieth|strong="H7970"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Azariah|strong="H5838"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* began \w Menahem|strong="H4505"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Gadi|strong="H1424"\w* to \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, <i>and reigned</i> \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* in \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*.


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And he \w did|strong="H6213"\w* <i>that which was</i> \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*: he \w departed|strong="H5493"\w* not all his \w days|strong="H3117"\w* from the \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* of \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Nebat|strong="H5028"\w*, who made \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* to \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*.


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<i>And</i> \w Pul|strong="H6322"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* against the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*: and \w Menahem|strong="H4505"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w Pul|strong="H6322"\w* a \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w talents|strong="H3603"\w* of \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, that his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* might be with him to \w confirm|strong="H2388"\w* the \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w* in his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.


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And \w Menahem|strong="H4505"\w* \w exacted|strong="H3318"\w* the \w money|strong="H3701"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, <i>even</i> of all the mighty \w men|strong="H1368"\w* of \w wealth|strong="H2428"\w*, of \w each|strong="H0259"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w* \w shekels|strong="H8255"\w* of \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, to \w give|strong="H5414"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w*. So the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w* turned \w back|strong="H7725"\w*, and \w stayed|strong="H5975"\w* not there in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*.<n>exacted: Heb. caused to come forth</n><pb/>


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¶ And the \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Menahem|strong="H4505"\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 \w Menahem|strong="H4505"\w* \w slept|strong="H7901"\w* with his \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*; and \w Pekahiah|strong="H6494"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* in his stead.<pb/>


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¶ In the \w fiftieth|strong="H2572"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Azariah|strong="H5838"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w Pekahiah|strong="H6494"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Menahem|strong="H4505"\w* began to \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* in \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, <i>and reigned</i> two \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.


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And he \w did|strong="H6213"\w* <i>that which was</i> \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*: he \w departed|strong="H5493"\w* not from the \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* of \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Nebat|strong="H5028"\w*, who made \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* to \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*.


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But \w Pekah|strong="H6492"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Remaliah|strong="H7425"\w*, a \w captain|strong="H7991"\w* of his, \w conspired|strong="H7194"\w* against him, and \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* him in \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, in the \w palace|strong="H0759"\w* of the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, with \w Argob|strong="H0709"\w* and \w Arieh|strong="H0745"\w*, and with him \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of the \w Gileadites|strong="H1121"\w*: and he \w killed|strong="H4191"\w* him, and \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* in his room.


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And the \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Pekahiah|strong="H6494"\w*, and all that he \w did|strong="H6213"\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*.<pb/>


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¶ In the \w two|strong="H8147"\w* and \w fiftieth|strong="H2572"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Azariah|strong="H5838"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w Pekah|strong="H6492"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Remaliah|strong="H7425"\w* began to \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* in \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, <i>and reigned</i> \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.


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In the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of \w Pekah|strong="H6492"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w Tiglath-pileser|strong="H8407"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w*, and \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w Ijon|strong="H5859"\w*, and \w Abel-beth-maachah|strong="H0062"\w*, and \w Janoah|strong="H3239"\w*, and \w Kedesh|strong="H6943"\w*, and \w Hazor|strong="H2674"\w*, and \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*, and \w Galilee|strong="H1551"\w*, all the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Naphtali|strong="H5321"\w*, and carried them \w captive|strong="H1540"\w* to \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w*.


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And \w Hoshea|strong="H1954"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Elah|strong="H0425"\w* \w made|strong="H7194"\w* a \w conspiracy|strong="H7195"\w* against \w Pekah|strong="H6492"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Remaliah|strong="H7425"\w*, and \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* him, and \w slew|strong="H4191"\w* him, and \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* in his stead, in the \w twentieth|strong="H6242"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Jotham|strong="H3147"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Uzziah|strong="H5818"\w*.


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And the \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Pekah|strong="H6492"\w*, and all that he \w did|strong="H6213"\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*.<pb/>


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¶ In the \w second|strong="H8147"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Pekah|strong="H6492"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Remaliah|strong="H7425"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* began \w Jotham|strong="H3147"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Uzziah|strong="H5818"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* to \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*.


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\w Five|strong="H2568"\w* and \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* was he when he began to \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*, and he \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w sixteen|strong="H8337"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. And his \w mother’s|strong="H0517"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* <i>was</i> \w Jerusha|strong="H3388"\w*, the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w*.


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And he \w did|strong="H6213"\w* <i>that which was</i> \w right|strong="H3477"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*: he \w did|strong="H6213"\w* according to all that his \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w Uzziah|strong="H5818"\w* had \w done|strong="H6213"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Howbeit the high \w places|strong="H1116"\w* were not \w removed|strong="H5493"\w*: the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w sacrificed|strong="H2076"\w* and burned \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* still in the high \w places|strong="H1116"\w*. He \w built|strong="H1129"\w* the \w higher|strong="H5945"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<pb/>


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¶ Now the \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Jotham|strong="H3147"\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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In those \w days|strong="H3117"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w began|strong="H2490"\w* to \w send|strong="H7971"\w* against \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w Rezin|strong="H7526"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w*, and \w Pekah|strong="H6492"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Remaliah|strong="H7425"\w*.


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And \w Jotham|strong="H3147"\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 Ahaz|strong="H0271"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* in his stead.<pb/>


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In the \w seventeenth|strong="H7651"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Pekah|strong="H6492"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Remaliah|strong="H7425"\w* \w Ahaz|strong="H0271"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jotham|strong="H3147"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* began to \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*.


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\w Twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* <i>was</i> \w Ahaz|strong="H0271"\w* when he began to \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*, and \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w sixteen|strong="H8337"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, and \w did|strong="H6213"\w* not <i>that which was</i> \w right|strong="H3477"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* his \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, like \w David|strong="H1732"\w* his \w father|strong="H0001"\w*.


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But he \w walked|strong="H3212"\w* in the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, yea, and made his \w son|strong="H1121"\w* to pass \w through|strong="H5674"\w* the \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*, according to the \w abominations|strong="H8441"\w* of the \w heathen|strong="H1471"\w*, whom the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* cast \w out|strong="H3423"\w* from \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.


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And he \w sacrificed|strong="H2076"\w* and burnt \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* in the high \w places|strong="H1116"\w*, and on the \w hills|strong="H1389"\w*, and under every \w green|strong="H7488"\w* \w tree|strong="H6086"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Then \w Rezin|strong="H7526"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w* and \w Pekah|strong="H6492"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Remaliah|strong="H7425"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* came \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* to \w war|strong="H4421"\w*: and they \w besieged|strong="H6696"\w* \w Ahaz|strong="H0271"\w*, but \w could|strong="H3201"\w* not \w overcome|strong="H3898"\w* <i>him</i>.


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At that \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w Rezin|strong="H7526"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w* \w recovered|strong="H7725"\w* \w Elath|strong="H0359"\w* to \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w*, and \w drave|strong="H5394"\w* the \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w* from \w Elath|strong="H0359"\w*: and the \w Syrians|strong="H0726"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Elath|strong="H0359"\w*, and \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* there unto this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.<n>from Elath: Heb. from Eloth</n>


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So \w Ahaz|strong="H0271"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* to \w Tiglath-pileser|strong="H8407"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, I <i>am</i> thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* and thy \w son|strong="H1121"\w*: come \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, and \w save|strong="H3467"\w* me out of the \w hand|strong="H3709"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w*, and out of the \w hand|strong="H3709"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, which rise \w up|strong="H6965"\w* against me.


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And \w Ahaz|strong="H0271"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* the \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* and \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* that was \w found|strong="H4672"\w* in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and in the \w treasures|strong="H0214"\w* of the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* <i>it for</i> a \w present|strong="H7810"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w*.


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And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w* \w hearkened|strong="H8085"\w* unto him: for the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w* went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* against \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w*, and \w took|strong="H8610"\w* it, and carried <i>the people of</i> it \w captive|strong="H1540"\w* to \w Kir|strong="H7024"\w*, and \w slew|strong="H4191"\w* \w Rezin|strong="H7526"\w*.<n>Damascus: Heb. Dammesek</n><pb/>


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¶ And \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ahaz|strong="H0271"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w* to \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* \w Tiglath-pileser|strong="H8407"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w*, and \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* an \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* that <i>was</i> at \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w*: and \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ahaz|strong="H0271"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* to \w Urijah|strong="H0223"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* the \w fashion|strong="H1823"\w* of the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*, and the \w pattern|strong="H8403"\w* of it, according to all the \w workmanship|strong="H4639"\w* thereof.<n>Damascus: Heb. Dammesek</n>


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And \w Urijah|strong="H0223"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* an \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* according to all that \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ahaz|strong="H0271"\w* had \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* from \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w*: so \w Urijah|strong="H0223"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* <i>it</i> against \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ahaz|strong="H0271"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* from \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w*.


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And when the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* was \w come|strong="H0935"\w* from \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w*, the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*: and the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w approached|strong="H7126"\w* to the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*, and \w offered|strong="H5927"\w* thereon.


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And he \w burnt|strong="H6999"\w* his burnt \w offering|strong="H5930"\w* and his meat \w offering|strong="H4503"\w*, and \w poured|strong="H5258"\w* his drink \w offering|strong="H5262"\w*, and \w sprinkled|strong="H2236"\w* the \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* of his peace \w offerings|strong="H8002"\w*, upon the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*.<n>his peace offerings: Heb. the peace offerings which were his</n>


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And he \w brought|strong="H7126"\w* also the \w brasen|strong="H5178"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*, which <i>was</i> \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, from the \w forefront|strong="H6440"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, from between the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* and the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and \w put|strong="H5414"\w* it on the \w north|strong="H6828"\w* \w side|strong="H3409"\w* of the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*.


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And \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ahaz|strong="H0271"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w Urijah|strong="H0223"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Upon the \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w burn|strong="H6999"\w* the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* burnt \w offering|strong="H5930"\w*, and the \w evening|strong="H6153"\w* meat \w offering|strong="H4503"\w*, and the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* burnt \w sacrifice|strong="H5930"\w*, and his meat \w offering|strong="H4503"\w*, with the burnt \w offering|strong="H5930"\w* of all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, and their meat \w offering|strong="H4503"\w*, and their drink \w offerings|strong="H5262"\w*; and \w sprinkle|strong="H2236"\w* upon it all the \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* of the burnt \w offering|strong="H5930"\w*, and all the \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* of the \w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\w*: and the \w brasen|strong="H5178"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* shall be for me to \w enquire|strong="H1239"\w* <i>by</i>.


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Thus \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w Urijah|strong="H0223"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, according to all that \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ahaz|strong="H0271"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ahaz|strong="H0271"\w* cut \w off|strong="H7112"\w* the \w borders|strong="H4526"\w* of the \w bases|strong="H4350"\w*, and \w removed|strong="H5493"\w* the \w laver|strong="H3595"\w* from off them; and took \w down|strong="H3381"\w* the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* from off the \w brasen|strong="H5178"\w* \w oxen|strong="H1241"\w* that <i>were</i> under it, and \w put|strong="H5414"\w* it upon a \w pavement|strong="H4837"\w* of \w stones|strong="H0068"\w*.


