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\w Nevertheless|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w his|strong="H1961"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w may|strong="H1961"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w my|strong="H1961"\w* \w service|strong="H5656"\w*, \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w service|strong="H5656"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w kingdoms|strong="H4467"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w countries|strong="H0776"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w Shishak|strong="H7895"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w came|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w away|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w treasures|strong="H0214"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="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*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w away|strong="H3947"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w away|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w shields|strong="H4043"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w*.


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\w As|strong="H1961"\w* \w often|strong="H1767"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w entered|strong="H0935"\w* \w into|strong="H0413"\w* \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w guard|strong="H7323"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w bore|strong="H5375"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*, \w then|strong="H1961"\w* \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w into|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w guard|strong="H7323"\w* \w room|strong="H1004"\w*.


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\w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w humbled|strong="H3665"\w* \w himself|strong="H3665"\w*, \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w wrath|strong="H0639"\w* \w turned|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w him|strong="H7725"\w*, \w so|strong="H4480"\w* \w as|strong="H1697"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* \w him|strong="H7725"\w* altogether. \w Moreover|strong="H1571"\w*, \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w found|strong="H1571"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.<pb/>


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\w So|strong="H0834"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w* \w strengthened|strong="H2388"\w* \w himself|strong="H2388"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w*; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* forty-one \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* began \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w seventeen|strong="H6240"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w chosen|strong="H0977"\w* \w out|strong="H2388"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*. \w His|strong="H3605"\w* \w mother’s|strong="H0517"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w Naamah|strong="H5279"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Ammonitess|strong="H5985"\w*.


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\w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* which \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w didn’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w set|strong="H3559"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w seek|strong="H1875"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Now|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w*, \w first|strong="H7223"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w last|strong="H0314"\w*, aren’t \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H3789"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* histories \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w Shemaiah|strong="H8098"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w Iddo|strong="H5714"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w seer|strong="H2374"\w*, \w in|strong="H3789"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w genealogies|strong="H3187"\w*? \w There|strong="H1992"\w* \w were|strong="H1992"\w* \w wars|strong="H4421"\w* \w between|strong="H4421"\w* \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w continually|strong="H3117"\w*.


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\w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\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 in|strong="H6912"\w* \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Abijah|strong="H0029"\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="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w eighteenth|strong="H6240"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w*, \w Abijah|strong="H0029"\w* began \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.


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\w He|strong="H4480"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\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 Micaiah|strong="H4322"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w Uriel|strong="H0222"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w*. \w There|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w war|strong="H4421"\w* \w between|strong="H0996"\w* \w Abijah|strong="H0029"\w* \w and|strong="H3389"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w*.


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\w Abijah|strong="H0029"\w* joined \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w an|strong="H0376"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w valiant|strong="H2428"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w war|strong="H4421"\w*, \w even|strong="H0853"\w* \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* chosen \w men|strong="H0376"\w*; \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* set \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* \w in|strong="H0376"\w* \w array|strong="H4421"\w* \w against|strong="H5973"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w eight|strong="H8083"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* chosen \w men|strong="H0376"\w*, \w who|strong="H0376"\w* \w were|strong="H0376"\w* \w mighty|strong="H1368"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w valor|strong="H2428"\w*.


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\w Abijah|strong="H0029"\w* \w stood|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w Mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Zemaraim|strong="H6787"\w*, \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w country|strong="H2022"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*, \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*:


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Ought \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*, \w even|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w salt|strong="H4417"\w*?


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\w Yet|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nebat|strong="H5028"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w rose|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w rebelled|strong="H4775"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*.


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\w Worthless|strong="H1100"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w gathered|strong="H6908"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w wicked|strong="H1100"\w* \w fellows|strong="H0376"\w* \w who|strong="H0376"\w* \w strengthened|strong="H2388"\w* \w themselves|strong="H5921"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*, \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w young|strong="H5288"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w tender|strong="H7390"\w* hearted, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w could|strong="H0376"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w withstand|strong="H6440"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.<pb/>


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“\w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w intend|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w withstand|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*. \w You|strong="H0859"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w a|strong="H0834"\w* \w great|strong="H7227"\w* \w multitude|strong="H1995"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w golden|strong="H2091"\w* \w calves|strong="H5695"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w for|strong="H3027"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w*.


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\w Haven’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w driven|strong="H5080"\w* \w out|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Aaron|strong="H0175"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w for|strong="H0776"\w* \w yourselves|strong="H3027"\w* \w according|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* ways \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w peoples|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w lands|strong="H0776"\w*? \w Whoever|strong="H3605"\w* \w comes|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* consecrate \w himself|strong="H3027"\w* \w with|strong="H4390"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w young|strong="H1121"\w* \w bull|strong="H6499"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w rams|strong="H0352"\w* \w may|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*.<pb/>


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“\w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w for|strong="H0430"\w* us, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w we|strong="H0587"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* forsaken \w him|strong="H0430"\w*. \w We|strong="H0587"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w serving|strong="H8334"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Aaron|strong="H0175"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w* \w in|strong="H0430"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w work|strong="H4399"\w*.


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\w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w burn|strong="H6999"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w every|strong="H1242"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w every|strong="H1242"\w* \w evening|strong="H6153"\w* \w burnt|strong="H5930"\w* \w offerings|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w sweet|strong="H5561"\w* \w incense|strong="H7004"\w*. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* set \w the|strong="H0853"\w* show \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* order \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w pure|strong="H2889"\w* \w table|strong="H7979"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w care|strong="H4931"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w lamp|strong="H5216"\w* stand \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w its|strong="H0853"\w* \w lamps|strong="H5216"\w*, \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w burn|strong="H6999"\w* \w every|strong="H1242"\w* \w evening|strong="H6153"\w*; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H0587"\w* \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* instruction \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w have|strong="H0859"\w* forsaken \w him|strong="H5921"\w*.


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\w Behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w trumpets|strong="H2689"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w alarm|strong="H8643"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w sound|strong="H7321"\w* \w an|strong="H3588"\w* \w alarm|strong="H8643"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*. \w Children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w don’t|strong="H0408"\w* \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w prosper|strong="H6743"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w caused|strong="H1961"\w* \w an|strong="H1961"\w* \w ambush|strong="H3993"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w behind|strong="H0310"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w*; \w so|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H0935"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w ambush|strong="H3993"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w behind|strong="H0310"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w*.


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\w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w gave|strong="H7321"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w shout|strong="H7321"\w*. \w As|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w shouted|strong="H7321"\w*, \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w struck|strong="H5062"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Abijah|strong="H0029"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.


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\w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w into|strong="H3027"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.


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\w Abijah|strong="H0029"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w his|strong="H0376"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w them|strong="H5221"\w* \w with|strong="H0376"\w* \w a|strong="H5221"\w* \w great|strong="H7227"\w* \w slaughter|strong="H4347"\w*, so \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* chosen \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* \w down|strong="H5221"\w* \w slain|strong="H5221"\w*.


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Thus \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* brought \w under|strong="H5921"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w prevailed|strong="H0553"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w relied|strong="H8172"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*.


