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\w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w* \w came|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w Do|strong="H0589"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w away|strong="H3947"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w master|strong="H0113"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w*?” <pb/>\w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Yes|strong="H3588"\w*, \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*. Hold \w your|strong="H3068"\w* peace.”<pb/>


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\w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w*, “\w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w*, \w please|strong="H4994"\w* \w wait|strong="H3427"\w* \w here|strong="H6311"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w*.” <pb/>\w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w As|strong="H0935"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w lives|strong="H5315"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w as|strong="H0935"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* \w lives|strong="H5315"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H0518"\w* \w leave|strong="H5800"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.” \w So|strong="H7971"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w*.<pb/>


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\w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w* \w came|strong="H5066"\w* \w near|strong="H5066"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w Do|strong="H0589"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w away|strong="H3947"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w master|strong="H0113"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w*?” <pb/>\w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Yes|strong="H3588"\w*, \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*. Hold \w your|strong="H3068"\w* peace.”<pb/>


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\w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w*, “\w Please|strong="H4994"\w* \w wait|strong="H3427"\w* \w here|strong="H6311"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*.” <pb/>\w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w As|strong="H5315"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w lives|strong="H5315"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w as|strong="H5315"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* \w lives|strong="H5315"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H0518"\w* \w leave|strong="H5800"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.” \w Then|strong="H7971"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w both|strong="H8147"\w* went \w on|strong="H3427"\w*.


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\w Fifty|strong="H2572"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w went|strong="H1980"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w opposite|strong="H5048"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H5921"\w* \w distance|strong="H7350"\w*; \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w they|strong="H0376"\w* \w both|strong="H8147"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*.


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\w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w his|strong="H3947"\w* \w mantle|strong="H0155"\w*, \w and|strong="H4325"\w* rolled \w it|strong="H3947"\w* \w up|strong="H0853"\w*, \w and|strong="H4325"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w waters|strong="H4325"\w*; \w and|strong="H4325"\w* \w they|strong="H5221"\w* \w were|strong="H4325"\w* \w divided|strong="H2673"\w* \w here|strong="H2008"\w* \w and|strong="H4325"\w* \w there|strong="H2008"\w*, \w so|strong="H3947"\w* \w that|strong="H4325"\w* \w they|strong="H5221"\w* \w both|strong="H8147"\w* went \w over|strong="H5674"\w* \w on|strong="H4325"\w* \w dry|strong="H2724"\w* \w ground|strong="H2724"\w*.


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\w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H0559"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w gone|strong="H1961"\w* \w over|strong="H0413"\w*, \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w*, “\w Ask|strong="H7592"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w I|strong="H2962"\w* \w shall|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H5973"\w*, \w before|strong="H2962"\w* \w I|strong="H2962"\w* \w am|strong="H1961"\w* \w taken|strong="H3947"\w* \w from|strong="H3947"\w* \w you|strong="H5973"\w*.” <pb/>\w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Please|strong="H4994"\w* \w let|strong="H4994"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w double|strong="H8147"\w* \w portion|strong="H6310"\w* \w of|strong="H7307"\w* \w your|strong="H3947"\w* \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w on|strong="H0413"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w He|strong="H0518"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w You|strong="H0518"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w asked|strong="H7592"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w hard|strong="H7185"\w* \w thing|strong="H3651"\w*. \w If|strong="H0518"\w* \w you|strong="H0518"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H0518"\w* \w am|strong="H1961"\w* \w taken|strong="H3947"\w* \w from|strong="H3947"\w* \w you|strong="H0518"\w*, \w it|strong="H0518"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w so|strong="H3651"\w* \w for|strong="H7592"\w* \w you|strong="H0518"\w*; \w but|strong="H0518"\w* \w if|strong="H0518"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w*, \w it|strong="H0518"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w so|strong="H3651"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w As|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w continued|strong="H1980"\w* \w on|strong="H1980"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w talked|strong="H1696"\w*, \w behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w chariot|strong="H7393"\w* \w of|strong="H8147"\w* \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w of|strong="H8147"\w* \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* \w separated|strong="H6504"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*; \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w went|strong="H1980"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w by|strong="H0784"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* whirlwind \w into|strong="H1980"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*.


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\w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w cried|strong="H6817"\w*, “\w My|strong="H7200"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, \w my|strong="H7200"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* \w of|strong="H0001"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w its|strong="H3808"\w* \w horsemen|strong="H6571"\w*!” <pb/>\w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w him|strong="H7200"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w more|strong="H5750"\w*. \w Then|strong="H7200"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w took|strong="H2388"\w* \w hold|strong="H2388"\w* \w of|strong="H0001"\w* \w his|strong="H7200"\w* \w own|strong="H2388"\w* \w clothes|strong="H0899"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w tore|strong="H7167"\w* \w them|strong="H7200"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w pieces|strong="H7168"\w*.


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\w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w also|strong="H0853"\w* \w took|strong="H0853"\w* \w up|strong="H7311"\w* \w Elijah’s|strong="H0452"\w* \w mantle|strong="H0155"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w went|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w bank|strong="H8193"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*.


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\w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w Elijah’s|strong="H0452"\w* \w mantle|strong="H0155"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w waters|strong="H4325"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Where|strong="H0834"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w*?” \w When|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w also|strong="H0637"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w waters|strong="H4325"\w*, \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w divided|strong="H2673"\w* apart, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* went \w over|strong="H5921"\w*.<pb/>


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\w When|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w* facing \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w rests|strong="H5117"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w*.” \w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w bowed|strong="H7812"\w* \w themselves|strong="H7812"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w ground|strong="H0776"\w* \w before|strong="H5048"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*.


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\w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w See|strong="H2009"\w* \w now|strong="H4994"\w*, \w there|strong="H3426"\w* \w are|strong="H0376"\w* \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w* \w strong|strong="H2428"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*. \w Please|strong="H4994"\w* \w let|strong="H7971"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w go|strong="H7971"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w master|strong="H0113"\w*. \w Perhaps|strong="H5375"\w* \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w Spirit|strong="H7307"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w taken|strong="H5375"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w put|strong="H7971"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w on|strong="H0413"\w* \w some|strong="H0376"\w* \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w* \w or|strong="H0176"\w* \w into|strong="H0413"\w* \w some|strong="H0376"\w* \w valley|strong="H1516"\w*.” <pb/>\w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Don’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w When|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w urged|strong="H6484"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w was|strong="H0376"\w* \w ashamed|strong="H0954"\w*, \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Send|strong="H7971"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w*.” <pb/>\w Therefore|strong="H7971"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*; \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w searched|strong="H1245"\w* \w for|strong="H7971"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w didn’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w*.


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\w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w came|strong="H0413"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w while|strong="H1931"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w stayed|strong="H3427"\w* \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w*; \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w Didn’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H0559"\w* \w tell|strong="H0559"\w* \w you|strong="H7725"\w*, ‘\w Don’t|strong="H0408"\w* \w go|strong="H7725"\w*?’”<pb/>


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\w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w*, “\w Behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w please|strong="H4994"\w*, \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w situation|strong="H4186"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w this|strong="H0834"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w pleasant|strong="H2896"\w*, \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w my|strong="H7200"\w* \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* \w sees|strong="H7200"\w*; \w but|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w bad|strong="H7451"\w*, \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* barren.”<pb/>


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\w He|strong="H8033"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Bring|strong="H3947"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w a|strong="H3947"\w* \w new|strong="H2319"\w* \w jar|strong="H6746"\w*, \w and|strong="H8033"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w salt|strong="H4417"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w*.” \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w brought|strong="H3947"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*.


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\w He|strong="H8033"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w spring|strong="H4161"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w waters|strong="H4325"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w threw|strong="H7993"\w* \w salt|strong="H4417"\w* \w into|strong="H0413"\w* \w it|strong="H8033"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w healed|strong="H7495"\w* \w these|strong="H0428"\w* \w waters|strong="H4325"\w*. \w There|strong="H8033"\w* \w shall|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w any|strong="H5750"\w* \w more|strong="H5750"\w* \w death|strong="H4194"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* barren wasteland.’”


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\w So|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w healed|strong="H7495"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, according \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Elisha’s|strong="H0477"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w*.<pb/>


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\w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w*. \w As|strong="H5927"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w going|strong="H3318"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w by|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w*, \w some|strong="H4480"\w* \w youths|strong="H5288"\w* \w came|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H8033"\w* \w mocked|strong="H7046"\w* \w him|strong="H3318"\w*, \w and|strong="H8033"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w him|strong="H3318"\w*, “\w Go|strong="H3318"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, \w you|strong="H4480"\w* \w baldy|strong="H7142"\w*! \w Go|strong="H3318"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, \w you|strong="H4480"\w* \w baldy|strong="H7142"\w*!”


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\w He|strong="H0310"\w* \w looked|strong="H7200"\w* \w behind|strong="H0310"\w* \w him|strong="H0310"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w cursed|strong="H7043"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w*. \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w female|strong="H8147"\w* \w bears|strong="H1677"\w* \w came|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w woods|strong="H3293"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* mauled \w forty-two|strong="H8147"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w those|strong="H1992"\w* \w youths|strong="H3206"\w*.


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\w He|strong="H8033"\w* \w went|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Carmel|strong="H3760"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*.<pb/>


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Now \w Jehoram|strong="H3088"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* began \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w eighteenth|strong="H6240"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w twelve|strong="H6240"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.


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\w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*, \w but|strong="H7535"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w like|strong="H0834"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w like|strong="H0834"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w mother|strong="H0517"\w*, \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w put|strong="H5493"\w* \w away|strong="H5493"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w pillar|strong="H4676"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w*.


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Nevertheless \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w held|strong="H1692"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w sins|strong="H2398"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\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*, \w with|strong="H3478"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w made|strong="H0834"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w didn’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w depart|strong="H5493"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Now|strong="H1961"\w* \w Mesha|strong="H4338"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w sheep|strong="H5349"\w* \w breeder|strong="H5349"\w*; \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w he|strong="H7725"\w* supplied \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w with|strong="H3478"\w* \w one|strong="H1961"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w lambs|strong="H3733"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w wool|strong="H6785"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w one|strong="H1961"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w rams|strong="H0352"\w*.


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\w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w dead|strong="H4194"\w*, \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* \w rebelled|strong="H6586"\w* \w against|strong="H6586"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.


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\w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jehoram|strong="H3088"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w at|strong="H3478"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w mustered|strong="H6485"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.


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\w He|strong="H7971"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* \w has|strong="H4428"\w* \w rebelled|strong="H6586"\w* \w against|strong="H0413"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*. \w Will|strong="H4428"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w go|strong="H5927"\w* \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w against|strong="H0413"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*?” <pb/>\w He|strong="H7971"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w I|strong="H0559"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w go|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w*. \w I|strong="H0559"\w* am \w as|strong="H3644"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w are|strong="H4421"\w*, \w my|strong="H7971"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w as|strong="H3644"\w* \w your|strong="H7971"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w my|strong="H7971"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w as|strong="H3644"\w* \w your|strong="H7971"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*.”


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\w Then|strong="H2088"\w* \w he|strong="H0559"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Which|strong="H2088"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w shall|strong="H2088"\w* we \w go|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w*?” <pb/>Jehoram \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w of|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w* \w of|strong="H1870"\w* \w Edom|strong="H0123"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w went|strong="H5437"\w* \w with|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Edom|strong="H0123"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w marched|strong="H5437"\w* \w for|strong="H4325"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* along \w a|strong="H1961"\w* circuitous \w route|strong="H1870"\w*. \w There|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w for|strong="H4325"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w army|strong="H4264"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w for|strong="H4325"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w animals|strong="H0929"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w followed|strong="H7272"\w* \w them|strong="H1961"\w*.


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\w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Alas|strong="H0162"\w*! \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w these|strong="H0428"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* together \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w into|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w But|strong="H0369"\w* \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “Isn’t \w there|strong="H0369"\w* \w a|strong="H0834"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w here|strong="H6311"\w*, \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w we|strong="H0834"\w* \w may|strong="H3068"\w* \w inquire|strong="H1875"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*?” <pb/>\w One|strong="H0259"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel’s|strong="H3478"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shaphat|strong="H8202"\w*, \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w poured|strong="H3332"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w*, \w is|strong="H0369"\w* \w here|strong="H6311"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*.” \w So|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Edom|strong="H0123"\w* \w went|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w have|strong="H0001"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w do|strong="H0408"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*? Go \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w mother|strong="H0517"\w*.” <pb/>\w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w No|strong="H0408"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w these|strong="H0428"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* together \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w into|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w As|strong="H0834"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w lives|strong="H2416"\w*, \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w whom|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w stand|strong="H5975"\w*, \w surely|strong="H3588"\w*, \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w it|strong="H0518"\w* \w not|strong="H0518"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w respect|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w presence|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H0518"\w* \w look|strong="H7200"\w* \w toward|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*, \w nor|strong="H0518"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*.


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\w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w bring|strong="H3947"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w musician|strong="H5059"\w*.” \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w musician|strong="H5059"\w* \w played|strong="H5059"\w*, \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*.


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\w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w Make|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w valley|strong="H5158"\w* full \w of|strong="H3068"\w* trenches.’


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\w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w You|strong="H0859"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w*, \w neither|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w rain|strong="H1653"\w*, \w yet|strong="H3588"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w valley|strong="H5158"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* \w with|strong="H4390"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w*, both \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w livestock|strong="H4735"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w other|strong="H3541"\w* \w animals|strong="H0929"\w*.


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\w This|strong="H2063"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w an|strong="H5414"\w* \w easy|strong="H7043"\w* \w thing|strong="H7043"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Moabites|strong="H4124"\w* \w into|strong="H3027"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.


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\w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w shall|strong="H4325"\w* \w strike|strong="H5221"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w fortified|strong="H4013"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w choice|strong="H4004"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w shall|strong="H4325"\w* \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w tree|strong="H6086"\w*, \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w stop|strong="H5640"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w springs|strong="H4599"\w* \w of|strong="H4325"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*, \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w mar|strong="H3510"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* piece \w of|strong="H4325"\w* \w land|strong="H2513"\w* \w with|strong="H3605"\w* \w stones|strong="H0068"\w*.’”<pb/>


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\w In|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0935"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*, \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0935"\w* \w time|strong="H1961"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w offering|strong="H4503"\w* \w the|strong="H0935"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="H4503"\w*, \w behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w by|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H0935"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w Edom|strong="H0123"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0935"\w* \w country|strong="H0776"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*.<pb/>


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\w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* \w was|strong="H0376"\w* \w too|strong="H4480"\w* \w severe|strong="H2388"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w who|strong="H0376"\w* \w drew|strong="H8025"\w* \w a|strong="H3947"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w break|strong="H1234"\w* \w through|strong="H4480"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Edom|strong="H0123"\w*; \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w could|strong="H3201"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w*.


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\w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w oldest|strong="H1419"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w would|strong="H3478"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w offered|strong="H5927"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w burnt|strong="H5930"\w* \w offering|strong="H5927"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*. \w There|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w wrath|strong="H7110"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w departed|strong="H5265"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w their|strong="H3947"\w* \w own|strong="H1961"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Now|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w certain|strong="H0259"\w* \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w wives|strong="H0802"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w cried|strong="H6817"\w* \w out|strong="H3045"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Your|strong="H3068"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w husband|strong="H0376"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*. \w You|strong="H0859"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w feared|strong="H3372"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*. \w Now|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w creditor|strong="H5383"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w himself|strong="H3045"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w slaves|strong="H5650"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w*, “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w should|strong="H4100"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*? \w Tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*, \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H0369"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*?” <pb/>\w She|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Your|strong="H3605"\w* \w servant|strong="H8198"\w* \w has|strong="H0369"\w* \w nothing|strong="H0369"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w except|strong="H0518"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* pot \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w oil|strong="H8081"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w he|strong="H4480"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “Go, \w borrow|strong="H7592"\w* \w empty|strong="H7386"\w* \w containers|strong="H3627"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w neighbors|strong="H7934"\w*. \w Don’t|strong="H0408"\w* \w borrow|strong="H7592"\w* \w just|strong="H3605"\w* \w a|strong="H4480"\w* \w few|strong="H4591"\w* \w containers|strong="H3627"\w*.