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And the \w covert|strong="H4329"\w* for the \w sabbath|strong="H7676"\w* that they had \w built|strong="H1129"\w* in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w entry|strong="H3996"\w* \w without|strong="H2435"\w*, \w turned|strong="H5437"\w* he from the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w for|strong="H6440"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Now the \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Ahaz|strong="H0271"\w* which 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 \w Ahaz|strong="H0271"\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 \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* in his stead.<pb/>


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In the \w twelfth|strong="H8147"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Ahaz|strong="H0271"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* began \w Hoshea|strong="H1954"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Elah|strong="H0425"\w* to \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* in \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w nine|strong="H8672"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.


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And he \w did|strong="H6213"\w* <i>that which was</i> \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, but not as 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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¶ Against him came \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w Shalmaneser|strong="H8022"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w*; and \w Hoshea|strong="H1954"\w* became his \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, and \w gave|strong="H7725"\w* him \w presents|strong="H4503"\w*.<n>gave: Heb. rendered</n><n>presents: or, tribute</n>


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And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w conspiracy|strong="H7195"\w* in \w Hoshea|strong="H1954"\w*: for he had \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* to \w So|strong="H5471"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, and \w brought|strong="H5927"\w* no \w present|strong="H4503"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w*, as <i>he had done</i> \w year|strong="H8141"\w* by \w year|strong="H8141"\w*: therefore the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w* shut him \w up|strong="H6113"\w*, and \w bound|strong="H0631"\w* him in \w prison|strong="H1004"\w*.<n>present: or, tribute</n><pb/>


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¶ Then the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w* came \w up|strong="H5927"\w* throughout all the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, and went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, and \w besieged|strong="H6696"\w* it \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ In the \w ninth|strong="H8671"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Hoshea|strong="H1954"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w* \w took|strong="H3920"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, and \w carried|strong="H1540"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w away|strong="H1540"\w* into \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w*, and \w placed|strong="H3427"\w* them in \w Halah|strong="H2477"\w* and in \w Habor|strong="H2249"\w* <i>by</i> the \w river|strong="H5104"\w* of \w Gozan|strong="H1470"\w*, and in the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* of the \w Medes|strong="H4074"\w*.<pb/>


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For <i>so</i> it was, that the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* had \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* against the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* their \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, which had brought them \w up|strong="H5927"\w* out of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, from under the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Pharaoh|strong="H6547"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, and had \w feared|strong="H3372"\w* \w other|strong="H0312"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*,


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And \w walked|strong="H3212"\w* in the \w statutes|strong="H2708"\w* of the \w heathen|strong="H1471"\w*, whom the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* cast \w out|strong="H3423"\w* from \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and of the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, which they had \w made|strong="H6213"\w*.


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And the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* did \w secretly|strong="H2644"\w* <i>those</i> \w things|strong="H1697"\w* that <i>were</i> not right against the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* their \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, and they \w built|strong="H1129"\w* them high \w places|strong="H1116"\w* in all their \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*, from the \w tower|strong="H4026"\w* of the \w watchmen|strong="H5341"\w* to the \w fenced|strong="H4013"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.


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And they set them \w up|strong="H5324"\w* \w images|strong="H4676"\w* and \w groves|strong="H0842"\w* in 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: Heb. statues</n>


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And there they burnt \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* in all the high \w places|strong="H1116"\w*, as <i>did</i> the \w heathen|strong="H1471"\w* whom the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* carried \w away|strong="H1540"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* them; and \w wrought|strong="H6213"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w* to provoke the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* to \w anger|strong="H3707"\w*:


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For they \w served|strong="H5647"\w* \w idols|strong="H1544"\w*, whereof the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* had \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, Ye shall not \w do|strong="H6213"\w* this \w thing|strong="H1697"\w*.


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Yet the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w testified|strong="H5749"\w* against \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and against \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w by|strong="H3027"\w* all the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*, <i>and by</i> all the \w seers|strong="H2374"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Turn|strong="H7725"\w* ye from your \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w ways|strong="H1870"\w*, and \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* my \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w* <i>and</i> my \w statutes|strong="H2708"\w*, according to all the \w law|strong="H8451"\w* which I \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* your \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, and which I \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* to you \w by|strong="H3027"\w* my \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*.<n>by: Heb. by the hand of</n>


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Notwithstanding they would not \w hear|strong="H8085"\w*, but \w hardened|strong="H7185"\w* their \w necks|strong="H6203"\w*, like to the \w neck|strong="H6203"\w* of their \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, that did not \w believe|strong="H0539"\w* in the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* their \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.


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And they \w rejected|strong="H3988"\w* his \w statutes|strong="H2706"\w*, and his \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* that he \w made|strong="H3772"\w* with their \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, and his \w testimonies|strong="H5715"\w* which he \w testified|strong="H5749"\w* against them; and they \w followed|strong="H3212"\w* \w vanity|strong="H1892"\w*, and became \w vain|strong="H1891"\w*, and went \w after|strong="H0310"\w* the \w heathen|strong="H1471"\w* that <i>were</i> round \w about|strong="H5439"\w* them, <i>concerning</i> whom the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* had \w charged|strong="H6680"\w* them, that they should not \w do|strong="H6213"\w* like them.


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And they \w left|strong="H5800"\w* all the \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* their \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, and \w made|strong="H6213"\w* them molten \w images|strong="H4541"\w*, <i>even</i> \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w calves|strong="H5695"\w*, and \w made|strong="H6213"\w* a \w grove|strong="H0842"\w*, and \w worshipped|strong="H7812"\w* all the \w host|strong="H6635"\w* of \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, and \w served|strong="H5647"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*.


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And they caused their \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* and their \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* to \w pass|strong="H5674"\w* through the \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*, and \w used|strong="H7080"\w* \w divination|strong="H7081"\w* and \w enchantments|strong="H5172"\w*, and \w sold|strong="H4376"\w* themselves to \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, to provoke him to \w anger|strong="H3707"\w*.


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Therefore the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* was \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w angry|strong="H0599"\w* with \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and \w removed|strong="H5493"\w* them out of his \w sight|strong="H6440"\w*: there was none \w left|strong="H7604"\w* but the \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* only.


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Also \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w kept|strong="H8104"\w* not the \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* their \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, but \w walked|strong="H3212"\w* in the \w statutes|strong="H2708"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* which they \w made|strong="H6213"\w*.


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And the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w rejected|strong="H3988"\w* all the \w seed|strong="H2233"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and \w afflicted|strong="H6031"\w* them, and \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* them into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w spoilers|strong="H8154"\w*, until he had \w cast|strong="H7993"\w* them out of his \w sight|strong="H6440"\w*.


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For he \w rent|strong="H7167"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* from the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*; and they made \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Nebat|strong="H5028"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w*: and \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w drave|strong="H5080"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* from \w following|strong="H0310"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and made them \w sin|strong="H2398"\w* a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w sin|strong="H2401"\w*.


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For the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w walked|strong="H3212"\w* in all the \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* of \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* which he \w did|strong="H6213"\w*; they \w departed|strong="H5493"\w* not from them;


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Until the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w removed|strong="H5493"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* out of his \w sight|strong="H6440"\w*, as he had \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* all his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*. So was \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* carried \w away|strong="H1540"\w* out of their own \w land|strong="H0127"\w* to \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w* unto this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w* \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* <i>men</i> from \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*, and from \w Cuthah|strong="H3575"\w*, and from \w Ava|strong="H5755"\w*, and from \w Hamath|strong="H2574"\w*, and from \w Sepharvaim|strong="H5617"\w*, and \w placed|strong="H3427"\w* <i>them</i> in the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* of \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* instead of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: and they \w possessed|strong="H3423"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, and \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* in the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* thereof.


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And <i>so</i> it was at the \w beginning|strong="H8462"\w* of their \w dwelling|strong="H3427"\w* there, <i>that</i> they \w feared|strong="H3372"\w* not the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*: therefore the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w lions|strong="H0738"\w* among them, which \w slew|strong="H2026"\w* <i>some</i> of them.


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Wherefore they \w spake|strong="H0559"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, The \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* which thou hast \w removed|strong="H1540"\w*, and \w placed|strong="H3427"\w* in the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* of \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, \w know|strong="H3045"\w* not the \w manner|strong="H4941"\w* of the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*: therefore he hath \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w lions|strong="H0738"\w* among them, and, behold, they \w slay|strong="H4191"\w* them, because they \w know|strong="H3045"\w* not the \w manner|strong="H4941"\w* of the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*.


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Then the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Carry|strong="H3212"\w* thither \w one|strong="H0259"\w* of the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* whom ye \w brought|strong="H1540"\w* from thence; and let them \w go|strong="H3212"\w* and \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* there, and let him \w teach|strong="H3384"\w* them the \w manner|strong="H4941"\w* of the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*.


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Then \w one|strong="H0259"\w* of the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* whom they had carried \w away|strong="H1540"\w* from \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* and \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* in \w Beth-el|strong="H1008"\w*, and \w taught|strong="H3384"\w* them how they should \w fear|strong="H3372"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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Howbeit every \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* of their own, and \w put|strong="H3240"\w* <i>them</i> in the \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* of the high \w places|strong="H1116"\w* which the \w Samaritans|strong="H8118"\w* had \w made|strong="H6213"\w*, every \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* in their \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* wherein they \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w*.


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And the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w Succoth-benoth|strong="H5524"\w*, and the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Cuth|strong="H3575"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w Nergal|strong="H5370"\w*, and the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Hamath|strong="H2574"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w Ashima|strong="H0807"\w*,


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And the \w Avites|strong="H5757"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w Nibhaz|strong="H5026"\w* and \w Tartak|strong="H8662"\w*, and the \w Sepharvites|strong="H5616"\w* \w burnt|strong="H8313"\w* their \w children|strong="H1121"\w* in \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* to \w Adrammelech|strong="H0152"\w* and \w Anammelech|strong="H6048"\w*, the \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Sepharvaim|strong="H5617"\w*.


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So they \w feared|strong="H3373"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and \w made|strong="H6213"\w* unto themselves of the \w lowest|strong="H7098"\w* of them \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* of the high \w places|strong="H1116"\w*, which \w sacrificed|strong="H6213"\w* for them in the \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* of the high \w places|strong="H1116"\w*.


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They \w feared|strong="H3373"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and \w served|strong="H5647"\w* their own \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*, after the \w manner|strong="H4941"\w* of the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* whom they carried \w away|strong="H1540"\w* from thence.<n>whom…: or, who carried them away from thence</n>


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Unto this \w day|strong="H3117"\w* they \w do|strong="H6213"\w* after the \w former|strong="H7223"\w* \w manners|strong="H4941"\w*: they \w fear|strong="H3373"\w* not the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, neither \w do|strong="H6213"\w* they after their \w statutes|strong="H2708"\w*, or after their \w ordinances|strong="H4941"\w*, or after the \w law|strong="H8451"\w* and \w commandment|strong="H4687"\w* which the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*, whom he \w named|strong="H7760"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*;


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With whom the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* had \w made|strong="H3772"\w* a \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w*, and \w charged|strong="H6680"\w* them, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Ye shall not \w fear|strong="H3372"\w* \w other|strong="H0312"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*, nor \w bow|strong="H7812"\w* yourselves to them, nor \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* them, nor \w sacrifice|strong="H2076"\w* to them:


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But the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, who brought you \w up|strong="H5927"\w* out of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* with \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w power|strong="H3581"\w* and a stretched \w out|strong="H5186"\w* \w arm|strong="H2220"\w*, him shall ye \w fear|strong="H3372"\w*, and him shall ye \w worship|strong="H7812"\w*, and to him shall ye do \w sacrifice|strong="H2076"\w*.


