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\w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* \w took|strong="H5493"\w* \w away|strong="H5493"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w abominations|strong="H8441"\w* \w out|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w countries|strong="H0776"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* belonged \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w made|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w in|strong="H0430"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w*, \w even|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*. \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w didn’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w depart|strong="H5493"\w* \w from|strong="H5493"\w* \w following|strong="H0310"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* \w kept|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w Passover|strong="H6453"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w killed|strong="H7819"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w Passover|strong="H6453"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* fourteenth \w day|strong="H2320"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w first|strong="H7223"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w*.


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\w Prepare|strong="H3559"\w* yourselves after \w your|strong="H3559"\w* \w fathers’|strong="H0001"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* \w by|strong="H3478"\w* \w your|strong="H3559"\w* \w divisions|strong="H4256"\w*, according \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3559"\w* \w writing|strong="H4385"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* according \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3559"\w* \w writing|strong="H4385"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*.


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\w Stand|strong="H5975"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H0251"\w* \w holy|strong="H6944"\w* \w place|strong="H6944"\w* according \w to|strong="H0001"\w* \w the|strong="H0251"\w* \w divisions|strong="H2515"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0251"\w* \w fathers’|strong="H0001"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H0251"\w* \w brothers|strong="H0251"\w* \w the|strong="H0251"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0251"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* let \w there|strong="H5975"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* \w for|strong="H1004"\w* \w each|strong="H5971"\w* \w a|strong="H5975"\w* \w portion|strong="H6944"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H5975"\w* \w fathers’|strong="H0001"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0251"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w*.


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\w Kill|strong="H7819"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w Passover|strong="H6453"\w* lamb, \w sanctify|strong="H6942"\w* \w yourselves|strong="H3027"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w prepare|strong="H3559"\w* \w for|strong="H3027"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w brothers|strong="H0251"\w*, \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w according|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* gave \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w flock|strong="H6629"\w*, \w lambs|strong="H3532"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w young|strong="H1121"\w* \w goats|strong="H5795"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w them|strong="H4672"\w* \w for|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Passover|strong="H6453"\w* \w offerings|strong="H6453"\w*, \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w present|strong="H4672"\w*, \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w number|strong="H4557"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w bulls|strong="H1241"\w*. \w These|strong="H0428"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* substance.


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\w Conaniah|strong="H3562"\w* \w also|strong="H8269"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w Shemaiah|strong="H8098"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w Nethanel|strong="H5417"\w*, \w his|strong="H7311"\w* \w brothers|strong="H0251"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w Hashabiah|strong="H2811"\w*, \w Jeiel|strong="H3273"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w Jozabad|strong="H3107"\w*, \w the|strong="H0251"\w* \w chiefs|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w the|strong="H0251"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w*, gave \w to|strong="H0251"\w* \w the|strong="H0251"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w* \w for|strong="H1241"\w* \w the|strong="H0251"\w* \w Passover|strong="H6453"\w* \w offerings|strong="H6453"\w* \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* small livestock \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w head|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w cattle|strong="H1241"\w*.<pb/>


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\w So|strong="H5975"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w service|strong="H5656"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w prepared|strong="H3559"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w place|strong="H5975"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w divisions|strong="H4256"\w*, \w according|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w commandment|strong="H4687"\w*.


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\w They|strong="H7819"\w* \w killed|strong="H7819"\w* \w the|strong="H7819"\w* \w Passover|strong="H6453"\w* lambs, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H7819"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w sprinkled|strong="H2236"\w* \w the|strong="H7819"\w* blood which \w they|strong="H7819"\w* received \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w their|strong="H6584"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H7819"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w* \w skinned|strong="H6584"\w* \w them|strong="H3027"\w*.


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\w They|strong="H3651"\w* \w removed|strong="H5493"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w burnt|strong="H5930"\w* \w offerings|strong="H3068"\w*, \w that|strong="H3651"\w* \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w might|strong="H3068"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* according \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w divisions|strong="H4653"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w fathers’|strong="H0001"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w offer|strong="H7126"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*. \w They|strong="H3651"\w* \w did|strong="H3651"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w same|strong="H3651"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w cattle|strong="H1241"\w*.


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\w They|strong="H7323"\w* \w roasted|strong="H1310"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Passover|strong="H6453"\w* \w with|strong="H3605"\w* \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* \w according|strong="H4941"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w ordinance|strong="H4941"\w*. \w They|strong="H7323"\w* \w boiled|strong="H1310"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w holy|strong="H6944"\w* \w offerings|strong="H6453"\w* \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w pots|strong="H5518"\w*, \w in|strong="H1121"\w* cauldrons, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w pans|strong="H6745"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w carried|strong="H7323"\w* \w them|strong="H7323"\w* \w quickly|strong="H7323"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.


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\w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w Passover|strong="H6453"\w* \w was|strong="H2088"\w* \w kept|strong="H6213"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w eighteenth|strong="H6240"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w reign|strong="H4438"\w* \w of|strong="H8141"\w* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w*.<pb/>


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\w After|strong="H0310"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w*, \w when|strong="H0834"\w* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w prepared|strong="H3559"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*, \w Neco|strong="H5224"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w Carchemish|strong="H3751"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Euphrates|strong="H6578"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*.


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\w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w ambassadors|strong="H4397"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w do|strong="H0408"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w*, \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*? \w I|strong="H0834"\w* come \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w war|strong="H4421"\w*. \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w has|strong="H0430"\w* \w commanded|strong="H0559"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w make|strong="H3588"\w* haste. Beware \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*, \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w Nevertheless|strong="H3588"\w* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* \w would|strong="H1697"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w turn|strong="H5437"\w* \w his|strong="H8085"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w disguised|strong="H2664"\w* \w himself|strong="H6440"\w*, \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* might \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w didn’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w Neco|strong="H5224"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w valley|strong="H1237"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w Megiddo|strong="H4023"\w*.


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\w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w archers|strong="H3384"\w* \w shot|strong="H3384"\w* \w at|strong="H4428"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w*; \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w his|strong="H3588"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, “Take \w me|strong="H5650"\w* \w away|strong="H5674"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* am seriously \w wounded|strong="H2470"\w*!”<pb/>


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\w So|strong="H4480"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w took|strong="H4191"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w out|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H0001"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w chariot|strong="H4818"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w put|strong="H4191"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w second|strong="H4932"\w* \w chariot|strong="H4818"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* brought \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*; \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w tombs|strong="H6913"\w* \w of|strong="H0001"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*. \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w mourned|strong="H0056"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w*.


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\w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* lamented \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w singing|strong="H7891"\w* \w men|strong="H3605"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w singing|strong="H7891"\w* \w women|strong="H6969"\w* \w spoke|strong="H0559"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w lamentations|strong="H7015"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w this|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*; \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w made|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w an|strong="H5414"\w* \w ordinance|strong="H2706"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w Behold|strong="H2005"\w*, \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w lamentations|strong="H7015"\w*.


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\w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w acts|strong="H1697"\w*, \w first|strong="H7223"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w last|strong="H0314"\w*, \w behold|strong="H2005"\w*, \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w Jehoahaz|strong="H3059"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w made|strong="H3947"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H0776"\w* \w his|strong="H3947"\w* \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w* \w in|strong="H0776"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.


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\w Joahaz|strong="H3099"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* twenty-three \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* \w when|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H3389"\w* began \w to|strong="H3389"\w* \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H3389"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w months|strong="H2320"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.


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\w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w removed|strong="H5493"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w* \w from|strong="H5493"\w* office \w at|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w fined|strong="H6064"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w one|strong="H0776"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w talents|strong="H3603"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w a|strong="H0776"\w* \w talent|strong="H3603"\w*<n>A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces</n> \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*.


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\w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w made|strong="H5437"\w* \w Eliakim|strong="H0471"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w brother|strong="H0251"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w changed|strong="H5437"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w*. \w Neco|strong="H5224"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w Joahaz|strong="H3099"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w carried|strong="H0935"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w twenty-five|strong="H2568"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* \w when|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H0430"\w* began \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H0430"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w eleven|strong="H6240"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. \w He|strong="H0430"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w which|strong="H5869"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w God’s|strong="H0430"\w* \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*.


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\w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* \w came|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w bound|strong="H0631"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w fetters|strong="H5178"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w carry|strong="H5927"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*.


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\w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w carried|strong="H0935"\w* some \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H0935"\w* \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*.


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\w Now|strong="H2005"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w abominations|strong="H8441"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w behold|strong="H2005"\w*, \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoiachin|strong="H3078"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Jehoiachin|strong="H3078"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w eight|strong="H8083"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* began \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w months|strong="H2320"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. \w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w which|strong="H5869"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*.


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\w At|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w return|strong="H0935"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w*, \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*, \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w valuable|strong="H2532"\w* \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w made|strong="H3627"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w brother|strong="H0251"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.<pb/>


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\w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w rebelled|strong="H4775"\w* \w against|strong="H0413"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w*, \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H0553"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w swear|strong="H7650"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*; \w but|strong="H1571"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w stiffened|strong="H7185"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w neck|strong="H6203"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w hardened|strong="H7185"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w heart|strong="H3824"\w* \w against|strong="H0413"\w* \w turning|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.


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\w Moreover|strong="H1571"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w chiefs|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* trespassed \w very|strong="H1571"\w* \w greatly|strong="H7235"\w* after \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w abominations|strong="H8441"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*; \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* polluted \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H2930"\w* \w holy|strong="H6942"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w*, \w rising|strong="H7925"\w* \w up|strong="H7925"\w* \w early|strong="H7925"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w sending|strong="H7971"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w compassion|strong="H2550"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w dwelling|strong="H4583"\w* \w place|strong="H3027"\w*;


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\w but|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w mocked|strong="H3931"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w despised|strong="H0959"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* scoffed \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*, \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w wrath|strong="H2534"\w* \w arose|strong="H5927"\w* \w against|strong="H5927"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w there|strong="H0369"\w* \w was|strong="H0369"\w* \w no|strong="H0369"\w* \w remedy|strong="H4832"\w*.<pb/>


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Therefore \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w brought|strong="H5927"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w*, \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w killed|strong="H2026"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w young|strong="H0970"\w* \w men|strong="H0970"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w sanctuary|strong="H4720"\w*, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w compassion|strong="H2550"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w young|strong="H0970"\w* \w man|strong="H2205"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w virgin|strong="H1330"\w*, \w old|strong="H2205"\w* \w man|strong="H2205"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w infirm|strong="H3486"\w*. \w He|strong="H3808"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.


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\w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w God’s|strong="H0430"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w small|strong="H6996"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w treasures|strong="H0214"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w treasures|strong="H0214"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w princes|strong="H8269"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H0430"\w* \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*.


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\w They|strong="H3605"\w* \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* \w God’s|strong="H0430"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w broke|strong="H5422"\w* \w down|strong="H5422"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w its|strong="H3605"\w* \w palaces|strong="H0759"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*, \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H7843"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w its|strong="H3605"\w* \w valuable|strong="H4261"\w* \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w*.


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\w He|strong="H5704"\w* \w carried|strong="H1540"\w* \w those|strong="H4480"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w escaped|strong="H7611"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w away|strong="H1540"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H5704"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H1961"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w reign|strong="H4438"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4438"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Persia|strong="H6539"\w*,


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\w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w fulfill|strong="H4390"\w* \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jeremiah’s|strong="H3414"\w* \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*, \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w enjoyed|strong="H7521"\w* \w its|strong="H3605"\w* \w Sabbaths|strong="H7676"\w*. \w As|strong="H5704"\w* \w long|strong="H5704"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w it|strong="H5704"\w* lay \w desolate|strong="H8074"\w*, \w it|strong="H5704"\w* kept \w Sabbath|strong="H7676"\w*, \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w fulfill|strong="H4390"\w* \w seventy|strong="H7657"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Now|strong="H1571"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w first|strong="H0259"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Cyrus|strong="H3566"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Persia|strong="H6539"\w*, \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w might|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1571"\w* \w accomplished|strong="H3615"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w stirred|strong="H5782"\w* \w up|strong="H5782"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Cyrus|strong="H3566"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Persia|strong="H6539"\w*, \w so|strong="H1571"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H3605"\w* \w a|strong="H0259"\w* \w proclamation|strong="H6963"\w* \w throughout|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4438"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w put|strong="H3615"\w* \w it|strong="H3068"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w writing|strong="H4385"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,


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“\w Cyrus|strong="H3566"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Persia|strong="H6539"\w* \w says|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kingdoms|strong="H4467"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w*; \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H0559"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H5414"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*. \w Whoever|strong="H3605"\w* \w there|strong="H5927"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w among|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w let|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w go|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w*.’”