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\w Go|strong="H0935"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w shut|strong="H5462"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w door|strong="H1817"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w pour|strong="H3332"\w* oil \w into|strong="H0935"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w those|strong="H0428"\w* \w containers|strong="H3627"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w set|strong="H5265"\w* \w aside|strong="H5265"\w* \w those|strong="H0428"\w* \w which|strong="H0428"\w* \w are|strong="H0428"\w* \w full|strong="H4392"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w So|strong="H5066"\w* \w she|strong="H1931"\w* \w went|strong="H5066"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w shut|strong="H5462"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w door|strong="H1817"\w* \w on|strong="H0413"\w* \w herself|strong="H1931"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w on|strong="H0413"\w* \w her|strong="H0413"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*. \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w brought|strong="H5066"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* containers \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w her|strong="H0413"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w she|strong="H1931"\w* \w poured|strong="H3332"\w* oil.


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\w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w containers|strong="H3627"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w full|strong="H4390"\w*, she \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w her|strong="H0413"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, “\w Bring|strong="H5066"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w another|strong="H5750"\w* \w container|strong="H3627"\w*.” <pb/>\w He|strong="H0559"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w her|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w There|strong="H0369"\w* isn’t \w another|strong="H5750"\w* \w container|strong="H3627"\w*.” \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w oil|strong="H8081"\w* \w stopped|strong="H5975"\w* \w flowing|strong="H3627"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Then|strong="H0853"\w* she \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*. \w He|strong="H0430"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Go|strong="H0935"\w*, \w sell|strong="H4376"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w oil|strong="H8081"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w pay|strong="H7999"\w* \w your|strong="H0935"\w* \w debt|strong="H5386"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H0935"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w live|strong="H2421"\w* \w on|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w rest|strong="H3498"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w One|strong="H0802"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* \w went|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Shunem|strong="H7766"\w*, \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w prominent|strong="H1419"\w* \w woman|strong="H0802"\w*; \w and|strong="H0398"\w* she \w persuaded|strong="H2388"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*. \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w it|strong="H0398"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w*, \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w often|strong="H1767"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w passed|strong="H5674"\w* \w by|strong="H0413"\w*, \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w turned|strong="H5493"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*.


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\w She|strong="H1931"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w her|strong="H0413"\w* \w husband|strong="H0376"\w*, “\w See|strong="H2009"\w* \w now|strong="H4994"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w perceive|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w holy|strong="H6918"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w who|strong="H0376"\w* \w passes|strong="H5674"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w us|strong="H4994"\w* \w continually|strong="H8548"\w*.


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\w Please|strong="H4994"\w*, \w let’s|strong="H4994"\w* \w make|strong="H7760"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w little|strong="H6996"\w* \w room|strong="H5944"\w* \w on|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w roof|strong="H5944"\w*. \w Let’s|strong="H4994"\w* \w set|strong="H7760"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w bed|strong="H4296"\w*, \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w table|strong="H7979"\w*, \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w chair|strong="H3678"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* lamp \w stand|strong="H0935"\w* \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*. \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w comes|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w us|strong="H4994"\w*, \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w can|strong="H6213"\w* stay \w there|strong="H8033"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w One|strong="H1961"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w room|strong="H5944"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w lay|strong="H7901"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*.


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\w He|strong="H0559"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Gehazi|strong="H1522"\w* \w his|strong="H7121"\w* \w servant|strong="H5288"\w*, “\w Call|strong="H7121"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w Shunammite|strong="H7767"\w*.” \w When|strong="H0559"\w* \w he|strong="H0559"\w* had \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w her|strong="H0413"\w*, \w she|strong="H7121"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*.


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\w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w Say|strong="H0559"\w* \w now|strong="H4994"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w*, ‘\w Behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H3426"\w* cared \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w us|strong="H4994"\w* \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w care|strong="H2731"\w*. \w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w be|strong="H4994"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*? \w Would|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w like|strong="H3427"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w be|strong="H4994"\w* \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w or|strong="H0176"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w captain|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H6635"\w*?’” <pb/>\w She|strong="H4100"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w I|strong="H0595"\w* \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* \w among|strong="H8432"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* own \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w then|strong="H0559"\w* \w is|strong="H0369"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H0376"\w* \w her|strong="H0559"\w*?” <pb/>\w Gehazi|strong="H1522"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “Most certainly \w she|strong="H0061"\w* \w has|strong="H0369"\w* \w no|strong="H0369"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w her|strong="H0559"\w* \w husband|strong="H0376"\w* \w is|strong="H0369"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w*.”<pb/>


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


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\w He|strong="H0430"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w At|strong="H0430"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w season|strong="H6256"\w* next \w year|strong="H6256"\w*, \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w will|strong="H0430"\w* \w embrace|strong="H2263"\w* \w a|strong="H2088"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*.” <pb/>\w She|strong="H6256"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w No|strong="H0408"\w*, \w my|strong="H2088"\w* \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*, \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w do|strong="H0408"\w* \w not|strong="H0408"\w* \w lie|strong="H3576"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w your|strong="H0559"\w* \w servant|strong="H8198"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w The|strong="H0834"\w* \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w conceived|strong="H2029"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w bore|strong="H3205"\w* \w a|strong="H3205"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w season|strong="H6256"\w* \w when|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w came|strong="H0413"\w* around, \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w her|strong="H0413"\w*.


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\w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w child|strong="H3206"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w grown|strong="H1431"\w*, \w one|strong="H1961"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w his|strong="H1961"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* reapers.


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\w He|strong="H0559"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w his|strong="H5375"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, “\w My|strong="H5375"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w*! \w My|strong="H5375"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w*!” <pb/>\w He|strong="H0559"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w his|strong="H5375"\w* \w servant|strong="H5288"\w*, “\w Carry|strong="H5375"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w his|strong="H5375"\w* \w mother|strong="H0517"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w When|strong="H0935"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w had|strong="H0935"\w* \w taken|strong="H5375"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w mother|strong="H0517"\w*, \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w her|strong="H0413"\w* \w knees|strong="H1290"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w noon|strong="H6672"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w then|strong="H0935"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*.


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\w She|strong="H7901"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w laid|strong="H7901"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w God’s|strong="H0430"\w* \w bed|strong="H4296"\w*, \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w shut|strong="H5462"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* door \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w*.


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\w She|strong="H7121"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w her|strong="H0413"\w* \w husband|strong="H0376"\w* \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Please|strong="H4994"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w servants|strong="H5288"\w*, \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w donkeys|strong="H0860"\w*, \w that|strong="H4480"\w* \w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w may|strong="H4994"\w* \w run|strong="H7323"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w come|strong="H7725"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Why|strong="H4069"\w* \w would|strong="H0559"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* want \w go|strong="H1980"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w*? \w It|strong="H1980"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3808"\w* \w new|strong="H2320"\w* \w moon|strong="H2320"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3808"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="H7676"\w*.” <pb/>\w She|strong="H1980"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “It’s \w all|strong="H3117"\w* right.”<pb/>


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\w Then|strong="H0559"\w* \w she|strong="H3588"\w* \w saddled|strong="H2280"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w donkey|strong="H0860"\w*, \w and|strong="H5288"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w her|strong="H0413"\w* \w servant|strong="H5288"\w*, “Drive, \w and|strong="H5288"\w* go forward! \w Don’t|strong="H0408"\w* \w slow|strong="H6113"\w* \w down|strong="H6113"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*, \w unless|strong="H0518"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w ask|strong="H0559"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w So|strong="H1961"\w* she \w went|strong="H0935"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Carmel|strong="H3760"\w*. \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w her|strong="H0413"\w* afar \w off|strong="H0853"\w*, \w he|strong="H0430"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Gehazi|strong="H1522"\w* \w his|strong="H1961"\w* \w servant|strong="H5288"\w*, “\w Behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w there|strong="H2009"\w* \w is|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Shunammite|strong="H7767"\w*.


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\w Please|strong="H4994"\w* \w run|strong="H7323"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* \w her|strong="H0559"\w*, \w and|strong="H0376"\w* \w ask|strong="H0559"\w* \w her|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w Is|strong="H0376"\w* \w it|strong="H7965"\w* \w well|strong="H7965"\w* \w with|strong="H0376"\w* \w you|strong="H6258"\w*? \w Is|strong="H0376"\w* \w it|strong="H7965"\w* \w well|strong="H7965"\w* \w with|strong="H0376"\w* \w your|strong="H4994"\w* \w husband|strong="H0376"\w*? \w Is|strong="H0376"\w* \w it|strong="H7965"\w* \w well|strong="H7965"\w* \w with|strong="H0376"\w* \w your|strong="H4994"\w* \w child|strong="H3206"\w*?’” <pb/>She \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w It|strong="H7965"\w* \w is|strong="H0376"\w* \w well|strong="H7965"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w she|strong="H3588"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w*, \w she|strong="H3588"\w* \w caught|strong="H2388"\w* \w hold|strong="H2388"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*. \w Gehazi|strong="H1522"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w near|strong="H5066"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w thrust|strong="H1920"\w* \w her|strong="H0413"\w* \w away|strong="H4480"\w*; \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Leave|strong="H4480"\w* \w her|strong="H0413"\w* \w alone|strong="H7503"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w her|strong="H0413"\w* \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w troubled|strong="H4843"\w* \w within|strong="H0935"\w* \w her|strong="H0413"\w*; \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w hidden|strong="H5956"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w she|strong="H3808"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Did|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H0559"\w* \w ask|strong="H7592"\w* \w you|strong="H0853"\w* \w for|strong="H7592"\w* \w a|strong="H3808"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w my|strong="H0559"\w* \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*? \w Didn’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H0559"\w* \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘Do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* deceive me’?”<pb/>


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\w Then|strong="H6030"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w Gehazi|strong="H1522"\w*, “Tuck \w your|strong="H5921"\w* cloak \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* belt, \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w my|strong="H7760"\w* \w staff|strong="H4938"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* go \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w way|strong="H6440"\w*. \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w meet|strong="H6440"\w* \w any|strong="H0376"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w*, \w don’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w greet|strong="H1288"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*; \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w anyone|strong="H0376"\w* greets \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w don’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w answer|strong="H6030"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w again|strong="H6440"\w*. \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* \w lay|strong="H7760"\w* \w my|strong="H7760"\w* \w staff|strong="H4938"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w child’s|strong="H5288"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w child’s|strong="H5288"\w* \w mother|strong="H0517"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w As|strong="H5315"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w lives|strong="H5315"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w as|strong="H5315"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* \w lives|strong="H5315"\w*, \w I|strong="H0518"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H0518"\w* \w leave|strong="H5800"\w* \w you|strong="H0518"\w*.” <pb/>\w So|strong="H6965"\w* \w he|strong="H0518"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w followed|strong="H0310"\w* \w her|strong="H0518"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Gehazi|strong="H1522"\w* \w went|strong="H7725"\w* \w ahead|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H6963"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w laid|strong="H7760"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w staff|strong="H4938"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w child’s|strong="H5288"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w*; \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w there|strong="H0369"\w* \w was|strong="H0369"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* hearing. Therefore \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w meet|strong="H6440"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, “\w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w child|strong="H5288"\w* \w has|strong="H0369"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* awakened.”<pb/>


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\w When|strong="H0935"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* \w had|strong="H0935"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w into|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w child|strong="H5288"\w* \w was|strong="H1004"\w* \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w lying|strong="H7901"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w bed|strong="H4296"\w*.


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\w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w therefore|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w shut|strong="H5462"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w door|strong="H1817"\w* \w on|strong="H0413"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w both|strong="H8147"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w prayed|strong="H6419"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*.


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\w He|strong="H5921"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w lay|strong="H7901"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w child|strong="H3206"\w*, \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*, \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w hands|strong="H3709"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w hands|strong="H3709"\w*. \w He|strong="H5921"\w* \w stretched|strong="H1457"\w* himself \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*; \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w child’s|strong="H3206"\w* \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* \w grew|strong="H5927"\w* \w warm|strong="H2552"\w*.


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\w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* walked \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w once|strong="H0259"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w forth|strong="H2008"\w*, \w then|strong="H0853"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w stretched|strong="H1457"\w* himself \w out|strong="H5921"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*. \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w child|strong="H5288"\w* \w sneezed|strong="H2237"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w times|strong="H6471"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w child|strong="H5288"\w* \w opened|strong="H6491"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*.


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\w He|strong="H0559"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w Gehazi|strong="H1522"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Call|strong="H7121"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w Shunammite|strong="H7767"\w*!” \w So|strong="H7121"\w* \w he|strong="H0559"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w her|strong="H0413"\w*. <pb/>\w When|strong="H0935"\w* \w she|strong="H7121"\w* \w had|strong="H0935"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, \w he|strong="H0559"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Take|strong="H5375"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w your|strong="H0935"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w Then|strong="H3318"\w* she \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w*, \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w bowed|strong="H7812"\w* \w herself|strong="H7812"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*; \w then|strong="H3318"\w* she \w picked|strong="H5375"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w her|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* \w came|strong="H7725"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w*. \w There|strong="H3427"\w* \w was|strong="H0776"\w* \w a|strong="H0776"\w* \w famine|strong="H7458"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w sitting|strong="H3427"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H0559"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w his|strong="H7725"\w* \w servant|strong="H5288"\w*, “\w Get|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w large|strong="H1419"\w* \w pot|strong="H5518"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w boil|strong="H1310"\w* \w stew|strong="H5138"\w* \w for|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w One|strong="H0259"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w into|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w gather|strong="H3950"\w* herbs, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w wild|strong="H7704"\w* \w vine|strong="H1612"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w gathered|strong="H3950"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* lap \w full|strong="H4393"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w wild|strong="H7704"\w* \w gourds|strong="H6498"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* cut \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w up|strong="H3950"\w* \w into|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w pot|strong="H5518"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w stew|strong="H5138"\w*; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w didn’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w recognize|strong="H3045"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*.


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\w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w poured|strong="H3332"\w* \w out|strong="H3332"\w* \w for|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*. \w As|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w eating|strong="H0398"\w* \w some|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w stew|strong="H5138"\w*, \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w cried|strong="H6817"\w* \w out|strong="H3332"\w* \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Man|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w is|strong="H0430"\w* \w death|strong="H4194"\w* \w in|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w pot|strong="H5518"\w*!” \w And|strong="H0430"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w could|strong="H3201"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w it|strong="H0398"\w*.<pb/>


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\w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w bring|strong="H3947"\w* \w meal|strong="H7058"\w*.” \w He|strong="H3808"\w* \w threw|strong="H7993"\w* \w it|strong="H0398"\w* \w into|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w pot|strong="H5518"\w*; \w and|strong="H0398"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Serve|strong="H1961"\w* \w it|strong="H0398"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w that|strong="H1697"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w may|strong="H1961"\w* \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*.” \w And|strong="H0398"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w nothing|strong="H3808"\w* \w harmful|strong="H7451"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w pot|strong="H5518"\w*.<pb/>


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\w A|strong="H5414"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w* Baal Shalishah \w came|strong="H0935"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w some|strong="H0376"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w first|strong="H1061"\w* \w fruits|strong="H1061"\w*: \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w loaves|strong="H3899"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w barley|strong="H8184"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w fresh|strong="H3759"\w* \w ears|strong="H3759"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w grain|strong="H3759"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w sack|strong="H6861"\w*. \w Elisha|strong="H0559"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Give|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w that|strong="H0559"\w* \w they|strong="H0376"\w* \w may|strong="H0430"\w* \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w His|strong="H5414"\w* \w servant|strong="H8334"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w What|strong="H4100"\w*, \w should|strong="H4100"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w set|strong="H5414"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*?” <pb/>\w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Give|strong="H5414"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w may|strong="H0376"\w* \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H0376"\w* \w some|strong="H0376"\w* \w left|strong="H3498"\w* \w over|strong="H5414"\w*.’”<pb/>


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\w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w set|strong="H5414"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w ate|strong="H0398"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w some|strong="H1697"\w* \w left|strong="H3498"\w* \w over|strong="H5414"\w*, according \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Now|strong="H1961"\w* \w Naaman|strong="H5283"\w*, \w captain|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w*, \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w master|strong="H0113"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* honorable, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w victory|strong="H8668"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w*; \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w mighty|strong="H1368"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w valor|strong="H2428"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w leper|strong="H6879"\w*.