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And the \w statutes|strong="H2706"\w*, and the \w ordinances|strong="H4941"\w*, and the \w law|strong="H8451"\w*, and the \w commandment|strong="H4687"\w*, which he \w wrote|strong="H3789"\w* for you, ye shall \w observe|strong="H8104"\w* to \w do|strong="H6213"\w* for \w evermore|strong="H3117"\w*; and ye shall not \w fear|strong="H3372"\w* \w other|strong="H0312"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*.


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And the \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* that I have \w made|strong="H3772"\w* with you ye shall not \w forget|strong="H7911"\w*; neither shall ye \w fear|strong="H3372"\w* \w other|strong="H0312"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*.


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But the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* your \w God|strong="H0430"\w* ye shall \w fear|strong="H3372"\w*; and he shall \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* you out of the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of all your \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*.


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Howbeit they did not \w hearken|strong="H8085"\w*, but they \w did|strong="H6213"\w* after their \w former|strong="H7223"\w* \w manner|strong="H4941"\w*.


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So these \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w feared|strong="H3373"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and \w served|strong="H5647"\w* their graven \w images|strong="H6456"\w*, both their \w children|strong="H1121"\w*, and their \w children’s|strong="H1121"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w*: as \w did|strong="H6213"\w* their \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, so \w do|strong="H6213"\w* they unto this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.<pb/>


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Now it came to pass in the \w third|strong="H7969"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Hoshea|strong="H1954"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Elah|strong="H0425"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, <i>that</i> \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ahaz|strong="H0271"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* began to \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*.<n>Hezekiah: he is called Ezekias</n>


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\w Twenty|strong="H6242"\w* and \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* was he when he began to \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*; and he \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* and \w nine|strong="H8672"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. His \w mother’s|strong="H0517"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* also <i>was</i> \w Abi|strong="H0021"\w*, the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Zachariah|strong="H2148"\w*.<n>Abi: also called, Abijah</n>


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And he \w did|strong="H6213"\w* <i>that which was</i> \w right|strong="H3477"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, according to all that \w David|strong="H1732"\w* his \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ He \w removed|strong="H5493"\w* the high \w places|strong="H1116"\w*, and \w brake|strong="H7665"\w* the \w images|strong="H4676"\w*, and cut \w down|strong="H3772"\w* the \w groves|strong="H0842"\w*, and brake in \w pieces|strong="H3807"\w* the \w brasen|strong="H5178"\w* \w serpent|strong="H5175"\w* that \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* had \w made|strong="H6213"\w*: for unto those \w days|strong="H3117"\w* the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* did burn \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* to it: and he \w called|strong="H7121"\w* it \w Nehushtan|strong="H5180"\w*.<n>images: Heb. statues</n><n>Nehushtan: that is, A piece of brass</n>


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He \w trusted|strong="H0982"\w* in the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; so that \w after|strong="H0310"\w* him was none like him among all the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, nor <i>any</i> that were \w before|strong="H6440"\w* him.


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For he \w clave|strong="H1692"\w* to the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, <i>and</i> \w departed|strong="H5493"\w* not from \w following|strong="H0310"\w* him, but \w kept|strong="H8104"\w* his \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w*, which the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*.<n>from…: Heb. from after him</n>


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And the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* was with him; <i>and</i> he \w prospered|strong="H7919"\w* whithersoever he went \w forth|strong="H3318"\w*: and he \w rebelled|strong="H4775"\w* against the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w*, and \w served|strong="H5647"\w* him not.


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He \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*, <i>even</i> unto \w Gaza|strong="H5804"\w*, and the \w borders|strong="H1366"\w* thereof, from the \w tower|strong="H4026"\w* of the \w watchmen|strong="H5341"\w* to the \w fenced|strong="H4013"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.<n>Gaza: Heb. Azzah</n><pb/>


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¶ And it came to pass in the \w fourth|strong="H7243"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w*, which <i>was</i> the \w seventh|strong="H7637"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Hoshea|strong="H1954"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Elah|strong="H0425"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, <i>that</i> \w Shalmaneser|strong="H8022"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w* came \w up|strong="H5927"\w* against \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, and \w besieged|strong="H6696"\w* it.


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And at the \w end|strong="H7097"\w* of \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* they \w took|strong="H3920"\w* it: <i>even</i> in the \w sixth|strong="H8337"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w*, that <i>is</i> the \w ninth|strong="H8672"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Hoshea|strong="H1954"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* was \w taken|strong="H3920"\w*.


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And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w* did carry \w away|strong="H1540"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* unto \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w*, and \w put|strong="H5148"\w* them in \w Halah|strong="H2477"\w* and in \w Habor|strong="H2249"\w* <i>by</i> the \w river|strong="H5104"\w* of \w Gozan|strong="H1470"\w*, and in the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* of the \w Medes|strong="H4074"\w*:


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Because they \w obeyed|strong="H8085"\w* not the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* their \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, but \w transgressed|strong="H5674"\w* his \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w*, <i>and</i> all that \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* the \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w*, and would not \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* <i>them</i>, nor \w do|strong="H6213"\w* <i>them</i>.<pb/>


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¶ Now in the \w fourteenth|strong="H0702"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* did \w Sennacherib|strong="H5576"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w* come \w up|strong="H5927"\w* against all the \w fenced|strong="H1219"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and \w took|strong="H8610"\w* them.<n>Sennacherib: Heb. Sanherib</n>


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And \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w* to \w Lachish|strong="H3923"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, I have \w offended|strong="H2398"\w*; \w return|strong="H7725"\w* from me: that which thou \w puttest|strong="H5414"\w* on me will I \w bear|strong="H5375"\w*. And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w* \w appointed|strong="H7760"\w* unto \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w talents|strong="H3603"\w* of \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* and \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* \w talents|strong="H3603"\w* of \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*.


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And \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* <i>him</i> all the \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* that was \w found|strong="H4672"\w* in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and in the \w treasures|strong="H0214"\w* of the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.


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At that \w time|strong="H6256"\w* did \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* cut \w off|strong="H7112"\w* <i>the gold from</i> the \w doors|strong="H1817"\w* of the \w temple|strong="H1964"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and <i>from</i> the \w pillars|strong="H0547"\w* which \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* had \w overlaid|strong="H6823"\w*, and \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* it to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w*.<n>it: Heb. them</n><pb/>


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¶ And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w Tartan|strong="H8661"\w* and \w Rabsaris|strong="H7249"\w* and \w Rab-shakeh|strong="H7262"\w* from \w Lachish|strong="H3923"\w* to \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* with a \w great|strong="H3515"\w* \w host|strong="H2426"\w* against \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. And they went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. And when they were come \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, they \w came|strong="H0935"\w* and \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* by the \w conduit|strong="H8585"\w* of the \w upper|strong="H5945"\w* \w pool|strong="H1295"\w*, which <i>is</i> in the \w highway|strong="H4546"\w* of the \w fuller’s|strong="H3526"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w*.<n>great: Heb. heavy</n>


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And when they had \w called|strong="H7121"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, there came \w out|strong="H3318"\w* to them \w Eliakim|strong="H0471"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Hilkiah|strong="H2518"\w*, which <i>was</i> over the \w household|strong="H1004"\w*, and \w Shebna|strong="H7644"\w* the \w scribe|strong="H5608"\w*, and \w Joah|strong="H3098"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Asaph|strong="H0623"\w* the \w recorder|strong="H2142"\w*.<n>scribe: or, secretary</n>


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And \w Rab-shakeh|strong="H7262"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, \w Speak|strong="H0559"\w* ye now to \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w*, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w*, What \w confidence|strong="H0986"\w* <i>is</i> this wherein thou \w trustest|strong="H0982"\w*?


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Thou \w sayest|strong="H0559"\w*, (but <i>they are but</i> \w vain|strong="H8193"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w*,) <i>I have</i> \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w* and \w strength|strong="H1369"\w* for the \w war|strong="H4421"\w*. Now on whom dost thou \w trust|strong="H0982"\w*, that thou \w rebellest|strong="H4775"\w* against me?<n>sayest: or, talkest</n><n>vain…: Heb. word of the lips</n><n>I have…: or, but counsel and strength are for the war</n>


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Now, behold, thou \w trustest|strong="H0982"\w* upon the \w staff|strong="H4938"\w* of this \w bruised|strong="H7533"\w* \w reed|strong="H7070"\w*, <i>even</i> upon \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, on which if a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w lean|strong="H5564"\w*, it will \w go|strong="H0935"\w* into his \w hand|strong="H3709"\w*, and \w pierce|strong="H5344"\w* it: so <i>is</i> \w Pharaoh|strong="H6547"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* unto all that \w trust|strong="H0982"\w* on him.<n>trustest: Heb. trustest thee</n>


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But if ye \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto me, We \w trust|strong="H0982"\w* in the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* our \w God|strong="H0430"\w*: <i>is</i> not that he, whose high \w places|strong="H1116"\w* and whose \w altars|strong="H4196"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* hath taken \w away|strong="H5493"\w*, and hath \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* and \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, Ye shall \w worship|strong="H7812"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* this \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*?


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Now therefore, I pray thee, give \w pledges|strong="H6148"\w* to my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w*, and I will \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* thee two \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*, if thou be \w able|strong="H3201"\w* on thy part to \w set|strong="H5414"\w* \w riders|strong="H7392"\w* upon them.<n>pledges: or, hostages</n>


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How then wilt thou turn \w away|strong="H7725"\w* the \w face|strong="H6440"\w* of \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w captain|strong="H6346"\w* of the \w least|strong="H6996"\w* of my \w master’s|strong="H0113"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, and put thy \w trust|strong="H0982"\w* on \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* for \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* and for \w horsemen|strong="H6571"\w*?


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Am I now come \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w without|strong="H1107"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* against this \w place|strong="H4725"\w* to \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* it? The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to me, Go \w up|strong="H5927"\w* against this \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, and \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* it.


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Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w Eliakim|strong="H0471"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Hilkiah|strong="H2518"\w*, and \w Shebna|strong="H7644"\w*, and \w Joah|strong="H3098"\w*, unto \w Rab-shakeh|strong="H7262"\w*, \w Speak|strong="H1696"\w*, I pray thee, to thy \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* in the Syrian \w language|strong="H0762"\w*; for we \w understand|strong="H8085"\w* <i>it:</i> and \w talk|strong="H1696"\w* not with us in the \w Jews’ language|strong="H3066"\w* in the \w ears|strong="H0241"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that <i>are</i> on the \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*.


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But \w Rab-shakeh|strong="H7262"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, Hath my \w master|strong="H0113"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* me to thy \w master|strong="H0113"\w*, and to thee, to \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* these \w words|strong="H1697"\w*? <i>hath he</i> not <i>sent me</i> to the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* which \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* on the \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*, that they may \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* their own \w dung|strong="H6675"\w*, and \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* their own \w piss|strong="H4325"\w* with you?<n>their own piss: Heb. the water of their feet</n>


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Then \w Rab-shakeh|strong="H7262"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* and \w cried|strong="H7121"\w* with a \w loud|strong="H1419"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* in the \w Jews’ language|strong="H3066"\w*, and \w spake|strong="H1696"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Hear|strong="H8085"\w* the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w*:


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Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, Let not \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w deceive|strong="H5377"\w* you: for he shall not be \w able|strong="H3201"\w* to \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* you out of his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*:


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Neither let \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* make you \w trust|strong="H0982"\w* in the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* will \w surely|strong="H5337"\w* \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* us, and this \w city|strong="H5892"\w* shall not be \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w*.


