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\BibleBook{1 Kings}

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\BibleTitleTwo{This book contains the account of King Solomon’s reign and of Israel being divided into two kingdoms, Israel and Judah, after his death. We call this book }
\BibleMainTitle{1 Kings }

\BibleSectionHeading{When King David was an old man }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{When King David was an old man }
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\chapterNumber{1}When|strong="H3117" King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" was|strong="H1732" very|strong="H3966" old|strong="H2204" [IDM, DOU], even|strong="H3808" though|strong="H3588" his|strong="H1732" servants|strong="H5650" put|strong="H5414" many|strong="H3808" blankets on|strong="H3117" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="H4428" him|strong="H1732", he|strong="H3117" was|strong="H1732" unable|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3117" become|strong="H1961" warm|strong="H3179". 
\verseNumber{2}So|strong="H1961" they|strong="H6440" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1961" him|strong="H6440", “Your|strong="H6440" Majesty|strong="H1926", allow|strong="H5414" us|strong="H6440" to|strong="H1961" search|strong="H1245" for|strong="H6440" a|strong="H1961" young|strong="H5291" virgin|strong="H1330" who|strong="H5650" can|strong="H5650" stay|strong="H5975" with|strong="H6440" you|strong="H6440" and|strong="H4428" take|strong="H1961" care|strong="H2436" of|strong="H4428" you|strong="H6440". She|strong="H6440" can|strong="H5650" sleep|strong="H7901" close|strong="H5980" to|strong="H1961" you|strong="H6440" and|strong="H4428" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H6440" to|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" warm|strong="H2552".” 
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\verseNumber{3}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w gave|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w them|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w permission|strong="H7971"\+w*, } so|strong="H4672" they|strong="H3605" searched|strong="H1245" throughout|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" for|strong="H4428" a|strong="H4672" beautiful|strong="H3303" young|strong="H5291" woman|strong="H5291". They|strong="H3605" found|strong="H4672" a|strong="H4672" woman|strong="H5291" named|strong="H7121" Abishag|strong="H0049", from|strong="H3478" Shunem|strong="H7766" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, and|strong="H3478" brought|strong="H3478" her|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{4}She|strong="H5704" was|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w truly|strong="H3588"\+w*} very|strong="H3966" beautiful|strong="H3303". She|strong="H5704" took|strong="H1961" care|strong="H8334" of|strong="H4428" [DOU] the|strong="H3045" king|strong="H4428", but|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3045" king|strong="H4428" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H1961" sexual|strong="H7901" relations|strong="H3045" with|strong="H3045" her|strong="H3045". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Adonijah|strong="H0138" tried|strong="H6884" to|strong="H5704" become|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3045" king|strong="H4428" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Adonijah|strong="H0138" tried|strong="H6884" to|strong="H5704" become|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3045" king|strong="H4428" }
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\verseNumber{5-6}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w After|strong="H0310"\+w* \+w Absalom|strong="H0053"\+w* \+w died|strong="H4191"\+w*}, David’s|strong="H1732" oldest|strong="H1419" surviving|strong="H3498" son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H3068" Adonijah|strong="H0138", whose|strong="H0834" mother|strong="H0517" was|strong="H3068" Haggith|strong="H2294". He|strong="H0834" was|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" handsome|strong="H3303"/good-looking|strong="H2896" man|strong="H0376". But|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H3068" never|strong="H3808" rebuked|strong="H1605" him|strong="H5414" about|strong="H5439" anything|strong="H3605" he|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w After|strong="H0310"\+w* \+w Absalom|strong="H0053"\+w* \+w died|strong="H4191"\+w*, \+w Adonijah|strong="H0138"\+w* \+w thought|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w he|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w would|strong="H0014"\+w* \+w become|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w*}. So|strong="H3651" he|strong="H0834" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H0413" boast|strong="H1984", saying|strong="H0559" “I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H3068" become|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w now|strong="H6258"\+w*}.” Then|strong="H0227" he|strong="H0834" provided|strong="H3557" for|strong="H3588" himself|strong="H5315" some|strong="H4480" chariots|strong="H7393", and|strong="H3967" men|strong="H0376" to|strong="H0413" drive|strong="H3423" them|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3967" horses|strong="H5483" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w pull|strong="H2040"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5414"\+w*}, and|strong="H3967" 50 men|strong="H0376" to|strong="H0413" run|strong="H7323" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* bodyguards} in|strong="H0935" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" those|strong="H1992" chariots|strong="H7393" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wherever|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w he|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w went|strong="H1980"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{7}One|strong="H1121" day|strong="H3117" he|strong="H1697" conferred|strong="H1697" with|strong="H5973" Joab|strong="H3097", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w David’s|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w commander|strong="H8269"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" Abiathar|strong="H0054" the|strong="H1697" priest|strong="H3548", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H1697" promised|strong="H1696"/agreed|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1961" help|strong="H5826"/support|strong="H5826" Adonijah|strong="H0138". 
\verseNumber{8}But|strong="H3808" Zadok|strong="H6659", who|strong="H3548" was|strong="H1961" also|strong="H1732" a|strong="H1961" priest|strong="H3548", Benaiah|strong="H1141" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w had|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w supervised|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w David’s|strong="H1732"\+w* bodyguards}, Nathan|strong="H5416" the|strong="H1961" prophet|strong="H5030", Shimei|strong="H8096" and|strong="H1121" Rei|strong="H7472", and|strong="H1121" David’s|strong="H1732" most|strong="H6944" capable|strong="H2428" soldiers|strong="H1121" refused|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1961" help|strong="H1961"/support|strong="H2388" Adonijah|strong="H0138". 
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\verseNumber{9}One|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" Adonijah|strong="H0138" went|strong="H3063" to|strong="H1121" Snake|strong="H5175" Rock|strong="H6697" near|strong="H5973" En-Rogel|strong="H5883" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Spring|strong="H6779"\+w*, \+w which|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w near|strong="H5973"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*}, to|strong="H1121" sacrifice|strong="H2076" some|strong="H3605" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H1121" oxen|strong="H1241" and|strong="H1121" fattened|strong="H0075" cattle|strong="H1241". He|strong="H3605" invited|strong="H7121" most|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" brothers|strong="H1121", King|strong="H4428" David’s|strong="H1732" other|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121", to|strong="H1121" come|strong="H3063". He|strong="H3605" also|strong="H4428" invited|strong="H7121" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" officials|strong="H5650" from|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" to|strong="H1121" come|strong="H3063" to|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" celebration|strong="H8057". 
\verseNumber{10}But|strong="H3808" he|strong="H8010" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" invite|strong="H7121" Nathan|strong="H5416" or|strong="H3808" Benaiah|strong="H1141" or|strong="H3808" the|strong="H7121" king’s|strong="H4428" most|strong="H6944" capable|strong="H2428" soldiers|strong="H1368" or|strong="H3808" his|strong="H7121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w*/\+w half|strong="H2677"\+w*}-brother Solomon|strong="H8010". 
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\verseNumber{11}Nathan|strong="H5416" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w found|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w out|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w doing|strong="H6213"\+w*, \+w so|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w went|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w to|strong="H8085"\+w*} Solomon’s|strong="H8010" mother|strong="H0517" Bathsheba|strong="H1339" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w*} asked|strong="H7592" her|strong="H3045", “Have|strong="H3045" you|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3808" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" Haggith’s|strong="H2294" son|strong="H1121" Adonijah|strong="H0138" is|strong="H1121" declared|strong="H3045" himself|strong="H3045" to|strong="H8085" be|strong="H3808" the|strong="H8085" king|strong="H4427"? And|strong="H1121" King|strong="H4427" David|strong="H1732" does|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" about|strong="H8085" it|strong="H3588"! 
\verseNumber{12}So|strong="H6258" if|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3289" want|strong="H5315" to|strong="H3212" save|strong="H4422" yourself|strong="H5315" and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H4994" son|strong="H1121" Solomon|strong="H8010" from|strong="H5315" being|strong="H5315" killed|strong="H2026", allow|strong="H4994" me|strong="H4994" to|strong="H3212" tell|strong="H4994" you|strong="H3289" what|strong="H4100" you|strong="H3289" should|strong="H3068" do|strong="H4994". 
\verseNumber{13}Go|strong="H3212" immediately|strong="H6965" to|strong="H3212" King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732". Say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" him|strong="H5921", ‘Your|strong="H5921" Majesty|strong="H1926", you|strong="H3588" solemnly|strong="H7650" promised|strong="H7650" me|strong="H5921" [RHQ] that|strong="H3588" my|strong="H1732" son|strong="H1121" Solomon|strong="H8010" would|strong="H8010" become|strong="H4427" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" after|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w die|strong="H1121"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" would|strong="H8010" sit|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" throne|strong="H3678" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w rule|strong="H4428"\+w*}. So|strong="H3808" why|strong="H4069" is|strong="H1931" it|strong="H1931" that|strong="H3588" Adonijah|strong="H0138" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w has|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w said|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1931"\+w*} is|strong="H1931" now|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428"?’ 
\verseNumber{14}Then|strong="H1696", while|strong="H5750" you|strong="H5973" are|strong="H1697" still|strong="H5750" talking|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H4390" king|strong="H4428", I|strong="H2009" will|strong="H4428" come|strong="H4390" in|strong="H4428" and|strong="H4428" tell|strong="H1696" him|strong="H5973" that|strong="H1697" what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H5973" are|strong="H1697" saying|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H5973" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w Adonijah|strong="H0138"\+w*} is|strong="H1697" true|strong="H0571".” 
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\verseNumber{15}So|strong="H3966" Bathsheba|strong="H1339" went|strong="H4428" to|strong="H4428" see|strong="H7200" the|strong="H8334" king|strong="H4428" in|strong="H4428" his|strong="H4428" bedroom|strong="H2315". He|strong="H4428" was|strong="H4428" very|strong="H3966" old|strong="H2204", and|strong="H4428" Abishag|strong="H0049" was|strong="H4428" taking|strong="H3947" care|strong="H8334" of|strong="H4428" him|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{16}Bathsheba|strong="H1339" bowed|strong="H7812" very|strong="H3966" low|strong="H6915" in|strong="H4428" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H7812" king|strong="H4428", and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H7812" king|strong="H4428" asked|strong="H4100" her|strong="H3605", “What|strong="H4100" do|strong="H4100" you|strong="H4100" want|strong="H4270"?” 
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\verseNumber{17}She|strong="H1931" replied|strong="H0559", “Your|strong="H3068" Majesty|strong="H1926", you|strong="H3588" solemnly|strong="H7650" promised|strong="H7650" me|strong="H5921", knowing|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w listening|strong="H8085"\+w*} [IDM], that|strong="H3588" my|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121" Solomon|strong="H8010" would|strong="H3068" become|strong="H4427" king|strong="H4427" after|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w die|strong="H1121"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" would|strong="H3068" sit|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3068" throne|strong="H3678" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w rule|strong="H4427"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{18}But|strong="H3808" now|strong="H6258", believe|strong="H0539" it|strong="H3045" or|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808", Adonijah|strong="H0138" has|strong="H4428" become|strong="H4427" king|strong="H4428", and|strong="H4428" you|strong="H3045" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" anything|strong="H3808" about|strong="H3045" it|strong="H3045". 
\verseNumber{19}He|strong="H3605" has|strong="H6635" sacrificed|strong="H2076" a|strong="H7121" lot|strong="H1486" of|strong="H1121" oxen|strong="H7794" and|strong="H1121" fattened|strong="H0075" cattle|strong="H6629" and|strong="H1121" sheep|strong="H6629", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3605" has|strong="H6635" invited|strong="H7121" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" to|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" celebration|strong="H8057". He|strong="H3605" has|strong="H6635" also|strong="H4428" invited|strong="H7121" Abiathar|strong="H0054" the|strong="H3605" priest|strong="H3548" and|strong="H1121" Joab|strong="H3097" the|strong="H3605" commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3605" army|strong="H6635", but|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3605" did|strong="H5650" not|strong="H3808" invite|strong="H7121" your|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" Solomon|strong="H8010". 
\verseNumber{20}Your|strong="H3605" Majesty|strong="H1926", all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3427" [SYN] of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" are|strong="H3478" expecting you|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3478" tell|strong="H5046" them|strong="H5921" who|strong="H4310" is|strong="H4310" the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H4310" will|strong="H4310" become|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4428" after|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3478" no|strong="H3605" longer|strong="H5750" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{21}If|strong="H1961" you|strong="H5973" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H1961" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H4428", what|strong="H4100" will|strong="H1961" happen|strong="H1961" is|strong="H4428" that|strong="H4428" after|strong="H1961" you|strong="H5973" die|strong="H1121" [EUP] people|strong="H1121" will|strong="H1961" consider|strong="H7200" that|strong="H4428" my|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121" Solomon|strong="H8010" and|strong="H1121" I|strong="H1121" are|strong="H1121" rebelling|strong="H4775", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w they|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w execute|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w us|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w because|strong="H5973"\+w* \+w we|strong="H0587"\+w* \+w did|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w not|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w help|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w Adonijah|strong="H0138"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w become|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{22}While|strong="H5750" she|strong="H5973" was|strong="H4428" still|strong="H5750" talking|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H1696" king|strong="H4428", Nathan|strong="H5416" came|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w palace|strong="H1004"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{23}The|strong="H6440" king’s|strong="H4428" servants|strong="H6440"/advisors told|strong="H5046" David|strong="H1732", “Nathan|strong="H5416" the|strong="H6440" prophet|strong="H5030" has|strong="H4428" come|strong="H0935".” So|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Bathsheba|strong="H1339"\+w* \+w left|strong="H7604"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H4428"\+w*} Nathan|strong="H5416" went|strong="H4428" into|strong="H5921" where|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" was|strong="H4428" and|strong="H4428" knelt|strong="H5307" down|strong="H7812", with|strong="H5921" his|strong="H6440" face|strong="H6440" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" ground|strong="H6440". 
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\verseNumber{24}Then|strong="H4428" Nathan|strong="H5416" said|strong="H0559", “Your|strong="H5921" Majesty|strong="H1926", have|strong="H4428" you|strong="H5921" declared|strong="H5046" that|strong="H1931" Adonijah|strong="H0138" will|strong="H4428" become|strong="H4427" king|strong="H4428" after|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921" are|strong="H4428" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H5750" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428"? 
\verseNumber{25}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w say|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* } because|strong="H3588" today|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3588" has|strong="H6635" gone|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w En-Rogel|strong="H5883"\+w* \+w Spring|strong="H6779"\+w*} and|strong="H1121" has|strong="H6635" sacrificed|strong="H2076" a|strong="H3588" lot|strong="H1486" of|strong="H1121" oxen|strong="H7794", fattened|strong="H0075" cattle|strong="H6629", and|strong="H1121" sheep|strong="H6629". And|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3588" has|strong="H6635" invited|strong="H7121" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121", Joab|strong="H3097" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H6635" commander|strong="H8269", and|strong="H1121" Abiathar|strong="H0054" the|strong="H3605" priest|strong="H3548". They|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3117" all|strong="H3605" eating|strong="H0398" and|strong="H1121" drinking|strong="H8354" with|strong="H3381" him|strong="H6440" and|strong="H1121" saying|strong="H0559" ‘We|strong="H3588" hope|strong="H3176"/desire|strong="H8378" that|strong="H3588" King|strong="H4428" Adonijah|strong="H0138" will|strong="H4428" live|strong="H2421" a|strong="H3588" long|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117"!’ 
\verseNumber{26}But|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3808" did|strong="H5650" not|strong="H3808" invite|strong="H7121" me|strong="H7121" or|strong="H3808" Zadok|strong="H6659" the|strong="H7121" priest|strong="H3548" or|strong="H3808" Benaiah|strong="H1141" or|strong="H3808" Solomon|strong="H8010". 
\verseNumber{27}Did|strong="H5650" you|strong="H5921", as|strong="H1697" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428", say|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3045" they|strong="H3808" should|strong="H4310" do|strong="H1697" this|strong="H2088" without|strong="H3808" telling|strong="H1696" your|strong="H5921" other|strong="H2088" officials|strong="H5650" who|strong="H4310" you|strong="H5921" want|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4428" [MTY] after|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921" are|strong="H1697" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H3808" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428"?” 

\BibleSectionHeading{David|strong="H1732" arranged|strong="H6186" for|strong="H5921" Solomon|strong="H8010" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" declared|strong="H3045" king|strong="H4428" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{David|strong="H1732" arranged|strong="H6186" for|strong="H5921" Solomon|strong="H8010" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" declared|strong="H3045" king|strong="H4428" }
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\verseNumber{28}Then|strong="H6030" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w after|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w Nathan|strong="H5416"\+w* \+w left|strong="H5975"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w room|strong="H2315"\+w*,} King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H6030" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w one|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w his|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w servants|strong="H6440"\+w*}, “Tell|strong="H6030" Bathsheba|strong="H1339" to|strong="H6440" come|strong="H0935" in|strong="H4428" here|strong="H6311" again|strong="H6440".” So|strong="H7121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w went|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w and|strong="H6030"\+w* \+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w her|strong="H7121"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H6030"\+w*} she|strong="H7121" came|strong="H4428" in|strong="H4428" and|strong="H6030" stood|strong="H5975" in|strong="H4428" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428". 
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\verseNumber{29-30}Then|strong="H0227" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" rescued|strong="H5337" me|strong="H0413" from|strong="H4480" all|strong="H3605" my|strong="H8104" troubles|strong="H6869". I|strong="H0589" promised|strong="H1696" you|strong="H0859", with|strong="H5973" Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" whom|strong="H0834" we|strong="H0587" Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w*} listening|strong="H8085", that|strong="H0834" your|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121" Solomon|strong="H8010" would|strong="H0014" be|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4428" after|strong="H0310" I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H1961" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H5750" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428". Today|strong="H3117", as|strong="H0834" surely|strong="H4191" as|strong="H0834" Yahweh|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H5315", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H0589"\+w* \+w solemnly|strong="H7650"\+w* \+w declare|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w that|strong="H0834"\+w*} I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H4100" I|strong="H0589" promised|strong="H1696".” 
\verseNumber{31}Bathsheba|strong="H1339" knelt|strong="H5307" down|strong="H7812" with|strong="H4428" her|strong="H3605" face|strong="H6440" on|strong="H2421" the|strong="H7812" ground|strong="H0776" and|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559", “Your|strong="H1732" Majesty|strong="H1926", I|strong="H0589" hope|strong="H3176"/desire|strong="H8378" that|strong="H4428" you|strong="H5769" will|strong="H4428" live|strong="H2421" for|strong="H4428" many|strong="H7227" more|strong="H5769" years|strong="H8141" [HYP]!” 
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\verseNumber{32}Then|strong="H4428" King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H7121", “Summon|strong="H7121" Zadok|strong="H6659" the|strong="H6440" priest|strong="H3548", Nathan|strong="H5416" the|strong="H6440" prophet|strong="H5030", and|strong="H1121" Benaiah|strong="H1141".” \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w someone|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w went|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w summoned|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w them|strong="H6440"\+w*.} When|strong="H1121" they|strong="H6440" came|strong="H3548" in|strong="H4428", 
\verseNumber{33}he|strong="H8010" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3381" them|strong="H5921", “Put|strong="H7392" my|strong="H3947" son|strong="H1121" Solomon|strong="H8010" on|strong="H5921" my|strong="H3947" mule|strong="H6506". Take|strong="H3947" him|strong="H5921" with|strong="H5973" my|strong="H3947" officials|strong="H5650" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" Gihon|strong="H1521" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Spring|strong="H6779"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{34}There|strong="H8033", you|strong="H5921" two|strong="H2421", Zadok|strong="H6659" and|strong="H3478" Nathan|strong="H5416", should|strong="H3478" anoint|strong="H4886" him|strong="H5921", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w olive|strong="H2132"\+w* \+w oil|strong="H4886"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w appoint|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3478"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478". Then|strong="H4428" you|strong="H5921" must|strong="H3478" blow|strong="H8628" trumpets|strong="H7782", and|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w there|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w must|strong="H3478"\+w*} shout|strong="H7321", ‘We|strong="H8033" hope|strong="H3176"/desire|strong="H8378" that|strong="H3478" King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010" will|strong="H4428" live|strong="H2421" for|strong="H5921" many|strong="H7227" years|strong="H8141"!’ 
\verseNumber{35}Then|strong="H1961" follow|strong="H1961" him|strong="H5921" back|strong="H5927" here|strong="H5921", and|strong="H3063" he|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1961" come|strong="H5927" and|strong="H3063" sit|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5921" throne|strong="H3678". He|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1961" then|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4427" instead|strong="H8478" of|strong="H3427" me|strong="H5921". I|strong="H5921" have|strong="H1961" appointed|strong="H6680" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" ruler|strong="H5057" of|strong="H3427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3427"\+w*} Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3063" of|strong="H3427" Judah|strong="H3063".” 
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\verseNumber{36}Benaiah|strong="H1141" replied|strong="H6030", “We|strong="H0587" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068"! We|strong="H0587" hope|strong="H3176"/wish|strong="H2896" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", who|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w our|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w God|strong="H3068"\+w*}, will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H3651" it|strong="H3651" to|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H1961"! 
\verseNumber{37}King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732", Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" helped|strong="H5826" you|strong="H5973"; we|strong="H0587" hope|strong="H3176"/wish|strong="H2896" that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3651" will|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" help|strong="H1961" Solomon|strong="H8010" and|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" him|strong="H5973" to|strong="H3068" become|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" greater|strong="H1431" king|strong="H4428" than|strong="H4428" you|strong="H5973" have|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961".” 
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\verseNumber{38}So|strong="H3381" Zadok|strong="H6659", Nathan|strong="H5416", Benaiah|strong="H1141", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" two|strong="H8147" groups|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3548" were|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" king’s|strong="H4428" bodyguards went|strong="H3212" and|strong="H1121" put|strong="H7392" Solomon|strong="H8010" on|strong="H5921" King|strong="H4428" David’s|strong="H1732" mule|strong="H6506" and|strong="H1121" escorted|strong="H7971" him|strong="H5921" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" Gihon|strong="H1521" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Spring|strong="H6779"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{39}There|strong="H4480" Zadok|strong="H6659" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3605" container|strong="H3627" of|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w olive|strong="H8081"\+w*} oil|strong="H8081" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" and|strong="H4428" ◄anointed|strong="H4886"/poured|strong="H8081" some|strong="H4480" oil|strong="H8081" on|strong="H3605"► Solomon|strong="H8010". Then|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3605" trumpets|strong="H7782" were|strong="H5971" blown|strong="H8628", and|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" shouted|strong="H7321", “We|strong="H3605" hope|strong="H3176"/wish|strong="H2896" that|strong="H5971" King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010" will|strong="H4428" live|strong="H2421" for|strong="H4428" many|strong="H7227" years|strong="H8141"!” 
\verseNumber{40}Then|strong="H5927" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" followed|strong="H5927" him|strong="H6963" back|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, shouting|strong="H6963" joyfully|strong="H8057" and|strong="H1419" playing|strong="H2490" flutes|strong="H2485". They|strong="H5971" shouted|strong="H7321" very|strong="H1419" loudly|strong="H6963", with|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3605" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776" shook|strong="H1234". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Adonijah’s|strong="H0138" reaction }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Adonijah’s|strong="H0138" reaction }
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\verseNumber{41}When|strong="H8085" Adonijah|strong="H0138" and|strong="H6963" all|strong="H3605" ◄his|strong="H3605" guests|strong="H7121"/the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H8085" whom|strong="H1992" he|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3097" invited|strong="H7121"► were|strong="H1992" finishing|strong="H3635" eating|strong="H0398" at|strong="H6963" their|strong="H3605" celebration|strong="H8057", they|strong="H1992" heard|strong="H8085" the|strong="H3605" noise|strong="H6963". When|strong="H8085" Joab|strong="H3097" heard|strong="H8085" the|strong="H3605" sound|strong="H6963" of|strong="H6963" the|strong="H3605" trumpets|strong="H7782", he|strong="H3605" asked|strong="H7592", “What|strong="H6963" is|strong="H3605" causinng all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" noise|strong="H6963" in|strong="H8085" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H7151"?” 
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\verseNumber{42}While|strong="H5750" he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1121" still|strong="H5750" speaking|strong="H1696", Jonathan|strong="H3129", the|strong="H3588" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Abiathar|strong="H0054" the|strong="H3588" priest|strong="H3548", arrived|strong="H0935". Adonijah|strong="H0138" said|strong="H1696", “Come|strong="H5750" in|strong="H1696"! You|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1121" a|strong="H3588" man|strong="H1121" whom|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" can|strong="H1121" trust|strong="H0982", so|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H1121" be|strong="H5750" bringing|strong="H1319" us|strong="H3588" good|strong="H2896" news|strong="H1319"!” 
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\verseNumber{43}Jonathan|strong="H3129" replied|strong="H6030", “No|strong="H3808", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H4427"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w not|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w have|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w good|strong="H2896"\+w* \+w news|strong="H1319"\+w*}! His|strong="H1732" Majesty|strong="H1926", King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732", has|strong="H4428" caused|strong="H5414" Solomon|strong="H8010" to|strong="H4428" be|strong="H4428" the|strong="H1732" king|strong="H4428"! 
\verseNumber{44}He|strong="H5921" sent|strong="H7971" Zadok|strong="H6659", Nathan|strong="H5416", Benaiah|strong="H1141", and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H7971" own|strong="H3548" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H1121" bodyguards to|strong="H7971" go|strong="H7971" with|strong="H5921" Solomon|strong="H7971". They|strong="H5921" put|strong="H7971" Solomon|strong="H7971" on|strong="H5921" King|strong="H4428" David’s|strong="H1732" mule|strong="H6506". 
\verseNumber{45}They|strong="H8033" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w went|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w down|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5927"\+w*} Gihon|strong="H1521" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Spring|strong="H5927"\+w*}, and|strong="H4428" there|strong="H8033" Zadok|strong="H6659" and|strong="H4428" Nathan|strong="H5416" anointed|strong="H4886" him|strong="H6963" to|strong="H5927" become|strong="H1961" the|strong="H8085" king|strong="H4428". Now|strong="H8085" they|strong="H8033" have|strong="H5030" returned|strong="H5927" from|strong="H5927" there|strong="H8033" to|strong="H5927" the|strong="H8085" city|strong="H7151", shouting|strong="H6963" joyfully|strong="H8056". That|strong="H8085" is|strong="H1931" why|strong="H4100" there|strong="H8033" is|strong="H1931" that|strong="H8085" great|strong="H1419"/loud|strong="H8085" noise|strong="H6963" that|strong="H8085" you|strong="H4886" are|strong="H5030" hearing|strong="H8085". 
\verseNumber{46}So|strong="H1571" Solomon|strong="H8010" is|strong="H1571" now|strong="H1571" our|strong="H5921" king|strong="H3678" [MTY]. 
\verseNumber{47}Furthermore|strong="H1571", the|strong="H5921" palace|strong="H1004" officials|strong="H5650" came|strong="H5650" to|strong="H5921" His|strong="H1732" Majesty|strong="H1926", King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732", to|strong="H5921" tell|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5921" that|strong="H4428" they|strong="H5921" approved|strong="H3477" of|strong="H4428" what|strong="H1571" he|strong="H1732" had|strong="H1732" done|strong="H3190". They|strong="H5921" said|strong="H0559", ‘We|strong="H8034" wish|strong="H2896"/hope|strong="H3176" that|strong="H4428" our|strong="H5921" God|strong="H3190" will|strong="H4428" enable|strong="H7980" Solomon|strong="H8010" [MTY] to|strong="H5921" become|strong="H1431" more|strong="H5921" famous|strong="H8034" than|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921" have|strong="H1571" been|strong="H1961" and|strong="H4428" enable|strong="H7980" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H8034" a|strong="H5921" better|strong="H3190" king|strong="H4428" than|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921" have|strong="H1571" been|strong="H1961".’ When|strong="H5921" they|strong="H5921" said|strong="H0559" that|strong="H4428", the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428", lying|strong="H4904" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H1732" bed|strong="H4904", bowed|strong="H7812" his|strong="H1732" head|strong="H7218" to|strong="H5921" worship|strong="H7812" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{48}Then|strong="H1571" he|strong="H3117" said|strong="H0559", ‘I|strong="H3117" praise|strong="H1288" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H5921" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H5869" we|strong="H3117" Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H3478"\+w*}, because|strong="H5921" he|strong="H3117" has|strong="H3068" allowed|strong="H5414" one|strong="H7200" of|strong="H4428" my|strong="H5414" sons|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3478" become|strong="H7200" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" today|strong="H3117", and|strong="H3478" has|strong="H3068" permitted|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" see|strong="H7200" it|strong="H5414" happen|strong="H1961".’” 
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\verseNumber{49}Then|strong="H6965" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1870" Adonijah’s|strong="H0138" guests|strong="H7121" ◄trembled|strong="H2729"/were|strong="H1870" afraid|strong="H2729"►, so|strong="H7121" they|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" immediately|strong="H6965" got|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" left|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" scattered|strong="H6327". 
\verseNumber{50}Adonijah|strong="H0138" was|strong="H8010" afraid|strong="H3372" of|strong="H6440" what|strong="H3372" Solomon|strong="H8010" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w would|strong="H8010"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w*}, so|strong="H6965" he|strong="H8010" went|strong="H3212" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w Sacred|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w Tent|strong="H0168"\+w*} and|strong="H6965" grabbed|strong="H2388" the|strong="H6440" projections|strong="H3027" at|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" corners|strong="H6285" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" altar|strong="H4196", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w he|strong="H8010"\+w* \+w knew|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="H4196"\+w* \+w no|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w one|strong="H0259"\+w* \+w would|strong="H8010"\+w* \+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w him|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w there|strong="H6965"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{51}But|strong="H2009" someone|strong="H4191" told|strong="H5046" Solomon|strong="H8010", “Hey|strong="H1945"/Listen|strong="H2009", Adonijah|strong="H0138" is|strong="H3117" afraid|strong="H3372" of|strong="H4428" you|strong="H3117", so|strong="H4191" he|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w has|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w gone|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w Sacred|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w Tent|strong="H0168"\+w* \+w and|strong="H4428"\+w* } is|strong="H3117" holding|strong="H2388" on|strong="H3117" to|strong="H4191" the|strong="H3117" corners|strong="H6285" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3117" altar|strong="H4196". He|strong="H3117" is|strong="H3117" saying|strong="H0559", ‘\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Before|strong="H2719"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w leave|strong="H5800"\+w*,} I|strong="H3117" want|strong="H4270" King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010" to|strong="H4191" solemnly|strong="H7650" promise|strong="H7650" that|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" will|strong="H4428" not|strong="H3372" command|strong="H6680" that|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H4191".’” 
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\verseNumber{52}Solomon|strong="H8010" replied|strong="H0559", “If|strong="H1961" he|strong="H8010" proves|strong="H4480" that|strong="H1121" he|strong="H8010" is|strong="H7451" loyal|strong="H0310" to|strong="H4191" me|strong="H4672", I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" harm|strong="H7451" him|strong="H4672" at|strong="H4191" all|strong="H4191" [IDM]. But|strong="H3808" if|strong="H1961" he|strong="H8010" does|strong="H3808" anything|strong="H3808" that|strong="H1121" is|strong="H7451" wrong|strong="H7451", he|strong="H8010" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" executed|strong="H4191".” 
\verseNumber{53}So|strong="H7971" King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010" sent|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w men|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w Adonijah|strong="H0138"\+w*}, and|strong="H7971" they|strong="H5921" brought|strong="H3381" him|strong="H5921" back|strong="H3212" from|strong="H3381" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196". He|strong="H1004" came|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" Solomon|strong="H8010" and|strong="H7971" bowed|strong="H7812" down|strong="H3381" in|strong="H5921" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4428" him|strong="H5921". Then|strong="H7971" Solomon|strong="H8010" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3381" him|strong="H5921", “Go|strong="H3212" home|strong="H1004".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{David’s final instructions before he died }

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\chapterNumber{2}When|strong="H3117" David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w knew|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3117"\+w*} was|strong="H1732" about|strong="H3117" to|strong="H4191" die|strong="H4191", he|strong="H3117" gave|strong="H6680" these|strong="H1732" final|strong="H0319" instructions|strong="H6680" to|strong="H4191" his|strong="H1732" son|strong="H1121" Solomon|strong="H8010": 
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\verseNumber{2}“I|strong="H1980" am|strong="H1961" about|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1980" die|strong="H1980" [EUP], like|strong="H1961" everyone|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3605" on|strong="H1980" earth|strong="H0776" does|strong="H6213". Be|strong="H1961" courageous|strong="H2388" and|strong="H1980" conduct|strong="H1870" yourself|strong="H0859" as|strong="H1961" an|strong="H1961" adult should|strong="H1980". 
\verseNumber{3}Do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" tells|strong="H1696" you|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213". Conduct|strong="H1870" yourself|strong="H6213" as|strong="H6213" he|strong="H8033" wants|strong="H2656" you|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213". Obey|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3605" laws|strong="H8451" and|strong="H4872" commands|strong="H4687" and|strong="H4872" precepts|strong="H4687" and|strong="H4872" instructions|strong="H4687" that|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3068" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" laws|strong="H8451" that|strong="H3605" Moses|strong="H4872" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w gave|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w us|strong="H6213"\+w*}. Do|strong="H6213" this|strong="H6213" in|strong="H3068" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3068" prosper|strong="H7919" in|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" do|strong="H6213" and|strong="H4872" wherever|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" go|strong="H3212". 
\verseNumber{4}If|strong="H1121" you|strong="H6440" continually|strong="H3605" do|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3605", Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" he|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H1696" me|strong="H6440": He|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696", ‘If|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H1121" do|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" I|strong="H5921" tell|strong="H1696" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H3068", and|strong="H1121" faithfully|strong="H0571" obey|strong="H8104" my|strong="H8104" commands|strong="H1870" with|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" inner|strong="H6442" beings|strong="H5315", they|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" always|strong="H3605" be|strong="H3808" [LIT|strong="H0215"] the|strong="H3605" ones|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3068" rule|strong="H1697" [MTY] Israel|strong="H3478".’ 
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\verseNumber{5}“here|strong="H7760" is|strong="H1571" something|strong="H1697" else|strong="H5750" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w I|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w*}. You|strong="H5414" know|strong="H3045" what|strong="H3045" Joab|strong="H3097" did|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H5414". He|strong="H6213" killed|strong="H2026" my|strong="H5414" two|strong="H8147" army|strong="H6635" commanders|strong="H8269", Abner|strong="H0074" and|strong="H1121" Amasa|strong="H6021". He|strong="H6213" murdered|strong="H2026" them|strong="H5414" violently|strong="H3966" [MTY] during|strong="H3117" a|strong="H6213" time|strong="H6635" of|strong="H1121" peace|strong="H7965", pretending|strong="H7186" that|strong="H3045" it|strong="H5414" was|strong="H3478" a|strong="H6213" time|strong="H6635" of|strong="H1121" war|strong="H4421". Those|strong="H1121" two|strong="H8147" men|strong="H1121" ◄were|strong="H3478" innocent|strong="H5355"/had|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3045" done|strong="H6213" what|strong="H3045" was|strong="H3478" wrong|strong="H7451"►. But|strong="H1571" Joab|strong="H3097" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w killed|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* }caused|strong="H5414" their|strong="H5414" blood|strong="H1818" to|strong="H3478" stain|strong="H1351" his|strong="H5414" belt|strong="H2290" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5414" sandals|strong="H5275". 
\verseNumber{6}Because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H6213" are|strong="H6213" wise|strong="H2451", do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3381" him|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" think|strong="H2803" is|strong="H2451" best|strong="H2459" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w*}, but|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" him|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3381" become|strong="H6213" old|strong="H7872" [MTY] and|strong="H2451" then|strong="H6213" die|strong="H4191" [IDM] peacefully|strong="H7965". 
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\verseNumber{7}“ut be|strong="H1961" kind|strong="H4327" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6440" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Barzillai|strong="H1271", the|strong="H6440" man|strong="H1121" from|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* } Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1961" sure|strong="H0539" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" always|strong="H3605" have|strong="H1961" enough|strong="H6213" food|strong="H3899" to|strong="H1961" eat|strong="H0398" [MTY]. Do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588" because|strong="H3588" Barzillai|strong="H1271" helped|strong="H5826" me|strong="H6440" when|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1961" running|strong="H1961" away|strong="H1272" from|strong="H6440" your|strong="H6440" older|strong="H1419" brother|strong="H0251" Absalom|strong="H0053". 
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\verseNumber{8}Also|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w remember|strong="H2142"\+w*} Gera’s son|strong="H1121" Shimei|strong="H8096" from|strong="H3381" Bahurim|strong="H0980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" area|strong="H1508" where|strong="H2009" the|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1145" live|strong="H3117". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w did|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5973"\+w*}. He|strong="H1931" cursed|strong="H7043" me|strong="H5973" terribly|strong="H6206" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3068" day|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w left|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w*} went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3381" Mahanaim|strong="H4266" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. But|strong="H2009" when|strong="H3117" he|strong="H1931" later|strong="H0310" came|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" see|strong="H2009" me|strong="H5973" at|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*}, I|strong="H3117" solemnly|strong="H7650" promised|strong="H7650", while|strong="H3117" Yahweh|strong="H3068" listened|strong="H8085" [MTY], that|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" would|strong="H3068" not|strong="H4191" cause|strong="H2600" him|strong="H5973" to|strong="H3381" be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{9}But|strong="H3588" now|strong="H6258" you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H1818" [LIT|strong="H0215"] surely|strong="H3588" punish|strong="H6213" him|strong="H6213". You|strong="H3588" are|strong="H2450" a|strong="H6213" wise|strong="H2450" man|strong="H2450", so|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H2450" know|strong="H3045" what|strong="H3045" you|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3381" him|strong="H6213". He|strong="H3588" is|strong="H1818" an|strong="H6213" old|strong="H7872" man|strong="H2450" [MTY], but|strong="H3588" be|strong="H1818" sure|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w loses|strong="H0582"\+w*/\+w sheds|strong="H8210"\+w*} a|strong="H6213" lot|strong="H1486" of|strong="H1818" blood|strong="H1818" when|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" kill|strong="H2026" him|strong="H6213" [MTY].” 
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\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="H1732" David|strong="H1732" died|strong="H4191" [EUP] and|strong="H5892" was|strong="H1732" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H6912" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w part|strong="H7992"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w which|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w called|strong="H7121"\+w*} ‘The|strong="H5973" City|strong="H5892" of|strong="H5892" David’. 
\verseNumber{11}David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H3478" been|strong="H4427" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4427" of|strong="H3117" Israel|strong="H3478" for|strong="H5921" 40 years|strong="H8141": He|strong="H3117" ruled|strong="H4427" for|strong="H5921" seven|strong="H7651" years|strong="H8141" in|strong="H5921" Hebron|strong="H2275" and|strong="H3478" for|strong="H5921" 33 years|strong="H8141" in|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{12}Solomon|strong="H8010" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H5921" ruler|strong="H3427"/king|strong="H4428" [MTY] to|strong="H5921" take|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5921" place|strong="H3427" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H1732" father|strong="H0001" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H4428" took|strong="H4428" control|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" all|strong="H5921" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" kingdom|strong="H4428". 

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\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Solomon|strong="H8010" had|strong="H1732" Adonijah|strong="H0138" killed|strong="H2026" }
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\verseNumber{13}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w One|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*} Adonijah|strong="H0138" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H1121" Solomon’s|strong="H8010" mother|strong="H0517" Bathsheba|strong="H1339". She|strong="H1931" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H1121" him|strong="H8010", “Have|strong="H1121" you|strong="H0859" come|strong="H0935" because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859" want|strong="H4270" things|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1121" go|strong="H1980" well|strong="H7965"?” He|strong="H8010" replied|strong="H0559", “Yes|strong="H3588".” 
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\verseNumber{14}But|strong="H1696" then|strong="H1696" he|strong="H1696" said|strong="H1696", “I|strong="H1697" have|strong="H1697" something|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1696" ask|strong="H7592" you|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H1697".” She|strong="H1931" said|strong="H1696", “Tell|strong="H1696" me|strong="H1696" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w you|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w me|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w do|strong="H1697"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{15}He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H3045" expected|strong="H7760" me|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1961" their|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w am|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w David’s|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w oldest|strong="H1419"\+w* \+w surviving|strong="H3498"\+w* \+w son|strong="H1121"\+w*}. But|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3045" happen|strong="H1961". Instead|strong="H3588", my|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w younger|strong="H6810"\+w*} brother|strong="H0251" became|strong="H4427" king|strong="H4427", because|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3045" Yahweh|strong="H3068" wanted|strong="H2654". 
\verseNumber{16}Now|strong="H6258" I|strong="H6258" have|strong="H6258" one|strong="H7596" thing|strong="H7596" that|strong="H7725" I|strong="H6258" ask|strong="H7592" you|strong="H6440" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H6213". Please|strong="H4994" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H1696" refuse|strong="H7725" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H6213" it|strong="H7725".” She|strong="H6440" replied|strong="H1696", “Tell|strong="H1696" me|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w me|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{17}He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “Please|strong="H4994" ask|strong="H4428" King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010" to|strong="H7725" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H7725" me|strong="H5414" Abishag|strong="H0049", the|strong="H6440" woman|strong="H0802" from|strong="H7725" Shunem|strong="H7766" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, to|strong="H7725" be|strong="H3808" my|strong="H5414" wife|strong="H0802". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w am|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w sure|strong="H0539"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4428" not|strong="H3808" refuse|strong="H7725".” 
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\verseNumber{18}Bathsheba|strong="H1339" replied|strong="H1696", “Okay, I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H4428" speak|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" for|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921".” 
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\verseNumber{19}So|strong="H6965" Bathsheba|strong="H1339" went|strong="H4428" to|strong="H1696" King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010", to|strong="H1696" tell|strong="H1696" him|strong="H5921" what|strong="H1696" Adonijah|strong="H0138" wanted|strong="H2654". The|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" got|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w his|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w throne|strong="H3678"\+w*} and|strong="H6965" went|strong="H4428" to|strong="H1696" greet|strong="H7592" her|strong="H5921" and|strong="H6965" bowed|strong="H7812" down|strong="H7812" to|strong="H1696" her|strong="H5921". Then|strong="H6965" he|strong="H8010" sat|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H7760" throne|strong="H3678" again|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" asked|strong="H1696" someone|strong="H0376" to|strong="H1696" bring|strong="H7760" a|strong="H7760" chair|strong="H3678" for|strong="H5921" her|strong="H5921". So|strong="H6965" she|strong="H5921" sat|strong="H3427" down|strong="H7812" at|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5921" king’s|strong="H4428" right|strong="H3225" side|strong="H3225". 
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\verseNumber{20}Then|strong="H7725" she|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H4428" one|strong="H3808" small|strong="H6996" thing|strong="H3588" which|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" want|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H7725" do|strong="H6213"; please|strong="H4994" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" say|strong="H7725" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4428" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" it|strong="H3588".” The|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" replied|strong="H0559", “Mother|strong="H0517", what|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588" want|strong="H3808"? I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4428" not|strong="H3808" refuse|strong="H7725" you|strong="H3588".” 
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\verseNumber{21}She|strong="H1931" said|strong="H0559", “Allow|strong="H5414" Abishag|strong="H0049" to|strong="H5414" be|strong="H5414" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" your|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w older|strong="H1419"\+w*} brother|strong="H0251" Adonijah|strong="H0138" to|strong="H5414" be|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5414" wife|strong="H0802".” 
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\verseNumber{22}The|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" replied|strong="H6030" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w angrily|strong="H2195"\+w*}, “What|strong="H4100"? Are|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3588" requesting me|strong="H4480" to|strong="H1121" give|strong="H6030" Abishag|strong="H0049" to|strong="H1121" Adonijah|strong="H0138"? \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Does|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w me|strong="H4480"\+w*} to|strong="H1121" allow|strong="H5414" him|strong="H1931" to|strong="H1121" rule|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3588" kingdom|strong="H4410", too|strong="H4480"? Because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" my|strong="H3588" older|strong="H1419" brother|strong="H0251", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w does|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w think|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w should|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w*}? Does|strong="H4100" he|strong="H1931" think|strong="H2803" that|strong="H3588" Abiathar|strong="H0054" should|strong="H4100" be|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" priest|strong="H3548" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w instead|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Zadok|strong="H6659"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3588" Joab|strong="H3097" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w should|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w commander|strong="H8269"\+w* \+w instead|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Benaiah|strong="H1141"\+w*} because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" supported|strong="H0310" him|strong="H1931" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w tried|strong="H6884"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w become|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w*}?” 
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\verseNumber{23}Then|strong="H1696" Solomon|strong="H8010" solemnly|strong="H7650" promised|strong="H1696", requesting Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H1696" listen|strong="H8085", “I|strong="H3588" wish|strong="H1697" God|strong="H3068" would|strong="H3068" strike|strong="H5221" me|strong="H5315" and|strong="H3068" kill|strong="H2026" me|strong="H5315" if|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" cause|strong="H1697" Adonijah|strong="H0138" to|strong="H1696" be|strong="H1697" executed|strong="H6213" for|strong="H3588" requesting this|strong="H2088"! 
\verseNumber{24}Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" appointed|strong="H6213" me|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1696" be|strong="H4191" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H3678" and|strong="H3068" placed|strong="H3427" me|strong="H5921" here|strong="H6258" to|strong="H1696" rule|strong="H3427" [MTY] as|strong="H3117" my|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001" David|strong="H1732" did|strong="H6213". He|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H1696" that|strong="H3588" my|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H2233" [MTY] will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H4191" the|strong="H5921" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478". So|strong="H6213" just|strong="H6213" as|strong="H3117" surely|strong="H4191" as|strong="H3117" Yahweh|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H2416", I|strong="H3588" solemnly|strong="H7650" promise|strong="H1696" that|strong="H3588" Adonijah|strong="H0138" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H6213" today|strong="H3117"!” 
\verseNumber{25}So|strong="H7971" King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010" gave|strong="H7971" orders|strong="H0560" to|strong="H4191" Benaiah|strong="H1141" to|strong="H4191" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w go|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w*} kill|strong="H4191" Adonijah|strong="H0138", and|strong="H1121" Benaiah|strong="H1141" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H4428". 
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\verseNumber{26}Then|strong="H2088" Solomon|strong="H8010" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H4191" Abiathar|strong="H0054" the|strong="H3605" priest|strong="H3548", “Go|strong="H3212" to|strong="H4191" Anathoth|strong="H6068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, to|strong="H4191" your|strong="H3605" land|strong="H7704" there|strong="H2088". You|strong="H3588" deserve|strong="H0376" to|strong="H4191" be|strong="H4191" killed|strong="H4191", but|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4428" not|strong="H3808" execute|strong="H4191" you|strong="H3588" now|strong="H3117", because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" were|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H2088" who|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w supervised|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w men|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3605"\+w*} carried|strong="H5375" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" Sacred|strong="H6944" Chest|strong="H0727" for|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732" my|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001", and|strong="H4428" you|strong="H3588" endured|strong="H5375" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" troubles|strong="H6869" that|strong="H3588" my|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" endured|strong="H5375".” 
\verseNumber{27}So|strong="H1961" Solomon|strong="H8010" dismissed|strong="H1644" Abiathar|strong="H0054" from|strong="H5921" being|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" priest|strong="H3548" of|strong="H1004" Yahweh|strong="H3068". By|strong="H5921" doing|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1696" happen|strong="H1961" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w many|strong="H7227"\+w* \+w years|strong="H8141"\+w* \+w previously|strong="H8543"\+w*} at|strong="H5921" Shiloh|strong="H7887", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w some|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w would|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w get|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w rid|strong="H5337"\+w*} of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" descendants|strong="H2233" [MTY] of|strong="H1004" Eli|strong="H5941". 
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\verseNumber{28}Joab|strong="H3097" had|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" supported|strong="H5186" Absalom|strong="H0053" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w tried|strong="H6884"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w become|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w*}, but|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3068" supported|strong="H5186" Adonijah|strong="H0138". So|strong="H3808" when|strong="H3588" Joab|strong="H3097" heard|strong="H3588" what|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3068" happened|strong="H1961", he|strong="H3588" ran|strong="H5127" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3588" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3588" grasped|strong="H0270" the|strong="H3588" projections|strong="H3027" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" corners|strong="H6285" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" altar|strong="H4196", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w knew|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w no|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w one|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w would|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5186"\+w* \+w there|strong="H5704"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{29}When|strong="H3588" someone|strong="H0376" told|strong="H5046" Solomon|strong="H8010" that|strong="H3588" Joab|strong="H3097" had|strong="H3068" run|strong="H5127" to|strong="H3212" the|strong="H3588" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" and|strong="H1121" was|strong="H3068" standing|strong="H5975" alongside|strong="H5980" the|strong="H3588" altar|strong="H4196", Solomon|strong="H8010" told|strong="H5046" Benaiah|strong="H1141", “Go|strong="H3212" and|strong="H1121" execute|strong="H6213" Joab|strong="H3097".” 
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\verseNumber{30}So|strong="H3541" Benaiah|strong="H1141" went|strong="H3318" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3588" Sacred|strong="H6944" Tent|strong="H0168" and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Joab|strong="H3097", “The|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" commands|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H1696" come|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318"!” But|strong="H3588" Joab|strong="H3097" replied|strong="H6030", “No|strong="H3808", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" die|strong="H4191" here|strong="H6311".” So|strong="H3541" Benaiah|strong="H1141" went|strong="H3318" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H3068" reported|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w said|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w Joab|strong="H3097"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H3068"\+w*} what|strong="H1697" Joab|strong="H3097" had|strong="H3068" replied|strong="H6030". 
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\verseNumber{31}The|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" replied|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H5921", “Do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" he|strong="H6213" has|strong="H4428" requested|strong="H7592". Kill|strong="H6293" him|strong="H5921" and|strong="H4428" bury|strong="H6912" his|strong="H5921" body|strong="H1320". If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H5921" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H4428", my|strong="H5921" descendants|strong="H2233" [MTY] and|strong="H4428" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H4428" no|strong="H6213" longer|strong="H5493" be|strong="H4428" punished|strong="H6485" for|strong="H5921" what|strong="H6213" Joab|strong="H3097" did|strong="H6213" when|strong="H1696" he|strong="H6213" killed|strong="H2026" [MTY] two|strong="H6213" men|strong="H6213" who|strong="H4428" ◄were|strong="H4428" innocent|strong="H2600"/had|strong="H4428" not|strong="H6213" done|strong="H6213" anything|strong="H6213" that|strong="H4428" is|strong="H4428" wrong|strong="H7451"►. 
\verseNumber{32}But|strong="H3808" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" punish|strong="H6485" [MTY] Joab|strong="H3097" for|strong="H5921" attacking|strong="H5221" and|strong="H1121" killing|strong="H2026" Abner|strong="H0074", the|strong="H5921" commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" army|strong="H6635" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H1121" Amasa|strong="H6021", the|strong="H5921" commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" army|strong="H6635" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063", two|strong="H8147" men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3068" were|strong="H3478" more|strong="H4480" righteous|strong="H6662" and|strong="H1121" better|strong="H2896" [DOU] men|strong="H1121" than|strong="H4480" he|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068". My|strong="H3068" father|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732" did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" even|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3045" Joab|strong="H3097" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w planning|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w murder|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{33}Joab|strong="H3097" and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H2233" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" punished|strong="H6485" [IDM] forever|strong="H5769" for|strong="H5704" his|strong="H3068" murdering Abner|strong="H0074" and|strong="H3068" Amasa|strong="H6021". But|strong="H1961" things|strong="H5973" will|strong="H3068" forever|strong="H5769" go|strong="H7725" well|strong="H7965" for|strong="H5704" David’s|strong="H1732" descendants|strong="H2233" [MTY] who|strong="H3068" rule|strong="H4910" [MTY] as|strong="H5704" King|strong="H3678" David|strong="H1732" did|strong="H3068".” 
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\verseNumber{34}So|strong="H5927" Benaiah|strong="H1141" went|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w into|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w Sacred|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w Tent|strong="H0168"\+w*} and|strong="H1121" killed|strong="H4191" Joab|strong="H3097". Joab|strong="H3097" was|strong="H1004" buried|strong="H6912" on|strong="H5927" his|strong="H6912" property|strong="H0272" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5927" desert|strong="H4057" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w part|strong="H7992"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{35}Then|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" appointed|strong="H5414" Benaiah|strong="H1141" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" army|strong="H6635" instead|strong="H8478" of|strong="H1121" Joab|strong="H3097", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H5414" appointed|strong="H5414" Zadok|strong="H6659" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" priest|strong="H3548" instead|strong="H8478" of|strong="H1121" Abiathar|strong="H0054". 
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\verseNumber{36}Then|strong="H3318" the|strong="H1129" king|strong="H4428" sent|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H1129"\+w* \+w messenger|strong="H4397"\+w*} to|strong="H3318" summon|strong="H7121" Shimei|strong="H8096", and|strong="H7971" the|strong="H1129" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3318" him|strong="H7121", “Build|strong="H1129" a|strong="H1129" house|strong="H1004" for|strong="H7121" yourself|strong="H8033" here|strong="H8033" in|strong="H3427" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". Remain|strong="H3427" there|strong="H8033" and|strong="H7971" do|strong="H3318" not|strong="H3808" leave|strong="H3318" the|strong="H1129" city|strong="H5892" to|strong="H3318" go|strong="H3318" anywhere|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{37}Be|strong="H1961" sure|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" leave|strong="H3318" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H3117" go|strong="H3318" across|strong="H5674" the|strong="H3588" Kidron|strong="H6939" Brook|strong="H5158", you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" executed|strong="H4191", and|strong="H3117" it|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" ◄your|strong="H3045" own|strong="H1961" fault|strong="H3972"/what|strong="H3045" you|strong="H3588" deserve|strong="H0376"►.” 
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\verseNumber{38}Shimei|strong="H8096" replied|strong="H1696", “Your|strong="H6213" Majesty|strong="H1926", what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3117" say|strong="H1696" is|strong="H3117" good|strong="H2896". I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H4428" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3117" have|strong="H5650" said|strong="H1696".” So|strong="H3651" Shimei|strong="H8096" remained|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" for|strong="H6213" several|strong="H2669" years|strong="H3117". 
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\verseNumber{39}But|strong="H1961" three|strong="H7969" years|strong="H8141" later|strong="H7093", two|strong="H8147" of|strong="H1121" Shimei’s slaves|strong="H5650" ran|strong="H1272" away|strong="H1272". They|strong="H8141" went|strong="H4428" to|strong="H1961" stay|strong="H3427" with|strong="H4428" Maacah’s son|strong="H1121" Achish|strong="H0397", the|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Gath|strong="H1661" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. When|strong="H1961" someone|strong="H0376" told|strong="H5046" Shimei|strong="H8096" that|strong="H4428" they|strong="H8141" were|strong="H1961" in|strong="H8141" Gath|strong="H1661", 
\verseNumber{40}he|strong="H3212" put|strong="H2280" a|strong="H6965" saddle|strong="H2280" on|strong="H3212" his|strong="H6965" donkey|strong="H2543" and|strong="H6965" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w got|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w on|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w it|strong="H1245"\+w* \+w and|strong="H6965"\+w*} went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" Gath|strong="H1661". He|strong="H3212" found|strong="H4672" his|strong="H6965" slaves|strong="H5650" staying|strong="H3427" with|strong="H3212" King|strong="H4428" Achish|strong="H0397" and|strong="H6965" brought|strong="H3212" them|strong="H5414" back|strong="H3212" home|strong="H3212". 
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\verseNumber{41}But|strong="H3588" someone|strong="H0376" told|strong="H5046" King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010" that|strong="H3588" Shimei|strong="H8096" had|strong="H8010" gone|strong="H1980" from|strong="H7725" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" to|strong="H1980" Gath|strong="H1661" and|strong="H1980" had|strong="H8010" returned|strong="H7725". 
\verseNumber{42}So|strong="H1980" the|strong="H8085" king|strong="H4428" sent|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w soldier|strong="H6635"\+w*} to|strong="H1980" summon|strong="H7121" Shimei|strong="H8096" and|strong="H1980" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1980" him|strong="H7121", “I|strong="H3588" told|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H1980" solemnly|strong="H7650" promise|strong="H1697", knowing|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" [MTY] was|strong="H3068" listening|strong="H8085", that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" not|strong="H3808" leave|strong="H1980" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". I|strong="H3588" told|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3588" [RHQ], ‘Be|strong="H4191" sure|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" ever|strong="H3117" leave|strong="H1980" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H4191".’ And|strong="H1980" you|strong="H3588" replied|strong="H0559" [RHQ] to|strong="H1980" me|strong="H7971", ‘What|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697" is|strong="H3068" good|strong="H2896"; I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697".’ 
\verseNumber{43}So|strong="H3808" why|strong="H4069" did|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6680" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H3068" what|strong="H4687" you|strong="H6680" solemnly|strong="H7621" promised|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068"? Why|strong="H4069" did|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6680" disobey|strong="H0854" what|strong="H4687" I|strong="H5921" commanded|strong="H6680" you|strong="H6680"?” 
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\verseNumber{44}The|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" also|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7725" Shimei|strong="H8096", “You|strong="H3605" know|strong="H3045" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3045" you|strong="H3605" did|strong="H6213" to|strong="H7725" my|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" David|strong="H1732". So|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" now|strong="H4428" punish|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3605" for|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3045" you|strong="H3605" did|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{45}But|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" bless|strong="H1288" me|strong="H6440", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H5704" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" David’s|strong="H1732" descendants|strong="H2233" [MTY] to|strong="H5704" rule|strong="H4428" forever|strong="H5769".” 
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\verseNumber{46}Then|strong="H3318" the|strong="H6680" king|strong="H4428" gave|strong="H6680" an|strong="H3318" order|strong="H6680" to|strong="H3318" Benaiah|strong="H1141", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3027" went|strong="H3318" and|strong="H1121" killed|strong="H4191" Shimei|strong="H8096". 
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So|strong="H3318" Solomon|strong="H8010" was|strong="H4428" completely|strong="H3617" in|strong="H4428" control|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6680" kingdom|strong="H4467". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Solomon requested wisdom }