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\w Now|strong="H1571"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w first|strong="H0259"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Cyrus|strong="H3566"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Persia|strong="H6539"\w*, \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w*<n>“Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “<font size=-1>LORD</font>” (all caps) in other translations.</n> \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jeremiah’s|strong="H3414"\w* \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* \w might|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1571"\w* \w accomplished|strong="H3615"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w stirred|strong="H5782"\w* \w up|strong="H5782"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Cyrus|strong="H3566"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Persia|strong="H6539"\w*, \w so|strong="H1571"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H3605"\w* \w a|strong="H0259"\w* \w proclamation|strong="H6963"\w* \w throughout|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4438"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w put|strong="H3615"\w* \w it|strong="H3068"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w writing|strong="H4385"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,


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“\w Cyrus|strong="H3566"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Persia|strong="H6539"\w* \w says|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*<n>The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).</n> \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kingdoms|strong="H4467"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*; \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H0559"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H5414"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.


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\w Whoever|strong="H3605"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w among|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w may|strong="H1961"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w let|strong="H1961"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w* \w go|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w in|strong="H0430"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* (\w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*), \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w in|strong="H0430"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.


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\w Whoever|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w left|strong="H7604"\w*, \w in|strong="H0430"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w where|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w lives|strong="H1481"\w*, let \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* help \w him|strong="H5973"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w goods|strong="H7399"\w*, \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w animals|strong="H0929"\w*, \w in|strong="H0430"\w* addition \w to|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w free|strong="H5973"\w* \w will|strong="H0430"\w* \w offering|strong="H5071"\w* \w for|strong="H1004"\w* \w God’s|strong="H0430"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w in|strong="H0430"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.’”<pb/>


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\w Then|strong="H6965"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w heads|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w fathers’|strong="H0001"\w* \w households|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w whose|strong="H0834"\w* \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w stirred|strong="H5782"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w go|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, \w rose|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w in|strong="H0430"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.


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\w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H3027"\w* \w around|strong="H5439"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w strengthened|strong="H2388"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w goods|strong="H7399"\w*, \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w animals|strong="H0929"\w*, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w precious|strong="H4030"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w*, \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w addition|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H3027"\w* \w willingly|strong="H5068"\w* \w offered|strong="H5068"\w*.


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\w Also|strong="H3068"\w* \w Cyrus|strong="H3566"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w brought|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w brought|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*;


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\w The|strong="H1121"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Azgad|strong="H5803"\w*, \w one|strong="H1121"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w twenty-two|strong="H8147"\w*.


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\w The|strong="H1121"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ater|strong="H0333"\w*, \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w*, ninety-eight.


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\w The|strong="H1121"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jorah|strong="H3139"\w*, \w one|strong="H1121"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w twelve|strong="H6240"\w*.


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\w The|strong="H1121"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hashum|strong="H2828"\w*, \w two|strong="H3967"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* twenty-three.


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\w The|strong="H1121"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Gibbar|strong="H1402"\w*, ninety-five.


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\w The|strong="H1121"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Azmaveth|strong="H5820"\w*, \w forty-two|strong="H8147"\w*.


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\w The|strong="H1121"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Kiriath|strong="H7157"\w* Arim, Chephirah, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Beeroth|strong="H0881"\w*, \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* forty-three.


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\w The|strong="H1121"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ramah|strong="H7414"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Geba|strong="H1387"\w*, \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* twenty-one.


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\w The|strong="H1121"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nebo|strong="H5015"\w*, \w fifty-two|strong="H2572"\w*.


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\w The|strong="H1121"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Magbish|strong="H4019"\w*, \w one|strong="H1121"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* fifty-six.


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\w that|strong="H1768"\w* \w search|strong="H1240"\w* may \w be|strong="H1240"\w* \w made|strong="H3046"\w* \w in|strong="H5922"\w* \w the|strong="H5922"\w* \w book|strong="H5609"\w* \w of|strong="H4481"\w* \w the|strong="H5922"\w* records \w of|strong="H4481"\w* \w your|strong="H5922"\w* \w fathers|strong="H0002"\w*. \w You|strong="H1768"\w* \w will|strong="H1768"\w* see \w in|strong="H5922"\w* \w the|strong="H5922"\w* \w book|strong="H5609"\w* \w of|strong="H4481"\w* \w the|strong="H5922"\w* records, \w and|strong="H4430"\w* \w know|strong="H3046"\w* \w that|strong="H1768"\w* \w this|strong="H1836"\w* \w city|strong="H7149"\w* \w is|strong="H1768"\w* \w a|strong="H5648"\w* rebellious \w city|strong="H7149"\w*, \w and|strong="H4430"\w* hurtful \w to|strong="H5922"\w* \w kings|strong="H4430"\w* \w and|strong="H4430"\w* \w provinces|strong="H4083"\w*, \w and|strong="H4430"\w* \w that|strong="H1768"\w* \w they|strong="H1768"\w* \w have|strong="H4430"\w* started rebellions \w within|strong="H1459"\w* \w it|strong="H5922"\w* \w in|strong="H5922"\w* \w the|strong="H5922"\w* \w past|strong="H5957"\w*. \w That|strong="H1768"\w* \w is|strong="H1768"\w* why \w this|strong="H1836"\w* \w city|strong="H7149"\w* \w was|strong="H4430"\w* destroyed.


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\w We|strong="H0586"\w* \w inform|strong="H3046"\w* \w the|strong="H5675"\w* \w king|strong="H4430"\w* \w that|strong="H1768"\w* \w if|strong="H2006"\w* \w this|strong="H1836"\w* \w city|strong="H7149"\w* \w is|strong="H1768"\w* \w built|strong="H1124"\w* \w and|strong="H4430"\w* \w the|strong="H5675"\w* \w walls|strong="H7792"\w* \w finished|strong="H3635"\w*, \w then|strong="H4430"\w* \w you|strong="H1768"\w* \w will|strong="H1768"\w* \w have|strong="H0383"\w* \w no|strong="H3809"\w* \w possession|strong="H2508"\w* \w beyond|strong="H5675"\w* \w the|strong="H5675"\w* \w River|strong="H5103"\w*.<pb/><pb/>


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\w Then|strong="H4430"\w* \w the|strong="H5675"\w* \w king|strong="H4430"\w* \w sent|strong="H7972"\w* \w an|strong="H7972"\w* \w answer|strong="H6600"\w* \w to|strong="H5922"\w* \w Rehum|strong="H7348"\w* \w the|strong="H5675"\w* chancellor, \w and|strong="H4430"\w* \w to|strong="H5922"\w* \w Shimshai|strong="H8124"\w* \w the|strong="H5675"\w* \w scribe|strong="H5613"\w*, \w and|strong="H4430"\w* \w to|strong="H5922"\w* \w the|strong="H5675"\w* \w rest|strong="H7606"\w* \w of|strong="H4430"\w* their companions \w who|strong="H1768"\w* \w live|strong="H3488"\w* \w in|strong="H5922"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8115"\w*, \w and|strong="H4430"\w* \w in|strong="H5922"\w* \w the|strong="H5675"\w* \w rest|strong="H7606"\w* \w of|strong="H4430"\w* \w the|strong="H5675"\w* country \w beyond|strong="H5675"\w* \w the|strong="H5675"\w* \w River|strong="H5103"\w*: \w Peace|strong="H8001"\w*.<pb/>


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\w The|strong="H5922"\w* letter \w which|strong="H1768"\w* \w you|strong="H1768"\w* \w sent|strong="H7972"\w* \w to|strong="H5922"\w* us \w has|strong="H1768"\w* been plainly \w read|strong="H7123"\w* \w before|strong="H6925"\w* \w me|strong="H6925"\w*.


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\w I|strong="H4481"\w* decreed, \w and|strong="H4430"\w* \w search|strong="H1240"\w* \w has|strong="H1768"\w* been \w made|strong="H5648"\w*, \w and|strong="H4430"\w* \w it|strong="H5922"\w* \w was|strong="H4430"\w* \w found|strong="H7912"\w* \w that|strong="H1768"\w* \w this|strong="H1791"\w* \w city|strong="H7149"\w* \w has|strong="H1768"\w* \w made|strong="H5648"\w* insurrection \w against|strong="H5922"\w* \w kings|strong="H4430"\w* \w in|strong="H5922"\w* \w the|strong="H5922"\w* \w past|strong="H5957"\w*, \w and|strong="H4430"\w* \w that|strong="H1768"\w* \w rebellion|strong="H4776"\w* \w and|strong="H4430"\w* \w revolts|strong="H0849"\w* \w have|strong="H4430"\w* been \w made|strong="H5648"\w* \w in|strong="H5922"\w* \w it|strong="H5922"\w*.


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There \w have|strong="H4430"\w* also been \w mighty|strong="H8624"\w* \w kings|strong="H4430"\w* \w over|strong="H5922"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3390"\w* who \w have|strong="H4430"\w* \w ruled|strong="H1934"\w* \w over|strong="H5922"\w* \w all|strong="H3606"\w* \w the|strong="H3606"\w* country \w beyond|strong="H5675"\w* \w the|strong="H3606"\w* \w River|strong="H5103"\w*; \w and|strong="H4430"\w* \w tribute|strong="H4061"\w*, \w custom|strong="H1093"\w*, \w and|strong="H4430"\w* \w toll|strong="H1983"\w* \w was|strong="H1934"\w* \w paid|strong="H3052"\w* \w to|strong="H5922"\w* them.


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\w Make|strong="H7761"\w* \w a|strong="H7761"\w* \w decree|strong="H2942"\w* \w now|strong="H3705"\w* \w to|strong="H2942"\w* cause \w these|strong="H0479"\w* \w men|strong="H1400"\w* \w to|strong="H2942"\w* \w cease|strong="H0989"\w*, \w and|strong="H7149"\w* \w that|strong="H2942"\w* \w this|strong="H1791"\w* \w city|strong="H7149"\w* \w not|strong="H3809"\w* \w be|strong="H3705"\w* \w built|strong="H1124"\w* \w until|strong="H5705"\w* \w a|strong="H7761"\w* \w decree|strong="H2942"\w* \w is|strong="H7149"\w* \w made|strong="H7761"\w* \w by|strong="H7761"\w* me.


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\w Be|strong="H1934"\w* careful \w that|strong="H4430"\w* \w you|strong="H5922"\w* not \w be|strong="H1934"\w* slack \w doing|strong="H5648"\w* so. \w Why|strong="H4101"\w* \w should|strong="H4101"\w* \w damage|strong="H5142"\w* grow \w to|strong="H5922"\w* \w the|strong="H5922"\w* hurt \w of|strong="H4430"\w* \w the|strong="H5922"\w* \w kings|strong="H4430"\w*?<pb/><pb/>


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\w Then|strong="H0116"\w* \w when|strong="H1768"\w* \w the|strong="H0116"\w* \w copy|strong="H6573"\w* \w of|strong="H4481"\w* \w King|strong="H4430"\w* Artaxerxes’ letter \w was|strong="H4430"\w* \w read|strong="H7123"\w* \w before|strong="H6925"\w* \w Rehum|strong="H7348"\w*, \w Shimshai|strong="H8124"\w* \w the|strong="H0116"\w* \w scribe|strong="H5613"\w*, \w and|strong="H4430"\w* their companions, \w they|strong="H0116"\w* \w went|strong="H0236"\w* \w in|strong="H0236"\w* \w haste|strong="H0924"\w* \w to|strong="H5922"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3390"\w* \w to|strong="H5922"\w* \w the|strong="H0116"\w* \w Jews|strong="H3062"\w*, \w and|strong="H4430"\w* \w made|strong="H7123"\w* \w them|strong="H1994"\w* \w to|strong="H5922"\w* \w cease|strong="H0989"\w* \w by|strong="H4481"\w* \w force|strong="H0153"\w* \w of|strong="H4481"\w* \w arms|strong="H2429"\w*.


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\w Then|strong="H0116"\w* \w work|strong="H5673"\w* \w stopped|strong="H0989"\w* \w on|strong="H5705"\w* God’s \w house|strong="H1005"\w* \w which|strong="H1768"\w* \w is|strong="H1768"\w* \w at|strong="H0426"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3390"\w*. It \w stopped|strong="H0989"\w* \w until|strong="H5705"\w* \w the|strong="H0116"\w* \w second|strong="H8648"\w* \w year|strong="H8140"\w* \w of|strong="H0426"\w* \w the|strong="H0116"\w* \w reign|strong="H4437"\w* \w of|strong="H0426"\w* \w Darius|strong="H1868"\w* \w king|strong="H4430"\w* \w of|strong="H0426"\w* \w Persia|strong="H6540"\w*.<pb/>


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Now \w the|strong="H5922"\w* prophets, \w Haggai|strong="H2292"\w* \w the|strong="H5922"\w* prophet \w and|strong="H3061"\w* \w Zechariah|strong="H2148"\w* \w the|strong="H5922"\w* \w son|strong="H1247"\w* \w of|strong="H0426"\w* \w Iddo|strong="H5714"\w*, \w prophesied|strong="H5013"\w* \w to|strong="H5922"\w* \w the|strong="H5922"\w* \w Jews|strong="H3062"\w* \w who|strong="H1768"\w* \w were|strong="H1768"\w* \w in|strong="H0426"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3061"\w* \w and|strong="H3061"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3390"\w*. \w They|strong="H1768"\w* \w prophesied|strong="H5013"\w* \w to|strong="H5922"\w* them \w in|strong="H0426"\w* \w the|strong="H5922"\w* \w name|strong="H8036"\w* \w of|strong="H0426"\w* \w the|strong="H5922"\w* \w God|strong="H0426"\w* \w of|strong="H0426"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3479"\w*.