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\w Hearken|strong="H8085"\w* not to \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w*: for thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w*, \w Make|strong="H6213"\w* <i>an agreement</i> with me by a \w present|strong="H1293"\w*, and come \w out|strong="H3318"\w* to me, and <i>then</i> \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* ye every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of his own \w vine|strong="H1612"\w*, and every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* of his fig \w tree|strong="H8384"\w*, and \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* ye every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* the \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* of his \w cistern|strong="H0953"\w*:<n>Make…: or, Seek my favour: Heb. Make with me a blessing</n><n>cistern: or, pit</n>


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Until I \w come|strong="H0935"\w* and take you \w away|strong="H3947"\w* to a \w land|strong="H0776"\w* like your own \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, a \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w corn|strong="H1715"\w* and \w wine|strong="H8492"\w*, a \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* and \w vineyards|strong="H3754"\w*, a \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w oil|strong="H3323"\w* \w olive|strong="H2132"\w* and of \w honey|strong="H1706"\w*, that ye may \w live|strong="H2421"\w*, and not \w die|strong="H4191"\w*: and \w hearken|strong="H8085"\w* not unto \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w*, when he \w persuadeth|strong="H5496"\w* you, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, The  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* will \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* us.<n>persuadeth: or, deceiveth</n>


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Hath \w any|strong="H0376"\w* of the \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* of the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w delivered|strong="H5337"\w* at \w all|strong="H5337"\w* his \w land|strong="H0776"\w* out of the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w*?


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Where <i>are</i> the \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Hamath|strong="H2574"\w*, and of \w Arpad|strong="H0774"\w*? where <i>are</i> the \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Sepharvaim|strong="H5617"\w*, \w Hena|strong="H2012"\w*, and \w Ivah|strong="H5755"\w*? have they \w delivered|strong="H5337"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* out of mine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*?


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Who <i>are</i> they among all the \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* of the \w countries|strong="H0776"\w*, that have \w delivered|strong="H5337"\w* their \w country|strong="H0776"\w* out of mine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, that the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* should \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* out of mine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*?


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But the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* held their \w peace|strong="H2790"\w*, and \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* him not a \w word|strong="H1697"\w*: for the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w commandment|strong="H4687"\w* was, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Answer|strong="H6030"\w* him not.


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Then \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w Eliakim|strong="H0471"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Hilkiah|strong="H2518"\w*, which <i>was</i> over the \w household|strong="H1004"\w*, and \w Shebna|strong="H7644"\w* the \w scribe|strong="H5608"\w*, and \w Joah|strong="H3098"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Asaph|strong="H0623"\w* the \w recorder|strong="H2142"\w*, to \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* with <i>their</i> \w clothes|strong="H0899"\w* \w rent|strong="H7167"\w*, and \w told|strong="H5046"\w* him the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Rab-shakeh|strong="H7262"\w*.<pb/>


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And it came to pass, when \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* <i>it</i>, that he \w rent|strong="H7167"\w* his \w clothes|strong="H0899"\w*, and \w covered|strong="H3680"\w* himself with \w sackcloth|strong="H8242"\w*, and \w went|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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And he \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w Eliakim|strong="H0471"\w*, which <i>was</i> over the \w household|strong="H1004"\w*, and \w Shebna|strong="H7644"\w* the \w scribe|strong="H5608"\w*, and the \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* of the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, \w covered|strong="H3680"\w* with \w sackcloth|strong="H8242"\w*, to \w Isaiah|strong="H3470"\w* the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Amoz|strong="H0531"\w*.


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And they \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w*, This \w day|strong="H3117"\w* <i>is</i> a \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of \w trouble|strong="H6869"\w*, and of \w rebuke|strong="H8433"\w*, and \w blasphemy|strong="H5007"\w*: for the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* are \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w birth|strong="H4866"\w*, and <i>there is</i> not \w strength|strong="H3581"\w* to bring \w forth|strong="H3205"\w*.<n>blasphemy: or, provocation</n>


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It may \w be|strong="H0194"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* thy \w God|strong="H0430"\w* will \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* all the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Rab-shakeh|strong="H7262"\w*, whom the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w* his \w master|strong="H0113"\w* hath \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* to \w reproach|strong="H2778"\w* the \w living|strong="H2416"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*; and will \w reprove|strong="H3198"\w* the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* which the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* thy \w God|strong="H0430"\w* hath \w heard|strong="H8085"\w*: wherefore lift \w up|strong="H5375"\w* <i>thy</i> \w prayer|strong="H8605"\w* for the \w remnant|strong="H7611"\w* that are \w left|strong="H4672"\w*.<n>left: Heb. found</n>


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So the \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* of \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Isaiah|strong="H3470"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And \w Isaiah|strong="H3470"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, Thus shall ye \w say|strong="H0559"\w* to your \w master|strong="H0113"\w*, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, Be not \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* which thou hast \w heard|strong="H8085"\w*, with which the \w servants|strong="H5288"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w* have \w blasphemed|strong="H1442"\w* me.


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Behold, I will \w send|strong="H5414"\w* a \w blast|strong="H7307"\w* upon him, and he shall \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* a \w rumour|strong="H8052"\w*, and shall \w return|strong="H7725"\w* to his own \w land|strong="H0776"\w*; and I will cause him to \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* by the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* in his own \w land|strong="H0776"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ So \w Rab-shakeh|strong="H7262"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w*, and \w found|strong="H4672"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w* \w warring|strong="H3898"\w* against \w Libnah|strong="H3841"\w*: for he had \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* that he was \w departed|strong="H5265"\w* from \w Lachish|strong="H3923"\w*.


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And when he \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w say|strong="H0559"\w* of \w Tirhakah|strong="H8640"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Ethiopia|strong="H3568"\w*, Behold, he is come \w out|strong="H3318"\w* to \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* against thee: he \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w* unto \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,


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Thus shall ye \w speak|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Let not thy \w God|strong="H0430"\w* in whom thou \w trustest|strong="H0982"\w* \w deceive|strong="H5377"\w* thee, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* shall not be \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w*.


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Behold, thou hast \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* what the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w* have \w done|strong="H6213"\w* to all \w lands|strong="H0776"\w*, by destroying them \w utterly|strong="H2763"\w*: and shalt thou be \w delivered|strong="H5337"\w*?


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Have the \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* of the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w delivered|strong="H5337"\w* them which my \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* have \w destroyed|strong="H7843"\w*; <i>as</i> \w Gozan|strong="H1470"\w*, and \w Haran|strong="H2771"\w*, and \w Rezeph|strong="H7530"\w*, and the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Eden|strong="H5729"\w* which <i>were</i> in \w Thelasar|strong="H8515"\w*?


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Where <i>is</i> the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Hamath|strong="H2574"\w*, and the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Arpad|strong="H0774"\w*, and the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* of \w Sepharvaim|strong="H5617"\w*, of \w Hena|strong="H2012"\w*, and \w Ivah|strong="H5755"\w*?<pb/>


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¶ And \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w received|strong="H3947"\w* the \w letter|strong="H5612"\w* of the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w*, and \w read|strong="H7121"\w* it: and \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* into the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and \w spread|strong="H6566"\w* it \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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And \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w prayed|strong="H6419"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, O  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, which \w dwellest|strong="H3427"\w* <i>between</i> the \w cherubims|strong="H3742"\w*, thou art the \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, <i>even</i> thou alone, of all the \w kingdoms|strong="H4467"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*; thou hast \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* and \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*.


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 \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, bow \w down|strong="H5186"\w* thine \w ear|strong="H0241"\w*, and \w hear|strong="H8085"\w*: \w open|strong="H6491"\w*,  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, thine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, and \w see|strong="H7200"\w*: and \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Sennacherib|strong="H5576"\w*, which hath \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* him to \w reproach|strong="H2778"\w* the \w living|strong="H2416"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.


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Of a \w truth|strong="H0551"\w*,  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w* have \w destroyed|strong="H2717"\w* the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* and their \w lands|strong="H0776"\w*,


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And have \w cast|strong="H5414"\w* their \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* into the \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*: for they <i>were</i> no \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*, but the \w work|strong="H4639"\w* of \w men’s|strong="H0120"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*, \w wood|strong="H6086"\w* and \w stone|strong="H0068"\w*: therefore they have \w destroyed|strong="H0006"\w* them.<n>cast: Heb. given</n>


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Now therefore, O  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* our \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, I beseech thee, \w save|strong="H3467"\w* thou us out of his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, that all the \w kingdoms|strong="H4467"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* may \w know|strong="H3045"\w* that thou <i>art</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, <i>even</i> thou only.<pb/>


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¶ Then \w Isaiah|strong="H3470"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Amoz|strong="H0531"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* to \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, <i>That</i> which thou hast \w prayed|strong="H6419"\w* to me against \w Sennacherib|strong="H5576"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w* I have \w heard|strong="H8085"\w*.


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This <i>is</i> the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* that the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* concerning him; The \w virgin|strong="H1330"\w* the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w* hath \w despised|strong="H0959"\w* thee, <i>and</i> laughed thee to \w scorn|strong="H3932"\w*; the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* hath \w shaken|strong="H5128"\w* her \w head|strong="H7218"\w* at \w thee|strong="H0310"\w*.


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Whom hast thou \w reproached|strong="H2778"\w* and \w blasphemed|strong="H1442"\w*? and against whom hast thou \w exalted|strong="H7311"\w* <i>thy</i> \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*, and lifted \w up|strong="H5375"\w* thine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* on \w high|strong="H4791"\w*? <i>even</i> against the \w Holy|strong="H6918"\w* <i>One</i> of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.


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\w By|strong="H3027"\w* thy \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* thou hast \w reproached|strong="H2778"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*, and hast \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, With the \w multitude|strong="H7230"\w* of my \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* I am come \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to the \w height|strong="H4791"\w* of the \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w*, to the \w sides|strong="H3411"\w* of \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w*, and will cut \w down|strong="H3772"\w* the \w tall|strong="H6967"\w* cedar \w trees|strong="H0730"\w* thereof, <i>and</i> the \w choice|strong="H4004"\w* fir \w trees|strong="H1265"\w* thereof: and I will \w enter|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w lodgings|strong="H4411"\w* of his \w borders|strong="H7093"\w*, <i>and into</i> the \w forest|strong="H3293"\w* of his \w Carmel|strong="H3760"\w*.<n>By: Heb. By the hand of</n><n>tall…: Heb. tallness, etc</n><n>of his Carmel: or, and his fruitful field</n>


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I have \w digged|strong="H6979"\w* and \w drunk|strong="H8354"\w* \w strange|strong="H2114"\w* \w waters|strong="H4325"\w*, and with the \w sole|strong="H3709"\w* of my \w feet|strong="H6471"\w* have I \w dried|strong="H2717"\w* up all the \w rivers|strong="H2975"\w* of besieged \w places|strong="H4693"\w*.<n>besieged: or, fenced</n>


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Hast thou not \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* long \w ago|strong="H7350"\w* <i>how</i> I have \w done|strong="H6213"\w* it, <i>and</i> of \w ancient|strong="H6924"\w* \w times|strong="H3117"\w* that I have \w formed|strong="H3335"\w* it? now have I \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay \w waste|strong="H7582"\w* \w fenced|strong="H1219"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* <i>into</i> \w ruinous|strong="H5327"\w* \w heaps|strong="H1530"\w*.<n>long…: or, how I have made it long ago, and formed it of ancient times? should I now bring it to be laid waste, and fenced cities to be ruinous heaps?</n>


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Therefore their \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* were of \w small|strong="H7116"\w* \w power|strong="H3027"\w*, they were \w dismayed|strong="H2865"\w* and \w confounded|strong="H0954"\w*; they were <i>as</i> the \w grass|strong="H6212"\w* of the \w field|strong="H7704"\w*, and <i>as</i> the \w green|strong="H3419"\w* \w herb|strong="H1877"\w*, <i>as</i> the \w grass|strong="H2682"\w* on the \w housetops|strong="H1406"\w*, and <i>as corn</i> \w blasted|strong="H7711"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* it be grown \w up|strong="H7054"\w*.<n>of small…: Heb. short of hand</n>


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But I \w know|strong="H3045"\w* thy \w abode|strong="H3427"\w*, and thy going \w out|strong="H3318"\w*, and thy coming \w in|strong="H0935"\w*, and thy \w rage|strong="H7264"\w* against me.<n>abode: or, sitting</n>


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Because thy \w rage|strong="H7264"\w* against me and thy \w tumult|strong="H7600"\w* is come \w up|strong="H5927"\w* into mine \w ears|strong="H0241"\w*, therefore I will \w put|strong="H7760"\w* my \w hook|strong="H2397"\w* in thy \w nose|strong="H0639"\w*, and my \w bridle|strong="H4964"\w* in thy \w lips|strong="H8193"\w*, and I will turn thee \w back|strong="H7725"\w* by the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* by which thou \w camest|strong="H0935"\w*.