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\w The|strong="H6440"\w* Syrians \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w gone|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w bands|strong="H1416"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w brought|strong="H3318"\w* \w away|strong="H7617"\w* \w captive|strong="H7617"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w little|strong="H6996"\w* \w girl|strong="H5291"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w she|strong="H6440"\w* \w waited|strong="H1961"\w* \w on|strong="H0776"\w* \w Naaman’s|strong="H5283"\w* \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*.


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\w She|strong="H0834"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w her|strong="H0413"\w* \w mistress|strong="H1404"\w*, “\w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w wish|strong="H0305"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w my|strong="H0834"\w* \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*! \w Then|strong="H0227"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w would|strong="H0559"\w* heal \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w his|strong="H0834"\w* \w leprosy|strong="H6883"\w*.”<pb/>


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Someone \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w his|strong="H0834"\w* \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w girl|strong="H5291"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Go|strong="H0935"\w* \w now|strong="H0935"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w I|strong="H0559"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w a|strong="H3947"\w* \w letter|strong="H5612"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.” <pb/>\w He|strong="H7971"\w* \w departed|strong="H0935"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w talents|strong="H3603"\w*<n>A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds</n> \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* pieces \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w changes|strong="H2487"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w clothing|strong="H0899"\w*.


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\w He|strong="H0853"\w* \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w letter|strong="H5612"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w when|strong="H0935"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w letter|strong="H5612"\w* \w has|strong="H3478"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w*, \w behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w have|strong="H5650"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w Naaman|strong="H5283"\w* \w my|strong="H7971"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w*, \w that|strong="H2088"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w may|strong="H3478"\w* heal \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H7971"\w* \w leprosy|strong="H6883"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w read|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w letter|strong="H5612"\w*, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w tore|strong="H7167"\w* \w his|strong="H1961"\w* \w clothes|strong="H0899"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Am|strong="H0589"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w kill|strong="H4191"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w make|strong="H3045"\w* \w alive|strong="H2421"\w*, \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w sends|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* heal \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H1961"\w* \w leprosy|strong="H6883"\w*? \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w please|strong="H4994"\w* \w consider|strong="H7200"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w how|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* seeks \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w quarrel|strong="H0579"\w* \w against|strong="H0413"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w It|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w so|strong="H7971"\w*, \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w torn|strong="H7167"\w* \w his|strong="H8085"\w* \w clothes|strong="H0899"\w*, \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w torn|strong="H7167"\w* \w your|strong="H8085"\w* \w clothes|strong="H0899"\w*? \w Let|strong="H7971"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w now|strong="H4994"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w shall|strong="H3478"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H3426"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.”<pb/>


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


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\w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w a|strong="H7971"\w* \w messenger|strong="H4397"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Go|strong="H1980"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w wash|strong="H7364"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w times|strong="H6471"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w your|strong="H7725"\w* \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* \w shall|strong="H1320"\w* \w come|strong="H1980"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w shall|strong="H1320"\w* \w be|strong="H7725"\w* \w clean|strong="H2891"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w But|strong="H2009"\w* \w Naaman|strong="H5283"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w angry|strong="H7107"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w away|strong="H0622"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w thought|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w He|strong="H0430"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w surely|strong="H3318"\w* \w come|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w stand|strong="H5975"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w call|strong="H7121"\w* \w on|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w wave|strong="H5130"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w over|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* heal \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w leper|strong="H6879"\w*.’


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Aren’t \w Abanah|strong="H0071"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w Pharpar|strong="H6554"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w rivers|strong="H5104"\w* \w of|strong="H4325"\w* \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w*, \w better|strong="H2896"\w* \w than|strong="H3808"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* \w of|strong="H4325"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*? \w Couldn’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w wash|strong="H7364"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w them|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w clean|strong="H2891"\w*?” \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w turned|strong="H6437"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* went \w away|strong="H6437"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w a|strong="H3808"\w* \w rage|strong="H2534"\w*.<pb/>


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\w His|strong="H3588"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w came|strong="H5066"\w* \w near|strong="H5066"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w My|strong="H3588"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w had|strong="H0001"\w* \w asked|strong="H0559"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w some|strong="H1697"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w thing|strong="H1697"\w*, wouldn’t \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H0001"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w*? \w How|strong="H0637"\w* \w much|strong="H0637"\w* \w rather|strong="H3588"\w* \w then|strong="H1696"\w*, \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w says|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, ‘\w Wash|strong="H7364"\w*, \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w clean|strong="H2891"\w*?’”<pb/>


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


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\w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w company|strong="H4264"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*; \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w See|strong="H2009"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H0369"\w* \w is|strong="H0369"\w* \w no|strong="H0369"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w therefore|strong="H6258"\w*, \w please|strong="H4994"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H3947"\w* \w gift|strong="H1293"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w But|strong="H0518"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w As|strong="H0834"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w lives|strong="H2416"\w*, \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w whom|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w stand|strong="H5975"\w*, \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w receive|strong="H3947"\w* \w none|strong="H0518"\w*.” <pb/>\w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w urged|strong="H6484"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w it|strong="H0518"\w*; \w but|strong="H0518"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w refused|strong="H3985"\w*.


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\w Naaman|strong="H5283"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w If|strong="H0518"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w*, \w then|strong="H5414"\w*, \w please|strong="H4994"\w* \w let|strong="H4994"\w* \w two|strong="H6776"\w* \w mules’|strong="H6505"\w* \w load|strong="H4853"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w earth|strong="H0127"\w* \w be|strong="H5750"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w now|strong="H4994"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w offer|strong="H5414"\w* \w neither|strong="H3808"\w* \w burnt|strong="H5930"\w* \w offering|strong="H3068"\w* \w nor|strong="H3808"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w other|strong="H0312"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*.


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\w In|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* \w may|strong="H4994"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w pardon|strong="H5545"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*: \w when|strong="H0935"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w master|strong="H0113"\w* \w goes|strong="H0935"\w* \w into|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Rimmon|strong="H7417"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w worship|strong="H7812"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w leans|strong="H8172"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w bow|strong="H7812"\w* myself \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Rimmon|strong="H7417"\w*. \w When|strong="H0935"\w* \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w bow|strong="H7812"\w* myself \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Rimmon|strong="H7417"\w*, \w may|strong="H4994"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w pardon|strong="H5545"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w thing|strong="H1697"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w He|strong="H0853"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w*, “Go \w in|strong="H0776"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*.” <pb/>\w So|strong="H0853"\w* \w he|strong="H0853"\w* departed \w from|strong="H0776"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w* \w a|strong="H0776"\w* little way.


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\w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w Gehazi|strong="H1522"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w servant|strong="H5288"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w master|strong="H0113"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w spared|strong="H2820"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w Naaman|strong="H5283"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Syrian|strong="H0761"\w*, \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w not|strong="H2088"\w* \w receiving|strong="H3947"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3947"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w brought|strong="H0935"\w*. \w As|strong="H0834"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w lives|strong="H2416"\w*, \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w run|strong="H7323"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w something|strong="H3972"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w So|strong="H7200"\w* \w Gehazi|strong="H1522"\w* \w followed|strong="H0310"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w Naaman|strong="H5283"\w*. \w When|strong="H7200"\w* \w Naaman|strong="H5283"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w one|strong="H7200"\w* \w running|strong="H7323"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w he|strong="H0310"\w* \w came|strong="H0559"\w* \w down|strong="H5307"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w chariot|strong="H4818"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H7200"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Is|strong="H5307"\w* \w all|strong="H0310"\w* \w well|strong="H7965"\w*?”<pb/>


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\w He|strong="H5414"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w All|strong="H2009"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w well|strong="H7965"\w*. \w My|strong="H5414"\w* \w master|strong="H0113"\w* \w has|strong="H0669"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w Behold|strong="H2009"\w*, even \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w young|strong="H5288"\w* \w men|strong="H5288"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w country|strong="H2022"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*. \w Please|strong="H4994"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w a|strong="H5414"\w* \w talent|strong="H3603"\w*<n>A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds</n> \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w changes|strong="H2487"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w clothing|strong="H0899"\w*.’”<pb/>


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\w Naaman|strong="H5283"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Be|strong="H5414"\w* \w pleased|strong="H2974"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w talents|strong="H3603"\w*.” \w He|strong="H5414"\w* \w urged|strong="H6555"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, \w and|strong="H3701"\w* bound \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w talents|strong="H3603"\w* \w of|strong="H3603"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w bags|strong="H2754"\w*, \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w changes|strong="H2487"\w* \w of|strong="H3603"\w* \w clothing|strong="H0899"\w*, \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w laid|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w on|strong="H0413"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w of|strong="H3603"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w servants|strong="H5288"\w*; \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w they|strong="H0559"\w* \w carried|strong="H5375"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*.


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\w When|strong="H0935"\w* \w he|strong="H0853"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w hill|strong="H6076"\w*, \w he|strong="H0853"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w* \w their|strong="H3947"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* stored \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*. \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w he|strong="H0853"\w* \w let|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w go|strong="H0935"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w they|strong="H0376"\w* \w departed|strong="H0935"\w*.


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\w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w went|strong="H1980"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w before|strong="H0413"\w* \w his|strong="H0935"\w* \w master|strong="H0113"\w*. \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w Where|strong="H0575"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H0935"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w*, \w Gehazi|strong="H1522"\w*?” <pb/>\w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Your|strong="H0935"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w went|strong="H1980"\w* nowhere.”<pb/>


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\w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w Didn’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w go|strong="H1980"\w* \w with|strong="H1980"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w when|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w turned|strong="H2015"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w chariot|strong="H4818"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*? \w Is|strong="H0834"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3947"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w receive|strong="H3947"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w receive|strong="H3947"\w* \w garments|strong="H0899"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w olive|strong="H2132"\w* \w groves|strong="H2132"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w vineyards|strong="H3754"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w cattle|strong="H1241"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w male|strong="H5650"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w female|strong="H8198"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*?


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Therefore \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w leprosy|strong="H6883"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w Naaman|strong="H5283"\w* \w will|strong="H2233"\w* \w cling|strong="H1692"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w your|strong="H6440"\w* \w offspring|strong="H2233"\w*<n>or, seed</n> \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*.” <pb/>\w He|strong="H3318"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w his|strong="H6440"\w* \w presence|strong="H6440"\w* \w a|strong="H3318"\w* \w leper|strong="H6879"\w*, \w as|strong="H3318"\w* white \w as|strong="H3318"\w* \w snow|strong="H7950"\w*.<pb/>


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\w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w*, “\w See|strong="H2009"\w* \w now|strong="H4994"\w*, \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w where|strong="H0834"\w* \w we|strong="H0587"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w meet|strong="H6440"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w too|strong="H4480"\w* small \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w us|strong="H4994"\w*.


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\w Please|strong="H4994"\w* \w let|strong="H4994"\w* \w us|strong="H4994"\w* \w go|strong="H4994"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*, \w and|strong="H0376"\w* \w each|strong="H0376"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H3947"\w* \w beam|strong="H6982"\w* \w from|strong="H0376"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*, \w and|strong="H0376"\w* \w let’s|strong="H4994"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w us|strong="H4994"\w* \w a|strong="H3947"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*, \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w we|strong="H5704"\w* \w may|strong="H4994"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w*.” <pb/>\w He|strong="H5704"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Go|strong="H4994"\w*!”<pb/>


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\w One|strong="H0259"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Please|strong="H4994"\w* \w be|strong="H4994"\w* \w pleased|strong="H2974"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w go|strong="H4994"\w* \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w your|strong="H4994"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*.” <pb/>\w He|strong="H0559"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w will|strong="H5650"\w* \w go|strong="H4994"\w*.”


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\w So|strong="H0935"\w* \w he|strong="H0935"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w them|strong="H0935"\w*. \w When|strong="H0935"\w* \w they|strong="H0935"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0935"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*, \w they|strong="H0935"\w* \w cut|strong="H1504"\w* \w down|strong="H1504"\w* \w wood|strong="H6086"\w*.


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\w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* cutting \w down|strong="H5307"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* tree, \w the|strong="H0853"\w* ax \w head|strong="H5307"\w* \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* \w into|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w cried|strong="H6817"\w* \w out|strong="H0413"\w* \w and|strong="H4325"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Alas|strong="H0162"\w*, \w my|strong="H1961"\w* \w master|strong="H0113"\w*! \w For|strong="H0413"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w borrowed|strong="H7592"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w asked|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Where|strong="H8033"\w* \w did|strong="H0376"\w* \w it|strong="H8033"\w* \w fall|strong="H5307"\w*?” \w He|strong="H8033"\w* \w showed|strong="H7200"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w*. \w He|strong="H8033"\w* \w cut|strong="H7094"\w* \w down|strong="H5307"\w* \w a|strong="H7200"\w* \w stick|strong="H6086"\w*, \w threw|strong="H7993"\w* \w it|strong="H8033"\w* \w in|strong="H0430"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*, \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w made|strong="H6086"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w iron|strong="H1270"\w* \w float|strong="H6687"\w*.


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\w He|strong="H7971"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Take|strong="H3947"\w* \w it|strong="H7971"\w*.” \w So|strong="H3947"\w* \w he|strong="H7971"\w* \w put|strong="H7971"\w* \w out|strong="H7971"\w* \w his|strong="H3947"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w it|strong="H7971"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Now|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w at|strong="H0413"\w* war \w against|strong="H0413"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w he|strong="H0559"\w* \w took|strong="H1961"\w* \w counsel|strong="H3289"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w his|strong="H1961"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w My|strong="H1961"\w* \w camp|strong="H8466"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w such|strong="H0492"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w such|strong="H0492"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Beware|strong="H8104"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w not|strong="H2088"\w* \w pass|strong="H5674"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* Syrians \w are|strong="H3478"\w* \w coming|strong="H5185"\w* \w down|strong="H7971"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*.”


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\w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w told|strong="H0559"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w warned|strong="H0559"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w*; \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* saved \w himself|strong="H0413"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*, \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w once|strong="H0259"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w twice|strong="H8147"\w*.


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\w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Syria’s|strong="H0758"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w very|strong="H2088"\w* troubled \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w*. \w He|strong="H3808"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w Won’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w show|strong="H5046"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w which|strong="H7945"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w us|strong="H0413"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*?”<pb/>


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\w One|strong="H0259"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H0834"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w No|strong="H3808"\w*, \w my|strong="H0834"\w* \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*, O \w king|strong="H4428"\w*; \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w*, \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w tells|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w your|strong="H0834"\w* \w bedroom|strong="H2315"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Go|strong="H7971"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w where|strong="H2009"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w*, \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w may|strong="H1931"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w get|strong="H3947"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w*.” <pb/>\w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w*, “\w Behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w in|strong="H7200"\w* \w Dothan|strong="H1886"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w Therefore|strong="H7971"\w* \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*, \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w a|strong="H0935"\w* \w great|strong="H3515"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*. \w They|strong="H8033"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* surrounded \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.


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\w When|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w servant|strong="H5288"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w had|strong="H0430"\w* \w risen|strong="H6965"\w* \w early|strong="H7925"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w gone|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w*, \w behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w an|strong="H6965"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* \w was|strong="H0430"\w* \w around|strong="H5437"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*. \w His|strong="H0376"\w* \w servant|strong="H5288"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w Alas|strong="H0162"\w*, \w my|strong="H3318"\w* \w master|strong="H0113"\w*! \w What|strong="H0349"\w* \w shall|strong="H0376"\w* \w we|strong="H6213"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*?”<pb/>


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\w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Don’t|strong="H0408"\w* \w be|strong="H0408"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w those|strong="H0834"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w us|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w more|strong="H3588"\w* \w than|strong="H7227"\w* \w those|strong="H0834"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w them|strong="H0854"\w*.”


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\w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* \w prayed|strong="H6419"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w please|strong="H4994"\w* \w open|strong="H6491"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w may|strong="H4994"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w*.” \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w opened|strong="H6491"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w young|strong="H5288"\w* man’s \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w*; \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w full|strong="H4390"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* \w around|strong="H5439"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w*.


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\w When|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w came|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* \w prayed|strong="H6419"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Please|strong="H4994"\w* \w strike|strong="H5221"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w blindness|strong="H5575"\w*.” <pb/>\w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w blindness|strong="H5575"\w* \w according|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Elisha’s|strong="H0477"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w*, \w neither|strong="H3808"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*. \w Follow|strong="H0310"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*, \w and|strong="H0376"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* bring \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w whom|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w seek|strong="H1245"\w*.” \w He|strong="H0834"\w* led \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*.