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\w Then|strong="H0116"\w* \w Zerubbabel|strong="H2217"\w* \w the|strong="H0116"\w* \w son|strong="H1247"\w* \w of|strong="H0426"\w* \w Shealtiel|strong="H7598"\w*, \w and|strong="H1005"\w* \w Jeshua|strong="H3443"\w* \w the|strong="H0116"\w* \w son|strong="H1247"\w* \w of|strong="H0426"\w* Jozadak rose up \w and|strong="H1005"\w* \w began|strong="H8271"\w* \w to|strong="H5974"\w* build God’s \w house|strong="H1005"\w* \w which|strong="H1768"\w* \w is|strong="H1768"\w* \w at|strong="H0426"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3390"\w*; \w and|strong="H1005"\w* \w with|strong="H5974"\w* them \w were|strong="H1768"\w* \w the|strong="H0116"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5029"\w* \w of|strong="H0426"\w* \w God|strong="H0426"\w*, helping them.<pb/>


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At \w the|strong="H5675"\w* same \w time|strong="H2166"\w* \w Tattenai|strong="H8674"\w*, \w the|strong="H5675"\w* \w governor|strong="H6347"\w* \w beyond|strong="H5675"\w* \w the|strong="H5675"\w* \w River|strong="H5103"\w*, \w came|strong="H0858"\w* \w to|strong="H5922"\w* \w them|strong="H0560"\w*, \w with|strong="H5922"\w* Shetharbozenai \w and|strong="H3652"\w* their companions, \w and|strong="H3652"\w* \w asked|strong="H0560"\w* \w them|strong="H0560"\w*, “\w Who|strong="H4479"\w* \w gave|strong="H0560"\w* \w you|strong="H5922"\w* \w a|strong="H7761"\w* \w decree|strong="H2942"\w* \w to|strong="H5922"\w* build \w this|strong="H1836"\w* \w house|strong="H1005"\w* \w and|strong="H3652"\w* \w to|strong="H5922"\w* \w finish|strong="H3635"\w* \w this|strong="H1836"\w* wall?”


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\w They|strong="H0116"\w* \w also|strong="H3660"\w* \w asked|strong="H0560"\w* \w for|strong="H1768"\w* \w the|strong="H0116"\w* \w names|strong="H8036"\w* \w of|strong="H1836"\w* \w the|strong="H0116"\w* \w men|strong="H1400"\w* \w were|strong="H1400"\w* \w who|strong="H1768"\w* \w were|strong="H1400"\w* making \w this|strong="H1836"\w* \w building|strong="H1124"\w*.


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\w But|strong="H0116"\w* \w the|strong="H0116"\w* eye \w of|strong="H0426"\w* their \w God|strong="H0426"\w* \w was|strong="H1934"\w* \w on|strong="H5922"\w* \w the|strong="H0116"\w* \w elders|strong="H7868"\w* \w of|strong="H0426"\w* \w the|strong="H0116"\w* \w Jews|strong="H3062"\w*, \w and|strong="H5705"\w* \w they|strong="H0116"\w* didn’t make \w them|strong="H1994"\w* \w cease|strong="H0989"\w* \w until|strong="H5705"\w* \w the|strong="H0116"\w* matter should come \w to|strong="H5922"\w* \w Darius|strong="H1868"\w*, \w and|strong="H5705"\w* an answer should \w be|strong="H0426"\w* \w returned|strong="H8421"\w* by letter \w concerning|strong="H5922"\w* \w it|strong="H5922"\w*.<pb/>


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\w The|strong="H5675"\w* \w copy|strong="H6573"\w* \w of|strong="H4430"\w* \w the|strong="H5675"\w* \w letter|strong="H0104"\w* \w that|strong="H1768"\w* \w Tattenai|strong="H8674"\w*, \w the|strong="H5675"\w* \w governor|strong="H6347"\w* \w beyond|strong="H5675"\w* \w the|strong="H5675"\w* \w River|strong="H5103"\w*, \w and|strong="H4430"\w* Shetharbozenai, \w and|strong="H4430"\w* \w his|strong="H7972"\w* companions \w the|strong="H5675"\w* Apharsachites \w who|strong="H1768"\w* \w were|strong="H1768"\w* \w beyond|strong="H5675"\w* \w the|strong="H5675"\w* \w River|strong="H5103"\w*, \w sent|strong="H7972"\w* \w to|strong="H5922"\w* \w Darius|strong="H1868"\w* \w the|strong="H5675"\w* \w king|strong="H4430"\w* follows.


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They \w sent|strong="H7972"\w* \w a|strong="H7972"\w* letter \w to|strong="H5922"\w* him, \w in|strong="H5922"\w* which \w was|strong="H4430"\w* \w written|strong="H3790"\w*: \w To|strong="H5922"\w* \w Darius|strong="H1868"\w* \w the|strong="H3606"\w* \w king|strong="H4430"\w*, \w all|strong="H3606"\w* \w peace|strong="H8001"\w*.


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\w Be|strong="H0426"\w* it \w known|strong="H3046"\w* \w to|strong="H0236"\w* \w the|strong="H1768"\w* \w king|strong="H4430"\w* \w that|strong="H1768"\w* \w we|strong="H1768"\w* \w went|strong="H0236"\w* into \w the|strong="H1768"\w* \w province|strong="H4083"\w* \w of|strong="H0426"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3061"\w*, \w to|strong="H0236"\w* \w the|strong="H1768"\w* \w house|strong="H1005"\w* \w of|strong="H0426"\w* \w the|strong="H1768"\w* \w great|strong="H7229"\w* \w God|strong="H0426"\w*, \w which|strong="H1768"\w* \w is|strong="H1768"\w* being \w built|strong="H1124"\w* \w with|strong="H1124"\w* \w great|strong="H7229"\w* \w stones|strong="H0069"\w* \w and|strong="H4430"\w* \w timber|strong="H0636"\w* \w is|strong="H1768"\w* \w laid|strong="H7761"\w* \w in|strong="H0426"\w* \w the|strong="H1768"\w* \w walls|strong="H3797"\w*. \w This|strong="H1791"\w* \w work|strong="H5673"\w* goes on \w with|strong="H1124"\w* \w diligence|strong="H0629"\w* \w and|strong="H4430"\w* prospers \w in|strong="H0426"\w* their \w hands|strong="H3028"\w*.


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\w Then|strong="H0116"\w* \w we|strong="H0116"\w* \w asked|strong="H7593"\w* \w those|strong="H0479"\w* \w elders|strong="H7868"\w*, \w and|strong="H1005"\w* \w said|strong="H0560"\w* \w to|strong="H0560"\w* \w them|strong="H0560"\w* \w thus|strong="H1836"\w*, “\w Who|strong="H4479"\w* \w gave|strong="H0560"\w* you \w a|strong="H7761"\w* \w decree|strong="H2942"\w* \w to|strong="H0560"\w* build \w this|strong="H1836"\w* \w house|strong="H1005"\w*, \w and|strong="H1005"\w* \w to|strong="H0560"\w* \w finish|strong="H3635"\w* \w this|strong="H1836"\w* wall?”


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\w We|strong="H1768"\w* \w asked|strong="H7593"\w* them their \w names|strong="H8036"\w* \w also|strong="H0638"\w*, \w to|strong="H8036"\w* \w inform|strong="H3046"\w* \w you|strong="H1768"\w* \w that|strong="H1768"\w* \w we|strong="H1768"\w* might \w write|strong="H3790"\w* \w the|strong="H1768"\w* \w names|strong="H8036"\w* \w of|strong="H7217"\w* \w the|strong="H1768"\w* \w men|strong="H1400"\w* \w who|strong="H1768"\w* \w were|strong="H1768"\w* at their \w head|strong="H7217"\w*.


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\w Thus|strong="H1836"\w* \w they|strong="H3660"\w* \w returned|strong="H8421"\w* \w us|strong="H5649"\w* \w answer|strong="H6600"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0560"\w*, “\w We|strong="H0586"\w* \w are|strong="H1768"\w* \w the|strong="H1768"\w* \w servants|strong="H5649"\w* \w of|strong="H0426"\w* \w the|strong="H1768"\w* \w God|strong="H0426"\w* \w of|strong="H0426"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8065"\w* \w and|strong="H4430"\w* \w earth|strong="H0772"\w* \w and|strong="H4430"\w* \w are|strong="H1768"\w* \w building|strong="H1124"\w* \w the|strong="H1768"\w* \w house|strong="H1005"\w* \w that|strong="H1768"\w* \w was|strong="H1934"\w* \w built|strong="H1124"\w* \w these|strong="H1836"\w* \w many|strong="H7690"\w* \w years|strong="H8140"\w* \w ago|strong="H6928"\w*, \w which|strong="H1768"\w* \w a|strong="H1934"\w* \w great|strong="H7229"\w* \w king|strong="H4430"\w* \w of|strong="H0426"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3479"\w* \w built|strong="H1124"\w* \w and|strong="H4430"\w* \w finished|strong="H3635"\w*.


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\w But|strong="H3861"\w* \w after|strong="H4481"\w* our \w fathers|strong="H0002"\w* \w had|strong="H4430"\w* \w provoked|strong="H7265"\w* \w the|strong="H1768"\w* \w God|strong="H0426"\w* \w of|strong="H0426"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8065"\w* \w to|strong="H4481"\w* \w wrath|strong="H7265"\w*, \w he|strong="H1768"\w* \w gave|strong="H3052"\w* \w them|strong="H1994"\w* into \w the|strong="H1768"\w* \w hand|strong="H3028"\w* \w of|strong="H0426"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5020"\w* \w king|strong="H4430"\w* \w of|strong="H0426"\w* \w Babylon|strong="H0895"\w*, \w the|strong="H1768"\w* Chaldean, \w who|strong="H1768"\w* destroyed \w this|strong="H1836"\w* \w house|strong="H1005"\w* \w and|strong="H4430"\w* carried \w the|strong="H1768"\w* \w people|strong="H5972"\w* away into \w Babylon|strong="H0895"\w*.


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\w Now|strong="H3705"\w* therefore, \w if|strong="H2006"\w* \w it|strong="H2006"\w* seems good \w to|strong="H5922"\w* \w the|strong="H5922"\w* \w king|strong="H4430"\w*, \w let|strong="H3705"\w* \w a|strong="H7761"\w* \w search|strong="H1240"\w* \w be|strong="H0426"\w* \w made|strong="H1240"\w* \w in|strong="H0426"\w* \w the|strong="H5922"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4430"\w* \w treasure|strong="H1596"\w* \w house|strong="H1005"\w*, \w which|strong="H1768"\w* \w is|strong="H1768"\w* \w there|strong="H8536"\w* \w at|strong="H0426"\w* \w Babylon|strong="H0895"\w*, \w whether|strong="H2006"\w* \w it|strong="H2006"\w* \w is|strong="H1768"\w* \w so|strong="H1768"\w* \w that|strong="H1768"\w* \w a|strong="H7761"\w* \w decree|strong="H2942"\w* \w was|strong="H4430"\w* \w made|strong="H1240"\w* \w by|strong="H7761"\w* \w Cyrus|strong="H3567"\w* \w the|strong="H5922"\w* \w king|strong="H4430"\w* \w to|strong="H5922"\w* build \w this|strong="H1836"\w* \w house|strong="H1005"\w* \w of|strong="H0426"\w* \w God|strong="H0426"\w* \w at|strong="H0426"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3390"\w*; \w and|strong="H4430"\w* \w let|strong="H3705"\w* \w the|strong="H5922"\w* \w king|strong="H4430"\w* \w send|strong="H7972"\w* \w his|strong="H7972"\w* pleasure \w to|strong="H5922"\w* us \w concerning|strong="H5922"\w* \w this|strong="H1836"\w* matter.”<pb/>


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\w Then|strong="H0116"\w* \w Darius|strong="H1868"\w* \w the|strong="H0116"\w* \w king|strong="H4430"\w* \w made|strong="H1240"\w* \w a|strong="H7761"\w* \w decree|strong="H2942"\w*, \w and|strong="H4430"\w* \w the|strong="H0116"\w* \w house|strong="H1005"\w* \w of|strong="H1005"\w* \w the|strong="H0116"\w* \w archives|strong="H1596"\w*, \w where|strong="H1768"\w* \w the|strong="H0116"\w* \w treasures|strong="H1596"\w* \w were|strong="H1768"\w* \w laid|strong="H7761"\w* up \w in|strong="H5182"\w* \w Babylon|strong="H0895"\w*, \w was|strong="H4430"\w* searched.