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And this <i>shall be</i> a \w sign|strong="H0226"\w* unto thee, Ye shall \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* this \w year|strong="H8141"\w* such things as \w grow|strong="H5599"\w* of themselves, and in the \w second|strong="H8145"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* that which \w springeth|strong="H7823"\w* of the same; and in the \w third|strong="H7992"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w sow|strong="H2232"\w* ye, and \w reap|strong="H7114"\w*, and \w plant|strong="H5193"\w* \w vineyards|strong="H3754"\w*, and \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* the \w fruits|strong="H6529"\w* thereof.


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And the \w remnant|strong="H7604"\w* that is \w escaped|strong="H6413"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* shall yet \w again|strong="H3254"\w* take \w root|strong="H8328"\w* \w downward|strong="H4295"\w*, and \w bear|strong="H6213"\w* \w fruit|strong="H6529"\w* \w upward|strong="H4605"\w*.<n>remnant…: Heb. escaping of the house of Judah that remaineth</n>


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For out of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* shall go \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* a \w remnant|strong="H7611"\w*, and they that \w escape|strong="H6413"\w* out of \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*: the \w zeal|strong="H7068"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* <i> \+w of hosts|strong="H6635"\+w*</i> shall \w do|strong="H6213"\w* this.<n>they…: Heb. the escaping</n>


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Therefore thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* concerning the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w*, He shall not \w come|strong="H0935"\w* into this \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, nor \w shoot|strong="H3384"\w* an \w arrow|strong="H2671"\w* there, nor come \w before|strong="H6923"\w* it with \w shield|strong="H4043"\w*, nor \w cast|strong="H8210"\w* a \w bank|strong="H5550"\w* against it.


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By the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* that he \w came|strong="H0935"\w*, by the same shall he \w return|strong="H7725"\w*, and shall not \w come|strong="H0935"\w* into this \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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For I will \w defend|strong="H1598"\w* this \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, to \w save|strong="H3467"\w* it, for mine own sake, and for my \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* sake.<pb/>


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¶ And it came to pass that \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, that the \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* went \w out|strong="H3318"\w*, and \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* in the \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* of the \w Assyrians|strong="H0804"\w* an \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w fourscore|strong="H8084"\w* and \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w*: and when they arose \w early|strong="H7925"\w* in the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*, behold, they <i>were</i> all \w dead|strong="H4191"\w* \w corpses|strong="H6297"\w*.


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So \w Sennacherib|strong="H5576"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w* \w departed|strong="H5265"\w*, and \w went|strong="H3212"\w* and \w returned|strong="H7725"\w*, and \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* at \w Nineveh|strong="H5210"\w*.


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And it came to pass, as he was \w worshipping|strong="H7812"\w* in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Nisroch|strong="H5268"\w* his \w god|strong="H0430"\w*, that \w Adrammelech|strong="H0152"\w* and \w Sharezer|strong="H8272"\w* his \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* him with the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*: and they \w escaped|strong="H4422"\w* into the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Armenia|strong="H0780"\w*. And \w Esar-haddon|strong="H0634"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* in his stead.<n>Armenia: Heb. Ararat</n><pb/>


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In those \w days|strong="H3117"\w* was \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w sick|strong="H2470"\w* unto \w death|strong="H4191"\w*. And the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w Isaiah|strong="H3470"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Amoz|strong="H0531"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to him, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, Set thine \w house|strong="H1004"\w* in \w order|strong="H6680"\w*; for thou shalt \w die|strong="H4191"\w*, and not \w live|strong="H2421"\w*.<n>Set…: Heb. Give charge concerning thine house</n>


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Then he \w turned|strong="H5437"\w* his \w face|strong="H6440"\w* to the \w wall|strong="H7023"\w*, and \w prayed|strong="H6419"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,


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I \w beseech|strong="H0577"\w* thee, O  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, \w remember|strong="H2142"\w* now how I have \w walked|strong="H1980"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* thee in \w truth|strong="H0571"\w* and with a \w perfect|strong="H8003"\w* \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*, and have \w done|strong="H6213"\w* <i>that which is</i> \w good|strong="H2896"\w* in thy \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*. And \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w wept|strong="H1058"\w* \w sore|strong="H1419"\w*.<n>sore: Heb. with a great weeping</n>


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And it came to pass, afore \w Isaiah|strong="H3470"\w* was gone \w out|strong="H3318"\w* into the \w middle|strong="H8484"\w* \w court|strong="H2691"\w*, that the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* came to him, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,<n>court: or, city</n>


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Turn \w again|strong="H7725"\w*, and \w tell|strong="H0559"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* the \w captain|strong="H5057"\w* of my \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w* thy \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, I have \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* thy \w prayer|strong="H8605"\w*, I have \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* thy \w tears|strong="H1832"\w*: behold, I will \w heal|strong="H7495"\w* thee: on the \w third|strong="H7992"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* thou shalt go \w up|strong="H5927"\w* unto the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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And I will \w add|strong="H3254"\w* unto thy \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w fifteen|strong="H2568"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*; and I will \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* thee and this \w city|strong="H5892"\w* out of the \w hand|strong="H3709"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w*; and I will \w defend|strong="H1598"\w* this \w city|strong="H5892"\w* for mine own sake, and for my \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* sake.


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And \w Isaiah|strong="H3470"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Take|strong="H3947"\w* a \w lump|strong="H1690"\w* of \w figs|strong="H8384"\w*. And they \w took|strong="H3947"\w* and \w laid|strong="H7760"\w* <i>it</i> on the \w boil|strong="H7822"\w*, and he \w recovered|strong="H2421"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Isaiah|strong="H3470"\w*, What <i>shall be</i> the \w sign|strong="H0226"\w* that the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* will \w heal|strong="H7495"\w* me, and that I shall go \w up|strong="H5927"\w* into the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* the \w third|strong="H7992"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*?


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And \w Isaiah|strong="H3470"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, This \w sign|strong="H0226"\w* shalt thou have of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, that the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* will \w do|strong="H6213"\w* the \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* that he hath \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w*: shall the \w shadow|strong="H6738"\w* go \w forward|strong="H1980"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w degrees|strong="H4609"\w*, or go \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w degrees|strong="H4609"\w*?


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And \w Hezekiah|strong="H3169"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, It is a light \w thing|strong="H7043"\w* for the \w shadow|strong="H6738"\w* to go \w down|strong="H5186"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w degrees|strong="H4609"\w*: nay, but let the \w shadow|strong="H6738"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w backward|strong="H0322"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w degrees|strong="H4609"\w*.


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And \w Isaiah|strong="H3470"\w* the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w cried|strong="H7121"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*: and he \w brought|strong="H7725"\w* the \w shadow|strong="H6738"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w degrees|strong="H4609"\w* \w backward|strong="H0322"\w*, \w by|strong="H4609"\w* which it had gone \w down|strong="H3381"\w* in the \w dial|strong="H4609"\w* of \w Ahaz|strong="H0271"\w*.<n>dial: Heb. degrees</n><pb/>


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¶ At that \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w Berodach-baladan|strong="H1255"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Baladan|strong="H1081"\w*, \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*, \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w letters|strong="H5612"\w* and a \w present|strong="H4503"\w* unto \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w*: for he had \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* that \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* had been \w sick|strong="H2470"\w*.<n>Berodach-baladan: or, Merodach-baladan</n>


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And \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w hearkened|strong="H8085"\w* unto them, and \w shewed|strong="H7200"\w* them all the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of his precious \w things|strong="H5238"\w*, the \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, and the \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, and the \w spices|strong="H1314"\w*, and the \w precious|strong="H2896"\w* \w ointment|strong="H8081"\w*, and <i>all</i> the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of his \w armour|strong="H3627"\w*, and all that was \w found|strong="H4672"\w* in his \w treasures|strong="H0214"\w*: there was \w nothing|strong="H1697"\w* in his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, nor in all his \w dominion|strong="H4475"\w*, that \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w shewed|strong="H7200"\w* them not.<n>precious things: or, spicery</n><n>armour: or, jewels: Heb. vessels</n><pb/>


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¶ Then \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w Isaiah|strong="H3470"\w* the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* unto \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, What \w said|strong="H0559"\w* these \w men|strong="H0582"\w*? and from \w whence|strong="H0370"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* they unto thee? And \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, They are \w come|strong="H0935"\w* from a \w far|strong="H7350"\w* \w country|strong="H0776"\w*, <i>even</i> from \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*.


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, What have they \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* in thine \w house|strong="H1004"\w*? And \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, All <i>the things</i> that <i>are</i> in mine \w house|strong="H1004"\w* have they \w seen|strong="H7200"\w*: there is \w nothing|strong="H1697"\w* among my \w treasures|strong="H0214"\w* that I have not \w shewed|strong="H7200"\w* them.


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And \w Isaiah|strong="H3470"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w*, \w Hear|strong="H8085"\w* the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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Behold, the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w*, that all that <i>is</i> in thine \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and that which thy \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* have laid up in \w store|strong="H0686"\w* unto this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, shall be \w carried|strong="H5375"\w* into \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*: \w nothing|strong="H1697"\w* shall be \w left|strong="H3498"\w*, \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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And of thy \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* that shall \w issue|strong="H3318"\w* from thee, which thou shalt \w beget|strong="H3205"\w*, shall they take \w away|strong="H3947"\w*; and they shall be \w eunuchs|strong="H5631"\w* in the \w palace|strong="H1964"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*.


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Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* unto \w Isaiah|strong="H3470"\w*, \w Good|strong="H2896"\w* <i>is</i> the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* which thou hast \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w*. And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, <i>Is it</i> not <i>good</i>, if \w peace|strong="H7965"\w* and \w truth|strong="H0571"\w* be in my \w days|strong="H3117"\w*?<n>Is it…: or, Shall there not be peace and truth, etc</n><pb/>


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¶ And the \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w*, and all his \w might|strong="H1369"\w*, and how he \w made|strong="H6213"\w* a \w pool|strong="H1295"\w*, and a \w conduit|strong="H8585"\w*, and \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* into the \w city|strong="H5892"\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 \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w slept|strong="H7901"\w* with his \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*: and \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* in his stead.<pb/>


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\w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* <i>was</i> \w twelve|strong="H8147"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* when he began to \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*, and \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w* and \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. And his \w mother’s|strong="H0517"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* <i>was</i> \w Hephzi-bah|strong="H2657"\w*.