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\chapterNumber{3}Solomon|strong="H8010" went|strong="H1732" to|strong="H5704" see|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3947" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Egypt|strong="H4714". Solomon|strong="H8010" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w made|strong="H1129"\+w* \+w an|strong="H1129"\+w* \+w agreement|strong="H7284"\+w* \+w with|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w him|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w*} marry|strong="H3947" his|strong="H3068" daughter|strong="H1323". They|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" made|strong="H1129" an|strong="H1129" alliance|strong="H2859"/agreement|strong="H7284" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w armies|strong="H6635"\+w* \+w would|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w not|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w attack|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w each|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w other|strong="H0312"\+w*}. Then|strong="H3947" Solomon|strong="H8010" brought|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" king’s|strong="H4428" daughter|strong="H1323" to|strong="H5704" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w part|strong="H7992"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w called|strong="H7121"\+w*} ‘The|strong="H3947" City|strong="H5892" of|strong="H4428" David’. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w She|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w lived|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w there|strong="H5704"\+w*} until|strong="H5704" Solomon’s|strong="H8010" workers|strong="H1129" had|strong="H3068" finished|strong="H3615" building|strong="H1129" his|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3947" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" Yahweh|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3947" wall|strong="H2346" around|strong="H5439" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{2}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w At|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w time|strong="H3117"\+w*} the|strong="H3588" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" yet|strong="H3588" been|strong="H5971" built|strong="H1129", so|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3588" Israeli people|strong="H5971" were|strong="H5971" still|strong="H5971" offering|strong="H2076" sacrifices|strong="H2076" at|strong="H3068" many|strong="H5704" other|strong="H0312" places|strong="H1116" of|strong="H1004" worship|strong="H7812". 
\verseNumber{3}Solomon|strong="H8010" loved|strong="H0157" Yahweh|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H1931" obeyed|strong="H8085" all|strong="H3212" the|strong="H3068" instructions|strong="H1697" that|strong="H1931" his|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001" David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H3068" given|strong="H5414" him|strong="H1931". But|strong="H7535" he|strong="H1931" also|strong="H3068" offered|strong="H2076" sacrifices|strong="H6999" and|strong="H3068" burned|strong="H6999" incense|strong="H6999" at|strong="H3068" various|strong="H2921" altars|strong="H4196". 
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\verseNumber{4}One|strong="H1931" day|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" Gibeon|strong="H1391" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H1931"\+w*} to|strong="H3212" offer|strong="H5927" a|strong="H3588" sacrifice|strong="H2076" there|strong="H8033", because|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1931" where|strong="H8033" the|strong="H5921" most|strong="H4428" famous|strong="H8034"/important|strong="H1419" altar|strong="H4196" was|strong="H1931". In|strong="H5921" previous|strong="H7223" years|strong="H8141" he|strong="H1931" had|strong="H8010" offered|strong="H5927" hundreds|strong="H3967" of|strong="H4428" sacrifices|strong="H2076" on|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3588" altar|strong="H4196". 
\verseNumber{5}That|strong="H7200" night|strong="H3915", Yahweh|strong="H3068" appeared|strong="H7200" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H5414" in|strong="H3068" a|strong="H5414" dream|strong="H2472". He|strong="H3068" asked|strong="H7592" Solomon|strong="H8010", “What|strong="H4100" would|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5414" like|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5414"?” 
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\verseNumber{6}Solomon|strong="H8010" replied|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H5414" always|strong="H3117" greatly|strong="H1419" and|strong="H1121" faithfully|strong="H2617" loved|strong="H0157" my|strong="H8104" father|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732", who|strong="H1121" served|strong="H6440" you|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w well|strong="H5973"\+w*}. You|strong="H5414" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3117" because|strong="H5921" he|strong="H3117" ◄was|strong="H1732" faithful|strong="H2617" to|strong="H1980"/faithfully|strong="H2617" obeyed|strong="H8104"► you|strong="H5414" and|strong="H1121" acted|strong="H6213" righteously|strong="H6666" and|strong="H1121" honestly|strong="H8549" toward|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5414". And|strong="H1121" you|strong="H5414" have|strong="H1121" showed|strong="H6213" how|strong="H6213" greatly|strong="H1419" and|strong="H1121" faithfully|strong="H2617" you|strong="H5414" loved|strong="H0157" him|strong="H5414" by|strong="H5921" giving|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1980" him|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414", his|strong="H5414" son|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" now|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" am|strong="H1980" ruling|strong="H3427" [MTY] as|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" did|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w before|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w died|strong="H4191"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{7}“ow, Yahweh|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", you|strong="H3045" have|strong="H3068" appointed|strong="H3045" me|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" be|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4427" like|strong="H3318" my|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001" was|strong="H3068". But|strong="H3808" I|strong="H6258" am|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w very|strong="H6258"\+w* \+w young|strong="H5288"\+w*, \+w like|strong="H3318"\+w*} a|strong="H3318" little|strong="H6996" child|strong="H5288" [MET|strong="H6298"]. I|strong="H6258" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" how|strong="H3045" to|strong="H3318" lead|strong="H3318"/rule|strong="H4427" my|strong="H3068" people|strong="H3808" at|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3045" [IDM]. 
\verseNumber{8}I|strong="H5650" am|strong="H1961" here|strong="H6311" among|strong="H8432" the|strong="H8432" people|strong="H5971" whom|strong="H5971" you|strong="H3808" have|strong="H5971" chosen|strong="H0977". They|strong="H3808" are|strong="H5971" a|strong="H4487" very|strong="H7227" large|strong="H7230" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H5650" people|strong="H5971"; there|strong="H8432" are|strong="H5971" very|strong="H7227", very|strong="H7227" many|strong="H7227" of|strong="H5650" them|strong="H8432", with|strong="H5971" the|strong="H8432" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H5971" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" can|strong="H5650" count|strong="H5608" them|strong="H8432" [DOU]. 
\verseNumber{9}So|strong="H5414" please|strong="H2896" enable|strong="H7980" me|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3201" think|strong="H3820" clearly|strong="H3045", in|strong="H8085" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" may|strong="H3201" rule|strong="H8199" your|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w well|strong="H2896"\+w*}. Enable|strong="H7980" me|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3201" know|strong="H3045" what|strong="H4310" is|strong="H2088" good|strong="H2896" and|strong="H5971" what|strong="H4310" is|strong="H2088" evil|strong="H7451". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w If|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*,} I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4310" never|strong="H3808" [RHQ] be|strong="H3820" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3201" rule|strong="H8199" this|strong="H2088" great|strong="H3515" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H5650" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H4310" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3201" you|strong="H3588".” 
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\verseNumber{10}Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H1697" very|strong="H2088" pleased|strong="H3190" that|strong="H3588" Solomon|strong="H8010" had|strong="H8010" requested|strong="H7592" that|strong="H3588". 
\verseNumber{11}God|strong="H3808" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3117" him|strong="H7592", “You|strong="H3117" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" request|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117" live|strong="H3117" for|strong="H4941" many|strong="H7227" years|strong="H3117" or|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117" become|strong="H1961" very|strong="H2088" rich|strong="H6239" or|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117" be|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3117" kill|strong="H2026" all|strong="H1697" your|strong="H8085" enemies|strong="H0341". Instead|strong="H3808", you|strong="H3117" have|strong="H1697" requested|strong="H7592" that|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H3117" to|strong="H3117" be|strong="H3808" wise|strong="H2450", in|strong="H8085" order|strong="H4941" that|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117" will|strong="H5315" be|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3117" know|strong="H3045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w do|strong="H1697"\+w*} what|strong="H1697" is|strong="H2088" right|strong="H4941" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w while|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w govern|strong="H4475"\+w* \+w these|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5315"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{12}So|strong="H6213", I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1961" certainly|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H5414" requested|strong="H1697". I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1961" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" very|strong="H6213" wise|strong="H2450" [DOU]. The|strong="H6440" result|strong="H6903" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" that|strong="H1697" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" who|strong="H2450" has|strong="H1961" lived|strong="H1961" before|strong="H6440" you|strong="H5414" or|strong="H3808" who|strong="H2450" will|strong="H1961" live|strong="H3427" after|strong="H1961" you|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" as|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wise|strong="H2450"\+w* \+w as|strong="H1697"\+w*} you|strong="H5414" are|strong="H1697". 
\verseNumber{13}I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1961" also|strong="H1571" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H5414" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" request|strong="H7592": I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1961" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" very|strong="H1571" rich|strong="H6239" and|strong="H4428" honored|strong="H3519", as|strong="H3117" long|strong="H3117" as|strong="H3117" you|strong="H5414" live|strong="H3117". You|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" richer|strong="H6238" and|strong="H4428" more|strong="H3808" honored|strong="H3519" than|strong="H3808" any|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{14}If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H3117" conduct|strong="H1870" your|strong="H8104" life|strong="H3117" [IDM] as|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" want|strong="H4270" you|strong="H3117" to|strong="H1980", and|strong="H1980" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H3117" obey|strong="H8104" all|strong="H3212" my|strong="H8104" laws|strong="H2706" and|strong="H1980" commandments|strong="H4687", as|strong="H3117" your|strong="H8104" father|strong="H0001" David|strong="H1732" did|strong="H1732", I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3117" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H3117" to|strong="H1980" live|strong="H3117" for|strong="H2706" many|strong="H7227" years|strong="H3117".” 
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\verseNumber{15}Then|strong="H2009" Solomon|strong="H8010" awoke|strong="H3364", and|strong="H3389" he|strong="H6213" realized|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w had|strong="H8010"\+w* \+w spoken|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w him|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w in|strong="H6213"\+w*} a|strong="H6213" dream|strong="H2472". Then|strong="H2009" he|strong="H6213" went|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H3389" stood|strong="H5975" in|strong="H6213" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w Sacred|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w Tent|strong="H0168"\+w* \+w where|strong="H4960"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Chest|strong="H0727" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w was|strong="H8010"\+w*}, and|strong="H3389" he|strong="H6213" offered|strong="H5927" many|strong="H7227" sacrifices|strong="H5930" that|strong="H3605" were|strong="H5650" completely|strong="H3605" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5975"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*} and|strong="H3389" offerings|strong="H8002" to|strong="H5927" maintain|strong="H6213" fellowship|strong="H2266" with|strong="H1285" Yahweh|strong="H3068". Then|strong="H2009" he|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" feast|strong="H4960" for|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" officials|strong="H5650". 

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\verseNumber{16}One|strong="H4428" day|strong="H3117" two|strong="H8147" prostitutes|strong="H2185" came|strong="H4428" and|strong="H4428" stood|strong="H5975" in|strong="H4428" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4428" King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H5975". 
\verseNumber{17}One|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" them|strong="H3427" said|strong="H0559", “Your|strong="H5973" Majesty|strong="H1926", this|strong="H2063" woman|strong="H3205" and|strong="H1004" I|strong="H1004" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3205" same|strong="H2063" house|strong="H1004". I|strong="H1004" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3205" a|strong="H3205" baby|strong="H1121" while|strong="H5973" she|strong="H2063" was|strong="H1004" there|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3205" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{18}Three|strong="H7992" days|strong="H3117" after|strong="H1961" my|strong="H1961" baby|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1961" born|strong="H3205", this|strong="H2063" woman|strong="H2114" also|strong="H1571" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" baby|strong="H1121". Only|strong="H2108" the|strong="H3205" two|strong="H8147" of|strong="H1004" us|strong="H3117" were|strong="H1961" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3205" house|strong="H1004"; there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" no|strong="H1961" one|strong="H7992" else|strong="H5750" there|strong="H1961". 
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\verseNumber{19}“ut one|strong="H1121" night|strong="H3915" this|strong="H2063" woman’s|strong="H0802" baby|strong="H1121" died|strong="H4191" because|strong="H5921" she|strong="H2063" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w accidentally|strong="H7684"\+w*} rolled|strong="H1556" on|strong="H5921" top|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1121" her|strong="H5921" baby|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w while|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w sleeping|strong="H3463"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* smothered \+w it|strong="H5921"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{20}So|strong="H3947" she|strong="H7901" got|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" at|strong="H4191" midnight|strong="H8432" and|strong="H1121" took|strong="H3947" my|strong="H3947" baby|strong="H1121" boy|strong="H5288" who|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" lying|strong="H7901" beside|strong="H5921" me|strong="H3947" while|strong="H5704" I|strong="H6965" was|strong="H1121" sleeping|strong="H3463". She|strong="H7901" carried|strong="H6965" him|strong="H3947" to|strong="H4191" her|strong="H3947" bed|strong="H7901" and|strong="H1121" brought|strong="H3947" her|strong="H3947" dead|strong="H4191" baby|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" put|strong="H4191" it|strong="H8432" in|strong="H4191" my|strong="H3947" bed|strong="H7901". 
\verseNumber{21}When|strong="H1961" I|strong="H2009" awoke|strong="H3364" the|strong="H3205" next|strong="H4283" morning|strong="H1242" and|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1961" ready|strong="H3559" to|strong="H4191" nurse|strong="H3243" my|strong="H6965" baby|strong="H1121", I|strong="H2009" saw|strong="H2009" that|strong="H1121" it|strong="H1242" was|strong="H1961" dead|strong="H4191". But|strong="H3808" when|strong="H1961" I|strong="H2009" looked|strong="H2009" at|strong="H4191" it|strong="H1242" closely|strong="H1692" in|strong="H4191" the|strong="H3205" morning|strong="H1242" light|strong="H0216", I|strong="H2009" saw|strong="H2009" that|strong="H1121" it|strong="H1242" was|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" my|strong="H6965" baby|strong="H1121"!” 
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\verseNumber{22}But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H6440" other|strong="H2063" woman|strong="H0802" said|strong="H1696", “That|strong="H3588" is|strong="H4428" not|strong="H3808" true|strong="H0571"! The|strong="H6440" baby|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H4428" alive|strong="H2416" is|strong="H4428" mine|strong="H6440", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" baby|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H4428" dead|strong="H4191" is|strong="H4428" yours|strong="H4191"!” Then|strong="H1696" the|strong="H6440" first|strong="H1121" woman|strong="H0802" said|strong="H1696", “No|strong="H3808", the|strong="H6440" dead|strong="H4191" baby|strong="H1121" is|strong="H4428" yours|strong="H4191", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" one|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H4428" alive|strong="H2416" is|strong="H4428" mine|strong="H6440"!” And|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3588" continued|strong="H5674" to|strong="H1696" argue|strong="H3198" in|strong="H4428" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428". 
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\verseNumber{23}Then|strong="H2088" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559", “Both|strong="H4191" of|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1121" saying|strong="H0559", ‘My|strong="H3588" baby|strong="H1121" is|strong="H2088" the|strong="H3588" one|strong="H2088" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H2088" alive|strong="H2416" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" one|strong="H2088" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H2088" dead|strong="H4191" is|strong="H2088" yours|strong="H4191".’ ” 
\verseNumber{24}So|strong="H3947" he|strong="H6440" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H6440" one|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3947" servants|strong="H6440", “Bring|strong="H3947" me|strong="H6440" a|strong="H3947" sword|strong="H2719".” So|strong="H3947" the|strong="H6440" servant|strong="H5650" brought|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" sword|strong="H2719" to|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{25}Then|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" servant|strong="H5650", “Cut|strong="H1504" the|strong="H5414" baby|strong="H1121" that|strong="H5414" is|strong="H4428" alive|strong="H2416" into|strong="H5414" two|strong="H8147" parts|strong="H2677". Give|strong="H5414" one|strong="H2416" part|strong="H2677" to|strong="H5414" each|strong="H5414" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5414" women|strong="H0802".” 
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\verseNumber{26}But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" woman|strong="H3205" whose|strong="H1121" baby|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1961" alive|strong="H2416" loved|strong="H0157" her|strong="H5414" baby|strong="H1121" very|strong="H1571" much|strong="H5921", so|strong="H1961" she|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H4191" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428", “No|strong="H3808", Your|strong="H5414" Majesty|strong="H1926"! Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H4191" kill|strong="H4191" the|strong="H5921" baby|strong="H1121"! Give|strong="H5414" her|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" child|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H1571" alive|strong="H2416"!” But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" other|strong="H3205" woman|strong="H3205" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H4191" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428", “No|strong="H3808", cut|strong="H1504" it|strong="H5414" in|strong="H5921" half|strong="H2677". Then|strong="H1961" it|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" her|strong="H5414" baby|strong="H1121" or|strong="H3808" my|strong="H5414" baby|strong="H1121".” 
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\verseNumber{27}Then|strong="H6030" the|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H6030" to|strong="H4191" the|strong="H5414" servant|strong="H5650", “Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" kill|strong="H4191" the|strong="H5414" baby|strong="H1121". Give|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" baby|strong="H1121" to|strong="H4191" the|strong="H5414" woman|strong="H3205" who|strong="H1931" said|strong="H6030" ‘Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" cut|strong="H3772" the|strong="H5414" baby|strong="H1121" in|strong="H4428" half|strong="H2677",’ because|strong="H3588" she|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" truly|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5414" baby’s mother|strong="H0517".” 
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\verseNumber{28}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H7200" heard|strong="H8085" about|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" had|strong="H3478" decided|strong="H3289", and|strong="H3478" they|strong="H3588" revered|strong="H3372" him|strong="H6440". They|strong="H3588" realized|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" God|strong="H2451" had|strong="H3478" truly|strong="H3588" enabled|strong="H5414" him|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3478" very|strong="H6213" wise|strong="H2451", to|strong="H3478" judge|strong="H8199" people’s|strong="H5971" matters|strong="H4941" fairly|strong="H4941". 

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\chapterNumber{4}Solomon|strong="H8010" was|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" who|strong="H3605" ruled|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", 
\verseNumber{2}and|strong="H1121" these|strong="H0428" were|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3548" most|strong="H6944" important|strong="H5704" officials|strong="H8269": 
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Zadok’s|strong="H6659" son|strong="H1121" Azariah|strong="H5838" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6659" priest|strong="H3548". 
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\verseNumber{3}Shisha’s sons|strong="H1121" Elihoreph|strong="H0456" and|strong="H1121" Ahijah|strong="H0281" were|strong="H1121" the|strong="H2142" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w official|strong="H8269"\+w*} secretaries|strong="H5613". 
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Ahilud’s son|strong="H1121" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H2142" one|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" announced|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1121" the|strong="H2142" people|strong="H1121" the|strong="H2142" king’s|strong="H4428" decisions|strong="H4941". 
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\verseNumber{4}Benaiah|strong="H1141" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" army|strong="H6635". 
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Zadok|strong="H6659" and|strong="H1121" Abiathar|strong="H0054" were|strong="H1121" also|strong="H1121" priests|strong="H3548". 
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\verseNumber{5}Nathan’s son|strong="H1121" Azariah|strong="H5838" was|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" administrator|strong="H5532" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" governors|strong="H6346". 
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Another|strong="H0312" of|strong="H1121" Nathan’s sons|strong="H1121", Zabud|strong="H2071", was|strong="H4428" a|strong="H5921" priest|strong="H3548" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" king’s|strong="H4428" chief|strong="H3548" advisor. 
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\verseNumber{6}Ahishar|strong="H0301" supervised|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" servants|strong="H5650" who|strong="H1121" worked|strong="H2388" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" palace|strong="H1004". 
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Abda’s son|strong="H1121" Adoniram|strong="H0141" supervised|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" forced|strong="H4522" to|strong="H5921" do|strong="H6213" work|strong="H4399" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w government|strong="H4951"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{7}Solomon|strong="H8010" appointed|strong="H5324" twelve|strong="H8147" men|strong="H3605", one|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3478" govern|strong="H4475" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w each|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w regions|strong="H2506"\+w* } in|strong="H8141" Israel|strong="H3478". They|strong="H5921" also|strong="H3478" were|strong="H3478" required|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" provide|strong="H3557" food|strong="H1004" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" others|strong="H0312" who|strong="H3605" lived|strong="H1961" and|strong="H3478" worked|strong="H2388" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3605" palace|strong="H1004". Each|strong="H3605" man|strong="H3605" was|strong="H1961" required|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" provide|strong="H3557" from|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" own|strong="H1961" region|strong="H2256" the|strong="H3605" food|strong="H1004" for|strong="H5921" one|strong="H3605" month|strong="H2320" each|strong="H3605" year|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{8}Their|strong="H3605" names|strong="H8034" were|strong="H2022": 
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Ben-Hur|strong="H1133", for|strong="H8034" the|strong="H8034" hilly area|strong="H2022" of|strong="H2022" the|strong="H8034" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H2022" Ephraim|strong="H8034". 
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\verseNumber{9}Ben-Deker|strong="H1128", for|strong="H3588" Makaz|strong="H4739", Shaalbim|strong="H8169", Beth-Shemesh|strong="H1053", and|strong="H1053" Elon-Bethhanan \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w*}; 
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\verseNumber{10}Ben-Hesed|strong="H1136", for|strong="H3605" Arubboth|strong="H0700" and|strong="H3605" Socoh|strong="H7755" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w towns|strong="H1323"\+w*} and|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" area|strong="H1508" near|strong="H7126" Hepher|strong="H2660" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}; 
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\verseNumber{11}Ben-Abinadab|strong="H1125", who|strong="H3605" was|strong="H1961" married|strong="H3947" to|strong="H1961" Solomon’s|strong="H8010" daughter|strong="H1323" Taphath|strong="H2955", for|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Dor|strong="H1756" district|strong="H6418"; 
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\verseNumber{12}Ahilud’s son|strong="H1121" Baana|strong="H1195", for|strong="H5704" Taanach|strong="H8590" and|strong="H1121" Megiddo|strong="H4023" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w towns|strong="H1323"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" region|strong="H2256" near|strong="H5704" Zarethan|strong="H6891" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" Beth-Shan|strong="H1052" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} south|strong="H5045" of|strong="H1121" Jezreel|strong="H3157" as|strong="H5704" far|strong="H5704" as|strong="H5704" Abel-Meholah|strong="H0065" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} and|strong="H1121" Jokmeam|strong="H3361" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}; 
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\verseNumber{13}Ben-Geber|strong="H1127", for|strong="H1121" Ramoth|strong="H7433" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} in|strong="H5892" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H1121"\+w* } Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" for|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" villages|strong="H2691" in|strong="H5892" Gilead|strong="H1568" that|strong="H5892" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1121" Jair|strong="H2971", who|strong="H1121" was|strong="H5892" a|strong="H5892" descendant|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Manasseh|strong="H4519", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" Argob|strong="H0709" area|strong="H1508" in|strong="H5892" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H1121"\+w*} Bashan|strong="H1316" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}. There|strong="H8033" were|strong="H1121" 60 large|strong="H1419" towns|strong="H5892" in|strong="H5892" that|strong="H5892" region|strong="H2256" altogether|strong="H3162", each|strong="H5892" town|strong="H5892" with|strong="H5892" a|strong="H5892" wall|strong="H2346" around|strong="H5439" it|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" bronze|strong="H5178" bars|strong="H1280" across|strong="H5676" the|strong="H1121" gates|strong="H8179". 
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\verseNumber{14}Iddo’s son|strong="H1121" Ahinadab|strong="H0292", for|strong="H1121" Mahanaim|strong="H4266" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w east|strong="H6921"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Jordan|strong="H3383"\+w* \+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*}; 
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\verseNumber{15}Ahimaaz|strong="H0290", who|strong="H1931" had|strong="H8010" married|strong="H3947" Solomon’s|strong="H8010" daughter|strong="H1323" Basemath|strong="H1315", for|strong="H8010" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w territory|strong="H1366"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1323"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w tribe|strong="H4294"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1323"\+w*} Naphtali|strong="H5321"; 
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\verseNumber{16}Hushai’s son|strong="H1121" Baana|strong="H1195", for|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w territory|strong="H1366"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w tribe|strong="H4294"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} Asher|strong="H0836" and|strong="H1121" for|strong="H1121" Aloth|strong="H1175" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}; 
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\verseNumber{17}Paruah’s son|strong="H1121" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092", for|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3092"\+w* \+w territory|strong="H1366"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3092"\+w* \+w tribe|strong="H4294"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} Issachar|strong="H3485"; 
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\verseNumber{18}Ela’s son|strong="H1121" Shimei|strong="H8096", for|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w territory|strong="H1366"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w tribe|strong="H4294"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} Benjamin|strong="H1144"; 
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\verseNumber{19}Uri’s son|strong="H1121" Geber|strong="H1398", for|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" Gilead|strong="H1568" region|strong="H2256", the|strong="H1121" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="H4428" Sihon|strong="H5511" the|strong="H1121" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" Amor people-group \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w formerly|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w ruled|strong="H4428"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" Bashan|strong="H1316" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w area|strong="H1508"\+w*}, which|strong="H4428" was|strong="H4428" the|strong="H1121" area|strong="H1508" that|strong="H4428" Og|strong="H5747" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w formerly|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w ruled|strong="H4428"\+w*}. 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w In|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w addition|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w all|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w those|strong="H1121"\+w*}, Solomon|strong="H8010" appointed|strong="H1121" one|strong="H1121" governor|strong="H6346" for|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w territory|strong="H1366"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1121"\+w*} tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Solomon’s|strong="H8010" kingdom|strong="H4428" }

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\verseNumber{20}There|strong="H7230" were|strong="H3478" as|strong="H7230" many|strong="H7227" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H5921" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3063" Israel|strong="H3478" as|strong="H7230" there|strong="H7230" are|strong="H3478" grains|strong="H4579" of|strong="H7230" sand|strong="H2344" [HYP] on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" seashore|strong="H3220". They|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w had|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w plenty|strong="H7230"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w*} eat|strong="H0398" and|strong="H3063" drink|strong="H8354" and|strong="H3063" they|strong="H5921" were|strong="H3478" happy|strong="H8056". 
\verseNumber{21}Solomon’s|strong="H8010" kingdom|strong="H4467" extended|strong="H5186" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" Euphrates|strong="H6578" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w* \+w in|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* northeast} to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" Philistia|strong="H6429" area|strong="H1508" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w west|strong="H3220"\+w*} and|strong="H3967" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" border|strong="H1366" of|strong="H1121" Egypt|strong="H4714" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w south|strong="H5045"\+w*}. The|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w conquered|strong="H5221"\+w*} people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H0935" those|strong="H1992" areas|strong="H0776" paid|strong="H5414" taxes|strong="H4061" and|strong="H3967" were|strong="H0834" under|strong="H8478" Solomon’s|strong="H8010" control|strong="H3027" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" rest|strong="H5117" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" life|strong="H5315". 
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\verseNumber{22}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w To|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w feed|strong="H7462"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w in|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w palace|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3967"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w guests|strong="H7121"\+w*} Solomon|strong="H8010" needed|strong="H1767" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H0413" bring|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H5414" every|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" 150 bushels of|strong="H1121" fine|strong="H5560" flour|strong="H5560" and|strong="H3967" 300 bushels of|strong="H1121" wheat|strong="H2406", 
\verseNumber{23}ten|strong="H6235" cattle|strong="H4735" that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" kept|strong="H8104" in|strong="H0935" stalls|strong="H0723"/barns|strong="H0618", 20 cattle|strong="H4735" that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" kept|strong="H8104" in|strong="H0935" pastures|strong="H4999", 100 sheep|strong="H6629", and|strong="H3967" ◄deer|strong="H0354" and|strong="H3967" gazelles|strong="H6643" and|strong="H3967" roebucks|strong="H3180"/three|strong="H7969" kinds|strong="H2178" of|strong="H1121" deer|strong="H0354"►, and|strong="H3967" poultry. 
\verseNumber{24}Solomon|strong="H8010" ruled|strong="H4427" over|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" area|strong="H1508" west|strong="H3220" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Euphrates|strong="H6578" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*}, from|strong="H4480" Tiphsah|strong="H8607" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w in|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* northeast} to|strong="H0413" Gaza|strong="H5804" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w in|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* southwest}. He|strong="H0834" ruled|strong="H4427" over|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" in|strong="H0935" that|strong="H0834" area|strong="H1508". And|strong="H3967" there|strong="H8033" was|strong="H3068" peace|strong="H7965" between|strong="H0996" his|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w government|strong="H4951"\+w*} and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{governments \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} nearby|strong="H7138" countries|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{25}All|strong="H3605" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" years|strong="H8141" that|strong="H0834" Solomon|strong="H8010" ruled|strong="H4427", the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3967" Israel|strong="H3478" lived|strong="H3427" safely|strong="H0983". Each|strong="H0376" family|strong="H4940" had|strong="H3068" its|strong="H3605" own|strong="H1961" grapevines and|strong="H3967" fig|strong="H8384" trees|strong="H6086". 
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\verseNumber{26}Solomon|strong="H8010" had|strong="H3068" 4,000 stalls|strong="H0723" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" horses|strong="H5483" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w pulled|strong="H5265"\+w*} his|strong="H3605" chariots|strong="H7393" and|strong="H3967" 12,000 men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0834" rode|strong="H7392" on|strong="H5921" horses|strong="H5483" (OR|strong="H0176", in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" chariots|strong="H7393"). 
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\verseNumber{27}His|strong="H3605" twelve|strong="H8147" governors|strong="H6346" supplied|strong="H7311" the|strong="H3605" food|strong="H3899" that|strong="H0834" King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010" needed|strong="H1767" for|strong="H3588" himself|strong="H5315" and|strong="H3967" for|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H0834" ate|strong="H0398" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" palace|strong="H1004". Each|strong="H0376" governor|strong="H6346" supplied|strong="H7311" food|strong="H3899" for|strong="H3588" one|strong="H0259" month|strong="H2320" each|strong="H0376" year|strong="H8141". They|strong="H1992" provided|strong="H3557" everything|strong="H3605" [LIT|strong="H0215"] that|strong="H0834" Solomon|strong="H8010" required|strong="H7592". 
\verseNumber{28}They|strong="H1992" also|strong="H1571" brought|strong="H0935" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w stalks|strong="H6086"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} barley|strong="H8184" and|strong="H3967" wheat|strong="H2406" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" fast|strong="H6685" horses|strong="H5483" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w pulled|strong="H5265"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w chariots|strong="H7393"\+w*} and|strong="H3967" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w work|strong="H4399"\+w*} horses|strong="H5483". They|strong="H1992" brought|strong="H0935" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" places|strong="H1116" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" horses|strong="H5483" were|strong="H0834" kept|strong="H8104". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Solomon’s|strong="H8010" wisdom|strong="H2451" }

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\verseNumber{29}God|strong="H0430" enabled|strong="H5414" Solomon|strong="H8010" to|strong="H0413" be|strong="H1961" extremely|strong="H3966" wise|strong="H2450" and|strong="H3967" to|strong="H0413" have|strong="H1961" great|strong="H1419" insight|strong="H7919"/understanding|strong="H8394". He|strong="H0834" understood|strong="H0995" about|strong="H5439" more|strong="H3254" things|strong="H1697" than|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" number|strong="H4557" of|strong="H1121" grains|strong="H4579" of|strong="H1121" sand|strong="H2344" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" seashore|strong="H3220" [HYP]. 
\verseNumber{30}He|strong="H0834" was|strong="H3068" wiser|strong="H2449" than|strong="H4480" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" wise|strong="H2450" men|strong="H0376" in|strong="H0935" Arabia|strong="H6152" and|strong="H3967" Mesopotamia|strong="H0763" and|strong="H3967" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" wise|strong="H2450" men|strong="H0376" in|strong="H0935" Egypt|strong="H4714". 
\verseNumber{31}Ethan|strong="H0387" from|strong="H4480" Ezrah|strong="H5834" and|strong="H3967" Heman|strong="H1968" and|strong="H3967" Calcol|strong="H3633" and|strong="H3967" Darda|strong="H1862" and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Mahol|strong="H4235" were|strong="H0834" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w considered|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w*} very|strong="H3966" wise|strong="H2450", but|strong="H3588" Solomon|strong="H8010" was|strong="H3068" wiser|strong="H2449" than|strong="H4480" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H5414". People|strong="H5971" in|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" nearby|strong="H7138" countries|strong="H0776" heard|strong="H8085" about|strong="H5439" Solomon|strong="H8010". 
\verseNumber{32}He|strong="H0834" composed|strong="H7737"/wrote|strong="H3789" 3,000 ◄proverbs|strong="H4912"/wise|strong="H2450" sayings|strong="H1697"► and|strong="H3967" more|strong="H3254" than|strong="H4480" 1,000 songs|strong="H7892". 
\verseNumber{33}He|strong="H0834" talked|strong="H1696" about|strong="H5439" various|strong="H2921" kinds|strong="H2178" of|strong="H1121" plants|strong="H6212", from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w huge|strong="H1995"\+w*} cedar|strong="H0730" trees|strong="H6086" in|strong="H0935" Lebanon|strong="H3844" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{tiny} hyssop|strong="H0231" plants|strong="H6212" that|strong="H0834" grow|strong="H6779" in|strong="H0935" cracks|strong="H0919" in|strong="H0935" walls|strong="H2346". He|strong="H0834" also|strong="H1571" talked|strong="H1696" about|strong="H5439" wild|strong="H7704" animals|strong="H0929" and|strong="H3967" birds|strong="H5775" and|strong="H3967" reptiles|strong="H2119" and|strong="H3967" fish|strong="H1710". 
\verseNumber{34}People|strong="H5971" came|strong="H0935" from|strong="H4480" all|strong="H3605" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" world|strong="H8398" to|strong="H0413" hear|strong="H8085" the|strong="H3605" wise|strong="H2450" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H0834" Solomon|strong="H8010" said|strong="H0559". Many|strong="H7227" kings|strong="H4428" sent|strong="H7971" men|strong="H0376" to|strong="H0413" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3967"\+w* \+w then|strong="H0227"\+w* \+w return|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3967"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w Solomon|strong="H8010"\+w* \+w said|strong="H0559"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Preparations for building the temple }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Preparations for building the temple }
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\chapterNumber{5}Hiram|strong="H2438", the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H3117" Tyre|strong="H6865" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, had|strong="H1961" always|strong="H3605" been|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" close|strong="H5066" friend|strong="H7453" of|strong="H3117" King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H3117". When|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3117" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3605" Solomon|strong="H8010" had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" appointed|strong="H4150" to|strong="H5704" become|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" after|strong="H4480" his|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" was|strong="H1961" no|strong="H4480" longer|strong="H5750" king|strong="H4428", he|strong="H3117" sent|strong="H7971" some|strong="H4480" messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="H5704" Solomon|strong="H8010" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w congratulate|strong="H1288"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5647"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{2}Solomon|strong="H8010" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w gave|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w those|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w messengers|strong="H4397"\+w*} this|strong="H3117" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1961" take|strong="H1961" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H1961" Hiram|strong="H2438": 
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\verseNumber{3}“You|strong="H0859" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H1241" my|strong="H8104" father|strong="H0001" David|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w led|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H6235"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6242"\+w*} fight|strong="H3898" many|strong="H7227" wars|strong="H4421" against|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H0341" in|strong="H6629" the|strong="H3967" nearby|strong="H7138" countries|strong="H0776". So|strong="H3651" he|strong="H1241" could|strong="H3201" not|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w arrange|strong="H6186"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6242"\+w*} build|strong="H1129" a|strong="H6235" temple|strong="H1004" in|strong="H6629" which|strong="H0834" we|strong="H0587" [MTY] could|strong="H3201" worship|strong="H7812" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430", until|strong="H5704" after|strong="H0310" Yahweh|strong="H3068" enabled|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3967"\+w* Israeli \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*} to|strong="H6242" defeat|strong="H5221" [IDM] all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H0341". 
\verseNumber{4}But|strong="H3588" now|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" has|strong="H1961" enabled|strong="H5414" us|strong="H5439" to|strong="H5704" have|strong="H1961" peace|strong="H7965" with|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" surrounding|strong="H5439" countries|strong="H0776". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{◄\+w There|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w is|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w no|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w danger|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*/\+w We|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w not|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w need|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w worry|strong="H2347"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*►} we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" attacked|strong="H5221". 
\verseNumber{5}Yahweh|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H1696" my|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" David|strong="H3117", ‘Your|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121", whom|strong="H0834" I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3478" enable|strong="H7980" to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H3478" king|strong="H4428" after|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3117" no|strong="H3605" longer|strong="H5750" king|strong="H4428", will|strong="H3478" build|strong="H1129" a|strong="H3117" temple|strong="H1004" for|strong="H5704" me|strong="H3117" [MTY].’ Because|strong="H8478" of|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605", I|strong="H3117" have|strong="H3478" decided|strong="H3289" to|strong="H5704" build|strong="H1129" a|strong="H3117" temple|strong="H1004" in|strong="H3427" which|strong="H3478" we|strong="H3117" can|strong="H4310" worship|strong="H3478" [MTY] Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430". 
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\verseNumber{6}“o|strong="H3069" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H8147"\+w* \+w am|strong="H1961"\+w* requesting \+w that|strong="H8010"\+w*} you|strong="H1961" command|strong="H6680" your|strong="H1961" workers|strong="H6466" to|strong="H1961" cut|strong="H3772" cedar|strong="H0730" trees|strong="H6086" for|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1961". My|strong="H1961" men|strong="H8147" will|strong="H1961" work|strong="H4399" with|strong="H8147" them|strong="H8147", and|strong="H5483" I|strong="H8147" will|strong="H1961" pay|strong="H7999" your|strong="H1961" workers|strong="H6466" whatever|strong="H3605" you|strong="H1961" decide|strong="H3198". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w But|strong="H1961"\+w*} my|strong="H1961" men|strong="H8147" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cannot|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w work|strong="H4399"\+w* \+w alone|strong="H0905"\+w*,} because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H1961" know|strong="H3045" how|strong="H4100" to|strong="H1961" cut|strong="H3772" down|strong="H3381" trees|strong="H6086" like|strong="H1961" your|strong="H1961" workers|strong="H6466" from|strong="H1961" Sidon|strong="H6721" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} do|strong="H6213".” 
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\verseNumber{7}When|strong="H3588" Hiram|strong="H2438" heard|strong="H8085" the|strong="H3605" message|strong="H1697" from|strong="H1697" Solomon|strong="H8010", he|strong="H3605" was|strong="H1697" very|strong="H3966" happy|strong="H0835" and|strong="H4428" said|strong="H1697", “I|strong="H1697" praise|strong="H1984" Yahweh|strong="H3068" today|strong="H3117" for|strong="H4428" giving|strong="H5414" David|strong="H1732" a|strong="H3808" very|strong="H3966" wise|strong="H2450" son|strong="H1121" to|strong="H4428" rule|strong="H4428" that|strong="H3605" great|strong="H1419" nation|strong="H1471"!” 
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\verseNumber{8}He|strong="H8033" sent|strong="H7971" this|strong="H1961" message|strong="H1697" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H1961" Solomon|strong="H8010": “I|strong="H8033" have|strong="H1961" heard|strong="H8085" the|strong="H1961" message|strong="H1697" that|strong="H1961" you|strong="H4725" sent|strong="H7971" to|strong="H1961" me|strong="H1961", and|strong="H4941" I|strong="H8033" am|strong="H1961" ready|strong="H3559" to|strong="H1961" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H4941" you|strong="H4725" ask|strong="H7592". I|strong="H8033" will|strong="H1961" provide|strong="H6213" cedar|strong="H0730" and|strong="H4941" cypress|strong="H1265" logs|strong="H6086". 
\verseNumber{9}My|strong="H5414" workers|strong="H6466" will|strong="H3820" bring|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" logs|strong="H6086" down|strong="H5414" from|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w*} Lebanon|strong="H3844" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w mountains|strong="H2022"\+w*} to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Mediterranean} sea|strong="H3220". Then|strong="H5414" they|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3820" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w tie|strong="H6029"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w together|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w*} make|strong="H5414" rafts|strong="H1702" to|strong="H5921" float|strong="H6687" them|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w water|strong="H4325"\+w*} along|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" coast|strong="H1366" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" place|strong="H5414" that|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" indicate. Then|strong="H5414" my|strong="H5414" workers|strong="H6466" will|strong="H3820" untie the|strong="H5921" logs|strong="H6086", and|strong="H2451" your|strong="H5414" workers|strong="H6466" will|strong="H3820" take|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" from|strong="H5921" there|strong="H8033". What|strong="H5921" I|strong="H5414" want|strong="H4270" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" do|strong="H8193" is|strong="H3820" to|strong="H5921" supply|strong="H4294" food|strong="H3899" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H3820" who|strong="H0834" work|strong="H5414" in|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5414" palace|strong="H1004".” 
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\verseNumber{10}So|strong="H7235" Hiram|strong="H2438" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w arranged|strong="H6186"\+w* \+w for|strong="H4714"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w workers|strong="H6466"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4714"\+w*} supply|strong="H4294" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" cedar|strong="H0730" and|strong="H1121" cypress|strong="H1265" logs|strong="H6086" that|strong="H3605" Solomon|strong="H8010" wanted|strong="H2654". 
\verseNumber{11}Each|strong="H3605" year|strong="H1121" Solomon|strong="H8010" gave|strong="H1961" Hiram|strong="H2438" 100,000 bushels of|strong="H1121" wheat|strong="H2406" and|strong="H1121" 110,000 gallons|strong="H1324" of|strong="H1121" pure|strong="H2889" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w olive|strong="H2132"\+w*} oil|strong="H8081" to|strong="H1961" feed|strong="H7462" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1471" who|strong="H3605" worked|strong="H2388" in|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" palace|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{12}Yahweh|strong="H3068" enabled|strong="H5414" Solomon|strong="H8010" to|strong="H1696" be|strong="H1961" wise|strong="H2450", just|strong="H1696" like|strong="H1961" he|strong="H2568" had|strong="H1961" promised|strong="H1696". Solomon|strong="H8010" and|strong="H2568" Hiram|strong="H2438" made|strong="H1696" a|strong="H1961" treaty|strong="H1285"/agreement|strong="H7284" that|strong="H1961" there|strong="H1961" would|strong="H0014" be|strong="H1961" peace|strong="H7965" between|strong="H0996" their|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w two|strong="H8147"\+w* governments/\+w countries|strong="H0776"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{13}King|strong="H5921" Solomon|strong="H8010" forced|strong="H4522" 30,000 men|strong="H0376" from|strong="H4480" all|strong="H5704" over|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H1696" become|strong="H3318" his|strong="H5921" workers|strong="H6466". 
\verseNumber{14}Adoniram|strong="H0141" was|strong="H4428" their|strong="H3605" boss. Solomon|strong="H8010" divided|strong="H0914" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H5971" into|strong="H0413" three|strong="H7969" groups|strong="H7218". Each|strong="H3605" month|strong="H2320" 10,000 of|strong="H4428" them|strong="H8085" went|strong="H5971" to|strong="H8085" Lebanon|strong="H3844" and|strong="H4428" worked|strong="H2388" for|strong="H4428" a|strong="H8085" month|strong="H2320" there|strong="H3605", and|strong="H4428" then|strong="H8085" they|strong="H5971" came|strong="H5971" back|strong="H7725" home|strong="H1004" for|strong="H4428" two|strong="H8147" months|strong="H2320". 
\verseNumber{15}Solomon|strong="H8010" also|strong="H1732" forced|strong="H4522" 80,000 men|strong="H5650" to|strong="H7971" cut|strong="H3772" stones|strong="H0068" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" hilly area|strong="H1508" and|strong="H7971" 70,000 men|strong="H5650" to|strong="H7971" haul|strong="H5267" the|strong="H3605" stones|strong="H0068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{16}And|strong="H7971" he|strong="H8010" also|strong="H8010" assigned|strong="H5414" 3,600 men|strong="H0376" to|strong="H7971" supervise|strong="H5329" their|strong="H7971" work|strong="H4399". 
\verseNumber{17}The|strong="H6440" king|strong="H6440" also|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" his|strong="H5414" workers|strong="H1129" to|strong="H5704" cut|strong="H7272" huge|strong="H1995" blocks|strong="H4383" of|strong="H1004" stones|strong="H0068" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" quarries|strong="H6456" and|strong="H3068" to|strong="H5704" smooth|strong="H3474" the|strong="H6440" sides|strong="H3411" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6440" stones|strong="H0068". Those|strong="H5437" huge|strong="H1995" stones|strong="H0068" were|strong="H1732" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H6440" foundation|strong="H3245" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6440" temple|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{18}Solomon’s|strong="H8010" workers|strong="H6466" and|strong="H3068" Hiram’s|strong="H2438" workers|strong="H6466" and|strong="H3068" men|strong="H7451" from|strong="H3068" Gebal|strong="H1381"/Byblos \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} shaped|strong="H8246" the|strong="H3068" stones|strong="H0068" and|strong="H3068" prepared|strong="H3559" the|strong="H3068" timber|strong="H6086" to|strong="H3068" build|strong="H1129" the|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Solomon’s men built the temple }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Solomon’s men built the temple }
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\chapterNumber{6}480 years|strong="H8141" after|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H1121" left|strong="H3318" Egypt|strong="H4714", during|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" fourth|strong="H7243" year|strong="H8141" that|strong="H1931" Solomon|strong="H8010" ruled|strong="H4427" Israel|strong="H3478", early|strong="H7925" in|strong="H8141" May|strong="H1961", Solomon’s|strong="H8010" workers|strong="H1129" began|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3318" build|strong="H1129" the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1004". 
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\verseNumber{2}Inside|strong="H1004", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w main|strong="H1419"\+w* \+w part|strong="H7992"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} the|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004" was|strong="H3068" 90 feet|strong="H7272" long|strong="H0753", 30 feet|strong="H7272" wide|strong="H7341", and|strong="H3068" 45 feet|strong="H7272" high|strong="H6967". 
\verseNumber{3}The|strong="H6440" entrance|strong="H6607" room|strong="H1004" was|strong="H1004" 15 feet|strong="H7272" long|strong="H6440" and|strong="H6242" 30 feet|strong="H7272" wide|strong="H7341", just|strong="H3512" as|strong="H6440" wide|strong="H7341" as|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" main|strong="H1419" part|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6440" temple|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{4}There|strong="H8033" were|strong="H1004" windows|strong="H2474" in|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w walls|strong="H2346"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w*} the|strong="H6213" temple|strong="H1004". The|strong="H6213" windows|strong="H2474" were|strong="H1004" narrower|strong="H7114" on|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6213" outside|strong="H2351" than|strong="H4480" on|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6213" inside|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{5}Against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" two|strong="H6213" sides|strong="H6763" and|strong="H1004" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" back|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1004" walls|strong="H7023", they|strong="H5921" built|strong="H1129" a|strong="H6213" structure|strong="H0846"/building|strong="H1129" that|strong="H6213" had|strong="H1129" rooms|strong="H1004" in|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w This|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w structure|strong="H0846"\+w* \+w had|strong="H1129"\+w* \+w three|strong="H7969"\+w* levels/\+w stories|strong="H6763"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w each|strong="H5439"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1004"\+w* 7-1/2 \+w feet|strong="H7272"\+w* \+w high|strong="H6213"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697" this|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" Solomon|strong="H8010": 
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\verseNumber{31}They|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" set|strong="H6213" of|strong="H6086" doors|strong="H1817" from|strong="H6086" olive|strong="H8081" tree|strong="H6086" wood|strong="H6086", and|strong="H6086" placed|strong="H5414" them|strong="H6213" at|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" entrance|strong="H6607" to|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" Very|strong="H6213" Holy|strong="H6944" Place|strong="H6607". The|strong="H6213" doorposts|strong="H4201" joined|strong="H2266" at|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" top|strong="H7218" to|strong="H6213" form|strong="H8389" a|strong="H6213" pointed arch. 
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\verseNumber{36}They|strong="H2691" built|strong="H1129" a|strong="H1129" courtyard|strong="H2691" in|strong="H1129" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H2905" the|strong="H1129" temple|strong="H1004". The|strong="H1129" walls|strong="H2346" around|strong="H5439" the|strong="H1129" courtyard|strong="H2691" were|strong="H7969" made|strong="H1129" of|strong="H2905" cedar|strong="H0730" and|strong="H7969" stone|strong="H1496"; to|strong="H2691" make|strong="H6213" the|strong="H1129" walls|strong="H2346", between|strong="H0996" each|strong="H0376" layer|strong="H7902" of|strong="H2905" cedar|strong="H0730" beams|strong="H3773" they|strong="H2691" put|strong="H5414" down|strong="H3381" two|strong="H8147" layers|strong="H5073" of|strong="H2905" stone|strong="H1496". 
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\verseNumber{37}They|strong="H3068" laid|strong="H3245" the|strong="H3068" foundation|strong="H3245" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Yahweh|strong="H3068" in|strong="H8141" early|strong="H7925" May|strong="H3068", in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3068" fourth|strong="H7243" year|strong="H8141" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Solomon|strong="H8010"\+w* \+w ruled|strong="H4427"\+w*}. 
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\BibleSectionHeading{They built a palace for Solomon }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{They built a palace for Solomon }
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\chapterNumber{7}They|strong="H8141" also|strong="H8010" built|strong="H1129" a|strong="H1129" palace|strong="H1004" for|strong="H1004" Solomon|strong="H8010", but|strong="H3605" it|strong="H3615" required|strong="H7592" 13 years|strong="H8141" to|strong="H1004" build|strong="H1129" it|strong="H3615". 
\verseNumber{2}One|strong="H3967" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" buildings|strong="H1004" they|strong="H5921" constructed|strong="H1129" was|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H1129"\+w*} large|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w ceremonial|strong="H4612"\+w* \+w hall|strong="H1004"\+w*}. It|strong="H5921" was|strong="H1004" called|strong="H7121" the|strong="H5921" Hall|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" Forest|strong="H3293" of|strong="H1004" Lebanon|strong="H3844". It|strong="H5921" was|strong="H1004" 150 feet|strong="H7272" long|strong="H5921", 75 feet|strong="H7272" wide|strong="H7341", and|strong="H3967" 45 feet|strong="H7272" high|strong="H6967". It|strong="H5921" was|strong="H1004" supported|strong="H0310"/held|strong="H2388" up|strong="H1129" by|strong="H5921" four|strong="H0702" rows|strong="H2905" of|strong="H1004" pillars|strong="H5982" of|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wood|strong="H3293"\+w* \+w from|strong="H5921"\+w*} cedar|strong="H6967" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w trees|strong="H6086"\+w*}. There|strong="H8033" were|strong="H1004" 15 pillars|strong="H5982" in|strong="H5921" each|strong="H0376" row|strong="H2905". There|strong="H8033" were|strong="H1004" cedar|strong="H6967" beams|strong="H3773" across|strong="H5921" each|strong="H0376" row|strong="H2905". 
\verseNumber{3}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w To|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w support|strong="H2388"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w roof|strong="H1406"\+w*} there|strong="H8033" were|strong="H5921" cedar|strong="H0730" beams|strong="H6763" that|strong="H5921" connected|strong="H5439" the|strong="H5921" rows|strong="H2905" of|strong="H5982" pillars|strong="H5982". 
\verseNumber{4}On|strong="H7969" each|strong="H6471" of|strong="H2905" the|strong="H7969" two|strong="H6471" side|strong="H6285" walls|strong="H2346" there|strong="H8033" were|strong="H7969" three|strong="H7969" rows|strong="H2905" of|strong="H2905" windows|strong="H8261". 
\verseNumber{5}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" windows|strong="H8260" and|strong="H7969" doorways|strong="H6607" had|strong="H7969" rectangular frames|strong="H8260". The|strong="H3605" windows|strong="H8260" along|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" long|strong="H3605" wall|strong="H2346" on|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" side|strong="H6285" faced|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" windows|strong="H8260" on|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H6471" side|strong="H6285". 
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\verseNumber{6}They|strong="H5921" also|strong="H6213" built|strong="H6213" another|strong="H6440" building|strong="H1129" called|strong="H7121" the|strong="H6440" Hall|strong="H0197" of|strong="H6440" Pillars|strong="H5982". It|strong="H5921" was|strong="H6440" 75 feet|strong="H7272" long|strong="H6440" and|strong="H7970" 45 feet|strong="H7272" wide|strong="H7341". It|strong="H5921" had|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" covered|strong="H3680" porch|strong="H0197" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w whose|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w roof|strong="H1406"\+w* \+w was|strong="H6440"\+w*} supported|strong="H0310" by|strong="H5921" pillars|strong="H5982". 
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\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="H6213" they|strong="H8033" made|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" building|strong="H1129" called|strong="H8033" the|strong="H6213" Hall|strong="H0197" of|strong="H3678" the|strong="H6213" Throne|strong="H3678". It|strong="H6213" was|strong="H6213" also|strong="H6213" called|strong="H8033" the|strong="H6213" Hall|strong="H0197" of|strong="H3678" Judgment|strong="H4941". That|strong="H5704" was|strong="H6213" where|strong="H8033" Solomon|strong="H8010" decided|strong="H3289"/judged|strong="H8199" concerning|strong="H5921" people’s|strong="H5971" disputes|strong="H6099". The|strong="H6213" walls|strong="H2346" were|strong="H4941" covered|strong="H5603" with|strong="H6213" cedar|strong="H0730" boards|strong="H7175", from|strong="H5704" the|strong="H6213" floor|strong="H7172" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H6213" rafters|strong="H7351". 
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\verseNumber{8}In|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3947" courtyard|strong="H2691" behind|strong="H0310" the|strong="H3947" Hall|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Judgment|strong="H4941" they|strong="H8033" built|strong="H6213" a|strong="H1961" house|strong="H1004" for|strong="H6213" Solomon|strong="H8010" to|strong="H1961" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" that|strong="H2088" was|strong="H1961" made|strong="H6213" like|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3947" other|strong="H2088" buildings|strong="H1004". They|strong="H8033" also|strong="H6213" built|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3947" same|strong="H2088" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H1004" house|strong="H1004" for|strong="H6213" his|strong="H3947" wife|strong="H0802", who|strong="H3427" was|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3947" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3947" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1004" Egypt|strong="H4714". 
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\verseNumber{9}All|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1004" those|strong="H3605" buildings|strong="H1004" and|strong="H1419" the|strong="H3605" walls|strong="H2346" around|strong="H5439" the|strong="H3605" palace|strong="H1004" courtyard|strong="H2691" were|strong="H1419" made|strong="H3605" from|strong="H5704" costly|strong="H3368" blocks|strong="H4383" of|strong="H1004" stone|strong="H1496", from|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" foundations|strong="H4144" up|strong="H5704" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" eaves. The|strong="H3605" stones|strong="H1496" were|strong="H1419" cut|strong="H1496" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w at|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w quarry|strong="H2672"\+w*}, according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" sizes that|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1419" needed|strong="H1767", and|strong="H1419" the|strong="H3605" sides|strong="H3411" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" stones|strong="H1496" were|strong="H1419" shaped|strong="H8246" by|strong="H5704" cutting|strong="H2799"/smoothing them|strong="H5704" with|strong="H1004" saws|strong="H4050". 
\verseNumber{10}The|strong="H3245" foundations|strong="H3245" were|strong="H1419" also|strong="H1571" made|strong="H3245" from|strong="H4480" huge|strong="H1995" blocks|strong="H4383" of|strong="H3245" stone|strong="H0068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H1419"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1419"\+w* \+w prepared|strong="H3559"\+w* \+w at|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3245"\+w* \+w quarry|strong="H2672"\+w*}. Some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3245" them|strong="H3245" were|strong="H1419" twelve|strong="H8147" feet|strong="H7272" long|strong="H1419" and|strong="H1419" some|strong="H4480" were|strong="H1419" fifteen|strong="H2568" feet|strong="H7272" long|strong="H1419". 
\verseNumber{11}On|strong="H4605" top|strong="H4605" of|strong="H4060" the|strong="H4605" foundation|strong="H3245" stones|strong="H1496" were|strong="H4605" other|strong="H0312" blocks|strong="H4383" of|strong="H4060" stone|strong="H1496" that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H4605" cut|strong="H1496" according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H4605" the|strong="H4605" sizes they|strong="H1992" needed|strong="H1767", and|strong="H4605" cedar|strong="H0730" beams|strong="H3773". 
\verseNumber{12}The|strong="H3068" palace|strong="H1004" courtyard|strong="H2691", the|strong="H3068" inner|strong="H6442" courtyard|strong="H2691" in|strong="H3068" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" entrance|strong="H6607" room|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004" had|strong="H3068" walls|strong="H2346" made|strong="H3068" by|strong="H3068" putting|strong="H5414" down|strong="H3381" three|strong="H7969" layers|strong="H5073" of|strong="H1004" cut|strong="H1496" stones|strong="H1496" between|strong="H0996" each|strong="H5439" layer|strong="H7902" of|strong="H1004" cedar|strong="H0730" beams|strong="H3773". 