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\w Abijah|strong="H0029"\w* \w pursued|strong="H7291"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w*, \w and|strong="H1323"\w* \w took|strong="H3920"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w*: \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w* \w with|strong="H4480"\w* \w its|strong="H0853"\w* \w villages|strong="H1323"\w*, \w Jeshanah|strong="H3466"\w* \w with|strong="H4480"\w* \w its|strong="H0853"\w* \w villages|strong="H1323"\w*, \w and|strong="H1323"\w* \w Ephron|strong="H6085"\w* \w with|strong="H4480"\w* \w its|strong="H0853"\w* \w villages|strong="H1323"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w didn’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w recover|strong="H6113"\w* \w strength|strong="H3581"\w* \w again|strong="H5750"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Abijah|strong="H0029"\w*. \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w struck|strong="H5062"\w* \w him|strong="H4191"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*.


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\w But|strong="H2388"\w* \w Abijah|strong="H0029"\w* \w grew|strong="H5375"\w* \w mighty|strong="H2388"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w took|strong="H5375"\w* \w for|strong="H0802"\w* \w himself|strong="H2388"\w* \w fourteen|strong="H6240"\w* \w wives|strong="H0802"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w became|strong="H3205"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w father|strong="H3205"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w twenty-two|strong="H8147"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w sixteen|strong="H6240"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*.


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\w The|strong="H1697"\w* \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H1697"\w* \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w Abijah|strong="H0029"\w*, \w his|strong="H5714"\w* \w ways|strong="H1870"\w*, \w and|strong="H1870"\w* \w his|strong="H5714"\w* \w sayings|strong="H1697"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H3789"\w* \w the|strong="H1697"\w* commentary \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H1697"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w Iddo|strong="H5714"\w*.<pb/>


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\w So|strong="H6213"\w* Abijah slept \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* fathers, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w buried|strong="H6213"\w* \w him|strong="H0430"\w* \w in|strong="H0430"\w* David’s city; \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w Asa|strong="H0609"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* son reigned \w in|strong="H0430"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* place. \w In|strong="H0430"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* days, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* land \w was|strong="H3068"\w* quiet ten years.


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Asa did \w that|strong="H4196"\w* which was good \w and|strong="H4196"\w* right \w in|strong="H7665"\w* Yahweh \w his|strong="H5493"\w* God’s eyes,


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\w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w took|strong="H0853"\w* away \w the|strong="H0853"\w* foreign altars \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* high \w places|strong="H0559"\w*, broke down \w the|strong="H0853"\w* pillars, cut down \w the|strong="H0853"\w* Asherah poles,


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\w and|strong="H3063"\w* commanded \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* seek Yahweh, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* God \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* fathers, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* obey \w his|strong="H3605"\w* law \w and|strong="H3063"\w* command.


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\w Also|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* took \w away|strong="H5973"\w* out \w of|strong="H0776"\w* all \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* high places \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* sun images; \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* kingdom \w was|strong="H0369"\w* \w quiet|strong="H8252"\w* \w before|strong="H5973"\w* \w him|strong="H5973"\w*.


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\w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w fortified|strong="H1129"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H0430"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* quiet, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* no war \w in|strong="H0430"\w* \w those|strong="H0428"\w* years, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w given|strong="H5117"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w* \w rest|strong="H5117"\w*.


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\w For|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3063"\w* said \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, “Let’s build \w these|strong="H0428"\w* cities \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w make|strong="H5375"\w* walls around \w them|strong="H5375"\w*, \w with|strong="H3605"\w* \w towers|strong="H5375"\w*, gates, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* bars. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* land \w is|strong="H3605"\w* yet before us, \w because|strong="H3605"\w* \w we|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* sought Yahweh \w our|strong="H3605"\w* God. \w We|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* sought \w him|strong="H3605"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w he|strong="H3063"\w* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* given us \w rest|strong="H1961"\w* \w on|strong="H1961"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* side.” \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H0428"\w* built \w and|strong="H3063"\w* prospered.<pb/>


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Asa \w had|strong="H0935"\w* \w an|strong="H0935"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w* \w of|strong="H0505"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H0505"\w* Judah who bore bucklers \w and|strong="H0935"\w* spears, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w two|strong="H3967"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* eighty \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H0505"\w* Benjamin who bore shields \w and|strong="H0935"\w* drew bows. \w All|strong="H5704"\w* these \w were|strong="H2428"\w* \w mighty|strong="H2428"\w* men \w of|strong="H0505"\w* \w valor|strong="H2428"\w*.<pb/>


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Zerah \w the|strong="H6440"\w* Ethiopian \w came|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w against|strong="H6440"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w with|strong="H4421"\w* \w an|strong="H6440"\w* \w army|strong="H4421"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w a|strong="H3318"\w* million troops \w and|strong="H6440"\w* three hundred chariots, \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w he|strong="H3318"\w* \w came|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w Mareshah|strong="H4762"\w*.


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\w Then|strong="H2088"\w* \w Asa|strong="H0609"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w out|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* meet \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w set|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* battle \w in|strong="H5921"\w* array \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* valley \w of|strong="H0430"\w* Zephathah \w at|strong="H0413"\w* Mareshah.


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\w Asa|strong="H0609"\w* cried \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* said, “\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w there|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* no \w one|strong="H3068"\w* besides \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* help, between \w the|strong="H0853"\w* mighty \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* no strength. Help \w us|strong="H6440"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*; \w for|strong="H3068"\w* we rely \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* name \w are|strong="H3068"\w* we come \w against|strong="H6440"\w* \w this|strong="H3068"\w* multitude. \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*. Don’t let man prevail \w against|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w So|strong="H0834"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w struck|strong="H5307"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Ethiopians|strong="H3569"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Asa|strong="H0609"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* Judah; \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Ethiopians|strong="H3569"\w* fled.


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Asa \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* people \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* pursued \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w Gerar|strong="H1642"\w*. \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Ethiopians \w fell|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* could \w not|strong="H1961"\w* recover \w themselves|strong="H5921"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H5221"\w* \w before|strong="H5921"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w before|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* army. Judah’s army \w carried|strong="H5921"\w* \w away|strong="H3605"\w* \w very|strong="H7227"\w* \w much|strong="H7227"\w* \w booty|strong="H0962"\w*.


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\w They|strong="H1571"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w all|strong="H7230"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* cities \w around|strong="H7725"\w* Gerar, \w for|strong="H3389"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* fear \w of|strong="H0168"\w* Yahweh \w came|strong="H7725"\w* \w on|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w*. \w They|strong="H1571"\w* plundered \w all|strong="H7230"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* cities, \w for|strong="H3389"\w* \w there|strong="H7230"\w* \w was|strong="H3389"\w* \w much|strong="H7230"\w* plunder \w in|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w*.


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They also struck the tents of those who had livestock, and carried away sheep and camels in abundance, then returned to Jerusalem.<pb/>


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\w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w Spirit|strong="H7307"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w Azariah|strong="H5838"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Oded|strong="H5752"\w*.


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\w He|strong="H0518"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w meet|strong="H6440"\w* \w Asa|strong="H0609"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w*, “\w Hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*, \w Asa|strong="H0609"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*! \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H0518"\w* \w while|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H0518"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w*; \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w if|strong="H0518"\w* \w you|strong="H0518"\w* \w seek|strong="H1875"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w*, \w he|strong="H0518"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H0518"\w*; \w but|strong="H0518"\w* \w if|strong="H0518"\w* \w you|strong="H0518"\w* \w forsake|strong="H5800"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w*, \w he|strong="H0518"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w forsake|strong="H5800"\w* \w you|strong="H0518"\w*.


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\w Now|strong="H3117"\w* \w for|strong="H3117"\w* \w a|strong="H3808"\w* \w long|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w without|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w true|strong="H0571"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w without|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3808"\w* \w teaching|strong="H8451"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w without|strong="H3808"\w* \w law|strong="H8451"\w*.


