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\w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w peoples|strong="H5971"\w* \w are|strong="H8064"\w* \w idols|strong="H0457"\w*, <pb/>\w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Honor|strong="H1935"\w* \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w majesty|strong="H1926"\w* \w are|strong="H1926"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*. <pb/>\w Strength|strong="H5797"\w* \w and|strong="H6440"\w* gladness \w are|strong="H1926"\w* \w in|strong="H4725"\w* \w his|strong="H6440"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w*.<pb/><pb/>


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\w Ascribe|strong="H3051"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w you|strong="H5971"\w* \w families|strong="H4940"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w peoples|strong="H5971"\w*, <pb/>\w ascribe|strong="H3051"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w glory|strong="H3519"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w strength|strong="H5797"\w*!<pb/>


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\w Ascribe|strong="H3051"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w glory|strong="H3519"\w* \w due|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w*. <pb/>\w Bring|strong="H0935"\w* \w an|strong="H0935"\w* \w offering|strong="H4503"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*. <pb/>\w Worship|strong="H7812"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w holy|strong="H6944"\w* array.<pb/>


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\w Tremble|strong="H2342"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*. <pb/>\w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w world|strong="H8398"\w* \w also|strong="H0637"\w* \w is|strong="H0776"\w* \w established|strong="H3559"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w it|strong="H3559"\w* can’t \w be|strong="H0776"\w* \w moved|strong="H4131"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Let|strong="H1523"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w glad|strong="H8056"\w*, <pb/>\w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w let|strong="H1523"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* \w rejoice|strong="H1523"\w*! <pb/>\w Let|strong="H1523"\w* \w them|strong="H0776"\w* \w say|strong="H0559"\w* \w among|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*, “\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w reigns|strong="H4427"\w*!”<pb/>


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\w Let|strong="H7481"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w roar|strong="H7481"\w*, \w and|strong="H7704"\w* \w its|strong="H3605"\w* \w fullness|strong="H4393"\w*! <pb/>\w Let|strong="H7481"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w* \w exult|strong="H5970"\w*, \w and|strong="H7704"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w in|strong="H3220"\w* \w it|strong="H4393"\w*!<pb/>


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\w Then|strong="H0227"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w trees|strong="H6086"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w forest|strong="H3293"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w sing|strong="H7442"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w joy|strong="H7442"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, <pb/>\w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w comes|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w judge|strong="H8199"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*.<pb/>


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Oh \w give|strong="H3034"\w* \w thanks|strong="H3034"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w*, <pb/>\w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* loving \w kindness|strong="H2617"\w* \w endures|strong="H5769"\w* \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Say|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Save|strong="H3467"\w* \w us|strong="H5337"\w*, \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w our|strong="H0430"\w* \w salvation|strong="H3468"\w*! <pb/>\w Gather|strong="H6908"\w* \w us|strong="H5337"\w* \w together|strong="H6908"\w* \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* \w us|strong="H5337"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*, <pb/>\w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w give|strong="H3034"\w* \w thanks|strong="H3034"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w your|strong="H4480"\w* \w holy|strong="H6944"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w*, <pb/>\w to|strong="H0559"\w* triumph \w in|strong="H0430"\w* \w your|strong="H4480"\w* \w praise|strong="H8416"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w Blessed|strong="H1288"\w* \w be|strong="H1288"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, <pb/>\w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w everlasting|strong="H5769"\w* \w even|strong="H5704"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w everlasting|strong="H5769"\w*. <pb/>\w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Amen|strong="H0543"\w*,” \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w praised|strong="H1288"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*.<pb/>


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\w So|strong="H1697"\w* \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w left|strong="H5800"\w* \w Asaph|strong="H0623"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w brothers|strong="H0251"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w*, \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w minister|strong="H8334"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* \w continually|strong="H8548"\w*, \w as|strong="H1697"\w* \w every|strong="H3117"\w* \w day’s|strong="H3117"\w* \w work|strong="H1697"\w* \w required|strong="H1697"\w*;


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\w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Obed-Edom|strong="H5654"\w* \w with|strong="H5654"\w* their sixty-eight \w relatives|strong="H0251"\w*; \w Obed-Edom|strong="H5654"\w* also \w the|strong="H0251"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jeduthun|strong="H3038"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hosah|strong="H2621"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* doorkeepers;


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\w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w brothers|strong="H0251"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w tabernacle|strong="H4908"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w high|strong="H1116"\w* \w place|strong="H1116"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\w*,


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\w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w offer|strong="H5927"\w* \w burnt|strong="H5930"\w* \w offerings|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w burnt|strong="H5930"\w* \w offering|strong="H5927"\w* \w continually|strong="H8548"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w evening|strong="H6153"\w*, \w even|strong="H5921"\w* \w according|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w law|strong="H8451"\w*, \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*;


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\w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w them|strong="H3068"\w* \w Heman|strong="H1968"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jeduthun|strong="H3038"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w rest|strong="H7605"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w chosen|strong="H1305"\w*, \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* mentioned \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w*, \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w give|strong="H3034"\w* \w thanks|strong="H3034"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* loving \w kindness|strong="H2617"\w* \w endures|strong="H5769"\w* \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*;


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\w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w them|strong="H8085"\w* \w Heman|strong="H1968"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jeduthun|strong="H3038"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w trumpets|strong="H2689"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w cymbals|strong="H4700"\w* \w for|strong="H0430"\w* \w those|strong="H1121"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* should \w sound|strong="H8085"\w* \w aloud|strong="H8085"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w instruments|strong="H3627"\w* \w for|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w songs|strong="H7892"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jeduthun|strong="H3038"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* \w at|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*.


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\w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* departed, \w each|strong="H0376"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w to|strong="H0376"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*; \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w returned|strong="H5437"\w* \w to|strong="H0376"\w* \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.<pb/>


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\w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w living|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w*, “\w Behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* cedar \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w but|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w tent|strong="H3407"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, “\w Do|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w That|strong="H1931"\w* \w same|strong="H1931"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,


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“Go \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w tell|strong="H0559"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, ‘\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w You|strong="H0859"\w* \w shall|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w a|strong="H1129"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w*;


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\w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w since|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w brought|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w gone|strong="H5927"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w tent|strong="H0168"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w tent|strong="H0168"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w one|strong="H2088"\w* \w tent|strong="H0168"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w another|strong="H2088"\w*.


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\w In|strong="H1980"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w places|strong="H1004"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w walked|strong="H1980"\w* \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w did|strong="H4100"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w a|strong="H1129"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w judges|strong="H8199"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w whom|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w shepherd|strong="H7462"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w me|strong="H1696"\w* \w a|strong="H1129"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* cedar?’”’<pb/>


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“\w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w therefore|strong="H6258"\w*, \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w shall|strong="H3068"\w* \w tell|strong="H0559"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, ‘\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w says|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* pen, \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w following|strong="H0310"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*, \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w prince|strong="H5057"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.


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\w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Hanun|strong="H2586"\w*, “\w Do|strong="H0935"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w think|strong="H5869"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w honors|strong="H3513"\w* \w your|strong="H0935"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H5650"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w comforters|strong="H5162"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*? \w Haven’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w search|strong="H2713"\w*, \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w overthrow|strong="H2015"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w spy|strong="H7270"\w* \w out|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w*?”


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\w He|strong="H0518"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w If|strong="H0518"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* Syrians \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w too|strong="H4480"\w* \w strong|strong="H2388"\w* \w for|strong="H0518"\w* \w me|strong="H4480"\w*, \w then|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H0518"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w help|strong="H3467"\w* \w me|strong="H4480"\w*; \w but|strong="H0518"\w* \w if|strong="H0518"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w too|strong="H4480"\w* \w strong|strong="H2388"\w* \w for|strong="H0518"\w* \w you|strong="H0518"\w*, \w then|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H0518"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w help|strong="H3467"\w* \w you|strong="H0518"\w*.


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\w The|strong="H0853"\w* Syrians \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w killed|strong="H2026"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Syrian|strong="H0758"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w charioteers|strong="H7393"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w forty|strong="H0705"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w footmen|strong="H7273"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w also|strong="H0853"\w* \w killed|strong="H2026"\w* \w Shophach|strong="H7780"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w captain|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w army|strong="H6635"\w*.