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\w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w into|strong="H0935"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w open|strong="H6491"\w* \w these|strong="H0428"\w* men’s \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w may|strong="H1961"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w*.” <pb/>\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w opened|strong="H6491"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w*; \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w middle|strong="H8432"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*.<pb/>


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\w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w*, \w when|strong="H7200"\w* \w he|strong="H0853"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w My|strong="H7200"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, \w shall|strong="H3478"\w* \w I|strong="H7200"\w* \w strike|strong="H5221"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*? \w Shall|strong="H3478"\w* \w I|strong="H7200"\w* \w strike|strong="H5221"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*?”<pb/>


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\w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w You|strong="H0859"\w* \w shall|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w strike|strong="H5221"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*. \w Would|strong="H0559"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w strike|strong="H5221"\w* \w those|strong="H0834"\w* \w whom|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w taken|strong="H7617"\w* \w captive|strong="H7617"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w your|strong="H0834"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w and|strong="H0398"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w your|strong="H0834"\w* \w bow|strong="H7198"\w*? \w Set|strong="H7760"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* \w and|strong="H0398"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*, \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w may|strong="H0834"\w* \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w and|strong="H0398"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w*, \w then|strong="H0859"\w* go \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w their|strong="H7760"\w* \w master|strong="H0113"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w He|strong="H3808"\w* prepared \w a|strong="H0935"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w feast|strong="H0398"\w* \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*. \w After|strong="H0413"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w ate|strong="H0398"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w drank|strong="H8354"\w*, \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w away|strong="H7971"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w their|strong="H1992"\w* \w master|strong="H0113"\w*. \w So|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w bands|strong="H1416"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w* \w stopped|strong="H0935"\w* raiding \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.<pb/>


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\w After|strong="H0310"\w* \w this|strong="H3651"\w*, Benhadad \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w* \w gathered|strong="H6908"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H4264"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* besieged \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*.


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\w There|strong="H2009"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w famine|strong="H7458"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*. \w Behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w they|strong="H5921"\w* besieged \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w donkey’s|strong="H2543"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w sold|strong="H1961"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w eighty|strong="H8084"\w* pieces \w of|strong="H7218"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w fourth|strong="H7255"\w* \w part|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H7218"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w kab|strong="H6894"\w*<n>A kab was about 2 liters, so a fourth of a kab would be about 500 milliliters or about a pint</n> \w of|strong="H7218"\w* dove’s dung \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w five|strong="H2568"\w* pieces \w of|strong="H7218"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*.


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\w As|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w passing|strong="H5674"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*, \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w cried|strong="H6817"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Help|strong="H3467"\w*, \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*, O \w king|strong="H4428"\w*!”<pb/>


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\w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w If|strong="H0176"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* doesn’t \w help|strong="H3467"\w* \w you|strong="H4480"\w*, \w where|strong="H0370"\w* could \w I|strong="H0559"\w* get \w help|strong="H3467"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H4480"\w*? \w From|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w threshing|strong="H1637"\w* \w floor|strong="H1637"\w*, \w or|strong="H0176"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w wine|strong="H3342"\w* \w press|strong="H3342"\w*?”


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\w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w asked|strong="H0559"\w* \w her|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* problem?” <pb/>\w She|strong="H4100"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w This|strong="H2063"\w* \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*, ‘\w Give|strong="H5414"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w we|strong="H3117"\w* \w may|strong="H1121"\w* \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w we|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w tomorrow|strong="H4279"\w*.’


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\w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w we|strong="H3117"\w* \w boiled|strong="H1310"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w ate|strong="H0398"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w her|strong="H0413"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w next|strong="H0312"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, ‘\w Give|strong="H5414"\w* \w up|strong="H5414"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w we|strong="H3117"\w* \w may|strong="H1121"\w* \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*;’ \w and|strong="H1121"\w* she \w has|strong="H3117"\w* \w hidden|strong="H2244"\w* \w her|strong="H0413"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w woman|strong="H0802"\w*, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w tore|strong="H7167"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w clothes|strong="H0899"\w*. \w Now|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w passing|strong="H5674"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w looked|strong="H7200"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w sackcloth|strong="H8242"\w* underneath \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w body|strong="H1320"\w*.


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\w Then|strong="H3254"\w* \w he|strong="H0518"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w so|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w more|strong="H3254"\w* \w also|strong="H3541"\w*, \w if|strong="H0518"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shaphat|strong="H8202"\w* \w stays|strong="H5975"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w sitting|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w his|strong="H7971"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w sitting|strong="H3427"\w* \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*. \w Then|strong="H2088"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* king \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w from|strong="H5493"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*; \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w messenger|strong="H4397"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w elders|strong="H2205"\w*, “\w Do|strong="H5493"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w how|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w murderer|strong="H7523"\w* \w has|strong="H0376"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w take|strong="H5493"\w* \w away|strong="H5493"\w* \w my|strong="H7200"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w*? \w Behold|strong="H7200"\w*, \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w messenger|strong="H4397"\w* \w comes|strong="H0935"\w*, \w shut|strong="H5462"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w door|strong="H1817"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w hold|strong="H3905"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w door|strong="H1817"\w* \w shut|strong="H5462"\w* \w against|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*. \w Isn’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w sound|strong="H6963"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H7971"\w* \w master’s|strong="H0113"\w* \w feet|strong="H7272"\w* \w behind|strong="H0310"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*?”<pb/>


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\w While|strong="H5750"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w still|strong="H5750"\w* \w talking|strong="H1696"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*, \w behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w messenger|strong="H4397"\w* \w came|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1696"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w from|strong="H3381"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*. \w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w should|strong="H4100"\w* \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w wait|strong="H3176"\w* \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w any|strong="H5750"\w* \w longer|strong="H5750"\w*?”<pb/>


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\w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w*. \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w Tomorrow|strong="H4279"\w* \w about|strong="H1697"\w* \w this|strong="H3541"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w a|strong="H8085"\w* seah<n>1 seah is about 7 liters or 1.9 gallons or 0.8 pecks</n> \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w fine|strong="H5560"\w* \w flour|strong="H5560"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1697"\w* sold \w for|strong="H6256"\w* \w a|strong="H8085"\w* \w shekel|strong="H8255"\w*,<n>A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces. In this context, it was probably a silver coin weighing that much.</n> \w and|strong="H3068"\w* two \w seahs|strong="H5429"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w barley|strong="H8184"\w* \w for|strong="H6256"\w* \w a|strong="H8085"\w* \w shekel|strong="H8255"\w*, \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*.’”<pb/>


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\w Then|strong="H6030"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* captain \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w whose|strong="H0834"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w leaned|strong="H8172"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w if|strong="H2005"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w windows|strong="H0699"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, \w could|strong="H0376"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w*?” <pb/>\w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w Now|strong="H1961"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w leprous|strong="H6879"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w entrance|strong="H6607"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*. \w They|strong="H0376"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w one|strong="H0376"\w* \w another|strong="H7453"\w*, “\w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w we|strong="H0587"\w* \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* \w here|strong="H6311"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w we|strong="H0587"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*?


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\w If|strong="H0518"\w* \w we|strong="H0518"\w* \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w We|strong="H0518"\w* \w will|strong="H0518"\w* \w enter|strong="H0935"\w* \w into|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*,’ \w then|strong="H6258"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w famine|strong="H7458"\w* \w is|strong="H8033"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w we|strong="H0518"\w* \w will|strong="H0518"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*. \w If|strong="H0518"\w* \w we|strong="H0518"\w* \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* \w still|strong="H0559"\w* \w here|strong="H6311"\w*, \w we|strong="H0518"\w* \w also|strong="H0935"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*. \w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w therefore|strong="H6258"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* let’s surrender \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w army|strong="H4264"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* Syrians. \w If|strong="H0518"\w* \w they|strong="H0518"\w* save \w us|strong="H0413"\w* \w alive|strong="H2421"\w*, \w we|strong="H0518"\w* \w will|strong="H0518"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w*; \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w if|strong="H0518"\w* \w they|strong="H0518"\w* \w kill|strong="H4191"\w* \w us|strong="H0413"\w*, \w we|strong="H0518"\w* \w will|strong="H0518"\w* \w only|strong="H0518"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w They|strong="H8033"\w* \w rose|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w twilight|strong="H5399"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w go|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* Syrians. \w When|strong="H0935"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w had|strong="H0369"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* outermost part \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* Syrians, \w behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w no|strong="H0369"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w was|strong="H0369"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*.


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\w For|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*<n>The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.”</n> \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w made|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* Syrians \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w sound|strong="H6963"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w sound|strong="H6963"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*, \w even|strong="H0853"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w noise|strong="H6963"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w a|strong="H8085"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w*; \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w one|strong="H0376"\w* \w another|strong="H0251"\w*, “\w Behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w has|strong="H3478"\w* \w hired|strong="H7936"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w us|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Hittites|strong="H2850"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Egyptians|strong="H4714"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w attack|strong="H0935"\w* \w us|strong="H0413"\w*.”


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\w Therefore|strong="H0834"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w twilight|strong="H5399"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w left|strong="H5800"\w* \w their|strong="H0834"\w* \w tents|strong="H0168"\w*, \w their|strong="H0834"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w their|strong="H0834"\w* \w donkeys|strong="H2543"\w*, \w even|strong="H0853"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w their|strong="H0834"\w* \w life|strong="H5315"\w*.


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\w When|strong="H0935"\w* \w these|strong="H0428"\w* \w lepers|strong="H6879"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* outermost part \w of|strong="H0168"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w camp|strong="H4264"\w*, \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w into|strong="H0413"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w tent|strong="H0168"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w ate|strong="H0398"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w drank|strong="H8354"\w*, \w then|strong="H0935"\w* \w carried|strong="H5375"\w* \w away|strong="H7725"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w clothing|strong="H0899"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w hid|strong="H2934"\w* \w it|strong="H7725"\w*. \w Then|strong="H0935"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w entered|strong="H0935"\w* \w into|strong="H0413"\w* \w another|strong="H0312"\w* \w tent|strong="H0168"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w carried|strong="H5375"\w* \w things|strong="H0428"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w also|strong="H0935"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w hid|strong="H2934"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*.


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\w Then|strong="H6258"\w* \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w one|strong="H0376"\w* \w another|strong="H7453"\w*, “\w We|strong="H0587"\w* aren’t \w doing|strong="H6213"\w* \w right|strong="H3651"\w*. \w Today|strong="H3117"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w a|strong="H4672"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* good \w news|strong="H1309"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w we|strong="H0587"\w* \w keep|strong="H2814"\w* \w silent|strong="H2814"\w*. \w If|strong="H0376"\w* \w we|strong="H0587"\w* \w wait|strong="H2442"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* \w light|strong="H0216"\w*, \w punishment|strong="H5771"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w overtake|strong="H4672"\w* \w us|strong="H0413"\w*. \w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w therefore|strong="H3651"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w*, let’s \w go|strong="H0935"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w household|strong="H1004"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w So|strong="H7121"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w gatekeepers|strong="H7778"\w*; \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* Syrians, \w and|strong="H0935"\w*, \w behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w was|strong="H0369"\w* \w no|strong="H0369"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*, \w not|strong="H0369"\w* \w even|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w man’s|strong="H0376"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w tied|strong="H0631"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w donkeys|strong="H2543"\w* \w tied|strong="H0631"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w tents|strong="H0168"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w plundered|strong="H0962"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* Syrians. \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* seah<n>1 seah is about 7 liters or 1.9 gallons or 0.8 pecks</n> \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w fine|strong="H5560"\w* \w flour|strong="H5560"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w sold|strong="H3318"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w shekel|strong="H8255"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* two \w measures|strong="H5429"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w barley|strong="H8184"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w shekel|strong="H8255"\w*,<n>A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces. In this context, it was probably a silver coin weighing that much.</n> according \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w*.


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\w It|strong="H1961"\w* \w happened|strong="H1961"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, “Two \w seahs|strong="H5429"\w*<n>1 seah is about 7 liters or 1.9 gallons or 0.8 pecks</n> \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w barley|strong="H8184"\w* \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w shekel|strong="H8255"\w*,<n>A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces. In this context, it was probably a silver coin weighing that much.</n> \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* seah \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w fine|strong="H5560"\w* \w flour|strong="H5560"\w* \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w shekel|strong="H8255"\w*, \w shall|strong="H0376"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w tomorrow|strong="H4279"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w this|strong="H0376"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*;”


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\w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* captain \w answered|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Now|strong="H1961"\w*, \w behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w if|strong="H2005"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w windows|strong="H0699"\w* \w in|strong="H0430"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, \w might|strong="H3068"\w* \w such|strong="H2088"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w*?” \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w it|strong="H0398"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w it|strong="H0398"\w*.”


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\w It|strong="H3651"\w* \w happened|strong="H1961"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H3651"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w*, \w for|strong="H3651"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w trampled|strong="H7429"\w* \w over|strong="H0853"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w* \w in|strong="H4191"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*, \w and|strong="H4191"\w* \w he|strong="H3651"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Now|strong="H1571"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w whose|strong="H0834"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w restored|strong="H2421"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w life|strong="H2421"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Arise|strong="H6965"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w go|strong="H0935"\w*, \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w household|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w stay|strong="H1481"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w while|strong="H3588"\w* \w wherever|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w can|strong="H0834"\w*; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w famine|strong="H7458"\w*. \w It|strong="H7121"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w on|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w At|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w end|strong="H7097"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* she \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* beg \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w her|strong="H0413"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w her|strong="H0413"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w*.


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\w Now|strong="H4994"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w talking|strong="H1696"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w Gehazi|strong="H1522"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w servant|strong="H5288"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Please|strong="H4994"\w* \w tell|strong="H0559"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* \w has|strong="H0430"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*.”


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\w As|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w telling|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w how|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w restored|strong="H2421"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w life|strong="H4191"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*, \w behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w whose|strong="H0834"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w restored|strong="H2421"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w life|strong="H4191"\w* begged \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w her|strong="H0413"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w her|strong="H0413"\w* \w land|strong="H7704"\w*. \w Gehazi|strong="H1522"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w My|strong="H5921"\w* \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*, \w O|strong="H1004"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w woman|strong="H0802"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w her|strong="H0413"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w whom|strong="H0834"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* \w restored|strong="H2421"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w life|strong="H4191"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w When|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w asked|strong="H7592"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w woman|strong="H0802"\w*, \w she|strong="H0834"\w* \w told|strong="H0559"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w*. \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w appointed|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w a|strong="H5414"\w* \w certain|strong="H0259"\w* \w officer|strong="H5631"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Restore|strong="H7725"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* hers, \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* fruits \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w* \w since|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w she|strong="H0834"\w* \w left|strong="H5800"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, \w even|strong="H5704"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w*; \w and|strong="H0935"\w* Benhadad \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w* \w was|strong="H0430"\w* \w sick|strong="H2470"\w*. \w He|strong="H5704"\w* \w was|strong="H0430"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w*, “\w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w has|strong="H0430"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w here|strong="H2008"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w*, “\w Take|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H3947"\w* \w present|strong="H4503"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* go \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w inquire|strong="H1875"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w Will|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H2088"\w* \w recover|strong="H2421"\w* \w from|strong="H0376"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w sickness|strong="H2483"\w*?’”<pb/>


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\w So|strong="H3947"\w* \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w meet|strong="H6440"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H3947"\w* \w present|strong="H4503"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, even \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w good|strong="H2898"\w* \w thing|strong="H2088"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w*, \w forty|strong="H0705"\w* \w camels’|strong="H1581"\w* \w burden|strong="H4853"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Your|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* Benhadad \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w* \w has|strong="H4428"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w Will|strong="H4428"\w* \w I|strong="H2088"\w* \w recover|strong="H2421"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w sickness|strong="H2483"\w*?’”<pb/>


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\w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, “Go, \w tell|strong="H0559"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, ‘\w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w surely|strong="H3588"\w* \w recover|strong="H2421"\w*;’ however \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w shown|strong="H7200"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w surely|strong="H3588"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*.”