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\w But|strong="H1245"\w* \w when|strong="H7725"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w distress|strong="H6862"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w turned|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w sought|strong="H1245"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w he|strong="H0430"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.


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\w In|strong="H3427"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* times \w there|strong="H0369"\w* \w was|strong="H0369"\w* \w no|strong="H0369"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w*, \w nor|strong="H0369"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w*; \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w great|strong="H7227"\w* troubles \w were|strong="H1992"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w lands|strong="H0776"\w*.


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\w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H0430"\w* \w broken|strong="H3807"\w* \w in|strong="H0430"\w* \w pieces|strong="H3807"\w*, \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* \w against|strong="H3605"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w*, \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w against|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w troubled|strong="H2000"\w* \w them|strong="H3807"\w* \w with|strong="H0430"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w adversity|strong="H6869"\w*.


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\w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w be|strong="H0408"\w* \w strong|strong="H2388"\w*! \w Don’t|strong="H0408"\w* \w let|strong="H7503"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w be|strong="H0408"\w* \w slack|strong="H7503"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* \w work|strong="H6468"\w* \w will|strong="H3027"\w* \w be|strong="H0408"\w* \w rewarded|strong="H7939"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w There|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w more|strong="H3808"\w* \w war|strong="H4421"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* thirty-fifth \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H8141"\w* \w Asa’s|strong="H0609"\w* \w reign|strong="H4438"\w*.<pb/>


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\w In|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* thirty-sixth \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Asa’s|strong="H0609"\w* \w reign|strong="H4438"\w*, \w Baasha|strong="H1201"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w Ramah|strong="H7414"\w*, \w that|strong="H8141"\w* \w he|strong="H5414"\w* \w might|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H1115"\w* \w allow|strong="H5414"\w* anyone \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w go|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w or|strong="H1115"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w Asa|strong="H0609"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.


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Ben Hadad \w listened|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Asa|strong="H0609"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w armies|strong="H2428"\w* \w against|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w Ijon|strong="H5859"\w*, \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w*, Abel Maim, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w storage|strong="H4543"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Naphtali|strong="H5321"\w*.


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Weren’t \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Ethiopians|strong="H3569"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Lubim|strong="H3864"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* huge \w army|strong="H2428"\w*, \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w exceedingly|strong="H3966"\w* \w many|strong="H7230"\w* \w horsemen|strong="H6571"\w*? \w Yet|strong="H3068"\w*, \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w relied|strong="H8172"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.


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\w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* run \w back|strong="H0413"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* forth \w throughout|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w show|strong="H2388"\w* \w himself|strong="H3824"\w* \w strong|strong="H2388"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w behalf|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w whose|strong="H3605"\w* \w heart|strong="H3824"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w perfect|strong="H8003"\w* \w toward|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*. \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3426"\w* \w done|strong="H3605"\w* \w foolishly|strong="H5528"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w*; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3426"\w* \w wars|strong="H4421"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\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 Please|strong="H4994"\w* \w inquire|strong="H1875"\w* \w first|strong="H3117"\w* \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w gathered|strong="H6908"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w together|strong="H6908"\w*, \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w Shall|strong="H3478"\w* \w we|strong="H0518"\w* \w go|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Ramoth|strong="H7433"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*, \w or|strong="H0518"\w* \w shall|strong="H3478"\w* \w I|strong="H0518"\w* forbear?” <pb/>\w They|strong="H0518"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Go|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w will|strong="H0430"\w* \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* \w it|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*.”<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 here|strong="H6311"\w* \w a|strong="H5750"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w besides|strong="H5750"\w*, \w that|strong="H3068"\w* we \w may|strong="H3068"\w* \w inquire|strong="H1875"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w*?”<pb/>


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\w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w*, “\w There|strong="H0369"\w* \w is|strong="H0369"\w* \w yet|strong="H5750"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w whom|strong="H0259"\w* \w we|strong="H3588"\w* \w may|strong="H0376"\w* \w inquire|strong="H1875"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*; \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w hate|strong="H8130"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w never|strong="H0369"\w* \w prophesies|strong="H5012"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w concerning|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w always|strong="H3117"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H0369"\w* \w Micaiah|strong="H4321"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Imla|strong="H3229"\w*.” <pb/>\w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Don’t|strong="H0408"\w* \w let|strong="H0408"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w say|strong="H0559"\w* \w so|strong="H3651"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w Then|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w an|strong="H7121"\w* \w officer|strong="H5631"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “Get \w Micaiah|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Imla|strong="H3229"\w* \w quickly|strong="H4116"\w*.”<pb/>


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Now \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w each|strong="H0376"\w* \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w throne|strong="H3678"\w*, \w arrayed|strong="H3847"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w robes|strong="H0899"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w sitting|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w an|strong="H6440"\w* \w open|strong="H6440"\w* \w place|strong="H3605"\w* \w at|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w entrance|strong="H6607"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*; \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w prophesying|strong="H5012"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.


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\w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Chenaanah|strong="H3668"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* himself \w horns|strong="H7161"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w iron|strong="H1270"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w With|strong="H3068"\w* \w these|strong="H0428"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w* \w shall|strong="H1121"\w* \w push|strong="H5055"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* Syrians, \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H0428"\w* \w consumed|strong="H3615"\w*.’”<pb/>


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\w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w prophesied|strong="H5012"\w* \w so|strong="H3651"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Go|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w Ramoth|strong="H7433"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w prosper|strong="H6743"\w*; \w for|strong="H3027"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w into|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w messenger|strong="H4397"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w went|strong="H1980"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w call|strong="H7121"\w* \w Micaiah|strong="H4321"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w declare|strong="H1696"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w with|strong="H1980"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*. \w Let|strong="H4994"\w* \w your|strong="H0834"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w therefore|strong="H1961"\w*, \w please|strong="H4994"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w theirs|strong="H1992"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w Micaiah|strong="H4321"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\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 say|strong="H0559"\w* \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w says|strong="H0559"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w When|strong="H0518"\w* \w he|strong="H0518"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w Micaiah|strong="H0559"\w*, \w shall|strong="H4428"\w* \w we|strong="H0518"\w* \w go|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Ramoth|strong="H7433"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*, \w or|strong="H0518"\w* \w shall|strong="H4428"\w* \w I|strong="H0518"\w* forbear?” <pb/>\w He|strong="H0518"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Go|strong="H0935"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w prosper|strong="H6743"\w*. \w They|strong="H0518"\w* \w shall|strong="H4428"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* \w into|strong="H0413"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w How|strong="H4100"\w* \w many|strong="H4100"\w* \w times|strong="H6471"\w* \w shall|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w adjure|strong="H7650"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w nothing|strong="H3808"\w* \w but|strong="H7535"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w truth|strong="H0571"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w*?”<pb/>


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\w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w scattered|strong="H6327"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w*, \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w shepherd|strong="H7462"\w*. \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w These|strong="H0428"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w master|strong="H0113"\w*. \w Let|strong="H3808"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w each|strong="H0376"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*.’”<pb/>


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\w Micaiah|strong="H0559"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w*: \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w sitting|strong="H3427"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w throne|strong="H3678"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* \w standing|strong="H5975"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w right|strong="H3225"\w* \w hand|strong="H3225"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w left|strong="H8040"\w*.