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\w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hadadezer|strong="H1909"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w defeated|strong="H5062"\w* \w by|strong="H3478"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w made|strong="H5647"\w* peace \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w served|strong="H5647"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w*. \w The|strong="H0853"\w* Syrians \w would|strong="H0014"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w help|strong="H3467"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w* \w any|strong="H5750"\w* \w more|strong="H5750"\w*.<pb/>


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\w At|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w return|strong="H0935"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w*, \w at|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w go|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w*, \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w led|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w army|strong="H6635"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w wasted|strong="H7843"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w country|strong="H0776"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* besieged \w Rabbah|strong="H7237"\w*. \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w stayed|strong="H3427"\w* \w at|strong="H3427"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w Rabbah|strong="H7237"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w overthrew|strong="H2040"\w* \w it|strong="H1961"\w*.


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\w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w crown|strong="H5850"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w their|strong="H3947"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w off|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w weigh|strong="H4948"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w talent|strong="H3603"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*,<n>A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces</n> \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w precious|strong="H3368"\w* \w stones|strong="H0068"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*. \w It|strong="H5921"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w set|strong="H3318"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w he|strong="H1732"\w* \w brought|strong="H3318"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w much|strong="H7235"\w* \w plunder|strong="H7998"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.


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\w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w brought|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w it|strong="H3651"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w cut|strong="H7787"\w* \w with|strong="H1732"\w* \w saws|strong="H4050"\w*, \w with|strong="H1732"\w* \w iron|strong="H1270"\w* \w picks|strong="H2757"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w with|strong="H1732"\w* \w axes|strong="H4050"\w*. \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w so|strong="H3651"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w*. \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.<pb/>


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\w After|strong="H0310"\w* \w this|strong="H5975"\w*, \w war|strong="H4421"\w* \w arose|strong="H5975"\w* \w at|strong="H4421"\w* \w Gezer|strong="H1507"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*. \w Then|strong="H0227"\w* \w Sibbecai|strong="H5444"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Hushathite|strong="H2843"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w Sippai|strong="H5598"\w*, \w of|strong="H3211"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* sons \w of|strong="H3211"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* giant; \w and|strong="H6430"\w* \w they|strong="H0310"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w subdued|strong="H3665"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Again|strong="H5750"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w war|strong="H4421"\w* \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Elhanan|strong="H0445"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jair|strong="H3265"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w Lahmi|strong="H3902"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w brother|strong="H0251"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Goliath|strong="H1555"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Gittite|strong="H1663"\w*, \w the|strong="H0853"\w* staff \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w whose|strong="H1121"\w* \w spear|strong="H2595"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w weaver’s|strong="H0707"\w* \w beam|strong="H4500"\w*.


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\w There|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w again|strong="H5750"\w* \w war|strong="H4421"\w* \w at|strong="H4421"\w* \w Gath|strong="H1661"\w*, where \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* great stature, \w who|strong="H0376"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w twenty-four|strong="H0702"\w* \w fingers|strong="H0676"\w* \w and|strong="H0376"\w* \w toes|strong="H0676"\w*, \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w on|strong="H1961"\w* \w each|strong="H0376"\w* hand \w and|strong="H0376"\w* \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w on|strong="H1961"\w* \w each|strong="H0376"\w* foot; \w and|strong="H0376"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w born|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* giant.


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\w When|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H1732"\w* defied \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shimea|strong="H8092"\w*, \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*, \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w him|strong="H5221"\w*.


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\w These|strong="H0411"\w* \w were|strong="H5650"\w* \w born|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H3205"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* giant \w in|strong="H5650"\w* \w Gath|strong="H1661"\w*; \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w they|strong="H3205"\w* \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H3205"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H3205"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Satan|strong="H7854"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w up|strong="H5975"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w moved|strong="H5496"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w take|strong="H5975"\w* \w a|strong="H5921"\w* census \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.


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\w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, “\w Go|strong="H0935"\w*, \w count|strong="H5608"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w* \w Beersheba|strong="H0884"\w* \w even|strong="H5704"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w*; \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w word|strong="H0559"\w*, \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w may|strong="H3478"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w how|strong="H3045"\w* \w many|strong="H4557"\w* \w there|strong="H5704"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w May|strong="H1961"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w make|strong="H3254"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w times|strong="H6471"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w many|strong="H4100"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w*. \w But|strong="H3808"\w*, \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w lord|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, aren’t \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w lord’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*? \w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w does|strong="H4100"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w lord|strong="H3068"\w* \w require|strong="H1245"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w thing|strong="H2063"\w*? \w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w cause|strong="H0819"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w guilt|strong="H0819"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*?”<pb/>


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Nevertheless \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w prevailed|strong="H2388"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*. Therefore \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w departed|strong="H1980"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w went|strong="H1980"\w* \w throughout|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w then|strong="H1980"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.


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\w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* sum \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w census|strong="H4662"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*. \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w one|strong="H0376"\w* \w million|strong="H0505"\w* \w one|strong="H0376"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w drew|strong="H8025"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*; \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w seventy|strong="H7657"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w drew|strong="H8025"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*.


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\w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w didn’t|strong="H3808"\w* count \w Levi|strong="H3878"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* \w among|strong="H8432"\w* \w them|strong="H6485"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w abominable|strong="H8581"\w* \w to|strong="H1697"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*.<pb/>


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\w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w displeased|strong="H7489"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w thing|strong="H1697"\w*; therefore \w he|strong="H0430"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.


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\w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, “\w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* \w greatly|strong="H3966"\w*, \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w thing|strong="H1697"\w*. \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* put \w away|strong="H5674"\w*, \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w beg|strong="H4994"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*, \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w your|strong="H0834"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w foolishly|strong="H5528"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Gad|strong="H1410"\w*, \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w seer|strong="H2374"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,


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“Go \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w offer|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w things|strong="H7969"\w*. \w Choose|strong="H0977"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*, \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w may|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*.”’”<pb/>


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\w So|strong="H3541"\w* \w Gad|strong="H1410"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w Take|strong="H0935"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* choice:


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\w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Gad|strong="H1410"\w*, “\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w distress|strong="H6862"\w*. \w Let|strong="H4994"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w fall|strong="H5307"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w pray|strong="H4994"\w*, \w into|strong="H0413"\w* \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w mercies|strong="H7356"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w great|strong="H3966"\w*. \w Don’t|strong="H0408"\w* \w let|strong="H4994"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* \w into|strong="H0413"\w* \w man’s|strong="H0120"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w sent|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H5414"\w* \w pestilence|strong="H1698"\w* \w on|strong="H5307"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w seventy|strong="H7657"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w fell|strong="H5307"\w*.


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\w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w an|strong="H7200"\w* \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*. \w As|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H0430"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H0430"\w* \w relented|strong="H5162"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w disaster|strong="H7451"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w destroying|strong="H7843"\w* \w angel|strong="H4397"\w*, “\w It|strong="H5921"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w enough|strong="H7227"\w*. \w Now|strong="H6258"\w* withdraw \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.” \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w standing|strong="H5975"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w threshing|strong="H1637"\w* \w floor|strong="H1637"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w Ornan|strong="H0771"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w Jebusite|strong="H2983"\w*.


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\w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, “\w Isn’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w commanded|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w counted|strong="H4487"\w*? \w It|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w even|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* very wickedly; \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w these|strong="H0428"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*, \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*? \w Please|strong="H4994"\w* \w let|strong="H4994"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, \w O|strong="H4994"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w against|strong="H0413"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w against|strong="H0413"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*; \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w against|strong="H0413"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w should|strong="H4100"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w plagued|strong="H4046"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w Then|strong="H6965"\w* \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* \w commanded|strong="H0559"\w* \w Gad|strong="H1410"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w tell|strong="H0559"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w go|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w raise|strong="H6965"\w* \w an|strong="H3588"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w on|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w threshing|strong="H1637"\w* \w floor|strong="H1637"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Ornan|strong="H0771"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w Jebusite|strong="H2983"\w*.