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\w He|strong="H5704"\w* settled \w his|strong="H7760"\w* \w gaze|strong="H6440"\w* steadfastly \w on|strong="H5975"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w*, \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w was|strong="H0430"\w* \w ashamed|strong="H0954"\w*. \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w wept|strong="H1058"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Why|strong="H4069"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w weep|strong="H1058"\w*, \w my|strong="H7971"\w* \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*?” <pb/>\w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w You|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w set|strong="H7971"\w* \w their|strong="H3588"\w* \w strongholds|strong="H4013"\w* \w on|strong="H7451"\w* \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w kill|strong="H2026"\w* \w their|strong="H3588"\w* \w young|strong="H1121"\w* \w men|strong="H0970"\w* \w with|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w dash|strong="H7376"\w* \w their|strong="H3588"\w* \w little|strong="H5768"\w* \w ones|strong="H5768"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w pieces|strong="H7376"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w rip|strong="H1234"\w* \w up|strong="H1234"\w* \w their|strong="H3588"\w* \w pregnant|strong="H2030"\w* \w women|strong="H2030"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w dog|strong="H3611"\w*, \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w could|strong="H1697"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w thing|strong="H1697"\w*?” <pb/>\w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w shown|strong="H7200"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1697"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w Then|strong="H0935"\w* \w he|strong="H0935"\w* \w departed|strong="H0935"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w his|strong="H0935"\w* \w master|strong="H0113"\w*, \w who|strong="H4100"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w did|strong="H4100"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* \w say|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H0935"\w*?” <pb/>\w He|strong="H0935"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w He|strong="H0935"\w* \w told|strong="H0559"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w that|strong="H0559"\w* \w you|strong="H0935"\w* \w would|strong="H4100"\w* \w surely|strong="H0935"\w* \w recover|strong="H2421"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w On|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w next|strong="H4283"\w* \w day|strong="H4283"\w*, \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* thick cloth, \w dipped|strong="H2881"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*, \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w spread|strong="H6566"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* king’s \w face|strong="H6440"\w*, \w so|strong="H3947"\w* \w that|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w*.<pb/>


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\w In|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H3092"\w* \w fifth|strong="H2568"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joram|strong="H3141"\w* \w the|strong="H3092"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w being|strong="H1121"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w then|strong="H4428"\w*, \w Jehoram|strong="H3088"\w* \w the|strong="H3092"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* began \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*.


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\w He|strong="H3389"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* thirty-two \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H3389"\w* \w began|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*. \w He|strong="H3389"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w eight|strong="H8083"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.


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\w He|strong="H0834"\w* walked \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w Ahab’s|strong="H0256"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w married|strong="H0802"\w* \w Ahab’s|strong="H0256"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*.


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However, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w would|strong="H0014"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w for|strong="H4616"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w servant’s|strong="H5650"\w* \w sake|strong="H4616"\w*, \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w promised|strong="H0559"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H5414"\w* \w lamp|strong="H5216"\w* \w for|strong="H4616"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w always|strong="H3117"\w*.<pb/>


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\w In|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w Edom|strong="H0123"\w* \w revolted|strong="H6586"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w under|strong="H8478"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* made \w a|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w themselves|strong="H5921"\w*.


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\w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w Joram|strong="H3141"\w* \w crossed|strong="H5674"\w* \w over|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Zair|strong="H6811"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*; \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w rose|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w by|strong="H0413"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Edomites|strong="H0123"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w surrounded|strong="H5437"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H0168"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w*; \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w tents|strong="H0168"\w*.


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\w So|strong="H2088"\w* \w Edom|strong="H0123"\w* \w revolted|strong="H6586"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w under|strong="H8478"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*. \w Then|strong="H0227"\w* \w Libnah|strong="H3841"\w* \w revolted|strong="H6586"\w* \w at|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w same|strong="H1931"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w*.


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\w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Joram|strong="H3141"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, aren’t \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*?


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\w Joram|strong="H3141"\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 was|strong="H1732"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* \w in|strong="H6912"\w* \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ahaziah|strong="H0274"\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 In|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* twelfth \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joram|strong="H3141"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w Ahaziah|strong="H0274"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoram|strong="H3088"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* began \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*.


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\w Ahaziah|strong="H0274"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w twenty-two|strong="H8147"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* \w when|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H3389"\w* began \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H3389"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. \w His|strong="H3478"\w* \w mother’s|strong="H0517"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w Athaliah|strong="H6271"\w* \w the|strong="H8034"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Omri|strong="H6018"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.


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\w He|strong="H1931"\w* walked \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Ahab’s|strong="H0256"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w which|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*, \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w Ahab’s|strong="H0256"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w son-in-law|strong="H2860"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Ahab’s|strong="H0256"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.<pb/>


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\w He|strong="H0853"\w* went \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w Joram|strong="H3141"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w war|strong="H4421"\w* \w against|strong="H5973"\w* \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w* \w at|strong="H4421"\w* \w Ramoth|strong="H7433"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* Syrians \w wounded|strong="H5221"\w* \w Joram|strong="H3141"\w*.


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\w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Joram|strong="H3141"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* \w healed|strong="H7495"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w wounds|strong="H4347"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* Syrians \w had|strong="H0834"\w* given \w him|strong="H5221"\w* \w at|strong="H7200"\w* \w Ramah|strong="H7414"\w*, \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* \w against|strong="H0854"\w* \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w*. \w Ahaziah|strong="H0274"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoram|strong="H3088"\w*, \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w went|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w Joram|strong="H3141"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w sick|strong="H2470"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w him|strong="H7121"\w*, “\w Put|strong="H2296"\w* \w your|strong="H3947"\w* belt \w on|strong="H3027"\w* \w your|strong="H3947"\w* \w waist|strong="H4975"\w*, \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* vial \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w oil|strong="H8081"\w* \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H3947"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* go \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w Ramoth|strong="H7433"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*.


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\w When|strong="H7200"\w* \w you|strong="H0935"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*, \w find|strong="H7200"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nimshi|strong="H5250"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w go|strong="H0935"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w make|strong="H7200"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w* \w rise|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w* \w among|strong="H8432"\w* \w his|strong="H0935"\w* \w brothers|strong="H0251"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w take|strong="H0935"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w an|strong="H8033"\w* \w inner|strong="H2315"\w* \w room|strong="H2315"\w*.


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\w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* vial \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w oil|strong="H8081"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w pour|strong="H3332"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w anointed|strong="H4886"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.”’ \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w open|strong="H6605"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w door|strong="H1817"\w*, \w flee|strong="H5127"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w don’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w wait|strong="H2442"\w*.”<pb/>


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So \w the|strong="H5030"\w* \w young|strong="H5288"\w* \w man|strong="H5288"\w*, \w the|strong="H5030"\w* \w young|strong="H5288"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w*, went \w to|strong="H7433"\w* \w Ramoth|strong="H7433"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*.


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\w When|strong="H0935"\w* \w he|strong="H0935"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w*, \w behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w* \w were|strong="H1697"\w* \w sitting|strong="H3427"\w*. \w Then|strong="H2009"\w* \w he|strong="H0935"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w have|strong="H1697"\w* \w a|strong="H0935"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w* \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*, \w captain|strong="H8269"\w*.” <pb/>\w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w To|strong="H0413"\w* \w which|strong="H4310"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w us|strong="H0413"\w*?” <pb/>\w He|strong="H0935"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w To|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*, \w O|strong="H4310"\w* \w captain|strong="H8269"\w*.”


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\w He|strong="H0430"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w into|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*. \w Then|strong="H6965"\w* \w he|strong="H0430"\w* \w poured|strong="H3332"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w oil|strong="H8081"\w* \w on|strong="H0413"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\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 the|strong="H0559"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w says|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w anointed|strong="H4886"\w* \w you|strong="H0935"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w over|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w even|strong="H3541"\w* \w over|strong="H0413"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.


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\w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w must|strong="H0853"\w* \w strike|strong="H5221"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w master|strong="H0113"\w* \w Ahab’s|strong="H0256"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H5650"\w* \w may|strong="H3068"\w* \w avenge|strong="H5358"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Jezebel|strong="H0348"\w*.


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\w For|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w perish|strong="H0006"\w*. \w I|strong="H3478"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w cut|strong="H3772"\w* \w off|strong="H3772"\w* \w from|strong="H3772"\w* \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w everyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* urinates \w against|strong="H3605"\w* \w a|strong="H3772"\w* \w wall|strong="H7023"\w*,<n>or, male</n> \w both|strong="H3605"\w* \w him|strong="H3772"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \w shut|strong="H6113"\w* \w up|strong="H3605"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w him|strong="H3772"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \w left|strong="H5800"\w* \w at|strong="H3478"\w* \w large|strong="H1004"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.


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\w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w make|strong="H5414"\w* \w Ahab’s|strong="H0256"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w like|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\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*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w like|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Baasha|strong="H1201"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ahijah|strong="H0281"\w*.


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\w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w dogs|strong="H3611"\w* \w will|strong="H0369"\w* \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w Jezebel|strong="H0348"\w* \w on|strong="H0369"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* plot \w of|strong="H0398"\w* ground \w of|strong="H0398"\w* \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*, \w and|strong="H0398"\w* \w there|strong="H0369"\w* \w shall|strong="H3611"\w* \w be|strong="H0369"\w* \w no|strong="H0369"\w* \w one|strong="H0369"\w* \w to|strong="H0369"\w* \w bury|strong="H6912"\w* \w her|strong="H0398"\w*.’” \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w he|strong="H0853"\w* \w opened|strong="H6605"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w door|strong="H1817"\w* \w and|strong="H0398"\w* \w fled|strong="H5127"\w*.<pb/>


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\w When|strong="H0935"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w his|strong="H0376"\w* \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w one|strong="H0376"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w Is|strong="H2088"\w* \w all|strong="H3045"\w* \w well|strong="H7965"\w*? \w Why|strong="H4069"\w* \w did|strong="H4069"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w madman|strong="H7696"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w*?” <pb/>\w He|strong="H0853"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w You|strong="H0859"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w how|strong="H3045"\w* \w he|strong="H0853"\w* talks.”<pb/>


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\w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w That|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w lie|strong="H8267"\w*. \w Tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w us|strong="H4994"\w* \w now|strong="H4994"\w*.” <pb/>\w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*, ‘\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H0559"\w*, \w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w anointed|strong="H4886"\w* \w you|strong="H5046"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w over|strong="H0413"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.’”<pb/>


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\w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w they|strong="H0376"\w* \w hurried|strong="H4116"\w*, \w and|strong="H0376"\w* \w each|strong="H0376"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w his|strong="H3947"\w* cloak, \w and|strong="H0376"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w* \w under|strong="H8478"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w on|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* top \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* stairs, \w and|strong="H0376"\w* \w blew|strong="H8628"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w trumpet|strong="H7782"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w is|strong="H0376"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nimshi|strong="H5250"\w* \w conspired|strong="H7194"\w* \w against|strong="H0413"\w* \w Joram|strong="H3141"\w*. (\w Now|strong="H1961"\w* \w Joram|strong="H3141"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w defending|strong="H8104"\w* \w Ramoth|strong="H7433"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w because|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w*;


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\w but|strong="H0518"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Joram|strong="H3088"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w be|strong="H0408"\w* \w healed|strong="H7495"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w wounds|strong="H4347"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* Syrians \w had|strong="H0834"\w* given \w him|strong="H5221"\w* \w when|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w*.) \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w If|strong="H0518"\w* \w this|strong="H0834"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w your|strong="H0834"\w* \w thinking|strong="H0559"\w*, \w then|strong="H3318"\w* \w let|strong="H0408"\w* \w no|strong="H0408"\w* \w one|strong="H4480"\w* \w escape|strong="H3318"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w go|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w go|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w it|strong="H0518"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*.”


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\w So|strong="H3588"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w rode|strong="H7392"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w chariot|strong="H7392"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w went|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w Joram|strong="H3141"\w* \w lay|strong="H7901"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*. \w Ahaziah|strong="H0274"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w come|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w Joram|strong="H3141"\w*.


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\w Now|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w watchman|strong="H6822"\w* \w was|strong="H0935"\w* \w standing|strong="H5975"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w tower|strong="H4026"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w he|strong="H0853"\w* spied \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w company|strong="H8229"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w as|strong="H0935"\w* \w he|strong="H0853"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w a|strong="H3947"\w* \w company|strong="H8229"\w*.” <pb/>\w Joram|strong="H3088"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Take|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H3947"\w* \w horseman|strong="H7395"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w let|strong="H7971"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w Is|strong="H0935"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*?’”<pb/>


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\w So|strong="H3541"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w on|strong="H0413"\w* \w horseback|strong="H5483"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w says|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w Is|strong="H4100"\w* \w it|strong="H7725"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*?’” <pb/>\w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w* \w have|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*? \w Fall|strong="H0935"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w behind|strong="H0310"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*!” <pb/>\w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w watchman|strong="H6822"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w messenger|strong="H4397"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H0310"\w* \w isn’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w coming|strong="H0935"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w Then|strong="H0935"\w* \w he|strong="H0310"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w out|strong="H7971"\w* \w a|strong="H0935"\w* \w second|strong="H8145"\w* \w on|strong="H0413"\w* \w horseback|strong="H5483"\w*, \w who|strong="H4428"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w says|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w Is|strong="H4100"\w* \w it|strong="H5437"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*?’” <pb/>\w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w have|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*? \w Fall|strong="H0935"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w behind|strong="H0310"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*!”<pb/>


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\w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w watchman|strong="H6822"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w isn’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w coming|strong="H0935"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w*. \w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w driving|strong="H4491"\w* \w is|strong="H1121"\w* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w driving|strong="H4491"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nimshi|strong="H5250"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w drives|strong="H7725"\w* \w furiously|strong="H7697"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w Joram|strong="H3088"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Get|strong="H3318"\w* \w ready|strong="H0631"\w*!” <pb/>\w They|strong="H0376"\w* \w got|strong="H3318"\w* \w his|strong="H0376"\w* \w chariot|strong="H7393"\w* \w ready|strong="H0631"\w*. \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w Joram|strong="H3088"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Ahaziah|strong="H0274"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w*, \w each|strong="H0376"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w his|strong="H0376"\w* \w chariot|strong="H7393"\w*; \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w they|strong="H0376"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w him|strong="H4672"\w* \w on|strong="H3318"\w* \w Naboth|strong="H5022"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* Jezreelite’s \w land|strong="H2513"\w*.


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\w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w Joram|strong="H3088"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w*, \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Is|strong="H4100"\w* \w it|strong="H5704"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*, \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w*?” <pb/>\w He|strong="H5704"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*, \w so|strong="H1961"\w* \w long|strong="H5704"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* prostitution \w of|strong="H0517"\w* \w your|strong="H7200"\w* \w mother|strong="H0517"\w* \w Jezebel|strong="H0348"\w* \w and|strong="H7200"\w* \w her|strong="H7200"\w* witchcraft abound?”<pb/>


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\w Joram|strong="H3088"\w* \w turned|strong="H2015"\w* \w his|strong="H3027"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w fled|strong="H5127"\w*, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Ahaziah|strong="H0274"\w*, “This \w is|strong="H3027"\w* treason, \w Ahaziah|strong="H0274"\w*!”<pb/>


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\w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w drew|strong="H4390"\w* \w his|strong="H3027"\w* \w bow|strong="H7198"\w* \w with|strong="H4390"\w* \w his|strong="H3027"\w* \w full|strong="H4390"\w* \w strength|strong="H2220"\w*, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w Joram|strong="H3088"\w* \w between|strong="H0996"\w* \w his|strong="H3027"\w* \w arms|strong="H2220"\w*; \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w arrow|strong="H2678"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w at|strong="H7198"\w* \w his|strong="H3027"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w he|strong="H0853"\w* sunk \w down|strong="H5221"\w* \w in|strong="H3027"\w* \w his|strong="H3027"\w* \w chariot|strong="H7393"\w*.