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\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* entice \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w may|strong="H3068"\w* \w go|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* \w at|strong="H3478"\w* \w Ramoth|strong="H7433"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*?’ \w One|strong="H2088"\w* \w spoke|strong="H0559"\w* \w saying|strong="H0559"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w way|strong="H2088"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w another|strong="H2088"\w* \w saying|strong="H0559"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w way|strong="H2088"\w*.


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\w A|strong="H3318"\w* \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* \w came|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w*, \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* entice \w him|strong="H0413"\w*.’ <pb/>“\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, ‘\w How|strong="H4100"\w*?’<pb/>


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“\w He|strong="H3651"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w I|strong="H3651"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w go|strong="H3318"\w*, \w and|strong="H6310"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w lying|strong="H8267"\w* \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* \w in|strong="H1571"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* \w of|strong="H7307"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*.’ <pb/>“\w He|strong="H3651"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* entice \w him|strong="H3605"\w*, \w and|strong="H6310"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w prevail|strong="H3201"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w*. \w Go|strong="H3318"\w* \w and|strong="H6310"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w so|strong="H3651"\w*.’<pb/>


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“\w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w therefore|strong="H6258"\w*, \w behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H5414"\w* \w lying|strong="H8267"\w* \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w these|strong="H0428"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*; \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w concerning|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w Then|strong="H1696"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Chenaanah|strong="H3668"\w* \w came|strong="H5066"\w* \w near|strong="H5066"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w Micaiah|strong="H4321"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w cheek|strong="H3895"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Which|strong="H2088"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* did \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w Spirit|strong="H7307"\w* \w go|strong="H5066"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*?”<pb/>


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\w Micaiah|strong="H4321"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Behold|strong="H2005"\w*, \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w shall|strong="H3117"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w go|strong="H0935"\w* \w into|strong="H0935"\w* \w an|strong="H7200"\w* \w inner|strong="H2315"\w* \w room|strong="H2315"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w hide|strong="H2244"\w* yourself.”<pb/>


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\w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Take|strong="H3947"\w* \w Micaiah|strong="H4321"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w carry|strong="H3947"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Amon|strong="H0526"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w governor|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*;


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\w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w says|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Put|strong="H7760"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* fellow \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w prison|strong="H3608"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w feed|strong="H0398"\w* \w him|strong="H7725"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* affliction \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* affliction, \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*.”’”<pb/>


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\w Micaiah|strong="H4321"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w If|strong="H0518"\w* \w you|strong="H0518"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H7725"\w*.” \w He|strong="H0518"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Listen|strong="H8085"\w*, \w you|strong="H0518"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H0518"\w*!”<pb/>


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\w So|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Ramoth|strong="H7433"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\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 said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w*, “\w I|strong="H0559"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w disguise|strong="H2664"\w* myself, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w go|strong="H0935"\w* \w into|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*; \w but|strong="H0859"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w put|strong="H3847"\w* \w on|strong="H0413"\w* \w your|strong="H0935"\w* \w robes|strong="H0899"\w*.” \w So|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w disguised|strong="H2664"\w* \w himself|strong="H0413"\w*; \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w they|strong="H0559"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w into|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*.


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\w Now|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H0834"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Don’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w small|strong="H6996"\w* \w nor|strong="H3808"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w*, \w except|strong="H0518"\w* \w only|strong="H0905"\w* \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w*, \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w It|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*!” \w Therefore|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w turned|strong="H5437"\w* \w around|strong="H5437"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*. \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w cried|strong="H2199"\w* \w out|strong="H4480"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w helped|strong="H5826"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*; \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w moved|strong="H5496"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* depart \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*.


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\w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w turned|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w pursuing|strong="H0310"\w* \w him|strong="H0310"\w*.


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\w A|strong="H3588"\w* \w certain|strong="H0376"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w drew|strong="H4900"\w* \w his|strong="H0376"\w* \w bow|strong="H7198"\w* \w at|strong="H3478"\w* \w random|strong="H8537"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w between|strong="H0996"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* joints \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w armor|strong="H8302"\w*. \w Therefore|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w driver|strong="H7395"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w chariot|strong="H7395"\w*, “\w Turn|strong="H2015"\w* \w around|strong="H3027"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w carry|strong="H3318"\w* \w me|strong="H4480"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* battle, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* am severely \w wounded|strong="H5221"\w*.”


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\w The|strong="H0935"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* increased \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*. However, \w the|strong="H0935"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w propped|strong="H5975"\w* \w himself|strong="H1931"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w his|strong="H1961"\w* \w chariot|strong="H4818"\w* \w against|strong="H4421"\w* \w the|strong="H0935"\w* Syrians \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H0935"\w* \w evening|strong="H6153"\w*; \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w at|strong="H3478"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w sunset|strong="H6153"\w*, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w his|strong="H7725"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.


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\w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hanani|strong="H2607"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w seer|strong="H2374"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w meet|strong="H6440"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w*, “\w Should|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w help|strong="H5826"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w love|strong="H0157"\w* \w those|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w hate|strong="H8130"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*? \w Because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w*, \w wrath|strong="H7110"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*.


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\w Nevertheless|strong="H0061"\w* \w there|strong="H4672"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w in|strong="H0430"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w in|strong="H0430"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H0776"\w* \w put|strong="H3559"\w* \w away|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w Asheroth|strong="H0842"\w* \w out|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w have|strong="H0776"\w* \w set|strong="H3559"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* \w heart|strong="H3824"\w* \w to|strong="H0430"\w* \w seek|strong="H1875"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*; \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w* \w among|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w Beersheba|strong="H0884"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w country|strong="H2022"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w brought|strong="H3318"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*.


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\w He|strong="H3063"\w* \w set|strong="H5975"\w* \w judges|strong="H8199"\w* \w in|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w throughout|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w fortified|strong="H1219"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w by|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*,


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\w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w judges|strong="H8199"\w*, “\w Consider|strong="H7200"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w don’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w judge|strong="H8199"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w man|strong="H0120"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*; \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w*.


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\w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w therefore|strong="H6258"\w* \w let|strong="H6258"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w fear|strong="H6343"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*. \w Take|strong="H8104"\w* \w heed|strong="H8104"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H0369"\w* \w is|strong="H0369"\w* \w no|strong="H0369"\w* \w iniquity|strong="H5766"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w nor|strong="H0369"\w* \w respect|strong="H6343"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* persons, \w nor|strong="H0369"\w* \w taking|strong="H4727"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w bribes|strong="H7810"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w Moreover|strong="H1571"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w appointed|strong="H5975"\w* certain \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w*, \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w heads|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w fathers’|strong="H0001"\w* \w households|strong="H0001"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w give|strong="H7725"\w* \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w* \w for|strong="H4941"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w for|strong="H4941"\w* controversies. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.


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\w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w You|strong="H6680"\w* \w shall|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H3541"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w fear|strong="H3374"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w faithfully|strong="H0530"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H5921"\w* \w perfect|strong="H8003"\w* \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*.


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\w Whenever|strong="H3605"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w controversy|strong="H7379"\w* \w comes|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w brothers|strong="H0251"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*, \w between|strong="H0996"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*, \w between|strong="H0996"\w* \w law|strong="H8451"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w commandment|strong="H4687"\w*, \w statutes|strong="H2706"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w ordinances|strong="H4941"\w*, \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w must|strong="H0853"\w* \w warn|strong="H2094"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w*, \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w guilty|strong="H0816"\w* \w toward|strong="H5921"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w so|strong="H6213"\w* \w wrath|strong="H7110"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w brothers|strong="H0251"\w*. \w Do|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H3541"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w guilty|strong="H0816"\w*.