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And he \w did|strong="H6213"\w* <i>that which was</i> \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, after the \w abominations|strong="H8441"\w* of the \w heathen|strong="H1471"\w*, whom 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*.


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For he built \w up|strong="H1129"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w* the high \w places|strong="H1116"\w* which \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* his \w father|strong="H0001"\w* had \w destroyed|strong="H0006"\w*; and he reared \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w altars|strong="H4196"\w* for \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*, and \w made|strong="H6213"\w* a \w grove|strong="H0842"\w*, as \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; and \w worshipped|strong="H7812"\w* all the \w host|strong="H6635"\w* of \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, and \w served|strong="H5647"\w* them.


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And he \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w altars|strong="H4196"\w* in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, of which the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, In \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* will I \w put|strong="H7760"\w* my \w name|strong="H8034"\w*.


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And he \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w altars|strong="H4196"\w* for all the \w host|strong="H6635"\w* of \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* in the \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w courts|strong="H2691"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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And he made his \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w pass|strong="H5674"\w* through the \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*, and observed \w times|strong="H6049"\w*, and used \w enchantments|strong="H5172"\w*, and \w dealt|strong="H6213"\w* with familiar \w spirits|strong="H0178"\w* and \w wizards|strong="H3049"\w*: he \w wrought|strong="H6213"\w* \w much|strong="H7235"\w* \w wickedness|strong="H7451"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, to provoke <i>him</i> to \w anger|strong="H3707"\w*.


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And he \w set|strong="H7760"\w* a graven \w image|strong="H6459"\w* of the \w grove|strong="H0842"\w* that he had \w made|strong="H6213"\w* in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, of which the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, and to \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, In this \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, which I have \w chosen|strong="H0977"\w* out of all \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, will I \w put|strong="H7760"\w* my \w name|strong="H8034"\w* for \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*:


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Neither will I make the \w feet|strong="H7272"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w move|strong="H5110"\w* any \w more|strong="H3254"\w* out of the \w land|strong="H0127"\w* which I \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* their \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*; only if they will \w observe|strong="H8104"\w* to \w do|strong="H6213"\w* according to all that I have \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* them, and according to all the \w law|strong="H8451"\w* that my \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* them.


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But they \w hearkened|strong="H8085"\w* not: and \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w seduced|strong="H8582"\w* them to \w do|strong="H6213"\w* more \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* than did the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* whom the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w destroyed|strong="H8045"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,


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Because \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* hath \w done|strong="H6213"\w* these \w abominations|strong="H8441"\w*, <i>and</i> hath done \w wickedly|strong="H7489"\w* above all that the \w Amorites|strong="H0567"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, which <i>were</i> \w before|strong="H6440"\w* him, and hath made \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* also to \w sin|strong="H2398"\w* with his \w idols|strong="H1544"\w*:


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Therefore thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, Behold, I <i>am</i> \w bringing|strong="H0935"\w* <i>such</i> \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* upon \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* and \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, that whosoever \w heareth|strong="H8085"\w* of it, \w both|strong="H8147"\w* his \w ears|strong="H0241"\w* shall \w tingle|strong="H6750"\w*.


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And I will \w stretch|strong="H5186"\w* over \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* the \w line|strong="H6957"\w* of \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, and the \w plummet|strong="H4949"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w*: and I will \w wipe|strong="H4229"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* as <i>a man</i> \w wipeth|strong="H4229"\w* a \w dish|strong="H6747"\w*, \w wiping|strong="H4229"\w* <i>it</i>, and \w turning|strong="H2015"\w* <i>it</i> upside \w down|strong="H6440"\w*.<n>wiping…: Heb. he wipeth and turneth it upon the face thereof</n>


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And I will \w forsake|strong="H5203"\w* the \w remnant|strong="H7611"\w* of mine \w inheritance|strong="H5159"\w*, and \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* them into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of their \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*; and they shall become a \w prey|strong="H0957"\w* and a \w spoil|strong="H4933"\w* to all their \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*;


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Because they have \w done|strong="H6213"\w* <i>that which was</i> \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* in my \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*, and have \w provoked|strong="H4480"\w* me to \w anger|strong="H3707"\w*, since the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* their \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* came \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* out of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, even unto this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.


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Moreover \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w shed|strong="H8210"\w* \w innocent|strong="H5355"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w much|strong="H7235"\w*, till he had \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* from one \w end|strong="H6310"\w* to \w another|strong="H6310"\w*; beside his \w sin|strong="H2403"\w* wherewith he made \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* to \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*, in \w doing|strong="H6213"\w* <i>that which was</i> \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<n>from…: Heb. from mouth to mouth</n><pb/>


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¶ Now the \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*, and all that he \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, and his \w sin|strong="H2403"\w* that he \w sinned|strong="H2398"\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 \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w slept|strong="H7901"\w* with his \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, and was \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* in the \w garden|strong="H1588"\w* of his own \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, in the \w garden|strong="H1588"\w* of \w Uzza|strong="H5798"\w*: and \w Amon|strong="H0526"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* in his stead.<pb/>


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¶ \w Amon|strong="H0526"\w* <i>was</i> \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* and \w two|strong="H8147"\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 two|strong="H8147"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. And his \w mother’s|strong="H0517"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* <i>was</i> \w Meshullemeth|strong="H4922"\w*, the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Haruz|strong="H2743"\w* of \w Jotbah|strong="H3192"\w*.


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And he \w did|strong="H6213"\w* <i>that which was</i> \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, as his \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w*.


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And he \w walked|strong="H3212"\w* in all the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* that his \w father|strong="H0001"\w* walked \w in|strong="H1980"\w*, and \w served|strong="H5647"\w* the \w idols|strong="H1544"\w* that his \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w served|strong="H5647"\w*, and \w worshipped|strong="H7812"\w* them:


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And he \w forsook|strong="H5800"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of his \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, and \w walked|strong="H1980"\w* not in the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<pb/>


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¶ And the \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* of \w Amon|strong="H0526"\w* \w conspired|strong="H7194"\w* against him, and \w slew|strong="H4191"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* in his own \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.


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And the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w slew|strong="H5221"\w* all them that had \w conspired|strong="H7194"\w* against \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Amon|strong="H0526"\w*; and the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* made \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w* in his stead.


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Now the \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Amon|strong="H0526"\w* which 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 he was \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* in his \w sepulchre|strong="H6900"\w* in the \w garden|strong="H1588"\w* of \w Uzza|strong="H5798"\w*: and \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* in his stead.<n>Josiah: Gr. Josias</n><pb/>


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\w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* <i>was</i> \w eight|strong="H8083"\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 thirty|strong="H7970"\w* and \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. And his \w mother’s|strong="H0517"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* <i>was</i> \w Jedidah|strong="H3040"\w*, the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Adaiah|strong="H5718"\w* of \w Boscath|strong="H1218"\w*.


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And he \w did|strong="H6213"\w* <i>that which was</i> \w right|strong="H3477"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and \w walked|strong="H3212"\w* in all the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w* his \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, and turned not \w aside|strong="H5493"\w* to the right \w hand|strong="H3225"\w* or to the \w left|strong="H8040"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And it came to pass in the \w eighteenth|strong="H8083"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w*, <i>that</i> the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w Shaphan|strong="H8227"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Azaliah|strong="H0683"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Meshullam|strong="H4918"\w*, the \w scribe|strong="H5608"\w*, to the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,


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Go \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to \w Hilkiah|strong="H2518"\w* the \w high|strong="H1419"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, that he may \w sum|strong="H8552"\w* the \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* which is \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, which the \w keepers|strong="H8104"\w* of the \w door|strong="H5592"\w* have \w gathered|strong="H0622"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*:<n>door: Heb. threshold</n>


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And let them \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* it into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w doers|strong="H6213"\w* of the \w work|strong="H4399"\w*, that have the \w oversight|strong="H6485"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*: and let them \w give|strong="H5414"\w* it to the \w doers|strong="H6213"\w* of the \w work|strong="H4399"\w* which <i>is</i> in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, to \w repair|strong="H2388"\w* the \w breaches|strong="H0919"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*,


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Unto \w carpenters|strong="H2796"\w*, and \w builders|strong="H1129"\w*, and \w masons|strong="H1443"\w*, and to \w buy|strong="H7069"\w* \w timber|strong="H6086"\w* and \w hewn|strong="H4274"\w* \w stone|strong="H0068"\w* to \w repair|strong="H2388"\w* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.


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Howbeit there was no reckoning \w made|strong="H2803"\w* with them of the \w money|strong="H3701"\w* that was \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* into their \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, because they \w dealt|strong="H6213"\w* \w faithfully|strong="H0530"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And \w Hilkiah|strong="H2518"\w* the \w high|strong="H1419"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Shaphan|strong="H8227"\w* the \w scribe|strong="H5608"\w*, I have \w found|strong="H4672"\w* the \w book|strong="H5612"\w* of the \w law|strong="H8451"\w* in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*. And \w Hilkiah|strong="H2518"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* the \w book|strong="H5612"\w* to \w Shaphan|strong="H8227"\w*, and he \w read|strong="H7121"\w* it.


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And \w Shaphan|strong="H8227"\w* the \w scribe|strong="H5608"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, and \w brought|strong="H7725"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Thy \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* have \w gathered|strong="H5413"\w* the \w money|strong="H3701"\w* that was \w found|strong="H4672"\w* in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and have \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* it into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of them that \w do|strong="H6213"\w* the \w work|strong="H4399"\w*, that have the \w oversight|strong="H6485"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<n>gathered: Heb. melted</n>


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And \w Shaphan|strong="H8227"\w* the \w scribe|strong="H5608"\w* \w shewed|strong="H5046"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Hilkiah|strong="H2518"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* hath \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* me a \w book|strong="H5612"\w*. And \w Shaphan|strong="H8227"\w* \w read|strong="H7121"\w* it \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.<pb/>


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And it came to pass, when the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* had \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w book|strong="H5612"\w* of the \w law|strong="H8451"\w*, that he \w rent|strong="H7167"\w* his \w clothes|strong="H0899"\w*.


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And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w Hilkiah|strong="H2518"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, and \w Ahikam|strong="H0296"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Shaphan|strong="H8227"\w*, and \w Achbor|strong="H5907"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Michaiah|strong="H4320"\w*, and \w Shaphan|strong="H8227"\w* the \w scribe|strong="H5608"\w*, and \w Asahiah|strong="H6222"\w* a \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* of the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,<n>Achbor: or, Abdon</n><n>Michaiah: or, Micah</n>


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\w Go|strong="H3212"\w* ye, \w enquire|strong="H1875"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* for me, and for the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, and for all \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, concerning the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of this \w book|strong="H5612"\w* that is \w found|strong="H4672"\w*: for \w great|strong="H1419"\w* <i>is</i> the \w wrath|strong="H2534"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* that is \w kindled|strong="H3341"\w* against us, because our \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* have not \w hearkened|strong="H8085"\w* unto the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of this \w book|strong="H5612"\w*, to \w do|strong="H6213"\w* according unto all that which is \w written|strong="H3789"\w* concerning us.