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\w Then|strong="H2088"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H0559"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Bidkar|strong="H0920"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* captain, “\w Pick|strong="H5375"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w throw|strong="H7993"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w plot|strong="H2513"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Naboth|strong="H5022"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Jezreelite|strong="H3158"\w*; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w remember|strong="H2142"\w* \w how|strong="H3588"\w*, \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w rode|strong="H7392"\w* \w together|strong="H5921"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w laid|strong="H5375"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w burden|strong="H4853"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*:


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‘\w Surely|strong="H0518"\w* \w I|strong="H0518"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w yesterday|strong="H0570"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Naboth|strong="H5022"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*,’ \w says|strong="H5002"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*; ‘\w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w I|strong="H0518"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w repay|strong="H7999"\w* \w you|strong="H0518"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w plot|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* ground,’ \w says|strong="H5002"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*. \w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w therefore|strong="H6258"\w* \w take|strong="H5375"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w cast|strong="H7993"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w* onto \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w plot|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* ground, according \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w But|strong="H7200"\w* \w when|strong="H0834"\w* \w Ahaziah|strong="H0274"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w this|strong="H0834"\w*, \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* \w by|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w garden|strong="H1588"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*. \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w followed|strong="H0310"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Strike|strong="H5221"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w chariot|strong="H4818"\w*!” \w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w ascent|strong="H4608"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Gur|strong="H1483"\w*, \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w by|strong="H0413"\w* \w Ibleam|strong="H2991"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Megiddo|strong="H4023"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*.


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\w His|strong="H1732"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w carried|strong="H7392"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w* \w in|strong="H6912"\w* \w a|strong="H3389"\w* \w chariot|strong="H7392"\w* \w to|strong="H3389"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w and|strong="H3389"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w* \w in|strong="H6912"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* \w tomb|strong="H6900"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* \w in|strong="H6912"\w* \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.


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\w In|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w eleventh|strong="H6240"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joram|strong="H3141"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w*, \w Ahaziah|strong="H0274"\w* began \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.<pb/>


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\w When|strong="H8085"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w had|strong="H0853"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*, \w Jezebel|strong="H0348"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w of|strong="H7218"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w*; \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w she|strong="H0348"\w* painted \w her|strong="H0935"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w adorned|strong="H3190"\w* \w her|strong="H0935"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w looked|strong="H8259"\w* \w out|strong="H8259"\w* \w at|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w window|strong="H2474"\w*.


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\w As|strong="H0935"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w entered|strong="H0935"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w at|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*, she \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Do|strong="H0935"\w* \w you|strong="H0935"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*, \w Zimri|strong="H2174"\w*, \w you|strong="H0935"\w* \w murderer|strong="H2026"\w* \w of|strong="H8179"\w* \w your|strong="H0935"\w* \w master|strong="H0113"\w*?”<pb/>


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\w He|strong="H8147"\w* \w lifted|strong="H5375"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w his|strong="H5375"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w window|strong="H2474"\w*, \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w is|strong="H4310"\w* \w on|strong="H0413"\w* \w my|strong="H5375"\w* \w side|strong="H0854"\w*? \w Who|strong="H4310"\w*?” <pb/>\w Two|strong="H8147"\w* \w or|strong="H8147"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w eunuchs|strong="H5631"\w* \w looked|strong="H8259"\w* \w out|strong="H8259"\w* \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*.<pb/>


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\w He|strong="H0559"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Throw|strong="H8058"\w* \w her|strong="H0413"\w* \w down|strong="H7429"\w*!” <pb/>So \w they|strong="H0559"\w* \w threw|strong="H8058"\w* \w her|strong="H0413"\w* \w down|strong="H7429"\w*; \w and|strong="H1818"\w* some \w of|strong="H1818"\w* \w her|strong="H0413"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* \w was|strong="H1818"\w* sprinkled \w on|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w wall|strong="H7023"\w*, \w and|strong="H1818"\w* \w on|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*. \w Then|strong="H0559"\w* \w he|strong="H0559"\w* \w trampled|strong="H7429"\w* \w her|strong="H0413"\w* \w under|strong="H7429"\w* foot.


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\w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w*, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w ate|strong="H0398"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w drank|strong="H8354"\w*. \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w See|strong="H0935"\w* \w now|strong="H4994"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w cursed|strong="H0779"\w* \w woman|strong="H1323"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w bury|strong="H6912"\w* \w her|strong="H0935"\w*; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w she|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w They|strong="H3588"\w* went \w to|strong="H3027"\w* \w bury|strong="H6912"\w* \w her|strong="H0518"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w more|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w her|strong="H0518"\w* \w than|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w skull|strong="H1538"\w*, \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w palms|strong="H3709"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w her|strong="H0518"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*.


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\w Therefore|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w came|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w*. <pb/>\w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w This|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w Yahweh’s|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 his|strong="H3068"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* Tishbite, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w dogs|strong="H3611"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jezebel|strong="H0348"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w plot|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*,


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\w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w body|strong="H5038"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w Jezebel|strong="H0348"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w dung|strong="H1828"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w surface|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* Jezreel’s \w land|strong="H7704"\w*, \w so|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w won’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w This|strong="H2063"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w Jezebel|strong="H0348"\w*.”’”<pb/>


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Now \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w had|strong="H1121"\w* \w seventy|strong="H7657"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*. \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w wrote|strong="H3789"\w* \w letters|strong="H5612"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w rulers|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*, even \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w elders|strong="H2205"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w those|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* brought \w up|strong="H0539"\w* \w Ahab’s|strong="H0256"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,


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“\w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w as|strong="H0935"\w* \w soon|strong="H6258"\w* \w as|strong="H0935"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w letter|strong="H5612"\w* \w comes|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H0935"\w*, \w since|strong="H6258"\w* \w your|strong="H0935"\w* \w master’s|strong="H0113"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w you|strong="H0935"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H0935"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*, \w a|strong="H0935"\w* \w fortified|strong="H4013"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w also|strong="H2088"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* armor,


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\w select|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w best|strong="H2896"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w fittest|strong="H3477"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w master’s|strong="H0113"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, \w set|strong="H7760"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w throne|strong="H3678"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w master’s|strong="H0113"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w were|strong="H4428"\w* \w exceedingly|strong="H3966"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w didn’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*! \w How|strong="H0349"\w* \w then|strong="H2009"\w* \w shall|strong="H3808"\w* \w we|strong="H0587"\w* \w stand|strong="H5975"\w*?”


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\w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w household|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* \w also|strong="H6213"\w*, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* raised \w the|strong="H3605"\w* children, \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w We|strong="H0587"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w ask|strong="H0559"\w* \w us|strong="H0413"\w*. \w We|strong="H0587"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w*. \w You|strong="H0834"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w A|strong="H7760"\w* \w messenger|strong="H4397"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w*, “\w They|strong="H5704"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w heads|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*.” <pb/>\w He|strong="H5704"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Lay|strong="H7760"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w heaps|strong="H6652"\w* \w at|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w entrance|strong="H6607"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*.”


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\w Know|strong="H3045"\w* \w now|strong="H3588"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w nothing|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w*, \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w* \w concerning|strong="H5921"\w* \w Ahab’s|strong="H0256"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*. \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w met|strong="H4672"\w* \w with|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w brothers|strong="H0251"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ahaziah|strong="H0274"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w*?” <pb/>\w They|strong="H0559"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w We|strong="H0587"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w brothers|strong="H0251"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ahaziah|strong="H0274"\w*. \w We|strong="H0587"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w going|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w greet|strong="H7965"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w queen|strong="H1377"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w He|strong="H3808"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Take|strong="H8610"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w alive|strong="H2416"\w*!” <pb/>\w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w took|strong="H8610"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w alive|strong="H2416"\w*, \w and|strong="H0376"\w* \w killed|strong="H7819"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w pit|strong="H0953"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* shearing house, \w even|strong="H3808"\w* \w forty-two|strong="H8147"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*. \w He|strong="H3808"\w* \w didn’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w leave|strong="H7604"\w* \w any|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*.<pb/>


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\w When|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* departed \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*, \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w met|strong="H4672"\w* \w Jehonadab|strong="H3082"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Rechab|strong="H7394"\w* \w coming|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w greeted|strong="H1288"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w Is|strong="H0834"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w heart|strong="H3824"\w* \w right|strong="H3477"\w*, \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w heart|strong="H3824"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*?” <pb/>\w Jehonadab|strong="H3082"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w It|strong="H5414"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w*.” <pb/>“\w If|strong="H0834"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w*, \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.” \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w took|strong="H0853"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w into|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w chariot|strong="H4818"\w*.


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\w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Come|strong="H7068"\w* \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w zeal|strong="H7068"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*.” \w So|strong="H7200"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* made \w him|strong="H0853"\w* \w ride|strong="H7392"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w chariot|strong="H7393"\w*.


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\w When|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w remained|strong="H7604"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H8045"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*, \w according|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w gathered|strong="H6908"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w together|strong="H6908"\w*, \w and|strong="H0853"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w served|strong="H5647"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w* \w a|strong="H4592"\w* \w little|strong="H4592"\w*, \w but|strong="H0559"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w will|strong="H3058"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w much|strong="H7235"\w*.


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\w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w therefore|strong="H6258"\w* \w call|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w worshipers|strong="H5647"\w*, \w and|strong="H3548"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*. \w Let|strong="H0408"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H0376"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* absent, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*. \w Whoever|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* absent, \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w shall|strong="H3548"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w live|strong="H2421"\w*.” \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* deceptively, \w intending|strong="H0376"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w destroy|strong="H0006"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w worshipers|strong="H5647"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Sanctify|strong="H6942"\w* \w a|strong="H7121"\w* \w solemn|strong="H6116"\w* \w assembly|strong="H6116"\w* \w for|strong="H7121"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*!” <pb/>\w So|strong="H7121"\w* \w they|strong="H0559"\w* \w proclaimed|strong="H7121"\w* \w it|strong="H7121"\w*.


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\w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w through|strong="H0935"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w worshipers|strong="H5647"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w*, \w so|strong="H7971"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w there|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H0935"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w left|strong="H7604"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w didn’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w*. \w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w into|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*; \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w* \w one|strong="H0376"\w* \w end|strong="H6310"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w another|strong="H0376"\w*.


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\w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* kept \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w wardrobe|strong="H4458"\w*, “\w Bring|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w robes|strong="H3830"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w worshipers|strong="H5647"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*!” <pb/>\w So|strong="H3318"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w brought|strong="H3318"\w* \w robes|strong="H3830"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.


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\w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w Jehonadab|strong="H3082"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Rechab|strong="H7394"\w* \w into|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*. \w Then|strong="H0935"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w worshipers|strong="H5647"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*, “\w Search|strong="H2664"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w none|strong="H6435"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H3426"\w* \w here|strong="H6311"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w only|strong="H0905"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w worshipers|strong="H5647"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w So|strong="H4480"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w offer|strong="H2077"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w burnt|strong="H5930"\w* \w offerings|strong="H4480"\w*. \w Now|strong="H0935"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w appointed|strong="H7760"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w himself|strong="H5315"\w* \w eighty|strong="H8084"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w outside|strong="H2351"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w If|strong="H0834"\w* \w any|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w whom|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* \w into|strong="H0935"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w escape|strong="H4422"\w*, \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* lets \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w go|strong="H0935"\w*, \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w life|strong="H5315"\w* \w shall|strong="H0376"\w* \w be|strong="H0376"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w life|strong="H5315"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w As|strong="H5704"\w* soon \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w finished|strong="H3615"\w* offering \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w burnt|strong="H5930"\w* offering, \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w guard|strong="H7323"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* captains, “\w Go|strong="H3318"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w kill|strong="H5221"\w* \w them|strong="H5221"\w*! \w Let|strong="H0408"\w* \w no|strong="H0408"\w* \w one|strong="H0376"\w* \w escape|strong="H3318"\w*.” \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w they|strong="H0376"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w them|strong="H5221"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w edge|strong="H6310"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*. \w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w guard|strong="H7323"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* captains \w threw|strong="H7993"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* bodies \w out|strong="H3318"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w inner|strong="H1004"\w* \w shrine|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*.


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\w They|strong="H3318"\w* \w brought|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w pillars|strong="H4676"\w* \w that|strong="H1004"\w* \w were|strong="H1004"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w*.


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\w They|strong="H3117"\w* \w broke|strong="H5422"\w* \w down|strong="H5422"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w pillar|strong="H4676"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w broke|strong="H5422"\w* \w down|strong="H5422"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w made|strong="H7760"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w* \w a|strong="H7760"\w* \w latrine|strong="H4280"\w*, \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w this|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.


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Thus \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H8045"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w* \w out|strong="H0853"\w* \w of|strong="H0853"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.<pb/>


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\w However|strong="H7535"\w*, \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w didn’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w depart|strong="H5493"\w* \w from|strong="H5493"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w sins|strong="H2398"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\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*, \w with|strong="H3478"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w made|strong="H0834"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*—\w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w golden|strong="H2091"\w* \w calves|strong="H5695"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w*.


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\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w*, “\w Because|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w well|strong="H2895"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* executing \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w right|strong="H3477"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Ahab’s|strong="H0256"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w according|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*, \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w shall|strong="H1121"\w* \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w fourth|strong="H7243"\w* generation.”<pb/>


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\w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w took|strong="H5493"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w heed|strong="H8104"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* walk \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w law|strong="H8451"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\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*, \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w didn’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w depart|strong="H5493"\w* \w from|strong="H5493"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sins|strong="H2398"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w*, \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w made|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*.<pb/>


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\w In|strong="H3068"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w began|strong="H2490"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w cut|strong="H7096"\w* \w away|strong="H3605"\w* parts \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w borders|strong="H1366"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*


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\w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w eastward|strong="H4217"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Gadites|strong="H1425"\w*, \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Reubenites|strong="H7206"\w*, \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Manassites|strong="H4520"\w*, \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w Aroer|strong="H6177"\w*, \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w valley|strong="H5158"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Arnon|strong="H0769"\w*, \w even|strong="H0853"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w Bashan|strong="H1316"\w*.


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\w Now|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w might|strong="H1369"\w*, aren’t \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*?


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\w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w slept|strong="H7901"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w his|strong="H8478"\w* \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H8478"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w* \w in|strong="H6912"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*. \w Jehoahaz|strong="H3059"\w* \w his|strong="H8478"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H6912"\w* \w his|strong="H8478"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w*.


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\w The|strong="H0834"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w twenty-eight|strong="H8083"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Now|strong="H3588"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w Athaliah|strong="H6271"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w mother|strong="H0517"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ahaziah|strong="H0274"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*, \w she|strong="H3588"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H0006"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w royal|strong="H4467"\w* \w offspring|strong="H2233"\w*.


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\w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w Jehosheba|strong="H3089"\w*, \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Joram|strong="H3141"\w*, \w sister|strong="H0269"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ahaziah|strong="H0274"\w*, \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ahaziah|strong="H0274"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w stole|strong="H1589"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w* \w away|strong="H3947"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w among|strong="H8432"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* slain, \w even|strong="H3808"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3947"\w* \w nurse|strong="H3243"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w put|strong="H4191"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w bedroom|strong="H2315"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w hid|strong="H5641"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w Athaliah|strong="H6271"\w*, \w so|strong="H3947"\w* \w that|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* slain.


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\w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w her|strong="H5921"\w* \w hidden|strong="H2244"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w while|strong="H1961"\w* \w Athaliah|strong="H6271"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w*.<pb/>


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\w In|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w seventh|strong="H7637"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* fetched \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* \w over|strong="H0413"\w* \w hundreds|strong="H3967"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Carites|strong="H3746"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w guard|strong="H7323"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w into|strong="H0413"\w* \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H3772"\w* \w a|strong="H3947"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w made|strong="H3772"\w* \w a|strong="H3947"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w showed|strong="H7200"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*.


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\w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w them|strong="H6680"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* must \w do|strong="H6213"\w*: \w a|strong="H0935"\w* \w third|strong="H7992"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*, \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w on|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="H7676"\w*, \w shall|strong="H1004"\w* \w be|strong="H1697"\w* \w keepers|strong="H8104"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w watch|strong="H8104"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*;


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\w a|strong="H8104"\w* \w third|strong="H7992"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w you|strong="H0853"\w* \w shall|strong="H1004"\w* \w be|strong="H1004"\w* \w at|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w Sur|strong="H5495"\w*; \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w a|strong="H8104"\w* \w third|strong="H7992"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w you|strong="H0853"\w* \w at|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w behind|strong="H0310"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w guard|strong="H8104"\w*. \w So|strong="H0853"\w* \w you|strong="H0853"\w* \w shall|strong="H1004"\w* \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w watch|strong="H8104"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w be|strong="H1004"\w* \w a|strong="H8104"\w* barrier.