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\w Behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w Amariah|strong="H0568"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w chief|strong="H7218"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w matters|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zebadiah|strong="H2069"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w ruler|strong="H5057"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w matters|strong="H1697"\w*. \w Also|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w* \w shall|strong="H3548"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w officers|strong="H7860"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*. \w Deal|strong="H6213"\w* courageously, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w may|strong="H1961"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w After|strong="H0310"\w* \w this|strong="H0935"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* some \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Ammonites|strong="H5984"\w*, \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*.


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\w Then|strong="H2009"\w* \w some|strong="H7227"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w A|strong="H0935"\w* \w great|strong="H7227"\w* \w multitude|strong="H1995"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w coming|strong="H0935"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w* \w beyond|strong="H5676"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w* \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w*. \w Behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H0758"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* Hazazon Tamar” (\w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w*, En Gedi).


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\w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* alarmed, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w set|strong="H5414"\w* \w himself|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w seek|strong="H1875"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w proclaimed|strong="H7121"\w* \w a|strong="H5414"\w* \w fast|strong="H6685"\w* \w throughout|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.


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\w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w gathered|strong="H6908"\w* \w themselves|strong="H6908"\w* \w together|strong="H6908"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* help \w from|strong="H0935"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w out|strong="H1245"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*.<pb/>


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\w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w joined|strong="H2266"\w* himself \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w him|strong="H5973"\w* \w to|strong="H5973"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w ships|strong="H0591"\w* \w to|strong="H5973"\w* go \w to|strong="H5973"\w* \w Tarshish|strong="H8659"\w*. \w They|strong="H6213"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H5973"\w* \w ships|strong="H0591"\w* \w in|strong="H5973"\w* Ezion Geber.


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\w Yet|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w bring|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w testified|strong="H5749"\w* \w against|strong="H0413"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*; \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w listen|strong="H0238"\w*.<pb/>


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\w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w Spirit|strong="H7307"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w came|strong="H3847"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w Zechariah|strong="H2148"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w above|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w*, “\w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w says|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* disobey \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w*, \w so|strong="H3541"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w can’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w prosper|strong="H6743"\w*? \w Because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* forsaken \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* forsaken \w you|strong="H0859"\w*.’”<pb/>


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\w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w conspired|strong="H7194"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w stoned|strong="H7275"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w stones|strong="H0068"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w commandment|strong="H4687"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w court|strong="H2691"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.


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\w Thus|strong="H4191"\w* \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w didn’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w remember|strong="H2142"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w kindness|strong="H2617"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w killed|strong="H2026"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*. \w When|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*, \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w May|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w look|strong="H7200"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w it|strong="H7200"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* repay \w it|strong="H7200"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w At|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* end \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Syrians \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H7843"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w* \w among|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w plunder|strong="H7998"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w*.


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\w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* Syrians \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w small|strong="H4705"\w* company \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*; \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w great|strong="H3966"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w* \w into|strong="H0935"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* forsaken \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*. \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* executed \w judgment|strong="H8201"\w* \w on|strong="H0935"\w* \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w*.<pb/>


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\w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H1732"\w* departed \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* (\w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w left|strong="H5800"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* seriously wounded), \w his|strong="H5921"\w* own \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w conspired|strong="H7194"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w killed|strong="H2026"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w bed|strong="H4296"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w didn’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w bury|strong="H6912"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w tombs|strong="H6913"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w*.


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\w These|strong="H0428"\w* \w are|strong="H0428"\w* \w those|strong="H0428"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w conspired|strong="H7194"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*: \w Zabad|strong="H2066"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shimeath|strong="H8100"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Ammonitess|strong="H5985"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehozabad|strong="H3075"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shimrith|strong="H8116"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Moabitess|strong="H4125"\w*.


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\w Now|strong="H2005"\w* \w concerning|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w greatness|strong="H7230"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* burdens laid \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* rebuilding \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w God’s|strong="H0430"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w behold|strong="H2005"\w*, \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* commentary \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w*. \w Amaziah|strong="H0558"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Amaziah|strong="H0558"\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="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H3389"\w* began \w to|strong="H3389"\w* \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H3389"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w twenty-nine|strong="H8672"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. \w His|strong="H0558"\w* \w mother’s|strong="H0517"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w Jehoaddan|strong="H3086"\w*, \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.


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\w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w which|strong="H5869"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w right|strong="H3477"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, \w but|strong="H7535"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w perfect|strong="H8003"\w* \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*.


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\w Now|strong="H1961"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w established|strong="H2388"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w killed|strong="H2026"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w killed|strong="H2026"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.


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\w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w didn’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w put|strong="H4191"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w death|strong="H4191"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H0834"\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 law|strong="H8451"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\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 die|strong="H4191"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w*, \w neither|strong="H3808"\w* \w shall|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w die|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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Moreover \w Amaziah|strong="H0558"\w* \w gathered|strong="H6908"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w together|strong="H6908"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w ordered|strong="H6485"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w* according \w to|strong="H0001"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w fathers’|strong="H0001"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w*, \w under|strong="H1004"\w* \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w thousands|strong="H0505"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w hundreds|strong="H3967"\w*, \w even|strong="H0853"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*. \w He|strong="H0853"\w* \w counted|strong="H6485"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w upward|strong="H4605"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w there|strong="H4672"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* chosen \w men|strong="H0970"\w*, able \w to|strong="H0001"\w* \w go|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H0001"\w* \w war|strong="H6635"\w*, \w who|strong="H3605"\w* could \w handle|strong="H0270"\w* \w spear|strong="H7420"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w shield|strong="H6793"\w*.


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\w He|strong="H3478"\w* \w also|strong="H3478"\w* \w hired|strong="H7936"\w* \w one|strong="H1368"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w mighty|strong="H1368"\w* \w men|strong="H1368"\w* \w of|strong="H3603"\w* \w valor|strong="H2428"\w* out \w of|strong="H3603"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w for|strong="H2428"\w* \w one|strong="H1368"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w talents|strong="H3603"\w*<n>A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds</n> \w of|strong="H3603"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*.


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\w A|strong="H3588"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w don’t|strong="H0408"\w* \w let|strong="H0408"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w go|strong="H0935"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H0369"\w* \w not|strong="H0369"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*.


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\w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w if|strong="H0518"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w will|strong="H0430"\w* \w go|strong="H0935"\w*, \w take|strong="H2388"\w* action, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w be|strong="H0430"\w* \w strong|strong="H2388"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*. \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w will|strong="H0430"\w* overthrow \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w enemy|strong="H0341"\w*; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w has|strong="H0430"\w* \w power|strong="H3581"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w help|strong="H5826"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* overthrow.”<pb/>


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\w Amaziah|strong="H0558"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, “\w But|strong="H0376"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w shall|strong="H3068"\w* \w we|strong="H0834"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w talents|strong="H3603"\w*<n>A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds</n> \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* army \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*?” <pb/>\w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* able \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w much|strong="H7235"\w* \w more|strong="H7235"\w* \w than|strong="H7235"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w carried|strong="H7617"\w* \w away|strong="H7993"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w alive|strong="H2416"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* \w them|strong="H7617"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w top|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w rock|strong="H5553"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w threw|strong="H7993"\w* \w them|strong="H7617"\w* \w down|strong="H7993"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w top|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w rock|strong="H5553"\w*, \w so|strong="H0935"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H0935"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w broken|strong="H1234"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w pieces|strong="H1234"\w*.