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\verseNumber{13-14}There|strong="H8033" was|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1961" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0834" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H0935" Tyre|strong="H6865" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} whose|strong="H0834" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H3068" Huram|strong="H2361". He|strong="H0834" knew|strong="H3045" how|strong="H4100" to|strong="H0413" make|strong="H6213" very|strong="H3966" nice|strong="H2899" things|strong="H1697" from|strong="H4480" bronze|strong="H5178". His|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" had|strong="H3068" also|strong="H1571" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H0935" Tyre|strong="H6865" and|strong="H3967" had|strong="H3068" also|strong="H1571" been|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" skilled|strong="H2450" at|strong="H3427" making|strong="H6213" things|strong="H1697" from|strong="H4480" bronze|strong="H5178", but|strong="H3588" Huram’s|strong="H2361" father|strong="H0001" was|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H5750" living|strong="H2416". His|strong="H3605" mother|strong="H0517" was|strong="H3068" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Naphtali|strong="H5321". Huram|strong="H2361" was|strong="H3068" very|strong="H3966" wise|strong="H2450" and|strong="H3967" intelligent|strong="H0995" and|strong="H3967" was|strong="H3068" very|strong="H3966" skilled|strong="H2450" at|strong="H3427" making|strong="H6213" things|strong="H1697" from|strong="H4480" bronze|strong="H5178". Solomon|strong="H8010" invited|strong="H7121" him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0413" come|strong="H0935" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3967"\+w* \+w supervise|strong="H5329"\+w*} all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" work|strong="H4399" of|strong="H1121" making|strong="H6213" things|strong="H1697" from|strong="H4480" bronze|strong="H5178", and|strong="H3967" Huram|strong="H2361" agreed|strong="H8085". 
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\verseNumber{15}He|strong="H8147" made|strong="H5437" two|strong="H8147" bronze|strong="H5178" pillars|strong="H5982". Each|strong="H8147" one|strong="H8147" was|strong="H6967" 27 feet|strong="H7272" tall|strong="H6967" and|strong="H8147" 18 feet|strong="H7272" around|strong="H5437". Each|strong="H8147" was|strong="H6967" hollow|strong="H5014", and|strong="H8147" the|strong="H5437" walls|strong="H2346" of|strong="H5982" the|strong="H5437" pillars|strong="H5982" were|strong="H8147" 3 in|strong="H5437"./7.4 cm. thick|strong="H6205". 
\verseNumber{16}He|strong="H6213" also|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213" two|strong="H8147" bronze|strong="H5178" caps|strong="H4021" to|strong="H6213" be|strong="H5414" put|strong="H5414" on|strong="H5921" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="H7218" the|strong="H5921" pillars|strong="H5982". Each|strong="H5414" cap was|strong="H7218" 7-1/2 feet|strong="H7272" tall|strong="H6967". 
\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="H7218" he|strong="H5921" made|strong="H4639" bronze|strong="H5178" wreaths|strong="H1434" of|strong="H7218" chains|strong="H8333" to|strong="H5921" decorate|strong="H5710" the|strong="H5921" top|strong="H7218" part|strong="H7218" of|strong="H7218" each|strong="H0376" pillar|strong="H5982". 
\verseNumber{18}He|strong="H6213" also|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213" bronze|strong="H5178" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w figures|strong="H1823"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w resembled|strong="H1823"\+w*} pomegranates|strong="H7416". He|strong="H6213" put|strong="H6213" two|strong="H8147" rows|strong="H2905" of|strong="H7218" pomegranates|strong="H7416" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" top|strong="H7218" parts|strong="H3411" of|strong="H7218" each|strong="H5439" pillar|strong="H5982". 
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\verseNumber{21}His|strong="H7121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w helpers|strong="H5826"\+w*} set|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" the|strong="H7121" pillars|strong="H5982" in|strong="H8034" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H8034" the|strong="H7121" entrance|strong="H6607" of|strong="H8034" the|strong="H7121" temple|strong="H1964". The|strong="H7121" pillar|strong="H5982" on|strong="H6965" the|strong="H7121" south|strong="H3233" side|strong="H6285" was|strong="H8034" named|strong="H7121" Jakin|strong="H3199", and|strong="H6965" the|strong="H7121" pillar|strong="H5982" on|strong="H6965" the|strong="H7121" north|strong="H6828" side|strong="H6285" was|strong="H8034" named|strong="H7121" Boaz|strong="H1162". 
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So|strong="H5921" Huram|strong="H2361" and|strong="H7218" his|strong="H5921" helpers|strong="H5826" finished|strong="H8552" making|strong="H4639" the|strong="H5921" bronze|strong="H5178" pillars|strong="H5982". 
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\verseNumber{23}Huram|strong="H2361" also|strong="H6213" constructed|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" very|strong="H5704" large|strong="H1419" round|strong="H5439" bronze|strong="H5178" tank that|strong="H6213" was|strong="H6967" made|strong="H6213" of|strong="H8193" metal|strong="H6213" and|strong="H7970" cast|strong="H7993" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w a|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w clay|strong="H2635"\+w* \+w mold|strong="H4404"\+w*}. It|strong="H6213" was|strong="H6967" 7-1/2 ft./2.3 meters high|strong="H6967", 30 feet|strong="H7272"/9 meters across|strong="H5676"/wide|strong="H7341", and|strong="H7970" 45 feet|strong="H7272"/13.5 meters around|strong="H5439" it|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{24}Around|strong="H5439" the|strong="H8478" outer|strong="H2435" edge|strong="H8193" of|strong="H8478" the|strong="H8478" rim|strong="H8193" of|strong="H8478" the|strong="H8478" tank were|strong="H8147" two|strong="H8147" rows|strong="H2905" of|strong="H8478" gourds|strong="H6497" that|strong="H3220" were|strong="H8147" made|strong="H5437" of|strong="H8478" bronze|strong="H5178". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w But|strong="H8193"\+w*} the|strong="H8478" gourds|strong="H6497" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w were|strong="H8147"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w cast|strong="H3332"\+w* separately; \+w they|strong="H8478"\+w*} were|strong="H8147" cast|strong="H3332" in|strong="H3220" the|strong="H8478" same|strong="H1931" mold|strong="H4404" as|strong="H8478" the|strong="H8478" rest|strong="H3333" of|strong="H8478" the|strong="H8478" tank. For|strong="H8478" each|strong="H5439" foot|strong="H8478" of|strong="H8478" length|strong="H0753" around|strong="H5439" the|strong="H8478" rim|strong="H8193" of|strong="H8478" the|strong="H8478" tank there|strong="H8478" were|strong="H8147" six|strong="H8337" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w figures|strong="H1823"\+w* \+w of|strong="H8478"\+w*} gourds|strong="H6497". 
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\verseNumber{27}Huram|strong="H2361" also|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213" ten|strong="H6235" bronze|strong="H5178" carts|strong="H5699". Each|strong="H0376" was|strong="H6967" six|strong="H7969" feet|strong="H7272" long|strong="H0753" and|strong="H6213" six|strong="H7969" feet|strong="H7272" wide|strong="H7341" and|strong="H6213" 4-1/2 feet|strong="H7272" tall|strong="H6967". 
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\verseNumber{41}the|strong="H5921" two|strong="H8147" pillars|strong="H5982"; 
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\verseNumber{44}the|strong="H8478" big|strong="H0931" tank; 
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\verseNumber{46}They|strong="H4428" made|strong="H6213" them|strong="H5414" by|strong="H3383" pouring|strong="H5258" melted|strong="H4549" bronze|strong="H5178" into|strong="H3332" the|strong="H3332" clay|strong="H4568" molds that|strong="H4428" Huram|strong="H2361" had|strong="H4428" set|strong="H3332" up|strong="H4428" near|strong="H7126" the|strong="H3332" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5104"\+w*} Valley|strong="H3603", between|strong="H0996" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3332"\+w* \+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} Succoth|strong="H5523" and|strong="H4428" Zarethan|strong="H6891". 
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the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196"; 
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Those|strong="H1992" things|strong="H6944" were|strong="H3709" all|strong="H3605" made|strong="H6213" of|strong="H1004" gold|strong="H2091". 
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\verseNumber{51}So|strong="H6213" Solomon’s|strong="H8010" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w workers|strong="H4399"\+w*} finished|strong="H7999" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" work|strong="H4399" for|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004". Then|strong="H5414" they|strong="H3068" placed|strong="H5414" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" storerooms all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H6944" that|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H3068" dedicated|strong="H6944" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068"—all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H3068" gold|strong="H2091", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" valuable|strong="H3368" items|strong="H3627". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The sacred chest was brought to the temple }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{The sacred chest was brought to the temple }
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\chapterNumber{8}Solomon|strong="H8010" then|strong="H4428" summoned|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3478" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" elders|strong="H2205" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H4294", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" clans|strong="H4940". He|strong="H1931" wanted|strong="H2654" them|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3478" join|strong="H2266" in|strong="H3478" bringing|strong="H5927" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" Sacred|strong="H6944" Chest|strong="H0727" from|strong="H5927" Zion|strong="H6726" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Hill|strong="H2022"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w*}, where|strong="H0834" it|strong="H1931" was|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" part|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" called|strong="H7121" ‘The|strong="H3605" City|strong="H5892" of|strong="H1121" David’. 
\verseNumber{2}So|strong="H1931" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli leaders|strong="H7218" came|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010" during|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Festival|strong="H2282" of|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Living|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w Temporary|strong="H5521"\+w*} Shelters|strong="H5521", in|strong="H3478" October. 
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\verseNumber{3}When|strong="H5375" they|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" arrived|strong="H0935", the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" lifted|strong="H5375" up|strong="H5375" the|strong="H3605" Sacred|strong="H6944" Chest|strong="H0727" 
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\verseNumber{6}The|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" priests|strong="H3548" then|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H3548" the|strong="H3068" Sacred|strong="H6944" Chest|strong="H0727" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3068" Very|strong="H3966" Holy|strong="H6944" Place|strong="H4725" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004", and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" placed|strong="H5414" it|strong="H3068" under|strong="H8478" the|strong="H3068" wings|strong="H3671" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w statues|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w*} winged|strong="H3671" creatures|strong="H2416". 
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\verseNumber{10}When|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3068" priests|strong="H3548" came|strong="H1961" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w suddenly|strong="H6597"\+w*} it|strong="H1961" was|strong="H3068" filled|strong="H4390" with|strong="H4390" a|strong="H1961" cloud|strong="H6051". 
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\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H3068" Solomon|strong="H8010" prayed|strong="H6419" this|strong="H3068": 
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“Yahweh|strong="H3068", you|strong="H0859" have|strong="H3068" placed|strong="H7931" the|strong="H3068" sun|strong="H8121" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" sky|strong="H8064", 
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but|strong="H3068" you|strong="H0859" have|strong="H3068" decided|strong="H3289" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H0859" would|strong="H3068" live|strong="H7931" in|strong="H3068" very|strong="H3966" dark|strong="H6205" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w clouds|strong="H5645"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{13}I|strong="H1004" have|strong="H1129" built|strong="H1129" for|strong="H3427" you|strong="H1129" a|strong="H1129" magnificent|strong="H0117" temple|strong="H1004", 
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a|strong="H1129" place|strong="H4349" for|strong="H3427" you|strong="H1129" to|strong="H1004" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" forever|strong="H5769".” 
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\verseNumber{14}Then|strong="H5975", while|strong="H5975" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" stood|strong="H5975" there|strong="H5975", the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" turned|strong="H5437" around|strong="H5437" and|strong="H3478" faced|strong="H6440" them|strong="H6440", and|strong="H3478" he|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w asked|strong="H7592"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w*} bless|strong="H1288" them|strong="H6440". 
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\verseNumber{16}‘rom the|strong="H3605" time|strong="H3117" that|strong="H5971" I|strong="H3117" brought|strong="H3318" my|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1004" Egypt|strong="H4714", I|strong="H3117" have|strong="H1961" never|strong="H3808" chosen|strong="H0977" any|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" in|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478" in|strong="H5921" which|strong="H1004" a|strong="H1961" temple|strong="H1004" should|strong="H3117" be|strong="H1961" built|strong="H1129" for|strong="H5921" my|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H3318" worship|strong="H3478" me|strong="H5921" there|strong="H8033". But|strong="H3808" I|strong="H3117" chose|strong="H0977" you|strong="H3605", David|strong="H1732", to|strong="H3318" rule|strong="H4910" my|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971".” 
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\verseNumber{20}And|strong="H6965" now|strong="H3478" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" done|strong="H3478" what|strong="H1697" he|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H3068". I|strong="H5921" have|strong="H3068" become|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H3678" of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H1696" succeed|strong="H6965" my|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001", and|strong="H6965" I|strong="H5921" am|strong="H3068" ruling|strong="H3427" my|strong="H3068" people|strong="H3427", like|strong="H1004" Yahweh|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H1696". I|strong="H5921" have|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w arranged|strong="H6186"\+w* \+w for|strong="H5921"\+w*} this|strong="H1696" temple|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1697"\+w*} built|strong="H1129" for|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5921" Israelis to|strong="H1696" worship|strong="H3478" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H5921" God|strong="H3068", to|strong="H1696" whom|strong="H0834" we|strong="H1697" Israelis belong|strong="H8478". 
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\verseNumber{22}Then|strong="H5975" Solomon|strong="H8010" stood|strong="H5975" in|strong="H3478" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196" which|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" facing|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H3709" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3068" gathered|strong="H8010" there|strong="H5975". He|strong="H3068" spread|strong="H6566" out|strong="H6566" his|strong="H3605" arms|strong="H2220" toward|strong="H6440" heaven|strong="H8064", 
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“Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H6440" we|strong="H1980" Israeli people|strong="H3820" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w belong|strong="H8478"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1980"\+w*/\+w worship|strong="H3478"\+w*}, there|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3605" god|strong="H3068" like|strong="H3644" you|strong="H6440" up|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" heaven|strong="H8064" or|strong="H3068" down|strong="H1980" here|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H8064". You|strong="H6440" solemnly|strong="H7650" promised|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H6440" would|strong="H3068" faithfully|strong="H2617" love|strong="H2617" us|strong="H5921". And|strong="H1980" that|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H5921" you|strong="H6440" have|strong="H3068" done|strong="H1980" for|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5921" who|strong="H3605" earnestly|strong="H5650" do|strong="H3068" what|strong="H5921" you|strong="H6440" want|strong="H4270" us|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1980" do|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{24}You|strong="H3117" have|strong="H5650" done|strong="H3027" the|strong="H8104" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117" promised|strong="H1696" my|strong="H8104" father|strong="H0001" David|strong="H1732", who|strong="H5650" served|strong="H5647" you|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w very|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w well|strong="H1696"\+w*}, that|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117" would|strong="H5650" do|strong="H8104". Truly|strong="H3588", you|strong="H3117" promised|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H8104" these|strong="H2088" things|strong="H1697" for|strong="H3027" him|strong="H3027", and|strong="H3117" today|strong="H3117" we|strong="H3117" see|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3117" by|strong="H3027" your|strong="H8104" power|strong="H3027" you|strong="H3117" have|strong="H5650" done|strong="H3027" them|strong="H3027". 
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\verseNumber{25}So|strong="H1980" now|strong="H6258", Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H6440" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H6440" we|strong="H1980" Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w belong|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w*/\+w worship|strong="H3478"\+w*}, please|strong="H4994" do|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" things|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6440" promised|strong="H1696" my|strong="H8104" father|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6440" would|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068". You|strong="H6440" told|strong="H1696" him|strong="H6440" that|strong="H3068" there|strong="H3427" would|strong="H3068" always|strong="H7535" be|strong="H3808" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H8104" descendants|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3068" would|strong="H3068" rule|strong="H3427" Israel|strong="H3478", if|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3068" would|strong="H3068" conduct|strong="H1870" their|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H3427" as|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" did|strong="H3478". 
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\verseNumber{27}But|strong="H3588" God|strong="H3808", you|strong="H3588" cannot|strong="H3808" really|strong="H2088" live|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" earth|strong="H8064". There|strong="H2009" is|strong="H2088" surely|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3808" enough|strong="H1767" space|strong="H3117" for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5921" sky|strong="H8064", or|strong="H3808" even|strong="H3588" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5921" heaven|strong="H8064". So|strong="H3808" there|strong="H2009" is|strong="H2088" surely|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3808" enough|strong="H1767" space|strong="H3117" for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H5921" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" this|strong="H2088" temple|strong="H1004" that|strong="H3588" my|strong="H5921" workers|strong="H1129" have|strong="H1129" built|strong="H1129". 
\verseNumber{28}But|strong="H6437" Yahweh|strong="H3068", my|strong="H8085" God|strong="H3068", please|strong="H8085" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6440" while|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" am|strong="H3068" praying|strong="H6419" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6440" this|strong="H6440" day|strong="H3117", 
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\verseNumber{53}You|strong="H3588" chose|strong="H0977" them|strong="H3027" from|strong="H3318" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" people-groups in|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3605" world|strong="H8398" to|strong="H1696" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1696" you|strong="H3588", which|strong="H5971" is|strong="H3027" what|strong="H1696" you|strong="H3588" told|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872" to|strong="H1696" tell|strong="H1696" them|strong="H3027" when|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" brought|strong="H3318" our|strong="H3605" ancestors|strong="H0001" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H3027" Egypt|strong="H4714".” 
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\verseNumber{54}After|strong="H5921" Solomon|strong="H8010" had|strong="H3068" finished|strong="H3615" praying|strong="H6419" and|strong="H6965" pleading|strong="H1696" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w help|strong="H1961"\+w*}, he|strong="H3068" stood|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" in|strong="H5921" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196" where|strong="H5921" he|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H1961" kneeling|strong="H3766". He|strong="H3068" lifted|strong="H5375" up|strong="H6965" his|strong="H3605" arms|strong="H2220". 
\verseNumber{55}Then|strong="H5975" he|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w asked|strong="H7592"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w*} bless|strong="H1288" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5971". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w prayed|strong="H6419"\+w*} loudly|strong="H6963", saying|strong="H6963", 
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\verseNumber{56}“Praise|strong="H1288" Yahweh|strong="H3068", who|strong="H3605" has|strong="H3068" given|strong="H5414" us|strong="H5414" his|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" peace|strong="H7965", like|strong="H3478" he|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H1696" that|strong="H5971" he|strong="H3068" would|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068". He|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" done|strong="H3027" every|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" good|strong="H2896" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H5971" he|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872", the|strong="H3605" man|strong="H2896" who|strong="H3605" served|strong="H5647" him|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w very|strong="H2896"\+w* \+w well|strong="H2896"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{57}I|strong="H3068" pray|strong="H6419" that|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5973" us|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" with|strong="H5973" our|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001", and|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" never|strong="H3808" abandon|strong="H5800" us|strong="H1961". 
\verseNumber{58}I|strong="H6680" pray|strong="H6419" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3824" cause|strong="H4941" us|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3212" loyally serve|strong="H5647" him|strong="H6680", to|strong="H3212" conduct|strong="H1870" our|strong="H3605" lives|strong="H3824" as|strong="H3824" he|strong="H3605" wants|strong="H2656" us|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3212", and|strong="H4941" to|strong="H3212" obey|strong="H8104" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" commandments|strong="H4687" and|strong="H4941" statutes|strong="H2706" and|strong="H4941" laws|strong="H2706" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3605" gave|strong="H6680" to|strong="H3212" our|strong="H3605" ancestors|strong="H0001". 
\verseNumber{59}I|strong="H3117" pray|strong="H2603" that|strong="H5971" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" never|strong="H3808" forget|strong="H7911" these|strong="H6213" words|strong="H1697" that|strong="H5971" I|strong="H3117" have|strong="H1961" prayed|strong="H6419", pleading|strong="H1696" for|strong="H6213" his|strong="H3068" help|strong="H5971"; I|strong="H3117" pray|strong="H2603" that|strong="H5971" he|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" think|strong="H2803" about|strong="H1961" them|strong="H6440" by|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" and|strong="H3478" by|strong="H3117" night|strong="H3915". I|strong="H3117" pray|strong="H2603" that|strong="H5971" he|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" always|strong="H3117" help|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w us|strong="H6213"\+w*} Israeli people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H3478" me|strong="H6440", giving|strong="H5414" us|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6440" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H5971" we|strong="H3117" need|strong="H1697" day|strong="H3117" by|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{60}If|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" does|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3588", all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people-groups in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" world|strong="H8398" will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" only|strong="H3588" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3588" there|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3605" other|strong="H5750" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{61}I|strong="H3117" pray|strong="H6419" that|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*,} will|strong="H3068" always|strong="H3117" be|strong="H1961" fully|strong="H8003" committed|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3212" Yahweh|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" obey|strong="H8104" all|strong="H3212" his|strong="H8104" statutes|strong="H2706" and|strong="H3068" commands|strong="H4687", like|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3117" are|strong="H3117" doing|strong="H6213" now|strong="H1961".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Solomon|strong="H8010" dedicated|strong="H6942" the|strong="H8104" temple|strong="H1004" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Solomon|strong="H8010" dedicated|strong="H6942" the|strong="H8104" temple|strong="H1004" }
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\verseNumber{62}Then|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3478" there|strong="H3605" offered|strong="H2076" sacrifices|strong="H2077" to|strong="H3478" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{63}They|strong="H3068" sacrificed|strong="H2076" 22,000 cattle|strong="H1241" and|strong="H3967" 120,000 sheep|strong="H6629" to|strong="H3478" maintain|strong="H6213" fellowship|strong="H2266" with|strong="H1004" Yahweh|strong="H3068". Then|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H3967" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1121" dedicated|strong="H2596" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004". 
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\verseNumber{64}On|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" day|strong="H3117", the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" also|strong="H3068" dedicated|strong="H6942"/set|strong="H6942" apart|strong="H6942" the|strong="H6440" middle|strong="H8432" part|strong="H8432" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" courtyard|strong="H2691" that|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" temple|strong="H1004". Then|strong="H6213" he|strong="H1931" offered|strong="H6213" sacrifices|strong="H5930" that|strong="H3588" would|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w courtyard|strong="H2691"\+w*}, the|strong="H6440" offerings|strong="H8002" of|strong="H4428" grain|strong="H1715" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" fat|strong="H2459" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" animals|strong="H0929" that|strong="H3588" were|strong="H3117" sacrificed|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" maintain|strong="H6213" fellowship|strong="H2266" with|strong="H1004" Yahweh|strong="H3068". They|strong="H3588" sacrificed|strong="H6213" them|strong="H6440" there|strong="H8033" because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H6440" bronze|strong="H5178" altar|strong="H4196" was|strong="H3068" not|strong="H6213" big|strong="H0931" enough|strong="H6213" for|strong="H3588" all|strong="H6213" those|strong="H1931" sacrifices|strong="H5930" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" burned|strong="H8313" on|strong="H3117" it|strong="H1931" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{65}Then|strong="H6213" Solomon|strong="H8010" and|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1931" celebrated|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" Festival|strong="H2282" of|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Living|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w Temporary|strong="H5521"\+w*} Shelters|strong="H5521" for|strong="H5704" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117". There|strong="H3117" was|strong="H3068" a|strong="H6213" huge|strong="H1995" crowd|strong="H6951" of|strong="H3068" people|strong="H1931" there|strong="H3117", some|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H6440" had|strong="H3068" come|strong="H3478" from|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w distant|strong="H7350"\+w* \+w places|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w like|strong="H5973"\+w*} Hamath|strong="H2574" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w far|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w north|strong="H6828"\+w*} and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" border|strong="H1366" of|strong="H3068" Egypt|strong="H4714" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w far|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w south|strong="H5045"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{66}On|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" eighth|strong="H8066" day|strong="H3117", Solomon|strong="H7971" sent|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H3478" their|strong="H3605" homes|strong="H1004". They|strong="H3117" all|strong="H3605" praised|strong="H1288" him|strong="H5921" and|strong="H3478" went|strong="H3212" home|strong="H3212" happy|strong="H8056" because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H5971" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3478" bless|strong="H1288" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="H4428"\+w*} David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H3478" his|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5971". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Yahweh’s repiy to Solomon’s prayer }

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\chapterNumber{9}After|strong="H1961" Solomon’s|strong="H8010" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w workers|strong="H6213"\+w*} had|strong="H3068" finished|strong="H3615" building|strong="H1129" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3605" palace|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3068" everything|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" Solomon|strong="H8010" wanted|strong="H2654" them|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" build|strong="H1129", 
\verseNumber{2}Yahweh|strong="H3068" appeared|strong="H7200" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w a|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w dream|strong="H2472"\+w*} a|strong="H7200" second|strong="H8145" time|strong="H8145", like|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" appeared|strong="H7200" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H7200" at|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} Gibeon|strong="H1391". 
\verseNumber{3}Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H8085" to|strong="H5704" him|strong="H6440", 
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“I|strong="H3117" heard|strong="H8085" what|strong="H2088" you|strong="H6440" prayed|strong="H6419" and|strong="H3068" what|strong="H2088" you|strong="H6440" pleaded|strong="H2603" for|strong="H5704" me|strong="H6440" to|strong="H5704" do|strong="H3068". I|strong="H3117" have|strong="H1961" set|strong="H7760" apart|strong="H6942"/dedicated|strong="H6942" this|strong="H2088" temple|strong="H1004" which|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w workers|strong="H1129"\+w*} have|strong="H1961" built|strong="H1129" to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" place|strong="H7760" where|strong="H8033" people|strong="H5869" will|strong="H3068" worship|strong="H7812" me|strong="H6440" forever|strong="H5769". I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" always|strong="H3605" watch|strong="H5869" over|strong="H6440" it|strong="H7760" and|strong="H3068" protect|strong="H3117" it|strong="H7760". 
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\verseNumber{4}“nd as|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6440", if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H6440" conduct|strong="H1870" your|strong="H3605" life|strong="H4941" as|strong="H6213" I|strong="H6680" want|strong="H4270" you|strong="H6440" to|strong="H1980", like|strong="H1980" your|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" David|strong="H1732" did|strong="H6213", and|strong="H1980" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H6440" very|strong="H6213" sincerely|strong="H8549" obey|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" statutes|strong="H2706" and|strong="H1980" laws|strong="H2706" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H6680" have|strong="H3605" commanded|strong="H6680" you|strong="H6440" to|strong="H1980" obey|strong="H6213", 
\verseNumber{5}I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3478" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H1732" I|strong="H5921" promised|strong="H1696" your|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001" that|strong="H3478" I|strong="H5921" would|strong="H3478" do|strong="H6213": I|strong="H5921" promised|strong="H1696" him|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478" would|strong="H3478" always|strong="H5769" be|strong="H3808" ruled|strong="H4427" by|strong="H5921" his|strong="H1732" descendants|strong="H2233". 
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\verseNumber{6}“ut if|strong="H1121" you|strong="H5414" or|strong="H3808" your|strong="H5414" descendants|strong="H1121" turn|strong="H7725" away|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" me|strong="H5414" and|strong="H1121" disobey|strong="H0854" the|strong="H6440" commands|strong="H4687" and|strong="H1121" decrees|strong="H2711" that|strong="H5414" I|strong="H5414" have|strong="H1121" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1980" you|strong="H5414", and|strong="H1121" if|strong="H1121" you|strong="H5414" start|strong="H1870" to|strong="H1980" worship|strong="H7812" other|strong="H0312" gods|strong="H1980", 
\verseNumber{7}I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1961" remove|strong="H6440" my|strong="H5414" Israeli people|strong="H5971" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H6440" that|strong="H5971" I|strong="H5414" have|strong="H1961" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" them|strong="H5414". I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1961" also|strong="H8034" abandon|strong="H5414" this|strong="H5414" temple|strong="H1004" that|strong="H5971" I|strong="H5414" have|strong="H1961" set|strong="H5414" apart|strong="H6942"/dedicated|strong="H6942" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" place|strong="H5414" where|strong="H1004" people|strong="H5971" should|strong="H3478" worship|strong="H3478" me|strong="H5414". Then|strong="H1961" people|strong="H5971" everywhere|strong="H3605" will|strong="H1961" despise|strong="H3988" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w*} Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3478" make|strong="H5414" fun of|strong="H1004" them|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{8}This|strong="H2088" temple|strong="H1004" will|strong="H3068" become|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" heap|strong="H5945" of|strong="H1004" ruins|strong="H5945". Everyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" passes|strong="H5674" by|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" astonished|strong="H8074" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w see|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5921"\+w*}, and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" shocked|strong="H8074" and|strong="H3068" say|strong="H0559", ‘Why|strong="H4100" has|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2088" to|strong="H3068" this|strong="H2088" land|strong="H0776" and|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" this|strong="H2088" temple|strong="H1004"?’ 
\verseNumber{9}And|strong="H3068" other|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5800" will|strong="H3068" reply|strong="H7725", ‘It|strong="H5921" happened|strong="H1961" because|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5800" abandoned|strong="H5800" Yahweh|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" brought|strong="H3318" their|strong="H3605" ancestors|strong="H0001" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H3068" Egypt|strong="H4714". They|strong="H3651" started|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" accept|strong="H7521" and|strong="H3068" worship|strong="H7812" other|strong="H3605" gods|strong="H0430". And|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3068" why|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5647" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3318" experience|strong="H7200" all|strong="H3605" these|strong="H2063" disasters|strong="H7451".’ ” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Other|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" Solomon|strong="H8010" did|strong="H3068" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Other|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" Solomon|strong="H8010" did|strong="H3068" }
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\verseNumber{10}Solomon’s|strong="H8010" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w workers|strong="H1129"\+w*} labored|strong="H3021" for|strong="H3068" 20 years|strong="H8141" to|strong="H3068" build|strong="H1129" the|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" palace|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{11}Hiram|strong="H2438", the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Tyre|strong="H6865" had|strong="H8010" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w arranged|strong="H6186"\+w* \+w for|strong="H6086"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w workers|strong="H6466"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5414"\+w*} give|strong="H5414" Solomon|strong="H8010" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" cedar|strong="H0730" and|strong="H6242" pine|strong="H1992" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w logs|strong="H6086"\+w*} and|strong="H6242" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" gold|strong="H2091" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3605" needed|strong="H2656" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H6086"\+w* \+w this|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w work|strong="H5414"\+w*}. After|strong="H0310" it|strong="H5414" was|strong="H5892" all|strong="H3605" finished|strong="H3615", King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" Hiram|strong="H2438" 20 cities|strong="H5892" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Galilee|strong="H1551" region|strong="H2256". 
\verseNumber{12}But|strong="H3808" when|strong="H7200" Hiram|strong="H2438" went|strong="H3318" from|strong="H3318" Tyre|strong="H6865" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w Galilee|strong="H1551"\+w*} to|strong="H3318" see|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" cities|strong="H5892" that|strong="H7200" Solomon|strong="H8010" had|strong="H8010" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3318" him|strong="H5414", he|strong="H5414" was|strong="H5892" not|strong="H3808" pleased|strong="H3474" with|strong="H3318" them|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{13}He|strong="H3117" said|strong="H7121" to|strong="H5704" Solomon|strong="H8010", “My|strong="H5414" friend|strong="H7453", those|strong="H2088" cities|strong="H5892" that|strong="H3117" you|strong="H5414" gave|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" are|strong="H3117" worthless|strong="H1100"!” So|strong="H7121", that|strong="H3117" area|strong="H1508" is|strong="H2088" still|strong="H5704" called|strong="H7121" ‘Worthless’. 
\verseNumber{14}Hiram|strong="H2438" paid|strong="H5414" Solomon|strong="H7971" only|strong="H0389" five|strong="H2568" tons of|strong="H4428" gold|strong="H2091" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w those|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{15}This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1129" record|strong="H3789" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3068" work|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3068" King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010" forced|strong="H4522" men|strong="H4522" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068". He|strong="H3068" forced|strong="H4522" them|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3068" build|strong="H1129" the|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" palace|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" terraces|strong="H4546"/landfills \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w east|strong="H6921"\+w* \+w side|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" wall|strong="H2346" around|strong="H5439" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", and|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w rebuild|strong="H1129"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} Hazor|strong="H2674" and|strong="H3068" Megiddo|strong="H4023" and|strong="H3068" Gezer|strong="H1507". 
\verseNumber{16}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w reason|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3920"\+w* \+w needed|strong="H1767"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w rebuild|strong="H1129"\+w* \+w Gezer|strong="H1507"\+w* \+w was|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w army|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} the|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Egypt|strong="H4714" had|strong="H8010" attacked|strong="H5927" Gezer|strong="H1507" and|strong="H4428" captured|strong="H3920" it|strong="H5414". Then|strong="H5414" they|strong="H3920" had|strong="H8010" burned|strong="H8313" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w houses|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3427"\+w*} the|strong="H5414" city|strong="H5892" and|strong="H4428" killed|strong="H2026" all|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5414" Canaan|strong="H3669" people-group who|strong="H3427" lived|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3427". The|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Egypt|strong="H4714" gave|strong="H5414" that|strong="H5414" city|strong="H5892" to|strong="H5927" his|strong="H5414" daughter|strong="H1323" as|strong="H5927" a|strong="H5414" gift|strong="H5414" when|strong="H3427" she|strong="H5892" married|strong="H3427" Solomon|strong="H8010". 
\verseNumber{17}So|strong="H3651" Solomon’s|strong="H8010" workers|strong="H1129" also|strong="H8010" rebuilt|strong="H1129" Gezer|strong="H1507", and|strong="H1129" they|strong="H1992" also|strong="H8010" rebuilt|strong="H1129" Lower|strong="H8481" Beth-Horon|strong="H1032" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{18}They|strong="H1992" also|strong="H1571" rebuilt|strong="H1129" Baalath|strong="H1191" and|strong="H4057" Tamar|strong="H8559" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w towns|strong="H1323"\+w*} in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H4057" desert|strong="H4057" in|strong="H0935" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H4057"\+w* \+w southern|strong="H5045"\+w* \+w part|strong="H7992"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4057"\+w*} Judah|strong="H3063". 
\verseNumber{19}They|strong="H3605" also|strong="H8010" built|strong="H1129" cities|strong="H5892" where|strong="H1129" they|strong="H3605" kept|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" supplies|strong="H4399" for|strong="H3389" Solomon|strong="H8010", the|strong="H3605" places|strong="H3605" where|strong="H1129" his|strong="H3605" horses|strong="H6571" and|strong="H5892" chariots|strong="H7393" were|strong="H1961" kept|strong="H1961". They|strong="H3605" also|strong="H8010" built|strong="H1129" everything|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" Solomon|strong="H8010" wanted|strong="H2836" them|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" build|strong="H1129", in|strong="H5892" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H5892" in|strong="H5892" Lebanon|strong="H3844", and|strong="H5892" in|strong="H5892" other|strong="H3605" places|strong="H3605" in|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3605" area|strong="H1508" over|strong="H3605" which|strong="H5892" he|strong="H3605" ruled|strong="H4427". 
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\verseNumber{20}There|strong="H1992" were|strong="H3478" many|strong="H3808" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" Amor people-group, the|strong="H3605" Heth|strong="H2845" people-group, the|strong="H3605" Periz people-group, the|strong="H3605" Hiv people-group, and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Jebus|strong="H2982" people-group who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" killed|strong="H2026" when|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Israelis captured|strong="H3920" their|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{21}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Their|strong="H5647"\+w* \+w descendants|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w still|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w lived|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*}. It|strong="H5927" was|strong="H3478" those|strong="H1121" people|strong="H1121" whom|strong="H0834" Solomon|strong="H8010" forced|strong="H4522" to|strong="H5704" become|strong="H5647" his|strong="H3478" slaves|strong="H5647" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w build|strong="H1129"\+w* \+w all|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w those|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w places|strong="H1116"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3117" are|strong="H3117" still|strong="H3201" slaves|strong="H5647". 
\verseNumber{22}But|strong="H3588" Solomon|strong="H8010" did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" force|strong="H2394" any|strong="H5414" Israeli people|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3478" become|strong="H1961" slaves|strong="H5650". Some|strong="H1992" Israeis became|strong="H5650" soldiers|strong="H5650" and|strong="H1121" army|strong="H4421" officers|strong="H8269" and|strong="H1121" commanders|strong="H8269" and|strong="H1121" drivers of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5414" chariots|strong="H7393" and|strong="H1121" soldiers|strong="H5650" who|strong="H1121" rode|strong="H7392" on|strong="H5414" horses|strong="H6571". 
\verseNumber{23}There|strong="H8033" were|strong="H5971" 550 officials|strong="H8269" who|strong="H5971" supervised|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" slaves|strong="H5650" who|strong="H5971" worked|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w build|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w all|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w those|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w places|strong="H1116"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{24}After|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Solomon’s|strong="H8010"\+w* \+w wife|strong="H0802"\+w*, \+w who|strong="H6547"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1732"\+w*} the|strong="H1129" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H1129" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1004" Egypt|strong="H4714", moved|strong="H4131" from|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H1129"\+w* \+w place|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w outside|strong="H1129"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w called|strong="H7121"\+w*} ‘The|strong="H1129" City|strong="H5892" of|strong="H1004" David’ to|strong="H5927" the|strong="H1129" palace|strong="H1004" that|strong="H5892" Solomon’s|strong="H8010" workers|strong="H1129" built|strong="H1129" for|strong="H1004" her|strong="H1129", Solomon|strong="H8010" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w his|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w workers|strong="H1129"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5927"\+w*} fill|strong="H4390" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H1129" slopes|strong="H0794" on|strong="H5927" the|strong="H1129" east|strong="H6921" side|strong="H6285" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H1129" city|strong="H5892". 
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\verseNumber{25}Three|strong="H7969" times|strong="H6471" each|strong="H6471" year|strong="H8141" Solomon|strong="H8010" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w brought|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w*} offerings|strong="H8002" that|strong="H3068" were|strong="H7969" completely|strong="H3617" burned|strong="H6999" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*} and|strong="H3068" offerings|strong="H8002" to|strong="H3068" restore|strong="H7999" fellowship|strong="H2266" with|strong="H1004" Yahweh|strong="H3068". He|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H5927" incense|strong="H6999" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" burned|strong="H6999" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H6440" presence|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1004" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
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And|strong="H3068" so|strong="H5927" his|strong="H3068" men|strong="H0376" finished|strong="H7999" building|strong="H1129" the|strong="H6440" temple|strong="H1004". 
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\verseNumber{26}King|strong="H4428" Solomon’s|strong="H8010" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w workers|strong="H6213"\+w*} also|strong="H6213" built|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" fleet|strong="H0590" of|strong="H4428" ships|strong="H0591" at|strong="H5921" Ezion-Geber|strong="H6100" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, which|strong="H4428" is|strong="H4428" near|strong="H5921" Elath|strong="H0359" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" shore|strong="H8193" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" Gulf of|strong="H4428" Aqaba, in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" land|strong="H0776" belonging to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Edom|strong="H0112" people-group. 
\verseNumber{27}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="H4428"\+w*} Hiram|strong="H2438" sent|strong="H7971" some|strong="H4480" very|strong="H3045" expert|strong="H6186" sailors|strong="H4419" to|strong="H7971" work|strong="H4399" on|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3045" ships|strong="H0591" with|strong="H5973" Solomon’s|strong="H8010" workers|strong="H6466". 
\verseNumber{28}They|strong="H8033" sailed|strong="H1980" to|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3947"\+w*} Ophir|strong="H0211" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H3603"\+w*} and|strong="H3967" brought|strong="H3947" back|strong="H3947" to|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010" about|strong="H8033" 16 tons of|strong="H4428" gold|strong="H2091". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The queen of Sheba visited Solomon }

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\chapterNumber{10}The|strong="H8085" queen|strong="H4436" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w ruled|strong="H4427"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8085"\+w*} Sheba|strong="H7614" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w area|strong="H1508"\+w*} heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H8085" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5414" Solomon|strong="H8010" to|strong="H3068" become|strong="H1961" famous|strong="H8034", so|strong="H8085" she|strong="H1931" traveled|strong="H5265" to|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" to|strong="H3068" ask|strong="H7592" him|strong="H8085" questions|strong="H2420" that|strong="H8085" were|strong="H3068" difficult|strong="H2420" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w answer|strong="H6030"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{2}She|strong="H5973" came|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5973" a|strong="H1961" large|strong="H3515" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H3605" wealthy|strong="H2428"/influential people|strong="H1696", and|strong="H2091" she|strong="H5973" brought|strong="H5375" camels|strong="H1581" that|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1961" loaded|strong="H5375" with|strong="H5973" spices|strong="H1314", and|strong="H2091" valuable|strong="H3368" gems|strong="H0068", and|strong="H2091" a|strong="H1961" lot|strong="H1486" of|strong="H3605" gold|strong="H2091". When|strong="H1961" she|strong="H5973" met|strong="H5375" Solomon|strong="H8010", she|strong="H5973" asked|strong="H1696" him|strong="H5973" questions|strong="H1697" about|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" topics/things|strong="H3605" in|strong="H1696" which|strong="H2428" she|strong="H5973" was|strong="H1961" interested. 
\verseNumber{3}Solomon|strong="H8010" answered|strong="H5046" all|strong="H3605" her|strong="H3605" questions|strong="H1697". He|strong="H3605" explained|strong="H0560" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" she|strong="H3808" asked|strong="H1697" about|strong="H1961", even|strong="H3808" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" difficult|strong="H6381". 
\verseNumber{4}The|strong="H3605" queen|strong="H4436" realized|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" Solomon|strong="H8010" was|strong="H1004" very|strong="H3966" wise|strong="H2451". She|strong="H1931" saw|strong="H7200" his|strong="H3605" palace|strong="H1004"; 
\verseNumber{5}she|strong="H3808" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3068" food|strong="H3978" that|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" served|strong="H8334" on|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" table|strong="H7979" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w every|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*}; she|strong="H3808" saw|strong="H7200" where|strong="H4186" his|strong="H3068" officials|strong="H5650" lived|strong="H4186" (OR|strong="H3808", how|strong="H4100" his|strong="H3068" officials|strong="H5650" were|strong="H1961" seated|strong="H3427" at|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" table|strong="H7979"), their|strong="H3068" uniforms, the|strong="H3068" servants|strong="H5650" who|strong="H3068" served|strong="H8334" the|strong="H3068" food|strong="H3978" and|strong="H3068" wine|strong="H3196", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" sacrifices|strong="H5930" that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" took|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" offered|strong="H5927". She|strong="H3808" was|strong="H3068" extremely|strong="H3966" amazed|strong="H8539". 
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\verseNumber{6}She|strong="H5921" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1961" King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010", “Everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H8085" I|strong="H5921" heard|strong="H8085" in|strong="H5921" my|strong="H8085" own|strong="H1961" country|strong="H2022" about|strong="H1961" you|strong="H5921" and|strong="H4428" about|strong="H1961" how|strong="H8085" wise|strong="H2451" you|strong="H5921" are|strong="H1697" is|strong="H1697" true|strong="H0571"! 
\verseNumber{7}But|strong="H3808" I|strong="H5704" did|strong="H3254" not|strong="H3808" believe|strong="H0539" it|strong="H7200" was|strong="H1697" true|strong="H0571" until|strong="H5704" I|strong="H5704" came|strong="H1697" here|strong="H2009" and|strong="H5869" saw|strong="H7200" it|strong="H7200" myself|strong="H0589". But|strong="H3808" really|strong="H2088", what|strong="H1697" they|strong="H3808" told|strong="H5046" me|strong="H7200" is|strong="H1697" only|strong="H5704" half|strong="H2677" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w what|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w could|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w have|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w me|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w about|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5704"\+w*}. You|strong="H5704" are|strong="H5869" extremely|strong="H5704" wise|strong="H2451" and|strong="H5869" rich|strong="H6223", more|strong="H3254" than|strong="H2896" what|strong="H1697" people|strong="H3808" told|strong="H5046" me|strong="H7200". 
\verseNumber{8}Your|strong="H6440" wives|strong="H0802" are|strong="H5650" very|strong="H3966" fortunate|strong="H1409"! Your|strong="H6440" officials|strong="H5650" who|strong="H5650" are|strong="H5650" constantly|strong="H8548" standing|strong="H5975" in|strong="H8085" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" you|strong="H6440" and|strong="H5650" listening|strong="H8085" to|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" wise|strong="H2451" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H8085" you|strong="H6440" say|strong="H0559" are|strong="H5650" also|strong="H8085" fortunate|strong="H1409"! 
\verseNumber{9}Praise|strong="H1288" Yahweh|strong="H3068", your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", who|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" shown|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H6213" is|strong="H3068" pleased|strong="H2654" with|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5414" by|strong="H5921" causing|strong="H6213" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" become|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478"! God|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" always|strong="H5769" loved|strong="H0157" the|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H5971", and|strong="H3478" therefore|strong="H5921" he|strong="H6213" has|strong="H3068" appointed|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1961" their|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428", in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4941" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" rule|strong="H4428" them|strong="H5414" fairly|strong="H4941" and|strong="H3478" righteously|strong="H6666".” 
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\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" queen|strong="H4436" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w things|strong="H7230"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w she|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w had|strong="H8010"\+w* \+w brought|strong="H5414"\+w*. \+w She|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w gave|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5414"\+w*} almost|strong="H3966" five|strong="H2568" tons of|strong="H4428" gold|strong="H2091" and|strong="H3967" a|strong="H5414" large|strong="H7230" amount|strong="H7230" of|strong="H4428" spices|strong="H1314" and|strong="H3967" valuable|strong="H3368" gems|strong="H0068". Never|strong="H3808" again|strong="H5750" did|strong="H3808" King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010" receive|strong="H5414" more|strong="H5750" spices|strong="H1314" than|strong="H7235" the|strong="H5414" queen|strong="H4436" gave|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" at|strong="H4428" that|strong="H1931" time|strong="H5750". 
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\verseNumber{11}In|strong="H6086" the|strong="H5375" ships|strong="H0591" that|strong="H6086" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5375" King|strong="H4428" Hiram|strong="H2438", in|strong="H6086" which|strong="H6086" they|strong="H5375" had|strong="H7235" previously|strong="H1571" brought|strong="H5375" gold|strong="H2091" from|strong="H2091" Ophir|strong="H0211", they|strong="H5375" also|strong="H1571" brought|strong="H5375" a|strong="H5375" large|strong="H7235" amount|strong="H7235" of|strong="H6086" juniper|strong="H7574" wood|strong="H6086" and|strong="H6086" gems|strong="H0068"/valuable|strong="H3368" stones|strong="H0068". 
\verseNumber{12}King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010" told|strong="H6213" his|strong="H3068" workers|strong="H6213" to|strong="H5704" use|strong="H6213" that|strong="H7200" wood|strong="H6086" to|strong="H5704" make|strong="H6213" railings/supports|strong="H4552" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" Yahweh|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" king’s|strong="H4428" palace|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" to|strong="H5704" make|strong="H6213" harps|strong="H3658" and|strong="H3068" lyres|strong="H3658" for|strong="H5704" the|strong="H7200" ◄musicians|strong="H7891"/men|strong="H7891" who|strong="H3068" played|strong="H2181" musical|strong="H7892" instruments|strong="H3627"►. That|strong="H7200" wood|strong="H6086" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" largest amount|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" (OR|strong="H3808", the|strong="H7200" finest|strong="H2459") wood|strong="H6086" that|strong="H7200" had|strong="H3068" ever|strong="H3117" been|strong="H3808" seen|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*}. And|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H2088" since|strong="H3117" then|strong="H2088" has|strong="H3068" ever|strong="H3117" seen|strong="H7200" so|strong="H3651" much|strong="H6213" wood|strong="H6086" of|strong="H4428" that|strong="H7200" kind|strong="H4327". 
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\verseNumber{13}King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3212" the|strong="H3605" queen|strong="H4436" from|strong="H3027" Sheba|strong="H7614" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" she|strong="H1931" wanted|strong="H2654". He|strong="H1931" gave|strong="H5414" her|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" gifts|strong="H4979" in|strong="H4428" addition|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3212" the|strong="H3605" gifts|strong="H4979" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H1931" always|strong="H3605" gave|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w other|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w rulers|strong="H8269"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w visited|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5414"\+w*}. Then|strong="H5414" she|strong="H1931" and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1931" who|strong="H3605" came|strong="H3212" with|strong="H3212" her|strong="H3605" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H3212" her|strong="H3605" own|strong="H3027" land|strong="H0776". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Solomon’s|strong="H8010" wealth|strong="H2428" }