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\w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* companies \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*, \w even|strong="H0853"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w go|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w on|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="H7676"\w*, \w shall|strong="H3068"\w* \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w watch|strong="H8104"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w around|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.


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\w You|strong="H5921"\w* \w shall|strong="H0376"\w* \w surround|strong="H5439"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w every|strong="H0376"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w weapons|strong="H3627"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*; \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w who|strong="H0376"\w* \w comes|strong="H0935"\w* \w within|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w ranks|strong="H7713"\w*, \w let|strong="H1961"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* slain. \w Be|strong="H1961"\w* \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w goes|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w comes|strong="H0935"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w he|strong="H5414"\w* \w brought|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w crown|strong="H5145"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* covenant; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w made|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w anointed|strong="H4886"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w clapped|strong="H5221"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* \w hands|strong="H3709"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “Long \w live|strong="H2421"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*!”<pb/>


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\w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w she|strong="H7121"\w* \w looked|strong="H7200"\w*, \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w pillar|strong="H5982"\w*, \w as|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* tradition \w was|strong="H0776"\w*, \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w trumpets|strong="H2689"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*; \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w rejoiced|strong="H8056"\w*, \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w blew|strong="H8628"\w* \w trumpets|strong="H2689"\w*. \w Then|strong="H2009"\w* \w Athaliah|strong="H6271"\w* \w tore|strong="H7167"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w clothes|strong="H0899"\w* \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w cried|strong="H7121"\w*, “\w Treason|strong="H7195"\w*! \w Treason|strong="H7195"\w*!”<pb/>


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\w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w hundreds|strong="H3967"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H2428"\w* \w set|strong="H0935"\w* \w over|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w Bring|strong="H0935"\w* \w her|strong="H0413"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* between \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w ranks|strong="H7713"\w*. \w Kill|strong="H4191"\w* \w anyone|strong="H3588"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w follows|strong="H0559"\w* \w her|strong="H0413"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*.” \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Don’t|strong="H0408"\w* \w let|strong="H0408"\w* \w her|strong="H0413"\w* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* slain \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.”


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\w So|strong="H0935"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w seized|strong="H7760"\w* \w her|strong="H0935"\w*; \w and|strong="H0935"\w* she \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H0935"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0935"\w* horses’ \w entry|strong="H3996"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0935"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* she \w was|strong="H4428"\w* slain \w there|strong="H8033"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w* \w made|strong="H3772"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* \w between|strong="H0996"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*; \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w between|strong="H0996"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.


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\w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w broke|strong="H7665"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w* \w down|strong="H5422"\w*. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w broke|strong="H7665"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w altars|strong="H4196"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w images|strong="H6754"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w pieces|strong="H7665"\w* \w thoroughly|strong="H3190"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w killed|strong="H2026"\w* \w Mattan|strong="H4977"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w altars|strong="H4196"\w*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w appointed|strong="H7760"\w* \w officers|strong="H6486"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.


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\w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w hundreds|strong="H3967"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Carites|strong="H3746"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w guard|strong="H7323"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w*; \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w* \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w guard|strong="H7323"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w*.


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\w So|strong="H4191"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w rejoiced|strong="H8055"\w*, \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w was|strong="H0776"\w* \w quiet|strong="H8252"\w*. \w They|strong="H5971"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* slain \w Athaliah|strong="H6271"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w at|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Jehoash|strong="H3060"\w* began \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H3060"\w* \w seventh|strong="H7651"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Jehu, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H8141"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* forty \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* Jerusalem. \w His|strong="H3060"\w* mother’s name \w was|strong="H1121"\w* Zibiah \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Beersheba.


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\w Jehoash|strong="H3060"\w* did \w that|strong="H8141"\w* which \w was|strong="H8034"\w* right \w in|strong="H8141"\w* Yahweh’s eyes all \w his|strong="H3060"\w* \w days|strong="H8141"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* which Jehoiada \w the|strong="H8034"\w* priest instructed \w him|strong="H3389"\w*.


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However, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* high \w places|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* not taken \w away|strong="H3605"\w*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H0834"\w* still sacrificed \w and|strong="H3068"\w* burned incense \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* high \w places|strong="H3605"\w*.<pb/>


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Jehoash said \w to|strong="H6999"\w* \w the|strong="H5493"\w* \w priests|strong="H3808"\w*, “\w All|strong="H5750"\w* \w the|strong="H5493"\w* money \w of|strong="H1116"\w* \w the|strong="H5493"\w* holy \w things|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H3808"\w* \w is|strong="H3808"\w* brought \w into|strong="H5493"\w* Yahweh’s house, \w in|strong="H5750"\w* current money, \w the|strong="H5493"\w* money \w of|strong="H1116"\w* \w the|strong="H5493"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w for|strong="H3808"\w* whom \w each|strong="H5971"\w* man \w is|strong="H3808"\w* evaluated, \w and|strong="H2076"\w* \w all|strong="H5750"\w* \w the|strong="H5493"\w* money \w that|strong="H3808"\w* \w it|strong="H3808"\w* comes \w into|strong="H5493"\w* \w any|strong="H5750"\w* man’s heart \w to|strong="H6999"\w* bring \w into|strong="H5493"\w* Yahweh’s house,


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\w let|strong="H5315"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w take|strong="H0935"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*, \w each|strong="H0376"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* donor; \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w shall|strong="H3548"\w* repair \w the|strong="H3605"\w* damage \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w wherever|strong="H0834"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* damage \w is|strong="H0834"\w* found.”<pb/>


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\w But|strong="H2388"\w* \w it|strong="H8033"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w so|strong="H3947"\w*, \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* twenty-third year \w of|strong="H1004"\w* King Jehoash \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* not \w repaired|strong="H2388"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w damage|strong="H0919"\w* \w to|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.


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\w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jehoash|strong="H3060"\w* called \w for|strong="H1004"\w* Jehoiada \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w for|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* other \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* said \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w*, “\w Why|strong="H3808"\w* aren’t \w you|strong="H0853"\w* \w repairing|strong="H2388"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w damage|strong="H0919"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*? \w Now|strong="H1961"\w* \w therefore|strong="H1961"\w* \w take|strong="H2388"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w more|strong="H3808"\w* money \w from|strong="H1961"\w* \w your|strong="H1961"\w* treasurers, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* deliver \w it|strong="H1961"\w* \w for|strong="H1004"\w* \w repair|strong="H2388"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w damage|strong="H0919"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* consented \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w should|strong="H3548"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w no|strong="H0369"\w* \w more|strong="H0369"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w* \w from|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H0408"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w not|strong="H0369"\w* \w repair|strong="H2388"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w damage|strong="H0919"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.


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\w But|strong="H2388"\w* Jehoiada \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H3947"\w* chest \w and|strong="H1004"\w* bored \w a|strong="H3947"\w* hole \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w its|strong="H0853"\w* lid, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* set \w it|strong="H3947"\w* beside \w the|strong="H0853"\w* altar, \w on|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* right side \w as|strong="H2388"\w* \w one|strong="H1004"\w* comes \w into|strong="H3947"\w* Yahweh’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w*; \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w who|strong="H3548"\w* kept \w the|strong="H0853"\w* threshold \w put|strong="H3947"\w* all \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w* \w that|strong="H1115"\w* \w was|strong="H1004"\w* \w brought|strong="H3947"\w* \w into|strong="H3947"\w* Yahweh’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w into|strong="H3947"\w* \w it|strong="H3947"\w*.


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\w When|strong="H0935"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* saw \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w much|strong="H3605"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w chest|strong="H0727"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* king’s scribe \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* high \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w up|strong="H5414"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* bags \w and|strong="H0935"\w* counted \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* found \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.


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\w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w gave|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* weighed \w out|strong="H7200"\w* \w into|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* hands \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w those|strong="H0853"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* did \w the|strong="H0853"\w* work, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* oversight \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*; \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* paid \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w out|strong="H7200"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* carpenters \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* builders \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w worked|strong="H5927"\w* \w on|strong="H7200"\w* \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*,


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\w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w masons|strong="H2796"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* stone cutters, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* buying \w timber|strong="H6086"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* cut stone \w to|strong="H5921"\w* repair \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w damage|strong="H6485"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H6485"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w laid|strong="H5414"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* repair \w it|strong="H5414"\w*.


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\w But|strong="H2388"\w* \w there|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* not \w made|strong="H2388"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* cups \w of|strong="H1004"\w* silver, snuffers, basins, trumpets, \w any|strong="H3605"\w* vessels \w of|strong="H1004"\w* gold \w or|strong="H1004"\w* vessels \w of|strong="H1004"\w* silver, \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* money \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w brought|strong="H3318"\w* \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*;


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\w for|strong="H1004"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w gave|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* work, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* repaired \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w*.


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Moreover \w they|strong="H3588"\w* didn’t demand \w an|strong="H5414"\w* accounting \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w men|strong="H6213"\w* \w into|strong="H5414"\w* whose \w hand|strong="H5414"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* money \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w those|strong="H0853"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w work|strong="H4399"\w*; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* dealt faithfully.


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\w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* trespass \w offerings|strong="H3588"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* sin \w offerings|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w brought|strong="H5414"\w* \w into|strong="H5921"\w* Yahweh’s house. \w It|strong="H5414"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* priests’.<pb/>


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\w Then|strong="H1961"\w* Hazael king \w of|strong="H1004"\w* Syria \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w up|strong="H0935"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* fought \w against|strong="H0935"\w* Gath, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w took|strong="H1961"\w* \w it|strong="H1961"\w*; \w and|strong="H0935"\w* Hazael \w set|strong="H0935"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* face \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w go|strong="H0935"\w* \w up|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* Jerusalem.


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Jehoash \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Judah \w took|strong="H3920"\w* \w all|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* holy things \w that|strong="H5927"\w* Jehoshaphat \w and|strong="H4428"\w* Jehoram \w and|strong="H4428"\w* Ahaziah, \w his|strong="H5921"\w* fathers, \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Judah, \w had|strong="H4428"\w* dedicated, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w own|strong="H6440"\w* holy things, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w all|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* gold \w that|strong="H5927"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* found \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* treasures \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Yahweh’s house, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* house, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w sent|strong="H5927"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w*; \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w he|strong="H3389"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w away|strong="H5927"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.<pb/>


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Now \w the|strong="H3605"\w* rest \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* acts \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Joash|strong="H3060"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w did|strong="H0834"\w*, aren’t \w they|strong="H0834"\w* written \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* book \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* chronicles \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*?


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\w His|strong="H3605"\w* servants arose \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H0834"\w* conspiracy, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* struck \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* house \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Millo, \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w way|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* goes \w down|strong="H3789"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* Silla.


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\w For|strong="H1004"\w* Jozacar \w the|strong="H0853"\w* son \w of|strong="H1004"\w* Shimeath, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* Jehozabad \w the|strong="H0853"\w* son \w of|strong="H1004"\w* Shomer, \w his|strong="H5221"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w him|strong="H5221"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w he|strong="H0853"\w* died; \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w they|strong="H5221"\w* buried \w him|strong="H5221"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w his|strong="H5221"\w* fathers \w in|strong="H1004"\w* David’s city; \w and|strong="H6965"\w* Amaziah \w his|strong="H5221"\w* son reigned \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w his|strong="H5221"\w* \w place|strong="H1004"\w*.<pb/>


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\w In|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w twenty-third|strong="H6242"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ahaziah|strong="H0274"\w*, \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w Jehoahaz|strong="H3059"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* began \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w seventeen|strong="H6240"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.


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\w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w followed|strong="H0310"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w sins|strong="H2398"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\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*, \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w didn’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w depart|strong="H5493"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w*.


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\w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w anger|strong="H0639"\w* \w burned|strong="H2734"\w* \w against|strong="H2734"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w into|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w into|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Benhadad \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w*, \w continually|strong="H3117"\w*.


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\w Jehoahaz|strong="H3059"\w* begged \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w listened|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w oppression|strong="H3906"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w how|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w* \w oppressed|strong="H3905"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*.


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(\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w a|strong="H5414"\w* \w savior|strong="H3467"\w*, \w so|strong="H5414"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w under|strong="H8478"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* Syrians; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w tents|strong="H0168"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w before|strong="H8478"\w*.


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\w Nevertheless|strong="H0389"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w didn’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w depart|strong="H5493"\w* \w from|strong="H5493"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w sins|strong="H2398"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w*, \w with|strong="H1980"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w made|strong="H1571"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*, \w but|strong="H0389"\w* \w walked|strong="H1980"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w*; \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Asherah|strong="H0842"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w remained|strong="H5975"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*.)


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\w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w didn’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w leave|strong="H7604"\w* \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jehoahaz|strong="H3059"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w any|strong="H3588"\w* \w more|strong="H3808"\w* \w than|strong="H3808"\w* \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w* \w horsemen|strong="H6571"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w footmen|strong="H7273"\w*; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H0006"\w* \w them|strong="H7760"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w made|strong="H7760"\w* \w them|strong="H7760"\w* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w dust|strong="H6083"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w threshing|strong="H1758"\w*.


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\w Now|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jehoahaz|strong="H3059"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w might|strong="H1369"\w*, aren’t \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*?


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\w Jehoahaz|strong="H3059"\w* \w slept|strong="H7901"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w his|strong="H8478"\w* \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H8478"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w him|strong="H5973"\w* \w in|strong="H6912"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* \w his|strong="H8478"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H6912"\w* \w his|strong="H8478"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w*.<pb/>


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\w In|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* thirty-seventh \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joash|strong="H3060"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w Jehoash|strong="H3060"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoahaz|strong="H3059"\w* began \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w sixteen|strong="H6240"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.


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\w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w didn’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w depart|strong="H5493"\w* \w from|strong="H5493"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sins|strong="H2398"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nebat|strong="H5028"\w*, \w with|strong="H1980"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*; \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w walked|strong="H1980"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w*.


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\w Now|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w might|strong="H1369"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w Amaziah|strong="H0558"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, aren’t \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*?


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\w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* \w slept|strong="H7901"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*; \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w throne|strong="H3678"\w*. \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.<pb/>


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Now \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* became \w sick|strong="H2470"\w* \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w illness|strong="H2483"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*; \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w came|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w wept|strong="H1058"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w My|strong="H5921"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w its|strong="H5921"\w* \w horsemen|strong="H6571"\w*!”<pb/>


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\w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w Take|strong="H3947"\w* \w bow|strong="H7198"\w* \w and|strong="H7198"\w* \w arrows|strong="H2671"\w*;” \w and|strong="H7198"\w* \w he|strong="H0559"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w bow|strong="H7198"\w* \w and|strong="H7198"\w* \w arrows|strong="H2671"\w* \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w himself|strong="H0413"\w*.


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\w He|strong="H5921"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, “\w Put|strong="H7760"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w bow|strong="H7198"\w*;” \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w*. \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* \w laid|strong="H7760"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*.


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\w He|strong="H5704"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Open|strong="H6605"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w window|strong="H2474"\w* \w eastward|strong="H6924"\w*;” \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w opened|strong="H6605"\w* \w it|strong="H5704"\w*. \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Shoot|strong="H3384"\w*!” \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w shot|strong="H3384"\w*. \w He|strong="H5704"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w arrow|strong="H2671"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w victory|strong="H8668"\w*, \w even|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w arrow|strong="H2671"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w victory|strong="H8668"\w* \w over|strong="H0853"\w* \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w*; \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w strike|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* Syrians \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Aphek|strong="H0663"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w consumed|strong="H3615"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w He|strong="H0559"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Take|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w arrows|strong="H2678"\w*;” \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w he|strong="H0559"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w them|strong="H5221"\w*. \w He|strong="H0559"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, “\w Strike|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*;” \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w he|strong="H0559"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w times|strong="H6471"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w stopped|strong="H5975"\w*.