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\w Now|strong="H1961"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w Amaziah|strong="H0558"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w slaughter|strong="H5221"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Edomites|strong="H0130"\w*, \w he|strong="H0310"\w* \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Seir|strong="H8165"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w set|strong="H5975"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w up|strong="H5975"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w his|strong="H1961"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w bowed|strong="H7812"\w* \w down|strong="H5221"\w* \w himself|strong="H7812"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w burned|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w*.


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\w Therefore|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w anger|strong="H0639"\w* \w burned|strong="H2734"\w* \w against|strong="H0413"\w* \w Amaziah|strong="H0558"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w a|strong="H7971"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w sought|strong="H1875"\w* \w after|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w delivered|strong="H5337"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* own \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w out|strong="H7971"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*?”<pb/>


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\w As|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w talked|strong="H1696"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w Have|strong="H1961"\w* \w we|strong="H3588"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w counselors|strong="H3289"\w*? \w Stop|strong="H2308"\w*! \w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w should|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w down|strong="H5221"\w*?” <pb/>\w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w stopped|strong="H2308"\w*, \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w has|strong="H0430"\w* determined \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w listened|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w Then|strong="H1980"\w* \w Amaziah|strong="H0558"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w consulted|strong="H3289"\w* \w his|strong="H7971"\w* \w advisers|strong="H3289"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w*, \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoahaz|strong="H3059"\w*, \w the|strong="H0559"\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*, “\w Come|strong="H1980"\w*! \w Let’s|strong="H1980"\w* \w look|strong="H7200"\w* \w one|strong="H1121"\w* another \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Amaziah|strong="H0558"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w The|strong="H0853"\w* thistle \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w cedar|strong="H0730"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w Give|strong="H5414"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*. \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w a|strong="H5414"\w* \w wild|strong="H7704"\w* \w animal|strong="H2416"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w* \w passed|strong="H5674"\w* \w by|strong="H0413"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w trampled|strong="H7429"\w* \w down|strong="H7429"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* thistle.


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\w You|strong="H0859"\w* \w say|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w yourself|strong="H0859"\w* \w that|strong="H0559"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w have|strong="H0859"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w Edom|strong="H0123"\w*; \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w your|strong="H5375"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w lifts|strong="H5375"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* boast. \w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w stay|strong="H3427"\w* \w at|strong="H3427"\w* \w home|strong="H1004"\w*. \w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w should|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* meddle \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w trouble|strong="H7451"\w*, \w that|strong="H0559"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w should|strong="H4100"\w* \w fall|strong="H5307"\w*, \w even|strong="H0853"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w*?’”<pb/>


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\w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w Amaziah|strong="H0558"\w* would \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w*; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w might|strong="H4616"\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="H0430"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* enemies, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H0430"\w* \w sought|strong="H1875"\w* \w after|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w Edom|strong="H0123"\w*.


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\w So|strong="H5927"\w* \w Joash|strong="H3101"\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="H1931"\w* another \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 so|strong="H6440"\w* \w every|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*.<pb/>


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\w Joash|strong="H3101"\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 Joash|strong="H3101"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoahaz|strong="H3059"\w*, \w at|strong="H3478"\w* Beth Shemesh \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\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* corner \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, so 400 cubits is about 200 yards or 184 meters.</n>


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\w He|strong="H0430"\w* \w took|strong="H0853"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w in|strong="H0430"\w* \w God’s|strong="H0430"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w Obed-Edom|strong="H5654"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w treasures|strong="H0214"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w hostages|strong="H8594"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\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="H3101"\w*, \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w lived|strong="H2421"\w* \w for|strong="H4191"\w* \w fifteen|strong="H6240"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w the|strong="H0310"\w* \w death|strong="H4191"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joash|strong="H3101"\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*.


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\w Now|strong="H2005"\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 Amaziah|strong="H0558"\w*, \w first|strong="H7223"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w last|strong="H0314"\w*, \w behold|strong="H2005"\w*, aren’t \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*?


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\w Now|strong="H6256"\w* \w from|strong="H5493"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w Amaziah|strong="H0558"\w* \w turned|strong="H5493"\w* \w away|strong="H5493"\w* \w from|strong="H5493"\w* \w following|strong="H0310"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w made|strong="H7194"\w* \w a|strong="H7971"\w* \w conspiracy|strong="H7195"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w Lachish|strong="H3923"\w*, \w but|strong="H4191"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w Lachish|strong="H3923"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w killed|strong="H4191"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*.


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Moreover \w Uzziah|strong="H5818"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w towers|strong="H4026"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w corner|strong="H6438"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*, \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w valley|strong="H1516"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*, \w and|strong="H3389"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* turning \w of|strong="H8179"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* wall, \w and|strong="H3389"\w* \w fortified|strong="H1129"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.


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\w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* \w number|strong="H4557"\w* \w of|strong="H7218"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w heads|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H7218"\w* \w fathers’|strong="H0001"\w* \w households|strong="H0001"\w*, even \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w mighty|strong="H1368"\w* \w men|strong="H1368"\w* \w of|strong="H7218"\w* \w valor|strong="H2428"\w*, \w was|strong="H7218"\w* \w two|strong="H3967"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w*.


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\w Under|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w an|strong="H5921"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w*, \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w*, \w who|strong="H4428"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w war|strong="H4421"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w mighty|strong="H2428"\w* \w power|strong="H3027"\w*, \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w help|strong="H5826"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w enemy|strong="H0341"\w*.


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\w But|strong="H0935"\w* \w when|strong="H0935"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w strong|strong="H2393"\w*, \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w lifted|strong="H0935"\w* \w up|strong="H5704"\w*, \w so|strong="H0935"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* did \w corruptly|strong="H7843"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* trespassed \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w into|strong="H0413"\w* \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w temple|strong="H1964"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w burn|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H7004"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w incense|strong="H7004"\w*.


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\w Azariah|strong="H5838"\w* \w the|strong="H0935"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w him|strong="H0310"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w him|strong="H0310"\w* \w eighty|strong="H8084"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w valiant|strong="H2428"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w*.


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\w They|strong="H3588"\w* resisted \w Uzziah|strong="H5818"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, “\w It|strong="H5921"\w* \w isn’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w Uzziah|strong="H5818"\w*, \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w burn|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Aaron|strong="H0175"\w*, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w consecrated|strong="H6942"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w burn|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H6999"\w*. \w Go|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w sanctuary|strong="H4720"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* trespassed. \w It|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w honor|strong="H3519"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w Then|strong="H3068"\w* \w Uzziah|strong="H5818"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* angry. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H5921"\w* \w censer|strong="H4730"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w burn|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H7004"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w while|strong="H5973"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* angry \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w leprosy|strong="H6883"\w* \w broke|strong="H2224"\w* \w out|strong="H6440"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w forehead|strong="H4696"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w beside|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w incense|strong="H7004"\w*.


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\w Uzziah|strong="H5818"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w leper|strong="H6879"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w death|strong="H4194"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w separate|strong="H2669"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w being|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w leper|strong="H6879"\w*; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w cut|strong="H1504"\w* \w off|strong="H5921"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*. \w Jotham|strong="H3147"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w judging|strong="H8199"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w*.<pb/>


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\w So|strong="H3588"\w* \w Jotham|strong="H3147"\w* \w became|strong="H2388"\w* \w mighty|strong="H0430"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w ordered|strong="H3559"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w ways|strong="H1870"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.