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\verseNumber{14}Each|strong="H0376" year|strong="H8141" there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" brought|strong="H8010" to|strong="H1961" Solomon|strong="H8010" a|strong="H1961" total|strong="H3605" of|strong="H8141" 25 tons of|strong="H8141" gold|strong="H2091". 
\verseNumber{15}That|strong="H3605" was|strong="H4428" in|strong="H4428" addition|strong="H5921" to|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w taxes|strong="H4061"\+w*} paid|strong="H5414" to|strong="H4428" him|strong="H3605" by|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" merchants|strong="H7402" and|strong="H4428" traders|strong="H7402", and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" annual|strong="H6471" taxes|strong="H4061" paid|strong="H5414" by|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Arabia|strong="H6152" and|strong="H4428" by|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" governors|strong="H6346" of|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w regions|strong="H2506"\+w* \+w in|strong="H4428"\+w*} Israel|strong="H3478". 
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\verseNumber{16}King|strong="H4428" Solomon’s|strong="H8010" workers|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w took|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w this|strong="H6213"\+w*} gold|strong="H2091" and|strong="H3967" hammered|strong="H4749" it|strong="H5921" into|strong="H5927" thin|strong="H1851" sheets|strong="H6341" and|strong="H3967" covered|strong="H3680" 200 large|strong="H6793" shields|strong="H6793" with|strong="H6213" those|strong="H5921" thin|strong="H1851" sheets|strong="H6341" of|strong="H4428" gold|strong="H2091"; they|strong="H5921" put|strong="H5927" ◄almost|strong="H4592" 15 pounds|strong="H1993"/more|strong="H2091" than|strong="H5921" 6 kg.► of|strong="H4428" gold|strong="H2091" on|strong="H5921" each|strong="H0376" shield|strong="H6793". 
\verseNumber{17}His|strong="H5414" workers|strong="H6466" made|strong="H5414" 300 smaller|strong="H4592" shields|strong="H4043". They|strong="H5921" covered|strong="H3680" each|strong="H5414" of|strong="H4428" them|strong="H5414" with|strong="H1004" ◄almost|strong="H4592" 4 pounds|strong="H1993"/1.5 kg.► of|strong="H4428" gold|strong="H2091". Then|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" put|strong="H5414" those|strong="H5921" shields|strong="H4043" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Hall|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" Forest|strong="H3293" of|strong="H4428" Lebanon|strong="H3844". 
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\verseNumber{18}His|strong="H6213" workers|strong="H6213" also|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" him|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" large|strong="H1419" throne|strong="H3678". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Part|strong="H7992"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w it|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w was|strong="H4428"\+w*} covered|strong="H6823" with|strong="H6213" ◄ivory|strong="H8127" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{decorations \+w made|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w from|strong="H2091"\+w*►} tusks|strong="H7161" of|strong="H4428" elephants and|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w part|strong="H7992"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w it|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w was|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w covered|strong="H6823"\+w*} with|strong="H6213" very|strong="H1419" fine|strong="H6213" gold|strong="H2091". 
\verseNumber{19-20}There|strong="H8033" were|strong="H0834" six|strong="H8337" steps|strong="H4609" in|strong="H0935" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" throne|strong="H3678". There|strong="H8033" was|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1961" statue|strong="H6755" of|strong="H1121" a|strong="H1961" lion|strong="H0738" on|strong="H5921" both|strong="H8147" sides|strong="H3411" of|strong="H1121" each|strong="H0376" step|strong="H6587". So|strong="H3651" altogether|strong="H3162" there|strong="H8033" were|strong="H0834" twelve|strong="H8147" statues|strong="H2088" of|strong="H1121" lions|strong="H3715". The|strong="H3605" back|strong="H7725" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" throne|strong="H3678" was|strong="H3068" rounded|strong="H0990" at|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" top|strong="H7218". At|strong="H3427" each|strong="H0376" side|strong="H6285" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" throne|strong="H3678" there|strong="H8033" was|strong="H3068" an|strong="H1129" armrest, and|strong="H3967" alongside|strong="H5980" each|strong="H0376" armrest there|strong="H8033" was|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1961" small|strong="H6996" statue|strong="H6755" of|strong="H1121" a|strong="H1961" lion|strong="H0738". No|strong="H3808" throne|strong="H3678" like|strong="H3644" that|strong="H0834" had|strong="H3068" ever|strong="H5769" existed|strong="H1961" in|strong="H0935" any|strong="H3605" other|strong="H0312" kingdom|strong="H4467". 
\verseNumber{21}All|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4428" Solomon’s|strong="H8010" cups|strong="H4945" were|strong="H3117" made|strong="H3627" of|strong="H4428" gold|strong="H2091", and|strong="H3701" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" various|strong="H2921" dishes|strong="H7086" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" Hall|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Forest|strong="H3293" of|strong="H4428" Lebanon|strong="H3844" were|strong="H3117" made|strong="H3627" of|strong="H4428" gold|strong="H2091". They|strong="H3117" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" make|strong="H2803" things|strong="H3605" from|strong="H3117" silver|strong="H3701", because|strong="H3117" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" years|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" Solomon|strong="H8010" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w ruled|strong="H4428"\+w*}, silver|strong="H3701" was|strong="H3117" not|strong="H3808" considered|strong="H2803" to|strong="H3117" be|strong="H3808" valuable|strong="H3972". 
\verseNumber{22}The|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" had|strong="H4428" a|strong="H3588" ◄fleet|strong="H0590"/large|strong="H1419" number|strong="H4557"► of|strong="H4428" ships|strong="H0591" that|strong="H3588" sailed|strong="H1980" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H3588" ships|strong="H0591" that|strong="H3588" King|strong="H4428" Hiram|strong="H2438" owned|strong="H3426". Every|strong="H8141" three|strong="H7969" years|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3588" ships|strong="H0591" returned|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H2091"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w places|strong="H1116"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w which|strong="H2091"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w had|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w sailed|strong="H1980"\+w*}, bringing|strong="H5375" gold|strong="H2091", silver|strong="H3701", ivory|strong="H8143", monkeys, and|strong="H3701" baboons (OR|strong="H3701", peacocks|strong="H8500"). 
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\verseNumber{23}King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010" became|strong="H1431" richer|strong="H6238" and|strong="H4428" wiser|strong="H2451" than|strong="H4428" any|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{24}People|strong="H8085" from|strong="H6440" all|strong="H3605" over|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" world|strong="H8398" wanted|strong="H1245" to|strong="H5414" come|strong="H0935" and|strong="H2451" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" wise|strong="H2451" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" Solomon|strong="H8010" said|strong="H8085", things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" God|strong="H5414" had|strong="H8010" put|strong="H5414" into|strong="H5414" his|strong="H3605" mind|strong="H3820". 
\verseNumber{25}All|strong="H1697" the|strong="H1697" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H1992" came|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1697" him|strong="H1697" brought|strong="H0935" presents|strong="H4503": They|strong="H1992" brought|strong="H0935" things|strong="H1697" made|strong="H3627" from|strong="H2091" silver|strong="H3701" or|strong="H3701" gold|strong="H2091", or|strong="H3701" robes|strong="H0899", or|strong="H3701" weapons|strong="H3627" (OR|strong="H3701", myrrh|strong="H4753"), or|strong="H3701" spices|strong="H1314", or|strong="H3701" horses|strong="H5483", or|strong="H3701" mules|strong="H6505". The|strong="H1697" people|strong="H5971" continued|strong="H5674" to|strong="H1697" do|strong="H1697" this|strong="H1697" every|strong="H1697" year|strong="H8141". 
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\verseNumber{26}Solomon|strong="H8010" acquired|strong="H6213" 1,400 chariots|strong="H7393" and|strong="H3967" 12,000 men|strong="H8147" who|strong="H4428" rode|strong="H7392" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w horses|strong="H6571"\+w*} (OR|strong="H8147", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w chariots|strong="H7393"\+w*}). Solomon|strong="H8010" put|strong="H5148" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4428" them|strong="H8147" in|strong="H4428" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H3967" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4428" them|strong="H8147" in|strong="H4428" other|strong="H8147" cities|strong="H5892" where|strong="H0834" he|strong="H8147" kept|strong="H1961" his|strong="H1961" chariots|strong="H7393". 
\verseNumber{27}During|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5414" years|strong="H8141" that|strong="H5414" Solomon|strong="H8010" was|strong="H4428" king|strong="H4428", silver|strong="H3701" became|strong="H3205" as|strong="H7230" common|strong="H7230" in|strong="H4428" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" as|strong="H7230" stones|strong="H0068"; and|strong="H3701" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{lumber \+w from|strong="H3389"\+w*} cedar|strong="H0730" trees|strong="H8256" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5414" foothills|strong="H8219" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" was|strong="H4428" as|strong="H7230" plentiful|strong="H7230" as|strong="H7230" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{lumber \+w from|strong="H3389"\+w*} fig|strong="H8384" trees|strong="H8256". 
\verseNumber{28}Solomon’s|strong="H8010" agents bought|strong="H7069" horses|strong="H5483" and|strong="H4428" supervised|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3947" men|strong="H3947" who|strong="H4428" brougt them|strong="H3947" into|strong="H4714" Israel|strong="H3478" from|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" areas|strong="H0776" of|strong="H4428" Musri and|strong="H4428" Cilicia \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w were|strong="H4714"\+w* \+w famous|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w for|strong="H4714"\+w* \+w breeding|strong="H6629"\+w* \+w horses|strong="H5483"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{29}In|strong="H4428" Musri they|strong="H3651" bought|strong="H7069" chariots|strong="H4818" and|strong="H3967" horses|strong="H5483"; they|strong="H3651" paid|strong="H3318" 600 pieces|strong="H5409" of|strong="H4428" silver|strong="H3701" for|strong="H3027" each|strong="H3605" chariot|strong="H4818" and|strong="H3967" 150 pieces|strong="H5409" of|strong="H4428" silver|strong="H3701" for|strong="H3027" each|strong="H3605" horse|strong="H5483". They|strong="H3651" brought|strong="H3318" them|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3318" Israel|strong="H3478". Then|strong="H3318" they|strong="H3651" sold|strong="H3318" many|strong="H7227" of|strong="H4428" them|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Heth|strong="H2845" people-group and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Syria|strong="H0758". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Solomon’s many wives }

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\chapterNumber{11}King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010" married|strong="H3947" many|strong="H7227" foreign|strong="H5237" women|strong="H1323". First|strong="H1323" he|strong="H8010" married|strong="H3947" the|strong="H8010" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H8010" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Egypt|strong="H4714". He|strong="H8010" also|strong="H4428" married|strong="H3947" women|strong="H1323" from|strong="H1323" the|strong="H8010" Heth|strong="H2845" people-group and|strong="H4428" from|strong="H1323" the|strong="H8010" Moab|strong="H4125", Ammon|strong="H4125", and|strong="H4428" Edom|strong="H0112" people-groups, and|strong="H4428" from|strong="H1323" Sidon|strong="H6721" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H3068" married|strong="H3947" them|strong="H1992" even|strong="H3808" though|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" the|strong="H3068" Israeli people|strong="H1471", “Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" marry|strong="H3947" people|strong="H1471" from|strong="H4480" those|strong="H1992" areas|strong="H0776", because|strong="H4480" if|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3808" do|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068", they|strong="H1992" will|strong="H3068" surely|strong="H1121" persuade|strong="H6601" you|strong="H3808" [IDM] to|strong="H3478" worship|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3068" gods|strong="H0430" that|strong="H3068" they|strong="H1992" worship|strong="H3478"!” 
\verseNumber{3}Solomon|strong="H8010" married|strong="H3947" 700 women|strong="H0802" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H1961" kings’|strong="H4428" daughters|strong="H1323". He|strong="H5186" also|strong="H6370" had|strong="H1961" 300 wives|strong="H0802" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H1961" his|strong="H5186" slaves|strong="H5650"/servants|strong="H5650". And|strong="H3967" his|strong="H5186" wives|strong="H0802" caused|strong="H1961" him|strong="H5186" to|strong="H1961" turn|strong="H5186" away|strong="H5186" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H3820"\+w* \+w worshiping|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{4}By|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" time|strong="H6256" that|strong="H3068" Solomon|strong="H8010" became|strong="H1961" old|strong="H2209", they|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" persuaded|strong="H5496" him|strong="H5973" to|strong="H3068" worship|strong="H7812" the|strong="H3068" gods|strong="H0430" from|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" countries|strong="H0776". He|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" completely|strong="H8003" dedicated|strong="H6942"/committed|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" like|strong="H1961" his|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001" [SYN] David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H1961". 
\verseNumber{5}Solomon|strong="H8010" worshiped|strong="H7812" Astarte|strong="H6253", the|strong="H8010" goddess|strong="H0430" that|strong="H8010" the|strong="H8010" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H8251" Sidon|strong="H6721" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w*}, and|strong="H3212" he|strong="H8010" worshiped|strong="H7812" Molech|strong="H4432", the|strong="H8010" disgusting|strong="H8441" god|strong="H0430" that|strong="H8010" the|strong="H8010" Ammon|strong="H5984" people-group \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{6}That’s|strong="H1696" how|strong="H6213" Solomon|strong="H8010" did|strong="H6213" things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" were|strong="H5869" evil|strong="H7451". He|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" conduct|strong="H1870" his|strong="H3068" life|strong="H5315" like|strong="H3808" his|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001" David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213"; he|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" conduct|strong="H1870" his|strong="H3068" life|strong="H5315" as|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" wanted|strong="H2654" him|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{7}On|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" hill|strong="H2022" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" east|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1121" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" he|strong="H3389" built|strong="H1129" a|strong="H1129" place|strong="H1116" to|strong="H5921" worship|strong="H7812" Chemosh|strong="H3645", the|strong="H6440" disgusting|strong="H8441" god|strong="H0430" that|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" Moab|strong="H4124" people-group \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" a|strong="H1129" place|strong="H1116" to|strong="H5921" worship|strong="H7812" Molech|strong="H4432", the|strong="H6440" disgusting|strong="H8441" god|strong="H0430" that|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-group \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{8}He|strong="H3651" also|strong="H6213" built|strong="H6213" places|strong="H3605" where|strong="H0834" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" foreign|strong="H5237" wives|strong="H0802" could|strong="H3201" burn|strong="H6999" incense|strong="H6999" and|strong="H6213" offer|strong="H2076" sacrifices|strong="H6999" to|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" gods|strong="H0430" from|strong="H6213" their|strong="H3605" own|strong="H1961" countries|strong="H0776". 
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\verseNumber{9-10}Even|strong="H1571" though|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" whom|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w*}, had|strong="H3068" appeared|strong="H7200" to|strong="H0413" Solomon|strong="H8010" two|strong="H8147" times|strong="H6471", and|strong="H3967" had|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0413" not|strong="H3808" worship|strong="H7812" foreign|strong="H5237" gods|strong="H0430", Solomon|strong="H8010" refused|strong="H3985" to|strong="H0413" obey|strong="H8085" Yahweh|strong="H3068". So|strong="H3651" Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H5973" Solomon|strong="H8010", 
\verseNumber{11}and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H5414", “You|strong="H5414" have|strong="H1961" chosen|strong="H0977" to|strong="H3068" break|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" agreement|strong="H1285" that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H5414" made|strong="H5414" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H5414" and|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" disobey|strong="H0854" what|strong="H2063" I|strong="H5414" commanded|strong="H6680" you|strong="H5414". So|strong="H1961" I|strong="H5414" am|strong="H1961" surely|strong="H5414" not|strong="H3808" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="H3068" allow|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" rule|strong="H4467" all|strong="H5414" of|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" kingdom|strong="H4467". I|strong="H5414" am|strong="H1961" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="H3068" allow|strong="H5414" one|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" officials|strong="H5650" to|strong="H3068" rule|strong="H4467" it|strong="H5414". 
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\verseNumber{13}But|strong="H7535" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5650" not|strong="H3808" take|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" kingdom|strong="H4467" away|strong="H7167" from|strong="H1121" him|strong="H5414". Instead|strong="H3808", I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H5650" allow|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" rule|strong="H4467" one|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H7626" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w besides|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w tribe|strong="H7626"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*}, because|strong="H4616" of|strong="H1121" what|strong="H1732" I|strong="H5414" promised|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" David|strong="H1732", who|strong="H3605" served|strong="H5647" me|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w well|strong="H3190"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" because|strong="H4616" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w want|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w David’s|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w descendants|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w rule|strong="H4467"\+w* \+w in|strong="H1121"\+w*} Jerusalem|strong="H3389", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w where|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w my|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w located|strong="H0834"\+w*}.” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Solomon’s|strong="H8010" enemies|strong="H3389" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Solomon’s|strong="H8010" enemies|strong="H3389" }
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\verseNumber{14}Yahweh|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H6965" Hadad|strong="H1908", from|strong="H6965" the|strong="H3068" family|strong="H2233" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3068" kings|strong="H4428" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" Edom|strong="H0112" people-group, to|strong="H3068" rebel|strong="H4775" against|strong="H6965" Solomon|strong="H8010". 
\verseNumber{15-16}What|strong="H4100" happened|strong="H1961" was|strong="H3068" that|strong="H0834" previously|strong="H8543", when|strong="H3588" David’s|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*} had|strong="H3068" conquered|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3605" Edom|strong="H0112" people-group, his|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428" commander|strong="H8269" Joab|strong="H3097" had|strong="H3068" gone|strong="H1980" there|strong="H8033" to|strong="H0413" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w help|strong="H5826"\+w*} bury|strong="H6912" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Israeli \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w*} who|strong="H0834" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H1961" killed|strong="H2026" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w battle|strong="H4421"\+w*}. Joab|strong="H3097" and|strong="H3967" his|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428" remained|strong="H3427" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" Edom|strong="H0112" area|strong="H1508" for|strong="H3588" six|strong="H8337" months|strong="H2320", and|strong="H3967" during|strong="H3117" that|strong="H0834" time|strong="H6256" they|strong="H1992" killed|strong="H2026" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" males|strong="H2145" of|strong="H1121" that|strong="H0834" area|strong="H1508". 
\verseNumber{17}Hadad|strong="H1908" was|strong="H1931" a|strong="H4714" young|strong="H5288" child|strong="H5288" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w at|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w time|strong="H6256"\+w*}, and|strong="H5650" he|strong="H1931" had|strong="H4714" escaped|strong="H1272" to|strong="H4714" Egypt|strong="H4714", along|strong="H5921" with|strong="H4714" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H5650" his|strong="H1931" father’s|strong="H0001" servants|strong="H5650" from|strong="H1272" the|strong="H5650" Edom|strong="H0112" area|strong="H1508". 
\verseNumber{18}They|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w went|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5414"\+w*} Midian|strong="H4080" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}, and|strong="H6965" then|strong="H6965" they|strong="H5414" went|strong="H4428" to|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w desert|strong="H6160"\+w* \+w area|strong="H1508"\+w* \+w at|strong="H1004"\+w*} Paran|strong="H6290". Some|strong="H4480" other|strong="H0312" men|strong="H3947" joined|strong="H2266" them|strong="H5414" there|strong="H6965". Then|strong="H6965" they|strong="H5414" all|strong="H5414" traveled|strong="H5265" to|strong="H5414" Egypt|strong="H4714" and|strong="H6965" went|strong="H4428" to|strong="H5414" see|strong="H7200" the|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Egypt|strong="H4714". The|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" gave|strong="H5414" Hadad|strong="H1908" some|strong="H4480" land|strong="H0776" and|strong="H6965" ordered|strong="H3947" his|strong="H5414" servants|strong="H5650" to|strong="H5414" give|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" some|strong="H4480" food|strong="H3899" regularly|strong="H8548". 
\verseNumber{19}The|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" liked|strong="H5869" Hadad|strong="H1908". As|strong="H5869" a|strong="H5414" result|strong="H6903" he|strong="H5414" gave|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" sister|strong="H0269" of|strong="H5869" his|strong="H5414" own|strong="H5869" wife|strong="H0802", Queen|strong="H1377" Tahpenes|strong="H8472", to|strong="H5414" be|strong="H5414" Hadad’s wife|strong="H0802". 
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\verseNumber{20}Later|strong="H1961" Hadad’s wife|strong="H0802" gave|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205" to|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121" named|strong="H7121" Genubath|strong="H1592". The|strong="H8432" sister|strong="H0269" of|strong="H1121" Tahpenes|strong="H8472" ◄raised|strong="H8432" him|strong="H3205"/brought|strong="H3205" him|strong="H3205" up|strong="H3205"► in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H8432" palace|strong="H1004", where|strong="H1004" he|strong="H1004" lived|strong="H8432" with|strong="H1004" the|strong="H8432" king’s|strong="H4428" sons|strong="H1121". 
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\verseNumber{21}While|strong="H3588" Hadad|strong="H1908" was|strong="H1732" in|strong="H4191" Egypt|strong="H4714", he|strong="H3588" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H1732" died|strong="H4191" [EUP], and|strong="H7971" that|strong="H3588" Joab|strong="H3097", the|strong="H8085" commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H8269" David’s|strong="H1732" army|strong="H6635", was|strong="H1732" also|strong="H1732" dead|strong="H4191". So|strong="H7971" he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H8085" to|strong="H4191" the|strong="H8085" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H8269" Egypt|strong="H4714", “Please|strong="H8085" allow|strong="H5414" me|strong="H7971" to|strong="H4191" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H4191" my|strong="H8085" own|strong="H5973" country|strong="H2022".” 
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\verseNumber{22}But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" him|strong="H7971", “Why|strong="H4100" do|strong="H4100" you|strong="H3588" want|strong="H1245" to|strong="H3212" go|strong="H3212" back|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" your|strong="H3588" country|strong="H2022"? Is|strong="H4100" there|strong="H8033" something|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" lack|strong="H2638" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" want|strong="H1245" me|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3212" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3212" you|strong="H3588"?” Hadad|strong="H1908" replied|strong="H0559", “No|strong="H3808", but|strong="H3588" please|strong="H4994" just|strong="H3512" allow|strong="H5414" me|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3212" go|strong="H3212".” \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w allowed|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w him|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w leave|strong="H5800"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w returned|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w his|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w own|strong="H5973"\+w* \+w country|strong="H2022"\+w* \+w and|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w became|strong="H3205"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H2638"\+w* \+w Edom|strong="H0112"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{23}God|strong="H0430" also|strong="H4428" caused|strong="H6965" another|strong="H0312" man|strong="H1121" named|strong="H7121" Rezon|strong="H7331", the|strong="H6965" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Eliada|strong="H0450", to|strong="H1121" rebel|strong="H4775" against|strong="H6965" Solomon|strong="H8010". Rezon|strong="H7331" had|strong="H4428" run|strong="H7323" away|strong="H1272" from|strong="H1121" his|strong="H6965" master|strong="H0113", King|strong="H4428" Hadadezer|strong="H1909" of|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6965"\+w*} Zobah|strong="H6678" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w area|strong="H1508"\+w* \+w north|strong="H6828"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Damascus|strong="H1834"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{24}Rezon|strong="H7331" then|strong="H1961" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H5921" leader|strong="H8269" of|strong="H3427" a|strong="H1961" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H3427" outlaws. That|strong="H1732" happened|strong="H1961" after|strong="H5921" David’s|strong="H1732" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w army|strong="H1416"\+w* \+w had|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w defeated|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w Hadadezer|strong="H1909"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3212"\+w*} had|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="H1732"\+w*} killed|strong="H2026" all|strong="H6908" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w*}. Rezon|strong="H7331" and|strong="H3212" his|strong="H1732" men|strong="H1416" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" Damascus|strong="H1834" and|strong="H3212" started|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3212" live|strong="H3427" there|strong="H1961", and|strong="H3212" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w there|strong="H1961"\+w*} appointed|strong="H4427" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3212" be|strong="H1961" their|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4427". 
\verseNumber{25}All|strong="H3605" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" time|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" Solomon|strong="H8010" was|strong="H1961" alive|strong="H2416", while|strong="H1961" Rezon|strong="H7331" was|strong="H1961" ruling|strong="H4910" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w not|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w only|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w Damascus|strong="H1834"\+w* \+w but|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w all|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3117"\+w*} Syria|strong="H0758", he|strong="H3117" was|strong="H1961" an|strong="H1961" enemy|strong="H7854" of|strong="H3117" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3478" caused|strong="H1961" trouble|strong="H7451" for|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478" like|strong="H1961" Hadad|strong="H1908" did|strong="H3478". 