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\w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w saying|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Gad|strong="H1410"\w*, \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Ornan|strong="H0771"\w* \w turned|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w angel|strong="H4397"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H7725"\w* \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w* \w hid|strong="H2244"\w* \w themselves|strong="H2244"\w*. Now \w Ornan|strong="H0771"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w threshing|strong="H1758"\w* \w wheat|strong="H2406"\w*.


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\w As|strong="H5704"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w Ornan|strong="H0771"\w*, \w Ornan|strong="H0771"\w* \w looked|strong="H7200"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w threshing|strong="H1637"\w* \w floor|strong="H1637"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w bowed|strong="H7812"\w* \w himself|strong="H7812"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w with|strong="H0935"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* \w face|strong="H0639"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Then|strong="H5414"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Ornan|strong="H0771"\w*, “\w Sell|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H3068"\w* \w threshing|strong="H1637"\w* \w floor|strong="H1637"\w*, \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w may|strong="H3068"\w* \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w an|strong="H1129"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w*. \w You|strong="H5414"\w* \w shall|strong="H3068"\w* \w sell|strong="H5414"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w full|strong="H4392"\w* \w price|strong="H3701"\w*, \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w plague|strong="H4046"\w* \w may|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w stopped|strong="H6113"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* afflicting \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w Ornan|strong="H0771"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, “\w Take|strong="H3947"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w yourself|strong="H0413"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w let|strong="H5414"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w which|strong="H5869"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*. \w Behold|strong="H7200"\w*, \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w oxen|strong="H1241"\w* \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w burnt|strong="H5930"\w* \w offerings|strong="H4503"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w threshing|strong="H4173"\w* instruments \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w wood|strong="H6086"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w wheat|strong="H2406"\w* \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w meal|strong="H4503"\w* \w offering|strong="H4503"\w*. \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w Ornan|strong="H0771"\w*, “\w No|strong="H3808"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w most|strong="H4428"\w* \w certainly|strong="H3588"\w* \w buy|strong="H7069"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w full|strong="H4392"\w* \w price|strong="H3701"\w*. \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w take|strong="H5375"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* yours \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w nor|strong="H3808"\w* \w offer|strong="H5927"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w burnt|strong="H5930"\w* \w offering|strong="H5927"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w costs|strong="H2600"\w* \w me|strong="H2600"\w* \w nothing|strong="H3808"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w Ornan|strong="H0771"\w* \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w shekels|strong="H8255"\w*<n>A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.32 Troy ounces, so 600 shekels was about 6 kilograms or about 192 Troy ounces.</n> \w of|strong="H4725"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w by|strong="H5414"\w* \w weight|strong="H4948"\w* \w for|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w*.


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\w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w an|strong="H1129"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w offered|strong="H5927"\w* \w burnt|strong="H5930"\w* \w offerings|strong="H8002"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w peace|strong="H8002"\w* \w offerings|strong="H8002"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*; \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w burnt|strong="H5930"\w* \w offering|strong="H5927"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Then|strong="H0559"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w angel|strong="H4397"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w put|strong="H7725"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w into|strong="H0413"\w* \w its|strong="H7725"\w* \w sheath|strong="H5084"\w*.<pb/>


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\w At|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w*, \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* \w him|strong="H7200"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w threshing|strong="H1637"\w* \w floor|strong="H1637"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Ornan|strong="H0771"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w Jebusite|strong="H2983"\w*, \w then|strong="H6030"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w sacrificed|strong="H2076"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*.


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\w For|strong="H4196"\w* \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w tabernacle|strong="H4908"\w*, \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w burnt|strong="H5930"\w* \w offering|strong="H3068"\w*, \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w high|strong="H1116"\w* \w place|strong="H1116"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\w*.


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\w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w couldn’t|strong="H3808"\w* go \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w inquire|strong="H1875"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* afraid \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w angel|strong="H4397"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Then|strong="H2088"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w burnt|strong="H5930"\w* \w offering|strong="H3068"\w* \w for|strong="H1004"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w young|strong="H5288"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w tender|strong="H7390"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w be|strong="H8034"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w for|strong="H0776"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w must|strong="H1121"\w* \w be|strong="H8034"\w* \w exceedingly|strong="H4605"\w* \w magnificent|strong="H1431"\w*, \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w fame|strong="H8034"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w glory|strong="H8597"\w* \w throughout|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w countries|strong="H0776"\w*. \w I|strong="H0776"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w therefore|strong="H3068"\w* \w make|strong="H1431"\w* \w preparation|strong="H3559"\w* \w for|strong="H0776"\w* \w it|strong="H3559"\w*.” \w So|strong="H6440"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w prepared|strong="H3559"\w* \w abundantly|strong="H7230"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w death|strong="H4194"\w*.


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\w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, “\w As|strong="H1961"\w* \w for|strong="H1004"\w* \w me|strong="H0589"\w*, \w it|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w in|strong="H0430"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w heart|strong="H3824"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.


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\w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w shall|strong="H1121"\w* \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w establish|strong="H3559"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4438"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*.’


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\w Now|strong="H6258"\w*, \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w may|strong="H1961"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w prosper|strong="H6743"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* \w concerning|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*.


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\w May|strong="H0430"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w discretion|strong="H7922"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w understanding|strong="H0998"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w charge|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w so|strong="H5414"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w may|strong="H0430"\w* \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w law|strong="H8451"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.


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\w Then|strong="H0227"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w prosper|strong="H6743"\w*, \w if|strong="H0518"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w observe|strong="H8104"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w statutes|strong="H2706"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w ordinances|strong="H4941"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H6680"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w concerning|strong="H5921"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w Be|strong="H0408"\w* \w strong|strong="H2388"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w courageous|strong="H0553"\w*. \w Don’t|strong="H0408"\w* \w be|strong="H0408"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w don’t|strong="H0408"\w* \w be|strong="H0408"\w* \w dismayed|strong="H2865"\w*.


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\w There|strong="H7230"\w* \w are|strong="H0068"\w* \w also|strong="H6213"\w* \w workmen|strong="H4399"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H0068"\w* \w abundance|strong="H7230"\w*—cutters \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w workers|strong="H4399"\w* \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w stone|strong="H0068"\w* \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w timber|strong="H6086"\w*, \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w kinds|strong="H4399"\w* \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H2450"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H0068"\w* \w skillful|strong="H2450"\w* \w in|strong="H0068"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* kind \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w work|strong="H4399"\w*;


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\w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w iron|strong="H1270"\w*, \w there|strong="H0369"\w* \w is|strong="H0369"\w* \w no|strong="H0369"\w* \w number|strong="H4557"\w*. \w Arise|strong="H6965"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w doing|strong="H6213"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w may|strong="H1961"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H5973"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w also|strong="H1732"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w help|strong="H5826"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, saying,


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“\w Isn’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*? \w Hasn’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w rest|strong="H5117"\w* \w on|strong="H5117"\w* \w every|strong="H5439"\w* \w side|strong="H5439"\w*? \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w into|strong="H0776"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*; \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w subdued|strong="H3533"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.


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\w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w set|strong="H5414"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w heart|strong="H3824"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w follow|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*. \w Arise|strong="H6965"\w* \w therefore|strong="H6258"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w sanctuary|strong="H4720"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w holy|strong="H6944"\w* \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w into|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w be|strong="H8034"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w for|strong="H1004"\w* \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w Now|strong="H3117"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w full|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* made \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.


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\w He|strong="H0853"\w* \w gathered|strong="H0622"\w* \w together|strong="H0622"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w with|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w*.


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\w The|strong="H1961"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w counted|strong="H5608"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w upward|strong="H4605"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H1961"\w* \w number|strong="H4557"\w* \w by|strong="H8141"\w* \w their|strong="H1961"\w* polls, \w man|strong="H1397"\w* \w by|strong="H8141"\w* \w man|strong="H1397"\w*, \w was|strong="H1961"\w* thirty-eight \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w*.