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\w Jotham|strong="H3147"\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 they|strong="H8478"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w* \w in|strong="H6912"\w* \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ahaz|strong="H0271"\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 but|strong="H1571"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* walked \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H1571"\w* \w ways|strong="H1870"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H1571"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* molten \w images|strong="H4541"\w* \w for|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H1571"\w* \w Baals|strong="H1168"\w*.


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Moreover \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w burned|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w valley|strong="H1516"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hinnom|strong="H2011"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w burned|strong="H6999"\w* \w his|strong="H0834"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*, according \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w abominations|strong="H8441"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w whom|strong="H0834"\w* Yahweh \w cast|strong="H3423"\w* \w out|strong="H3423"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.


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\w He|strong="H5921"\w* \w sacrificed|strong="H2076"\w* \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w burned|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w high|strong="H1116"\w* \w places|strong="H1116"\w*, \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w hills|strong="H1389"\w*, \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w under|strong="H8478"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w green|strong="H7488"\w* \w tree|strong="H6086"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Therefore|strong="H1571"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w into|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0935"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0935"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w carried|strong="H7617"\w* \w away|strong="H7617"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H5414"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* multitude \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w captives|strong="H7633"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w*. \w He|strong="H0430"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* \w into|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0935"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0935"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H5414"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w slaughter|strong="H4347"\w*.


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\w For|strong="H3117"\w* \w Pekah|strong="H6492"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Remaliah|strong="H7425"\w* \w killed|strong="H2026"\w* \w in|strong="H0430"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w in|strong="H0430"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w valiant|strong="H2428"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w*, \w because|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* forsaken \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*.


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\w Zichri|strong="H2147"\w*, \w a|strong="H2026"\w* \w mighty|strong="H1368"\w* \w man|strong="H1368"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*, \w killed|strong="H2026"\w* \w Maaseiah|strong="H4641"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w Azrikam|strong="H5840"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w ruler|strong="H5057"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Elkanah|strong="H0511"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w next|strong="H4932"\w* \w to|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.


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\w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w carried|strong="H7617"\w* \w away|strong="H7617"\w* \w captive|strong="H7617"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H1992"\w* \w brothers|strong="H0251"\w* \w two|strong="H3967"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w women|strong="H0802"\w*, \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w took|strong="H7617"\w* \w away|strong="H7617"\w* \w much|strong="H7227"\w* \w plunder|strong="H0962"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w plunder|strong="H0962"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*.


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\w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*, \w whose|strong="H8034"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w Oded|strong="H5752"\w*; \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w meet|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w army|strong="H6635"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*, “\w Behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w angry|strong="H2534"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w into|strong="H0935"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w slain|strong="H2026"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w rage|strong="H2534"\w* \w which|strong="H8033"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w reached|strong="H0935"\w* \w up|strong="H5704"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*.


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\w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w intend|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* degrade \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w male|strong="H5650"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w female|strong="H8198"\w* \w slaves|strong="H5650"\w* \w for|strong="H0430"\w* \w yourselves|strong="H0859"\w*. Aren’t \w there|strong="H3068"\w* \w even|strong="H3808"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* trespasses \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w own|strong="H5973"\w* \w against|strong="H5973"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*?


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\w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w me|strong="H7725"\w* \w therefore|strong="H6258"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* send \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w captives|strong="H7633"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w taken|strong="H7617"\w* \w captive|strong="H7617"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w brothers|strong="H0251"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w fierce|strong="H2740"\w* \w wrath|strong="H0639"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*.”


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\w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* \w assembly|strong="H6951"\w* \w took|strong="H3289"\w* \w counsel|strong="H3289"\w* \w to|strong="H3117"\w* \w keep|strong="H6213"\w* \w another|strong="H0312"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w kept|strong="H6213"\w* \w another|strong="H0312"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w with|strong="H3117"\w* \w gladness|strong="H8057"\w*.


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\w Then|strong="H6965"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Levitical|strong="H3881"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*. \w Their|strong="H8085"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* \w was|strong="H6963"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w their|strong="H8085"\w* \w prayer|strong="H8605"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w his|strong="H8085"\w* \w holy|strong="H6944"\w* \w habitation|strong="H4583"\w*, \w even|strong="H0853"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*.<pb/>


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\w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w appointed|strong="H4150"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w portion|strong="H4521"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w possessions|strong="H7399"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w burnt|strong="H5930"\w* \w offerings|strong="H4480"\w*: \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w evening|strong="H6153"\w* \w burnt|strong="H5930"\w* \w offerings|strong="H4480"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w burnt|strong="H5930"\w* \w offerings|strong="H4480"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w Sabbaths|strong="H7676"\w*, \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w new|strong="H2320"\w* \w moons|strong="H2320"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w set|strong="H4150"\w* \w feasts|strong="H4150"\w*, \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w it|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w law|strong="H8451"\w*.


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Moreover \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w portion|strong="H4521"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w*, \w that|strong="H4616"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w might|strong="H4616"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* themselves \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w law|strong="H8451"\w*.


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\w He|strong="H5414"\w* \w set|strong="H5414"\w* \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w war|strong="H4421"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w gathered|strong="H6908"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w together|strong="H6908"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* wide \w place|strong="H5414"\w* \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w and|strong="H8269"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w* encouragingly \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,


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“\w Be|strong="H0408"\w* \w strong|strong="H2388"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w courageous|strong="H0553"\w*. \w Don’t|strong="H0408"\w* \w be|strong="H0408"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \w or|strong="H0408"\w* \w dismayed|strong="H2865"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w*, \w nor|strong="H0408"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w multitude|strong="H1995"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w greater|strong="H7227"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w us|strong="H3588"\w* \w than|strong="H1995"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*.


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\w An|strong="H3068"\w* \w arm|strong="H2220"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w but|strong="H4428"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w help|strong="H5826"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w battles|strong="H4421"\w*.” \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w rested|strong="H5564"\w* \w themselves|strong="H5921"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.<pb/>


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\w After|strong="H0310"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w*, \w Sennacherib|strong="H5576"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, (\w now|strong="H2088"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* attacking \w Lachish|strong="H3923"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w forces|strong="H4475"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*), \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,


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\w Sennacherib|strong="H5576"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w* \w says|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w In|strong="H3427"\w* whom \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w trust|strong="H0982"\w*, \w that|strong="H0559"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w remain|strong="H3427"\w* \w under|strong="H5921"\w* \w siege|strong="H4692"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*?


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\w Doesn’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* persuade \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w over|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w famine|strong="H7458"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w thirst|strong="H6772"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w out|strong="H0853"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w hand|strong="H3709"\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 Hasn’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w same|strong="H1931"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w taken|strong="H5493"\w* \w away|strong="H5493"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w high|strong="H1116"\w* \w places|strong="H1116"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w altars|strong="H4196"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w commanded|strong="H0559"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w You|strong="H6440"\w* \w shall|strong="H3808"\w* \w worship|strong="H7812"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w shall|strong="H3808"\w* \w burn|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w*?’


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\w Don’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* \w have|strong="H0001"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w peoples|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w lands|strong="H0776"\w*? \w Were|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w lands|strong="H0776"\w* \w in|strong="H0430"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w way|strong="H3605"\w* \w able|strong="H3201"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w out|strong="H3045"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*?