\BibleSectionHeading{What|strong="H7451" Yahweh|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H1696" to|strong="H3478" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{What|strong="H7451" Yahweh|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H1696" to|strong="H3478" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" }
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\verseNumber{26}Another|strong="H4480" man|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" rebelled|strong="H7311" against|strong="H4480" [IDM] Solomon|strong="H8010" was|strong="H8034" one|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3027" officials|strong="H5650" named|strong="H8034" Jeroboam|strong="H3379", the|strong="H4480" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Nebat|strong="H5028". He|strong="H4480" was|strong="H8034" from|strong="H4480" Zeredah|strong="H6868" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} in|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w region|strong="H2256"\+w* \+w where|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w the|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w tribe|strong="H4294"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} Ephraim|strong="H8034" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w lives|strong="H5315"\+w*}. His|strong="H3027" mother|strong="H0517" was|strong="H8034" a|strong="H4480" widow|strong="H0490" named|strong="H8034" Zeruah|strong="H6871". 
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\verseNumber{27}This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" what|strong="H1697" happened|strong="H1697". Solomon’s|strong="H8010" workers|strong="H1129" were|strong="H1697" filling|strong="H4390" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H1129" land|strong="H0776"/ground|strong="H0776" on|strong="H3027" the|strong="H1129" east|strong="H6921" side|strong="H2088" of|strong="H4428" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H4428" repairing|strong="H3247" the|strong="H1129" walls|strong="H2346" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w around|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1129"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{28}Jeroboam|strong="H3379" was|strong="H1931" a|strong="H6213" very|strong="H6213" capable|strong="H2428" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H5288". So|strong="H6213", when|strong="H3588" Solomon|strong="H8010" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" worked|strong="H6213" very|strong="H6213" hard|strong="H1004", he|strong="H1931" appointed|strong="H6485" him|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" supervise|strong="H7200" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1368" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H2428" forced|strong="H5447" to|strong="H6213" work|strong="H4399" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" areas|strong="H0776" where|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1004" Manasseh|strong="H4519" and|strong="H1004" Ephraim|strong="H0669" live|strong="H3427". 
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\verseNumber{29}One|strong="H1931" day|strong="H6256" when|strong="H1961" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" was|strong="H1961" walking|strong="H1980" alone|strong="H1931" along|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3680" road|strong="H1870" outside|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1870" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", the|strong="H3680" prophet|strong="H5030" Ahijah|strong="H3680" from|strong="H3318" Shiloh|strong="H7887" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H1931"\+w*} met|strong="H4672" him|strong="H4672". Ahijah|strong="H3680" was|strong="H1961" wearing|strong="H2296" a|strong="H1961" new|strong="H2319" robe|strong="H8008", 
\verseNumber{30}which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H8147" took|strong="H8610" off|strong="H5921" and|strong="H8147" tore|strong="H7167" into|strong="H5921" twelve|strong="H8147" pieces|strong="H7168". 
\verseNumber{31}He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" Jeroboam|strong="H3379", “Take|strong="H3947" ten|strong="H6235" of|strong="H3068" these|strong="H3947" pieces|strong="H7168" for|strong="H3588" yourself|strong="H5414", because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3588" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H3478"\+w*}, says|strong="H3541" to|strong="H3478" you|strong="H3588", ‘I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" going|strong="H2005" to|strong="H3478" tear|strong="H7167" the|strong="H3588" kingdom|strong="H4467" from|strong="H3478" Solomon|strong="H8010", and|strong="H3478" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" going|strong="H2005" to|strong="H3478" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3478" become|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3588" ruler|strong="H4910" of|strong="H3068" ten|strong="H6235" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" tribes|strong="H7626" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{32}Solomon’s|strong="H8010" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w descendants|strong="H2233"\+w*} will|strong="H1961" still|strong="H5750" rule|strong="H4910" one|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H7626" (OR|strong="H5892", two|strong="H8147" tribes|strong="H7626"), because|strong="H4616" of|strong="H7626" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w I|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w promised|strong="H1696"\+w* } David|strong="H1732", a|strong="H1961" man|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" served|strong="H1961" me|strong="H5650" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w very|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w well|strong="H3190"\+w*}, and|strong="H3478" because|strong="H4616" of|strong="H7626" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H5650" have|strong="H1961" chosen|strong="H0977" from|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w where|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w my|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5650"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{33}I|strong="H3282" am|strong="H1980" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" do|strong="H6213" this|strong="H6213" because|strong="H3282" Solomon|strong="H8010" has|strong="H4124" rejected|strong="H5800" me|strong="H6213" and|strong="H1121" has|strong="H4124" been|strong="H3808" worshiping|strong="H7812" Astarte|strong="H6253", the|strong="H6213" goddess|strong="H0430" that|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6213" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Sidon|strong="H6721" worship|strong="H7812", Chemosh|strong="H3645", the|strong="H6213" god|strong="H3808" that|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6213" Moab|strong="H4124" people-group worship|strong="H7812", and|strong="H1121" Milcom|strong="H4445", the|strong="H6213" god|strong="H3808" that|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6213" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-group worship|strong="H7812". He|strong="H6213" has|strong="H4124" not|strong="H3808" conducted|strong="H1240" his|strong="H1732" life|strong="H4941" as|strong="H6213" I|strong="H3282" wanted|strong="H2654" him|strong="H6213" to|strong="H1980". He|strong="H6213" has|strong="H4124" not|strong="H3808" obeyed|strong="H8085" my|strong="H1732" statutes|strong="H2708" and|strong="H1121" laws|strong="H8451", like|strong="H1870" his|strong="H1732" father|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732" did|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{34}‘ut I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5650" not|strong="H3808" take|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3605" entire|strong="H3605" kingdom|strong="H4467" away|strong="H3947" from|strong="H3027" him|strong="H3027". I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5650" enable|strong="H7980" him|strong="H3027" to|strong="H8104" rule|strong="H3027" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*} all|strong="H3605" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" years|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3117" alive|strong="H2416". I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5650" do|strong="H8104" that|strong="H3588" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w promised|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w to|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w do|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3588"\+w*} David|strong="H1732", whom|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" chose|strong="H0977" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4616"\+w*}, and|strong="H3117" who|strong="H3605" served|strong="H5647" me|strong="H3947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w well|strong="H7896"\+w*}, and|strong="H3117" who|strong="H3605" always|strong="H3605" obeyed|strong="H8104" my|strong="H8104" commandments|strong="H4687" and|strong="H3117" laws|strong="H8451". 
\verseNumber{35}But|strong="H3947" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1121" take|strong="H3947" the|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w*} ten|strong="H6235" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5414" kingdom|strong="H4410" and|strong="H1121" give|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w rule|strong="H3027"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{36}I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1961" allow|strong="H5414" Solomon’s|strong="H8010" son|strong="H1121" to|strong="H1961" rule|strong="H4910" one|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H7626", in|strong="H3117" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H1121" [MET|strong="H6298"] of|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732" will|strong="H1961" always|strong="H3605" rule|strong="H4910" in|strong="H3117" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H3117" have|strong="H1961" chosen|strong="H0977" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" place|strong="H7760" where|strong="H8033" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w my|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w*} me|strong="H5414" [MTY]. 
\verseNumber{37}I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1961" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3478" become|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H3478" you|strong="H3605" will|strong="H1961" rule|strong="H4428" over|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" territory|strong="H1366" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" want|strong="H5315" to|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{38}If|strong="H1961" you|strong="H5414" obey|strong="H8085" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H5414" command|strong="H6680" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1980" do|strong="H6213", and|strong="H1980" conduct|strong="H1870" your|strong="H3605" life|strong="H3605" as|strong="H1961" I|strong="H5414" want|strong="H4270" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1980", and|strong="H1980" if|strong="H1961" you|strong="H5414" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H3477" I|strong="H5414" say|strong="H3478" is|strong="H1870" right|strong="H3477" by|strong="H1870" obeying|strong="H8085" my|strong="H8104" laws|strong="H8451" and|strong="H1980" commandments|strong="H4687" like|strong="H1961" David|strong="H1732" did|strong="H6213", I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1961" help|strong="H1961" you|strong="H5414". I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1961" make|strong="H6213" sure|strong="H8104" that|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" will|strong="H1961" rule|strong="H4910" after|strong="H1961" you|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w die|strong="H1980"\+w*}, like|strong="H1961" I|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w promised|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1980"\+w*} do|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" David|strong="H1732". 
\verseNumber{39}Because|strong="H4616" of|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Solomon’s|strong="H8010"\+w* \+w sins|strong="H2403"\+w*}, I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3808" punish|strong="H6485" David’s|strong="H1732" descendants|strong="H2233", but|strong="H3808" I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3117" punish|strong="H6485" them|strong="H4616" forever|strong="H3605".’” 
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\verseNumber{40}Solomon|strong="H8010" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w found|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w out|strong="H1245"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w Ahijah|strong="H0281"\+w* \+w told|strong="H8010"\+w* \+w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\+w*}, so|strong="H1961" he|strong="H5704" tried|strong="H1245" to|strong="H5704" kill|strong="H4191" Jeroboam|strong="H3379". But|strong="H1961" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" escaped|strong="H1272" and|strong="H6965" went|strong="H4428" to|strong="H5704" Egypt|strong="H4714". He|strong="H5704" went|strong="H4428" to|strong="H5704" Shishak|strong="H7895", the|strong="H5704" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Egypt|strong="H4714", and|strong="H6965" stayed|strong="H3427" with|strong="H4714" him|strong="H4191" until|strong="H5704" after|strong="H1961" Solomon|strong="H8010" died|strong="H4191". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Solomon|strong="H8010" died|strong="H4191" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Solomon|strong="H8010" died|strong="H4191" }
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\verseNumber{41}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w A|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w record|strong="H3789"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1697"\+w*} all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3605" Solomon|strong="H8010" did|strong="H6213", and|strong="H2451" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" wise|strong="H2451" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w said|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w and|strong="H2451"\+w* \+w wrote|strong="H3789"\+w*}, was|strong="H1697" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" Book|strong="H5612" Telling|strong="H1696" what|strong="H1697" Solomon|strong="H8010" Did|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{42}He|strong="H3117" was|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4427" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" who|strong="H3605" ruled|strong="H4427" over|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3117" Israel|strong="H3478" for|strong="H5921" 40 years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{43}Then|strong="H1732" Solomon|strong="H8010" died|strong="H4191" [EUP], and|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1732" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H6912" the|strong="H8478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w part|strong="H7992"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w called|strong="H7121"\+w*} ‘The|strong="H8478" City|strong="H5892" of|strong="H1121" David’. And|strong="H1121" his|strong="H1732" son|strong="H1121" Rehoboam|strong="H7346" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H8478" king|strong="H4427". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The ten tribes rebelled against Rehoboam }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{The ten tribes rebelled against Rehoboam }
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\chapterNumber{12}All|strong="H3605" [HYP] the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w northern|strong="H6828"\+w*} Israel|strong="H3478" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3478" Shechem|strong="H7927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} in|strong="H3478" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="H3478" appoint|strong="H4427" Rehoboam|strong="H7346" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3478" their|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4427". So|strong="H3588" Rehoboam|strong="H7346" also|strong="H3478" went|strong="H3212" there|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{2}When|strong="H1961" Jeroboam|strong="H3379", who|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" still|strong="H5750" in|strong="H3427" Egypt|strong="H4714", heard|strong="H8085" about|strong="H1961" that|strong="H8085", he|strong="H1931" returned|strong="H7725" from|strong="H6440" Egypt|strong="H4714" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{3}The|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w leaders|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w of|strong="H6951"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w northern|strong="H6828"\+w* \+w tribes|strong="H7626"\+w*} summoned|strong="H7121" him|strong="H7121", and|strong="H3478" they|strong="H3605" went|strong="H3478" together|strong="H7121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w talk|strong="H1696"\+w*} to|strong="H1696" Rehoboam|strong="H7346". They|strong="H3605" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H7121", 
\verseNumber{4}“Your|strong="H5414" father|strong="H0001" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Solomon|strong="H8010"\+w*} forced|strong="H4522" us|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" work|strong="H5656" very|strong="H6258" hard|strong="H7186" [MET|strong="H6298"] for|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5414". If|strong="H7043" you|strong="H5414" ◄lighten|strong="H7043" these|strong="H0428" loads|strong="H4853"/do|strong="H5647" not|strong="H5414" force|strong="H2394" us|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" work|strong="H5656" that|strong="H5414" hard|strong="H7186"►, and|strong="H5647" if|strong="H7043" you|strong="H5414" charge|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5414" less|strong="H0637" taxes|strong="H4061" than|strong="H5921" we|strong="H6258" were|strong="H5414" paying|strong="H1576" to|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5414", we|strong="H6258" will|strong="H5414" serve|strong="H5647" you|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w faithfully|strong="H0571"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{5}He|strong="H3117" replied|strong="H0559", “Go|strong="H3212" away|strong="H7725", and|strong="H7725" come|strong="H3212" back|strong="H7725" three|strong="H7969" days|strong="H3117" from|strong="H7725" now|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w will|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w give|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w my|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w answer|strong="H7725"\+w*}.” So|strong="H7725" those|strong="H1992" leaders|strong="H7218" and|strong="H7725" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" left|strong="H7725". 
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\verseNumber{6}Then|strong="H1961" King|strong="H4428" Rehoboam|strong="H7346" consulted|strong="H3289" the|strong="H6440" older|strong="H2205" men|strong="H2205" who|strong="H5971" had|strong="H1961" advised|strong="H3289" his|strong="H7725" father|strong="H0001" Solomon|strong="H8010" while|strong="H1961" he|strong="H8010" was|strong="H1961" still|strong="H5975" living|strong="H2416". He|strong="H8010" asked|strong="H1697" them|strong="H7725", “What|strong="H1697" shall|strong="H5971" I|strong="H1697" say|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" answer|strong="H7725" those|strong="H2088" men|strong="H2205"?” 
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\verseNumber{7}They|strong="H3117" replied|strong="H6030", “If|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3605" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H1696" serve|strong="H5647" your|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" well|strong="H2896", speak|strong="H1696" kindly|strong="H2896" to|strong="H1696" those|strong="H3605" men|strong="H5971" when|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3605" reply|strong="H6030" to|strong="H1696" them|strong="H1961". If|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3605" do|strong="H5647" that|strong="H5971", your|strong="H3605" peope will|strong="H1961" always|strong="H3605" serve|strong="H5647" you|strong="H3605" faithfully|strong="H0571".” 
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\verseNumber{8}But|strong="H5800" he|strong="H6440" ignored|strong="H6313" what|strong="H4100" the|strong="H6440" older|strong="H2205" men|strong="H2205" advised|strong="H3289" him|strong="H6440" to|strong="H6440" do|strong="H6213". Instead|strong="H8478", he|strong="H6440" consulted|strong="H3289" the|strong="H6440" younger|strong="H6810" men|strong="H2205" who|strong="H5975" had|strong="H3068" grown|strong="H1431" up|strong="H5975" with|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440", who|strong="H5975" were|strong="H2205" now|strong="H6258" ◄his|strong="H6440" advisors/the|strong="H6440" ones|strong="H3206" who|strong="H5975" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H6440" what|strong="H4100" would|strong="H0014" be|strong="H6440" good|strong="H6440" to|strong="H6440" do|strong="H6213"►. 
\verseNumber{9}He|strong="H4480" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" them|strong="H5414", “What|strong="H4100" should|strong="H4100" I|strong="H5414" say|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H5921" men|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" are|strong="H5971" asking|strong="H7592" me|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1696" reduce|strong="H1639" the|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w work|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w and|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w taxes|strong="H4061"\+w*} that|strong="H5971" my|strong="H5414" father|strong="H0001" required|strong="H1697" from|strong="H4480" them|strong="H5414"?” 
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\verseNumber{10}They|strong="H5921" replied|strong="H1696", “This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" what|strong="H2088" you|strong="H5921" should|strong="H3068" tell|strong="H1696" them|strong="H5921": ‘My|strong="H5921" little|strong="H6995" finger|strong="H6995" is|strong="H2088" thicker|strong="H5666" than|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5921" father’s|strong="H0001" waist|strong="H4975". 
\verseNumber{11}What|strong="H5921" I|strong="H5921" mean|strong="H2823" is|strong="H0369" that|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001" required|strong="H7592" you|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w work|strong="H4399"\+w* \+w hard|strong="H3515"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3254"\+w* \+w pay|strong="H7999"\+w* \+w high|strong="H1116"\+w* \+w taxes|strong="H4061"\+w*}. But|strong="H6258" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3254" make|strong="H3254" those|strong="H5921" loads|strong="H4853" heavier|strong="H3515". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w as|strong="H3254"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} my|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001" whipped you|strong="H5921", but|strong="H6258" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H5921"\+w* wil \+w be|strong="H3254"\+w* \+w as|strong="H3254"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3254" whip|strong="H7752" you|strong="H5921" with|strong="H5921" whips|strong="H7752" that|strong="H5921" have|strong="H6258" pieces|strong="H5409" of|strong="H5921" metal|strong="H2830" in|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921".’ ” 
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\verseNumber{12}So|strong="H7725" three|strong="H7992" days|strong="H3117" later|strong="H7992", Jeroboam|strong="H3379" and|strong="H7725" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H7218" came|strong="H5971" to|strong="H1696" Rehoboam|strong="H7346" again|strong="H7725", as|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" had|strong="H4428" told|strong="H1696" them|strong="H7725" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{13}The|strong="H5800" king|strong="H4428" ignored|strong="H6313" the|strong="H5800" advice|strong="H6098" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5800" older|strong="H2205" men|strong="H2205" and|strong="H6030" spoke|strong="H6030" harshly|strong="H7186" to|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5800" Israeli leaders|strong="H2205". 
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\verseNumber{15}So|strong="H4616" the|strong="H8085" king|strong="H4428" did|strong="H5971" not|strong="H3808" pay|strong="H8085" any|strong="H1961" attention|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H8085" Israeli leaders|strong="H7218". But|strong="H3588" this|strong="H1696" happened|strong="H1961" in|strong="H3068" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3588" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" wanted|strong="H4616" would|strong="H3068" occur|strong="H1961", what|strong="H1697" he|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3068" told|strong="H1696" the|strong="H8085" prophet|strong="H1696" Ahijah|strong="H0281" about|strong="H1961" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w becoming|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w ten|strong="H6235"\+w* \+w tribes|strong="H7626"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{16}When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" Israeli leaders|strong="H7218" realized|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" did|strong="H4100" not|strong="H3808" pay|strong="H7725" any|strong="H3605" attention|strong="H8085" to|strong="H7725" what|strong="H4100" they|strong="H3588" said|strong="H1697", they|strong="H3588" shouted|strong="H7321", 
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“We|strong="H3588" do|strong="H4100" not|strong="H3808" [RHQ] want|strong="H3808" anything|strong="H3605" to|strong="H7725" do|strong="H4100" with|strong="H1004" this|strong="H7200" descendant|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732"! 
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We|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4428" not|strong="H3808" pay|strong="H7725" attention|strong="H8085" to|strong="H7725" what|strong="H4100" this|strong="H7200" grandson|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jesse|strong="H3448" says|strong="H1697"! 
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You|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", let’s|strong="H1980" go|strong="H3212" home|strong="H1004"! 
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As|strong="H1697" for|strong="H3588" this|strong="H7200" descendant|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732" [MTY], he|strong="H3588" can|strong="H4100" rule|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3605" own|strong="H5971" kingdom|strong="H4428" [MTY]!” 
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So|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3605" Israeli leaders|strong="H7218" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" their|strong="H3605" homes|strong="H1004". 
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\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H7971" King|strong="H4428" Rehoboam|strong="H7346" sent|strong="H7971" Adoniram|strong="H0141" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w talk|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* Israeli \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*}. Adoniram|strong="H0141" was|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" man|strong="H4191" who|strong="H3605" supervised|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w men|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w were|strong="H3478"\+w*} forced|strong="H4522" to|strong="H3478" work|strong="H4399" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\+w*}. But|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5971" killed|strong="H4191" him|strong="H5921" by|strong="H5921" throwing|strong="H3027" stones|strong="H0068" at|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921". When|strong="H7971" that|strong="H3605" happened|strong="H1961", King|strong="H4428" Rehoboam|strong="H7346" quickly|strong="H4116" got|strong="H5927" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" chariot|strong="H4818" and|strong="H3478" escaped|strong="H5127" to|strong="H3478" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
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\verseNumber{20}When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H3808" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" had|strong="H1961" returned|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w Egypt|strong="H4714"\+w*}, they|strong="H3588" invited|strong="H7121" him|strong="H7121" to|strong="H7725" come|strong="H1961" to|strong="H7725" a|strong="H1961" meeting|strong="H4150", and|strong="H3063" there|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3588" appointed|strong="H4427" him|strong="H7121" to|strong="H7725" be|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4427" of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478". Only|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3808" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1004" Judah|strong="H3063" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\+w*} continued|strong="H1961" to|strong="H7725" be|strong="H1961" loyal|strong="H0310" to|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w kings|strong="H4427"\+w* \+w descended|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w from|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w King|strong="H4427"\+w*} [MTY] David|strong="H1732". 
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\verseNumber{21}When|strong="H7725" Rehoboam|strong="H7346" arrived|strong="H0935" in|strong="H3478" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", he|strong="H6213" gathered|strong="H6950" 180,000 of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" best|strong="H2459" soldiers|strong="H4421" from|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626" [MTY] of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3967" Benjamin|strong="H1144". He|strong="H6213" wanted|strong="H2654" them|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5973" the|strong="H3605" northern|strong="H6828" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" [MTY] Israel|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3967"\+w* \+w defeat|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w them|strong="H7725"\+w*}, in|strong="H3478" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H6213" could|strong="H3201" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w rule|strong="H4910"\+w* \+w all|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w tribes|strong="H7626"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} his|strong="H3605" kingdom|strong="H4410" again|strong="H7725". 
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\verseNumber{22}But|strong="H1961" God|strong="H0430" spoke|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1697" prophet|strong="H5030" Shemaiah|strong="H8098" and|strong="H1697" said|strong="H1697" this|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1961" him|strong="H1697": 
\verseNumber{23}“Go|strong="H5971" and|strong="H1121" tell|strong="H3605" this|strong="H1004" to|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Solomon’s|strong="H8010"\+w* \+w son|strong="H1121"\+w*} Rehoboam|strong="H7346", the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" northern|strong="H6828" tribe|strong="H4294" who|strong="H3605" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H1004" Judah|strong="H3063": 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Jeroboam’s|strong="H3379" sins|strong="H2403" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Jeroboam’s|strong="H3379" sins|strong="H2403" }
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\verseNumber{25}Then|strong="H3318" Jeroboam’s|strong="H3379" workers|strong="H1129" built|strong="H1129" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w walls|strong="H2346"\+w* \+w around|strong="H5439"\+w*} Shechem|strong="H7927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H1129" hilly area|strong="H2022" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w where|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1129"\+w* \+w descendants|strong="H3318"\+w*} of|strong="H3427" Ephraim|strong="H0669" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w lived|strong="H3427"\+w*}, and|strong="H8033" he|strong="H8033" ruled|strong="H4427" from|strong="H3318" there|strong="H8033" for|strong="H3427" a|strong="H1129" while|strong="H3427". He|strong="H8033" and|strong="H8033" his|strong="H1129" workers|strong="H1129" then|strong="H3318" left|strong="H3318" there|strong="H8033" and|strong="H8033" went|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" Peniel|strong="H6439" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, and|strong="H8033" they|strong="H8033" built|strong="H1129" walls|strong="H2346" around|strong="H5439" that|strong="H2022" town|strong="H7151". 
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\verseNumber{26-27}Then|strong="H0227" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" himself|strong="H5315", “If|strong="H0518" my|strong="H8104" people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w continue|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H0413"\+w*} go|strong="H1980" to|strong="H0413" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H3967" offer|strong="H7126" sacrifices|strong="H2077" to|strong="H0413" Yahweh|strong="H3068" at|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" there|strong="H8033", soon|strong="H3512" they|strong="H1992" will|strong="H3068" again|strong="H7725" become|strong="H1961" loyal|strong="H0310" to|strong="H0413" Rehoboam|strong="H7346", the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" [DOU], and|strong="H3967" they|strong="H1992" will|strong="H3068" kill|strong="H2026" me|strong="H0413".” 
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\verseNumber{28}So|strong="H6213" he|strong="H6213" consulted|strong="H3289" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="H3478"\+w* advisors, \+w and|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w then|strong="H2009"\+w* \+w he|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w did|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w what|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w they|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w suggested|strong="H5414"\+w*}. He|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w told|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w workers|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w*} make|strong="H6213" gold|strong="H2091" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w statues|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} two|strong="H8147" calves|strong="H5695". Then|strong="H2009" he|strong="H6213" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H6213" people|strong="H5971", “You|strong="H6213" have|strong="H3478" been|strong="H5927" going|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3478" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H3478"\+w*} for|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" long|strong="H7227" time|strong="H7227". It|strong="H6213" is|strong="H2009" a|strong="H6213" big|strong="H0931" trouble|strong="H6869" for|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3478" continue|strong="H1961" going|strong="H5927" there|strong="H2009". You|strong="H6213" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", look|strong="H2009"! These|strong="H6213" statues|strong="H2088" are|strong="H3478" the|strong="H6213" gods|strong="H0430" that|strong="H3478" brought|strong="H5927" our|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w ancestors|strong="H0001"\+w*} up|strong="H5927" from|strong="H5927" Egypt|strong="H4714"! \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w can|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w these|strong="H6213"\+w*, \+w here|strong="H2009"\+w*!}” 
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\verseNumber{31}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Moses|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w had|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w declared|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w only|strong="H0389"\+w* \+w men|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w from|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w tribe|strong="H4294"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Levi|strong="H3878"\+w* \+w would|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w priests|strong="H3548"\+w*, \+w but|strong="H3808"\+w*} Jeroboam|strong="H3379" also|strong="H6213" told|strong="H6213" his|strong="H1961" workers|strong="H6213" to|strong="H1961" build|strong="H6213" shrines|strong="H1004" on|strong="H1961" hilltops, and|strong="H1121" then|strong="H1961" he|strong="H6213" appointed|strong="H1121" men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H5971" were|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6213" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3878" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" priests|strong="H3548". 
\verseNumber{32}He|strong="H3117" also|strong="H6213" appointed|strong="H5975" Adonijah|strong="H0138" and|strong="H3063" two|strong="H6213" priests|strong="H3548", Elishama|strong="H0476" and|strong="H3063" Jehoram|strong="H3088". They|strong="H3117" had|strong="H3063" a|strong="H6213" celebration|strong="H8057" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" end|strong="H7093" of|strong="H3117" October, like|strong="H3651" the|strong="H5921" celebration|strong="H8057" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w Living|strong="H5975"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Temporary|strong="H5521"\+w* \+w Shelters|strong="H5521"\+w*} that|strong="H3117" occurred|strong="H1961" in|strong="H5921" Judah|strong="H3063" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w each|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w year|strong="H3117"\+w*}. On|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w built|strong="H6213"\+w*} in|strong="H5921" Bethel|strong="H1008", he|strong="H3117" offered|strong="H5927" sacrifices|strong="H2076" to|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5921" gold|strong="H2091" statues|strong="H2088" of|strong="H3117" calves|strong="H5695" that|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" had|strong="H3063" made|strong="H6213", and|strong="H3063" he|strong="H3117" stationed|strong="H5975" the|strong="H5921" priests|strong="H3548" there|strong="H5927" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" shrines|strong="H1354" that|strong="H3117" his|strong="H5921" workers|strong="H6213" had|strong="H3063" built|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{33}Jeroboam|strong="H3379" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3117" altar|strong="H4196" on|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" in|strong="H5921" October which|strong="H4196" he|strong="H3117" himself|strong="H6213" had|strong="H3478" chosen|strong="H0977". There|strong="H5927" on|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3117" altar|strong="H4196" he|strong="H3117" burned|strong="H6999" incense|strong="H6999" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w a|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w sacrifice|strong="H2282"\+w*}. And|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3117" declared|strong="H5046" that|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H1121" should|strong="H3117" celebrate|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3117" festival|strong="H2282" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w same|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w every|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w year|strong="H3117"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{A prophet condemned the altar at Bethel }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{A prophet condemned the altar at Bethel }
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\chapterNumber{13}One|strong="H1697" day|strong="H3117" a|strong="H5975" prophet|strong="H5030", obeying|strong="H8085" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068", went|strong="H3063" from|strong="H5921" Judah|strong="H3063" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w north|strong="H6828"\+w*} to|strong="H3068" Bethel|strong="H1008". He|strong="H3068" arrived|strong="H0935" there|strong="H2009" right|strong="H3068" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" time|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3068" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" was|strong="H3068" standing|strong="H5975" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196", ready|strong="H3559" to|strong="H3068" burn|strong="H6999" incense|strong="H6999". 
\verseNumber{2}Saying|strong="H1697" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" told|strong="H1697" him|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3068" say|strong="H1697", the|strong="H5921" prophet|strong="H5030" shouted|strong="H7121", “This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w this|strong="H3541"\+w*} altar|strong="H4196" [APO]: ‘I|strong="H3541" want|strong="H4270" you|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w*} a|strong="H3205" descendant|strong="H1121" [MTY] of|strong="H1121" King|strong="H5921" David|strong="H1732" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1697" born|strong="H3205". His|strong="H3068" name|strong="H8034" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1697" Josiah|strong="H2977", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" come|strong="H3205" here|strong="H2009". He|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" slaughter|strong="H2076" at|strong="H5921" this|strong="H3541" altar|strong="H4196" the|strong="H5921" priests|strong="H3548" who|strong="H3068" are|strong="H1121" burning|strong="H6999" incense|strong="H6999" for|strong="H5921" sacrifices|strong="H6999" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" hills|strong="H1389" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w this|strong="H3541"\+w* \+w area|strong="H1508"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" burn|strong="H8313" the|strong="H5921" bones|strong="H6106" of|strong="H1121" dead|strong="H4191" people|strong="H1121" on|strong="H5921" this|strong="H3541" altar|strong="H4196".’” [APO] 
\verseNumber{3}Then|strong="H1696" the|strong="H5921" prophet|strong="H1696" also|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696", “This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H2088" will|strong="H3068" prove|strong="H5254" to|strong="H1696" you|strong="H5414" that|strong="H3117" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" this|strong="H2088": This|strong="H2088" altar|strong="H4196" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" split|strong="H7167" apart|strong="H7167", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" ashes|strong="H1880" that|strong="H3117" are|strong="H3117" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" scattered|strong="H6327".’” 
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\verseNumber{4}When|strong="H1961" King|strong="H4428" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" heard|strong="H8085" the|strong="H5921" prophet|strong="H5030" say|strong="H7725" that|strong="H8085", he|strong="H3027" pointed his|strong="H7121" finger|strong="H0676" at|strong="H5921" him|strong="H7121" and|strong="H7971" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H7725" his|strong="H7121" servants|strong="H5650", “Seize|strong="H8610" that|strong="H8085" man|strong="H0376"!” But|strong="H3808" immediately|strong="H6965" the|strong="H5921" king’s|strong="H4428" arm|strong="H3027" became|strong="H1961" paralyzed|strong="H0068"/stiff|strong="H7185", with|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H8085" he|strong="H3027" could|strong="H3201" not|strong="H3808" move|strong="H5472" it|strong="H7121". 
\verseNumber{5}And|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" altar|strong="H4196" immediately|strong="H6965" split|strong="H7167" apart|strong="H7167", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" ashes|strong="H1880" spilled|strong="H8210" out|strong="H8210" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w ground|strong="H0776"\+w*}, which|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" the|strong="H5414" prophet|strong="H5030" said|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" [MTY] had|strong="H3068" predicted|strong="H1696" would|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H1697". 
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\verseNumber{6}Then|strong="H6030" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H6030" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H6440" prophet|strong="H5030", “Please|strong="H4994" pray|strong="H6419" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" merciful|strong="H2603" to|strong="H7725" me|strong="H6440" and|strong="H3068" heal|strong="H7495" my|strong="H3068" arm|strong="H3027"!” So|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6440" prophet|strong="H5030" prayed|strong="H6419", and|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" completely|strong="H3617" healed|strong="H7495" the|strong="H6440" king’s|strong="H4428" arm|strong="H3027". 
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\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="H1696" the|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H5414" prophet|strong="H1696", “Come|strong="H0935" home|strong="H1004" with|strong="H1004" me|strong="H5414" and|strong="H4428" eat|strong="H0398" some|strong="H4480" food|strong="H1004". And|strong="H4428" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H4428" also|strong="H4428" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" reward|strong="H4991" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w what|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w have|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w done|strong="H5414"\+w*}!” 
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\verseNumber{8}But|strong="H3808" the|strong="H5414" prophet|strong="H5030" replied|strong="H0559", “Even|strong="H3808" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H5414" would|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w promise|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5414"\+w*} give|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" half|strong="H2677" of|strong="H4428" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" own|strong="H5973" [MTY], I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H4428" not|strong="H3808" go|strong="H4428" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H5414", and|strong="H4428" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H4428" not|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H3899" or|strong="H3808" drink|strong="H8354" anything|strong="H3899" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H5414" here|strong="H2088", 
\verseNumber{9}because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" me|strong="H7725" not|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1980" eat|strong="H3899" or|strong="H3808" drink|strong="H8354" anything|strong="H1697" here|strong="H1870". He|strong="H3588" also|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" me|strong="H7725" not|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1980" return|strong="H7725" home|strong="H7725" on|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3588" road|strong="H1870" on|strong="H1980" which|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3588" came|strong="H1980" here|strong="H1870".” 
\verseNumber{10}So|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3808" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H7725" return|strong="H7725" home|strong="H7725", but|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3808" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" go|strong="H3212" on|strong="H1870" the|strong="H7725" road|strong="H1870" on|strong="H1870" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H3808" came|strong="H3212" to|strong="H7725" Bethel|strong="H1008". He|strong="H3808" went|strong="H3212" on|strong="H1870" a|strong="H7725" different|strong="H8133" road|strong="H1870". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H7725" old|strong="H1121" prophet|strong="H5030" from|strong="H7725" Bethel|strong="H1008" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{The|strong="H7725" old|strong="H1121" prophet|strong="H5030" from|strong="H7725" Bethel|strong="H1008" }
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\verseNumber{11}At|strong="H3427" that|strong="H3605" time|strong="H3117" there|strong="H3427" was|strong="H1697" an|strong="H6213" old|strong="H1121" man|strong="H2205" living|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Bethel|strong="H1008" who|strong="H3605" was|strong="H1697" a|strong="H6213" prophet|strong="H5030". His|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" came|strong="H1697" and|strong="H1121" told|strong="H1696" him|strong="H6213" what|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" prophet|strong="H5030" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*} had|strong="H4428" done|strong="H6213" there|strong="H3427" on|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3117" also|strong="H6213" told|strong="H1696" him|strong="H6213" what|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" prophet|strong="H5030" had|strong="H4428" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{12}Their|strong="H7200" father|strong="H1121" said|strong="H1696", “On|strong="H1980" which|strong="H2088" road|strong="H1870" did|strong="H3063" he|strong="H1980" go|strong="H1980"?” So|strong="H1980" his|strong="H7200" sons|strong="H1121" showed|strong="H7200" him|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" road|strong="H1870" on|strong="H1980" which|strong="H2088" the|strong="H7200" prophet|strong="H1696" from|strong="H1980" Judah|strong="H3063" had|strong="H3063" gone|strong="H1980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w left|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w Bethel|strong="H1008"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="H1121" he|strong="H5921" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" sons|strong="H1121", “Put|strong="H7392" a|strong="H5921" saddle|strong="H2280" on|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5921" donkey|strong="H2543".” So|strong="H5921" they|strong="H5921" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H5921" got|strong="H6965" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" donkey|strong="H2543". 
\verseNumber{14}He|strong="H3063" went|strong="H3212" along|strong="H3212" the|strong="H8478" road|strong="H1870" to|strong="H3212" ◄find|strong="H4672"/catch|strong="H4672" up|strong="H3212" with|strong="H3427"► the|strong="H8478" prophet|strong="H5030" from|strong="H8478" Judah|strong="H3063". He|strong="H3063" found|strong="H4672" him|strong="H4672" sitting|strong="H3427" under|strong="H8478" an|strong="H4672" oak|strong="H0424" tree|strong="H6086". He|strong="H3063" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" him|strong="H4672", “Are|strong="H8478" you|strong="H4672" the|strong="H8478" prophet|strong="H5030" who|strong="H3427" came|strong="H3212" from|strong="H8478" Judah|strong="H3063"?” He|strong="H3063" replied|strong="H0559", “Yes|strong="H3588", I|strong="H4672" am|strong="H1961".” 
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\verseNumber{15}The|strong="H1004" old|strong="H1121" prophet|strong="H5030" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" him|strong="H5414", “Come|strong="H3212" home|strong="H1004" with|strong="H1004" me|strong="H1004" and|strong="H1004" eat|strong="H3899" some|strong="H4480" food|strong="H3899".” 
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\verseNumber{16}He|strong="H3808" replied|strong="H0559", “No|strong="H3808", I|strong="H3201" am|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" allowed|strong="H3201" to|strong="H7725" go|strong="H7725" with|strong="H3899" you|strong="H7725" into|strong="H7725" your|strong="H7725" house|strong="H1004", or|strong="H3808" to|strong="H7725" eat|strong="H3899" or|strong="H3808" drink|strong="H8354" anything|strong="H3899" with|strong="H3899" you|strong="H7725", 
\verseNumber{17}because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" told|strong="H1697" me|strong="H7725", ‘Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H3899" or|strong="H3808" drink|strong="H8354" anything|strong="H1697" here|strong="H8033", and|strong="H1980" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" return|strong="H7725" home|strong="H7725" on|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3588" road|strong="H1870" on|strong="H1980" which|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" came|strong="H1980".’ ” 
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\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3068" old|strong="H1121" prophet|strong="H5030" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H7725", “I|strong="H1697" also|strong="H1571" am|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1696" prophet|strong="H5030", like|strong="H3644" you|strong="H7725" are|strong="H1697". Yahweh|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7725" an|strong="H3068" angel|strong="H4397" to|strong="H1696" tell|strong="H1696" me|strong="H7725" that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H1697" should|strong="H3068" take|strong="H7725" you|strong="H7725" home|strong="H1004" with|strong="H1004" me|strong="H7725" and|strong="H3068" give|strong="H7725" you|strong="H7725" some|strong="H1697" food|strong="H3899" and|strong="H3068" drink|strong="H8354".” But|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3068" old|strong="H1121" man|strong="H0376" was|strong="H3068" lying|strong="H3584" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w said|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{19}But|strong="H7725" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H1004" what|strong="H4100" the|strong="H7725" old|strong="H1121" prophet|strong="H5030" said|strong="H0559", the|strong="H7725" prophet|strong="H5030" from|strong="H7725" Judah|strong="H3063" returned|strong="H7725" with|strong="H1004" him|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" his|strong="H7725" home|strong="H1004" and|strong="H7725" ate|strong="H0398" some|strong="H4480" food|strong="H3899" and|strong="H7725" drank|strong="H8354" some|strong="H4480" water|strong="H4325" with|strong="H1004" him|strong="H7725". 
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\verseNumber{20}While|strong="H1961" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1961" sitting|strong="H3427" at|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3068" table|strong="H7979", Yahweh|strong="H3068" spoke|strong="H1697" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3068" old|strong="H1121" man|strong="H0376". 
\verseNumber{21}Then|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" cried|strong="H7121" out|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" prophet|strong="H5030" from|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063", “This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541": ‘You|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" disobeyed|strong="H4784" him|strong="H7121", and|strong="H3063" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" done|strong="H6213" what|strong="H3541" he|strong="H3588" commanded|strong="H6680" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{22}Instead|strong="H3808", you|strong="H7725" have|strong="H1696" come|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" here|strong="H4725" and|strong="H7725" had|strong="H4325" things|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1696" eat|strong="H3899" and|strong="H7725" drink|strong="H8354" in|strong="H1696" a|strong="H1696" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H4725" he|strong="H3808" commanded|strong="H1696" you|strong="H7725" not|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H4325". As|strong="H1696" a|strong="H1696" result|strong="H6903", you|strong="H7725" will|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" killed|strong="H2026", and|strong="H7725" your|strong="H7725" body|strong="H5038" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H1696" the|strong="H7725" grave|strong="H6913" where|strong="H4725" your|strong="H7725" ancestors|strong="H0001" are|strong="H4325" buried|strong="H6912".’ ” 
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\verseNumber{23}When|strong="H1961" they|strong="H1992" had|strong="H1961" finished|strong="H3615" eating|strong="H0398", the|strong="H7725" old|strong="H1121" man|strong="H0376" put|strong="H7725" a|strong="H1961" saddle|strong="H2280" on|strong="H1961" the|strong="H7725" donkey|strong="H2543" for|strong="H1961" the|strong="H7725" prophet|strong="H5030" from|strong="H7725" Judah|strong="H3063", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w prophet|strong="H5030"\+w* \+w from|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w left|strong="H7725"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{24}But|strong="H1961" as|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3212" was|strong="H1961" going|strong="H3212", a|strong="H1961" lion|strong="H0738" met|strong="H4672" him|strong="H4672" and|strong="H3212" killed|strong="H4191" him|strong="H4672". The|strong="H1870" prophet’s|strong="H0430" corpse|strong="H5038" was|strong="H1961" lying|strong="H7993" on|strong="H1870" the|strong="H1870" road|strong="H1870", and|strong="H3212" the|strong="H1870" donkey|strong="H2543" was|strong="H1961" standing|strong="H5975" beside|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5038", and|strong="H3212" the|strong="H1870" lion|strong="H0738" was|strong="H1961" also|strong="H4191" standing|strong="H5975" beside|strong="H5921" the|strong="H1870" corpse|strong="H5038". 
\verseNumber{25}Some|strong="H2009" men|strong="H2205" passed|strong="H5674" by|strong="H5674" and|strong="H5892" were|strong="H5030" surprised|strong="H8610" to|strong="H1696" see|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" corpse|strong="H5038" on|strong="H5674" the|strong="H7200" road|strong="H1870" and|strong="H5892" the|strong="H7200" lion|strong="H0738" standing|strong="H5975" next|strong="H7200" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H7200" corpse|strong="H5038". So|strong="H5975" they|strong="H5892" went|strong="H5674" into|strong="H7993" Bethel|strong="H1008" and|strong="H5892" reported|strong="H5046" what|strong="H7200" they|strong="H5892" had|strong="H5030" seen|strong="H7200". 
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\verseNumber{26}When|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" old|strong="H1121" man|strong="H4191" who|strong="H1931" had|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H7725" the|strong="H8085" prophet|strong="H5030" from|strong="H4480" Judah|strong="H3063" to|strong="H1696" his|strong="H5414" home|strong="H7725" heard|strong="H8085" about|strong="H1697" it|strong="H5414", he|strong="H1931" said|strong="H1696", “That|strong="H8085" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H8085" prophet|strong="H5030" who|strong="H1931" disobeyed|strong="H4784" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" told|strong="H1696" him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H3068"! That|strong="H8085" is|strong="H3068" why|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" allowed|strong="H5414" the|strong="H8085" lion|strong="H0738" to|strong="H1696" attack|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5414" and|strong="H3068" kill|strong="H4191" him|strong="H5414". That|strong="H8085" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" would|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H1697"!” 
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\verseNumber{27}Then|strong="H1696" he|strong="H1696" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" his|strong="H2280" sons|strong="H1121", “Put|strong="H2280" a|strong="H1696" saddle|strong="H2280" on|strong="H1696" my|strong="H1696" donkey|strong="H2543".” So|strong="H1696" they|strong="H1696" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{28}Then|strong="H5975" he|strong="H3808" rode|strong="H7392" on|strong="H1870" the|strong="H7665" donkey|strong="H2543" and|strong="H3212" found|strong="H4672" the|strong="H7665" prophet’s|strong="H0430" corpse|strong="H5038" on|strong="H1870" the|strong="H7665" road|strong="H1870", and|strong="H3212" his|strong="H7993" donkey|strong="H2543" and|strong="H3212" the|strong="H7665" lion|strong="H0738" were|strong="H4672" still|strong="H5975" standing|strong="H5975" there|strong="H5975" alongside|strong="H5980" the|strong="H7665" corpse|strong="H5038". But|strong="H3808" the|strong="H7665" lion|strong="H0738" had|strong="H4672" not|strong="H3808" eaten|strong="H0398" any|strong="H7665" of|strong="H1870" the|strong="H7665" flesh|strong="H1320" of|strong="H1870" the|strong="H7665" prophet|strong="H5030" and|strong="H3212" had|strong="H4672" not|strong="H3808" attacked|strong="H5975" the|strong="H7665" donkey|strong="H2543". 
\verseNumber{29}The|strong="H5375" old|strong="H2205" man|strong="H2205" picked|strong="H5375" up|strong="H5375" the|strong="H5375" corpse|strong="H5038" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H5375" prophet|strong="H5030" and|strong="H7725" put|strong="H7725" it|strong="H7725" on|strong="H5892" his|strong="H5375" donkey|strong="H2543" and|strong="H7725" brought|strong="H7725" it|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Bethel|strong="H1008", in|strong="H6912" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="H7725" mourn|strong="H5594" for|strong="H5892" him|strong="H7725" and|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" bury|strong="H6912" his|strong="H5375" corpse|strong="H5038". 
\verseNumber{30}He|strong="H5921" buried|strong="H6912" the|strong="H5921" prophet’s|strong="H0430" corpse|strong="H5038" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" grave|strong="H6913" where|strong="H5921" other|strong="H0312" people|strong="H3240" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" family|strong="H4940" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w been|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w buried|strong="H6912"\+w*}. Then|strong="H0227" he|strong="H5921" and|strong="H5594" his|strong="H5921" sons|strong="H1121" mourned|strong="H5594" for|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921", saying|strong="H0559", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w We|strong="H0587"\+w* \+w are|strong="H6913"\+w* \+w very|strong="H3240"\+w* \+w sorry|strong="H5162"\+w*}, my|strong="H5921" brother|strong="H0251"!” 
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\verseNumber{31}After|strong="H1961" they|strong="H1992" had|strong="H1961" buried|strong="H6912" him|strong="H4191", the|strong="H1961" old|strong="H1121" man|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H4191" his|strong="H1961" sons|strong="H1121", “When|strong="H1961" I|strong="H1121" die|strong="H4191", bury|strong="H6912" my|strong="H1961" corpse|strong="H4191" in|strong="H4191" the|strong="H1961" grave|strong="H6913" where|strong="H0834" we|strong="H4191" buried|strong="H6912" the|strong="H1961" prophet|strong="H5030" from|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063". Lay|strong="H3240" my|strong="H1961" corpse|strong="H4191" next|strong="H4283" to|strong="H4191" his|strong="H1961" corpse|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{32}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w And|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w not|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w forget|strong="H7911"\+w* \+w what|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w said|strong="H1697"\+w*, \+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* } the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" told|strong="H1697" him|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3068" say|strong="H1697" about|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196" in|strong="H5921" Bethel|strong="H1008", and|strong="H3068" about|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" shrines|strong="H1004" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" hills|strong="H1389" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" towns|strong="H5892" in|strong="H5921" Samaria|strong="H8111", will|strong="H3068" surely|strong="H3588" happen|strong="H1961".” 
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\verseNumber{33}But|strong="H3808" King|strong="H4428" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" still|strong="H7725" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" turn|strong="H7725" away|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" continuing|strong="H1641" to|strong="H7725" do|strong="H6213" evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H1697". Instead|strong="H3808", he|strong="H6213" appointed|strong="H6213" more|strong="H3808" priests|strong="H3548" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w descended|strong="H3381"\+w* \+w from|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w Levi|strong="H3878"\+w*}. Anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H5971" wanted|strong="H2654" to|strong="H7725" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" priest|strong="H3548", he|strong="H6213" appointed|strong="H6213" to|strong="H7725" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" priest|strong="H3548", in|strong="H6213" order|strong="H3027" that|strong="H5971" he|strong="H6213" could|strong="H2088" offer|strong="H6213" sacrifices|strong="H2077" on|strong="H1870" the|strong="H6213" hills|strong="H1389". 
\verseNumber{34}Because|strong="H5921" he|strong="H1004" committed|strong="H1961" that|strong="H1697" sin|strong="H2403", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w few|strong="H4592"\+w* \+w years|strong="H8141"\+w* \+w later|strong="H1961"\+w*} God|strong="H0430" got|strong="H6965" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H1004" most|strong="H6944" of|strong="H1004" Jeroboam’s|strong="H3379" descendants|strong="H2233" and|strong="H1004" did|strong="H1697" not|strong="H2088" allow|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jeroboam’s son died }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Jeroboam’s son died }
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\chapterNumber{14}At|strong="H1121" that|strong="H1931" time|strong="H6256", Jeroboam’s|strong="H3379" son|strong="H1121" Abijah|strong="H0029" became|strong="H2470" very|strong="H3966" sick|strong="H2470". 
\verseNumber{2}Jeroboam|strong="H3379" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" his|strong="H5921" wife|strong="H1696", “Disguise|strong="H8138" yourself|strong="H5921", in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3588" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H2088" will|strong="H4428" recognize|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H5971" my|strong="H5921" wife|strong="H1696". Then|strong="H1980" go|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1696" Shiloh|strong="H7887" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H1931"\+w*}, where|strong="H8033" the|strong="H5921" prophet|strong="H5030" Ahijah|strong="H0281" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w lives|strong="H5315"\+w*}. He|strong="H1931" is|strong="H2088" the|strong="H5921" one|strong="H2088" who|strong="H1931" predicted|strong="H1696"/prophesied|strong="H1696" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" would|strong="H5971" become|strong="H1980" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{3}Take|strong="H3947" with|strong="H3027" you|strong="H3947" ten|strong="H6235" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w loaves|strong="H3899"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3027"\+w*} bread|strong="H3899" and|strong="H3027" some|strong="H3027" small|strong="H6996" flat|strong="H8478" cakes|strong="H5350", and|strong="H3027" a|strong="H1961" jar|strong="H1228" of|strong="H3027" honey|strong="H1706", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w give|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w them|strong="H3027"\+w*} to|strong="H1961" him|strong="H5046". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Tell|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w about|strong="H1961"\+w*} our|strong="H3947" son|strong="H1121", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3027"\+w*} he|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1961" tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="H3947" what|strong="H4100" will|strong="H1961" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" him|strong="H5046".” 
\verseNumber{4}So|strong="H3651" his|strong="H7200" wife|strong="H0802" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3201" Shiloh|strong="H7887", to|strong="H3201" Ahijah’s house|strong="H1004". Ahijah|strong="H0281" was|strong="H1004" unable|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3201" see|strong="H7200", because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1004" very|strong="H3651" old|strong="H1121" and|strong="H6965" had|strong="H3588" become|strong="H6213" blind|strong="H7200". 
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\verseNumber{5}But|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w before|strong="H5973"\+w* \+w she|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w got|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w there|strong="H2009"\+w*,} Yahweh|strong="H3068" told|strong="H1696" Ahijah|strong="H0281" that|strong="H3588" Jeroboam’s|strong="H3379" wife|strong="H1696" was|strong="H3068" coming|strong="H2009" to|strong="H1696" inquire|strong="H1875" about|strong="H1961" their|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121", who|strong="H1931" was|strong="H3068" very|strong="H2088" sick|strong="H2470". And|strong="H1121" Yahweh|strong="H3068" told|strong="H1696" Ahijah|strong="H0281" what|strong="H1697" he|strong="H1931" should|strong="H3068" tell|strong="H1696" her|strong="H1931". 
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When|strong="H3588" she|strong="H1931" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H5973", she|strong="H1931" pretended|strong="H2470" to|strong="H1696" be|strong="H1961" another|strong="H2088" woman|strong="H2088". 
\verseNumber{6}But|strong="H1961" when|strong="H1961" Ahijah|strong="H0281" heard|strong="H8085" her|strong="H7971" footsteps|strong="H7272" as|strong="H1961" she|strong="H4100" entered|strong="H0935" the|strong="H8085" doorway|strong="H6607", he|strong="H7272" said|strong="H8085" to|strong="H7971" her|strong="H7971", “Come|strong="H1961" in|strong="H8085", wife|strong="H0802" of|strong="H6963" Jeroboam|strong="H3379"! ◄Why|strong="H4100" do|strong="H4100" you|strong="H7971" pretend|strong="H3584" that|strong="H8085" you|strong="H7971" are|strong="H4100" someone|strong="H0376" else|strong="H5750"?/It|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H2088" help|strong="H1961" you|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" pretend|strong="H3584" that|strong="H8085" you|strong="H7971" are|strong="H4100" someone|strong="H0376" else|strong="H5750".► [RHQ] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*} has|strong="H1961" given|strong="H8085" me|strong="H7971" bad|strong="H7451" news|strong="H6963" to|strong="H7971" tell|strong="H8085" you|strong="H7971". 
\verseNumber{7}Go|strong="H3212" and|strong="H3478" tell|strong="H5046" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" that|strong="H5971" this|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H5921" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H5971" we|strong="H0587" Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H3478"\+w*}, says|strong="H3541" to|strong="H3478" you|strong="H5414": ‘I|strong="H5414" chose|strong="H0977" you|strong="H5414" from|strong="H5921" among|strong="H8432" the|strong="H5921" common|strong="H1121" people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H3478" enabled|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" become|strong="H7311" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3068" my|strong="H5414" Israeli people|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{8}I|strong="H5414" took|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w most|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" kingdom|strong="H4467" of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H8104" away|strong="H1980" from|strong="H1980" David’s|strong="H1732" descendants|strong="H2233" and|strong="H1980" gave|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1980" you|strong="H5414". But|strong="H7535" you|strong="H5414" have|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" been|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" David|strong="H1732", who|strong="H3605" served|strong="H6213" me|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w very|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w well|strong="H5869"\+w*}. He|strong="H6213" obeyed|strong="H8104" all|strong="H3605" my|strong="H8104" commandments|strong="H4687" very|strong="H6213" sincerely|strong="H8549", doing|strong="H6213" only|strong="H7535" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H5414" considered|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1980" be|strong="H1961" right|strong="H3477". 
\verseNumber{9}But|strong="H1961" you|strong="H6440" have|strong="H1961" done|strong="H6213" more|strong="H6213" evil|strong="H7489" things|strong="H3605"/deeds|strong="H4611" than|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w ruled|strong="H4427"\+w*} before|strong="H6440" you|strong="H6440". You|strong="H6440" have|strong="H1961" rejected|strong="H3988" me|strong="H6440", and|strong="H3212" you|strong="H6440" have|strong="H1961" caused|strong="H1961" me|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3212" become|strong="H1961" very|strong="H6213" angry|strong="H3707" by|strong="H1961" making|strong="H6213" metal|strong="H6213" images|strong="H4541" of|strong="H6440" other|strong="H3605" gods|strong="H0430" so|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w others|strong="H0312"\+w*} could|strong="H3201" worship|strong="H7812" them|strong="H6440". 
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\verseNumber{10}‘o|strong="H1004", I|strong="H2005" am|strong="H2005" going|strong="H2005" to|strong="H5704" cause|strong="H3651" terrible|strong="H7451" things|strong="H7451" to|strong="H5704" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" your|strong="H5800" family|strong="H1004". I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H3478" cause|strong="H3651" all|strong="H8552" your|strong="H5800" male|strong="H8366" descendants|strong="H2233" to|strong="H5704" die|strong="H4191", young|strong="H5288" ones|strong="H7451" and|strong="H3478" old|strong="H1121" ones|strong="H7451". I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H3478" completely|strong="H8552" get|strong="H3947" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H1004" your|strong="H5800" family|strong="H1004" [MTY]. I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H3478" get|strong="H3947" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H1004" your|strong="H5800" family|strong="H1004" [MTY] just|strong="H3512" like|strong="H3651" a|strong="H3772" man|strong="H7451" completely|strong="H8552" burns|strong="H1197" dung|strong="H1557" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w cook|strong="H8552"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w food|strong="H1004"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{11}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w corpses|strong="H6297"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} any|strong="H3588" members|strong="H3338" of|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" family|strong="H4191" who|strong="H3068" die|strong="H4191" in|strong="H3068" cities|strong="H5892" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H4191" eaten|strong="H0398" by|strong="H3068" dogs|strong="H3611". And|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w corpses|strong="H6297"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} any|strong="H3588" members|strong="H3338" of|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" family|strong="H4191" who|strong="H3068" die|strong="H4191" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" open|strong="H6605" fields|strong="H7704" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H4191" eaten|strong="H0398" by|strong="H3068" vultures|strong="H5404". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w This|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w surely|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w because|strong="H3588"\+w*} I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", have|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w it|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w*}.’ 
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\verseNumber{12}So|strong="H6965" go|strong="H3212" back|strong="H3212" home|strong="H1004". And|strong="H6965" as|strong="H5892" soon|strong="H3512" as|strong="H5892" you|strong="H3212" enter|strong="H0935" the|strong="H6965" city|strong="H5892", your|strong="H6965" son|strong="H1121" will|strong="H1004" die|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{13}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H3068" mourn|strong="H5594" for|strong="H3588" him|strong="H4672" and|strong="H3478" bury|strong="H6912" him|strong="H4672". He|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" only|strong="H3588" one|strong="H2088" of|strong="H1004" Jeroboam’s|strong="H3379" family|strong="H1004" who|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1697" buried|strong="H6912" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w properly|strong="H4941"\+w*}, because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" only|strong="H3588" one|strong="H2088" of|strong="H1004" Jeroboam’s|strong="H3379" family|strong="H1004" with|strong="H1004" whom|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" pleased|strong="H2896". 
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\verseNumber{14}Furthermore|strong="H1571", Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" appoint|strong="H6485" for|strong="H5921" himself|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3772" king|strong="H4428" to|strong="H3478" rule|strong="H4428" over|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478" who|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" get|strong="H6965" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H4428" Jeroboam’s|strong="H3379" descendants|strong="H2233". And|strong="H6965" that|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w start|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H6965"\+w*} today|strong="H3117"! 
\verseNumber{15}Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" punish|strong="H5221" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H2219" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478"; he|strong="H6213" will|strong="H3068" shake|strong="H5110" them|strong="H5414" like|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w wind|strong="H7307"\+w*} shakes|strong="H7493" the|strong="H5921" reeds|strong="H7070" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w grow|strong="H6779"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w*} a|strong="H6213" stream|strong="H5104". He|strong="H6213" will|strong="H3068" expel|strong="H1644" the|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H2219" from|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2063" good|strong="H2896" land|strong="H5676" that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H6213" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" our|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001". He|strong="H6213" will|strong="H3068" scatter|strong="H2219" them|strong="H5414" into|strong="H5921" countries|strong="H0776" east|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Euphrates|strong="H5104"\+w*} River|strong="H5104", because|strong="H5921" they|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" become|strong="H6213" very|strong="H6213" angry|strong="H3707" by|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worshiping|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w statues|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" goddess|strong="H0430" Asherah|strong="H0842". 
\verseNumber{16}Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3478" abandon|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" Israeli people|strong="H5971" because|strong="H1558" of|strong="H2403" the|strong="H5414" sins|strong="H2403" that|strong="H3478" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" committed|strong="H2398", sins|strong="H2403" which|strong="H3478" led|strong="H1980" the|strong="H5414" Israeli people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H3478" commit|strong="H2398" them|strong="H5414".” 
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\verseNumber{17}Jeroboam’s|strong="H3379" wife|strong="H0802" returned|strong="H7725" home|strong="H1004" to|strong="H4191" Tirzah|strong="H8656" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H1931"\+w*, \+w the|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w new|strong="H2319"\+w* \+w capital|strong="H3805"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*}. And|strong="H6965" just|strong="H3512" as|strong="H6965" she|strong="H1931" entered|strong="H0935" her|strong="H1931" house|strong="H1004", her|strong="H1931" son|strong="H1121" died|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{18}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1696" mourned|strong="H5594" for|strong="H3027" him|strong="H3027" and|strong="H3478" buried|strong="H6912" him|strong="H3027", which|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" told|strong="H1696" his|strong="H3605" servant|strong="H5650", the|strong="H3605" prophet|strong="H5030" Ahijah|strong="H0281", would|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H1697". 
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\verseNumber{19}Everything|strong="H3605" else|strong="H5750" that|strong="H3117" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" did|strong="H3478", and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5921" record|strong="H3789" of|strong="H4428" wars|strong="H4421" that|strong="H3117" his|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*} fought|strong="H3898", and|strong="H3478" how|strong="H2009" he|strong="H3117" ruled|strong="H4427", is|strong="H3117" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" scroll|strong="H5612" called|strong="H7121" ‘The|strong="H5921" History|strong="H8435" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" Kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel’. 
\verseNumber{20}Jeroboam|strong="H3379" ruled|strong="H4427" for|strong="H8478" 22 years|strong="H8141"; then|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" died|strong="H4191" [EUP] and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H8478" son|strong="H1121" Nadab|strong="H5070" became|strong="H4427" king|strong="H4427". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Rehoboam|strong="H7346" died|strong="H4191" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Rehoboam|strong="H7346" died|strong="H4191" }
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\verseNumber{21}Solomon’s|strong="H8010" son|strong="H1121" Rehoboam|strong="H7346" ruled|strong="H4427" Judah|strong="H3063". He|strong="H8033" was|strong="H3068" 41 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H3068" he|strong="H8033" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3478" rule|strong="H4427", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H8033" ruled|strong="H4427" for|strong="H8034" 17 years|strong="H8141". He|strong="H8033" ruled|strong="H4427" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", which|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" chose|strong="H0977" out|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" place|strong="H7760" where|strong="H8033" he|strong="H8033" should|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" worshiped|strong="H7812" [MTY]. Rehoboam’s|strong="H7346" mother’s|strong="H0517" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H3068" Naamah|strong="H5279"; she|strong="H5892" was|strong="H3068" from|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" Ammon|strong="H5985" people-group. 
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\verseNumber{22}The|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5869" of|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063" did|strong="H6213" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" considered|strong="H2803" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" evil|strong="H7451". They|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H6213" him|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" become|strong="H6213" angry|strong="H2734" because|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3068" committed|strong="H6213" more|strong="H6213" sins|strong="H2403" than|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" ancestors|strong="H0001" had|strong="H3068" committed|strong="H6213": They|strong="H3068" worshiped|strong="H7812" many|strong="H7227" other|strong="H3605" gods|strong="H0430" instead|strong="H8478" of|strong="H3068" worshiping|strong="H7812" only|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{23}They|strong="H1992" built|strong="H1129" places|strong="H1116" to|strong="H5921" worship|strong="H7812" those|strong="H1992" gods|strong="H0430"; on|strong="H5921" high|strong="H1116" hills|strong="H1389", and|strong="H6086" under|strong="H8478" big|strong="H0931" trees|strong="H6086" they|strong="H1992" set|strong="H1129" up|strong="H1129" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w stone|strong="H0068"\+w*} pillars|strong="H4676" to|strong="H5921" worship|strong="H7812" the|strong="H3605" goddess|strong="H0430" Asherah|strong="H0842". 
\verseNumber{24}Also|strong="H1571", there|strong="H1961" were|strong="H3478" male|strong="H6945" prostitutes|strong="H6945" at|strong="H3478" these|strong="H6213" places|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" worship|strong="H3478". The|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1471" did|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" same|strong="H1931" disgraceful|strong="H5039" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H1961" done|strong="H6213" by|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1471" whom|strong="H6440" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" expelled|strong="H3423" while|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" Israelis were|strong="H3478" advancing|strong="H1980" through|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H6440". 
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\verseNumber{25}When|strong="H1961" Rehoboam|strong="H7346" had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" ruling|strong="H4910" for|strong="H5921" almost|strong="H4592" five|strong="H2568" years|strong="H8141", King|strong="H4428" Shishak|strong="H7895" of|strong="H4428" Egypt|strong="H4714" came|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w his|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w army|strong="H5927"\+w*} to|strong="H5927" attack|strong="H5927" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{26}They|strong="H3068" took|strong="H3947" away|strong="H3947" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" valuable|strong="H3368" things|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" palace|strong="H1004", including|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" gold|strong="H2091" shields|strong="H4043" that|strong="H3605" Solomon’s|strong="H8010" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w workers|strong="H6213"\+w*} had|strong="H3068" made|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{27}King|strong="H4428" Rehoboam’s|strong="H7346" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w workers|strong="H6213"\+w*} made|strong="H6213" bronze|strong="H5178" shields|strong="H4043" to|strong="H5921" replace|strong="H8478" them|strong="H5921" and|strong="H4428" entrusted|strong="H6485" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" officers|strong="H8269" who|strong="H8104" guarded|strong="H8104" the|strong="H5921" entrance|strong="H6607" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" king’s|strong="H4428" palace|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{28}Every|strong="H7725" time|strong="H1767" that|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5375" king|strong="H4428" went|strong="H3068" into|strong="H7725" the|strong="H5375" temple|strong="H1004", those|strong="H5375" guards|strong="H7323" carried|strong="H5375" those|strong="H5375" shields|strong="H4043"; and|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w left|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5375"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w*} they|strong="H3068" returned|strong="H7725" the|strong="H5375" shields|strong="H4043" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H5375" storeroom|strong="H0214". 
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\verseNumber{29}Everything|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3605" Rehoboam|strong="H7346" did|strong="H6213" is|strong="H3117" written|strong="H3789" [RHQ] in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" scroll|strong="H5612" called|strong="H7121" ‘The|strong="H3605" History|strong="H8435" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah’. 
\verseNumber{30}There|strong="H1961" were|strong="H1961" wars|strong="H4421" continually|strong="H3605" between|strong="H4421" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w armies|strong="H6635"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3117"\+w*} Rehoboam|strong="H7346" and|strong="H3117" Jeroboam|strong="H3379". 
\verseNumber{31}Then|strong="H1732" Rehoboam|strong="H7346" died|strong="H4191" [EUP], and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H1732" was|strong="H8034" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H6912" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H8478"\+w* \+w part|strong="H7992"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w called|strong="H8034"\+w*} ‘The|strong="H8478" City|strong="H5892" of|strong="H1121" David’, where|strong="H8478" his|strong="H1732" ancestors|strong="H0001" were|strong="H1121" buried|strong="H6912". Then|strong="H1732" his|strong="H1732" son|strong="H1121" Abijah|strong="H0029" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H8478" king|strong="H4427". 

\BibleSectionHeading{King Abijah of Judah }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{King Abijah of Judah }
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\chapterNumber{15}After|strong="H5921" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" had|strong="H4428" been|strong="H4427" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" for|strong="H5921" almost|strong="H4592" 18 years|strong="H8141", Abijah|strong="H0029" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063". 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H3389" ruled|strong="H4427" for|strong="H8034" three|strong="H7969" years|strong="H8141" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". His|strong="H4427" mother’s|strong="H0517" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Maacah|strong="H4601", the|strong="H8034" granddaughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1323" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w David’s|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w son|strong="H1121"\+w*} Absalom|strong="H0053". 
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\verseNumber{3}Abijah|strong="H0029" committed|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" same|strong="H1931" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H3068" sins|strong="H2403" that|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" had|strong="H3068" committed|strong="H6213". He|strong="H6213" was|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" fully|strong="H8003" dedicated|strong="H6942"/committed|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068", as|strong="H1961" his|strong="H3605" grandfather|strong="H0001" David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H1961". 
\verseNumber{4}But|strong="H3588", because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H1732"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w his|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w God|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w promised|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w*} David|strong="H1732", Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H5414" Abijah|strong="H0029" a|strong="H5414" son|strong="H1121" [MET|strong="H6298"] to|strong="H3068" rule|strong="H4910" in|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" after|strong="H3588" him|strong="H5414", and|strong="H1121" in|strong="H3068" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="H3068" protect|strong="H8104" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H6965"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{5}Yahweh|strong="H3068" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3605" because|strong="H1697" David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H3068" always|strong="H3605" done|strong="H6213" what|strong="H1697" pleased|strong="H5869" Yahweh|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" because|strong="H1697" David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H3068" always|strong="H3605" obeyed|strong="H8085" Yahweh|strong="H3068". The|strong="H3605" only|strong="H7535" time|strong="H3117" when|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" disobeyed|strong="H6963" Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" when|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" caused|strong="H1697" Uriah|strong="H0223" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w killed|strong="H2026"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{6}There|strong="H1961" were|strong="H1961" wars|strong="H4421" between|strong="H4421" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w armies|strong="H6635"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3117"\+w*} Rehoboam|strong="H7346" and|strong="H3117" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" all|strong="H3605" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" time|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" Abijah|strong="H0029" ruled|strong="H4427". 
\verseNumber{7}Everything|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3605" Abijah|strong="H0029" did|strong="H6213" is|strong="H3117" written|strong="H3789" [RHQ] in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" scroll|strong="H5612" called|strong="H7121" ‘The|strong="H3605" History|strong="H8435" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah’. 
\verseNumber{8}Abijah|strong="H0029" died|strong="H4191" [EUP] and|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1732" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H6912" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H8478"\+w* \+w part|strong="H7992"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w called|strong="H7121"\+w*} ‘The|strong="H8478" City|strong="H5892" of|strong="H1121" David’, and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H1732" son|strong="H1121" Asa|strong="H0609" became|strong="H4427" king|strong="H4427". 

\BibleSectionHeading{King|strong="H4427" Asa|strong="H0609" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{King|strong="H4427" Asa|strong="H0609" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" }
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\verseNumber{9}After|strong="H8141" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" had|strong="H3478" been|strong="H4427" the|strong="H3379" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" for|strong="H4428" almost|strong="H4592" 20 years|strong="H8141", Asa|strong="H0609" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3478" rule|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063". 
\verseNumber{10}He|strong="H3389" ruled|strong="H4427" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" for|strong="H8034" 41 years|strong="H8141". His|strong="H4427" grandmother was|strong="H8034" Maacah|strong="H4601", the|strong="H8034" granddaughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1323" Absalom|strong="H0053". 
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\verseNumber{11}Asa|strong="H0609" did|strong="H6213" what|strong="H3477" was|strong="H3068" pleasing|strong="H2896" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", as|strong="H6213" his|strong="H3068" ancestor David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{12}He|strong="H6213" got|strong="H6965" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" male|strong="H6945" prostitutes|strong="H6945" that|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3605" at|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" places|strong="H3605" where|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" worshiped|strong="H7812" idols|strong="H1544", and|strong="H6213" he|strong="H6213" also|strong="H6213" got|strong="H6965" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H4480" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" idols|strong="H1544" that|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" ancestors|strong="H0001" had|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{13}He|strong="H6213" also|strong="H1571" removed|strong="H5493" his|strong="H5493" grandmother Maacah|strong="H4601" so|strong="H6213" that|strong="H6213" she|strong="H1571" no|strong="H6213" longer|strong="H5493" had|strong="H8313" influence|strong="H4294" in|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" government|strong="H4951" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5158"\+w*} being|strong="H3772" the|strong="H6213" mother|strong="H1377" of|strong="H5158" a|strong="H6213" previous|strong="H7223" king|strong="H4428". He|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H6213" because|strong="H3588" she|strong="H1571" had|strong="H8313" made|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" disgusting|strong="H8441" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wooden|strong="H6086"\+w*} statue|strong="H6755" of|strong="H5158" the|strong="H6213" goddess|strong="H0430" Asherah|strong="H0842". Asa|strong="H0609" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w told|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w his|strong="H5493"\+w* \+w workers|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6213"\+w*} cut|strong="H3772" down|strong="H3772" the|strong="H6213" statue|strong="H6755" and|strong="H6213" burned|strong="H8313" it|strong="H6213" in|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" Kidron|strong="H6939" Valley|strong="H5158". 
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\verseNumber{16}There|strong="H1961" were|strong="H3478" wars|strong="H4421" between|strong="H4421" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w armies|strong="H6635"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} Asa|strong="H0609" and|strong="H3478" Baasha|strong="H1201", the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", all|strong="H3605" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" time|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3117" ruled|strong="H4428". 
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\verseNumber{18}So|strong="H3947" Asa|strong="H0609" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w told|strong="H5046"\+w*} his|strong="H3605" workers|strong="H6466" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w*} take|strong="H3947" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H1121" gold|strong="H2091" that|strong="H3605" was|strong="H3068" still|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" storerooms in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" and|strong="H1121" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" palace|strong="H1004". He|strong="H3068" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" take|strong="H3947" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" Damascus|strong="H1834" and|strong="H1121" give|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" King|strong="H4428" Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130" who|strong="H3605" ruled|strong="H4428" Syria|strong="H0758". Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Tabrimmon|strong="H2886" and|strong="H1121" grandson|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hezion|strong="H2383". He|strong="H3068" told|strong="H5046" the|strong="H3605" workers|strong="H6466" to|strong="H3068" say|strong="H0559" this|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130": 
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\verseNumber{23}Everything|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3605" Asa|strong="H0609" did|strong="H6213", the|strong="H3605" armies|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H5650" defeated|strong="H5221", and|strong="H3063" the|strong="H3605" names|strong="H8034" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3117" caused|strong="H1697" to|strong="H6213" be|strong="H3808" fortified|strong="H1129", are|strong="H3117" [RHQ] written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" scroll|strong="H5612" called|strong="H7121" ‘The|strong="H3605" History|strong="H8435" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah’. But|strong="H7535" when|strong="H3117" Asa|strong="H0609" became|strong="H2470" old|strong="H2209", he|strong="H3117" got|strong="H6965" a|strong="H6213" disease|strong="H1697" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" feet|strong="H7272". 
\verseNumber{24}He|strong="H1732" died|strong="H4191" [EUP] and|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1732" buried|strong="H6912" where|strong="H8478" his|strong="H1732" ancestors|strong="H0001" were|strong="H1121" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H6912" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H8478"\+w* \+w part|strong="H7992"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w called|strong="H7121"\+w*} ‘The|strong="H8478" City|strong="H5892" of|strong="H1121" David’. Then|strong="H1732" his|strong="H1732" son|strong="H1121" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" became|strong="H4427" king|strong="H4427". 

\BibleSectionHeading{King|strong="H4427" Nadab|strong="H5070" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" }

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\verseNumber{25}After|strong="H5921" Asa|strong="H0609" had|strong="H3478" been|strong="H4427" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" for|strong="H5921" almost|strong="H4592" two|strong="H8147" years|strong="H8141", King|strong="H4428" Jeroboam’s|strong="H3379" son|strong="H1121" Nadab|strong="H5070" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3478" rule|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478". He|strong="H8147" ruled|strong="H4427" for|strong="H5921" two|strong="H8147" years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{26}He|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" considered|strong="H2803" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3068" evil|strong="H7451". His|strong="H3068" behavior|strong="H5869" was|strong="H3068" sinful|strong="H2403" like|strong="H3478" his|strong="H3068" father’s|strong="H0001" behavior|strong="H5869" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3478" what|strong="H7451" he|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" led|strong="H3212" the|strong="H6213" people|strong="H5869" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" sin|strong="H2403". 
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\verseNumber{27}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w A|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w man|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w named|strong="H5921"\+w*} Baasha|strong="H1201", from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Issachar|strong="H3485", planned|strong="H3289" to|strong="H3478" harm|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5921". He|strong="H3605" killed|strong="H5221" Nadab|strong="H5070" when|strong="H1121" Nadab|strong="H5070" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428" had|strong="H3478" surrounded|strong="H5437" Gibbethon|strong="H1405" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" Philistia|strong="H6429" area|strong="H1508". 
\verseNumber{28}That|strong="H4428" [DOU] was|strong="H4428" when|strong="H3588" Asa|strong="H0609" had|strong="H4428" been|strong="H4427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H8478"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w ruling|strong="H4910"\+w*} Judah|strong="H3063" for|strong="H8478" almost|strong="H4592" three|strong="H7969" years|strong="H8141". Then|strong="H4428" Baasha|strong="H1201" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H8478" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478". 
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\verseNumber{29}As|strong="H5704" soon|strong="H3512" as|strong="H5704" Baasha|strong="H1201" became|strong="H4427" king|strong="H4427", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w commanded|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w*} kill|strong="H5221" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1004" Jeroboam’s|strong="H3379" family|strong="H1004". Doing|strong="H3027" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" told|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3605" prophet|strong="H1696" Ahijah|strong="H0281" from|strong="H3027" Shiloh|strong="H7887" would|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H1961", they|strong="H3068" killed|strong="H5221" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1004" Jeroboam’s|strong="H3379" family|strong="H1004". None|strong="H3808" of|strong="H1004" them|strong="H5221" ◄was|strong="H3068" left|strong="H7604"/remained|strong="H7604" alive|strong="H7604"►. 
\verseNumber{30}That|strong="H3068" happened|strong="H2398" because|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" become|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H3707" with|strong="H3068" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3068" all|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" sins|strong="H2403" that|strong="H3068" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" had|strong="H3068" committed|strong="H2398", and|strong="H3478" because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" sins|strong="H2403" that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" persuaded|strong="H5496" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" commit|strong="H2398". 
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\verseNumber{31}Everything|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3605" Nadab|strong="H5070" did|strong="H6213" is|strong="H3117" written|strong="H3789" [RHQ] in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" scroll|strong="H5612" called|strong="H7121" ‘The|strong="H3605" History|strong="H8435" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel’. 
\verseNumber{32}There|strong="H1961" were|strong="H3478" wars|strong="H4421" between|strong="H4421" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w armies|strong="H6635"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} King|strong="H4428" Asa|strong="H0609" and|strong="H3478" King|strong="H4428" Baasha|strong="H1201" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" time|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3117" ruled|strong="H4428". 

\BibleSectionHeading{King|strong="H4428" Baasha|strong="H1201" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" }

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\verseNumber{33}After|strong="H5921" Asa|strong="H0609" had|strong="H3478" been|strong="H4427" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" for|strong="H5921" almost|strong="H4592" three|strong="H7969" years|strong="H8141", Baasha|strong="H1201", the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ahijah|strong="H0281", started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3478" rule|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" at|strong="H5921" Tirzah|strong="H8656" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. He|strong="H3605" ruled|strong="H4427" for|strong="H5921" 24 years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{34}He|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" considered|strong="H2803" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3068" evil|strong="H7451", and|strong="H3478" his|strong="H3068" behavior|strong="H5869" was|strong="H3068" sinful|strong="H2403" like|strong="H3478" his|strong="H3068" father’s|strong="H0001" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3478" he|strong="H6213" led|strong="H3212" the|strong="H6213" people|strong="H5869" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" sin|strong="H2403". 