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David said, “\w Of|strong="H1004"\w* \w these|strong="H0428"\w*, \w twenty-four|strong="H0702"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w were|strong="H0428"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w oversee|strong="H5329"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w work|strong="H4399"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w were|strong="H0428"\w* \w officers|strong="H7860"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w judges|strong="H8199"\w*,


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\w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* doorkeepers, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w praised|strong="H1984"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w instruments|strong="H3627"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* giving \w praise|strong="H1984"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w divided|strong="H2505"\w* \w them|strong="H1121"\w* into \w divisions|strong="H4256"\w* according \w to|strong="H1732"\w* \w the|strong="H1732"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3878"\w*: Gershon, \w Kohath|strong="H6955"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Merari|strong="H4847"\w*.<pb/>


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Of \w the|strong="H8096"\w* \w Gershonites|strong="H1649"\w*: \w Ladan|strong="H3936"\w* \w and|strong="H8096"\w* \w Shimei|strong="H8096"\w*.


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\w the|strong="H0029"\w* \w seventh|strong="H7637"\w* \w to|strong="H7637"\w* \w Hakkoz|strong="H6976"\w*, \w the|strong="H0029"\w* \w eighth|strong="H8066"\w* \w to|strong="H7637"\w* \w Abijah|strong="H0029"\w*,


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\w the|strong="H7969"\w* thirteenth to \w Huppah|strong="H2647"\w*, \w the|strong="H7969"\w* fourteenth to \w Jeshebeab|strong="H3428"\w*,


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\w the|strong="H6240"\w* fifteenth to \w Bilgah|strong="H1083"\w*, \w the|strong="H6240"\w* sixteenth to \w Immer|strong="H0564"\w*,


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\w the|strong="H6240"\w* seventeenth to \w Hezir|strong="H2387"\w*, \w the|strong="H6240"\w* \w eighteenth|strong="H6240"\w* to Happizzez,


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\w the|strong="H8147"\w* twenty-first \w to|strong="H0259"\w* \w Jachin|strong="H3199"\w*, \w the|strong="H8147"\w* twenty-second \w to|strong="H0259"\w* \w Gamul|strong="H1577"\w*,


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\w This|strong="H0428"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* ordering \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w service|strong="H5656"\w*, \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w into|strong="H0935"\w* \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w according|strong="H4941"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w ordinance|strong="H4941"\w* \w given|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w them|strong="H6680"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w Aaron|strong="H0175"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w him|strong="H0935"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w rest|strong="H3498"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3878"\w*: \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Amram|strong="H6019"\w*, \w Shubael|strong="H7619"\w*; \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shubael|strong="H7619"\w*, \w Jehdeiah|strong="H3165"\w*.


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\w Of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Rehabiah|strong="H7345"\w*: \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Rehabiah|strong="H7345"\w*, \w Isshiah|strong="H3449"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w chief|strong="H7218"\w*.


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\w Of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w Izharites|strong="H3325"\w*, \w Shelomoth|strong="H8013"\w*; \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shelomoth|strong="H8013"\w*, \w Jahath|strong="H3189"\w*.


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\w The|strong="H1121"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Hebron: \w Jeriah|strong="H3404"\w*, \w Amariah|strong="H0568"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w second|strong="H8145"\w*, \w Jahaziel|strong="H3166"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w third|strong="H7992"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jekameam|strong="H3360"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w fourth|strong="H7243"\w*.


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\w The|strong="H1121"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Uzziel|strong="H5816"\w*: \w Micah|strong="H4318"\w*; \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Micah|strong="H4318"\w*, \w Shamir|strong="H8053"\w*.


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\w The|strong="H0251"\w* \w brother|strong="H0251"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Micah|strong="H4318"\w*: \w Isshiah|strong="H3449"\w*; \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0251"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Isshiah|strong="H3449"\w*, \w Zechariah|strong="H2148"\w*.


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\w The|strong="H1121"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Merari|strong="H4847"\w*: \w Mahli|strong="H4249"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Mushi|strong="H4187"\w*. \w The|strong="H1121"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jaaziah|strong="H3269"\w*: Beno.


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\w The|strong="H1121"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Merari|strong="H4847"\w* \w by|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jaaziah|strong="H3269"\w*: Beno, \w Shoham|strong="H7719"\w*, \w Zaccur|strong="H2139"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ibri|strong="H5681"\w*.


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\w Of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Mahli|strong="H4249"\w*: \w Eleazar|strong="H0499"\w*, \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*.


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\w Of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Kish|strong="H7027"\w*, \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Kish|strong="H7027"\w*: \w Jerahmeel|strong="H3396"\w*.


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\w The|strong="H1121"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Mushi|strong="H4187"\w*: \w Mahli|strong="H4249"\w*, \w Eder|strong="H5740"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jerimoth|strong="H3406"\w*. \w These|strong="H0428"\w* \w were|strong="H0428"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w* after \w their|strong="H3881"\w* \w fathers’|strong="H0001"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w*.


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\w These|strong="H1992"\w* \w likewise|strong="H1571"\w* \w cast|strong="H5307"\w* \w lots|strong="H1486"\w* \w even|strong="H1571"\w* \w as|strong="H1571"\w* \w their|strong="H1992"\w* \w brothers|strong="H0251"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Aaron|strong="H0175"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w presence|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w*, \w Ahimelech|strong="H0288"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w heads|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w fathers’|strong="H0001"\w* \w households|strong="H0001"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w*, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w fathers’|strong="H0001"\w* \w households|strong="H0001"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w chief|strong="H7218"\w* \w even|strong="H1571"\w* \w as|strong="H1571"\w* \w those|strong="H1992"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* \w younger|strong="H6996"\w* \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Moreover|strong="H1961"\w*, \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w army|strong="H6635"\w* \w set|strong="H0914"\w* \w apart|strong="H0914"\w* \w for|strong="H6635"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w service|strong="H5656"\w* \w certain|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Asaph|strong="H0623"\w*, \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Heman|strong="H1968"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jeduthun|strong="H3038"\w*, \w who|strong="H0376"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w prophesy|strong="H5030"\w* \w with|strong="H0376"\w* \w harps|strong="H3658"\w*, \w with|strong="H0376"\w* stringed instruments, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w with|strong="H0376"\w* \w cymbals|strong="H4700"\w*. \w The|strong="H1961"\w* \w number|strong="H4557"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w those|strong="H0376"\w* \w who|strong="H0376"\w* \w did|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w work|strong="H4399"\w* \w according|strong="H0376"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w their|strong="H1961"\w* \w service|strong="H5656"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w*:


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\w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Asaph|strong="H0623"\w*: \w Zaccur|strong="H2139"\w*, \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w*, \w Nethaniah|strong="H5418"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Asharelah|strong="H0841"\w*. \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Asaph|strong="H0623"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w under|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Asaph|strong="H0623"\w*, \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w prophesied|strong="H5012"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w order|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.


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\w Of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jeduthun|strong="H3038"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jeduthun|strong="H3038"\w*: \w Gedaliah|strong="H1436"\w*, \w Zeri|strong="H6874"\w*, \w Jeshaiah|strong="H3470"\w*, Shimei, \w Hashabiah|strong="H2811"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Mattithiah|strong="H4993"\w*, \w six|strong="H8337"\w*, \w under|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w Jeduthun|strong="H3038"\w*, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophesied|strong="H5012"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w giving|strong="H3034"\w* \w thanks|strong="H3034"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w praising|strong="H1984"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w harp|strong="H3658"\w*.


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\w Of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Heman|strong="H1968"\w*, \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Heman|strong="H1968"\w*: \w Bukkiah|strong="H1232"\w*, \w Mattaniah|strong="H4983"\w*, \w Uzziel|strong="H5816"\w*, \w Shebuel|strong="H7619"\w*, \w Jerimoth|strong="H3406"\w*, \w Hananiah|strong="H2608"\w*, \w Hanani|strong="H2607"\w*, \w Eliathah|strong="H0448"\w*, \w Giddalti|strong="H1437"\w*, \w Romamti-Ezer|strong="H7320"\w*, \w Joshbekashah|strong="H3436"\w*, \w Mallothi|strong="H4413"\w*, \w Hothir|strong="H1956"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Mahazioth|strong="H4238"\w*.


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\w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H0428"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Heman|strong="H1968"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w seer|strong="H2374"\w* \w in|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w lift|strong="H7311"\w* \w up|strong="H7311"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w horn|strong="H7161"\w*. \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w Heman|strong="H1968"\w* \w fourteen|strong="H6240"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*.