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\w A|strong="H7912"\w* \w scroll|strong="H4040"\w* \w was|strong="H1768"\w* \w found|strong="H7912"\w* at Achmetha, \w in|strong="H1768"\w* \w the|strong="H1768"\w* palace \w that|strong="H1768"\w* \w is|strong="H1768"\w* \w in|strong="H1768"\w* \w the|strong="H1768"\w* \w province|strong="H4083"\w* \w of|strong="H4083"\w* \w Media|strong="H4076"\w*, \w and|strong="H4076"\w* \w in|strong="H1768"\w* it this \w was|strong="H1768"\w* \w written|strong="H3790"\w* \w for|strong="H1768"\w* \w a|strong="H7912"\w* record:<pb/>


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with \w three|strong="H8532"\w* courses \w of|strong="H1005"\w* great \w stones|strong="H0069"\w* \w and|strong="H4430"\w* a course \w of|strong="H1005"\w* new \w timber|strong="H0636"\w*. Let \w the|strong="H1768"\w* expenses \w be|strong="H5313"\w* \w given|strong="H3052"\w* out \w of|strong="H1005"\w* \w the|strong="H1768"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4430"\w* \w house|strong="H1005"\w*.


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\w Also|strong="H0638"\w* \w let|strong="H0638"\w* \w the|strong="H1768"\w* \w gold|strong="H1722"\w* \w and|strong="H3702"\w* \w silver|strong="H3702"\w* \w vessels|strong="H3984"\w* \w of|strong="H0426"\w* God’s \w house|strong="H1005"\w*, \w which|strong="H1768"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5020"\w* \w took|strong="H5312"\w* out \w of|strong="H0426"\w* \w the|strong="H1768"\w* \w temple|strong="H1005"\w* \w which|strong="H1768"\w* \w is|strong="H1768"\w* \w at|strong="H0426"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3390"\w* \w and|strong="H3702"\w* \w brought|strong="H2987"\w* \w to|strong="H4481"\w* \w Babylon|strong="H0895"\w*, \w be|strong="H0426"\w* \w restored|strong="H8421"\w* \w and|strong="H3702"\w* \w brought|strong="H2987"\w* again \w to|strong="H4481"\w* \w the|strong="H1768"\w* \w temple|strong="H1005"\w* \w which|strong="H1768"\w* \w is|strong="H1768"\w* \w at|strong="H0426"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3390"\w*, everything \w to|strong="H4481"\w* \w its|strong="H4481"\w* \w place|strong="H0870"\w*. \w You|strong="H1768"\w* shall \w put|strong="H5182"\w* them \w in|strong="H0426"\w* God’s \w house|strong="H1005"\w*.


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\w Now|strong="H3705"\w* therefore, \w Tattenai|strong="H8674"\w*, \w governor|strong="H6347"\w* \w beyond|strong="H5675"\w* \w the|strong="H5675"\w* \w River|strong="H5103"\w*, Shetharbozenai, \w and|strong="H8370"\w* your companions \w the|strong="H5675"\w* Apharsachites, \w who|strong="H1768"\w* \w are|strong="H1768"\w* \w beyond|strong="H5675"\w* \w the|strong="H5675"\w* \w River|strong="H5103"\w*, \w you|strong="H1768"\w* must stay \w far|strong="H7352"\w* \w from|strong="H4481"\w* \w there|strong="H8536"\w*.


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\w Leave|strong="H7662"\w* \w the|strong="H5922"\w* \w work|strong="H5673"\w* \w of|strong="H0426"\w* \w this|strong="H1791"\w* \w house|strong="H1005"\w* \w of|strong="H0426"\w* \w God|strong="H0426"\w* \w alone|strong="H7662"\w*; let \w the|strong="H5922"\w* \w governor|strong="H6347"\w* \w of|strong="H0426"\w* \w the|strong="H5922"\w* \w Jews|strong="H3062"\w* \w and|strong="H1005"\w* \w the|strong="H5922"\w* \w elders|strong="H7868"\w* \w of|strong="H0426"\w* \w the|strong="H5922"\w* \w Jews|strong="H3062"\w* build \w this|strong="H1791"\w* \w house|strong="H1005"\w* \w of|strong="H0426"\w* \w God|strong="H0426"\w* \w in|strong="H0426"\w* its \w place|strong="H0870"\w*.


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Moreover \w I|strong="H4481"\w* \w make|strong="H5648"\w* \w a|strong="H7761"\w* \w decree|strong="H2942"\w* regarding \w what|strong="H1768"\w* \w you|strong="H1768"\w* shall \w do|strong="H5648"\w* \w for|strong="H1768"\w* \w these|strong="H0479"\w* \w elders|strong="H7868"\w* \w of|strong="H0426"\w* \w the|strong="H5675"\w* \w Jews|strong="H3062"\w* \w for|strong="H1768"\w* \w the|strong="H5675"\w* \w building|strong="H1124"\w* \w of|strong="H0426"\w* \w this|strong="H1791"\w* \w house|strong="H1005"\w* \w of|strong="H0426"\w* \w God|strong="H0426"\w*: \w that|strong="H1768"\w* \w of|strong="H0426"\w* \w the|strong="H5675"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4430"\w* \w goods|strong="H5232"\w*, \w even|strong="H1768"\w* \w of|strong="H0426"\w* \w the|strong="H5675"\w* \w tribute|strong="H4061"\w* \w beyond|strong="H5675"\w* \w the|strong="H5675"\w* \w River|strong="H5103"\w*, expenses must \w be|strong="H0426"\w* \w given|strong="H3052"\w* \w with|strong="H5974"\w* \w all|strong="H0629"\w* \w diligence|strong="H0629"\w* \w to|strong="H2942"\w* \w these|strong="H0479"\w* \w men|strong="H1400"\w*, \w that|strong="H1768"\w* \w they|strong="H1768"\w* \w not|strong="H3809"\w* \w be|strong="H0426"\w* hindered.


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\w I|strong="H4481"\w* have also \w made|strong="H5648"\w* \w a|strong="H7761"\w* \w decree|strong="H2942"\w* \w that|strong="H1768"\w* whoever alters \w this|strong="H1836"\w* message, let \w a|strong="H7761"\w* beam be pulled \w out|strong="H5648"\w* \w from|strong="H4481"\w* \w his|strong="H5922"\w* \w house|strong="H1005"\w*, \w and|strong="H0606"\w* let \w him|strong="H4481"\w* be lifted up \w and|strong="H0606"\w* fastened \w on|strong="H5922"\w* \w it|strong="H5922"\w*; \w and|strong="H0606"\w* let \w his|strong="H5922"\w* \w house|strong="H1005"\w* be \w made|strong="H5648"\w* \w a|strong="H7761"\w* dunghill \w for|strong="H1768"\w* \w this|strong="H1836"\w*.


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May \w the|strong="H3606"\w* \w God|strong="H0426"\w* \w who|strong="H1768"\w* \w has|strong="H0426"\w* caused \w his|strong="H7972"\w* \w name|strong="H8036"\w* \w to|strong="H2942"\w* \w dwell|strong="H7932"\w* \w there|strong="H8536"\w* \w overthrow|strong="H4049"\w* \w all|strong="H3606"\w* \w kings|strong="H4430"\w* \w and|strong="H4430"\w* \w peoples|strong="H5972"\w* \w who|strong="H1768"\w* stretch \w out|strong="H5648"\w* \w their|strong="H3606"\w* \w hand|strong="H3028"\w* \w to|strong="H2942"\w* alter \w this|strong="H1791"\w*, \w to|strong="H2942"\w* \w destroy|strong="H2255"\w* \w this|strong="H1791"\w* \w house|strong="H1005"\w* \w of|strong="H0426"\w* \w God|strong="H0426"\w* \w which|strong="H1768"\w* \w is|strong="H1768"\w* \w at|strong="H0426"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3390"\w*. \w I|strong="H0576"\w* \w Darius|strong="H1868"\w* \w have|strong="H0576"\w* \w made|strong="H5648"\w* \w a|strong="H7761"\w* \w decree|strong="H2942"\w*. Let it \w be|strong="H0426"\w* \w done|strong="H5648"\w* \w with|strong="H0426"\w* \w all|strong="H3606"\w* \w diligence|strong="H0629"\w*.<pb/><pb/>


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\w Then|strong="H0116"\w* \w Tattenai|strong="H8674"\w*, \w the|strong="H5675"\w* \w governor|strong="H6347"\w* \w beyond|strong="H5675"\w* \w the|strong="H5675"\w* \w River|strong="H5103"\w*, Shetharbozenai, \w and|strong="H4430"\w* their companions did \w accordingly|strong="H3660"\w* \w with|strong="H6903"\w* \w all|strong="H0629"\w* \w diligence|strong="H0629"\w*, \w because|strong="H6903"\w* \w Darius|strong="H1868"\w* \w the|strong="H5675"\w* \w king|strong="H4430"\w* \w had|strong="H4430"\w* \w sent|strong="H7972"\w* \w a|strong="H5648"\w* decree.<pb/>


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\w This|strong="H1836"\w* \w house|strong="H1005"\w* \w was|strong="H4430"\w* finished \w on|strong="H5705"\w* \w the|strong="H1768"\w* \w third|strong="H8532"\w* \w day|strong="H3118"\w* \w of|strong="H1005"\w* \w the|strong="H1768"\w* \w month|strong="H3393"\w* \w Adar|strong="H0144"\w*, \w which|strong="H1768"\w* \w was|strong="H4430"\w* \w in|strong="H4437"\w* \w the|strong="H1768"\w* \w sixth|strong="H8353"\w* \w year|strong="H8140"\w* \w of|strong="H1005"\w* \w the|strong="H1768"\w* \w reign|strong="H4437"\w* \w of|strong="H1005"\w* \w Darius|strong="H1868"\w* \w the|strong="H1768"\w* \w king|strong="H4430"\w*.<pb/>


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\w They|strong="H5971"\w* \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w commissions|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* local \w governors|strong="H6346"\w* \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w governors|strong="H6346"\w* \w beyond|strong="H5676"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w River|strong="H5104"\w*. \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w they|strong="H5971"\w* \w supported|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w God’s|strong="H0430"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.<pb/>


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Now \w when|strong="H3615"\w* \w these|strong="H0428"\w* \w things|strong="H0428"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* done, \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* \w came|strong="H5066"\w* \w near|strong="H5066"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w* \w have|strong="H0776"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w separated|strong="H0914"\w* \w themselves|strong="H0428"\w* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w peoples|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w lands|strong="H0776"\w*, following \w their|strong="H3808"\w* \w abominations|strong="H8441"\w*, \w even|strong="H3808"\w* \w those|strong="H0428"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w Canaanites|strong="H3669"\w*, \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w Hittites|strong="H2850"\w*, \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w Perizzites|strong="H6522"\w*, \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w Jebusites|strong="H2983"\w*, \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w Ammonites|strong="H5984"\w*, \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w Moabites|strong="H4125"\w*, \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w Egyptians|strong="H4713"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w Amorites|strong="H0567"\w*.


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\w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w taken|strong="H5375"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H5375"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w themselves|strong="H1992"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w their|strong="H5375"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, \w so|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w holy|strong="H6944"\w* \w offspring|strong="H2233"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* mixed \w themselves|strong="H1992"\w* \w with|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w peoples|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w lands|strong="H0776"\w*. \w Yes|strong="H3588"\w*, \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w rulers|strong="H8269"\w* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w chief|strong="H8269"\w* \w in|strong="H0776"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w trespass|strong="H4604"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w My|strong="H3588"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H0430"\w* \w ashamed|strong="H0954"\w* \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w blush|strong="H3637"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w lift|strong="H7311"\w* \w up|strong="H7311"\w* \w my|strong="H3588"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w my|strong="H3588"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w our|strong="H0430"\w* \w iniquities|strong="H5771"\w* \w have|strong="H5771"\w* \w increased|strong="H7235"\w* \w over|strong="H0413"\w* \w our|strong="H0430"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w*, \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w our|strong="H0430"\w* guiltiness \w has|strong="H0430"\w* \w grown|strong="H1431"\w* \w up|strong="H7311"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w*.


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\w Since|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w our|strong="H5414"\w* \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* \w we|strong="H0587"\w* \w have|strong="H0001"\w* \w been|strong="H0776"\w* \w exceedingly|strong="H1419"\w* \w guilty|strong="H5771"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*; \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w for|strong="H0776"\w* \w our|strong="H5414"\w* \w iniquities|strong="H5771"\w* \w we|strong="H0587"\w*, \w our|strong="H5414"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w*, \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w our|strong="H5414"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w have|strong="H0001"\w* \w been|strong="H0776"\w* \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* \w into|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w lands|strong="H0776"\w*, \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w captivity|strong="H7628"\w*, \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w plunder|strong="H0961"\w*, \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* confusion \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w*, \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.


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\w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w little|strong="H4592"\w* \w moment|strong="H7281"\w* \w grace|strong="H8467"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* shown \w from|strong="H1961"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w leave|strong="H7604"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w remnant|strong="H7604"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w escape|strong="H6413"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* stake \w in|strong="H0430"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w holy|strong="H6944"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w*, \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w may|strong="H1961"\w* lighten \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w revive|strong="H0215"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w little|strong="H4592"\w* \w in|strong="H0430"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w bondage|strong="H5659"\w*.