\BibleSectionHeading{When Baasha ruled Israel }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{When Baasha ruled Israel }
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\chapterNumber{16}During|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" time|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3068" Baasha|strong="H1201" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w king|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*}, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w prophet|strong="H5030"\+w*} Jehu|strong="H3058", Hanani’s son|strong="H1121", gave|strong="H1961" Baasha|strong="H1201" this|strong="H1697" message|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" received|strong="H1961" from|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068": 
\verseNumber{2}“You|strong="H5414" were|strong="H3478" very|strong="H3966" insignificant|strong="H6819"/unimportant [IDM] when|strong="H4480" I|strong="H5414" caused|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" become|strong="H7311" the|strong="H5921" ruler|strong="H5057" of|strong="H1870" my|strong="H5414" Israeli people|strong="H5971". But|strong="H1870" you|strong="H5414" have|strong="H5971" caused|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" become|strong="H7311" very|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H3707" by|strong="H5921" doing|strong="H1870" [IDM] the|strong="H5921" kinds|strong="H2178" of|strong="H1870" evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H5057" that|strong="H5971" King|strong="H5921" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" did|strong="H3478". You|strong="H5414" have|strong="H5971" also|strong="H3478" caused|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" become|strong="H7311" angry|strong="H3707" by|strong="H5921" causing|strong="H7462" my|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H3478" sin|strong="H2403". 
\verseNumber{3}So|strong="H5414" now|strong="H2005" I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H1121" get|strong="H3947" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H1121" you|strong="H5414" and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H5414" family|strong="H1004" [MTY]. I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H1121" do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" just|strong="H3512" like|strong="H1004" I|strong="H2005" did|strong="H6213" to|strong="H5414" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5414" family|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{4}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w bodies|strong="H6297"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5892"\+w*} those|strong="H1992" in|strong="H4191" your|strong="H8064" family|strong="H4191" who|strong="H1201" die|strong="H4191" in|strong="H4191" this|strong="H4191" city|strong="H5892" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w will|strong="H8064"\+w* \+w not|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w be|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w buried|strong="H6912"\+w*; \+w they|strong="H3611"\+w*} will|strong="H8064" be|strong="H4191" eaten|strong="H0398" by|strong="H4191" dogs|strong="H3611"; and|strong="H8064" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w corpses|strong="H6297"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5892"\+w*} those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H1201" die|strong="H4191" in|strong="H4191" the|strong="H4191" fields|strong="H7704" will|strong="H8064" be|strong="H4191" eaten|strong="H0398" by|strong="H4191" vultures|strong="H5404".” 
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\verseNumber{5}The|strong="H5921" other|strong="H0312" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3117" happened|strong="H1697" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" time|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" Baasha|strong="H1201" ruled|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5921" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" did|strong="H6213", are|strong="H3117" written|strong="H3789" [RHQ] in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" scroll|strong="H5612" called|strong="H7121" ‘The|strong="H5921" History|strong="H8435" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" Kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel’. 
\verseNumber{6}When|strong="H1121" Baasha|strong="H1201" died|strong="H4191", he|strong="H6912" was|strong="H1121" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H6912" Tirzah|strong="H8656", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H8478"\+w* \+w capital|strong="H3805"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. Then|strong="H1121" his|strong="H8478" son|strong="H1121" Elah|strong="H0425" became|strong="H4427" king|strong="H4427". 
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\verseNumber{7}Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3605" message|strong="H1697" about|strong="H1961" Baasha|strong="H1201" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" family|strong="H1004" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" prophet|strong="H5030" Jehu|strong="H3058". Baasha|strong="H1201" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" many|strong="H7227" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" considered|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" evil|strong="H7451", which|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" become|strong="H1961" angry|strong="H3707". Baasha|strong="H1201" did|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" same|strong="H1697" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H1121" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3605" King|strong="H5921" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" family|strong="H1004" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" previously|strong="H1571". Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" also|strong="H1571" angry|strong="H3707" with|strong="H1004" Baasha|strong="H1201" because|strong="H5921" he|strong="H6213" had|strong="H3068" killed|strong="H5221" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" Jeroboam’s|strong="H3379" family|strong="H1004". 

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\verseNumber{8}After|strong="H5921" Asa|strong="H0609" had|strong="H3478" been|strong="H4427" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" for|strong="H5921" almost|strong="H4592" 26 years|strong="H8141", Elah|strong="H0425" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478". Elah|strong="H0425" ruled|strong="H4427" in|strong="H5921" Tirzah|strong="H8656" for|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="H0389"\+w*} two|strong="H4427" years|strong="H8141". 
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\verseNumber{9}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w A|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w man|strong="H7910"\+w* \+w named|strong="H5921"\+w*} Zimri|strong="H2174" was|strong="H1931" one|strong="H1931" of|strong="H1004" Elah’s army|strong="H2428" officers|strong="H8269". He|strong="H1931" commanded|strong="H6680" the|strong="H5921" drivers of|strong="H1004" half|strong="H4276" of|strong="H1004" Elah’s army’s ◄chariots|strong="H7393"/two-wheeled vehicles pulled|strong="H5265" by|strong="H5921" horses|strong="H7393"►. He|strong="H1931" made|strong="H7194" plans|strong="H4284" to|strong="H5921" kill|strong="H2026" Elah|strong="H0425" while|strong="H1931" Elah|strong="H0425" was|strong="H1931" in|strong="H5921" Tirzah|strong="H8656", getting|strong="H7075" drunk|strong="H8354" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w man|strong="H7910"\+w* \+w named|strong="H5921"\+w*} Arza|strong="H0777". Arza|strong="H0777" was|strong="H1931" the|strong="H5921" man|strong="H7910" who|strong="H1931" took|strong="H3947" care|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" things|strong="H1697" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" king’s|strong="H4428" palace|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{10}Zimri|strong="H2174" went|strong="H3063" into|strong="H3063" Arza’s house|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3063" killed|strong="H5221" Elah|strong="H0425". Then|strong="H4428" Zimri|strong="H2174" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H5221" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478". That|strong="H4428" was|strong="H4428" when|strong="H3588" Asa|strong="H0609" had|strong="H4428" been|strong="H4427" the|strong="H5221" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" for|strong="H8478" 27 years|strong="H8141". 
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\verseNumber{11}As|strong="H1961" soon|strong="H3512" as|strong="H1961" Zimri|strong="H2174" became|strong="H4427" king|strong="H4427" [MTY], he|strong="H3605" killed|strong="H5221" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1004" Baasha’s|strong="H1201" family|strong="H1004" [MTY]. That|strong="H3605" included|strong="H1961" every|strong="H3605" male|strong="H8366" [IDM] in|strong="H3427" Baasha’s|strong="H1201" family|strong="H1004" and|strong="H1004" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1004" Baasha’s|strong="H1201" male|strong="H8366" friends|strong="H7453". 
\verseNumber{12}That|strong="H3605" was|strong="H3068" just|strong="H1697" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" told|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3605" prophet|strong="H5030" Jehu|strong="H3058" would|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H1697". 
\verseNumber{13}Baasha|strong="H1201" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" Elah|strong="H0425" had|strong="H3068" sinned|strong="H2398" and|strong="H1121" led|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3478" sin|strong="H2403". They|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5414" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121" worshiped|strong="H7812", to|strong="H3478" become|strong="H1961" angry|strong="H3707", because|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3068" both|strong="H3605" urged|strong="H6484" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H3478"\+w*} worthless|strong="H1892" idols|strong="H1892". 
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\verseNumber{14}Everything|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3605" Elah|strong="H0425" did|strong="H6213" is|strong="H3117" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" scroll|strong="H5612" called|strong="H7121" ‘The|strong="H3605" History|strong="H8435" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel’. 

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\verseNumber{15}So|strong="H5921" Zimri|strong="H2174" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H5971" after|strong="H5921" Asa|strong="H0609" had|strong="H4428" been|strong="H4427" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" for|strong="H5921" 27 years|strong="H8141". But|strong="H5971" Zimri|strong="H2174" ruled|strong="H4427" in|strong="H5921" Tirzah|strong="H8656" for|strong="H5921" only|strong="H0389" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117". The|strong="H5921" Israeli army|strong="H5971" was|strong="H3117" beseiging/surrounding|strong="H5439" Gibeah|strong="H1390", a|strong="H3117" town|strong="H7151" which|strong="H5971" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Philistine|strong="H6430" people-group. 
\verseNumber{16}The|strong="H3605" men|strong="H5971" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" Israeli army|strong="H6635" camp|strong="H4264" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H5971" Zimri|strong="H2174" had|strong="H3478" secretly|strong="H5643" planned|strong="H3289" to|strong="H3478" kill|strong="H5221" King|strong="H4428" Elah|strong="H0425", and|strong="H3478" then|strong="H1571" had|strong="H3478" killed|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5921". So|strong="H1571" on|strong="H5921" that|strong="H5971" day|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H5971" chose|strong="H0977" Omri|strong="H6018", the|strong="H3605" commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" their|strong="H3605" army|strong="H6635", to|strong="H3478" become|strong="H4427" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{17}The|strong="H3605" Israeli army|strong="H5927" was|strong="H3478" camped|strong="H2583" near|strong="H5973" Gibbethon|strong="H1405" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. When|strong="H5927" they|strong="H5921" heard|strong="H8085" what|strong="H5927" Zimri|strong="H2174" had|strong="H3478" done|strong="H3478", they|strong="H5921" left|strong="H3478" there|strong="H5927" and|strong="H3478" went|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3478" Tirzah|strong="H8656", and|strong="H3478" surrounded|strong="H5437" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{18}When|strong="H3588" Zimri|strong="H2174" realized|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892" was|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w*} captured|strong="H3920", he|strong="H3588" went|strong="H4428" into|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" palace|strong="H1004" and|strong="H4428" set|strong="H7760" it|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" fire|strong="H0784". So|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" palace|strong="H1004" burned|strong="H8313" down|strong="H8313", and|strong="H4428" he|strong="H3588" died|strong="H4191" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w fire|strong="H0784"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{19}He|strong="H6213" died|strong="H4191" because|strong="H5921" he|strong="H6213" had|strong="H3068" sinned|strong="H2398" by|strong="H5921" doing|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5921" things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" considered|strong="H2803" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3068" evil|strong="H7451". Jeroboam|strong="H3379" had|strong="H3068" led|strong="H3212" the|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H5869" to|strong="H3478" sin|strong="H2403", and|strong="H3478" Zimri|strong="H2174" sinned|strong="H2398" just|strong="H6213" like|strong="H3478" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" had|strong="H3068" sinned|strong="H2398". 
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\verseNumber{20}All|strong="H1697" the|strong="H5921" other|strong="H0312" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3117" Zimri|strong="H2174" did|strong="H3478", and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5921" record|strong="H3789" of|strong="H4428" how|strong="H4100" he|strong="H3117" rebelled|strong="H4784" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w against|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w King|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Elah|strong="H0425"\+w*}, are|strong="H3117" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" scroll|strong="H5612" called|strong="H7121" ‘The|strong="H5921" History|strong="H8435" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" Kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel’. 

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\verseNumber{21}After|strong="H1961" Zimri|strong="H2174" died|strong="H4191", the|strong="H1961" Israeli people|strong="H5971" were|strong="H3478" divided|strong="H2505". One|strong="H1121" group|strong="H7235" wanted|strong="H2654" Tibni|strong="H8402", the|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ginath|strong="H1527", to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1961" their|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4427". The|strong="H1961" other|strong="H0312" group|strong="H7235" wanted|strong="H2654" Omri|strong="H6018" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4427"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{22}Those|strong="H1121" who|strong="H5971" supported|strong="H2388" Omri|strong="H6018" ◄were|strong="H5971" stronger|strong="H2388" than|strong="H4480"/defeated|strong="H5221"► those|strong="H1121" who|strong="H5971" supported|strong="H2388" Tibni|strong="H8402". So|strong="H4191" Tibni|strong="H8402" was|strong="H1121" killed|strong="H4191", and|strong="H1121" Omri|strong="H6018" became|strong="H4427" king|strong="H4427". 
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\verseNumber{23}Omri|strong="H6018" became|strong="H4427" king|strong="H4428" when|strong="H5921" Asa|strong="H0609" had|strong="H3478" been|strong="H4427" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" for|strong="H5921" almost|strong="H4592" 31 years|strong="H8141". Omri|strong="H6018" ruled|strong="H4427" Israel|strong="H3478" for|strong="H5921" 12 years|strong="H8141". For|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" first|strong="H7223" six|strong="H8337" years|strong="H8141" he|strong="H8147" ruled|strong="H4427" in|strong="H5921" Tirzah|strong="H8656". 
\verseNumber{24}Then|strong="H7121" he|strong="H5921" bought|strong="H7069" a|strong="H1129" hill|strong="H2022" from|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H1129"\+w* \+w man|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w named|strong="H7121"\+w*} Shemer|strong="H8106" and|strong="H3701" paid|strong="H5414" him|strong="H7121" about|strong="H5921" ◄150 pounds|strong="H1993"/70 kg.► of|strong="H5892" silver|strong="H3701" for|strong="H5921" it|strong="H7121". Then|strong="H7121" Omri|strong="H6018" ordered|strong="H6680" his|strong="H7121" men|strong="H8034" to|strong="H5921" build|strong="H1129" a|strong="H1129" city|strong="H5892" on|strong="H5921" that|strong="H5892" hill|strong="H2022", and|strong="H3701" he|strong="H5921" called|strong="H7121" it|strong="H7121" Samaria|strong="H8111", to|strong="H5921" honor|strong="H8034" Shemer|strong="H8106", the|strong="H5921" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="H7121" owned|strong="H3426" it|strong="H7121" previously|strong="H8543". 
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\verseNumber{25}But|strong="H7451" Omri|strong="H6018" did|strong="H6213" many|strong="H7227" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" considered|strong="H2803" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" evil|strong="H7451". He|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" more|strong="H6213" evil|strong="H7451" deeds|strong="H4611" than|strong="H3605" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" who|strong="H3605" ruled|strong="H4427" Israel|strong="H3478" before|strong="H6440" he|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{26}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H3068"\+w*} Jeroboam|strong="H3379" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w previously|strong="H8543"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w*, \+w he|strong="H3068"\+w*} had|strong="H3068" led|strong="H3212" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3478" sin|strong="H2403", and|strong="H1121" Omri|strong="H6018" committed|strong="H2398" the|strong="H3605" same|strong="H1931" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H1121" sins|strong="H2403" that|strong="H3605" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" did|strong="H3478". The|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121" caused|strong="H5414" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1121" had|strong="H3068" worshiped|strong="H7812", to|strong="H3478" become|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H3707", because|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3068" worshiped|strong="H7812" worthless|strong="H1892" idols|strong="H1892". 
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\verseNumber{27}Everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3117" Omri|strong="H6018" did|strong="H6213", and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5921" record|strong="H3789" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" victories|strong="H3444" that|strong="H3117" his|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*} won|strong="H1589", are|strong="H3117" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" scroll|strong="H5612" called|strong="H7121" ‘The|strong="H5921" History|strong="H8435" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" Kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel’. 
\verseNumber{28}After|strong="H0310" Omri|strong="H6018" died|strong="H4191", he|strong="H6912" was|strong="H1121" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H6912" Samaria|strong="H8111", and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H8478" son|strong="H1121" Ahab|strong="H0256" became|strong="H4427" king|strong="H4427". 

\BibleSectionHeading{When|strong="H1121" Ahab|strong="H0256" ruled|strong="H4427" Israel|strong="H3478" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{When|strong="H1121" Ahab|strong="H0256" ruled|strong="H4427" Israel|strong="H3478" }
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\verseNumber{29}Ahab|strong="H0256" became|strong="H4427" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" when|strong="H1121" Asa|strong="H0609" had|strong="H3478" ruled|strong="H4427" Judah|strong="H3063" for|strong="H5921" almost|strong="H4592" 38 years|strong="H8141". Ahab|strong="H0256" ruled|strong="H4427" in|strong="H5921" Samaria|strong="H8111" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} for|strong="H5921" 22 years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{30}Ahab|strong="H0256" did|strong="H6213" many|strong="H7227" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" Yahweh|strong="H3068" considered|strong="H2803" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" evil|strong="H7451". He|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" more|strong="H6213" evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H3605" than|strong="H3605" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" who|strong="H3605" ruled|strong="H4427" Israel|strong="H3478" before|strong="H6440" he|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{31}He|strong="H4428" committed|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3947" same|strong="H1931" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H1121" sins|strong="H2403" that|strong="H4428" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" did|strong="H7812", but|strong="H1961" he|strong="H4428" did|strong="H7812" things|strong="H1961" that|strong="H4428" were|strong="H1961" worse|strong="H7489" than|strong="H7043" the|strong="H3947" things|strong="H1961" that|strong="H4428" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" did|strong="H7812". He|strong="H4428" married|strong="H3947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w woman|strong="H1323"\+w* \+w named|strong="H7121"\+w*} Jezebel|strong="H0348", the|strong="H3947" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" Ethbaal|strong="H0856", the|strong="H3947" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Sidon|strong="H6721" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. Then|strong="H1961" Ahab|strong="H0256" started|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3212" worship|strong="H7812" Baal|strong="H1168", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w god|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w that|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w Canaan|strong="H3667"\+w* people-group \+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{32}He|strong="H1004" built|strong="H1129" a|strong="H1129" temple|strong="H1004" in|strong="H1004" Samaria|strong="H8111" in|strong="H1004" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H4196" the|strong="H1129" Israeli people|strong="H5971" could|strong="H6965" worship|strong="H7812" Baal|strong="H1168" there|strong="H6965", and|strong="H6965" he|strong="H1004" put|strong="H5414" an|strong="H1129" altar|strong="H4196" there|strong="H6965" for|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w making|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1004"\+w*} Baal|strong="H1168". 
\verseNumber{33}He|strong="H6213" also|strong="H3068" made|strong="H6213" an|strong="H6213" idol|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3605" represented Asherah|strong="H0842", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Baal’s|strong="H1168"\+w* \+w wife|strong="H0802"\+w*}. He|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" many|strong="H7227" more|strong="H3254" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" caused|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3478" become|strong="H1961" angry|strong="H3707". He|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" more|strong="H3254" evil|strong="H6213" things|strong="H3605" than|strong="H4428" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" previous|strong="H7223" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{34}During|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3068" years|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" Ahab|strong="H0256" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w ruled|strong="H4427"\+w*}, Hiel|strong="H2419", a|strong="H1129" man|strong="H1121" from|strong="H3027" Bethel|strong="H1008" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, rebuilt|strong="H1129" Jericho|strong="H3405" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. But|strong="H1696" when|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" started|strong="H1129" to|strong="H1696" rebuild|strong="H1129" the|strong="H3068" city|strong="H5892", his|strong="H3068" oldest|strong="H1060" son|strong="H1121" Abiram|strong="H0048" died|strong="H4191". And|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w finished|strong="H3615"\+w*,} while|strong="H3117" Hiel|strong="H2419" was|strong="H3068" building|strong="H1129" the|strong="H3068" city|strong="H5892" gates|strong="H1817", his|strong="H3068" youngest|strong="H6810" son|strong="H1121" Segub|strong="H7687" died|strong="H4191". They|strong="H3117" died|strong="H4191" just|strong="H1697" like|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" told|strong="H1696" Joshua|strong="H3091" would|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w sons|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w anyone|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w would|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w rebuild|strong="H1129"\+w* \+w Jericho|strong="H3405"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Crows fed Elijah }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Crows fed Elijah }
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\chapterNumber{17}Elijah|strong="H0452" was|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w prophet|strong="H5030"\+w*} who|strong="H3068" lived|strong="H2416" in|strong="H8141" Tishbe \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*} in|strong="H8141" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6440"\+w*} Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}. One|strong="H2416" day|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w went|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w*} King|strong="H6440" Ahab|strong="H0256" and|strong="H3478" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3478" him|strong="H6440", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H6440" we|strong="H3588" Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H3478"\+w*} and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H6440" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H6440" I|strong="H3588" worship|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3478" serve|strong="H1961". Just|strong="H1697" as|strong="H1697" certainly|strong="H3588" as|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H2416", there|strong="H1961" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" no|strong="H5975" dew|strong="H2919" or|strong="H3068" rain|strong="H4306" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H6440" next|strong="H2416" few|strong="H4592" years|strong="H8141", if|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H1961" command|strong="H6310" rain|strong="H4306" to|strong="H3478" fall|strong="H1961"!” 
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\verseNumber{2}Then|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" Elijah|strong="H0452", 
\verseNumber{3}“\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Because|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w have|strong="H6437"\+w* \+w made|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w king|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w angry|strong="H2734"\+w* \+w with|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6440"\+w*, \+w escape|strong="H4422"\+w* \+w from|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w king|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3212"\+w*,} go|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" the|strong="H6440" east|strong="H6924", to|strong="H3212" the|strong="H6440" Kerith Brook|strong="H5158", east|strong="H6924" of|strong="H6440" where|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921" flows|strong="H2100" into|strong="H3212" the|strong="H6440" Jordan|strong="H3383" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w River|strong="H5158"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{4}You|strong="H6680" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H1961" drink|strong="H8354" water|strong="H4325" from|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6680" brook|strong="H5158", and|strong="H8033" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w able|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w eat|strong="H0398"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w*} the|strong="H6680" crows \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w bring|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6680"\+w*, \+w because|strong="H8033"\+w*} I|strong="H6680" have|strong="H1961" commanded|strong="H6680" them|strong="H6680" to|strong="H1961" bring|strong="H1961" food|strong="H3899" to|strong="H1961" you|strong="H6680".” 
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\verseNumber{5}So|strong="H6213" Elijah|strong="H0452" did|strong="H6213" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" him|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213". He|strong="H6213" went|strong="H3212" and|strong="H3068" camped|strong="H2583" alongside|strong="H5921" Kerith Brook|strong="H5158". 
\verseNumber{6}Crows bought|strong="H7069" bread|strong="H3899" and|strong="H3899" meat|strong="H1320" to|strong="H4480" him|strong="H4480" every|strong="H1242" morning|strong="H1242" and|strong="H3899" every|strong="H1242" evening|strong="H6153", and|strong="H3899" he|strong="H4480" drank|strong="H8354" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w water|strong="H4325"\+w*} from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" brook|strong="H5158". 
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\verseNumber{7}But|strong="H3588" after|strong="H7093" a|strong="H1961" while|strong="H1961", the|strong="H3588" water|strong="H4325" in|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3588" brook|strong="H5158" dried|strong="H3001" up|strong="H3001", because|strong="H3588" rain|strong="H1653" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" fall|strong="H1961" anywhere|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3588" land|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" Elijah|strong="H0452", 
\verseNumber{9}“Go|strong="H3212" and|strong="H6965" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Zarephath|strong="H6886" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w village|strong="H1949"\+w*}, near|strong="H8033" Sidon|strong="H6721" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. There|strong="H8033" is|strong="H2009" a|strong="H6965" widow|strong="H0490" there|strong="H8033" who|strong="H3427" will|strong="H8033" give|strong="H6680" you|strong="H6680" food|strong="H3899" to|strong="H3212" eat|strong="H0398". I|strong="H2009" have|strong="H2009" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w already|strong="H3528"\+w*} told|strong="H6680" her|strong="H6965" what|strong="H4100" to|strong="H3212" do|strong="H6680" about|strong="H8033" that|strong="H6965".” 
\verseNumber{10}So|strong="H3947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Elijah|strong="H0452"\+w* \+w did|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w said|strong="H7121"\+w*}. He|strong="H8033" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" Zarephath|strong="H6886". As|strong="H5892" he|strong="H8033" arrived|strong="H0935" at|strong="H6965" the|strong="H3947" gates|strong="H6607" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3947" village|strong="H1949", he|strong="H8033" saw|strong="H2009" a|strong="H3947" widow|strong="H0490" who|strong="H8354" was|strong="H5892" gathering|strong="H7197" sticks|strong="H6086". He|strong="H8033" said|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3212" her|strong="H3947", “Would|strong="H5892" you|strong="H3947" please|strong="H4994" bring|strong="H3947" me|strong="H4994" a|strong="H3947" cup|strong="H3563" of|strong="H5892" water|strong="H4325"?” 
\verseNumber{11}While|strong="H5704" she|strong="H7121" was|strong="H3027" going|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" get|strong="H3947" it|strong="H7121", he|strong="H3027" called|strong="H7121" out|strong="H3947" to|strong="H3212" her|strong="H3947", “Bring|strong="H3947" me|strong="H4994" a|strong="H3947" piece|strong="H6595" of|strong="H3027" bread|strong="H3899", too|strong="H4480"!” 
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\verseNumber{12}But|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" replied|strong="H0559", “Your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" knows|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" what|strong="H6213" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" telling|strong="H1696" you|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" true|strong="H3068": I|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" have|strong="H3426" even|strong="H3588" one|strong="H1121" piece|strong="H6595" of|strong="H1121" bread|strong="H4580" in|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004". I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3426" only|strong="H3588" a|strong="H6213" handful|strong="H4393" of|strong="H1121" flour|strong="H7058" in|strong="H3068" a|strong="H6213" jar|strong="H3537", and|strong="H1121" a|strong="H6213" little|strong="H4592" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w olive|strong="H8081"\+w*} oil|strong="H8081" in|strong="H3068" a|strong="H6213" jug|strong="H6835". I|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3068" gathering|strong="H7197" a|strong="H6213" few|strong="H4592" sticks|strong="H6086" to|strong="H4191" use|strong="H6213" these|strong="H6213" to|strong="H4191" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w make|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w a|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w fire|strong="H0784"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w*} cook|strong="H2876" one|strong="H1121" more|strong="H3588" meal|strong="H7058", and|strong="H1121" then|strong="H6213" after|strong="H3588" my|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" I|strong="H3588" eat|strong="H0398" that|strong="H3588", we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" die|strong="H4191" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w hunger|strong="H7458"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{13}But|strong="H7223" Elijah|strong="H0452" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3318" her|strong="H3318", “Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" be|strong="H1697" worried|strong="H1672"! Go|strong="H3318" home|strong="H1004" and|strong="H1121" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H6213" said|strong="H1697" that|strong="H1697" you|strong="H6213" were|strong="H1121" going|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" do|strong="H6213". But|strong="H7223" first|strong="H7223", bake|strong="H0644" me|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" little|strong="H6996" loaf|strong="H3603" of|strong="H1121" bread|strong="H5692" and|strong="H1121" bring|strong="H3318" it|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3318" me|strong="H6213". After|strong="H3318" you|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H1697", take|strong="H3318" what|strong="H1697" is|strong="H1697" left|strong="H3318" and|strong="H1121" prepare|strong="H6213" some|strong="H8033" food|strong="H3899" for|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213" and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H6213" son|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{14}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w able|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*,} because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H6440" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H6440" we|strong="H3588" Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H3478"\+w*}, says|strong="H3541" this|strong="H3541": ‘There|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" always|strong="H3117" be|strong="H3808" plenty|strong="H7647" of|strong="H3068" flour|strong="H7058" and|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w olive|strong="H8081"\+w*} oil|strong="H8081" left|strong="H5414" in|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3068" containers|strong="H3627", until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H6440" time|strong="H3117" when|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" send|strong="H5414" rain|strong="H1653" again|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w crops|strong="H8393"\+w* \+w grow|strong="H6779"\+w* \+w again|strong="H6440"\+w*}!’ ” 
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\verseNumber{15}So|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" woman|strong="H1004" did|strong="H6213" exactly|strong="H0834" what|strong="H1697" Elijah|strong="H0452" told|strong="H1697" her|strong="H1931" to|strong="H3212" do|strong="H6213". And|strong="H3117" she|strong="H1931" and|strong="H3117" her|strong="H1931" son|strong="H1121" and|strong="H3117" Elijah|strong="H0452" had|strong="H1931" enough|strong="H6213" food|strong="H1004" every|strong="H3212" day|strong="H3117", 
\verseNumber{16}because|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3068" flour|strong="H7058" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" jar|strong="H3537" was|strong="H3068" never|strong="H3808" finished|strong="H3615", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" jug|strong="H6835" of|strong="H3068" oil|strong="H8081" was|strong="H3068" never|strong="H3808" empty|strong="H3615". That|strong="H3068" happened|strong="H1697" just|strong="H1697" like|strong="H3808" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" told|strong="H1696" Elijah|strong="H1696" that|strong="H3068" it|strong="H1696" would|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H1697". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Elijah|strong="H1696" restored|strong="H7725" to|strong="H1696" life|strong="H5315" the|strong="H3068" widow’s|strong="H0490" son|strong="H1121" }

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\verseNumber{17}Some|strong="H1697" time|strong="H5704" later|strong="H1961", the|strong="H5704" woman’s|strong="H0802" son|strong="H1121" became|strong="H1961" sick|strong="H2470". He|strong="H5704" continued|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" get|strong="H3947" worse|strong="H7489", and|strong="H1121" finally|strong="H5704" he|strong="H5704" died|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{18}So|strong="H4191" the|strong="H2142" woman|strong="H0802" went|strong="H1121" to|strong="H4191" Elijah|strong="H0452" and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H4191" him|strong="H4191", “You|strong="H4100" are|strong="H1121" a|strong="H4191" prophet|strong="H5030"; so|strong="H4191" why|strong="H4100" have|strong="H1121" you|strong="H4100" done|strong="H6213" this|strong="H4191" to|strong="H4191" me|strong="H4191"? Have|strong="H1121" you|strong="H4100" come|strong="H2142" here|strong="H4191" to|strong="H4191" punish|strong="H6485" me|strong="H4191" for|strong="H1121" my|strong="H2142" sins|strong="H5771" by|strong="H4191" causing|strong="H7462" my|strong="H2142" son|strong="H1121" to|strong="H4191" die|strong="H4191"?” 
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\verseNumber{19}But|strong="H3947" Elijah|strong="H0452" replied|strong="H0559", “Give|strong="H5414" your|strong="H5414" son|strong="H1121" to|strong="H5927" me|strong="H5414".” So|strong="H3947" she|strong="H1931" gave|strong="H5414" her|strong="H5414" son|strong="H1121" to|strong="H5927" him|strong="H5414", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H1931" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H5921" boy’s|strong="H5288" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w body|strong="H1320"\+w*} from|strong="H5921" her|strong="H5414" and|strong="H1121" carried|strong="H5927" it|strong="H5414" up|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w steps|strong="H4609"\+w*} to|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5921" room|strong="H5944" where|strong="H8033" he|strong="H1931" stayed|strong="H3427". He|strong="H1931" laid|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" boy’s|strong="H5288" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w body|strong="H1320"\+w*} on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5414" bed|strong="H4296". 
\verseNumber{20}Then|strong="H1571" Elijah|strong="H0452" cried|strong="H7121" out|strong="H5921" to|strong="H4191" Yahweh|strong="H3068", “O|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", this|strong="H7121" widow|strong="H0490" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w has|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w kindly|strong="H3820"\+w* \+w allowed|strong="H3068"\+w*} me|strong="H5921" to|strong="H4191" stay|strong="H1481" in|strong="H5921" her|strong="H5921" home|strong="H3068". So|strong="H7121" why|strong="H5921" have|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5921" brought|strong="H7489" this|strong="H7121" tragedy|strong="H7451" to|strong="H4191" her|strong="H5921" and|strong="H1121" caused|strong="H4191" her|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" to|strong="H4191" die|strong="H4191"?” [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{21}Then|strong="H2088" Elijah|strong="H0452" stretched|strong="H4058" himself|strong="H5315" on|strong="H5921" top|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" boy’s|strong="H3206" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w body|strong="H5315"\+w*} and|strong="H3068" called|strong="H7121" out|strong="H5921" to|strong="H7725" Yahweh|strong="H3068" saying|strong="H0559", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", please|strong="H4994" allow|strong="H4994" this|strong="H2088" boy|strong="H3206" to|strong="H7725" become|strong="H7121" alive|strong="H5315" again|strong="H7725"!” He|strong="H3068" did|strong="H3068" this|strong="H2088" three|strong="H7969" times|strong="H6471". 
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\verseNumber{22}Yahweh|strong="H3068" heard|strong="H8085" what|strong="H6963" Elijah|strong="H0452" prayed|strong="H6419", and|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w caused|strong="H5414"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" boy|strong="H3206" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* } become|strong="H7725" alive|strong="H2421" again|strong="H7725" [DOU]. 
\verseNumber{23}Elijah|strong="H0452" carried|strong="H3947" the|strong="H7200" boy|strong="H3206" down|strong="H3381" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w steps|strong="H4609"\+w*} and|strong="H1121" gave|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3381" his|strong="H5414" mother|strong="H0517". He|strong="H1004" said|strong="H0559", “Look|strong="H7200", your|strong="H5414" son|strong="H1121" is|strong="H1121" alive|strong="H2416"!” 
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\verseNumber{24}The|strong="H3588" woman|strong="H2088" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" Elijah|strong="H0452", “Now|strong="H6258" I|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w certain|strong="H3045"\+w*} that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1697" a|strong="H3588" prophet|strong="H5030" and|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" words|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" speak|strong="H1697" are|strong="H1697" truly|strong="H3588" from|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068"!” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Elijah met with Obadiah }

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\chapterNumber{18}For|strong="H5921" almost|strong="H3117" three|strong="H7992" years|strong="H8141" there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H3068" no|strong="H5414" rain|strong="H4306" in|strong="H5921" Samaria|strong="H8111". Then|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697" this|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3212" Elijah|strong="H0452": “Go|strong="H3212" and|strong="H3068" meet|strong="H6440" with|strong="H3068" King|strong="H5921" Ahab|strong="H0256" and|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w tell|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w that|strong="H7200"\+w*} I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" soon|strong="H3512" send|strong="H5414" rain|strong="H4306".” 
\verseNumber{2}So|strong="H7200" Elijah|strong="H0452" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" talk|strong="H1696" to|strong="H3212" Ahab|strong="H0256". 
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In|strong="H3212" Samaria|strong="H8111" there|strong="H7200" was|strong="H7458" almost|strong="H4592" no|strong="H7200" food|strong="H3899" for|strong="H3212" anyone|strong="H7200" to|strong="H3212" eat|strong="H0398". 
\verseNumber{3}There|strong="H1961" was|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1961" man|strong="H0376" there|strong="H1961" named|strong="H7121" Obadiah|strong="H5662". He|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" in|strong="H5921" charge|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" king’s|strong="H4428" palace|strong="H1004". He|strong="H3068" greatly|strong="H3966" revered|strong="H3372" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{4}One|strong="H1961" time|strong="H1961" when|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Queen|strong="H4436"\+w*} Jezebel|strong="H0348" had|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w tried|strong="H6884"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w*} kill|strong="H3772" all|strong="H3772" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" prophets|strong="H5030", Obadiah|strong="H5662" hid|strong="H2244" 100 of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H3947" in|strong="H3068" two|strong="H3947" caves|strong="H4631". He|strong="H3068" put|strong="H3068" 50 prophets|strong="H5030" in|strong="H3068" each|strong="H3947" cave|strong="H4631", and|strong="H3967" he|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H3947" food|strong="H3899" and|strong="H3967" water|strong="H4325" to|strong="H3068" them|strong="H3947". 
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\verseNumber{5}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w By|strong="H4325"\+w* \+w this|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w time|strong="H6256"\+w*, \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* ◄\+w famine|strong="H7458"\+w*/\+w lack|strong="H3772"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4325"\+w* \+w food|strong="H3899"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w water|strong="H4325"\+w*► \+w had|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w become|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w very|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w severe|strong="H3515"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w Samaria|strong="H8111"\+w*}. So|strong="H3808" Ahab|strong="H0256" summoned|strong="H7121" Obadiah|strong="H5662" and|strong="H3212" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" him|strong="H4672", “We|strong="H3605" must|strong="H3808" check|strong="H4148"/look|strong="H7200" near|strong="H3808" every|strong="H3605" spring|strong="H4599" and|strong="H3212" in|strong="H3212" every|strong="H3605" valley|strong="H5158" to|strong="H3212" see|strong="H7200" if|strong="H0518" we|strong="H3605" can|strong="H3808" find|strong="H4672" enough|strong="H4672" grass|strong="H2682" to|strong="H3212" give|strong="H2421" to|strong="H3212" some|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4325" my|strong="H3605" horses|strong="H5483" and|strong="H3212" mules|strong="H6505", so|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" all|strong="H3605" die|strong="H4191".” 
\verseNumber{6}So|strong="H1980" they|strong="H1992" both|strong="H1992" started|strong="H2490" walking|strong="H1980" throughout|strong="H5674" the|strong="H5674" land|strong="H0776". Obadiah|strong="H5662" went|strong="H1980" in|strong="H1980" one|strong="H0259" direction|strong="H1870" by|strong="H5674" hmself, and|strong="H1980" Ahab|strong="H0256" went|strong="H1980" in|strong="H1980" another|strong="H0312" direction|strong="H1870" by|strong="H5674" himself|strong="H5315". 
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\verseNumber{7}While|strong="H1961" Obadiah|strong="H5662" was|strong="H1961" walking|strong="H1980" along|strong="H5921", he|strong="H5921" saw|strong="H2009" Elijah|strong="H0452" coming|strong="H2009" toward|strong="H1870" him|strong="H6440". Obadiah|strong="H5662" recognized|strong="H5234" Elijah|strong="H0452" and|strong="H6440" bowed|strong="H5307" down|strong="H5307" in|strong="H5921" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440" and|strong="H6440" said|strong="H0559", “Is|strong="H2088" it|strong="H5921" really|strong="H2088" you|strong="H6440", Elijah|strong="H0452", my|strong="H5921" master|strong="H0113"?” 
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\verseNumber{8}Elijah|strong="H0452" replied|strong="H0559", “Yes|strong="H2009". Now|strong="H2009" go|strong="H3212" and|strong="H3212" tell|strong="H5046" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Ahab|strong="H0256"\+w*,} your|strong="H2009" master|strong="H0113", that|strong="H2009" I|strong="H2009" am|strong="H1961" here|strong="H2009".” 
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\verseNumber{9}Obadiah|strong="H5662" objected. He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “Sir|strong="H0113", I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5650" not|strong="H5414" [RHQ] harmed|strong="H2255" you|strong="H3588" at|strong="H4191" all|strong="H5414". So|strong="H5414" why|strong="H4100" are|strong="H3027" you|strong="H3588" sending|strong="H7971" me|strong="H5414" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H4191" Ahab|strong="H0256"? He|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5650" kill|strong="H4191" me|strong="H5414"! 
\verseNumber{10}Yahweh|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w knows|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w am|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w telling|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w truth|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w when|strong="H3588"\+w*} I|strong="H3588" solemnly|strong="H7650" declare|strong="H5046" that|strong="H3588" King|strong="H4428" Ahab|strong="H0256" has|strong="H3068" searched|strong="H1245" in|strong="H3068" every|strong="H3068" kingdom|strong="H4467" all|strong="H7971" over|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" world|strong="H8398" [HYP] to|strong="H3068" find|strong="H4672" you|strong="H3588". Each|strong="H1471" time|strong="H6256" that|strong="H3588" some|strong="H8033" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H7971", ‘Elijah|strong="H0452" is|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" here|strong="H8033",’ Ahab|strong="H0256" demanded|strong="H7592" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3588" country|strong="H2022" solemnly|strong="H7650" swear|strong="H7650"/declare|strong="H5046" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" was|strong="H3068" telling|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3588" truth|strong="H3808". 
\verseNumber{11}Now|strong="H6258" you|strong="H3212" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3212" me|strong="H3212", ‘Go|strong="H3212" and|strong="H3212" tell|strong="H5046" your|strong="H6258" master|strong="H0113" that|strong="H2009" Elijah|strong="H0452" is|strong="H2009" here|strong="H2009"!’ 
\verseNumber{12}But|strong="H3808" as|strong="H1961" soon|strong="H3512" as|strong="H1961" I|strong="H5921" leave|strong="H5800" you|strong="H5921", the|strong="H5921" Spirit|strong="H7307" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" carry|strong="H5375" you|strong="H5921" away|strong="H5375", and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" where|strong="H5921" he|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" take|strong="H5375" you|strong="H5921". So|strong="H1961" when|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H5046"\+w*} Ahab|strong="H0256" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w are|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w here|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3068"\+w*} comes|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H5046" and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" does|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" find|strong="H4672" you|strong="H5921" here|strong="H4672", he|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" kill|strong="H2026" me|strong="H5046"! But|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w deserve|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w die|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w because|strong="H5921"\+w*} I|strong="H5921" have|strong="H1961" revered|strong="H3372" Yahweh|strong="H3068" since|strong="H3588" I|strong="H5921" was|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1961" boy|strong="H5288". 
\verseNumber{13}My|strong="H3068" master|strong="H0113", have|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" heard|strong="H5046" about|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" I|strong="H3808" did|strong="H6213" when|strong="H6213" Jezebel|strong="H0348" wanted|strong="H2654" to|strong="H3068" kill|strong="H2026" all|strong="H6213" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" prophets|strong="H5030"? I|strong="H3808" hid|strong="H2244" 100 of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H6213" in|strong="H3068" two|strong="H6213" caves|strong="H4631" and|strong="H3967" took|strong="H5030" food|strong="H3899" and|strong="H3967" water|strong="H4325" to|strong="H3068" them|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{14}Now|strong="H6258", sir|strong="H0113", you|strong="H3212" say|strong="H0559", ‘Go|strong="H3212" and|strong="H3212" tell|strong="H5046" your|strong="H2026" master|strong="H0113" that|strong="H2009" Elijah|strong="H0452" is|strong="H2009" here|strong="H2009".’ But|strong="H2009" if|strong="H2009" I|strong="H2009" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H2009", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w comes|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w are|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w here|strong="H2009"\+w*,} he|strong="H3212" will|strong="H3068" kill|strong="H2026" me|strong="H2026"!” 
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\verseNumber{15}But|strong="H3588" Elijah|strong="H0452" replied|strong="H0559", “Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H6440" Almighty|strong="H6635" One|strong="H2416" whom|strong="H6440" I|strong="H3588" serve|strong="H5975" [IDM], knows|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w am|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w telling|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w truth|strong="H0571"\+w* \+w as|strong="H3117"\+w*} I|strong="H3588" solemnly|strong="H7650" declare|strong="H5046" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" go|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" meet|strong="H6440" with|strong="H3068" Ahab|strong="H0256" today|strong="H3117".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Elijah|strong="H0452" killed|strong="H2026" the|strong="H6440" prophets|strong="H5030" of|strong="H3068" Baal|strong="H1168" }

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\verseNumber{16}So|strong="H3651" Obadiah|strong="H5662" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" tell|strong="H5046" Ahab|strong="H0256" that|strong="H3212" Elijah|strong="H0452" had|strong="H3068" come|strong="H3212". Ahab|strong="H0256" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" meet|strong="H7125" with|strong="H3212" him|strong="H5046". 
\verseNumber{17}When|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3478" saw|strong="H7200" Elijah|strong="H0452", he|strong="H3478" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" him|strong="H7200", “Is|strong="H2088" that|strong="H7200" you|strong="H7200", the|strong="H7200" one|strong="H2088" who|strong="H3478" causes|strong="H5414" trouble|strong="H5916" for|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w people|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w of|strong="H7200"\+w*} Israel|strong="H3478"?” 
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\verseNumber{18}Elijah|strong="H0452" replied|strong="H0559", “It|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" I|strong="H3588" who|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5414" trouble|strong="H5916" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H3808" of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478"! You|strong="H3588" and|strong="H3478" your|strong="H3068" family|strong="H1004" are|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3588" ones|strong="H2945" who|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5414" trouble|strong="H5916"! You|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" refused|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3478" obey|strong="H8085" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" commands|strong="H4687", and|strong="H3478" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" worshiped|strong="H7812" the|strong="H3588" idols|strong="H1544" of|strong="H1004" Baal|strong="H1168" instead|strong="H3588". 
\verseNumber{19}So|strong="H7971" now|strong="H6258", command|strong="H6680" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H6908" to|strong="H3478" come|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" Carmel|strong="H3760" Mountain|strong="H2022", and|strong="H3967" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w be|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w sure|strong="H0539"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w*} bring|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" 450 prophets|strong="H5030" who|strong="H3605" worship|strong="H3478" Baal|strong="H1168" and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H3605" 400 prophets|strong="H5030" who|strong="H3605" worship|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w goddess|strong="H0430"\+w*} Asherah|strong="H0842", the|strong="H3605" ones|strong="H2945" to|strong="H3478" whom|strong="H0834" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w your|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w wife|strong="H0802"\+w*} Jezebel|strong="H0348" brings|strong="H0935" food|strong="H3899" and|strong="H3967" water|strong="H4325".” 
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\verseNumber{20}So|strong="H7971" Ahab|strong="H0256" summoned|strong="H7121" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" prophets|strong="H5030" and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Israeli} people|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" Carmel|strong="H3760" Mountain|strong="H2022", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Elijah|strong="H0452"\+w* \+w went|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w up|strong="H6908"\+w* \+w there|strong="H2022"\+w* \+w too|strong="H4480"\+w*.} 
\verseNumber{21}Then|strong="H6030" Elijah|strong="H0452" stood|strong="H5971" in|strong="H5921" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5921" and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697", “How|strong="H4970" long|strong="H5704" [RHQ] are|strong="H5971" you|strong="H3605" going|strong="H3212" to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H3808" undecided \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w truly|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w God|strong="H3068"\+w*}? If|strong="H0518" Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w truly|strong="H3588"\+w*} God|strong="H3068", then|strong="H6030" worship|strong="H7812"/serve|strong="H5647" him|strong="H5921". If|strong="H0518" Baal|strong="H1168" is|strong="H3068" truly|strong="H3588" God|strong="H3068", then|strong="H6030" worship|strong="H7812"/serve|strong="H5647" him|strong="H5921"!” But|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" said|strong="H1697" nothing|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w reply|strong="H6030"\+w*, \+w because|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w were|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w afraid|strong="H3372"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w what|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w Jezebel|strong="H0348"\+w* \+w would|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w if|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3068"\+w* admitted \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{22}Then|strong="H3068" Elijah|strong="H0452" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" them|strong="H3068", “I|strong="H3068" am|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" only|strong="H0389" true|strong="H3068" prophet|strong="H5030" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" who|strong="H5971" is|strong="H3068" left|strong="H3498", but|strong="H3498" Baal|strong="H1168" has|strong="H3068" 450 prophets|strong="H5030". 
\verseNumber{23}Bring|strong="H5414" two|strong="H8147" bulls|strong="H6499". The|strong="H5921" prophets|strong="H5030" of|strong="H6086" Baal|strong="H1168" may|strong="H6213" choose|strong="H0977" the|strong="H5921" one|strong="H3808" that|strong="H5414" they|strong="H1992" want|strong="H3808". They|strong="H1992" must|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w and|strong="H6086"\+w*} cut|strong="H5408" it|strong="H5414" into|strong="H5921" pieces|strong="H5408" and|strong="H6086" lay|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" pieces|strong="H5408" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" wood|strong="H6086" that|strong="H5414" is|strong="H6213" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196" that|strong="H5414" they|strong="H1992" havemade. But|strong="H3808" they|strong="H1992" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" light|strong="H7760" a|strong="H6213" fire|strong="H0784" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w under|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w wood|strong="H6086"\+w*}. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w will|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w kill|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w other|strong="H8147"\+w* \+w bull|strong="H6499"\+w* \+w and|strong="H6086"\+w* \+w cut|strong="H5408"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w pieces|strong="H5408"\+w* \+w and|strong="H6086"\+w* \+w lay|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w pieces|strong="H5408"\+w* \+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w I|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w make|strong="H6213"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{24}Then|strong="H6030" they|strong="H3068" must|strong="H4191" call|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3605" god|strong="H3068" [MTY], and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H1697" will|strong="H3068" call|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". The|strong="H3605" god|strong="H3068" who|strong="H3605" answers|strong="H6030" by|strong="H3068" lighting|strong="H3974" a|strong="H1961" fire|strong="H0784" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w wood|strong="H6086"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w on|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*} is|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w true|strong="H3068"\+w*} God|strong="H3068"!” 
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Then|strong="H6030" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" thought|strong="H1697" that|strong="H5971" Elijah’s|strong="H0452" suggestion was|strong="H3068" good|strong="H2896". 
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\verseNumber{25}Then|strong="H6213" Elijah|strong="H0452" said|strong="H7121" to|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3588" prophets|strong="H5030" of|strong="H8034" Baal|strong="H1168", “You|strong="H3588" call|strong="H7121" to|strong="H6213" Baal|strong="H1168" first|strong="H7223", because|strong="H3588" there|strong="H8034" are|strong="H5030" many|strong="H7227" of|strong="H8034" you|strong="H3588". Choose|strong="H0977" one|strong="H3808" of|strong="H8034" the|strong="H3588" bulls|strong="H6499" and|strong="H6499" prepare|strong="H6213" it|strong="H7760", and|strong="H6499" then|strong="H6213" call|strong="H7121" to|strong="H6213" your|strong="H7760" god|strong="H3808". But|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" light|strong="H7760" a|strong="H6213" fire|strong="H0784" under|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3588" wood|strong="H6086"!” 
\verseNumber{26}So|strong="H6213" they|strong="H5921" killed|strong="H2026" one|strong="H6213" of|strong="H6963" the|strong="H5921" bulls|strong="H6499" and|strong="H6030" cut|strong="H3772" it|strong="H5414" up|strong="H5414" and|strong="H6030" placed|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" pieces|strong="H5409" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196". Then|strong="H6030" they|strong="H5921" called|strong="H7121" out|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5704" Baal|strong="H1168" all|strong="H5704" morning|strong="H1242". They|strong="H5921" shouted|strong="H5414", “Baal|strong="H1168", answer|strong="H6030" us|strong="H5414"!” But|strong="H6030" no|strong="H6213" one|strong="H6213" answered|strong="H6030". There|strong="H5704" was|strong="H8034" no|strong="H6213" reply|strong="H6030" at|strong="H5921" all|strong="H5704" [DOU]. 
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Then|strong="H6030" they|strong="H5921" danced|strong="H3769" wildly|strong="H8264" around|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196" that|strong="H5414" they|strong="H5921" had|strong="H5414" made|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{27}About|strong="H1961" noontime, Elijah|strong="H0452" started|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" make|strong="H7121" fun of|strong="H6963" them|strong="H7121". He|strong="H1931" said|strong="H7121", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Surely|strong="H3588"\+w*} Baal|strong="H1168" is|strong="H1931" a|strong="H1961" god|strong="H0430", so|strong="H1961" it|strong="H1931" seems|strong="H3190" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" shout|strong="H6963" louder|strong="H1419"! Perhaps|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" thinking|strong="H0559" about|strong="H1961" something|strong="H1697", or|strong="H1419" perhaps|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" has|strong="H1961" gone|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3588" toilet. Or|strong="H1419" perhaps|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" traveling|strong="H1980" somewhere|strong="H1481", or|strong="H1419" perhaps|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" asleep|strong="H3463" and|strong="H1419" you|strong="H3588" need|strong="H4270" to|strong="H1961" wake|strong="H3364" him|strong="H7121" up|strong="H1961"!” 
\verseNumber{28}So|strong="H7121" they|strong="H5921" shouted|strong="H7121" louder|strong="H1419". Then|strong="H7121", doing|strong="H6213" one|strong="H1419" of|strong="H6963" the|strong="H5921" things|strong="H1419" that|strong="H7121" they|strong="H5921" frequently did|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w they|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w worshiped|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w Baal|strong="H1168"\+w*}, they|strong="H5921" slashed/cut|strong="H1413" themselves|strong="H7121" with|strong="H5921" knives|strong="H2719" and|strong="H1419" swords|strong="H2719" until|strong="H5704" a|strong="H7121" lot|strong="H1486" of|strong="H6963" blood|strong="H1818" flowed|strong="H1980". 
\verseNumber{29}They|strong="H5704" continued|strong="H5674" calling|strong="H7121" out|strong="H5674" to|strong="H5704" Baal|strong="H1168" all|strong="H5704" afternoon|strong="H5186". But|strong="H1961" there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" no|strong="H5927" reply|strong="H6030", no|strong="H5927" answer|strong="H6030", no|strong="H5927" god|strong="H0430" who|strong="H5012" paid|strong="H7182" attention|strong="H7182". 
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\verseNumber{30}Then|strong="H3068" Elijah|strong="H0452" called|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" saying|strong="H0559", “Come|strong="H5066" closer|strong="H5066"!” So|strong="H5066" they|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" crowded|strong="H6950" around|strong="H5439" him|strong="H3605". Then|strong="H3068" Elijah|strong="H0452" repaired|strong="H7495" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" that|strong="H5971" had|strong="H3068" previously|strong="H8543" been|strong="H5971" ◄ruined|strong="H2040"/torn|strong="H2040" down|strong="H2040"► \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w prophets|strong="H5030"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Baal|strong="H1168"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{31}Then|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3068" took|strong="H3947" twelve|strong="H8147" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w large|strong="H1419"\+w*} stones|strong="H0068", each|strong="H3947" one|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3478" represent|strong="H7969" one|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3947" Israeli tribes|strong="H7626". The|strong="H3947" names|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1121" those|strong="H1121" tribes|strong="H7626" were|strong="H3478" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" them|strong="H3947" by|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" ancestor Jacob|strong="H3290". 
\verseNumber{32}With|strong="H1004" these|strong="H6213" stones|strong="H0068" he|strong="H6213" rebuilt|strong="H1129" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" altar|strong="H4196". Then|strong="H6213" around|strong="H5439" the|strong="H6213" altar|strong="H4196" he|strong="H6213" dug|strong="H2658" a|strong="H6213" little|strong="H4592" ditch|strong="H7845" that|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" large|strong="H1004" enough|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" hold|strong="H6213" about|strong="H5439" ◄three|strong="H7969" gallons|strong="H1324"/12 liters► of|strong="H1004" water|strong="H4325". 
\verseNumber{33}He|strong="H5921" piled|strong="H6651" wood|strong="H6086" on|strong="H5921" top|strong="H5921" of|strong="H6086" the|strong="H5921" stones|strong="H0068". He|strong="H5921" killed|strong="H2026" the|strong="H5921" bull|strong="H6499" and|strong="H6086" cut|strong="H5408" it|strong="H7760" in|strong="H5921" pieces|strong="H5408". Then|strong="H7760" he|strong="H5921" laid|strong="H7760" the|strong="H5921" pieces|strong="H5408" on|strong="H5921" top|strong="H5921" of|strong="H6086" the|strong="H5921" wood|strong="H6086". Then|strong="H7760" he|strong="H5921" said|strong="H0559", “Fill|strong="H4390" four|strong="H0702" large|strong="H1419" jars|strong="H7184" with|strong="H5921" water|strong="H4325", and|strong="H6086" pour|strong="H8210" the|strong="H5921" water|strong="H4325" on|strong="H5921" top|strong="H5921" of|strong="H6086" the|strong="H5921" pieces|strong="H5408" of|strong="H6086" meat|strong="H1320" and|strong="H6086" the|strong="H5921" wood|strong="H6086".” So|strong="H7760" they|strong="H5921" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H6086". 
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\verseNumber{34}Then|strong="H0227" he|strong="H5921" said|strong="H0559", “Do|strong="H8138" the|strong="H5921" same|strong="H1931" thing|strong="H1697" again|strong="H8138"!” So|strong="H5921" they|strong="H5921" did|strong="H5930" it|strong="H5921" again|strong="H8138". Then|strong="H0227" he|strong="H5921" said|strong="H0559" “Do|strong="H8138" it|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5921" third|strong="H8027" time|strong="H8138"!” So|strong="H5921" they|strong="H5921" did|strong="H5930" it|strong="H5921" again|strong="H8138". 
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\verseNumber{35}As|strong="H1571" a|strong="H1571" result|strong="H6903", the|strong="H4390" water|strong="H4325" flowed|strong="H3212" down|strong="H3212" below|strong="H8478" the|strong="H4390" altar|strong="H4196" and|strong="H3212" filled|strong="H4390" the|strong="H4390" ditches|strong="H1356". 
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\verseNumber{36}When|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3068" time|strong="H3117" to|strong="H3478" offer|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3605" evening|strong="H3117" sacrifices|strong="H4503", Elijah|strong="H0452" walked|strong="H1980" close|strong="H5066" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*} and|strong="H3478" prayed|strong="H6419". He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H1697", “Yahweh|strong="H3068", you|strong="H3588" who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w our|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w ancestors|strong="H0001"\+w*} Abraham|strong="H0085" and|strong="H3478" Isaac|strong="H3327" and|strong="H3478" Jacob|strong="H3290" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w*}, prove|strong="H3045" today|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H3045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w should|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H3478"\+w*}, and|strong="H3478" prove|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" your|strong="H3068" servant|strong="H5650". Prove|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" done|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" these|strong="H6213" things|strong="H1697" because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" told|strong="H1697" me|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3478" do|strong="H6213" them|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{37}Yahweh|strong="H3068", answer|strong="H6030" me|strong="H5437"! Answer|strong="H6030" me|strong="H5437" in|strong="H3068" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3588" these|strong="H2088" people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w power|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w what|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w say|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w*}, and|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5414" them|strong="H6030" to|strong="H3068" trust|strong="H0982" in|strong="H3068" [IDM] you|strong="H3588" again|strong="H5437"!” 
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\verseNumber{38}Immediately|strong="H6965" a|strong="H3068" fire|strong="H0784" from|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" flashed|strong="H1980" down|strong="H5307" from|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" sky|strong="H8064". The|strong="H3068" fire|strong="H0784" burned|strong="H8313" up|strong="H3897" the|strong="H3068" pieces|strong="H5409" of|strong="H3068" meat|strong="H1320", the|strong="H3068" wood|strong="H6086", the|strong="H3068" stones|strong="H0068", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" dirt|strong="H6083" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w around|strong="H5439"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}. It|strong="H3068" even|strong="H3068" dried|strong="H3068" up|strong="H3897" all|strong="H3897" the|strong="H3068" water|strong="H4325" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" ditch|strong="H7845"! 
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\verseNumber{39}When|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H5971", they|strong="H3068" prostrated|strong="H7812" themselves|strong="H6440" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H6440" and|strong="H3068" shouted|strong="H7321", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068"! Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068"!” 
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\verseNumber{40}Then|strong="H3381" Elijah|strong="H0452" commanded|strong="H6680" them|strong="H1992", “Seize|strong="H8610" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H7819" prophets|strong="H5030" of|strong="H5158" Baal|strong="H1168"! Do|strong="H3381" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" any|strong="H4422" of|strong="H5158" them|strong="H1992" to|strong="H3381" escape|strong="H4422"!” So|strong="H3381" the|strong="H7819" people|strong="H5971" seized|strong="H8610" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H7819" prophets|strong="H5030" of|strong="H5158" Baal|strong="H1168", and|strong="H8033" took|strong="H8610" them|strong="H1992" down|strong="H3381" the|strong="H7819" mountain|strong="H2022" to|strong="H3381" the|strong="H7819" Kishon|strong="H7028" Valley|strong="H5158", and|strong="H8033" Elijah|strong="H0452" killed|strong="H7819" them|strong="H1992" all|strong="H3605" there|strong="H8033". 