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\w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H0428"\w* \w were|strong="H0428"\w* \w under|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w song|strong="H7892"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w cymbals|strong="H4700"\w*, stringed \w instruments|strong="H7892"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w harps|strong="H3658"\w*, \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w service|strong="H5656"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w God’s|strong="H0430"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*: \w Asaph|strong="H0623"\w*, \w Jeduthun|strong="H3038"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w Heman|strong="H1968"\w* \w being|strong="H0430"\w* \w under|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w order|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.


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\w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w number|strong="H4557"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H1961"\w*, \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w brothers|strong="H0251"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* instructed \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w singing|strong="H7892"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, even \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w skillful|strong="H0995"\w*, \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w two|strong="H3967"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w eighty-eight|strong="H8084"\w*.


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\w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w me|strong="H3808"\w*, ‘\w You|strong="H0859"\w* \w shall|strong="H1004"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w my|strong="H3588"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w are|strong="H0376"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w war|strong="H4421"\w* \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w have|strong="H0376"\w* \w shed|strong="H8210"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*.’


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\w Take|strong="H2388"\w* \w heed|strong="H7200"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w chosen|strong="H0977"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w sanctuary|strong="H4720"\w*. \w Be|strong="H3068"\w* \w strong|strong="H2388"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w*.”<pb/>


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“\w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w this|strong="H3068"\w*”, \w David|strong="H3027"\w* said, “\w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H3605"\w* \w made|strong="H4399"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w understand|strong="H7919"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w writing|strong="H3791"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, \w even|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w works|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H3068"\w* \w pattern|strong="H8403"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H5414"\w* \w perfect|strong="H8003"\w* \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*, \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w*, \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w testimonies|strong="H5715"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w statutes|strong="H2708"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* palace, \w for|strong="H3605"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w provision|strong="H3559"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w princes|strong="H8269"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w mighty|strong="H1368"\w* \w men|strong="H1368"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* submitted themselves \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.


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\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w magnified|strong="H1431"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w exceedingly|strong="H4605"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w such|strong="H0834"\w* \w royal|strong="H4438"\w* \w majesty|strong="H1935"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.<pb/>


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Now \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jesse|strong="H3448"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.


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\w The|strong="H0834"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w forty|strong="H0705"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*; \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w thirty-three|strong="H7969"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.


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\w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w* \w at|strong="H3117"\w* \w a|strong="H3117"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* \w age|strong="H3117"\w*, \w full|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, \w riches|strong="H6239"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w honor|strong="H3519"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w his|strong="H8478"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H4191"\w* \w his|strong="H8478"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w*.


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\w Now|strong="H2009"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w first|strong="H7223"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w last|strong="H0314"\w*, \w behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* history \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w seer|strong="H2374"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* history \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* history \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Gad|strong="H1410"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w seer|strong="H2374"\w*,


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\w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w reign|strong="H4438"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w might|strong="H1369"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* events \w that|strong="H0834"\w* involved \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kingdoms|strong="H4467"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w lands|strong="H0776"\w*.


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\w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w firmly|strong="H2388"\w* \w established|strong="H2388"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4438"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\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 his|strong="H5921"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*<n>The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).</n> \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w made|strong="H2388"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w exceedingly|strong="H4605"\w* \w great|strong="H1431"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w spoke|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w thousands|strong="H0505"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w hundreds|strong="H3967"\w*, \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w judges|strong="H8199"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w prince|strong="H8269"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w heads|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w fathers’|strong="H0001"\w* \w households|strong="H0001"\w*.


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\w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w assembly|strong="H6951"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w him|strong="H5973"\w*, \w went|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w high|strong="H1116"\w* \w place|strong="H1116"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\w*; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w God’s|strong="H0430"\w* \w Tent|strong="H0168"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w Meeting|strong="H4150"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*, \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w in|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*.


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\w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w had|strong="H0430"\w* \w brought|strong="H5927"\w* \w God’s|strong="H0430"\w* \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w from|strong="H5927"\w* \w Kiriath|strong="H7157"\w* Jearim \w to|strong="H3389"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w place|strong="H3559"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w had|strong="H0430"\w* \w prepared|strong="H3559"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w*; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H0430"\w* \w pitched|strong="H5186"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w tent|strong="H0168"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w at|strong="H1732"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.


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Moreover \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w Bezalel|strong="H1212"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Uri|strong="H0221"\w*, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hur|strong="H2354"\w*, \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w there|strong="H3068"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w tabernacle|strong="H4908"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w assembly|strong="H6951"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w seeking|strong="H1875"\w* counsel \w there|strong="H3068"\w*.


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\w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Tent|strong="H0168"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Meeting|strong="H4150"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w offered|strong="H5927"\w* \w one|strong="H0834"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w burnt|strong="H5930"\w* \w offerings|strong="H3068"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*.<pb/>


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\w That|strong="H7200"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w appeared|strong="H7200"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w*, “\w Ask|strong="H7592"\w* \w for|strong="H7592"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* want \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, “\w You|strong="H0859"\w* \w have|strong="H0001"\w* \w shown|strong="H5973"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* loving \w kindness|strong="H2617"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w my|strong="H1732"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w have|strong="H0001"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w me|strong="H5973"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H0430"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w*.


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\w Now|strong="H6258"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w let|strong="H6258"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w promise|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w be|strong="H1697"\w* \w established|strong="H0539"\w*; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w have|strong="H0001"\w* made \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w like|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w dust|strong="H6083"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* multitude.


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\w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w knowledge|strong="H4093"\w*, \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w may|strong="H4310"\w* \w go|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w can|strong="H4310"\w* \w judge|strong="H8199"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w yours|strong="H5414"\w*?”<pb/>


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\w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*, “\w Because|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*, \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w asked|strong="H7592"\w* \w riches|strong="H6239"\w*, \w wealth|strong="H6239"\w*, \w honor|strong="H3519"\w*, \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w life|strong="H5315"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w those|strong="H0834"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w hate|strong="H8130"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*, \w nor|strong="H3808"\w* \w yet|strong="H1571"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w asked|strong="H7592"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w long|strong="H3117"\w* \w life|strong="H5315"\w*; \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w asked|strong="H7592"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w* \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w knowledge|strong="H4093"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w yourself|strong="H5315"\w*, \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w may|strong="H1961"\w* \w judge|strong="H8199"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w whom|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w made|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w*,


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\w therefore|strong="H3651"\w* \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w knowledge|strong="H4093"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w granted|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*. \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w riches|strong="H6239"\w*, \w wealth|strong="H6239"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w honor|strong="H3519"\w*, \w such|strong="H3651"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w none|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w none|strong="H3808"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w So|strong="H0834"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w high|strong="H1116"\w* \w place|strong="H1116"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\w*, \w from|strong="H0935"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Tent|strong="H0168"\w* \w of|strong="H0168"\w* \w Meeting|strong="H4150"\w*, \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*; \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.<pb/>


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\w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w made|strong="H5414"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w be|strong="H4428"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* common \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w stones|strong="H0068"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w made|strong="H5414"\w* \w cedars|strong="H0730"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w be|strong="H4428"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* common \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w sycamore|strong="H8256"\w* \w trees|strong="H8256"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w lowland|strong="H8219"\w*.


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\w The|strong="H0834"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w brought|strong="H3947"\w* out \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w from|strong="H3947"\w* Kue. \w The|strong="H0834"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w merchants|strong="H5503"\w* purchased \w them|strong="H3947"\w* \w from|strong="H3947"\w* Kue.


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\w They|strong="H3651"\w* imported \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w then|strong="H3318"\w* \w exported|strong="H3318"\w* \w a|strong="H5927"\w* \w chariot|strong="H4818"\w* \w for|strong="H3027"\w* \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* pieces \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w a|strong="H5927"\w* \w horse|strong="H5483"\w* \w for|strong="H3027"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w*.<n>The pieces of silver were probably shekels, so 600 pieces would be about 13.2 pounds or 6 kilograms of silver, and 150 would be about 3.3 pounds or 1.5 kilograms of silver.</n> \w They|strong="H3651"\w* \w also|strong="H4428"\w* \w exported|strong="H3318"\w* \w them|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H4714"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Hittite|strong="H2850"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Syrian|strong="H0758"\w*<n>or, Aramean</n> \w kings|strong="H4428"\w*.<pb/>


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Now \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* decided \w to|strong="H5921"\w* build \w a|strong="H5921"\w* house \w for|strong="H5921"\w* Yahweh’s name, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w a|strong="H5921"\w* house \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* kingdom.