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So \w Hilkiah|strong="H2518"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, and \w Ahikam|strong="H0296"\w*, and \w Achbor|strong="H5907"\w*, and \w Shaphan|strong="H8227"\w*, and \w Asahiah|strong="H6222"\w*, \w went|strong="H3212"\w* unto \w Huldah|strong="H2468"\w* the \w prophetess|strong="H5031"\w*, the \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* of \w Shallum|strong="H7967"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Tikvah|strong="H8616"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Harhas|strong="H2745"\w*, \w keeper|strong="H8104"\w* of the \w wardrobe|strong="H0899"\w*; (now she \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* in the \w college|strong="H4932"\w*;) and they \w communed|strong="H1696"\w* with her.<n>wardrobe: Heb. garments</n><n>in the…: or, in the second part</n><pb/>


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¶ And she \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w Tell|strong="H0559"\w* the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* that \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* you to me,


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Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, Behold, I will \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* upon this \w place|strong="H4725"\w*, and upon the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* thereof, <i>even</i> all the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w book|strong="H5612"\w* which the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* hath \w read|strong="H7121"\w*:


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Because they have \w forsaken|strong="H5800"\w* me, and have burned \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* unto \w other|strong="H0312"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*, that they might provoke me to \w anger|strong="H3707"\w* with all the \w works|strong="H4639"\w* of their \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*; therefore my \w wrath|strong="H2534"\w* shall be \w kindled|strong="H3341"\w* against this \w place|strong="H4725"\w*, and shall not be \w quenched|strong="H3518"\w*.


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But to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* which \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* you to \w enquire|strong="H1875"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, thus shall ye \w say|strong="H0559"\w* to him, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, <i>As touching</i> the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* which thou hast \w heard|strong="H8085"\w*;


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Because thine \w heart|strong="H3824"\w* was \w tender|strong="H7401"\w*, and thou hast \w humbled|strong="H3665"\w* thyself \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, when thou \w heardest|strong="H8085"\w* what I \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* against this \w place|strong="H4725"\w*, and against the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* thereof, that they should become a \w desolation|strong="H8047"\w* and a \w curse|strong="H7045"\w*, and hast \w rent|strong="H7167"\w* thy \w clothes|strong="H0899"\w*, and \w wept|strong="H1058"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* me; I also have \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* <i>thee</i>, \w saith|strong="H5002"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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Behold therefore, I will \w gather|strong="H0622"\w* thee unto thy \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, and thou shalt be \w gathered|strong="H0622"\w* into thy \w grave|strong="H6913"\w* in \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*; and thine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* shall not \w see|strong="H7200"\w* all the \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* which I will \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* upon this \w place|strong="H4725"\w*. And they \w brought|strong="H7725"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w*.<pb/>


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And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w*, and they \w gathered|strong="H0622"\w* unto him all the \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* and of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.


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And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* into the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and all the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* and all the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* with him, and the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, and the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*, and all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, both \w small|strong="H6996"\w* and \w great|strong="H1419"\w*: and he \w read|strong="H7121"\w* in their \w ears|strong="H0241"\w* all the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w book|strong="H5612"\w* of the \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* which was \w found|strong="H4672"\w* in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<n>both…: Heb. from small even unto great</n><pb/>


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¶ And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* by a \w pillar|strong="H5982"\w*, and \w made|strong="H3772"\w* a \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, to \w walk|strong="H3212"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and to \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* his \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w* and his \w testimonies|strong="H5715"\w* and his \w statutes|strong="H2708"\w* with all <i>their</i> \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* and all <i>their</i> \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*, to \w perform|strong="H6965"\w* the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of this \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* that were \w written|strong="H3789"\w* in this \w book|strong="H5612"\w*. And all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* to the \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w*.<pb/>


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And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w Hilkiah|strong="H2518"\w* the \w high|strong="H1419"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, and the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* of the second \w order|strong="H4932"\w*, and the \w keepers|strong="H8104"\w* of the \w door|strong="H5592"\w*, to bring \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* out of the \w temple|strong="H1964"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* all the \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w* that were \w made|strong="H6213"\w* for \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*, and for the \w grove|strong="H0842"\w*, and for all the \w host|strong="H6635"\w* of \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*: and he \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* them \w without|strong="H2351"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* in the \w fields|strong="H7709"\w* of \w Kidron|strong="H6939"\w*, and \w carried|strong="H5375"\w* the \w ashes|strong="H6083"\w* of them unto \w Beth-el|strong="H1008"\w*.


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And he put \w down|strong="H7673"\w* the idolatrous \w priests|strong="H3649"\w*, whom the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* had \w ordained|strong="H5414"\w* to burn \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* in the high \w places|strong="H1116"\w* in the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and in the places round \w about|strong="H4524"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*; them also that burned \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* unto \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*, to the \w sun|strong="H8121"\w*, and to the \w moon|strong="H3394"\w*, and to the \w planets|strong="H4208"\w*, and to all the \w host|strong="H6635"\w* of \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*.<n>put…: Heb. caused to cease</n><n>idolatrous…: Heb. Chemarim</n><n>planets: or, twelve signs or, constellations</n>


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And he brought \w out|strong="H3318"\w* the \w grove|strong="H0842"\w* from the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, \w without|strong="H2351"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, unto the \w brook|strong="H5158"\w* \w Kidron|strong="H6939"\w*, and \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* it at the \w brook|strong="H5158"\w* \w Kidron|strong="H6939"\w*, and stamped <i>it</i> \w small|strong="H1854"\w* to \w powder|strong="H6083"\w*, and \w cast|strong="H7993"\w* the \w powder|strong="H6083"\w* thereof upon the \w graves|strong="H6913"\w* of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.


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And he brake \w down|strong="H5422"\w* the \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* of the \w sodomites|strong="H6945"\w*, that <i>were</i> by the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, where the \w women|strong="H0802"\w* \w wove|strong="H0707"\w* \w hangings|strong="H1004"\w* for the \w grove|strong="H0842"\w*.<n>hangings: Heb. houses</n>


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And he \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* all the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* out of the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and \w defiled|strong="H2930"\w* the high \w places|strong="H1116"\w* where the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* had burned \w incense|strong="H6999"\w*, from \w Geba|strong="H1387"\w* to \w Beer-sheba|strong="H0884"\w*, and brake \w down|strong="H5422"\w* the high \w places|strong="H1116"\w* of the \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* that <i>were</i> in the entering \w in|strong="H6607"\w* of the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* of \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* the \w governor|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, which <i>were</i> on a \w man’s|strong="H0376"\w* left \w hand|strong="H8040"\w* at the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.


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Nevertheless the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* of the high \w places|strong="H1116"\w* came not \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, but they did \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* of the unleavened \w bread|strong="H4682"\w* \w among|strong="H8432"\w* their \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w*.


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And he \w defiled|strong="H2930"\w* \w Topheth|strong="H8612"\w*, which <i>is</i> in the \w valley|strong="H1516"\w* of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Hinnom|strong="H2011"\w*, that no \w man|strong="H0376"\w* might make his \w son|strong="H1121"\w* or his \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* to pass \w through|strong="H5674"\w* the \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* to \w Molech|strong="H4432"\w*.


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And he took \w away|strong="H7673"\w* the \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* that the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* had \w given|strong="H5414"\w* to the \w sun|strong="H8121"\w*, at the entering \w in|strong="H0935"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, by the \w chamber|strong="H3957"\w* of \w Nathan-melech|strong="H5419"\w* the \w chamberlain|strong="H5631"\w*, which <i>was</i> in the \w suburbs|strong="H6503"\w*, and \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* the \w chariots|strong="H4818"\w* of the \w sun|strong="H8121"\w* with \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*.<n>chamberlain: or, eunuch, or, officer</n>


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And the \w altars|strong="H4196"\w* that <i>were</i> on the \w top|strong="H1406"\w* of the upper \w chamber|strong="H5944"\w* of \w Ahaz|strong="H0271"\w*, which the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* had \w made|strong="H6213"\w*, and the \w altars|strong="H4196"\w* which \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* had \w made|strong="H6213"\w* in the \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w courts|strong="H2691"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, did the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* beat \w down|strong="H5422"\w*, and brake <i>them</i> \w down|strong="H7323"\w* from thence, and \w cast|strong="H7993"\w* the \w dust|strong="H6083"\w* of them into the \w brook|strong="H5158"\w* \w Kidron|strong="H6939"\w*.<n>brake…: or, ran from thence</n>


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And the high \w places|strong="H1116"\w* that <i>were</i> \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, which <i>were</i> on the right \w hand|strong="H3225"\w* of the \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* of \w corruption|strong="H4889"\w*, which \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* had \w builded|strong="H1129"\w* for \w Ashtoreth|strong="H6253"\w* the \w abomination|strong="H8251"\w* of the \w Zidonians|strong="H6722"\w*, and for \w Chemosh|strong="H3645"\w* the \w abomination|strong="H8251"\w* of the \w Moabites|strong="H4124"\w*, and for \w Milcom|strong="H4445"\w* the \w abomination|strong="H8441"\w* of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w*, did the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w defile|strong="H2930"\w*.<n>the mount…: that is, the mount of Olives</n>


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And he brake in \w pieces|strong="H7665"\w* the \w images|strong="H4676"\w*, and cut \w down|strong="H3772"\w* the \w groves|strong="H0842"\w*, and \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* their \w places|strong="H4725"\w* with the \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* of \w men|strong="H0120"\w*.<n>images: Heb. statues</n><pb/>


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¶ Moreover the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* that <i>was</i> at \w Beth-el|strong="H1008"\w*, <i>and</i> the high \w place|strong="H1116"\w* which \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Nebat|strong="H5028"\w*, who made \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* to \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*, had \w made|strong="H6213"\w*, both that \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* and the high \w place|strong="H1116"\w* he brake \w down|strong="H5422"\w*, and \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* the high \w place|strong="H1116"\w*, <i>and</i> \w stamped|strong="H1854"\w* <i>it</i> small to \w powder|strong="H6083"\w*, and \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* the \w grove|strong="H0842"\w*.


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And as \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* \w turned|strong="H6437"\w* himself, he \w spied|strong="H7200"\w* the \w sepulchres|strong="H6913"\w* that <i>were</i> there in the \w mount|strong="H2022"\w*, and \w sent|strong="H7971"\w*, and \w took|strong="H3947"\w* the \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* out of the \w sepulchres|strong="H6913"\w*, and \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* <i>them</i> upon the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*, and \w polluted|strong="H2930"\w* it, according to the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* which the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w proclaimed|strong="H7121"\w*, who \w proclaimed|strong="H7121"\w* these \w words|strong="H1697"\w*.


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Then he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, What \w title|strong="H6725"\w* <i>is</i> \w that|strong="H1975"\w* that I \w see|strong="H7200"\w*? And the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w told|strong="H0559"\w* him, <i>It is</i> the \w sepulchre|strong="H6913"\w* of the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, which \w came|strong="H0935"\w* from \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and \w proclaimed|strong="H7121"\w* these \w things|strong="H1697"\w* that thou hast \w done|strong="H6213"\w* against the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* of \w Beth-el|strong="H1008"\w*.