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\verseNumber{41}Then|strong="H3588" Elijah|strong="H0452" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5927" Ahab|strong="H0256", “Go|strong="H5927" and|strong="H6963" get|strong="H5927" something|strong="H1697" to|strong="H5927" eat|strong="H0398" and|strong="H6963" drink|strong="H8354". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w But|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w it|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w quickly|strong="H4116"\+w*, \+w because|strong="H3588"\+w*} it|strong="H3588" is|strong="H6963" soon|strong="H3588" going|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" rain|strong="H1653" very|strong="H3966" hard|strong="H7186"!” 
\verseNumber{42}So|strong="H5927" Ahab|strong="H0256" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w his|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w men|strong="H7218"\+w*} left|strong="H7760" to|strong="H5927" prepare|strong="H7760" a|strong="H7760" big|strong="H0931" meal|strong="H7058". But|strong="H3588" Elijah|strong="H0452" went|strong="H5927" back|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" the|strong="H6440" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="H7218" Carmel|strong="H3760" Mountain|strong="H2022" and|strong="H7218" prayed|strong="H6419". 
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\verseNumber{43}Then|strong="H7725" he|strong="H7725" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7725" his|strong="H7725" servant|strong="H5288", “Go|strong="H5927" and|strong="H7725" look|strong="H5027" out|strong="H7725" toward|strong="H1870" the|strong="H7725" sea|strong="H3220", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w see|strong="H5027"\+w* \+w if|strong="H5027"\+w* \+w there|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w are|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w any|strong="H3972"\+w* \+w rain|strong="H4306"\+w* \+w clouds|strong="H5645"\+w*.}” So|strong="H5927" his|strong="H7725" servant|strong="H5288" went|strong="H5927" and|strong="H7725" looked|strong="H5027", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w came|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w back|strong="H7725"\+w*} and|strong="H7725" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H5288" do|strong="H1870" not|strong="H1870" see|strong="H5027" anything|strong="H3972".” This|strong="H6471" happened|strong="H1961" six|strong="H8337" times|strong="H6471". 
\verseNumber{44}But|strong="H3808" when|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5927" servant|strong="H5650" went|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5927" seventh|strong="H7637" time|strong="H1961", he|strong="H3808" came|strong="H1961" back|strong="H5927" and|strong="H5927" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H2009" saw|strong="H2009" a|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" small|strong="H6996" cloud|strong="H5645" above|strong="H4605" the|strong="H5927" sea|strong="H3220". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w As|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w I|strong="H2009"\+w* \+w extend|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w my|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w arm|strong="H2220"\+w*,} the|strong="H5927" cloud|strong="H5645" is|strong="H2009" about|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5927" size|strong="H4060" of|strong="H3709" my|strong="H1961" hand|strong="H3709"/fist|strong="H0106".” 
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Then|strong="H1961" Elijah|strong="H0452" shouted|strong="H7321" to|strong="H3381" him|strong="H3381", “Go|strong="H5927" and|strong="H5927" tell|strong="H5046" King|strong="H4428" Ahab|strong="H0256" to|strong="H3381" get|strong="H5927" his|strong="H1961" chariot|strong="H7393" ready|strong="H3559" and|strong="H5927" go|strong="H5927" home|strong="H1004" immediately|strong="H6965"! If|strong="H2009" he|strong="H3808" does|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H3381" that|strong="H3808", the|strong="H5927" rain|strong="H1653" will|strong="H1961" stop|strong="H3808" him|strong="H3381"!” 
\verseNumber{45}Very|strong="H5704" soon|strong="H3512" the|strong="H3541" sky|strong="H8064" was|strong="H1961" full|strong="H4392" of|strong="H7307" black|strong="H6937" clouds|strong="H5645". There|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" strong|strong="H1419" wind|strong="H7307", and|strong="H8064" then|strong="H1961" it|strong="H1961" began|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" rain|strong="H1653" very|strong="H5704" hard|strong="H1419". Ahab|strong="H0256" got|strong="H6965" into|strong="H3212" his|strong="H1961" chariot|strong="H7392" and|strong="H8064" started|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H5704" Jezreel|strong="H3157" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{46}Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H1961" extra strength|strong="H3027" to|strong="H5704" Elijah|strong="H0452". He|strong="H5704" tucked his|strong="H3068" cloak|strong="H8008" into|strong="H3027" his|strong="H3068" belt|strong="H0232" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w order|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w run|strong="H7323"\+w* \+w fast|strong="H6685"\+w*}, and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H5704" ran|strong="H7323" ahead|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" Ahab’s|strong="H0256" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w chariot|strong="H7393"\+w*} all|strong="H5704" the|strong="H6440" way|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{17 \+w miles|strong="H7341"\+w*/26 km.} to|strong="H5704" Jezreel|strong="H3157". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Elijah fled to the desert and then to Sinai Mountain }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Elijah fled to the desert and then to Sinai Mountain }
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\chapterNumber{19}When|strong="H6213" Ahab|strong="H0256" got|strong="H6965" home|strong="H1004", he|strong="H6213" told|strong="H5046" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w wife|strong="H0802"\+w*} Jezebel|strong="H0348" what|strong="H6213" Elijah|strong="H0452" had|strong="H5030" done|strong="H6213". He|strong="H6213" told|strong="H5046" her|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" Elijah|strong="H0452" had|strong="H5030" killed|strong="H2026" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" prophets|strong="H5030" of|strong="H3605" Baal|strong="H1168". 
\verseNumber{2}So|strong="H6213" Jezebel|strong="H0348" sent|strong="H7971" this|strong="H6213" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H7971" Elijah|strong="H0452": “By|strong="H7971" this|strong="H6213" time|strong="H6256" tomorrow|strong="H4279" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5315" have|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w killed|strong="H2026"\+w*} you|strong="H3588", just|strong="H6213" like|strong="H3541" you|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w killed|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w all|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w those|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w prophets|strong="H5030"\+w* \+w of|strong="H6256"\+w* \+w Baal|strong="H1168"\+w*}. If|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588", I|strong="H3588" hope|strong="H3176" the|strong="H3588" gods|strong="H0430" will|strong="H5315" kill|strong="H2026" me|strong="H7971".” 
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\verseNumber{3}When|strong="H7200" Elijah|strong="H0452" received|strong="H3947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w her|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w message|strong="H1697"\+w*}, he|strong="H8033" was|strong="H3063" afraid|strong="H3372". So|strong="H6965" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w taking|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w his|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w servant|strong="H5288"\+w* \+w with|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w him|strong="H7200"\+w*}, he|strong="H8033" fled|strong="H5127" in|strong="H3212" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H7200" he|strong="H8033" would|strong="H5315" not|strong="H7200" be|strong="H5315" killed|strong="H2026". He|strong="H8033" went|strong="H3212" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w far|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w south|strong="H5045"\+w*} to|strong="H3212" Beersheba|strong="H0884", in|strong="H3212" Judah|strong="H3063". He|strong="H8033" left|strong="H3240" his|strong="H7200" servant|strong="H5288" there|strong="H8033". 
\verseNumber{4}Then|strong="H1980" he|strong="H1931" went|strong="H1980" by|strong="H3117" himself|strong="H5315" further|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w south|strong="H4057"\+w*} into|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3588" desert|strong="H4057". He|strong="H1931" walked|strong="H1980" all|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117". He|strong="H1931" sat|strong="H3427" down|strong="H3427" under|strong="H8478" a|strong="H3947" broom|strong="H7574" tree|strong="H7574" and|strong="H1980" prayed|strong="H6419" that|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w*} would|strong="H3068" allow|strong="H1980" him|strong="H3947" to|strong="H1980" die|strong="H4191". He|strong="H1931" said|strong="H0559", “Yahweh|strong="H3068", I’ve had|strong="H3068" enough|strong="H7227". So|strong="H1980" allow|strong="H1980" me|strong="H5315" to|strong="H1980" die|strong="H4191", because|strong="H3588" for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H5315" to|strong="H1980" live|strong="H3427" is|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3808" better|strong="H2896" than|strong="H2896" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w being|strong="H5315"\+w* \+w with|strong="H1980"\+w*} my|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w died|strong="H4191"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H6965" he|strong="H4397" lay|strong="H7901" down|strong="H7901" under|strong="H8478" the|strong="H8478" broom|strong="H7574" tree|strong="H7574" and|strong="H6965" slept|strong="H7901". But|strong="H2009" while|strong="H2009" he|strong="H4397" was|strong="H2088" sleeping|strong="H3463", an|strong="H6965" angel|strong="H4397" touched|strong="H5060" him|strong="H8478" and|strong="H6965" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w woke|strong="H3364"\+w* \+w him|strong="H8478"\+w* \+w up|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w and|strong="H6965"\+w*} said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H4397" him|strong="H8478", “Get|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" eat|strong="H0398" some|strong="H2009" food|strong="H3899"!” 
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\verseNumber{6}Elijah|strong="H0452" looked|strong="H5027" around|strong="H7725" and|strong="H7725" saw|strong="H2009" some|strong="H2009" bread|strong="H5692" which|strong="H4325" had|strong="H4325" been|strong="H1961" baked|strong="H0644" on|strong="H5027" hot|strong="H2552" stones|strong="H0068", and|strong="H7725" he|strong="H7725" also|strong="H8354" saw|strong="H2009" a|strong="H7725" jar|strong="H6835" of|strong="H4325" water|strong="H4325". So|strong="H7725" he|strong="H7725" ate|strong="H0398" some|strong="H2009" bread|strong="H5692" and|strong="H7725" drank|strong="H8354" some|strong="H2009" water|strong="H4325" and|strong="H7725" lay|strong="H7901" down|strong="H7901" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w sleep|strong="H7901"\+w*} again|strong="H7725". 
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\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="H6965" the|strong="H3588" angel|strong="H4397" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w been|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w sent|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w by|strong="H3068"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068" came|strong="H5060" again|strong="H7725" and|strong="H6965" touched|strong="H5060" him|strong="H7725", and|strong="H6965" said|strong="H0559", “Get|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" eat|strong="H0398" some|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w more|strong="H4480"\+w*} food|strong="H3899", because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" need|strong="H4270" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w more|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w strength|strong="H5797"\+w*} to|strong="H7725" go|strong="H7725" on|strong="H1870" a|strong="H3588" long|strong="H7227" journey|strong="H1870".” 
\verseNumber{8}So|strong="H6965" he|strong="H1931" got|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" ate|strong="H0398" and|strong="H6965" drank|strong="H8354" some|strong="H3117" more|strong="H5704", and|strong="H6965" because|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" doing|strong="H8354" that|strong="H3117", he|strong="H1931" got|strong="H6965" enough|strong="H1767" strength|strong="H3581" to|strong="H5704" enable|strong="H7980" him|strong="H1931" to|strong="H5704" travel|strong="H1980" for|strong="H5704" forty|strong="H0705" days|strong="H3117" and|strong="H6965" nights|strong="H3915" to|strong="H5704" Sinai|strong="H5514" Mountain|strong="H2022", the|strong="H3117" mountain|strong="H2022" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w dedicated|strong="H6942"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w*} God|strong="H0430". 
\verseNumber{9}He|strong="H8033" went|strong="H3068" into|strong="H1697" a|strong="H3068" cave|strong="H4631" there|strong="H8033" and|strong="H3068" slept|strong="H7901" there|strong="H8033" that|strong="H3068" night|strong="H3885". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H5414" instructions|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" Elijah|strong="H0452" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H5414" instructions|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" Elijah|strong="H0452" }
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w next|strong="H4283"\+w* \+w morning|strong="H1242"\+w*,} Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H1697" “Elijah|strong="H0452", why|strong="H4100" are|strong="H4100" you|strong="H4100" here|strong="H6311"?” 
\verseNumber{10}Elijah|strong="H0452" replied|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" zealously|strong="H2734" served|strong="H5647" you|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", God|strong="H3068" Almighty|strong="H6635". But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" Israeli people|strong="H1121" have|strong="H3068" broken|strong="H2040" the|strong="H3588" agreement|strong="H1285" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" made|strong="H7065" with|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588". They|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" torn|strong="H2040" down|strong="H2040" your|strong="H3068" altars|strong="H4196", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" killed|strong="H2026" all|strong="H2026" of|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3068" prophets|strong="H5030". I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" only|strong="H3588" one|strong="H1121" whom|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3588" killed|strong="H2026", and|strong="H1121" now|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1121" trying|strong="H1156" to|strong="H3478" kill|strong="H2026" me|strong="H5315", too|strong="H4480". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w am|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w running|strong="H7323"\+w* \+w away|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w from|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w them|strong="H3947"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{11}Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" him|strong="H6440", “Go|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" and|strong="H3068" stand|strong="H5975" in|strong="H3068" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" me|strong="H6440" on|strong="H5674" this|strong="H5674" mountain|strong="H2022" while|strong="H2009" I|strong="H2009" pass|strong="H5674" by|strong="H5674".” \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Suddenly|strong="H2009"\+w*} a|strong="H3318" strong|strong="H2389" windstorm|strong="H8178" struck|strong="H5221" the|strong="H6440" mountain|strong="H2022". As|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3318" result|strong="H6903", rocks|strong="H5553" were|strong="H2022" loosened from|strong="H3318" the|strong="H6440" mountainside. But|strong="H3808" Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" wind|strong="H7307". Then|strong="H3318" there|strong="H2009" was|strong="H3068" an|strong="H6440" earthquake|strong="H7494", but|strong="H3808" Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" earthquake|strong="H7494". 
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\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H3068" there|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3068" fire|strong="H0784", but|strong="H3808" Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" fire|strong="H0784". Then|strong="H3068" there|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3068" sound|strong="H6963" like|strong="H3808" someone|strong="H0376" whispering|strong="H1681" quietly|strong="H8252". 
\verseNumber{13}When|strong="H1961" Elijah|strong="H0452" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H8085", he|strong="H6440" wrapped|strong="H3874" his|strong="H8085" cloak|strong="H8008" around|strong="H6440" his|strong="H8085" face|strong="H6440". He|strong="H6440" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H6963" the|strong="H6440" cave|strong="H4631" and|strong="H6963" stood|strong="H5975" at|strong="H5975" its|strong="H5975" entrance|strong="H6607". And|strong="H6963" he|strong="H6440" heard|strong="H8085" Yahweh|strong="H3068" speaking|strong="H1696" to|strong="H3318" him|strong="H6440", saying|strong="H6963" again|strong="H6440", “Elijah|strong="H0452", why|strong="H4100" are|strong="H4100" you|strong="H6440" here|strong="H6311"?” 
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\verseNumber{14}He|strong="H3588" replied|strong="H0559" again|strong="H3478", “I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" zealously|strong="H2734" served|strong="H5647" you|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", God|strong="H3068" Almighty|strong="H6635". But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" Israeli people|strong="H1121" have|strong="H3068" broken|strong="H2040" the|strong="H3588" agreement|strong="H1285" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" made|strong="H7065" with|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588". They|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" torn|strong="H2040" down|strong="H2040" your|strong="H3068" altars|strong="H4196", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" killed|strong="H2026" all|strong="H2026" of|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3068" prophets|strong="H5030". I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" only|strong="H3588" one|strong="H1121" whom|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3588" killed|strong="H2026", and|strong="H1121" now|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1121" trying|strong="H1156" to|strong="H3478" kill|strong="H2026" me|strong="H5315", too|strong="H4480". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w am|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w running|strong="H7323"\+w* \+w away|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w from|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w them|strong="H3947"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{15}Then|strong="H7725" Yahweh|strong="H3068" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5921", “Go|strong="H3212" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H5921" desert|strong="H4057" near|strong="H5921" Damascus|strong="H1834". When|strong="H7725" you|strong="H5921" arrive|strong="H0935" there|strong="H7725", anoint|strong="H4886" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w olive|strong="H2132"\+w* \+w oil|strong="H4886"\+w*} a|strong="H3068" man|strong="H0376" named|strong="H5921" Hazael|strong="H2371", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w appoint|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5921"\+w*} to|strong="H7725" be|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Syria|strong="H0758". 
\verseNumber{16}Then|strong="H4428" anoint|strong="H4886" Jehu|strong="H3058", the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Nimshi|strong="H5250", to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H1121" also|strong="H3478" anoint|strong="H4886" Elisha|strong="H0477" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shaphat|strong="H8202", from|strong="H5921" Abel-Meholah|strong="H0065" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, to|strong="H3478" become|strong="H1961" my|strong="H5921" prophet|strong="H5030" after|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921" are|strong="H1121" dead|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{17}Hazael’s|strong="H2371" army|strong="H2428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w will|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w kill|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w many|strong="H7227"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H2719"\+w*} those|strong="H1961" who|strong="H0834" escape|strong="H4422" from|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w being|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w killed|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w by|strong="H4191"\+w*} his|strong="H1961" army|strong="H2428" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" killed|strong="H4191" by|strong="H4191" Jehu’s|strong="H3058" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*}, and|strong="H2719" those|strong="H1961" who|strong="H0834" escape|strong="H4422" from|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w being|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w killed|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w by|strong="H4191"\+w*} Jehu’s|strong="H3058" army|strong="H2428" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" killed|strong="H4191" by|strong="H4191" Elisha|strong="H0477". 
\verseNumber{18}But|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w need|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w*} there|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3478" still|strong="H5750" 7,000 people|strong="H3808" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478" who|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3478" never|strong="H3808" bowed|strong="H3766" to|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H3478"\+w*} Baal|strong="H1168" or|strong="H3808" kissed|strong="H5401" his|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w idol|strong="H3478"\+w*}.” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Elijah|strong="H0452" summoned|strong="H7121" Elisha|strong="H0477" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Elijah|strong="H0452" summoned|strong="H7121" Elisha|strong="H0477" }
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\verseNumber{19}So|strong="H5674" Elijah|strong="H0452" went|strong="H3212" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w Syria|strong="H0758"\+w*} and|strong="H1121" found|strong="H4672" Elisha|strong="H0477" as|strong="H6440" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" plowing|strong="H2790" a|strong="H4672" field|strong="H7704" with|strong="H6440" a|strong="H4672" team|strong="H6776" of|strong="H1121" oxen|strong="H6776". There|strong="H8033" were|strong="H1121" eleven|strong="H6240" other|strong="H8147" men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1931" were|strong="H1121" in|strong="H3212" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" him|strong="H6440", plowing|strong="H2790" with|strong="H6440" teams|strong="H6776" of|strong="H1121" oxen|strong="H6776" in|strong="H3212" the|strong="H6440" same|strong="H1931" field|strong="H7704". Elijah|strong="H0452" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" Elisha|strong="H0477", and|strong="H1121" took|strong="H5674" off|strong="H7993" his|strong="H6440" own|strong="H6440" coat|strong="H3801" and|strong="H1121" put|strong="H5674" it|strong="H1931" on|strong="H5674" Elisha|strong="H0477", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w show|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w Elisha|strong="H0477"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w wanted|strong="H2654"\+w* \+w him|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w take|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w his|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w place|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w as|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w a|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w prophet|strong="H5030"\+w*. \+w Then|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w started|strong="H2490"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w walk|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w away|strong="H5674"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{20}Elisha|strong="H7725" left|strong="H5800" the|strong="H3588" oxen|strong="H1241" standing|strong="H5975" there|strong="H7725" and|strong="H7725" ran|strong="H7323" after|strong="H3588" Elijah|strong="H0452", and|strong="H7725" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7725" him|strong="H6213", “I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4100" go|strong="H3212" with|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588", but|strong="H3588" first|strong="H7223" let|strong="H4994" me|strong="H4994" kiss|strong="H5401" my|strong="H7725" parents|strong="H0001" goodbye.” 
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Elijah|strong="H0452" replied|strong="H0559", “Okay, go|strong="H3212" home|strong="H7725". But|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" forget|strong="H7911" why|strong="H4100" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w given|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w my|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w cloak|strong="H8008"\+w*} to|strong="H7725" you|strong="H3588"!” 
\verseNumber{21}So|strong="H3947" Elisha|strong="H7725" went|strong="H3212" back|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{tohis \+w oxen|strong="H1241"\+w*}. He|strong="H5414" killed|strong="H2076" them|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w cut|strong="H3772"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w pieces|strong="H5409"\+w*} and|strong="H6965" used|strong="H8334" the|strong="H5414" wood|strong="H6086" from|strong="H7725" the|strong="H5414" plow|strong="H2790" to|strong="H7725" build|strong="H6965" a|strong="H3947" fire|strong="H0784" to|strong="H7725" roast|strong="H1310" the|strong="H5414" meat|strong="H1320". He|strong="H5414" distributed|strong="H2505" the|strong="H5414" meat|strong="H1320" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H5414" other|strong="H0312" people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w his|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, and|strong="H6965" they|strong="H5971" all|strong="H5414" ate|strong="H0398" some|strong="H5971". Then|strong="H6965" he|strong="H5414" went|strong="H3212" with|strong="H3212" Elijah|strong="H0452" and|strong="H6965" became|strong="H7725" his|strong="H5414" helper|strong="H5826". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The Syrian army attacked Israel }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{The Syrian army attacked Israel }
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\chapterNumber{20}Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130", the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Syria|strong="H0758", gathered|strong="H6908" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2426", and|strong="H4428" he|strong="H3605" persuaded|strong="H5496" 32 other|strong="H8147" kings|strong="H4428" to|strong="H5927" join|strong="H2266" him|strong="H5921" with|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3605" armies|strong="H6635" and|strong="H4428" horses|strong="H5483" and|strong="H4428" chariots|strong="H7393". They|strong="H5921" marched|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" Samaria|strong="H8111" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*, \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w capital|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*}, and|strong="H4428" surrounded|strong="H5437" it|strong="H5921", and|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w prepared|strong="H3559"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5927"\+w*} attack|strong="H5927" it|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{2}Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" into|strong="H5892" the|strong="H7971" city|strong="H5892" to|strong="H3478" King|strong="H4428" Ahab|strong="H0256", to|strong="H3478" say|strong="H3478" this|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" him|strong="H7971": “This|strong="H3478" is|strong="H3478" what|strong="H4100" King|strong="H4428" Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130" says|strong="H0559": 
\verseNumber{3}‘\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w You|strong="H2896"\+w* \+w must|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w give|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1121"\+w*} me|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3541" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H1121" gold|strong="H2091", your|strong="H3541" ◄good-looking|strong="H2896"/most|strong="H2896" beautiful|strong="H2896"► wives|strong="H0802"/women|strong="H1992" and|strong="H1121" strongest|strong="H4581" children|strong="H1121".’” 
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\verseNumber{4}The|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" replied|strong="H6030" to|strong="H3478" them|strong="H6030", “Tell|strong="H3605" this|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3478" King|strong="H4428" Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130": ‘I|strong="H1697" agree|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3478" do|strong="H1697" what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3605" requested|strong="H1697". You|strong="H3605" can|strong="H4310" have|strong="H3478" me|strong="H6030" and|strong="H3478" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H1697" own|strong="H1961".’” 
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\verseNumber{5}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w messengers|strong="H4397"\+w* \+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w*} Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w sent|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w back|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w with|strong="H7725"\+w*} another|strong="H0312" message|strong="H1697": “I|strong="H3588" sent|strong="H7971" a|strong="H5414" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H7725" you|strong="H3588" saying|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H1121" give|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" all|strong="H5414" your|strong="H5414" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H1121" gold|strong="H2091" and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H5414" wives|strong="H0802" and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H5414" children|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{6}But|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w addition|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*}, about|strong="H1961" this|strong="H3588" time|strong="H6256" tomorrow|strong="H4279", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" send|strong="H7971" some|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1004" my|strong="H3605" officials|strong="H5650" to|strong="H7971" search|strong="H2664" your|strong="H3605" palace|strong="H1004" and|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3605" houses|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" your|strong="H3605" officials|strong="H5650", and|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" bring|strong="H3947" to|strong="H7971" me|strong="H7971" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" pleases|strong="H5869" them|strong="H7971".” 
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\verseNumber{7}King|strong="H4428" Ahab|strong="H0256" summoned|strong="H7121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H2205" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3478" them|strong="H7971", “You|strong="H3588" can|strong="H7200" see|strong="H7200"/realize|strong="H3045" for|strong="H3588" yourselves|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" this|strong="H2088" man|strong="H2205" is|strong="H2088" trying|strong="H1156" to|strong="H3478" cause|strong="H7121" much|strong="H3605" trouble|strong="H7451". He|strong="H3588" sent|strong="H7971" me|strong="H4994" a|strong="H3588" message|strong="H1697" insisting that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" must|strong="H1121" give|strong="H4994" him|strong="H7121" my|strong="H3605" wives|strong="H0802" and|strong="H1121" my|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121", my|strong="H3605" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H1121" my|strong="H3605" gold|strong="H2091", and|strong="H1121" I|strong="H3588" agreed|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3478" do|strong="H4994" that|strong="H3588".” 
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\verseNumber{8}The|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H2205" and|strong="H5971" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" said|strong="H8085" to|strong="H8085" him|strong="H3605", “Do|strong="H3605" not|strong="H3808" pay|strong="H8085" any|strong="H3605" attention|strong="H8085" to|strong="H8085" him|strong="H3605"! Do|strong="H3605" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H3605" what|strong="H8085" he|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3605" requesting!” 
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\verseNumber{9}So|strong="H6213" Ahab|strong="H0256" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H7725" Ben-Hadad’s messengers|strong="H4397", “Tell|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H1697" agree|strong="H8085" to|strong="H7725" give|strong="H7725" him|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H6213" first|strong="H7223" requested|strong="H1697", but|strong="H3808" I|strong="H1697" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" agree|strong="H8085" to|strong="H7725" allow|strong="H5414" his|strong="H3605" officials|strong="H5650" to|strong="H7725" take|strong="H7725" anything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3808" want|strong="H3808" from|strong="H7725" my|strong="H3605" palace|strong="H1004" and|strong="H7971" from|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3605" houses|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" my|strong="H3605" officials|strong="H5650".” So|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" messengers|strong="H4397" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w reported|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w King|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3808"\+w*} returned|strong="H7725" with|strong="H6213" another|strong="H2088" message|strong="H1697" from|strong="H7725" Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130". 
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\verseNumber{10}In|strong="H6213" that|strong="H5971" message|strong="H1697" he|strong="H6213" said|strong="H0559", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w We|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w will|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w destroy|strong="H6213"\+w*} your|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w completely|strong="H3605"\+w*, \+w with|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w result|strong="H6903"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w*} there|strong="H3605" will|strong="H5971" not|strong="H6213" be|strong="H3254" enough|strong="H3605" dust|strong="H6083" and|strong="H7971" rubble|strong="H6083" left|strong="H7971" for|strong="H6213" each|strong="H3605" of|strong="H5971" my|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H5971" to|strong="H7971" have|strong="H5971" one|strong="H3605" handful|strong="H7062"! I|strong="H3541" hope|strong="H3176"/wish|strong="H2896" that|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3605" gods|strong="H0430" will|strong="H5971" strike|strong="H5606" me|strong="H7971" dead|strong="H4191" if|strong="H0518" we|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H5971"!” 
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\verseNumber{11}King|strong="H4428" Ahab|strong="H0256" replied|strong="H6030" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w messengers|strong="H1696"\+w*}, “Tell|strong="H1696" King|strong="H4428" Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130" that|strong="H3478" a|strong="H1696" soldier|strong="H6635" who|strong="H3478" is|strong="H3478" putting|strong="H5414" on|strong="H2296" his|strong="H3478" armor|strong="H3627" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w preparing|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w fight|strong="H3898"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w battle|strong="H4421"\+w*} [MTY] should|strong="H3478" not|strong="H1696" boast|strong="H1984" at|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3478" time|strong="H3478"; he|strong="H1696" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w should|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w wait|strong="H0693"\+w* \+w until|strong="H5704"\+w*} after|strong="H0310" he|strong="H1696" wins|strong="H3947" the|strong="H1696" battle|strong="H4421".” 
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\verseNumber{12}Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H8085" message|strong="H1697" while|strong="H1961" he|strong="H1931" and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" other|strong="H2088" rulers|strong="H8269" were|strong="H1961" drinking|strong="H8354" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wine|strong="H3196"\+w*} in|strong="H5921" their|strong="H7760" temporary|strong="H5521" shelters|strong="H5521". He|strong="H1931" told|strong="H1697" his|strong="H7760" men|strong="H5650" to|strong="H1961" prepare|strong="H7760" to|strong="H1961" attack|strong="H5221" [MTY] the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892". So|strong="H1961" his|strong="H7760" men|strong="H5650" did|strong="H5650" that|strong="H8085". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Ahab’s|strong="H0256" soldiers|strong="H5650" won|strong="H1589" their|strong="H7760" first|strong="H2088" victory|strong="H8668" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Syrians|strong="H0758" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Ahab’s|strong="H0256" soldiers|strong="H5650" won|strong="H1589" their|strong="H7760" first|strong="H2088" victory|strong="H8668" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Syrians|strong="H0758" }
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\verseNumber{13}At|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3588" moment|strong="H7281", a|strong="H5414" prophet|strong="H5030" came|strong="H5066" to|strong="H3478" King|strong="H4428" Ahab|strong="H0256" and|strong="H3478" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" him|strong="H5414", “This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H2088" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541": ‘\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w at|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w all|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w afraid|strong="H3372"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} [RHQ] the|strong="H3605" large|strong="H1419" enemy|strong="H0340" army|strong="H1995" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" see|strong="H7200"! I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" your|strong="H3068" army|strong="H1995" to|strong="H3478" defeat|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" today|strong="H3117", and|strong="H3478" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" it|strong="H5414" is|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w power|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w what|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w say|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w*}.’” 
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\verseNumber{14}Ahab|strong="H0256" asked|strong="H7592", “What|strong="H4310" group|strong="H7235" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w our|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w army|strong="H4421"\+w*} will|strong="H3068" defeat|strong="H5221" them|strong="H3068"?” The|strong="H3541" prophet|strong="H5030" replied|strong="H0559", “The|strong="H3541" young|strong="H5288" soldiers|strong="H4421" who|strong="H4310" are|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" by|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3541" district|strong="H6418" governors|strong="H8269" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" it|strong="H3068".” The|strong="H3541" king|strong="H4428" asked|strong="H7592", “Who|strong="H4310" should|strong="H3068" lead|strong="H5148" the|strong="H3541" attack|strong="H4421"?” The|strong="H3541" prophet|strong="H5030" replied|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H4310" should|strong="H3068"!” 
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\verseNumber{15}So|strong="H1961" Ahab|strong="H0256" gathered|strong="H5288" the|strong="H3605" young|strong="H5288" soldiers|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3478" commanded|strong="H6680" by|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" district|strong="H6418" governors|strong="H8269". There|strong="H1961" were|strong="H3478" 232 of|strong="H1121" those|strong="H3605" men|strong="H5288". Then|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3605" also|strong="H3478" summoned|strong="H6485" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israeli army|strong="H5971". There|strong="H1961" were|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="H3605"\+w*} 7,000 soldiers|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{16}They|strong="H1931" started|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" attack|strong="H5221" at|strong="H4428" noon|strong="H6672", while|strong="H1931" Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130" and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3318" other|strong="H8147" rulers|strong="H8269" were|strong="H4428" getting|strong="H7075" drunk|strong="H8354" in|strong="H4428" their|strong="H3318" temporary|strong="H5521" shelters|strong="H5521". 
\verseNumber{17}The|strong="H7971" young|strong="H5288" soldiers|strong="H5288" advanced|strong="H0935" first|strong="H7223". Some|strong="H4480" scouts|strong="H7270" who|strong="H5288" had|strong="H8269" been|strong="H5046" sent|strong="H7971" out|strong="H3318" by|strong="H3318" Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130" reported|strong="H5046" to|strong="H3318" him|strong="H7971", “There|strong="H8033" are|strong="H8269" men|strong="H5288" coming|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H8269" Samaria|strong="H8111" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}”! 
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\verseNumber{18}He|strong="H3318" said|strong="H3318", “It|strong="H3318" does|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3318" matter|strong="H1697" whether|strong="H0518" they|strong="H3318" are|strong="H4421" coming|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" fight|strong="H4421" against|strong="H4421" us|strong="H5414" or|strong="H2416" to|strong="H3318" ask|strong="H7592" for|strong="H3318" peace|strong="H7965". Capture|strong="H8610" them|strong="H8610", but|strong="H3588" do|strong="H3318" not|strong="H3318" kill|strong="H2026" them|strong="H8610" 
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\verseNumber{19}The|strong="H4480" young|strong="H5288" Israeli soldiers|strong="H2428" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H8269" the|strong="H4480" city|strong="H5892" to|strong="H3318" attack|strong="H5221" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w Syrian|strong="H0761"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*}, and|strong="H5892" the|strong="H4480" other|strong="H0312" soldiers|strong="H2428" in|strong="H5892" the|strong="H4480" Israeli army|strong="H2428" followed|strong="H0310" them|strong="H3318". 
\verseNumber{20}Each|strong="H0376" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Israeli \+w soldier|strong="H6635"\+w*} killed|strong="H5221" a|strong="H5221" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Syrian|strong="H0761"\+w*} soldier|strong="H6635". The|strong="H5921" rest|strong="H5117" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" Syrian|strong="H0761" army|strong="H2428" then|strong="H4428" ran|strong="H5127" away|strong="H5127", and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5921" Israeli soldiers|strong="H5650" pursued|strong="H7291" them|strong="H5921". But|strong="H5221" King|strong="H4428" Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130" escaped|strong="H4422" riding|strong="H7392" his|strong="H5921" horse|strong="H5483", along|strong="H5921" with|strong="H5921" some|strong="H4480" other|strong="H0312" men|strong="H3478" riding|strong="H7392" horses|strong="H5483". 
\verseNumber{21}Then|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5221" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}, and|strong="H3478" he|strong="H5221" and|strong="H3478" his|strong="H5221" soldiers|strong="H5650" captured|strong="H3920" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H1419"\+w*} the|strong="H5221" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w Syrian|strong="H0761"\+w*} horses|strong="H5483" and|strong="H3478" chariots|strong="H7393", and|strong="H3478" also|strong="H3478" killed|strong="H5221" a|strong="H3318" large|strong="H1419" number|strong="H4557" of|strong="H4428" Syrian|strong="H0761" soldiers|strong="H5650". 
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\verseNumber{22}Then|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588" same|strong="H1931" prophet|strong="H5030" went|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3478" King|strong="H4428" Ahab|strong="H0256" and|strong="H3478" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" him|strong="H5921", “Go|strong="H3212" back|strong="H5927" and|strong="H3478" prepare|strong="H6213" your|strong="H5921" soldiers|strong="H5927", and|strong="H3478" think|strong="H7200" carefully|strong="H6213" about|strong="H5921" what|strong="H3045" will|strong="H4428" be|strong="H3478" necessary|strong="H2706" for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3478" do|strong="H6213", because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Syria|strong="H0758" with|strong="H6213" attack|strong="H5927" with|strong="H6213" his|strong="H5921" army|strong="H5927" again|strong="H3212" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H5921" springtime of|strong="H4428" next|strong="H5921" year|strong="H8141".” 
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\verseNumber{23}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w After|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Syrian|strong="H0761"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w was|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w defeated|strong="H5221"\+w*,} Ben-Hadad’s officials|strong="H5650" said|strong="H3651" to|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921", “The|strong="H5921" gods|strong="H0430" that|strong="H3651" the|strong="H5921" Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H3651"\+w*} are|strong="H1992" gods|strong="H0430" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w live|strong="H3427"\+w*} in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" hills|strong="H2022". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Samaria|strong="H8111"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w built|strong="H1129"\+w* \+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w a|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w hill|strong="H2022"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H4428"\+w*} that|strong="H3651" is|strong="H3651" why|strong="H5921" their|strong="H1992" soldiers|strong="H5650" were|strong="H1992" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H5921" defeat|strong="H5221" us|strong="H5921". But|strong="H3808" if|strong="H3651" we|strong="H4480" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5921" them|strong="H1992" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" plains|strong="H4334"/lowlands, we|strong="H4480" certainly|strong="H3808" will|strong="H4428" be|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H5921" defeat|strong="H5221" them|strong="H1992". 
\verseNumber{24}So|strong="H6213", this|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H6213" should|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213": You|strong="H6213" must|strong="H4191" remove|strong="H5493" the|strong="H6213" 32 kings|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w are|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w leading|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w your|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w troops|strong="H1416"\+w*} and|strong="H4428" replace|strong="H8478" them|strong="H6213" with|strong="H6213" army|strong="H2428" commanders|strong="H8269". 
\verseNumber{25}Then|strong="H3651" gather|strong="H6213" an|strong="H6213" army|strong="H2428" like|strong="H3651" the|strong="H8085" army|strong="H2428" that|strong="H8085" was|strong="H6963" defeated|strong="H5221". Gather|strong="H6213" an|strong="H6213" army|strong="H2428" that|strong="H8085" has|strong="H6213" as|strong="H6213" many|strong="H3808" horses|strong="H5483" and|strong="H6963" chariots|strong="H7393" as|strong="H6213" the|strong="H8085" first|strong="H7223" army|strong="H2428" had|strong="H6963". Then|strong="H3651" we|strong="H8085" will|strong="H3808" fight|strong="H3898" the|strong="H8085" Israelis in|strong="H6213" the|strong="H8085" plains|strong="H4334"/lowlands, and|strong="H6963" we|strong="H8085" will|strong="H3808" surely|strong="H6213" defeat|strong="H5221" them|strong="H1992".” 
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Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130" agreed|strong="H8085" with|strong="H6213" them|strong="H1992", and|strong="H6963" he|strong="H3651" did|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6963" they|strong="H1992" suggested|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{26}In|strong="H8141" the|strong="H6485" spring|strong="H5927" of|strong="H8141" the|strong="H6485" following|strong="H0310" year|strong="H8141", he|strong="H8141" gathered|strong="H3478" his|strong="H3478" soldiers|strong="H4421" and|strong="H3478" marched|strong="H5973" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H5973"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5927"\+w*} to|strong="H3478" Aphek|strong="H0663" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w east|strong="H6921"\+w* \+w of|strong="H8141"\+w* \+w Galilee|strong="H1551"\+w* Lake}, to|strong="H3478" fight|strong="H4421" against|strong="H5973" the|strong="H6485" Israeli army|strong="H5927". 
\verseNumber{27}The|strong="H4390" Israeli army|strong="H2428" was|strong="H3478" also|strong="H3478" gathered|strong="H4390" together|strong="H4390", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3478" were|strong="H3478" equipped|strong="H2502" with|strong="H4390" the|strong="H4390" things|strong="H8147" that|strong="H3478" they|strong="H3478" needed|strong="H1767" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H4390"\+w* \+w battle|strong="H4421"\+w*}. Then|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3478" marched|strong="H7125" out|strong="H3212" and|strong="H1121" formed|strong="H3335" two|strong="H8147" groups|strong="H1121" facing|strong="H6437" the|strong="H4390" Syrian|strong="H0761" army|strong="H2428". Their|strong="H4390" army|strong="H2428" was|strong="H3478" very|strong="H3966" small|strong="H6996"; they|strong="H3478" resembled|strong="H1823" two|strong="H8147" small|strong="H6996" flocks|strong="H2835" of|strong="H1121" goats|strong="H5795", whereas|strong="H6258" the|strong="H4390" Syrian|strong="H0761" army|strong="H2428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w was|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w very|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w large|strong="H1419"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w*} spread|strong="H3212" all|strong="H6485" over|strong="H5048" the|strong="H4390" countryside|strong="H7704". 
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\verseNumber{28}A|strong="H5414" prophet|strong="H5030" came|strong="H5066" to|strong="H3478" King|strong="H4428" Ahab|strong="H0256" and|strong="H3478" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" him|strong="H5414", “This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H2088" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541": ‘The|strong="H3605" Syrians|strong="H0758" say|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" a|strong="H5414" god|strong="H3068" who|strong="H3605" lives|strong="H5315" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" hills|strong="H2022", and|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" a|strong="H5414" god|strong="H3068" who|strong="H3605" lives|strong="H5315" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" valleys|strong="H6010". So|strong="H3541" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w show|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w are|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w wrong|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w by|strong="H3027"\+w*} enabling your|strong="H3068" men|strong="H1419" to|strong="H3478" defeat|strong="H5414" this|strong="H2088" huge|strong="H1995" army|strong="H1995" [IDM] \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w valley|strong="H6010"\+w*}, and|strong="H3478" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588", Yahweh|strong="H3068", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w done|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5414"\+w*}.’” 
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\verseNumber{29}The|strong="H5221" two|strong="H5221" armies|strong="H6635" stayed|strong="H3478" in|strong="H2583" their|strong="H7126" tents|strong="H2583" for|strong="H3117" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117", in|strong="H2583" groups|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3117" faced|strong="H6440" each|strong="H3117" other|strong="H0312". Then|strong="H1961", on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5221" seventh|strong="H7637" day|strong="H3117", they|strong="H3117" started|strong="H1961" fighting|strong="H4421". The|strong="H5221" Israeli army|strong="H4421" killed|strong="H5221" 100,000 Syrian|strong="H0761" soldiers|strong="H7273". 
\verseNumber{30}The|strong="H5921" other|strong="H0312" Syrian|strong="H0761" soldiers|strong="H5650" ran|strong="H5127" away|strong="H5127" into|strong="H5307" Aphek|strong="H0663" City|strong="H5892". Then|strong="H5307" the|strong="H5921" wall|strong="H2346" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892" collapsed|strong="H5307" and|strong="H6242" killed|strong="H5307" 27,000 more|strong="H5921" Syrian|strong="H0761" soldiers|strong="H5650". 
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Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130" also|strong="H1571" escaped|strong="H5127" into|strong="H5307" the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892", and|strong="H6242" hid|strong="H5641" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" back|strong="H7725" room|strong="H2315" of|strong="H5892" a|strong="H5921" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{31}His|strong="H7760" officials|strong="H5650" went|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" him|strong="H7760" and|strong="H3478" said|strong="H8085", “We|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5650" heard|strong="H8085" a|strong="H3588" report|strong="H8088" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H8085" Israelis act|strong="H4994" mercifully. So|strong="H3318" allow|strong="H4994" us|strong="H4994" to|strong="H3318" go|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" the|strong="H8085" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", wearing|strong="H2296" coarse sacks|strong="H8242" around|strong="H5439" our|strong="H8085" waists and|strong="H3478" ropes|strong="H2256" on|strong="H7760" our|strong="H8085" heads|strong="H7218"/necks|strong="H6677" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* indicate \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w we|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w his|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w slaves|strong="H5650"\+w*}. Perhaps|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w we|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*,} he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4428" allow|strong="H4994" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3318" remain|strong="H3427" alive|strong="H2421".” 
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\verseNumber{32}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w permitted|strong="H5117"\+w* \+w them|strong="H2421"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w do|strong="H4994"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1931"\+w*,} so|strong="H5650" they|strong="H1931" wrapped|strong="H2296" coarse sacks|strong="H8242" around|strong="H5439" their|strong="H8242" waists and|strong="H3478" put|strong="H2296" ropes|strong="H2256" on|strong="H2296" their|strong="H8242" heads|strong="H7218"/necks|strong="H6677", and|strong="H3478" they|strong="H1931" went|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5650" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3478" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" him|strong="H1931", “Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130", who|strong="H1931" greatly|strong="H4428" respects|strong="H0959" you|strong="H5315", says|strong="H0559", ‘Please|strong="H4994" do|strong="H4994" not|strong="H5315" kill|strong="H2026" me|strong="H4994".’” Ahab|strong="H0256" replied|strong="H0559", “Is|strong="H1931" he|strong="H1931" still|strong="H5750" alive|strong="H2416"? He|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" like|strong="H3478" a|strong="H3478" brother|strong="H0251" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H4994"!” 
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\verseNumber{33}Ben-Hadad’s officials|strong="H3947" were|strong="H5921" trying|strong="H1156" to|strong="H3318" find|strong="H3947" out|strong="H3318" if|strong="H0518" Ahab|strong="H0256" would|strong="H0014" act|strong="H4116" mercifully, and|strong="H5927" when|strong="H3318" Ahab|strong="H0256" said|strong="H3318" “brother|strong="H0251",” they|strong="H5921" ◄were|strong="H5921" optimistic/thought|strong="H0559" that|strong="H4480" Ahab|strong="H0256" would|strong="H0014" be|strong="H3318" merciful|strong="H2603"►. So|strong="H4480" they|strong="H5921" replied|strong="H0559", “Yes|strong="H3588", he|strong="H4480" is|strong="H4480" like|strong="H3318" your|strong="H3947" brother|strong="H0251"!” Ahab|strong="H0256" said|strong="H3318", “Go|strong="H3318" and|strong="H5927" bring|strong="H3318" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3318" me|strong="H5921".” So|strong="H4480" they|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w went|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w and|strong="H5927"\+w*} brought|strong="H3318" Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130" to|strong="H3318" him|strong="H5921". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130"\+w* \+w arrived|strong="H0935"\+w*,} Ahab|strong="H0256" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3318" get|strong="H3947" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3947" chariot|strong="H4818" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w sit|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w with|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5921"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{34}Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7725" him|strong="H7971", “I|strong="H7760" will|strong="H5892" give|strong="H7760" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" you|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3947" towns|strong="H5892" that|strong="H5892" my|strong="H7760" father’s|strong="H0001" army|strong="H2428" took|strong="H3947" from|strong="H7725" your|strong="H3947" father|strong="H0001". And|strong="H7971" I|strong="H7760" will|strong="H5892" allow|strong="H5414" you|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7725" set|strong="H7760" up|strong="H7760" market|strong="H4627" areas|strong="H0776" for|strong="H7971" your|strong="H3947" merchants|strong="H7402" in|strong="H5892" Damascus|strong="H1834" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w my|strong="H7760"\+w* \+w capital|strong="H3805"\+w*}, just|strong="H3512" as|strong="H5892" my|strong="H7760" father|strong="H0001" did|strong="H6213" in|strong="H5892" Samaria|strong="H8111" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w your|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w capital|strong="H3805"\+w*}.” Ahab|strong="H0256" replied|strong="H0559", “Because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H7971" agree|strong="H8085" to|strong="H7725" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H5892", I|strong="H7760" will|strong="H5892" not|strong="H7760" execute|strong="H6213" you|strong="H7971".” So|strong="H3947" Ahab|strong="H0256" made|strong="H3772" an|strong="H3947" agreement|strong="H1285" with|strong="H1285" Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130", and|strong="H7971" allowed|strong="H5414" him|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7725" go|strong="H7971" home|strong="H7725". 
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\verseNumber{35}Then|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" spoke|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" a|strong="H5221" member|strong="H1995" of|strong="H1121" a|strong="H5221" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H1121" prophets|strong="H5030" and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H5221", “Ask|strong="H7592" one|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3068" fellow|strong="H7453" prophets|strong="H5030" to|strong="H3068" strike|strong="H5221" and|strong="H1121" wound|strong="H4347" you|strong="H5221".” \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w did|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w what|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w told|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w do|strong="H3068"\+w*}. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w said|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w one|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w fellow|strong="H7453"\+w* \+w prophets|strong="H5030"\+w*, ‘trike \+w me|strong="H4994"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w wound|strong="H4347"\+w* \+w me|strong="H4994"\+w*}.’ But|strong="H5221" that|strong="H3068" man|strong="H1121" refused|strong="H3985" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" it|strong="H5221". 
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\verseNumber{36}So|strong="H1980" the|strong="H8085" prophet|strong="H5030" said|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1980" him|strong="H5221", “Because|strong="H3282" you|strong="H3808" refused|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1980" obey|strong="H8085" what|strong="H6963" Yahweh|strong="H3068" told|strong="H8085" you|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1980" do|strong="H3068", a|strong="H8085" lion|strong="H0738" will|strong="H3068" kill|strong="H5221" you|strong="H3808" as|strong="H3068" soon|strong="H3512" as|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3808" leave|strong="H1980" me|strong="H6963".” And|strong="H1980" as|strong="H3068" soon|strong="H3512" as|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" left|strong="H1980" that|strong="H8085" prophet|strong="H5030", a|strong="H8085" lion|strong="H0738" suddenly|strong="H6597" pounced on|strong="H1980" him|strong="H5221" and|strong="H1980" killed|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5221". 
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\verseNumber{37}Then|strong="H5221" the|strong="H5221" prophet|strong="H5030" found|strong="H4672" another|strong="H0312" prophet|strong="H5030", and|strong="H4994" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H4994" him|strong="H5221", “Strike|strong="H5221" me|strong="H4994"!” So|strong="H4994" that|strong="H0834" man|strong="H0376" hit|strong="H4672" him|strong="H5221" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w very|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w hard|strong="H7186"\+w*} and|strong="H4994" injured|strong="H8295" him|strong="H5221". 
\verseNumber{38}Then|strong="H5975" the|strong="H5921" prophet|strong="H5030" put|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5975" large|strong="H1419" bandage|strong="H0666"/cloth|strong="H0899" over|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" face|strong="H5869" so|strong="H5975" that|strong="H4428" no|strong="H5975" one|strong="H4428" would|strong="H4428" recognize|strong="H5234" him|strong="H5921". Then|strong="H5975" he|strong="H5921" went|strong="H3212" and|strong="H4428" stood|strong="H5975" alongside|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" road|strong="H1870", waiting|strong="H8104" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" to|strong="H3212" come|strong="H3212" by|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{39}When|strong="H1961" the|strong="H8104" king|strong="H4428" passed|strong="H5674" by|strong="H5674", the|strong="H8104" prophet|strong="H5030" cried|strong="H6817" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" him|strong="H3318", saying|strong="H0559" “Your|strong="H8104" majesty|strong="H1926", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w after|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w I|strong="H2009"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w wounded|strong="H2491"\+w*} while|strong="H1961" I|strong="H2009" was|strong="H1961" fighting|strong="H4421" in|strong="H4428" a|strong="H1961" battle|strong="H4421", a|strong="H1961" soldier|strong="H4421" brought|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" me|strong="H5315" one|strong="H2088" of|strong="H4428" our|strong="H5650" enemies|strong="H0341" that|strong="H1931" he|strong="H1931" had|strong="H1961" captured|strong="H3920", and|strong="H3701" said|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" me|strong="H5315", ‘Guard|strong="H8104" this|strong="H2088" man|strong="H5315"! If|strong="H2009" he|strong="H1931" escapes|strong="H5674", you|strong="H7130" must|strong="H5315" pay|strong="H8254" me|strong="H5315" 3,000 pieces|strong="H5409" of|strong="H4428" silver|strong="H3701", and|strong="H3701" if|strong="H2009" you|strong="H7130" do|strong="H3318" not|strong="H2088" pay|strong="H8254" that|strong="H1931", you|strong="H7130" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" executed|strong="H6213"!’ 
\verseNumber{40}But|strong="H1961" while|strong="H1961" I|strong="H3651" was|strong="H1961" busy|strong="H6213" doing|strong="H6213" other|strong="H2008" things|strong="H1961", the|strong="H6213" man|strong="H0376" escaped|strong="H4422"!” The|strong="H6213" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" said|strong="H3651" to|strong="H3478" him|strong="H6213", “That|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" your|strong="H6213" problem|strong="H2008"! You|strong="H6213" yourself|strong="H6213" have|strong="H1961" said|strong="H3651" that|strong="H1931" you|strong="H6213" deserve|strong="H4941" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1961" punished|strong="H6485".” 
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\verseNumber{41}The|strong="H5921" prophet|strong="H5030" immediately|strong="H4116" took|strong="H5493" off|strong="H5493" the|strong="H5921" bandage|strong="H0666", and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" recognized|strong="H5234" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H3478" one|strong="H1931" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" prophets|strong="H5030". 
\verseNumber{42}And|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3541" prophet|strong="H5030" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H7971", “This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541": ‘You|strong="H7971" have|strong="H1961" allowed|strong="H3068" that|strong="H5971" man|strong="H5315" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130"\+w*} to|strong="H3068" escape|strong="H4422" after|strong="H1961" I|strong="H3541" commanded|strong="H6680" you|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" sure|strong="H0539" to|strong="H3068" execute|strong="H6213" him|strong="H7971"! Since|strong="H3282" you|strong="H7971" did|strong="H5971" not|strong="H1961" do|strong="H3068" that|strong="H5971", you|strong="H7971" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" killed|strong="H2026" instead|strong="H8478". And|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" army|strong="H5971" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" destroyed|strong="H2764" because|strong="H3282" you|strong="H7971" allowed|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} his|strong="H3068" army|strong="H5971" to|strong="H3068" escape|strong="H4422"!’” 
\verseNumber{43}The|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" went|strong="H3212" back|strong="H3212" home|strong="H1004" to|strong="H3478" Samaria|strong="H8111", very|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2734" and|strong="H3478" depressed|strong="H1800"/dejected|strong="H2196". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jezebel arranged for Naboth to be killed }