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\w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* counted \w out|strong="H7971"\w* seventy thousand \w men|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* bear burdens, eighty thousand \w men|strong="H0559"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w stone|strong="H0834"\w* cutters \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* mountains, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* three thousand six hundred \w to|strong="H0413"\w* oversee \w them|strong="H0413"\w*.<pb/>


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Solomon sent \w to|strong="H5921"\w* Huram \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* Tyre, saying, “\w As|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* dealt \w with|strong="H1004"\w* David \w my|strong="H3068"\w* father, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* sent \w him|strong="H5921"\w* cedars \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H1129"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w which|strong="H4150"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* dwell, \w so|strong="H0589"\w* deal \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*.


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Behold,<n>“Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.</n> \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w am|strong="H0589"\w* \w about|strong="H1004"\w* \w to|strong="H0430"\w* \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* name \w of|strong="H1004"\w* Yahweh \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w to|strong="H0430"\w* dedicate \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H0430"\w* \w him|strong="H3605"\w*, \w to|strong="H0430"\w* burn \w before|strong="H0430"\w* \w him|strong="H3605"\w* incense \w of|strong="H1004"\w* sweet spices, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* continual show bread, \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* burnt \w offerings|strong="H3588"\w* morning \w and|strong="H0430"\w* evening, \w on|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Sabbaths, \w on|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* new moons, \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w on|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w set|strong="H0834"\w* feasts \w of|strong="H1004"\w* Yahweh \w our|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*. \w This|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w an|strong="H1129"\w* ordinance forever \w to|strong="H0430"\w* Israel.<pb/>


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“\w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w am|strong="H0589"\w* \w building|strong="H1129"\w* \w will|strong="H4310"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* great, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w our|strong="H3588"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* greater \w than|strong="H3808"\w* all gods.


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\w But|strong="H0376"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* able \w to|strong="H7971"\w* build \w him|strong="H7971"\w* \w a|strong="H7971"\w* house, \w since|strong="H0834"\w* heaven \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* heaven \w of|strong="H0376"\w* heavens \w can’t|strong="H3045"\w* contain \w him|strong="H7971"\w*? \w Who|strong="H0834"\w* am \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w then|strong="H6258"\w*, \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w should|strong="H0376"\w* build \w him|strong="H7971"\w* \w a|strong="H7971"\w* house, except \w just|strong="H0834"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* burn incense \w before|strong="H5973"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w*?<pb/>


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“\w Now|strong="H2009"\w* \w therefore|strong="H3045"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w me|strong="H7971"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* man \w skillful|strong="H3045"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* work \w in|strong="H5650"\w* gold, \w in|strong="H5650"\w* silver, \w in|strong="H5650"\w* bronze, \w in|strong="H5650"\w* iron, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w in|strong="H5650"\w* purple, crimson, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* blue, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w knows|strong="H3045"\w* \w how|strong="H0834"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* engrave engravings, \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w be|strong="H5650"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w skillful|strong="H3045"\w* \w men|strong="H5650"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w me|strong="H7971"\w* \w in|strong="H5650"\w* Judah \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w in|strong="H5650"\w* Jerusalem, \w whom|strong="H0834"\w* \w David|strong="H5973"\w* \w my|strong="H7971"\w* father \w provided|strong="H3045"\w*.<pb/>


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“Send \w me|strong="H0589"\w* \w also|strong="H3588"\w* cedar \w trees|strong="H6086"\w*, cypress \w trees|strong="H6086"\w*, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* algum \w trees|strong="H6086"\w* \w out|strong="H3559"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* Lebanon, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* know \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w your|strong="H0834"\w* servants know \w how|strong="H0834"\w* \w to|strong="H1004"\w* cut \w timber|strong="H6086"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* Lebanon. Behold, \w my|strong="H0834"\w* servants \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w be|strong="H1004"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w your|strong="H0834"\w* servants,


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even \w to|strong="H5414"\w* prepare \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w timber|strong="H6086"\w* \w in|strong="H5650"\w* abundance; \w for|strong="H6086"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* house \w which|strong="H6086"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* am \w about|strong="H6086"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* build \w will|strong="H5650"\w* \w be|strong="H5414"\w* great \w and|strong="H5650"\w* wonderful.


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Behold, \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* servants, \w the|strong="H0853"\w* cutters \w who|strong="H3068"\w* cut timber, twenty thousand cors<n>1 cor is the same as a homer, or about 55.9 U. S. gallons (liquid) or 211 liters or 6 bushels, so 20,000 cors of wheat would weigh about 545 metric tons</n> \w of|strong="H4428"\w* beaten wheat, twenty thousand baths<n>1 bath is one tenth of a cor, or about 5.6 U. S. gallons or 21 liters or 2.4 pecks. 20,000 baths of barley would weigh about 262 metric tons.</n> \w of|strong="H4428"\w* barley, twenty thousand baths \w of|strong="H4428"\w* wine, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* twenty thousand baths \w of|strong="H4428"\w* oil.”<pb/>


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\w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w Huram|strong="H2361"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Tyre \w answered|strong="H0559"\w* \w in|strong="H0430"\w* writing, \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w sent|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* Solomon, “\w Because|strong="H0834"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* loves \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w*, \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w over|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*.”


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\w Huram|strong="H2361"\w* continued, “Blessed \w be|strong="H0376"\w* Yahweh, \w the|strong="H3045"\w* \w God|strong="H7971"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* Israel, \w who|strong="H0376"\w* \w made|strong="H3045"\w* heaven \w and|strong="H7971"\w* earth, \w who|strong="H0376"\w* \w has|strong="H0376"\w* given \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w David|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H3045"\w* king \w a|strong="H7971"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w son|strong="H2450"\w*, \w endowed|strong="H3045"\w* \w with|strong="H3045"\w* discretion \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w understanding|strong="H0998"\w*, \w who|strong="H0376"\w* \w would|strong="H0376"\w* build \w a|strong="H7971"\w* house \w for|strong="H7971"\w* Yahweh \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w a|strong="H7971"\w* house \w for|strong="H7971"\w* \w his|strong="H7971"\w* kingdom.<pb/>


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\w Now|strong="H5414"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w sent|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H5414"\w* \w skillful|strong="H2803"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w*, \w endowed|strong="H3045"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* understanding, Huram-abi,<n>or, Huram, my father</n>


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\w the|strong="H0559"\w* son \w of|strong="H5650"\w* \w a|strong="H7971"\w* woman \w of|strong="H5650"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* daughters \w of|strong="H5650"\w* Dan; \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w his|strong="H0834"\w* father \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w a|strong="H7971"\w* man \w of|strong="H5650"\w* Tyre. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* skillful \w to|strong="H0559"\w* work \w in|strong="H5650"\w* gold, \w in|strong="H5650"\w* silver, \w in|strong="H5650"\w* bronze, \w in|strong="H5650"\w* iron, \w in|strong="H5650"\w* \w stone|strong="H0834"\w*, \w in|strong="H5650"\w* timber, \w in|strong="H5650"\w* purple, \w in|strong="H5650"\w* blue, \w in|strong="H5650"\w* fine linen, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w in|strong="H5650"\w* crimson, \w also|strong="H0834"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* engrave any kind \w of|strong="H5650"\w* engraving \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* devise any device, \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w there|strong="H0834"\w* \w may|strong="H0834"\w* \w be|strong="H0113"\w* \w a|strong="H7971"\w* place appointed \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w* \w with|strong="H8081"\w* \w your|strong="H0834"\w* skillful \w men|strong="H5650"\w*, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w with|strong="H8081"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* skillful \w men|strong="H5650"\w* \w of|strong="H5650"\w* \w my|strong="H7971"\w* \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* \w David|strong="H7971"\w* \w your|strong="H0834"\w* father.<pb/>


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“\w Now|strong="H0935"\w* \w therefore|strong="H0859"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* wheat, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* barley, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* oil, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* wine \w which|strong="H6086"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* lord \w has|strong="H3605"\w* \w spoken|strong="H0935"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w*, let \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w send|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* servants;


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\w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w we|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0776"\w* cut wood \w out|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* Lebanon, \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w much|strong="H0834"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w need|strong="H0376"\w*. \w We|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0776"\w* bring \w it|strong="H0834"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w in|strong="H0776"\w* rafts \w by|strong="H3478"\w* sea \w to|strong="H3478"\w* Joppa; \w then|strong="H0310"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w shall|strong="H3478"\w* carry \w it|strong="H0834"\w* \w up|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* Jerusalem.”<pb/>


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Solomon counted \w all|strong="H0505"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* foreigners \w who|strong="H6213"\w* \w were|strong="H1992"\w* \w in|strong="H3967"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* land \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w Israel|strong="H5971"\w*, \w after|strong="H1992"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* census \w with|strong="H2022"\w* \w which|strong="H2022"\w* David \w his|strong="H5647"\w* father \w had|strong="H0853"\w* counted \w them|strong="H1992"\w*; \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* found \w one|strong="H3967"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* fifty-three \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w*.