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And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Let him \w alone|strong="H3240"\w*; let no \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w move|strong="H5128"\w* his \w bones|strong="H6106"\w*. So they let his \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* \w alone|strong="H4422"\w*, with the \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* of the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* that came \w out|strong="H0935"\w* of \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*.<n>bones alone: Heb. bones to escape</n>


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And all the \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* also of the high \w places|strong="H1116"\w* that <i>were</i> in the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* of \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, which the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* had \w made|strong="H6213"\w* to provoke <i>the Lord</i> to \w anger|strong="H3707"\w*, \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* took \w away|strong="H5493"\w*, and \w did|strong="H6213"\w* to them according to all the \w acts|strong="H4639"\w* that he had \w done|strong="H6213"\w* in \w Beth-el|strong="H1008"\w*.


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And he \w slew|strong="H2076"\w* all the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* of the high \w places|strong="H1116"\w* that <i>were</i> there upon the \w altars|strong="H4196"\w*, and \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* \w men’s|strong="H0120"\w* \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* upon them, and \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* to \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.<n>slew: or, sacrificed</n><pb/>


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¶ And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Keep|strong="H6213"\w* the \w passover|strong="H6453"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* your \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, as <i>it is</i> \w written|strong="H3789"\w* in the \w book|strong="H5612"\w* of this \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w*.


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Surely there was not \w holden|strong="H6213"\w* such a \w passover|strong="H6453"\w* from the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of the \w judges|strong="H8199"\w* that \w judged|strong="H8199"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, nor in all the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, nor of the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*;


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But in the \w eighteenth|strong="H8083"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w*, <i>wherein</i> this \w passover|strong="H6453"\w* was \w holden|strong="H6213"\w* to the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Moreover the <i>workers with</i> familiar \w spirits|strong="H0178"\w*, and the \w wizards|strong="H3049"\w*, and the \w images|strong="H8655"\w*, and the \w idols|strong="H1544"\w*, and all the \w abominations|strong="H8251"\w* that were \w spied|strong="H7200"\w* in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* and in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, did \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* put \w away|strong="H1197"\w*, that he might \w perform|strong="H6965"\w* the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w law|strong="H8451"\w* which were \w written|strong="H3789"\w* in the \w book|strong="H5612"\w* that \w Hilkiah|strong="H2518"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<n>images: or, teraphim</n><pb/>


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And like unto him was there no \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* him, that \w turned|strong="H7725"\w* to the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* with all his \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*, and with all his \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*, and with all his \w might|strong="H3966"\w*, according to all the \w law|strong="H8451"\w* of \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*; neither \w after|strong="H0310"\w* him \w arose|strong="H6965"\w* there <i>any</i> like him.<pb/>


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¶ Notwithstanding the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w turned|strong="H7725"\w* not from the \w fierceness|strong="H2740"\w* of his \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w wrath|strong="H0639"\w*, wherewith his \w anger|strong="H0639"\w* was \w kindled|strong="H2734"\w* against \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, because of all the \w provocations|strong="H3708"\w* that \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* had \w provoked|strong="H3707"\w* him withal.<n>provocations: Heb. angers</n>


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And the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I will \w remove|strong="H5493"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* also out of my \w sight|strong="H6440"\w*, as I have \w removed|strong="H5493"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and will cast \w off|strong="H3988"\w* this \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* which I have \w chosen|strong="H0977"\w*, and the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of which I \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, My \w name|strong="H8034"\w* shall be there.


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Now the \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\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*?<pb/>


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¶ In his \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w Pharaoh-nechoh|strong="H6549"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* against the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w* to the \w river|strong="H5104"\w* \w Euphrates|strong="H6578"\w*: and \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w against|strong="H7125"\w* him; and he \w slew|strong="H4191"\w* him at \w Megiddo|strong="H4023"\w*, when he had \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* him.


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And his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* carried him in a \w chariot|strong="H7392"\w* \w dead|strong="H4191"\w* from \w Megiddo|strong="H4023"\w*, and \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* him to \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, and \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* him in his own \w sepulchre|strong="H6900"\w*. And the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w Jehoahaz|strong="H3059"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w*, and \w anointed|strong="H4886"\w* him, and made him \w king|strong="H4427"\w* in his \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* stead.<pb/>


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¶ \w Jehoahaz|strong="H3059"\w* <i>was</i> \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* and \w three|strong="H7969"\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 three|strong="H7969"\w* \w months|strong="H2320"\w* in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. And his \w mother’s|strong="H0517"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* <i>was</i> \w Hamutal|strong="H2537"\w*, the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* of \w Libnah|strong="H3841"\w*.<n>Jehoahaz: also called, Shallum</n>


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And he \w did|strong="H6213"\w* <i>that which was</i> \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, according to all that his \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* had \w done|strong="H6213"\w*.


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And \w Pharaoh-nechoh|strong="H6549"\w* put him in \w bands|strong="H0631"\w* at \w Riblah|strong="H7247"\w* in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Hamath|strong="H2574"\w*, that he might not \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*; and \w put|strong="H5414"\w* the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* to a \w tribute|strong="H6066"\w* of an \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w talents|strong="H3603"\w* of \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, and a \w talent|strong="H3603"\w* of \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*.<n>that…: or, because he reigned</n><n>put the…: Heb. set a fine upon the land</n>


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And \w Pharaoh-nechoh|strong="H6549"\w* made \w Eliakim|strong="H0471"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w* in the room of \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* his \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, and \w turned|strong="H5437"\w* his \w name|strong="H8034"\w* to \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w*, and \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w Jehoahaz|strong="H3059"\w* \w away|strong="H3947"\w*: and he \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, and \w died|strong="H4191"\w* there.


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And \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* the \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* and the \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* to \w Pharaoh|strong="H6547"\w*; but he \w taxed|strong="H6186"\w* the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* to \w give|strong="H5414"\w* the \w money|strong="H3701"\w* according to the \w commandment|strong="H6310"\w* of \w Pharaoh|strong="H6547"\w*: he \w exacted|strong="H5065"\w* the \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* and the \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, of every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* according to his \w taxation|strong="H6187"\w*, to \w give|strong="H5414"\w* <i>it</i> unto \w Pharaoh-nechoh|strong="H6549"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w* <i>was</i> \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* and \w five|strong="H2568"\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 eleven|strong="H0259"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. And his \w mother’s|strong="H0517"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* <i>was</i> \w Zebudah|strong="H2080"\w*, the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Pedaiah|strong="H6305"\w* of \w Rumah|strong="H7316"\w*.


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And he \w did|strong="H6213"\w* <i>that which was</i> \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, according to all that his \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* had \w done|strong="H6213"\w*.<pb/>


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In his \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* came \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, and \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w* became his \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*: then he \w turned|strong="H7725"\w* and \w rebelled|strong="H4775"\w* against him.


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And the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* against him \w bands|strong="H1416"\w* of the \w Chaldees|strong="H3778"\w*, and \w bands|strong="H1416"\w* of the \w Syrians|strong="H0758"\w*, and \w bands|strong="H1416"\w* of the \w Moabites|strong="H4124"\w*, and \w bands|strong="H1416"\w* of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w*, and \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* them against \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* to \w destroy|strong="H0006"\w* it, 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* his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*.<n>by: Heb. by the hand of</n>


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Surely at the \w commandment|strong="H6310"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* came <i>this</i> upon \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, to \w remove|strong="H5493"\w* <i>them</i> out of his \w sight|strong="H6440"\w*, for the \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* of \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*, according to all that he \w did|strong="H6213"\w*;


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And also for the \w innocent|strong="H5355"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* that he \w shed|strong="H8210"\w*: for he \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* with \w innocent|strong="H5355"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*; which the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w would|strong="H0014"\w* not \w pardon|strong="H5545"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Now the \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\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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So \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w* \w slept|strong="H7901"\w* with his \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*: and \w Jehoiachin|strong="H3078"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* in his stead.


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And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w came|strong="H3318"\w* not \w again|strong="H3254"\w* any more out of his \w land|strong="H0776"\w*: for the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* had \w taken|strong="H3947"\w* from the \w river|strong="H5158"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* unto the \w river|strong="H5104"\w* \w Euphrates|strong="H6578"\w* all that pertained to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ \w Jehoiachin|strong="H3078"\w* <i>was</i> \w eighteen|strong="H8083"\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* in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w months|strong="H2320"\w*. And his \w mother’s|strong="H0517"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* <i>was</i> \w Nehushta|strong="H5179"\w*, the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Elnathan|strong="H0494"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.<n>Jehoiachin: also called Jeconiah and Coniah</n>


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And he \w did|strong="H6213"\w* <i>that which was</i> \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, according to all that his \w father|strong="H0001"\w* had \w done|strong="H6213"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ At that \w time|strong="H6256"\w* the \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* of \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* came \w up|strong="H5927"\w* against \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, and the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* was \w besieged|strong="H0935"\w*.<n>was…: Heb. came into siege</n>


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And \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* against the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* did \w besiege|strong="H6696"\w* it.


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And \w Jehoiachin|strong="H3078"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*, he, and his \w mother|strong="H0517"\w*, and his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, and his \w princes|strong="H8269"\w*, and his \w officers|strong="H5631"\w*: and the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* him in the \w eighth|strong="H8083"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of his \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*.<n>officers: or, eunuchs</n><n>his reign: Nebuchadnezzar’s eighth year</n>


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And he carried \w out|strong="H3318"\w* thence all 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 cut in \w pieces|strong="H7112"\w* all the \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w* of \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* which \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* had \w made|strong="H6213"\w* in the \w temple|strong="H1964"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, as the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* had \w said|strong="H1696"\w*.


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And he carried \w away|strong="H1540"\w* all \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, and all the \w princes|strong="H8269"\w*, and all the mighty \w men|strong="H1368"\w* of \w valour|strong="H2428"\w*, <i>even</i> \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w captives|strong="H1540"\w*, and all the \w craftsmen|strong="H2796"\w* and \w smiths|strong="H4525"\w*: none \w remained|strong="H7604"\w*, \w save|strong="H2108"\w* the poorest \w sort|strong="H1803"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*.


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And he carried \w away|strong="H1540"\w* \w Jehoiachin|strong="H3078"\w* to \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*, and the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w mother|strong="H0517"\w*, and the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w wives|strong="H0802"\w*, and his \w officers|strong="H5631"\w*, and the \w mighty|strong="H0352"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, <i>those</i> \w carried|strong="H3212"\w* he into \w captivity|strong="H1473"\w* from \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* to \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*.<n>officers: or, eunuchs</n>


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And all the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w might|strong="H2428"\w*, <i>even</i> \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w*, and \w craftsmen|strong="H2796"\w* and \w smiths|strong="H4525"\w* a \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w*, all <i>that were</i> \w strong|strong="H1368"\w* <i>and</i> \w apt|strong="H6213"\w* for \w war|strong="H4421"\w*, even them the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* \w captive|strong="H1473"\w* to \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* made \w Mattaniah|strong="H4983"\w* his \w father’s brother|strong="H1730"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w* in his stead, and \w changed|strong="H5437"\w* his \w name|strong="H8034"\w* to \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w*.


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\w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* <i>was</i> \w twenty|strong="H6242"\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 eleven|strong="H0259"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. And his \w mother’s|strong="H0517"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* <i>was</i> \w Hamutal|strong="H2537"\w*, the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* of \w Libnah|strong="H3841"\w*.


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And he \w did|strong="H6213"\w* <i>that which was</i> \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, according to all that \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w* had \w done|strong="H6213"\w*.


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For through the \w anger|strong="H0639"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* it came to pass in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* and \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, until he had cast them \w out|strong="H7993"\w* from his \w presence|strong="H6440"\w*, that \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w rebelled|strong="H4775"\w* against the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*.<pb/>