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\chapterNumber{21}King|strong="H4428" Ahab|strong="H0256" had|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" palace|strong="H1964" in|strong="H4428" Jezreel|strong="H3157" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}. Near|strong="H7126" the|strong="H1697" palace|strong="H1964" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" vineyard|strong="H3754" owned|strong="H3426" by|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" man|strong="H0376" from|strong="H1961" that|strong="H1697" city|strong="H5892" whose|strong="H0834" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H1961" Naboth|strong="H5022". 
\verseNumber{2}One|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117", Ahab|strong="H0256" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w went|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w*} Naboth|strong="H5022" and|strong="H3701" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H5414", “Your|strong="H5414" vineyard|strong="H3754" is|strong="H2088" close|strong="H7138" to|strong="H1696" my|strong="H5414" palace|strong="H1004". I|strong="H3588" would|strong="H0014" like|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1696" buy|strong="H7069" it|strong="H5414", so|strong="H4480" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" can|strong="H1004" plant|strong="H5414" some|strong="H4480" vegetables|strong="H3419" there|strong="H1961". In|strong="H1004" exchange|strong="H8478", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H3588" a|strong="H1961" better|strong="H2896" vineyard|strong="H3754" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w somewhere|strong="H1481"\+w* \+w else|strong="H3588"\+w*}, or|strong="H3701" if|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" prefer|strong="H7489", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" pay|strong="H5414" you|strong="H3588" for|strong="H3588" your|strong="H5414" vineyard|strong="H3754".” 
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\verseNumber{3}But|strong="H3068" Naboth|strong="H5022" replied|strong="H0559", “That|strong="H3068" land|strong="H5159" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" my|strong="H5414" ancestors|strong="H0001", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w I|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w keep|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5414"\+w*}. I|strong="H5414" hope|strong="H3176" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" never|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" that|strong="H3068" land|strong="H5159" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5414"!” 
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\verseNumber{4}So|strong="H5414" Ahab|strong="H0256" became|strong="H1697" very|strong="H3966" sullen|strong="H5620" and|strong="H1004" angry|strong="H2734" because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1004" what|strong="H1697" Naboth|strong="H5022" had|strong="H5414" said|strong="H1696". He|strong="H1004" went|strong="H5437" home|strong="H1004" and|strong="H1004" lay|strong="H7901" down|strong="H7901" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5414" bed|strong="H4296". He|strong="H1004" turned|strong="H5437" his|strong="H5414" face|strong="H6440" toward|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" wall|strong="H2346", and|strong="H1004" he|strong="H1004" refused|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1696" eat|strong="H3899" anything|strong="H1697". 
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\verseNumber{5}His|strong="H1696" wife|strong="H1696" Jezebel|strong="H0348" came|strong="H7307" in|strong="H1696" and|strong="H3899" asked|strong="H4100" him|strong="H2088", “Why|strong="H4100" are|strong="H4100" you|strong="H4100" so|strong="H2088" depressed|strong="H1800"? Why|strong="H4100" are|strong="H4100" you|strong="H4100" refusing|strong="H3985" to|strong="H1696" eat|strong="H3899" anything|strong="H4100"?” 
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\verseNumber{6}Ahab|strong="H0256" replied|strong="H1696", “I|strong="H3588" talked|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Naboth|strong="H5022", that|strong="H3588" man|strong="H0376" from|strong="H8478" Jezreel|strong="H3157". I|strong="H3588" told|strong="H1696" him|strong="H5414" that|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w wanted|strong="H2654"\+w*} his|strong="H5414" vineyard|strong="H3754". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w said|strong="H1696"\+w*,} ‘I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5414" buy|strong="H7069" it|strong="H5414" from|strong="H8478" you|strong="H3588", or|strong="H3808" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5414" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H3588" another|strong="H3808" vineyard|strong="H3754" for|strong="H3588" it|strong="H5414".’ But|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" refused|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w let|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w have|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5414"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{7}His|strong="H5414" wife|strong="H0802" replied|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H5414" are|strong="H3478" [RHQ] the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H5921" of|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w can|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w get|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w whatever|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w*} Get|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965", and|strong="H6965" eat|strong="H3899" some|strong="H4480" food|strong="H3899" and|strong="H6965" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" worry|strong="H2347" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w what|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w Naboth|strong="H5022"\+w* \+w said|strong="H0559"\+w*}. I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3478" get|strong="H6965" Naboth’s|strong="H5022" vineyard|strong="H3754" for|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5414".” 
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\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="H7971" Jezebel|strong="H0348" wrote|strong="H3789" some|strong="H4480" letters|strong="H5612", and|strong="H7971" she|strong="H5892" signed|strong="H3789" Ahab’s|strong="H0256" name|strong="H8034" on|strong="H3427" them|strong="H7971". She|strong="H5892" used|strong="H6213" his|strong="H7971" official|strong="H8269" seal|strong="H2368" to|strong="H7971" seal|strong="H2368" them|strong="H7971". Then|strong="H7971" she|strong="H5892" sent|strong="H7971" them|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" the|strong="H7971" older|strong="H2205" leaders|strong="H2715" and|strong="H7971" other|strong="H0312" important|strong="H5704" men|strong="H2205" who|strong="H3427" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Naboth’s|strong="H5022" town|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{9}This|strong="H7121" is|strong="H7218" what|strong="H4100" she|strong="H7121" wrote|strong="H3789" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H7121" letters|strong="H5612": “Proclaim|strong="H7121" a|strong="H7121" day|strong="H3117" when|strong="H3427" all|strong="H3427" the|strong="H7121" people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w gather|strong="H6908"\+w* \+w together|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w and|strong="H5971"\+w*} ◄fast|strong="H6685"/abstain|strong="H5144" from|strong="H5971" eating|strong="H0398" food|strong="H3899"►. Give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H7121" Naboth|strong="H5022" an|strong="H7121" important|strong="H5704" place|strong="H3427" to|strong="H7121" sit|strong="H3427" among|strong="H3427" them|strong="H7121". 
\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="H3318" find|strong="H4672" two|strong="H8147" men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" always|strong="H3605" cause|strong="H3318" trouble|strong="H6869". Give|strong="H5749" them|strong="H3318" places|strong="H1116" to|strong="H3318" sit|strong="H3427" opposite|strong="H5048"/facing|strong="H6437" him|strong="H3318". Tell|strong="H5046" these|strong="H8147" men|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3318" testify|strong="H5749" that|strong="H4428" they|strong="H3318" heard|strong="H8085" Naboth|strong="H5022" say|strong="H0559" things|strong="H8147" that|strong="H4428" criticized|strong="H3885" God|strong="H0430" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1288" king|strong="H4428". Then|strong="H3318" take|strong="H3318" Naboth|strong="H5022" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1288" city|strong="H5892" and|strong="H1121" kill|strong="H4191" him|strong="H3318" by|strong="H3318" throwing|strong="H3027" stones|strong="H5619" at|strong="H3427" him|strong="H3318".” 
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\verseNumber{11}The|strong="H6213" leaders|strong="H2715" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w received|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w letters|strong="H5612"\+w* \+w and|strong="H7971"\+w*} did|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" Jezebel|strong="H0348" had|strong="H3427" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H6213" letters|strong="H5612" for|strong="H6213" them|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" do|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{12}They|strong="H5971" declared|strong="H5046" a|strong="H7121" day|strong="H3117" on|strong="H3427" which|strong="H5971" the|strong="H7121" people|strong="H5971" would|strong="H5971" all|strong="H3427" ◄fast|strong="H6685"/abstain|strong="H5144" from|strong="H5971" food|strong="H3899"►. And|strong="H5971" they|strong="H5971" gave|strong="H7121" Naboth|strong="H5022" a|strong="H7121" seat|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" a|strong="H7121" place|strong="H3427" where|strong="H0834" honored|strong="H3513" people|strong="H5971" sat|strong="H3427", in|strong="H3427" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H7121" people|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{13}Two|strong="H8147" men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H5971" always|strong="H3605" caused|strong="H4191" trouble|strong="H6869" sat|strong="H3427" opposite|strong="H5048"/facing|strong="H6437" Naboth|strong="H5022". While|strong="H3427" everyone|strong="H3605" was|strong="H5892" listening|strong="H8085", they|strong="H5971" stated that|strong="H5971" they|strong="H5971" had|strong="H4428" heard|strong="H8085" Naboth|strong="H5022" say|strong="H0559" things|strong="H8147" that|strong="H5971" criticized|strong="H3885" God|strong="H0430" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1288" king|strong="H4428". So|strong="H3318" the|strong="H1288" people|strong="H5971" seized|strong="H8610" Naboth|strong="H5022". They|strong="H5971" took|strong="H3318" him|strong="H3318" outside|strong="H2351" the|strong="H1288" city|strong="H5892" and|strong="H1121" killed|strong="H4191" him|strong="H3318" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w throwing|strong="H3027"\+w*} stones|strong="H5619" at|strong="H3427" him|strong="H3318". 
\verseNumber{14}Then|strong="H7971" those|strong="H1992" leaders|strong="H7218" sent|strong="H7971" a|strong="H7971" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H4191" Jezebel|strong="H0348", saying|strong="H0559" “We|strong="H4191" have|strong="H1961" executed|strong="H4191" Naboth|strong="H5022".” 
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\verseNumber{15}When|strong="H3588" Jezebel|strong="H0348" found|strong="H4672" out|strong="H3423" that|strong="H3588" Naboth|strong="H5022" had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" killed|strong="H4191", she|strong="H3588" told|strong="H8085" Ahab|strong="H0256", “Naboth|strong="H5022" is|strong="H3701" dead|strong="H4191". Now|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3588" can|strong="H4310" go|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" take|strong="H3423" possession|strong="H3423" of|strong="H3754" the|strong="H8085" vineyard|strong="H3754" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" refused|strong="H3985" to|strong="H4191" sell|strong="H5414" to|strong="H4191" you|strong="H3588".” 
\verseNumber{16}When|strong="H3588" Ahab|strong="H0256" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" Naboth|strong="H5022" was|strong="H1961" dead|strong="H4191", he|strong="H3588" got|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" went|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" the|strong="H8085" vineyard|strong="H3754" to|strong="H3381" claim|strong="H0589" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" now|strong="H1961" owned|strong="H3426" it|strong="H3588". 
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\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" spoke|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" Elijah|strong="H0452" the|strong="H3068" prophet|strong="H5030". He|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697", 
\verseNumber{18}“Go|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" Samaria|strong="H8111" and|strong="H6965" talk|strong="H1696" to|strong="H3381" Ahab|strong="H0256", the|strong="H3423" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478". He|strong="H8033" is|strong="H2009" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3423" vineyard|strong="H3754" of|strong="H4428" a|strong="H3478" man|strong="H0376" named|strong="H7121" Naboth|strong="H5022". He|strong="H8033" has|strong="H3478" gone|strong="H3381" there|strong="H8033" to|strong="H3381" claim|strong="H0589" that|strong="H3478" he|strong="H8033" now|strong="H2009" owns|strong="H3426" it|strong="H3381". 
\verseNumber{19}Tell|strong="H1696" Ahab|strong="H0256" that|strong="H3068" this|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" I|strong="H3541", Yahweh|strong="H3068", say|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H1571": ‘You|strong="H1696" have|strong="H3068" murdered|strong="H7523" Naboth|strong="H5022" and|strong="H3068" taken|strong="H3423" his|strong="H3068" land|strong="H4725".’ So|strong="H3541" I|strong="H3541" am|strong="H3068" telling|strong="H1696" you|strong="H1696" this|strong="H3541": ‘In|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3541" same|strong="H3541" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H4725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Naboth|strong="H5022"\+w* \+w died|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3068"\+w*} dogs|strong="H3611" came|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" licked|strong="H3952" up|strong="H3952" Naboth’s|strong="H5022" blood|strong="H1818", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w die|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3068"\+w*} the|strong="H3541" dogs|strong="H3611" will|strong="H3068" lick|strong="H3952" up|strong="H3952" your|strong="H3068" blood|strong="H1818", too|strong="H1571"!’ ” 
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\verseNumber{20}So|strong="H6213" when|strong="H6213" Elijah|strong="H0452" met|strong="H4672" with|strong="H3068" Ahab|strong="H0256", Ahab|strong="H0256" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H6213", “You|strong="H6213", my|strong="H3068" enemy|strong="H0340", have|strong="H3068" found|strong="H4672" me|strong="H6213"!” [RHQ] Elijah|strong="H0452" answered|strong="H6030", “Yes|strong="H3588", I|strong="H3282" have|strong="H3068" found|strong="H4672" you|strong="H6213". You|strong="H6213" have|strong="H3068" never|strong="H3808" stopped|strong="H5975" doing|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3282" are|strong="H5869" wrong|strong="H7451". 
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\verseNumber{21}So|strong="H5800" this|strong="H3478" is|strong="H3478" what|strong="H7451" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" you|strong="H5800": ‘I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H3478" soon|strong="H3512" get|strong="H3947" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H7451" you|strong="H5800". I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H3478" kill|strong="H3772" you|strong="H5800", and|strong="H3478" I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H3478" also|strong="H3478" kill|strong="H3772" every|strong="H8366" male|strong="H8366" in|strong="H3478" your|strong="H3772" household|strong="H1004", including|strong="H5704" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H3478" are|strong="H3478" slaves|strong="H5650" and|strong="H3478" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H3478" are|strong="H3478" not|strong="H6113" slaves|strong="H5650". 
\verseNumber{22}Your|strong="H5414" family|strong="H1004" will|strong="H3478" all|strong="H5414" be|strong="H1121" killed|strong="H2026", just|strong="H3512" like|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5414" family|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" King|strong="H4428" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" and|strong="H1121" like|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5414" family|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" King|strong="H4428" Baasha|strong="H1201" were|strong="H3478" killed|strong="H2026". I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3478" get|strong="H3947" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H1121" you|strong="H5414" because|strong="H2398" you|strong="H5414" have|strong="H1121" caused|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" become|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H3707", and|strong="H1121" you|strong="H5414" have|strong="H1121" also|strong="H3478" led|strong="H1980" the|strong="H5414" Israeli people|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3478" sin|strong="H2398".’ 
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\verseNumber{23}Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" also|strong="H1571" told|strong="H1696" me|strong="H1696" that|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w your|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w wife|strong="H1696"\+w*} Jezebel|strong="H0348" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w killed|strong="H2026"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H3068"\+w*} dogs|strong="H3611" in|strong="H3068" Jezreel|strong="H3157" will|strong="H3068" eat|strong="H0398" her|strong="H1571" corpse|strong="H5038". 
\verseNumber{24}The|strong="H4191" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w dead|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w bodies|strong="H6297"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w the|strong="H4191"\+w*} members|strong="H3338" of|strong="H5892" your|strong="H8064" family|strong="H4191" who|strong="H0834" die|strong="H4191" in|strong="H4191" this|strong="H4191" city|strong="H5892" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w will|strong="H8064"\+w* \+w not|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w be|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w buried|strong="H6912"\+w*, \+w they|strong="H3611"\+w*} will|strong="H8064" be|strong="H4191" eaten|strong="H0398" by|strong="H4191" dogs|strong="H3611", and|strong="H8064" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w corpses|strong="H6297"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5892"\+w*} those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H0834" die|strong="H4191" in|strong="H4191" the|strong="H4191" fields|strong="H7704" will|strong="H8064" be|strong="H4191" eaten|strong="H0398" by|strong="H4191" vultures|strong="H5404".” 
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\verseNumber{25}There|strong="H1961" was|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3808" man|strong="H7451" no|strong="H3808" man|strong="H7451" like|strong="H1961" Ahab|strong="H0256" who|strong="H3068" always|strong="H7535" did|strong="H6213" things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" considered|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" evil|strong="H7451". His|strong="H3068" wife|strong="H0802" Jezebel|strong="H0348" incited|strong="H5496"/urged|strong="H6484" him|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w many|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3068"\+w*} those|strong="H6213" things|strong="H7451". 
\verseNumber{26}The|strong="H3605" most|strong="H3068" abominable|strong="H8581"/detestable|strong="H8581" thing|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" Ahab|strong="H0256" did|strong="H6213" was|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3478" worship|strong="H3478" idols|strong="H1544", just|strong="H3605" like|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" Amor people-group had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213". And|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3068" why|strong="H4100" Yahweh|strong="H3068" took|strong="H3423" the|strong="H3605" Amor people’s|strong="H5971" land|strong="H6440" from|strong="H6440" them|strong="H6440" and|strong="H1121" gave|strong="H6213" it|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" Israelis. 
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\verseNumber{27}After|strong="H5921" Elijah|strong="H0452" finished|strong="H3615" talking|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1980" Ahab|strong="H0256", Ahab|strong="H0256" tore|strong="H7167" his|strong="H7760" clothes|strong="H0899" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w show|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w that|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w he|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w sorry|strong="H5162"\+w* \+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w all|strong="H7901"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w sins|strong="H2403"\+w* \+w that|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w he|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w had|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w committed|strong="H1961"\+w*}. He|strong="H5921" put|strong="H7760" on|strong="H5921" rough|strong="H8181" clothes|strong="H0899" that|strong="H8085" were|strong="H1961" made|strong="H7760" from|strong="H5921" sacks|strong="H8242", and|strong="H1980" he|strong="H5921" refused|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1980" eat|strong="H0398" anything|strong="H1697". He|strong="H5921" even|strong="H5921" wore|strong="H5921" those|strong="H5921" rough|strong="H8181" clothes|strong="H0899" made|strong="H7760" from|strong="H5921" sacks|strong="H8242" when|strong="H1961" he|strong="H5921" slept|strong="H7901", to|strong="H1980" show|strong="H1961" that|strong="H8085" he|strong="H5921" was|strong="H1961" sorry|strong="H5162". 
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\verseNumber{28}Then|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1697" this|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" Elijah|strong="H0452": 
\verseNumber{29}“I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1121" seen|strong="H7200" [RHQ] that|strong="H3588" Ahab|strong="H0256" is|strong="H3117" now|strong="H3117" very|strong="H3966" sorry|strong="H5162" for|strong="H3588" all|strong="H7200" the|strong="H6440" evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3117" done|strong="H7451". So|strong="H3808" the|strong="H6440" things|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" promised|strong="H1696" to|strong="H5921" do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H5921" his|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w family|strong="H1004"\+w*} will|strong="H1121" not|strong="H3808" happen|strong="H1961" while|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3117" still|strong="H3588" alive|strong="H7200". I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1121" cause|strong="H2600" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" happen|strong="H1961" after|strong="H5921" his|strong="H6440" son|strong="H1121" becomes|strong="H3588" king|strong="H5921". Then|strong="H3588" those|strong="H5921" things|strong="H7451" will|strong="H1121" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5921" his|strong="H6440" family|strong="H1004".” [MTY] 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jehoshaphat talked with Ahab }

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\chapterNumber{22}For|strong="H3427" almost|strong="H4592" three|strong="H7969" years|strong="H8141" there|strong="H3427" was|strong="H3478" no|strong="H3478" war|strong="H4421" between|strong="H4421" Syria|strong="H0758" and|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{2}Then|strong="H1961" King|strong="H4428" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092", who|strong="H3478" ruled|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063", went|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w visit|strong="H6485"\+w*} King|strong="H4428" Ahab|strong="H0256", who|strong="H3478" ruled|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{3}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w While|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w were|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w talking|strong="H1696"\+w*,} Ahab|strong="H0256" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" his|strong="H3947" officials|strong="H5650", “Do|strong="H3027" you|strong="H3588" realize|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" Syrians|strong="H0758" are|strong="H3478" still|strong="H2814" occupying|strong="H3423" our|strong="H3947" city|strong="H5892" of|strong="H4428" Ramoth|strong="H7433" in|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3588"\+w*} Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}? And|strong="H3478" we|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3478" doing|strong="H3027" nothing|strong="H2814" to|strong="H3478" retake that|strong="H3588" city|strong="H5892"!” 
\verseNumber{4}Then|strong="H4428" he|strong="H3478" turned|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" and|strong="H3478" asked|strong="H7592", “Will|strong="H4428" your|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w army|strong="H5971"\+w*} join|strong="H2266" my|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w army|strong="H5971"\+w*} to|strong="H3478" fight|strong="H4421" against|strong="H4421" the|strong="H3092" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H4428" Ramoth|strong="H7433" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3478"\+w* retake \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*}?” 
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Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" replied|strong="H0559", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Certainly|strong="H3588"\+w*} I|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w will|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w whatever|strong="H3605"\+w*} you|strong="H3644" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w want|strong="H4270"\+w*}, and|strong="H3478" you|strong="H3644" may|strong="H5971" command|strong="H6680" my|strong="H3478" troops|strong="H5971". You|strong="H3644" may|strong="H5971" take|strong="H3212" my|strong="H3478" horses|strong="H5483" into|strong="H3212" battle|strong="H4421", also|strong="H3478".” 
\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H4428" he|strong="H3117" added|strong="H3117", “But|strong="H3068" we|strong="H3117" should|strong="H3068" ask|strong="H1875" Yahweh|strong="H3068" first|strong="H3117", to|strong="H3478" find|strong="H4672" out|strong="H1875" what|strong="H1697" he|strong="H3117" wants|strong="H2656" us|strong="H4994" to|strong="H3478" do|strong="H3068".” 
\verseNumber{6}So|strong="H5414" Ahab|strong="H0256" summoned|strong="H7121" about|strong="H5921" 400 of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H5414" prophets|strong="H5030" together|strong="H6908", and|strong="H3967" he|strong="H5414" asked|strong="H7592" them|strong="H5414", “Should|strong="H3478" my|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w army|strong="H5927"\+w*} go|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3478" fight|strong="H4421" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H6908" in|strong="H5921" Ramoth|strong="H7433" and|strong="H3967" retake that|strong="H3478" city|strong="H5892", or|strong="H3027" not|strong="H2308"?” 
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They|strong="H5921" answered|strong="H6030", “Yes|strong="H3588", go|strong="H3212" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3967"\+w* \+w attack|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5414"\+w*}, because|strong="H5921" God|strong="H5414" will|strong="H4428" enable|strong="H7980" your|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w army|strong="H5927"\+w*} to|strong="H3478" defeat|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414".” 
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\verseNumber{7}But|strong="H3068" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" asked|strong="H1875", “Is|strong="H3068" there|strong="H3068" no|strong="H5030" prophet|strong="H5030" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" here|strong="H6311" whom|strong="H0834" we|strong="H0587" can|strong="H5750" ask|strong="H1875"?” 
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\verseNumber{8}The|strong="H5921" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" replied|strong="H0559", “There|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" one|strong="H3808" man|strong="H1121" we|strong="H3588" can|strong="H7451" talk|strong="H1696" to|strong="H3478". We|strong="H3588" can|strong="H7451" ask|strong="H1875" him|strong="H5921" if|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" can|strong="H7451" find|strong="H4672" out|strong="H5921" what|strong="H2896" Yahweh|strong="H3068" wants|strong="H2656". His|strong="H3068" name|strong="H8034" is|strong="H3068" Micaiah|strong="H4321"; he|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Imlah|strong="H3229". But|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" hate|strong="H8130" him|strong="H5921", because|strong="H3588" when|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" ◄prophesies|strong="H5012"/tells|strong="H1696" what|strong="H2896" God|strong="H3068" says|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" him|strong="H5921"► he|strong="H3588" never|strong="H3808" says|strong="H0559" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} anything|strong="H3808" good|strong="H2896" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w*} to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H8130". He|strong="H3588" always|strong="H3605" predicts \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} bad|strong="H7451" things|strong="H7451" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w me|strong="H8130"\+w*}.” 
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Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" replied|strong="H0559", “King|strong="H4428" Ahab|strong="H0256", you|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" say|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3588"!” 
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\verseNumber{9}So|strong="H7121" the|strong="H7121" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" told|strong="H5046" one|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H7121" officers|strong="H5631" to|strong="H3478" summon|strong="H7121" Micaiah|strong="H4321" immediately|strong="H4116". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Micaiah|strong="H4321" prophesied|strong="H5012" against|strong="H5921" Ahab|strong="H0256" }

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\verseNumber{10}The|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3063" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" were|strong="H3478" wearing|strong="H2296" their|strong="H3605" ◄royal|strong="H4428" robes|strong="H0899"/robes|strong="H0899" that|strong="H3605" showed|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H5921" were|strong="H3478" kings|strong="H4428"►. They|strong="H5921" were|strong="H3478" sitting|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" thrones|strong="H3678" at|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" place|strong="H1637" where|strong="H5921" people|strong="H3427" threshed|strong="H1758" grain|strong="H3605", near|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" gate|strong="H8179" of|strong="H4428" Samaria|strong="H8111" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H8179"\+w*}. All|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4428" Ahab’s|strong="H0256" prophets|strong="H5030" were|strong="H3478" standing|strong="H5975" in|strong="H3427" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428", ◄prophesying|strong="H5012"/predicting|strong="H3027" what|strong="H5921" was|strong="H3478" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="H3478" happen|strong="H1961"►. 
\verseNumber{11}One|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H6213", whose|strong="H1121" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H3068" Zedekiah|strong="H6667", the|strong="H3541" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Kenaanah|strong="H3668", had|strong="H3068" made|strong="H6213" from|strong="H1121" iron|strong="H1270" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w something|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w resembled|strong="H1823"\+w*} horns|strong="H7161" of|strong="H1121" a|strong="H6213" bull|strong="H1121". Then|strong="H6213" he|strong="H5704" proclaimed|strong="H7121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w Ahab|strong="H0256"\+w*}, “This|strong="H6213" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H3541": ‘With|strong="H3068" horns|strong="H7161" like|strong="H3541" these|strong="H6213" your|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*} will|strong="H3068" keep|strong="H6213" attacking|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3541" Syrians|strong="H0758" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w like|strong="H3541"\+w* \+w a|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w bull|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w attacks|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w another|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w animal|strong="H0929"\+w*} [MET|strong="H6298"], until|strong="H5704" you|strong="H5704" completely|strong="H3615" destroy|strong="H3615" them|strong="H6213"!’” 
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\verseNumber{12}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H3605"\+w*} prophets|strong="H5030" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Ahab|strong="H0256"\+w*} agreed|strong="H8085". They|strong="H3651" said|strong="H3651", “Yes|strong="H3651"! If|strong="H3651" you|strong="H5414" go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3068" attack|strong="H5927" Ramoth|strong="H7433" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} in|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w*} Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}, you|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3027" successful|strong="H6743", because|strong="H3651" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" defeat|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414"!” 
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\verseNumber{13}Meanwhile|strong="H3541", the|strong="H7121" messenger|strong="H4397" who|strong="H5030" went|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1696" summon|strong="H7121" Micaiah|strong="H4321" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H7121", “Listen|strong="H2009" to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H4994"! All|strong="H1697" the|strong="H7121" other|strong="H7121" prophets|strong="H5030" are|strong="H1992" predicting|strong="H3027" that|strong="H1697" the|strong="H7121" king’s|strong="H4428" army|strong="H2428" will|strong="H1961" defeat|strong="H5221" the|strong="H7121" Syrians|strong="H0758". So|strong="H1980" be|strong="H1961" sure|strong="H0539" that|strong="H1697" you|strong="H1696" agree|strong="H8085" with|strong="H1980" them|strong="H1992" and|strong="H1980" say|strong="H1696" ◄what|strong="H1697" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" favorable|strong="H2896"/that|strong="H1697" the|strong="H7121" king’s|strong="H4428" army|strong="H2428" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" successful|strong="H6743"►.” 
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\verseNumber{14}But|strong="H3588" Micaiah|strong="H4321" replied|strong="H1696", “As|strong="H3068" surely|strong="H3588" as|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H2416", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" tell|strong="H1696" him|strong="H3588" only|strong="H3588" what|strong="H1696" Yahweh|strong="H3068" tells|strong="H1696" me|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" say|strong="H1696".” 
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\verseNumber{15}When|strong="H3068" Micaiah|strong="H4321" came|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3212" Ahab|strong="H0256", Ahab|strong="H0256" asked|strong="H7592" him|strong="H5414", “Micaiah|strong="H4321", should|strong="H3068" we|strong="H0587" go|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" fight|strong="H4421" against|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} Ramoth|strong="H7433", or|strong="H3068" not|strong="H2308"?” 
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Micaiah|strong="H4321" replied|strong="H0559", “Sure|strong="H0539", go|strong="H3212"! Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" enable|strong="H7980" your|strong="H3068" army|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3212" defeat|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414"!” 
\verseNumber{16}But|strong="H7535" King|strong="H4428" Ahab|strong="H0256" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w realized|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Micaiah|strong="H4321"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* ◄\+w lying|strong="H8267"\+w*/\+w being|strong="H8034"\+w* sarcastic►, \+w so|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w he|strong="H5704"\+w*} said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Micaiah|strong="H4321", “I|strong="H5704" have|strong="H3068" told|strong="H1696" you|strong="H5704" [RHQ] many|strong="H4100" times|strong="H6471" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5704" must|strong="H3808" always|strong="H7535" tell|strong="H1696" only|strong="H7535" the|strong="H3068" truth|strong="H3808" when|strong="H5704" you|strong="H5704" say|strong="H1696" what|strong="H4100" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w has|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w revealed|strong="H1540"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5704"\+w*}!” 
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\verseNumber{17}So|strong="H3808" Micaiah|strong="H4321" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7725" him|strong="H7725", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w truth|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w that|strong="H7200"\+w*} in|strong="H3478" a|strong="H7200" vision|strong="H7200" I|strong="H7200" saw|strong="H7200" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" troops|strong="H1416" of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478" scattered|strong="H6327" on|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3605" mountains|strong="H2022". They|strong="H1992" seemed|strong="H7200" to|strong="H7725" be|strong="H3808" like|strong="H1004" sheep|strong="H6629" that|strong="H7200" did|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3068" a|strong="H7200" shepherd|strong="H7462". And|strong="H3478" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", ‘Their|strong="H3605" master|strong="H0113" has|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3808" killed|strong="H2026". So|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H3605" them|strong="H1992" all|strong="H3605" to|strong="H7725" go|strong="H7725" home|strong="H1004" peacefully|strong="H7965".’ ” 
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\verseNumber{18}Ahab|strong="H0256" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092", “I|strong="H3588" told|strong="H5046" you|strong="H3588" [RHQ] that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" never|strong="H3808" predicts \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} anything|strong="H3808" good|strong="H2896" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w will|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5921"\+w*}! He|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w always|strong="H3605"\+w*} predicts \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} bad|strong="H7451" things|strong="H7451" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w will|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5921"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{19}But|strong="H7200" Micaiah|strong="H4321" continued|strong="H3427", saying|strong="H1697", “Listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" showed|strong="H7200" to|strong="H3068" me|strong="H7200"! \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w In|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w a|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w vision|strong="H7200"\+w*} I|strong="H5921" saw|strong="H7200" Yahweh|strong="H3068" sitting|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" throne|strong="H3678", with|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H3068" heaven|strong="H8064" surrounding|strong="H5439" him|strong="H5921", on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" right|strong="H3225" side|strong="H3225" and|strong="H3068" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" left|strong="H8040" side|strong="H3225". 
\verseNumber{20}And|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", ‘Who|strong="H4310" can|strong="H4310" persuade|strong="H6601" Ahab|strong="H0256" to|strong="H3068" go|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3068" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3541" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" Ramoth|strong="H7433", in|strong="H3068" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" may|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" killed|strong="H5307" there|strong="H2088"?’ 
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Some|strong="H4480" suggested|strong="H5414" one|strong="H2088" thing|strong="H2088", and|strong="H3068" others|strong="H0312" suggested|strong="H5414" something|strong="H1697" else|strong="H5750". 
\verseNumber{21}Finally|strong="H5704" one|strong="H6601" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w evil|strong="H7451"\+w*} spirit|strong="H7307" came|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" Yahweh|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H3318", ‘I|strong="H6440" can|strong="H7307" do|strong="H3068" it|strong="H6440"!’ 
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\verseNumber{22}Yahweh|strong="H3068" asked|strong="H7592" him|strong="H6213", ‘How|strong="H3651" will|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3605" do|strong="H6213" it|strong="H6213"?’ 
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The|strong="H3605" spirit|strong="H7307" replied|strong="H0559", ‘I|strong="H3651" will|strong="H1961" go|strong="H3318" and|strong="H6213" inspire all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H7307" Ahab’s|strong="H0256" prophets|strong="H5030" to|strong="H3318" tell|strong="H3605" lies|strong="H8267".’ Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H3651", ‘You|strong="H3605" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" successful|strong="H6743"; go|strong="H3318" and|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" it|strong="H6213"!’ 
\verseNumber{23}So|strong="H5414" now|strong="H6258" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5414" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" prophets|strong="H5030" to|strong="H1696" lie|strong="H8267" to|strong="H1696" you|strong="H5414". Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" decided|strong="H3289" that|strong="H3605" something|strong="H3605" terrible|strong="H7451" will|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1696" you|strong="H5414".” 
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\verseNumber{24}Then|strong="H1696" Zedekiah|strong="H6667" walked|strong="H1980" over|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1696" Micaiah|strong="H4321" and|strong="H1121" slapped|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3068" face|strong="H6440". He|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696", “Do|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5921" think|strong="H2803" that|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" Spirit|strong="H7307" left|strong="H5674" me|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="H1696" speak|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" you|strong="H5921"?” [RHQ] 
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\verseNumber{25}Micaiah|strong="H4321" replied|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3117" find|strong="H7200" out|strong="H7200" for|strong="H3117" yourself|strong="H0859" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w which|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w us|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Spirit|strong="H7307"\+w* \+w has|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w truly|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w spoken|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3117"\+w*} on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H7200" day|strong="H3117" when|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117" go|strong="H1980" into|strong="H7200" a|strong="H7200" room|strong="H2315" of|strong="H3117" some|strong="H3117" house|strong="H1004" to|strong="H3117" hide|strong="H2247" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w Syrian|strong="H0761"\+w* \+w troops|strong="H1416"\+w*}!” 
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\verseNumber{26}King|strong="H4428" Ahab|strong="H0256" commanded|strong="H6680" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H1121"\+w*}, “Seize|strong="H3947" Micaiah|strong="H4321" and|strong="H1121" take|strong="H3947" him|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Amon|strong="H0526", the|strong="H3947" governor|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" this|strong="H7725" city|strong="H5892", and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H7725" my|strong="H3947" son|strong="H1121" Joash|strong="H3101". 
\verseNumber{27}Tell|strong="H5046" them|strong="H7760" that|strong="H4428" I|strong="H5704" have|strong="H7965" commanded|strong="H6680" that|strong="H4428" they|strong="H5704" should|strong="H4428" put|strong="H7760" this|strong="H2088" man|strong="H2088" in|strong="H1004" prison|strong="H1004" and|strong="H4428" give|strong="H7760" him|strong="H7760" only|strong="H5704" bread|strong="H3899" and|strong="H4428" water|strong="H4325". Do|strong="H2088" not|strong="H2088" give|strong="H7760" him|strong="H7760" anything|strong="H3899" else|strong="H5750" to|strong="H5704" eat|strong="H3899" until|strong="H5704" I|strong="H5704" return|strong="H7725" safely|strong="H7965" from|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3541" battle|strong="H4421"!” 
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\verseNumber{28}Micaiah|strong="H4321" replied|strong="H1696", “If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H3605" return|strong="H7725" safely|strong="H7965", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w clear|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w*} it|strong="H7725" was|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" Yahweh|strong="H3068" who|strong="H3605" told|strong="H1696" me|strong="H7725" what|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1696" say|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" you|strong="H3605"!” Then|strong="H1696" he|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w all|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w those|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w were|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w standing|strong="H5975"\+w* \+w there|strong="H7965"\+w*}, “Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" forget|strong="H7911" what|strong="H8085" I|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w King|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Ahab|strong="H0256"\+w*}!” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Ahab|strong="H0256" died|strong="H4191" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" battle|strong="H4421" }

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\verseNumber{29}So|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5927" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3063" the|strong="H5927" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w led|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w their|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w armies|strong="H6635"\+w*} to|strong="H3478" Ramoth|strong="H7433", in|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5927"\+w*} Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{30}King|strong="H4428" Ahab|strong="H0256" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092", “I|strong="H3478" will|strong="H4428" put|strong="H3847" on|strong="H3847" different|strong="H8133" clothes|strong="H3847", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w order|strong="H4616"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w no|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w one|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w will|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w recognize|strong="H5234"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w am|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3092"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w*}. But|strong="H4428" you|strong="H3847" should|strong="H3478" wear|strong="H3847" your|strong="H3478" ◄royal|strong="H4428" robe|strong="H4598"/robe|strong="H4598" that|strong="H3478" shows|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3478" you|strong="H3847" are|strong="H3478" a|strong="H3478" king|strong="H4428"►.” So|strong="H3651" Ahab|strong="H0256" disguised|strong="H2664" himself|strong="H5315", and|strong="H3478" they|strong="H3478" both|strong="H4421" went|strong="H3478" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3092" battle|strong="H4421". 
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\verseNumber{31}The|strong="H3588" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Syria|strong="H0758" told|strong="H6680" this|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3478" his|strong="H6680" thirty-two|strong="H7970" men|strong="H1419" who|strong="H3478" were|strong="H3478" driving|strong="H4491" the|strong="H3588" chariots|strong="H7393": “Attack|strong="H3898" only|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478"!” 
\verseNumber{32}So|strong="H1961" when|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" men|strong="H1992" who|strong="H1931" were|strong="H3478" driving|strong="H4491" the|strong="H5921" Syrian|strong="H0761" chariots|strong="H7393" saw|strong="H7200" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wearing|strong="H2296"\+w* ◄\+w his|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w royal|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w robes|strong="H0899"\+w*/\+w clothes|strong="H0899"\+w* \+w that|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w showed|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w*►}, they|strong="H1992" pursued|strong="H7291" him|strong="H5921". They|strong="H1992" shouted|strong="H7321", “There|strong="H1961" is|strong="H1931" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478"!” But|strong="H1961" when|strong="H1961" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" cried|strong="H2199" out|strong="H2199", 
\verseNumber{33}they|strong="H3588" realized|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" the|strong="H7200" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478". So|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3588" stopped|strong="H7725" pursuing|strong="H7291" him|strong="H7725". 
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\verseNumber{34}But|strong="H3588" one|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Syrian|strong="H0761"\+w*} soldier|strong="H6635" shot|strong="H4900" an|strong="H5221" arrow|strong="H2671" at|strong="H3478" Ahab|strong="H0256", without|strong="H4480" knowing|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3478" Ahab|strong="H0256". The|strong="H3588" arrow|strong="H2671" struck|strong="H5221" Ahab|strong="H0256" between|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3588" places|strong="H3027" where|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3588" parts|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H5221" armor|strong="H8302" joined|strong="H2266" together|strong="H5221". Ahab|strong="H0256" told|strong="H5046" the|strong="H3588" driver|strong="H7395" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H5221" chariot|strong="H7395", “Turn|strong="H2015" the|strong="H3588" chariot|strong="H7395" around|strong="H3027" and|strong="H3478" take|strong="H3318" me|strong="H4480" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H4428" here|strong="H3318"! I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3478" been|strong="H2470" severely|strong="H2470" wounded|strong="H5221"!” 
\verseNumber{35}The|strong="H3117" battle|strong="H4421" continued|strong="H1961" all|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117". Ahab|strong="H0256" was|strong="H1961" sitting|strong="H3427" propped|strong="H5975" up|strong="H5927" in|strong="H4428" his|strong="H1961" chariot|strong="H7393", facing|strong="H6437" the|strong="H3117" Syrian|strong="H0761" troops|strong="H1416". The|strong="H3117" blood|strong="H1818" from|strong="H5927" his|strong="H1961" wound|strong="H4347" ran|strong="H1818" down|strong="H3332" to|strong="H4191" the|strong="H3117" floor|strong="H1637" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3117" chariot|strong="H7393". And|strong="H4428" late|strong="H0309" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3117" afternoon|strong="H3117" he|strong="H1931" died|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{36}Just|strong="H3512" as|strong="H5892" the|strong="H5674" sun|strong="H8121" was|strong="H5892" going|strong="H5674" down|strong="H3381", someone|strong="H0376" among|strong="H8432" the|strong="H5674" Israeli troops|strong="H4264" shouted|strong="H7440", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w battle|strong="H4264"\+w* \+w is|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w ended|strong="H1961"\+w*!} Everyone|strong="H3605" should|strong="H4264" return|strong="H7725" home|strong="H1004"!” 
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\verseNumber{37}So|strong="H4191" king|strong="H4428" Ahab|strong="H0256" died|strong="H4191", and|strong="H4428" they|strong="H4428" took|strong="H4428" his|strong="H6912" body|strong="H4191" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w chariot|strong="H7393"\+w*} to|strong="H4191" Samaria|strong="H8111" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w city|strong="H5892"\+w*} and|strong="H4428" buried|strong="H6912" his|strong="H6912" body|strong="H4191" there|strong="H8033". 
\verseNumber{38}They|strong="H3068" washed|strong="H7364" his|strong="H3068" chariot|strong="H7393" alongside|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" pool|strong="H1295" in|strong="H5921" Samaria|strong="H8111", a|strong="H1696" pool|strong="H1295" where|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" prostitutes|strong="H2185" bathed|strong="H7364". And|strong="H3068" dogs|strong="H3611" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w came|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3068"\+w*} licked|strong="H3952" the|strong="H5921" king’s|strong="H4428" blood|strong="H1818", just|strong="H1697" like|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" predicted|strong="H1696" would|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H1697". 
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\verseNumber{39}The|strong="H3605" account|strong="H5921"/record|strong="H3789" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3605" happened|strong="H1697" while|strong="H3117" Ahab|strong="H0256" was|strong="H3478" ruling|strong="H4910", and|strong="H3478" about|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" palace|strong="H1004" decorated|strong="H5927" with|strong="H1004" much|strong="H1697" ivory|strong="H8127" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w they|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w built|strong="H1129"\+w* \+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5921"\+w*}, and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" that|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3478" built|strong="H1129" for|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921", was|strong="H3478" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" scroll|strong="H5612" called|strong="H7121" ‘The|strong="H3605" History|strong="H8435" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel’. 
\verseNumber{40}When|strong="H1121" Ahab|strong="H0256" died|strong="H4191", his|strong="H8478" body|strong="H1320" was|strong="H1121" buried|strong="H6912" where|strong="H8478" his|strong="H8478" ancestors|strong="H0001" were|strong="H1121" buried|strong="H6912". Then|strong="H1121" his|strong="H8478" son|strong="H1121" Ahaziah|strong="H0274" became|strong="H4427" king|strong="H4427". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" ruled|strong="H4427" in|strong="H4427" Judah|strong="H3063" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" ruled|strong="H4427" in|strong="H4427" Judah|strong="H3063" }
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\verseNumber{41}Before|strong="H5921" King|strong="H4428" Ahab|strong="H0256" died|strong="H4191", when|strong="H1121" he|strong="H8141" had|strong="H3478" been|strong="H4427" ruling|strong="H4910" in|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478" for|strong="H5921" four|strong="H0702" years|strong="H8141", Asa’s|strong="H0609" son|strong="H1121" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3478" rule|strong="H4428" in|strong="H5921" Judah|strong="H3063". 
\verseNumber{42}Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" was|strong="H8034" thirty-five|strong="H7970" years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1121" he|strong="H2568" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3389" rule|strong="H4427", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H2568" ruled|strong="H4427" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" for|strong="H8034" twenty-five|strong="H6242" years|strong="H8141". His|strong="H3092" mother|strong="H0517" was|strong="H8034" Azubah|strong="H5806", the|strong="H3092" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" Shilhi|strong="H7977". 
\verseNumber{43}Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" was|strong="H3068" a|strong="H6213" good|strong="H5869" king|strong="H4428", just|strong="H3605" like|strong="H1870" his|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" Asa|strong="H0609" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3808". He|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" pleased|strong="H5869" Yahweh|strong="H3068". But|strong="H3808" while|strong="H5869" he|strong="H6213" was|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428", he|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" remove|strong="H5493" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" pagan|strong="H5869" altars|strong="H5493" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w built|strong="H6213"\+w*} on|strong="H1870" the|strong="H3605" hilltops. So|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3808" continued|strong="H5674" to|strong="H3212" offer|strong="H6213" sacrifices|strong="H2077" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w idols|strong="H5869"\+w*} on|strong="H1870" those|strong="H3605" altars|strong="H5493" and|strong="H3068" burned|strong="H8313" incense|strong="H7004" there|strong="H4480". 
\verseNumber{44}Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" also|strong="H5750" made|strong="H2076" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H2076"\+w*} peace|strong="H2076" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w agreement|strong="H7284"\+w*} with|strong="H5971" the|strong="H5493" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H5971" Israel|strong="H5971". 
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\verseNumber{45}All|strong="H5973" the|strong="H5973" other|strong="H0312" things|strong="H5973" that|strong="H3478" happened|strong="H1961" while|strong="H5973" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" was|strong="H3478" ruling|strong="H4910", and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5973" great|strong="H1419" things|strong="H5973" that|strong="H3478" he|strong="H3478" did|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5973" victories|strong="H3444" his|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w troops|strong="H1416"\+w*} won|strong="H1589", are|strong="H3478" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5973" scroll|strong="H5612" called|strong="H7121" ‘The|strong="H5973" History|strong="H8435" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5973" Kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah’. 
\verseNumber{46}Jehoshaphat’s|strong="H3092" father|strong="H0001" Asa|strong="H0609" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w had|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w tried|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w expel|strong="H1644"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" male|strong="H2145" prostitutes|strong="H6945" that|strong="H3117" stayed|strong="H3427" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" pagan|strong="H5869" shrines|strong="H1354", but|strong="H3808" some|strong="H1992" of|strong="H4428" them|strong="H1992" were|strong="H3117" still|strong="H5750" there|strong="H1992". Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" got|strong="H6965" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H4428" them|strong="H1992". 
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\verseNumber{47}At|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117", there|strong="H3117" was|strong="H3117" no|strong="H4480" king|strong="H4428" in|strong="H3117" Edom|strong="H0112"; a|strong="H4480" ruler|strong="H4910" who|strong="H7604" had|strong="H3117" been|strong="H1961" appointed|strong="H4150" by|strong="H3117" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" ruled|strong="H4427" there|strong="H3117". 
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\verseNumber{48}Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w ordered|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w some|strong="H4480"\+w* Israeli \+w men|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4428"\+w*} build|strong="H1129" a|strong="H5324" fleet|strong="H0590"/group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H4428" ships|strong="H0591" to|strong="H4428" sail|strong="H5251" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w south|strong="H5045"\+w*} to|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5324"\+w*} Ophir|strong="H0211" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*} to|strong="H4428" get|strong="H3947" gold|strong="H2091". But|strong="H4428" they|strong="H4428" were|strong="H4428" wrecked at|strong="H4428" Ezion-Geber|strong="H6100"/Elath|strong="H0359", so|strong="H3651" the|strong="H5324" ships|strong="H0591" never|strong="H3808" sailed|strong="H1980". 
\verseNumber{49}Before|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3588" ships|strong="H0591" were|strong="H8659" wrecked, Ahab’s|strong="H0256" son|strong="H1121" Ahaziah|strong="H0274" suggested|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1980" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092", “Allow|strong="H1980" my|strong="H3588" sailors|strong="H4419" to|strong="H1980" go|strong="H1980" with|strong="H1980" your|strong="H3588" sailors|strong="H4419",” but|strong="H3588" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" refused|strong="H3808". 
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\verseNumber{50}When|strong="H1121" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" died|strong="H4191", his|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w body|strong="H1320"\+w*} was|strong="H1121" buried|strong="H6912" where|strong="H3808" his|strong="H3808" ancestors|strong="H0001" were|strong="H1121" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H3212" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*,} the|strong="H5973" city|strong="H5892" where|strong="H3808" King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H5973" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w had|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w ruled|strong="H4427"\+w*}. Then|strong="H3808" Jehoshaphat’s|strong="H3092" son|strong="H1121" Jehoram|strong="H3088" became|strong="H5650" king|strong="H4428". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Ahaziah|strong="H0274" ruled|strong="H4427" in|strong="H3212" Israel|strong="H3478" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Ahaziah|strong="H0274" ruled|strong="H4427" in|strong="H3212" Israel|strong="H3478" }
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\verseNumber{51}Before|strong="H5973" King|strong="H4427" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" died|strong="H4191", when|strong="H1121" he|strong="H1732" had|strong="H1732" been|strong="H4427" ruling|strong="H4910" in|strong="H6912" Judah|strong="H3063" for|strong="H8478" 17 years|strong="H8141", Ahab’s|strong="H0256" son|strong="H1121" Ahaziah|strong="H0274" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="H1121" rule|strong="H4427" in|strong="H6912" Israel|strong="H3478". Ahaziah|strong="H0274" ruled|strong="H4427" in|strong="H6912" Samaria|strong="H8111" for|strong="H8478" two|strong="H4427" years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{52}He|strong="H8141" did|strong="H3478" many|strong="H7227" things|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3478" Yahweh|strong="H3068" considered|strong="H2803" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1121" evil|strong="H7451", doing|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w evil|strong="H7451"\+w*} things|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3478" his|strong="H5921" father|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" mother|strong="H0517" had|strong="H3478" done|strong="H3478" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" evil|strong="H7451" things|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3478" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" had|strong="H3478" done|strong="H3478"—the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" who|strong="H1121" had|strong="H3478" led|strong="H1980" all|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3478" sin|strong="H2403" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w worshiping|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w idols|strong="H1544"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{53}Ahaziah|strong="H0274" bowed|strong="H7812" in|strong="H3478" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" Baal’s|strong="H1168" idol|strong="H3478" and|strong="H1121" worshiped|strong="H7812" it|strong="H6213". That|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H6213" God|strong="H3068" who|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" true|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6213" Israeli people|strong="H1121", to|strong="H3478" become|strong="H6213" very|strong="H6213" angry|strong="H2734", just|strong="H6213" as|strong="H6213" Ahaziah’s|strong="H0274" father|strong="H1121" had|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H6213" Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3478" become|strong="H6213" angry|strong="H2734". 
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