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He set seventy thousand of them to bear burdens, eighty thousand who were stone cutters in the mountains, and three thousand six hundred overseers to assign the people their work.<pb/>


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\w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w began|strong="H2490"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w on|strong="H7200"\w* \w Mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Moriah|strong="H4179"\w*, \w where|strong="H0834"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w appeared|strong="H7200"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w prepared|strong="H3559"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w appointed|strong="H3559"\w*, \w on|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w threshing|strong="H1637"\w* \w floor|strong="H1637"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Ornan|strong="H0771"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Jebusite|strong="H2983"\w*.


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\w He|strong="H8141"\w* \w began|strong="H2490"\w* \w to|strong="H8141"\w* \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H1129"\w* \w second|strong="H8145"\w* \w day|strong="H2320"\w* \w of|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H1129"\w* \w second|strong="H8145"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w*, \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H1129"\w* \w fourth|strong="H0702"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H8141"\w* \w his|strong="H1129"\w* \w reign|strong="H4438"\w*.


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Now \w these|strong="H0428"\w* \w are|strong="H0428"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w foundations|strong="H3245"\w* \w which|strong="H0428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w laid|strong="H3245"\w* \w for|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w building|strong="H1129"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w God’s|strong="H0430"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*: \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w length|strong="H0753"\w* \w by|strong="H0430"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w*<n>A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters.</n> after \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w first|strong="H7223"\w* \w measure|strong="H0520"\w* \w was|strong="H0430"\w* \w sixty|strong="H8346"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w*, \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w width|strong="H7341"\w* \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w*.


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\w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w porch|strong="H0197"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w*, \w its|strong="H5921"\w* \w length|strong="H0753"\w*, \w across|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w width|strong="H7341"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w height|strong="H1363"\w* \w one|strong="H0834"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w*; \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w overlaid|strong="H6823"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w within|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w pure|strong="H2889"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*.


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\w He|strong="H0853"\w* \w made|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w larger|strong="H1419"\w* \w room|strong="H1004"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w a|strong="H5927"\w* ceiling \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w cypress|strong="H1265"\w* \w wood|strong="H6086"\w*, \w which|strong="H6086"\w* \w he|strong="H0853"\w* \w overlaid|strong="H2645"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* fine \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* ornamented \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w palm|strong="H8561"\w* \w trees|strong="H6086"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w chains|strong="H8333"\w*.


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\w He|strong="H0853"\w* decorated \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w precious|strong="H3368"\w* \w stones|strong="H0068"\w* \w for|strong="H1004"\w* \w beauty|strong="H8597"\w*. \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w was|strong="H1004"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w from|strong="H2091"\w* \w Parvaim|strong="H6516"\w*.


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\w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w could|strong="H3201"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w enter|strong="H0935"\w* \w into|strong="H0413"\w* \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w glory|strong="H3519"\w* \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.


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\w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w looked|strong="H7200"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w*, \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* \w came|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w glory|strong="H3519"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w bowed|strong="H7812"\w* \w themselves|strong="H7812"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w faces|strong="H0639"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w ground|strong="H0776"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w pavement|strong="H7531"\w*, \w worshiped|strong="H7812"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w gave|strong="H3034"\w* \w thanks|strong="H3034"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, saying, <pb/>“\w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w*, <pb/>\w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* loving \w kindness|strong="H2617"\w* \w endures|strong="H5769"\w* \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*!”<pb/>


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\w Then|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w offered|strong="H2076"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*.


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\w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w offered|strong="H2076"\w* \w a|strong="H2076"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w twenty-two|strong="H8147"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* head \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w cattle|strong="H1241"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w a|strong="H2076"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*. \w So|strong="H0853"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w dedicated|strong="H2596"\w* \w God’s|strong="H0430"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.


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\w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w*, \w according|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* positions; \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w instruments|strong="H3627"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w music|strong="H7892"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w give|strong="H3034"\w* \w thanks|strong="H3034"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w praised|strong="H1984"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* ministry, saying “\w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* loving \w kindness|strong="H2617"\w* \w endures|strong="H5769"\w* \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*.” \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w sounded|strong="H2690"\w* \w trumpets|strong="H2690"\w* \w before|strong="H5048"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*; \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w*.<pb/>


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Moreover \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w middle|strong="H8432"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w court|strong="H2691"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w holy|strong="H6942"\w*; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* offered \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w burnt|strong="H5930"\w* \w offerings|strong="H8002"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w fat|strong="H2459"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w peace|strong="H8002"\w* \w offerings|strong="H8002"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w able|strong="H3201"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* receive \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w burnt|strong="H5930"\w* \w offering|strong="H4503"\w*, \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w meal|strong="H4503"\w* \w offering|strong="H4503"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w fat|strong="H2459"\w*.<pb/>


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\w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w held|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w feast|strong="H2282"\w* \w at|strong="H3478"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w for|strong="H3605"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w*, \w a|strong="H0935"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w assembly|strong="H6951"\w*, \w from|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w entrance|strong="H0935"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w Hamath|strong="H2574"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w brook|strong="H5158"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.<pb/>


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\w On|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w eighth|strong="H8066"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w held|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w solemn|strong="H6116"\w* \w assembly|strong="H6116"\w*; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w kept|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w dedication|strong="H2598"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w feast|strong="H2282"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*.


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\w On|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w twenty-third|strong="H6242"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w seventh|strong="H7637"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w*, \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w away|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w tents|strong="H0168"\w*, \w joyful|strong="H8056"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w glad|strong="H8056"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* goodness \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w shown|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.<pb/>


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Thus \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w finished|strong="H3615"\w* \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*; \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* successfully \w completed|strong="H3615"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w into|strong="H0935"\w* \w Solomon’s|strong="H8010"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* own \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Then|strong="H2088"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w appeared|strong="H7200"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w I|strong="H7200"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w prayer|strong="H8605"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w chosen|strong="H0977"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w for|strong="H0413"\w* myself \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w a|strong="H7200"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\w*.<pb/>


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“\w If|strong="H0518"\w* \w I|strong="H0518"\w* \w shut|strong="H6113"\w* \w up|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w* \w so|strong="H7971"\w* \w that|strong="H3808"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w is|strong="H0776"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w rain|strong="H4306"\w*, \w or|strong="H0518"\w* \w if|strong="H0518"\w* \w I|strong="H0518"\w* \w command|strong="H6680"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w locust|strong="H2284"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w devour|strong="H0398"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, \w or|strong="H0518"\w* \w if|strong="H0518"\w* \w I|strong="H0518"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w pestilence|strong="H1698"\w* \w among|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*,


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\w if|strong="H0834"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w will|strong="H0776"\w* \w humble|strong="H3665"\w* \w themselves|strong="H7451"\w*, \w pray|strong="H6419"\w*, \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w*, \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7451"\w* \w ways|strong="H1870"\w*, \w then|strong="H0853"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w will|strong="H0776"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, \w will|strong="H0776"\w* \w forgive|strong="H5545"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w sin|strong="H2403"\w*, \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w will|strong="H0776"\w* \w heal|strong="H7495"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w*.