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\w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w was|strong="H0430"\w* \w angry|strong="H7107"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w You|strong="H5921"\w* \w should|strong="H0376"\w* \w have|strong="H0376"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w or|strong="H0176"\w* \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w times|strong="H6471"\w*. \w Then|strong="H0227"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w would|strong="H0559"\w* \w have|strong="H0376"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w had|strong="H0430"\w* \w consumed|strong="H3615"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*, \w but|strong="H0376"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H0430"\w* \w strike|strong="H5221"\w* \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w* \w just|strong="H6258"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w times|strong="H6471"\w*.”<pb/>


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


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\w As|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w burying|strong="H6912"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w*, \w behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w band|strong="H1416"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w raiders|strong="H1416"\w*; \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w threw|strong="H7993"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w Elisha’s|strong="H0477"\w* \w tomb|strong="H6913"\w*. \w As|strong="H1961"\w* soon \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w touched|strong="H5060"\w* \w Elisha’s|strong="H0477"\w* \w bones|strong="H6106"\w*, \w he|strong="H0853"\w* \w revived|strong="H2421"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w stood|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w* \w oppressed|strong="H3905"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jehoahaz|strong="H3059"\w*.


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\w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* gracious \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w compassion|strong="H7355"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* favored \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w Abraham|strong="H0085"\w*, \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w would|strong="H0014"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w didn’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w cast|strong="H7993"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w presence|strong="H6440"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w yet|strong="H6258"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* Benhadad \w his|strong="H8478"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H8478"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w*.


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\w Jehoash|strong="H3060"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoahaz|strong="H3059"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w* \w out|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Benhadad \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w taken|strong="H3947"\w* \w out|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoahaz|strong="H3059"\w* \w his|strong="H3947"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w war|strong="H4421"\w*. \w Joash|strong="H3060"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w him|strong="H5221"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w times|strong="H6471"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w recovered|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.<pb/>


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


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\w He|strong="H4480"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w twenty-five|strong="H2568"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H4480"\w* \w began|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H4480"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w twenty-nine|strong="H8672"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. \w His|strong="H1961"\w* \w mother’s|strong="H0517"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w Jehoaddin|strong="H3086"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.


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\w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w right|strong="H3477"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, \w yet|strong="H7535"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w like|strong="H0834"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* according \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*.


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\w However|strong="H7535"\w* \w the|strong="H5493"\w* \w high|strong="H1116"\w* \w places|strong="H1116"\w* were \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w taken|strong="H5493"\w* \w away|strong="H5493"\w*. \w The|strong="H5493"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w still|strong="H5750"\w* \w sacrificed|strong="H2076"\w* \w and|strong="H2076"\w* \w burned|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* \w in|strong="H5750"\w* \w the|strong="H5493"\w* \w high|strong="H1116"\w* \w places|strong="H1116"\w*.


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\w As|strong="H0834"\w* soon \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w established|strong="H2388"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H0834"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w his|strong="H0834"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w slain|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H0834"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w*,


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\w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* murderers \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w didn’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w put|strong="H4191"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w death|strong="H4191"\w*, \w according|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w law|strong="H8451"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*, \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* \w shall|strong="H1121"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* \w put|strong="H4191"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w death|strong="H4191"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w*, \w nor|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* \w put|strong="H4191"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w death|strong="H4191"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*; \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w every|strong="H0376"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w shall|strong="H1121"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w own|strong="H0376"\w* \w sin|strong="H2399"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w Edomites|strong="H0123"\w* \w in|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Valley|strong="H1516"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w Salt|strong="H4417"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w took|strong="H8610"\w* \w Sela|strong="H5554"\w* \w by|strong="H7121"\w* \w war|strong="H4421"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w its|strong="H0853"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w Joktheel|strong="H3371"\w*, \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.


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\w Then|strong="H0227"\w* \w Amaziah|strong="H0558"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Jehoash|strong="H3060"\w*, \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoahaz|strong="H3059"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w*, \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, “Come, let’s \w look|strong="H7200"\w* \w one|strong="H1121"\w* another \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w Amaziah|strong="H0558"\w* \w would|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w*. \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w Jehoash|strong="H3060"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w*; \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Amaziah|strong="H0558"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w looked|strong="H7200"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w another|strong="H3808"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w* \w at|strong="H3478"\w* Beth Shemesh, \w which|strong="H0834"\w* belongs \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.


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\w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w defeated|strong="H5062"\w* \w by|strong="H3478"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w each|strong="H0376"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w his|strong="H0376"\w* \w tent|strong="H0168"\w*.


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\w Jehoash|strong="H3060"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w took|strong="H8610"\w* \w Amaziah|strong="H0558"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoash|strong="H3060"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ahaziah|strong="H0274"\w*, \w at|strong="H3478"\w* Beth Shemesh \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w then|strong="H0853"\w* \w broke|strong="H6555"\w* \w down|strong="H6555"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w corner|strong="H6438"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*, \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w*.<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>


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\w Now|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jehoash|strong="H3060"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w might|strong="H1369"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w how|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w Amaziah|strong="H0558"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, aren’t \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*?


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\w Jehoash|strong="H3060"\w* \w slept|strong="H7901"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w his|strong="H8478"\w* \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w his|strong="H8478"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w his|strong="H8478"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Amaziah|strong="H0558"\w* \w the|strong="H0310"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joash|strong="H3060"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w lived|strong="H2421"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w the|strong="H0310"\w* \w death|strong="H4194"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoash|strong="H3060"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoahaz|strong="H3059"\w*, \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w fifteen|strong="H6240"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.


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\w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w brought|strong="H5375"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*, \w and|strong="H3389"\w* \w he|strong="H1732"\w* \w was|strong="H1732"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.<pb/>


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\w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w Elath|strong="H0359"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w restored|strong="H7725"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*. \w After|strong="H0310"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w slept|strong="H7901"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w his|strong="H7725"\w* \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*.<pb/>


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\w In|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H3379"\w* fifteenth \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Amaziah|strong="H0558"\w* \w the|strong="H3379"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w the|strong="H3379"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* began \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w for|strong="H0259"\w* forty-one \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.


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\w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w didn’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w depart|strong="H5493"\w* \w from|strong="H5493"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sins|strong="H2398"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nebat|strong="H5028"\w*, \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*.


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\w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w restored|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w entrance|strong="H0935"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hamath|strong="H2574"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Arabah|strong="H6160"\w*, \w according|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel’s|strong="H3478"\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 his|strong="H3068"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Jonah|strong="H3124"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Amittai|strong="H0573"\w*, \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w*, \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* Gath Hepher.


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\w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* affliction \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H0369"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w bitter|strong="H4784"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H3966"\w*, slave \w and|strong="H3068"\w* free; \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w there|strong="H0369"\w* \w was|strong="H0369"\w* \w no|strong="H0369"\w* \w helper|strong="H5826"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.


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\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w didn’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w say|strong="H1696"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w would|strong="H3478"\w* blot \w out|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w under|strong="H8478"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w*; \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w saved|strong="H3467"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w*.


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\w Now|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w might|strong="H1369"\w*, \w how|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w fought|strong="H3898"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w how|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w recovered|strong="H7725"\w* \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Hamath|strong="H2574"\w*, \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* belonged \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, aren’t \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*?


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\w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w slept|strong="H7901"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w his|strong="H8478"\w* \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, even \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zechariah|strong="H2148"\w* \w his|strong="H8478"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w his|strong="H8478"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Now|strong="H2009"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Zechariah|strong="H2148"\w*, \w behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.


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\w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w served|strong="H5647"\w* \w idols|strong="H1544"\w*, \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w*, “\w You|strong="H0834"\w* \w shall|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w thing|strong="H1697"\w*.”


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\w Therefore|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w angry|strong="H0599"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w removed|strong="H5493"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w out|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w sight|strong="H6440"\w*. \w There|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w none|strong="H3808"\w* \w left|strong="H7604"\w* \w but|strong="H7535"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w only|strong="H7535"\w*.<pb/>


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\w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w tore|strong="H7167"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* made \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* \w king|strong="H4427"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w drove|strong="H5077"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w following|strong="H0310"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* made \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w sin|strong="H2398"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*.


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\w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w removed|strong="H5493"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w out|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w sight|strong="H6440"\w*, \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*. \w So|strong="H0834"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w carried|strong="H1540"\w* \w away|strong="H5493"\w* \w out|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w own|strong="H6440"\w* \w land|strong="H0127"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Therefore|strong="H3045"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w spoke|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w carried|strong="H1540"\w* \w away|strong="H7971"\w* \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w placed|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w don’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* law \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w god|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w*. \w Therefore|strong="H3045"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w has|strong="H0430"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w lions|strong="H0738"\w* \w among|strong="H3427"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w*; \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w kill|strong="H4191"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w*, \w because|strong="H0834"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w don’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* law \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w god|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w* \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w Lachish|strong="H3923"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w offended|strong="H2398"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*. \w Withdraw|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*. \w That|strong="H0834"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*, \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w bear|strong="H5375"\w*.” \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w* \w appointed|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w talents|strong="H3603"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* \w talents|strong="H3603"\w*<n>A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces</n> \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*.


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\w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w treasures|strong="H0214"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.


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\w At|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w*, \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w cut|strong="H7112"\w* \w off|strong="H7112"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* gold \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w doors|strong="H1817"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w temple|strong="H1964"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* pillars \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w overlaid|strong="H6823"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w*.<pb/>


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\w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w Tartan|strong="H8661"\w*, Rabsaris, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w Rabshakeh|strong="H7262"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w Lachish|strong="H3923"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w a|strong="H0935"\w* \w great|strong="H3515"\w* \w army|strong="H2426"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. \w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. \w When|strong="H0834"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w by|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* conduit \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w upper|strong="H5945"\w* \w pool|strong="H1295"\w*, \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w highway|strong="H4546"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w fuller’s|strong="H3526"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w*.


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\w When|strong="H0834"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w Eliakim|strong="H0471"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hilkiah|strong="H2518"\w*, \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w household|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shebnah|strong="H7644"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w scribe|strong="H5608"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joah|strong="H3098"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Asaph|strong="H0623"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w recorder|strong="H2142"\w* \w came|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*.


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\w Rabshakeh|strong="H7262"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w Say|strong="H0559"\w* \w now|strong="H4994"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w*, ‘\w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w*, \w says|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w confidence|strong="H0986"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w trust|strong="H0982"\w*?


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\w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w say|strong="H0559"\w* (\w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* \w but|strong="H3588"\w* vain \w words|strong="H1697"\w*), ‘There \w is|strong="H4310"\w* \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w* \w and|strong="H1697"\w* \w strength|strong="H1369"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w war|strong="H4421"\w*.’ \w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w whom|strong="H4310"\w* \w do|strong="H4310"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w trust|strong="H0982"\w*, \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1697"\w* \w rebelled|strong="H4775"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*?


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\w Now|strong="H6258"\w*, \w behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w trust|strong="H0982"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w staff|strong="H4938"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w bruised|strong="H7533"\w* \w reed|strong="H7070"\w*, \w even|strong="H3651"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*. \w If|strong="H2009"\w* \w a|strong="H0935"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w leans|strong="H5564"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*, \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w go|strong="H0935"\w* \w into|strong="H0935"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w hand|strong="H3709"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* pierce \w it|strong="H5921"\w*. \w So|strong="H3651"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w Pharaoh|strong="H6547"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w trust|strong="H0982"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*.


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\w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w tell|strong="H0559"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*, ‘\w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w trust|strong="H0982"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*,’ \w isn’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w whose|strong="H0834"\w* \w high|strong="H1116"\w* \w places|strong="H1116"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w whose|strong="H0834"\w* \w altars|strong="H4196"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w taken|strong="H5493"\w* \w away|strong="H5493"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, ‘\w You|strong="H0834"\w* \w shall|strong="H3068"\w* \w worship|strong="H7812"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*?’


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\w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w therefore|strong="H6258"\w*, \w please|strong="H4994"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* pledges \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w master|strong="H0113"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w I|strong="H0518"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* two \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w if|strong="H0518"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w are|strong="H0113"\w* \w able|strong="H3201"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w part|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w set|strong="H5414"\w* \w riders|strong="H7392"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*.


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\w How|strong="H0349"\w* \w then|strong="H0853"\w* \w can|strong="H0349"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* \w away|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* captain \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* least \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w master’s|strong="H0113"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w put|strong="H7725"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w trust|strong="H0982"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w horsemen|strong="H6571"\w*?


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\w Have|strong="H0776"\w* \w I|strong="H6258"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w come|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w without|strong="H1107"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*? \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*, ‘\w Go|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*.’”’”<pb/>


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\w Then|strong="H1696"\w* \w Eliakim|strong="H0471"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hilkiah|strong="H2518"\w*, \w Shebnah|strong="H7644"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joah|strong="H3098"\w*, \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Rabshakeh|strong="H7262"\w*, “\w Please|strong="H4994"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* Syrian \w language|strong="H3066"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H0587"\w* \w understand|strong="H8085"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*. \w Don’t|strong="H0408"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w us|strong="H4994"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* Jews’ \w language|strong="H3066"\w*, \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w hearing|strong="H0241"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w Rabshakeh|strong="H7262"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w Has|strong="H0376"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w master|strong="H0113"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w master|strong="H0113"\w* \w and|strong="H0398"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w*, \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w these|strong="H0428"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w*? \w Hasn’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w who|strong="H0376"\w* \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*, \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w own|strong="H0376"\w* dung, \w and|strong="H0398"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w own|strong="H0376"\w* \w urine|strong="H7890"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w*?”<pb/>


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


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\w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w says|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w Don’t|strong="H0408"\w* \w let|strong="H0408"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w deceive|strong="H5377"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w able|strong="H3201"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w out|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H3027"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.


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\w Don’t|strong="H0408"\w* \w let|strong="H5414"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w make|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w trust|strong="H0982"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w surely|strong="H5337"\w* \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w shall|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w into|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w*.”


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\w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w away|strong="H3947"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w a|strong="H3947"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w like|strong="H0776"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* own \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, \w a|strong="H3947"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w grain|strong="H1715"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w new|strong="H8492"\w* \w wine|strong="H8492"\w*, \w a|strong="H3947"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w vineyards|strong="H3754"\w*, \w a|strong="H3947"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w olive|strong="H2132"\w* \w trees|strong="H2132"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w honey|strong="H1706"\w*, \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w may|strong="H0776"\w* \w live|strong="H2421"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*. \w Don’t|strong="H0408"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* persuades \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* \w us|strong="H0413"\w*.”


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\w Has|strong="H0430"\w* \w any|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* ever \w delivered|strong="H5337"\w* \w his|strong="H0376"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w out|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w*?


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\w Where|strong="H0346"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w Hamath|strong="H2574"\w* \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w Arpad|strong="H0774"\w*? \w Where|strong="H0346"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w Sepharvaim|strong="H5617"\w*, \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w Hena|strong="H2012"\w*, \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w Ivvah|strong="H5755"\w*? \w Have|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w delivered|strong="H5337"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w out|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w my|strong="H3588"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*?


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\w Who|strong="H0834"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w among|strong="H4310"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w countries|strong="H0776"\w*, \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w delivered|strong="H5337"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w country|strong="H0776"\w* \w out|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w out|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*?’”<pb/>


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\w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* stayed quiet, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w*; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w commandment|strong="H4687"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w*, “\w Don’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w answer|strong="H6030"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w*.”


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\w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w it|strong="H1961"\w*, \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w tore|strong="H7167"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w clothes|strong="H0899"\w*, \w covered|strong="H3680"\w* himself \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w sackcloth|strong="H8242"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w into|strong="H0935"\w* \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.


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\w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w Eliakim|strong="H0471"\w*, \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w household|strong="H1004"\w*, \w Shebna|strong="H7644"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w scribe|strong="H5608"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, \w covered|strong="H3680"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w sackcloth|strong="H8242"\w*, \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Isaiah|strong="H3470"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Amoz|strong="H0531"\w*.


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\w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w says|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w Today|strong="H3117"\w* \w is|strong="H0369"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w trouble|strong="H6869"\w*, \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w rebuke|strong="H8433"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* rejection; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w have|strong="H0369"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w point|strong="H5704"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w there|strong="H0369"\w* \w is|strong="H0369"\w* \w no|strong="H0369"\w* \w strength|strong="H3581"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w deliver|strong="H6869"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*.


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\w It|strong="H5375"\w* \w may|strong="H0430"\w* \w be|strong="H1697"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Rabshakeh|strong="H7262"\w*, \w whom|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w master|strong="H0113"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w defy|strong="H2778"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w living|strong="H2416"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w rebuke|strong="H3198"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w*. \w Therefore|strong="H3068"\w* \w lift|strong="H5375"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w prayer|strong="H8605"\w* \w for|strong="H1157"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w remnant|strong="H7611"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w left|strong="H4672"\w*.’”<pb/>