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\w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H0587"\w* \w are|strong="H0430"\w* bondservants; \w yet|strong="H3588"\w* \w our|strong="H5414"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w has|strong="H0430"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* forsaken \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w our|strong="H5414"\w* \w bondage|strong="H5650"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H0430"\w* \w extended|strong="H5186"\w* loving \w kindness|strong="H2617"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w sight|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Persia|strong="H6539"\w*, \w to|strong="H5921"\w* revive \w us|strong="H5414"\w*, \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w set|strong="H5414"\w* \w up|strong="H7311"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w our|strong="H5414"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* repair \w its|strong="H5414"\w* \w ruins|strong="H2723"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w wall|strong="H1447"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.<pb/>


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“\w Now|strong="H6258"\w*, \w our|strong="H0430"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w shall|strong="H4100"\w* \w we|strong="H3588"\w* \w say|strong="H0559"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w*? \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* forsaken \w your|strong="H3588"\w* \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w*,


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\w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w your|strong="H0834"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w go|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w possess|strong="H3423"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w an|strong="H0935"\w* \w unclean|strong="H5079"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w through|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w uncleanness|strong="H5079"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w peoples|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w lands|strong="H0776"\w*, \w through|strong="H3027"\w* \w their|strong="H0935"\w* \w abominations|strong="H8441"\w*, \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w* \w one|strong="H1931"\w* \w end|strong="H6310"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w another|strong="H6310"\w* \w with|strong="H4390"\w* \w their|strong="H0935"\w* filthiness.


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\w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w therefore|strong="H6258"\w* \w don’t|strong="H0408"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w their|strong="H5375"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*. \w Don’t|strong="H0408"\w* \w take|strong="H5375"\w* \w their|strong="H5375"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, \w nor|strong="H3808"\w* \w seek|strong="H1875"\w* \w their|strong="H5375"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w their|strong="H5375"\w* \w prosperity|strong="H7965"\w* \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*, \w that|strong="H4616"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w may|strong="H0776"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w strong|strong="H2388"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w leave|strong="H4616"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w for|strong="H0776"\w* \w an|strong="H5414"\w* \w inheritance|strong="H3423"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*.’<pb/>


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“\w After|strong="H0310"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H0430"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w deeds|strong="H4639"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w guilt|strong="H5771"\w*, \w since|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w*, \w our|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w have|strong="H0859"\w* punished \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w less|strong="H3588"\w* \w than|strong="H5921"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* \w iniquities|strong="H5771"\w* deserve, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w have|strong="H0859"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w such|strong="H2063"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w remnant|strong="H6413"\w*,


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\w Arise|strong="H6965"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w matter|strong="H1697"\w* belongs \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w we|strong="H0587"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*. \w Be|strong="H1697"\w* \w courageous|strong="H2388"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w Ezra|strong="H5830"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w stood|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w You|strong="H0859"\w* \w have|strong="H0859"\w* trespassed, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w have|strong="H0859"\w* \w married|strong="H0802"\w* \w foreign|strong="H5237"\w* \w women|strong="H0802"\w*, \w increasing|strong="H3254"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w guilt|strong="H0819"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.


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\w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w therefore|strong="H6258"\w* \w make|strong="H5414"\w* \w confession|strong="H8426"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w pleasure|strong="H7522"\w*. \w Separate|strong="H0914"\w* \w yourselves|strong="H3068"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w peoples|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w foreign|strong="H5237"\w* \w women|strong="H0802"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w Now|strong="H4994"\w* \w let|strong="H4994"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* \w be|strong="H1697"\w* \w appointed|strong="H5975"\w* \w for|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w assembly|strong="H6951"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w let|strong="H4994"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w married|strong="H0802"\w* \w foreign|strong="H5237"\w* \w women|strong="H0802"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w at|strong="H3427"\w* \w appointed|strong="H5975"\w* \w times|strong="H6256"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w its|strong="H3605"\w* \w judges|strong="H8199"\w*, \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w fierce|strong="H2740"\w* \w wrath|strong="H0639"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w turned|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w us|strong="H4994"\w*, \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w matter|strong="H1697"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* resolved.”<pb/>


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\w Only|strong="H0389"\w* \w Jonathan|strong="H3129"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Asahel|strong="H6214"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jahzeiah|strong="H3167"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Tikvah|strong="H8616"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w up|strong="H5975"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Meshullam|strong="H4918"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shabbethai|strong="H7678"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Levite|strong="H3881"\w* \w helped|strong="H5826"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.<pb/>


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\w They|strong="H3117"\w* \w finished|strong="H3615"\w* \w with|strong="H0376"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H0376"\w* \w married|strong="H0802"\w* \w foreign|strong="H5237"\w* \w women|strong="H0802"\w* \w by|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w first|strong="H7223"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w first|strong="H7223"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w*.<pb/>


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• \w Of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H8098"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Harim|strong="H2766"\w*: \w Maaseiah|strong="H4641"\w*, \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w*, \w Shemaiah|strong="H8098"\w*, \w Jehiel|strong="H3171"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Uzziah|strong="H5818"\w*.


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• \w Of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3458"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Pashhur|strong="H6583"\w*: \w Elioenai|strong="H0454"\w*, \w Maaseiah|strong="H4641"\w*, \w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w*, \w Nethanel|strong="H5417"\w*, \w Jozabad|strong="H3107"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Elasah|strong="H0501"\w*.


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• \w Of|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w*: \w Jozabad|strong="H3107"\w*, \w Shimei|strong="H8096"\w*, \w Kelaiah|strong="H7041"\w* (\w also|strong="H3063"\w* called \w Kelita|strong="H7042"\w*), \w Pethahiah|strong="H6611"\w*, \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Eliezer|strong="H0461"\w*.


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• \w Of|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w singers|strong="H7891"\w*: \w Eliashib|strong="H0475"\w*. • \w Of|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w gatekeepers|strong="H7778"\w*: \w Shallum|strong="H7967"\w*, \w Telem|strong="H2928"\w*, \w and|strong="H7891"\w* \w Uri|strong="H0221"\w*.


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• \w Of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: \w Of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0499"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Parosh|strong="H6551"\w*: \w Ramiah|strong="H7422"\w*, \w Izziah|strong="H3150"\w*, \w Malchijah|strong="H4441"\w*, \w Mijamin|strong="H4326"\w*, \w Eleazar|strong="H0499"\w*, \w Malchijah|strong="H4441"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Benaiah|strong="H1141"\w*.


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• \w Of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Elam|strong="H5867"\w*: \w Mattaniah|strong="H4983"\w*, \w Zechariah|strong="H2148"\w*, \w Jehiel|strong="H3171"\w*, \w Abdi|strong="H5660"\w*, \w Jeremoth|strong="H3406"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w*.


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• \w Of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zattu|strong="H2240"\w*: \w Elioenai|strong="H0454"\w*, \w Eliashib|strong="H0475"\w*, \w Mattaniah|strong="H4983"\w*, \w Jeremoth|strong="H3406"\w*, \w Zabad|strong="H2066"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Aziza|strong="H5819"\w*.


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• \w Of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3076"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Bebai|strong="H0893"\w*: \w Jehohanan|strong="H3076"\w*, \w Hananiah|strong="H2608"\w*, \w Zabbai|strong="H2079"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* Athlai.


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• \w Of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Bani|strong="H1137"\w*: \w Meshullam|strong="H4918"\w*, \w Malluch|strong="H4409"\w*, \w Adaiah|strong="H5718"\w*, \w Jashub|strong="H3437"\w*, \w Sheal|strong="H7594"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jeremoth|strong="H3406"\w*.


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• \w Of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1141"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Pahathmoab: \w Adna|strong="H5733"\w*, \w Chelal|strong="H3636"\w*, \w Benaiah|strong="H1141"\w*, \w Maaseiah|strong="H4641"\w*, \w Mattaniah|strong="H4983"\w*, \w Bezalel|strong="H1212"\w*, \w Binnui|strong="H1131"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*.


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• \w Of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H8098"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Harim|strong="H2766"\w*: \w Eliezer|strong="H0461"\w*, \w Isshijah|strong="H3449"\w*, \w Malchijah|strong="H4441"\w*, \w Shemaiah|strong="H8098"\w*, \w Shimeon|strong="H8095"\w*,


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\w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*, \w Malluch|strong="H4409"\w*, \w and|strong="H1144"\w* \w Shemariah|strong="H8114"\w*.


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• \w Of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hashum|strong="H2828"\w*: \w Mattenai|strong="H4982"\w*, \w Mattattah|strong="H4992"\w*, \w Zabad|strong="H2066"\w*, \w Eliphelet|strong="H0467"\w*, \w Jeremai|strong="H3413"\w*, \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shimei|strong="H8096"\w*.


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• \w Of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Bani|strong="H1137"\w*: \w Maadai|strong="H4572"\w*, \w Amram|strong="H6019"\w*, \w Uel|strong="H0177"\w*,


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\w Shallum|strong="H7967"\w*, \w Amariah|strong="H0568"\w*, \w and|strong="H3130"\w* \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w*.


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• \w Of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1141"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nebo|strong="H5015"\w*: \w Jeiel|strong="H3273"\w*, \w Mattithiah|strong="H4993"\w*, \w Zabad|strong="H2066"\w*, \w Zebina|strong="H2081"\w*, \w Iddo|strong="H3035"\w*, \w Joel|strong="H3100"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Benaiah|strong="H1141"\w*.<pb/>


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\w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H0428"\w* \w had|strong="H0802"\w* \w taken|strong="H5375"\w* \w foreign|strong="H5237"\w* \w wives|strong="H0802"\w*. \w Some|strong="H0428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w had|strong="H0802"\w* \w wives|strong="H0802"\w* \w by|strong="H0802"\w* \w whom|strong="H0428"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w had|strong="H0802"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w*.


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\w The|strong="H0589"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nehemiah|strong="H5166"\w* \w the|strong="H0589"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hacaliah|strong="H2446"\w*. <pb/>\w Now|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H0589"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w* \w Chislev|strong="H3691"\w*, \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H0589"\w* \w twentieth|strong="H6242"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w*, \w as|strong="H1697"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Susa|strong="H7800"\w* \w the|strong="H0589"\w* palace,


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\w Hanani|strong="H2607"\w*, \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w brothers|strong="H0251"\w*, \w came|strong="H0935"\w*, \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w certain|strong="H0259"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w out|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*; \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w asked|strong="H7592"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w escaped|strong="H6413"\w*, \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w left|strong="H7604"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w captivity|strong="H7628"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w concerning|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.


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\w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w me|strong="H4480"\w*, “\w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w remnant|strong="H7604"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w left|strong="H7604"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w captivity|strong="H7628"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w in|strong="H7604"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w province|strong="H4082"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w in|strong="H7604"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* affliction \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w reproach|strong="H2781"\w*. \w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w also|strong="H0834"\w* \w broken|strong="H6555"\w* \w down|strong="H6555"\w*, \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w its|strong="H6555"\w* \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w burned|strong="H3341"\w* \w with|strong="H3389"\w* \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w these|strong="H0428"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w*, \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* \w down|strong="H3427"\w* \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w wept|strong="H1058"\w*, \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w mourned|strong="H0056"\w* several \w days|strong="H3117"\w*; \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w fasted|strong="H6684"\w* \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w prayed|strong="H6419"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*<n>The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).</n> \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*,


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\w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w I|strong="H0559"\w* \w beg|strong="H0577"\w* \w you|strong="H8104"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*,<n>“Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “<font size=-1>LORD</font>” (all caps) in other translations.</n> \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w awesome|strong="H3372"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w keeps|strong="H8104"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w loving|strong="H0157"\w* \w kindness|strong="H2617"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* those \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w love|strong="H0157"\w* \w him|strong="H0157"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* \w his|strong="H8104"\w* \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w*,


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\w let|strong="H4994"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w ear|strong="H0241"\w* \w now|strong="H4994"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w attentive|strong="H5869"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w open|strong="H6440"\w*, \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w may|strong="H1961"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w prayer|strong="H8605"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w pray|strong="H6419"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w this|strong="H0834"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w*, \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, \w while|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w confess|strong="H3034"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w sins|strong="H2398"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w we|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*. Yes, \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w*.


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\w We|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* dealt very corruptly \w against|strong="H8104"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*, \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w kept|strong="H8104"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w*, \w nor|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w statutes|strong="H2706"\w*, \w nor|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w ordinances|strong="H4941"\w*, \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w your|strong="H0834"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*.<pb/>


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“\w Remember|strong="H2142"\w*, \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w beg|strong="H4994"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w*, \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w your|strong="H0834"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w If|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* trespass, \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w scatter|strong="H6327"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* among \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w peoples|strong="H5971"\w*;


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\w but|strong="H0518"\w* \w if|strong="H0518"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* \w my|strong="H8104"\w* \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*, \w though|strong="H0518"\w* \w your|strong="H0834"\w* \w outcasts|strong="H5080"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* uttermost part \w of|strong="H8034"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w*, yet \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w gather|strong="H6908"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w chosen|strong="H0977"\w*, \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w cause|strong="H7725"\w* \w my|strong="H8104"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w dwell|strong="H7931"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*.’<pb/>


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“\w Now|strong="H1419"\w* \w these|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w your|strong="H0834"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w your|strong="H0834"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w whom|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w redeemed|strong="H6299"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w your|strong="H0834"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w power|strong="H3027"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w your|strong="H0834"\w* \w strong|strong="H2389"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.