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\w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w my|strong="H1961"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w open|strong="H6605"\w* \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w my|strong="H1961"\w* \w ears|strong="H0241"\w* \w attentive|strong="H5869"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w prayer|strong="H8605"\w* \w that|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w made|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H4725"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w*.


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\w For|strong="H1004"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w chosen|strong="H0977"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w made|strong="H1961"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w holy|strong="H6942"\w*, \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w may|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*; \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w perpetually|strong="H5769"\w*.<pb/>


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“\w As|strong="H0834"\w* \w for|strong="H4941"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w*, \w if|strong="H0518"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w walk|strong="H1980"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w walked|strong="H1980"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w according|strong="H4941"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w statutes|strong="H2706"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w ordinances|strong="H4941"\w*,


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\w then|strong="H6965"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w establish|strong="H6965"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w your|strong="H0834"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4438"\w*, \w according|strong="H0376"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w covenanted|strong="H3772"\w* \w with|strong="H0376"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w your|strong="H0834"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w There|strong="H0834"\w* \w shall|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w fail|strong="H3772"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w a|strong="H3772"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w ruler|strong="H4910"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.’<pb/>


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\w But|strong="H0518"\w* \w if|strong="H0518"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* \w away|strong="H7725"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w forsake|strong="H5800"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w statutes|strong="H2708"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w set|strong="H5414"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w go|strong="H1980"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* \w other|strong="H0312"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w worship|strong="H7812"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*,


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\w then|strong="H2088"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w pluck|strong="H5428"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w up|strong="H5921"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* roots \w out|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H0127"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*; \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w made|strong="H5414"\w* \w holy|strong="H6942"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w*, \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w cast|strong="H7993"\w* \w out|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w sight|strong="H6440"\w*, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w make|strong="H5414"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H5414"\w* \w proverb|strong="H4912"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w a|strong="H5414"\w* \w byword|strong="H4912"\w* \w among|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w peoples|strong="H5971"\w*.


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\w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w forty|strong="H0705"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.


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\w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w slept|strong="H7901"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H1732"\w* \w was|strong="H1732"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w in|strong="H6912"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H6912"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w*.<pb/>


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\w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nebat|strong="H5028"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* (\w for|strong="H4714"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H8085"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w where|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w fled|strong="H1272"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w presence|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*), \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w out|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.


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\w They|strong="H0559"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*; \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w they|strong="H0559"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,


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“\w Your|strong="H5414"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w made|strong="H5414"\w* \w our|strong="H5414"\w* \w yoke|strong="H5923"\w* \w grievous|strong="H3515"\w*. \w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w therefore|strong="H6258"\w* \w make|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w grievous|strong="H3515"\w* \w service|strong="H5656"\w* \w of|strong="H0001"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w and|strong="H0001"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w heavy|strong="H3515"\w* \w yoke|strong="H5923"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w*, \w lighter|strong="H7043"\w*, \w and|strong="H0001"\w* \w we|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w Come|strong="H7725"\w* \w again|strong="H5750"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w after|strong="H0413"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*.” <pb/>\w So|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* departed.<pb/>


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\w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w* \w took|strong="H1961"\w* \w counsel|strong="H3289"\w* \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w old|strong="H2205"\w* \w men|strong="H5971"\w*, \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w his|strong="H7725"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w while|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* yet \w lived|strong="H2416"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w What|strong="H0834"\w* \w counsel|strong="H3289"\w* \w do|strong="H2088"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w give|strong="H7725"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w how|strong="H0349"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w answer|strong="H7725"\w* \w these|strong="H2088"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*?”<pb/>


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\w They|strong="H0518"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w If|strong="H0518"\w* \w you|strong="H0518"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w kind|strong="H2896"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w these|strong="H2088"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w please|strong="H7521"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*, \w then|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H0518"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w forever|strong="H3117"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w counsel|strong="H3289"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w*, \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w we|strong="H0834"\w* \w may|strong="H0834"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w an|strong="H5414"\w* \w answer|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w these|strong="H2088"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w Make|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w yoke|strong="H5923"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w lighter|strong="H7043"\w*?’”<pb/>


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\w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w young|strong="H3206"\w* \w men|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w grown|strong="H1431"\w* \w up|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Thus|strong="H3541"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w shall|strong="H0834"\w* \w tell|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w Your|strong="H5921"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w made|strong="H3513"\w* \w our|strong="H5921"\w* \w yoke|strong="H5923"\w* \w heavy|strong="H3513"\w*, \w but|strong="H0859"\w* \w make|strong="H1431"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w lighter|strong="H7043"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w us|strong="H0413"\w*;’ \w thus|strong="H3541"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w shall|strong="H0834"\w* \w say|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*, ‘\w My|strong="H5921"\w* \w little|strong="H6995"\w* \w finger|strong="H6995"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w thicker|strong="H5666"\w* \w than|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w waist|strong="H4975"\w*.


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\w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w whereas|strong="H6258"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* burdened \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H5921"\w* \w heavy|strong="H3515"\w* \w yoke|strong="H5923"\w*, \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w will|strong="H0589"\w* \w add|strong="H3254"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w yoke|strong="H5923"\w*. \w My|strong="H5921"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w chastised|strong="H3256"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w whips|strong="H7752"\w*, \w but|strong="H6258"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w will|strong="H0589"\w* \w chastise|strong="H3256"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w scorpions|strong="H6137"\w*.’”<pb/>


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\w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w* roughly; \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w* \w abandoned|strong="H5800"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w old|strong="H2205"\w* \w men|strong="H2205"\w*,


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\w and|strong="H0001"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w after|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w* \w of|strong="H0001"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w young|strong="H3206"\w* \w men|strong="H3206"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w My|strong="H5921"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w made|strong="H3513"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w yoke|strong="H5923"\w* \w heavy|strong="H3513"\w*, \w but|strong="H1696"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w will|strong="H0589"\w* \w add|strong="H3254"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*. \w My|strong="H5921"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w chastised|strong="H3256"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w whips|strong="H7752"\w*, \w but|strong="H1696"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w will|strong="H0589"\w* \w chastise|strong="H3256"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w scorpions|strong="H6137"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w So|strong="H4616"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w didn’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w brought|strong="H1961"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w might|strong="H4616"\w* \w establish|strong="H6965"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w*, \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w Ahijah|strong="H0281"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Shilonite|strong="H7888"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nebat|strong="H5028"\w*.<pb/>


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\w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w didn’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w portion|strong="H2506"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w we|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H0376"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*? \w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w don’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H0376"\w* \w an|strong="H7200"\w* \w inheritance|strong="H5159"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jesse|strong="H3448"\w*! \w Every|strong="H3605"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w tents|strong="H0168"\w*, \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*! \w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w own|strong="H0376"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w David|strong="H1732"\w*.” \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* departed \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w tents|strong="H0168"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w Hadoram|strong="H1913"\w*, \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* subject \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w forced|strong="H4522"\w* \w labor|strong="H4522"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w stoned|strong="H7275"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w death|strong="H4191"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w stones|strong="H0068"\w*. \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w* \w hurried|strong="H5127"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w get|strong="H5927"\w* himself \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w chariot|strong="H4818"\w*, \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w flee|strong="H5127"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.


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\w When|strong="H0935"\w* \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w assembled|strong="H6950"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*, \w one|strong="H3967"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w eighty|strong="H8084"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* chosen \w men|strong="H0970"\w* \w who|strong="H3478"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w warriors|strong="H4421"\w*, \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* \w against|strong="H5973"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w*.


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\w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Shemaiah|strong="H8098"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,


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“\w Speak|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*, \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,


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‘\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w shall|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w go|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, \w nor|strong="H3808"\w* \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* \w against|strong="H0413"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w brothers|strong="H0251"\w*! \w Every|strong="H0376"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*.”’” \w So|strong="H3541"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w listened|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w going|strong="H5927"\w* \w against|strong="H0413"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w for|strong="H3427"\w* \w defense|strong="H4692"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.


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\w He|strong="H0853"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w Bethlehem|strong="H1035"\w*, \w Etam|strong="H5862"\w*, \w Tekoa|strong="H8620"\w*,


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