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\w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*,<n>The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.”</n> \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w beg|strong="H0577"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*, \w let|strong="H4994"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w ear|strong="H0241"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w attentive|strong="H0241"\w* \w now|strong="H4994"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w prayer|strong="H8605"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w prayer|strong="H8605"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w who|strong="H0376"\w* \w delight|strong="H2655"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w fear|strong="H3372"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w*; \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w please|strong="H4994"\w* \w prosper|strong="H6743"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w grant|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w mercy|strong="H7356"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w sight|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w*.” <pb/>\w Now|strong="H4994"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* cup bearer \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.<pb/>


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\w In|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w* \w Nisan|strong="H5212"\w*, \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w twentieth|strong="H6242"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Artaxerxes|strong="H0783"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w*, \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w picked|strong="H5375"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*. \w Now|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* sad \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w presence|strong="H6440"\w*.


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\w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*, “\w Why|strong="H4069"\w* \w is|strong="H0369"\w* \w your|strong="H6440"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w* \w sad|strong="H7455"\w*, \w since|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w are|strong="H0369"\w* \w not|strong="H0369"\w* \w sick|strong="H2470"\w*? \w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H0369"\w* \w nothing|strong="H0369"\w* else \w but|strong="H3588"\w* sorrow \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*.” <pb/>\w Then|strong="H2088"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H0369"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w much|strong="H7235"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w*.


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\w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, “\w Let|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w live|strong="H2421"\w* \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*! \w Why|strong="H4069"\w* shouldn’t \w my|strong="H0834"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* sad, \w when|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w place|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w my|strong="H0834"\w* \w fathers’|strong="H0001"\w* \w tombs|strong="H6913"\w*, \w lies|strong="H0834"\w* waste, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w its|strong="H0398"\w* \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w been|strong="H5769"\w* \w consumed|strong="H0398"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*?”<pb/>


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\w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, “\w If|strong="H0518"\w* \w it|strong="H0518"\w* \w pleases|strong="H2895"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w if|strong="H0518"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w has|strong="H0834"\w* \w found|strong="H3190"\w* \w favor|strong="H6440"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w sight|strong="H6440"\w*, \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w ask|strong="H0559"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w would|strong="H0559"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w fathers’|strong="H0001"\w* \w tombs|strong="H6913"\w*, \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w may|strong="H0834"\w* \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w it|strong="H0518"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* (\w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w queen|strong="H7694"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w also|strong="H4428"\w* \w sitting|strong="H3427"\w* \w by|strong="H1961"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w*), “\w How|strong="H4970"\w* \w long|strong="H5704"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w journey|strong="H4109"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w*? \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w*?” <pb/>\w So|strong="H7971"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w pleased|strong="H3190"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w set|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w time|strong="H2165"\w* \w for|strong="H7971"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w*.


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Moreover \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, “\w If|strong="H0518"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w pleases|strong="H2895"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w let|strong="H5414"\w* \w letters|strong="H0107"\w* \w be|strong="H4428"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w governors|strong="H6346"\w* \w beyond|strong="H5676"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w River|strong="H5104"\w*, \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w may|strong="H0834"\w* \w let|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w pass|strong="H5674"\w* \w through|strong="H5674"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*;


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\w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w a|strong="H5414"\w* \w letter|strong="H0107"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Asaph|strong="H0623"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w keeper|strong="H8104"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w forest|strong="H6508"\w*, \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w may|strong="H0430"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w timber|strong="H6086"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w make|strong="H5414"\w* \w beams|strong="H6086"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w citadel|strong="H1002"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*, \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0430"\w* occupy.” <pb/>\w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w granted|strong="H5414"\w* \w my|strong="H8104"\w* requests, \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w my|strong="H8104"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*.


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\w When|strong="H0834"\w* \w Sanballat|strong="H5571"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w Horonite|strong="H2772"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Tobiah|strong="H2900"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w Ammonite|strong="H5984"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w it|strong="H0834"\w*, \w it|strong="H0834"\w* grieved \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w exceedingly|strong="H1419"\w*, \w because|strong="H0834"\w* \w a|strong="H8085"\w* \w man|strong="H0120"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* welfare \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.<pb/>


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\w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*.


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\w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w few|strong="H4592"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*. \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w didn’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w anyone|strong="H0376"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w into|strong="H0413"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. \w There|strong="H0369"\w* wasn’t \w any|strong="H0376"\w* \w animal|strong="H0929"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w except|strong="H0518"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w animal|strong="H0929"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w rode|strong="H7392"\w* \w on|strong="H0413"\w*.


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\w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w by|strong="H0413"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w* \w by|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w valley|strong="H1516"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w toward|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* jackal’s \w well|strong="H0834"\w*, \w then|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* dung \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*; \w and|strong="H0398"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* inspected \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w walls|strong="H2346"\w* \w of|strong="H5869"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w broken|strong="H6555"\w* \w down|strong="H6555"\w*, \w and|strong="H0398"\w* \w its|strong="H0398"\w* \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w consumed|strong="H0398"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*.


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\w Then|strong="H5674"\w* \w I|strong="H8478"\w* \w went|strong="H0413"\w* \w on|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w spring|strong="H5869"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w pool|strong="H1295"\w*, \w but|strong="H0369"\w* \w there|strong="H0369"\w* \w was|strong="H0369"\w* \w no|strong="H0369"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w for|strong="H8478"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w animal|strong="H0929"\w* \w that|strong="H0929"\w* \w was|strong="H0369"\w* \w under|strong="H8478"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w pass|strong="H5674"\w*.


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\w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H1961"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0935"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w* \w by|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0935"\w* \w brook|strong="H5158"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* inspected \w the|strong="H0935"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*; \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w I|strong="H1961"\w* \w turned|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w entered|strong="H0935"\w* \w by|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0935"\w* \w valley|strong="H1516"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w so|strong="H1961"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w*.


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\w The|strong="H0589"\w* \w rulers|strong="H5461"\w* \w didn’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w where|strong="H0575"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w went|strong="H1980"\w*, \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w*. \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w had|strong="H3045"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w yet|strong="H3808"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w it|strong="H3651"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H0589"\w* \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w*, \w nor|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H0589"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, \w nor|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H0589"\w* \w nobles|strong="H2715"\w*, \w nor|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H0589"\w* \w rulers|strong="H5461"\w*, \w nor|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H0589"\w* \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* \w who|strong="H3548"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H0589"\w* \w work|strong="H4399"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w You|strong="H0859"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w bad|strong="H7451"\w* situation \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w we|strong="H0587"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w*, \w how|strong="H0834"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w lies|strong="H1961"\w* waste, \w and|strong="H3389"\w* \w its|strong="H0853"\w* \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w burned|strong="H3341"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*. \w Come|strong="H1961"\w*, let’s \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w up|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* \w of|strong="H8179"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w we|strong="H0587"\w* \w won’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* disgraced.”


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\w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5046"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w also|strong="H0637"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w spoken|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w me|strong="H5046"\w*. <pb/>\w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “Let’s \w rise|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w build|strong="H1129"\w*.” \w So|strong="H0834"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w strengthened|strong="H2388"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w work|strong="H1697"\w*.<pb/>


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\w But|strong="H0859"\w* \w when|strong="H0834"\w* \w Sanballat|strong="H5571"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w Horonite|strong="H2772"\w*, \w Tobiah|strong="H2900"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w Ammonite|strong="H5984"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w Geshem|strong="H1654"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* Arabian, \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*, \w they|strong="H0834"\w* ridiculed \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w despised|strong="H0959"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w doing|strong="H6213"\w*? \w Will|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w rebel|strong="H4775"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*?”<pb/>


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\w Then|strong="H6965"\w* \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w*, “\w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* \w will|strong="H0430"\w* \w prosper|strong="H6743"\w* \w us|strong="H7725"\w*. Therefore \w we|strong="H0587"\w*, \w his|strong="H7725"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, \w will|strong="H0430"\w* \w arise|strong="H6965"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w build|strong="H1129"\w*; \w but|strong="H0369"\w* \w you|strong="H7725"\w* \w have|strong="H0369"\w* \w no|strong="H0369"\w* \w portion|strong="H2506"\w*, \w nor|strong="H0369"\w* \w right|strong="H6666"\w*, \w nor|strong="H0369"\w* \w memorial|strong="H2146"\w* \w in|strong="H0430"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w Palal|strong="H6420"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Uzai|strong="H0186"\w* \w made|strong="H0834"\w* repairs \w opposite|strong="H5048"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* turning \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* wall, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w tower|strong="H4026"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* stands \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w upper|strong="H5945"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w by|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w court|strong="H2691"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w guard|strong="H4307"\w*. \w After|strong="H0310"\w* \w him|strong="H0310"\w* \w Pedaiah|strong="H6305"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Parosh|strong="H6551"\w* \w made|strong="H0834"\w* repairs.


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(\w Now|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w temple|strong="H5411"\w* \w servants|strong="H5411"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Ophel|strong="H6077"\w*, \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w place|strong="H1961"\w* \w opposite|strong="H5048"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w toward|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w east|strong="H4217"\w*, \w and|strong="H4325"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w tower|strong="H4026"\w* \w that|strong="H1961"\w* stands \w out|strong="H3318"\w*.)


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\w After|strong="H0310"\w* \w him|strong="H0310"\w* \w the|strong="H0310"\w* \w Tekoites|strong="H8621"\w* \w repaired|strong="H2388"\w* \w another|strong="H8145"\w* portion, \w opposite|strong="H5048"\w* \w the|strong="H0310"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w tower|strong="H4026"\w* \w that|strong="H5704"\w* \w stands|strong="H2388"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w*, \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H0310"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* \w of|strong="H2346"\w* \w Ophel|strong="H6077"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Above|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w horse|strong="H5483"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w made|strong="H2388"\w* \w repairs|strong="H2388"\w*, \w everyone|strong="H0376"\w* \w across|strong="H5921"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w own|strong="H0376"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.


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\w After|strong="H0310"\w* \w them|strong="H0310"\w*, \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w* \w the|strong="H0310"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Immer|strong="H0564"\w* \w made|strong="H2388"\w* \w repairs|strong="H2388"\w* across \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H8104"\w* \w own|strong="H2388"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*. \w After|strong="H0310"\w* \w him|strong="H0310"\w*, \w Shemaiah|strong="H8098"\w* \w the|strong="H0310"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shecaniah|strong="H7935"\w*, \w the|strong="H0310"\w* \w keeper|strong="H8104"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0310"\w* \w east|strong="H4217"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*, \w made|strong="H2388"\w* \w repairs|strong="H2388"\w*.


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\w After|strong="H0310"\w* \w him|strong="H0310"\w*, \w Hananiah|strong="H2608"\w* \w the|strong="H0310"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shelemiah|strong="H8018"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hanun|strong="H2586"\w*, \w the|strong="H0310"\w* \w sixth|strong="H8345"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zalaph|strong="H6764"\w*, \w repaired|strong="H2388"\w* \w another|strong="H8145"\w* portion. \w After|strong="H0310"\w* \w him|strong="H0310"\w*, \w Meshullam|strong="H4918"\w* \w the|strong="H0310"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Berechiah|strong="H1296"\w* \w made|strong="H2388"\w* \w repairs|strong="H2388"\w* across \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H2388"\w* \w room|strong="H5393"\w*.


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\w After|strong="H0310"\w* \w him|strong="H0310"\w*, \w Malchijah|strong="H4441"\w*, \w one|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0310"\w* \w goldsmiths|strong="H6885"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H0310"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0310"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w servants|strong="H5411"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0310"\w* \w merchants|strong="H7402"\w*, \w made|strong="H2388"\w* \w repairs|strong="H2388"\w* \w opposite|strong="H5048"\w* \w the|strong="H0310"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Hammiphkad \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H0310"\w* ascent \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0310"\w* \w corner|strong="H6438"\w*.


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\w Between|strong="H0996"\w* \w the|strong="H0996"\w* ascent \w of|strong="H8179"\w* \w the|strong="H0996"\w* \w corner|strong="H6438"\w* \w and|strong="H6629"\w* \w the|strong="H0996"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*, \w the|strong="H0996"\w* \w goldsmiths|strong="H6884"\w* \w and|strong="H6629"\w* \w the|strong="H0996"\w* \w merchants|strong="H7402"\w* \w made|strong="H2388"\w* \w repairs|strong="H2388"\w*.<pb/>


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\w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w Sanballat|strong="H5571"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w we|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* building \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*, \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w angry|strong="H2734"\w*, \w and|strong="H3389"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* indignant, \w and|strong="H3389"\w* mocked \w the|strong="H0834"\w* Jews.


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\w He|strong="H6213"\w* spoke before \w his|strong="H3605"\w* brothers \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H3389"\w* \w of|strong="H3605"\w* Samaria, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* said, “\w What|strong="H6213"\w* \w are|strong="H6213"\w* \w these|strong="H3605"\w* feeble Jews \w doing|strong="H6213"\w*? \w Will|strong="H3389"\w* \w they|strong="H0935"\w* fortify themselves? \w Will|strong="H3389"\w* \w they|strong="H0935"\w* sacrifice? \w Will|strong="H3389"\w* \w they|strong="H0935"\w* finish \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w a|strong="H0935"\w* day? \w Will|strong="H3389"\w* \w they|strong="H0935"\w* revive \w the|strong="H3605"\w* stones \w out|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* heaps \w of|strong="H3605"\w* rubbish, since \w they|strong="H0935"\w* \w are|strong="H6213"\w* burned?”<pb/>


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Now Tobiah \w the|strong="H6440"\w* Ammonite \w was|strong="H0430"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w he|strong="H0430"\w* \w said|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w What|strong="H5921"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H0430"\w* building, if \w a|strong="H5921"\w* fox climbed \w up|strong="H5975"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*, \w he|strong="H0430"\w* would break \w down|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* stone wall.”<pb/>


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“Hear, \w our|strong="H0587"\w* \w God|strong="H0559"\w*, \w for|strong="H3808"\w* \w we|strong="H0587"\w* \w are|strong="H3808"\w* despised. Turn back \w their|strong="H3808"\w* reproach \w on|strong="H3808"\w* \w their|strong="H3808"\w* own head. Give \w them|strong="H0559"\w* \w up|strong="H1129"\w* \w for|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H1129"\w* plunder \w in|strong="H1129"\w* \w a|strong="H1129"\w* land \w of|strong="H2346"\w* captivity.


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\w Don’t|strong="H3808"\w* cover \w their|strong="H7200"\w* iniquity. \w Don’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w let|strong="H3808"\w* \w their|strong="H7200"\w* sin \w be|strong="H3808"\w* blotted \w out|strong="H3045"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w* \w before|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*; \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* insulted \w the|strong="H0853"\w* builders.”<pb/>


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\w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w we|strong="H0834"\w* built \w the|strong="H3605"\w* wall; \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* wall \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w joined|strong="H0935"\w* \w together|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* half \w its|strong="H3605"\w* height, \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* mind \w to|strong="H0559"\w* work.<pb/>


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\w But|strong="H5973"\w* \w when|strong="H0310"\w* Sanballat, Tobiah, \w the|strong="H0853"\w* Arabians, \w the|strong="H0853"\w* Ammonites, \w and|strong="H2719"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* Ashdodites heard \w that|strong="H4725"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* repairing \w of|strong="H2346"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w walls|strong="H2346"\w* \w of|strong="H2346"\w* Jerusalem went forward, \w and|strong="H2719"\w* \w that|strong="H4725"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* breaches began \w to|strong="H5973"\w* \w be|strong="H2719"\w* filled, \w they|strong="H0310"\w* \w were|strong="H4940"\w* very angry;


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\w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H1419"\w* conspired \w together|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w come|strong="H6965"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* Jerusalem, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* cause confusion \w among|strong="H5921"\w* \w us|strong="H0413"\w*.


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\w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3588"\w* \w made|strong="H3045"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* prayer \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w set|strong="H7725"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w watch|strong="H3045"\w* \w against|strong="H0413"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* day \w and|strong="H0430"\w* night \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* said, “\w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w strength|strong="H2388"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* bearers \w of|strong="H1004"\w* burdens \w is|strong="H1931"\w* fading \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w much|strong="H3605"\w* rubble, \w so|strong="H4480"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w we|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w not|strong="H1961"\w* able \w to|strong="H1961"\w* build \w the|strong="H3605"\w* wall.”


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\w Our|strong="H6006"\w* adversaries said, “\w They|strong="H5375"\w* \w will|strong="H3027"\w* not know \w or|strong="H0259"\w* see, until \w we|strong="H6213"\w* come \w in|strong="H1129"\w* among \w them|strong="H3027"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* kill \w them|strong="H3027"\w*, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* cause \w the|strong="H1129"\w* \w work|strong="H4399"\w* \w to|strong="H3027"\w* cease.”<pb/>


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\w When|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Jews \w who|strong="H0376"\w* lived \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w came|strong="H0376"\w*, \w they|strong="H0376"\w* said \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w* ten times \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H0376"\w* places, “Wherever \w you|strong="H5921"\w* turn, \w they|strong="H0376"\w* \w will|strong="H0376"\w* attack \w us|strong="H5921"\w*.”<pb/>


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Therefore \w I|strong="H0559"\w* set guards \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* lowest \w parts|strong="H6504"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* space behind \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*, \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* open \w places|strong="H0559"\w*. \w I|strong="H0559"\w* set \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* family groups \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* swords, \w their|strong="H5921"\w* spears, \w and|strong="H0376"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* bows.


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\w I|strong="H0834"\w* looked, \w and|strong="H0430"\w* rose \w up|strong="H0853"\w*, \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w said|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* nobles, \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w rulers|strong="H0430"\w*, \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* rest \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H0834"\w*, “Don’t \w be|strong="H0430"\w* afraid \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*! Remember \w the|strong="H0853"\w* Lord, \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w great|strong="H0430"\w* \w and|strong="H0430"\w* awesome, \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w your|strong="H0834"\w* brothers, \w your|strong="H0834"\w* sons, \w your|strong="H0834"\w* daughters, \w your|strong="H0834"\w* wives, \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w your|strong="H0834"\w* houses.”<pb/>


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\w When|strong="H3318"\w* \w our|strong="H3318"\w* enemies heard \w that|strong="H5704"\w* \w it|strong="H5704"\w* \w was|strong="H4399"\w* \w known|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w us|strong="H6213"\w*, \w and|strong="H2388"\w* God \w had|strong="H6213"\w* \w brought|strong="H3318"\w* \w their|strong="H2388"\w* counsel \w to|strong="H5704"\w* nothing, \w all|strong="H5704"\w* \w of|strong="H3556"\w* \w us|strong="H6213"\w* \w returned|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* wall, everyone \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w his|strong="H2388"\w* \w work|strong="H4399"\w*.


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\w From|strong="H0376"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* forth, half \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w my|strong="H1961"\w* \w servants|strong="H5288"\w* \w did|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w work|strong="H4399"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* half \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w them|strong="H1961"\w* \w held|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* spears, \w the|strong="H0559"\w* shields, \w the|strong="H0559"\w* bows, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* coats \w of|strong="H0376"\w* mail; \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* rulers \w were|strong="H1961"\w* behind \w all|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* house \w of|strong="H0376"\w* Judah.


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\w Those|strong="H0834"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* built \w the|strong="H0834"\w* wall, \w and|strong="H0376"\w* \w those|strong="H0834"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* bore burdens loaded \w themselves|strong="H0310"\w*; \w everyone|strong="H0376"\w* \w with|strong="H0376"\w* \w one|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w his|strong="H0834"\w* hands \w did|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* work, \w and|strong="H0376"\w* \w with|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w other|strong="H0251"\w* held \w his|strong="H0834"\w* \w weapon|strong="H7973"\w*.


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Among the builders, everyone wore his sword at his side, and so built. He who sounded the trumpet was by me.


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I said to the nobles, and to the rulers and to the rest of the people, “The work is great and widely spread out, and we are separated on the wall, far from one another.


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So we did the work. Half of the people held the spears from the rising of the morning until the stars appeared.


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Likewise at the same time I said to the people, “Let everyone with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and may labor in the day.”


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So neither I, nor my brothers, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard who followed me took off our clothes. Everyone took his weapon to the water.<pb/>


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\w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w arose|strong="H1419"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w cry|strong="H6818"\w* \w of|strong="H0802"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w of|strong="H0802"\w* \w their|strong="H1961"\w* \w wives|strong="H0802"\w* \w against|strong="H0413"\w* \w their|strong="H1961"\w* \w brothers|strong="H0251"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w*.


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\w For|strong="H3947"\w* \w there|strong="H3426"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w some|strong="H7227"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w We|strong="H0587"\w*, \w our|strong="H0834"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w our|strong="H0834"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*, \w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w*. Let \w us|strong="H0559"\w* \w get|strong="H3947"\w* \w grain|strong="H1715"\w*, \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w we|strong="H0587"\w* \w may|strong="H1121"\w* \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w live|strong="H2421"\w*.”


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\w There|strong="H3426"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w also|strong="H0834"\w* some \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w We|strong="H0587"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w mortgaging|strong="H6148"\w* \w our|strong="H0834"\w* \w fields|strong="H7704"\w*, \w our|strong="H0834"\w* \w vineyards|strong="H3754"\w*, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w our|strong="H0834"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w*. Let \w us|strong="H0559"\w* \w get|strong="H3947"\w* \w grain|strong="H1715"\w*, \w because|strong="H0834"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w famine|strong="H7458"\w*.”


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\w There|strong="H3426"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w also|strong="H4428"\w* some \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w We|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* borrowed \w money|strong="H3701"\w* \w for|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* tribute using \w our|strong="H0834"\w* \w fields|strong="H7704"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w our|strong="H0834"\w* \w vineyards|strong="H3754"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* collateral.


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\w Then|strong="H0859"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* consulted \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w myself|strong="H3820"\w*, \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w contended|strong="H7378"\w* \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w nobles|strong="H2715"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w rulers|strong="H5461"\w*, \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*, “\w You|strong="H0859"\w* exact \w usury|strong="H4855"\w*, \w everyone|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*.” \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w held|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H5414"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w assembly|strong="H6952"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*.


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\w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w*, “\w We|strong="H0587"\w*, \w after|strong="H1767"\w* \w our|strong="H7069"\w* \w ability|strong="H1767"\w*, \w have|strong="H1571"\w* \w redeemed|strong="H7069"\w* \w our|strong="H7069"\w* \w brothers|strong="H0251"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w* \w that|strong="H1697"\w* \w were|strong="H1697"\w* \w sold|strong="H4376"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*; \w and|strong="H0251"\w* \w would|strong="H0559"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w even|strong="H1571"\w* \w sell|strong="H4376"\w* \w your|strong="H3808"\w* \w brothers|strong="H0251"\w*, \w and|strong="H0251"\w* \w should|strong="H0559"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w sold|strong="H4376"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w us|strong="H0559"\w*?” \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* held \w their|strong="H3808"\w* peace, \w and|strong="H0251"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H4672"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w say|strong="H0559"\w*.


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\w Please|strong="H4994"\w* \w restore|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w*, even \w today|strong="H3117"\w*, \w their|strong="H7725"\w* \w fields|strong="H7704"\w*, \w their|strong="H7725"\w* \w vineyards|strong="H3754"\w*, \w their|strong="H7725"\w* \w olive|strong="H2132"\w* \w groves|strong="H2132"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w their|strong="H7725"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w*, \w also|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w hundredth|strong="H3967"\w* \w part|strong="H0859"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w grain|strong="H1715"\w*, \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w new|strong="H8492"\w* \w wine|strong="H8492"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w oil|strong="H3323"\w*, \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* charging \w them|strong="H7725"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w Then|strong="H2088"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w We|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w restore|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w require|strong="H1245"\w* \w nothing|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*. \w We|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w so|strong="H3651"\w*, \w even|strong="H3808"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w say|strong="H0559"\w*.” <pb/>\w Then|strong="H2088"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w took|strong="H0853"\w* \w an|strong="H7650"\w* \w oath|strong="H7650"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*, \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w would|strong="H0559"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* according \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w promise|strong="H1697"\w*.


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\w Also|strong="H1571"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w shook|strong="H5287"\w* \w out|strong="H3605"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* lap, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w may|strong="H1961"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w shake|strong="H5287"\w* \w out|strong="H3605"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w from|strong="H0376"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w from|strong="H0376"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w labor|strong="H3018"\w*, \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w doesn’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w perform|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w promise|strong="H1697"\w*; \w even|strong="H1571"\w* \w may|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w shaken|strong="H5287"\w* \w out|strong="H3605"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w emptied|strong="H7386"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w*.” <pb/>\w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w assembly|strong="H6951"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Amen|strong="H0543"\w*,” \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w praised|strong="H1984"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w according|strong="H3602"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w promise|strong="H1697"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Remember|strong="H2142"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*, \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Sanballat|strong="H5571"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w Geshem|strong="H1654"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, “Come! Let’s \w meet|strong="H3259"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* villages \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w plain|strong="H1237"\w* \w of|strong="H0559"\w* \w Ono|strong="H0207"\w*.” \w But|strong="H1992"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w intended|strong="H2803"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w harm|strong="H7451"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*.<pb/>


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• \w The|strong="H1121"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Azgad|strong="H5803"\w*: \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w twenty-two|strong="H8147"\w*.


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• \w The|strong="H1121"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Adonikam|strong="H0140"\w*: \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* sixty-seven.


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• \w The|strong="H1121"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Adin|strong="H5720"\w*: \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w fifty-five|strong="H2572"\w*.


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• \w The|strong="H1121"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ater|strong="H0333"\w*: \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w*, ninety-eight.


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• \w The|strong="H1121"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hashum|strong="H2828"\w*: \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w twenty-eight|strong="H8083"\w*.


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• \w The|strong="H1121"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Bezai|strong="H1209"\w*: \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w twenty-four|strong="H0702"\w*.


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• \w The|strong="H1121"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hariph|strong="H2756"\w*: \w one|strong="H1121"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w twelve|strong="H6240"\w*.


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• \w The|strong="H1121"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\w*: ninety-five.


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• \w The|strong="H8147"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* Beth Azmaveth: \w forty-two|strong="H8147"\w*.


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• \w The|strong="H8147"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w Michmas|strong="H4363"\w*: \w one|strong="H0376"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w twenty-two|strong="H8147"\w*.


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• \w The|strong="H3967"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w*: \w one|strong="H0376"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* twenty-three.


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• \w The|strong="H8147"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H8147"\w* \w other|strong="H0312"\w* \w Nebo|strong="H5015"\w*: \w fifty-two|strong="H2572"\w*.


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• \w The|strong="H1121"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w other|strong="H0312"\w* \w Elam|strong="H5867"\w*: \w one|strong="H1121"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w two|strong="H3967"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* fifty-four.


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• \w The|strong="H1121"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Harim|strong="H2766"\w*: \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w*.


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• \w The|strong="H1121"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w*: \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w forty-five|strong="H0705"\w*.


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• \w The|strong="H1121"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Lod, \w Hadid|strong="H2307"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ono|strong="H0207"\w*: \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* twenty-one.


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• \w The|strong="H1121"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Senaah|strong="H5570"\w*: \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w nine|strong="H8672"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w*.<pb/>


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• \w The|strong="H1121"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*: \w The|strong="H1121"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jedaiah|strong="H3048"\w*, \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jeshua|strong="H3442"\w*: \w nine|strong="H8672"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* seventy-three.


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• \w The|strong="H1121"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Immer|strong="H0564"\w*: \w one|strong="H1121"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w fifty-two|strong="H2572"\w*.


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• \w The|strong="H1121"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Pashhur|strong="H6583"\w*: \w one|strong="H1121"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w two|strong="H3967"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* forty-seven.


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• \w The|strong="H1121"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Harim|strong="H2766"\w*: \w one|strong="H1121"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w seventeen|strong="H6240"\w*.<pb/>


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\w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w governor|strong="H8660"\w* \w told|strong="H0559"\w* \w them|strong="H0398"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w of|strong="H3548"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w most|strong="H6944"\w* \w holy|strong="H6944"\w* \w things|strong="H6944"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w a|strong="H0834"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w up|strong="H5975"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* minister \w with|strong="H0398"\w* \w Urim|strong="H0224"\w* \w and|strong="H0398"\w* \w Thummim|strong="H8550"\w*.<pb/>


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\w in|strong="H5650"\w* addition \w to|strong="H5650"\w* their \w male|strong="H5650"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* their \w female|strong="H0519"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, \w of|strong="H5650"\w* \w whom|strong="H0428"\w* there \w were|strong="H0428"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* thirty-seven. \w They|strong="H0428"\w* \w had|strong="H7969"\w* \w two|strong="H3967"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w forty-five|strong="H0705"\w* \w singing|strong="H7891"\w* \w men|strong="H5650"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w singing|strong="H7891"\w* women.


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Their horses \w were|strong="H1581"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* thirty-six; their mules, \w two|strong="H3967"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* forty-five;


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\w their|strong="H5414"\w* camels, four \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* thirty-five; \w their|strong="H5414"\w* donkeys, six \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* seven \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* twenty.<pb/>


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Some \w from|strong="H2091"\w* among \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w heads|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H7218"\w* \w fathers’|strong="H0001"\w* \w households|strong="H0001"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w work|strong="H4399"\w*. \w The|strong="H5414"\w* governor \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w treasury|strong="H0214"\w* \w one|strong="H8147"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* darics \w of|strong="H7218"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*,<n>a daric was a gold coin issued by a Persian king, weighing about 8.4 grams or about 0.27 troy ounces each.</n> fifty basins, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* five \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* thirty priests’ garments.


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\w That|strong="H3605"\w* which \w the|strong="H3605"\w* rest \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* gave \w was|strong="H3478"\w* twenty thousand darics \w of|strong="H1121"\w* gold, plus \w two|strong="H4480"\w* thousand minas \w of|strong="H1121"\w* silver, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* sixty-seven \w priests’|strong="H3548"\w* garments.<pb/>


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So the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, some of the people, the temple servants, and all Israel lived in their cities. <pb/>When the seventh month had come, the children of Israel were in their cities.<pb/>


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\w Ezra|strong="H5830"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w law|strong="H8451"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w assembly|strong="H6951"\w*, \w both|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w women|strong="H0802"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w could|strong="H0376"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w with|strong="H0935"\w* \w understanding|strong="H0995"\w*, \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w first|strong="H0259"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w seventh|strong="H7637"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w*.


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\w Ezra|strong="H5830"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w scribe|strong="H5608"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H0834"\w* pulpit \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w wood|strong="H6086"\w*, \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w purpose|strong="H1697"\w*; \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w beside|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w Mattithiah|strong="H4993"\w*, \w Shema|strong="H8087"\w*, \w Anaiah|strong="H6043"\w*, \w Uriah|strong="H0223"\w*, \w Hilkiah|strong="H2518"\w*, \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w Maaseiah|strong="H4641"\w*, \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w right|strong="H3225"\w* \w hand|strong="H3225"\w*; \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w left|strong="H8040"\w* \w hand|strong="H3225"\w*, \w Pedaiah|strong="H6305"\w*, \w Mishael|strong="H4332"\w*, \w Malchijah|strong="H4441"\w*, \w Hashum|strong="H2828"\w*, \w Hashbaddanah|strong="H2806"\w*, \w Zechariah|strong="H2148"\w*, \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w Meshullam|strong="H4918"\w*.


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\w Ezra|strong="H5830"\w* \w opened|strong="H6605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* \w of|strong="H5869"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* (\w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w above|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*), \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w opened|strong="H6605"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w up|strong="H5975"\w*.


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\w Then|strong="H6030"\w* \w Ezra|strong="H5830"\w* \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*. <pb/>\w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w*, “\w Amen|strong="H0543"\w*, \w Amen|strong="H0543"\w*,” \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w lifting|strong="H4607"\w* \w up|strong="H0853"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w bowed|strong="H7812"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* heads, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w worshiped|strong="H7812"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w faces|strong="H0639"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*.


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\w Also|strong="H0853"\w* \w Jeshua|strong="H3442"\w*, \w Bani|strong="H1137"\w*, \w Sherebiah|strong="H8274"\w*, \w Jamin|strong="H3226"\w*, \w Akkub|strong="H6126"\w*, \w Shabbethai|strong="H7678"\w*, \w Hodiah|strong="H1941"\w*, \w Maaseiah|strong="H4641"\w*, \w Kelita|strong="H7042"\w*, \w Azariah|strong="H5838"\w*, \w Jozabad|strong="H3107"\w*, \w Hanan|strong="H2605"\w*, \w Pelaiah|strong="H6411"\w*, \w and|strong="H0853"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w*, caused \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w understand|strong="H0995"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w law|strong="H8451"\w*; \w and|strong="H0853"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* stayed \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w place|strong="H5977"\w*.


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\w They|strong="H0430"\w* \w read|strong="H7121"\w* \w in|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H7760"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w*, \w in|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H7760"\w* \w law|strong="H8451"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, distinctly; \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w they|strong="H0430"\w* \w gave|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H7760"\w* \w sense|strong="H7922"\w*, \w so|strong="H7121"\w* \w that|strong="H7121"\w* \w they|strong="H0430"\w* \w understood|strong="H0995"\w* \w the|strong="H7760"\w* \w reading|strong="H7121"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Nehemiah|strong="H5166"\w*, \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w governor|strong="H8660"\w*, \w Ezra|strong="H5830"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w scribe|strong="H5608"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w taught|strong="H0995"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, “\w Today|strong="H3117"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w holy|strong="H6918"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*. \w Don’t|strong="H0408"\w* \w mourn|strong="H0056"\w*, \w nor|strong="H0408"\w* \w weep|strong="H1058"\w*.” \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w wept|strong="H1058"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w law|strong="H8451"\w*.


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\w Then|strong="H7971"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w*, “\w Go|strong="H7971"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w way|strong="H7971"\w*. \w Eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* fat, \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w sweet|strong="H4477"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w portions|strong="H4490"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* whom \w nothing|strong="H0369"\w* \w is|strong="H0369"\w* \w prepared|strong="H3559"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w* \w is|strong="H0369"\w* \w holy|strong="H6918"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3068"\w*. \w Don’t|strong="H0408"\w* \w be|strong="H0408"\w* \w grieved|strong="H6087"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w joy|strong="H2304"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H0369"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w strength|strong="H4581"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w So|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w* \w calmed|strong="H2814"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, “Hold \w your|strong="H3605"\w* peace, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \w holy|strong="H6918"\w*. \w Don’t|strong="H0408"\w* \w be|strong="H0408"\w* \w grieved|strong="H6087"\w*.”<pb/>


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Moreover \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w kingdoms|strong="H4467"\w* \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w peoples|strong="H5971"\w*, which \w you|strong="H5414"\w* allotted according \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* portions. \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w they|strong="H5971"\w* \w possessed|strong="H3423"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Sihon|strong="H5511"\w*, \w even|strong="H0853"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Heshbon|strong="H2809"\w*, \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Og|strong="H5747"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Bashan|strong="H1316"\w*.


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\w For|strong="H0776"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w served|strong="H5647"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w in|strong="H0776"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4438"\w*, \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w in|strong="H0776"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w great|strong="H7227"\w* \w goodness|strong="H2898"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*, \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w in|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w large|strong="H7227"\w* \w and|strong="H0776"\w* rich \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*. \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w didn’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7451"\w* \w works|strong="H5647"\w*.<pb/>


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“\w Behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w we|strong="H0587"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w*, \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w our|strong="H5414"\w* \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w its|strong="H5414"\w* \w fruit|strong="H6529"\w* \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w its|strong="H5414"\w* \w good|strong="H2898"\w*, \w behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w we|strong="H0587"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w*.


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\w It|strong="H5414"\w* \w yields|strong="H5414"\w* \w much|strong="H7235"\w* \w increase|strong="H7235"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w whom|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w set|strong="H5414"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w our|strong="H5414"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w*. \w Also|strong="H4428"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* power \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w our|strong="H5414"\w* \w bodies|strong="H1472"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w our|strong="H5414"\w* \w livestock|strong="H0929"\w*, \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* \w pleasure|strong="H7522"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w we|strong="H0587"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w distress|strong="H6869"\w*.


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Yet for all this, we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, our Levites, and our priests, seal it.”<pb/>


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\w The|strong="H8098"\w* Levites: Jeshua \w the|strong="H8098"\w* son \w of|strong="H3548"\w* Azaniah, Binnui \w of|strong="H3548"\w* \w the|strong="H8098"\w* sons \w of|strong="H3548"\w* Henadad, Kadmiel;


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\w The|strong="H1137"\w* chiefs of \w the|strong="H1137"\w* people: Parosh, Pahathmoab, Elam, Zattu, \w Bani|strong="H1137"\w*,


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\w The|strong="H1196"\w* rest of \w the|strong="H1196"\w* people, \w the|strong="H1196"\w* priests, \w the|strong="H1196"\w* Levites, \w the|strong="H1196"\w* gatekeepers, \w the|strong="H1196"\w* singers, \w the|strong="H1196"\w* temple servants, \w and|strong="H4409"\w* all those who had separated themselves from \w the|strong="H1196"\w* peoples of \w the|strong="H1196"\w* lands to \w the|strong="H1196"\w* law of God, their wives, their sons, \w and|strong="H4409"\w* their daughters—everyone who had knowledge \w and|strong="H4409"\w* understanding—


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\w We|strong="H3605"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* priests, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Levites, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* people, cast lots \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* wood \w offering|strong="H4503"\w*, \w to|strong="H5921"\w* bring \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w according|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* fathers’ \w houses|strong="H1004"\w*, \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w times|strong="H4150"\w* \w appointed|strong="H4150"\w* year \w by|strong="H5921"\w* year, \w to|strong="H5921"\w* burn \w on|strong="H5921"\w* Yahweh \w our|strong="H3605"\w* \w God’s|strong="H0430"\w* altar, \w as|strong="H1004"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w is|strong="H0430"\w* written \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* law;


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\w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* firstborn \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* sons \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* livestock, \w as|strong="H0935"\w* \w it|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* written \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* law, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* firstborn \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* herds \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* flocks, \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* priests \w who|strong="H3605"\w* minister \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*;


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\w For|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Israel \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w* \w shall|strong="H3548"\w* \w bring|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* wave \w offering|strong="H5927"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* grain, \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* new wine, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* oil, \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w rooms|strong="H3957"\w* \w where|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* vessels \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w sanctuary|strong="H1004"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w who|strong="H3548"\w* minister, \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* gatekeepers \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* singers. We \w will|strong="H0430"\w* \w not|strong="H1961"\w* forsake \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w our|strong="H0430"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.<pb/>


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