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\w Who|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w there|strong="H3605"\w* \w among|strong="H4310"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w those|strong="H0428"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* utterly destroyed \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w could|strong="H3201"\w* \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w out|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w should|strong="H3588"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* \w able|strong="H3201"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w out|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*?


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\w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w therefore|strong="H6258"\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 nor|strong="H3808"\w* persuade \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w in|strong="H0430"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w way|strong="H2063"\w*. \w Don’t|strong="H0408"\w* \w believe|strong="H0539"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w god|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w* \w was|strong="H0430"\w* \w able|strong="H3201"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w out|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w out|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*. \w How|strong="H0637"\w* \w much|strong="H0637"\w* \w less|strong="H0637"\w* \w will|strong="H0430"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w out|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*?”<pb/>


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\w His|strong="H5921"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w* \w yet|strong="H5750"\w* \w more|strong="H5750"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w*.


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\w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w wrote|strong="H3789"\w* \w letters|strong="H5612"\w* insulting \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w speaking|strong="H0559"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w As|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w lands|strong="H0776"\w*, \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w delivered|strong="H5337"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w out|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, \w so|strong="H3651"\w* \w shall|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w out|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.”


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\w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w out|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H7121"\w* \w loud|strong="H1419"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* Jews’ \w language|strong="H3066"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H6963"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*, \w to|strong="H5921"\w* frighten \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* trouble \w them|strong="H0853"\w*, \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w might|strong="H4616"\w* \w take|strong="H3920"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.


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\w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w as|strong="H0776"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w peoples|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, which \w are|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w work|strong="H4639"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w men’s|strong="H0120"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Isaiah|strong="H3470"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Amoz|strong="H0531"\w*, \w prayed|strong="H6419"\w* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w cried|strong="H2199"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w an|strong="H8033"\w* \w angel|strong="H4397"\w*, \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w cut|strong="H3582"\w* \w off|strong="H3582"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w mighty|strong="H1368"\w* \w men|strong="H1368"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w valor|strong="H2428"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w leaders|strong="H8269"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w*. \w So|strong="H7971"\w* \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w shame|strong="H1322"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w own|strong="H6440"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w*. \w When|strong="H0935"\w* \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w into|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w god|strong="H0430"\w*, \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w out|strong="H7971"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w own|strong="H6440"\w* \w body|strong="H4578"\w*<n>i.e., his own sons</n> \w killed|strong="H2719"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*.


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Thus \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w saved|strong="H3467"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Sennacherib|strong="H5576"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* others, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w guided|strong="H5095"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w on|strong="H3427"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w side|strong="H5439"\w*.


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\w Many|strong="H7227"\w* \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* \w gifts|strong="H4503"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w precious|strong="H4030"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w so|strong="H3651"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H0310"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w exalted|strong="H5375"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w* \w then|strong="H3651"\w* \w on|strong="H0935"\w*.<pb/>


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\w In|strong="H0413"\w* \w those|strong="H1992"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* terminally ill, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w prayed|strong="H6419"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*; \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w spoke|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w a|strong="H5414"\w* \w sign|strong="H4159"\w*.


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\w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w didn’t|strong="H3808"\w* reciprocate appropriate \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w benefit|strong="H1576"\w* \w done|strong="H1961"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* lifted \w up|strong="H5921"\w*. \w Therefore|strong="H1961"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w wrath|strong="H7110"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.


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However, \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w humbled|strong="H3665"\w* \w himself|strong="H1931"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w pride|strong="H1363"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*, \w both|strong="H5921"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w so|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w wrath|strong="H7110"\w* \w didn’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w*.<pb/>


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also \w storehouses|strong="H4543"\w* \w for|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w increase|strong="H8393"\w* \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w grain|strong="H1715"\w*, \w new|strong="H8492"\w* \w wine|strong="H8492"\w*, \w and|strong="H0929"\w* \w oil|strong="H3323"\w*; \w and|strong="H0929"\w* \w stalls|strong="H0723"\w* \w for|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w kinds|strong="H0929"\w* \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w animals|strong="H0929"\w*, \w and|strong="H0929"\w* \w flocks|strong="H5739"\w* \w in|strong="H3605"\w* folds.


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Moreover \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w provided|strong="H5414"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* himself \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*, \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w possessions|strong="H7399"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w flocks|strong="H6629"\w* \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w herds|strong="H1241"\w* \w in|strong="H0430"\w* \w abundance|strong="H7230"\w*; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w had|strong="H0430"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w abundant|strong="H7230"\w* \w possessions|strong="H7399"\w*.


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\w This|strong="H1931"\w* \w same|strong="H1931"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w also|strong="H0853"\w* \w stopped|strong="H5640"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w upper|strong="H5945"\w* \w spring|strong="H4161"\w* \w of|strong="H4325"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* \w of|strong="H4325"\w* \w Gihon|strong="H1521"\w*, \w and|strong="H1732"\w* brought \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w straight|strong="H3474"\w* \w down|strong="H4295"\w* \w on|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w west|strong="H4628"\w* \w side|strong="H4628"\w* \w of|strong="H4325"\w* \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*. \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* prospered \w in|strong="H4639"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w works|strong="H4639"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w slept|strong="H7901"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w him|strong="H5973"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w ascent|strong="H4608"\w* \w to|strong="H3389"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w tombs|strong="H6913"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*. \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* honored \w him|strong="H5973"\w* \w at|strong="H3427"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w death|strong="H4194"\w*. \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w twelve|strong="H6240"\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="H3389"\w* \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H3389"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w fifty-five|strong="H2572"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.


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\w For|strong="H4196"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w high|strong="H1116"\w* \w places|strong="H1116"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w broken|strong="H5422"\w* \w down|strong="H7812"\w*; \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w raised|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w altars|strong="H4196"\w* \w for|strong="H4196"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Baals|strong="H1168"\w*, \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w Asheroth|strong="H0842"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w worshiped|strong="H7812"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H0001"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w served|strong="H5647"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w*.


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\w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w altars|strong="H4196"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w My|strong="H3068"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w shall|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*.”


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\w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w pass|strong="H5674"\w* \w through|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w valley|strong="H1516"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hinnom|strong="H2011"\w*. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w practiced|strong="H3784"\w* \w sorcery|strong="H3784"\w*, \w divination|strong="H5172"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* witchcraft, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* dealt \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w those|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* familiar spirits \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* wizards. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w much|strong="H7235"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*, \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w provoke|strong="H3707"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w anger|strong="H3707"\w*.


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\w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w set|strong="H7760"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* engraved \w image|strong="H6459"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w idol|strong="H6459"\w*, \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w*, \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w God’s|strong="H0430"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, “\w In|strong="H0413"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* chosen \w out|strong="H0413"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0430"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* forever.


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\w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w more|strong="H3254"\w* \w remove|strong="H5493"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w foot|strong="H7272"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w from|strong="H5493"\w* \w off|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H0127"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w appointed|strong="H5975"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, \w if|strong="H0518"\w* \w only|strong="H7535"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w observe|strong="H8104"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w*, \w even|strong="H3808"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w law|strong="H8451"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w statutes|strong="H2706"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w ordinances|strong="H4941"\w* \w given|strong="H6680"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*.”


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\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w didn’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w listen|strong="H7181"\w*.


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\w Therefore|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w army|strong="H6635"\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*, \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w took|strong="H3920"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w chains|strong="H5178"\w*, \w bound|strong="H0631"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w fetters|strong="H5178"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w carried|strong="H0935"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w*.<pb/>


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\w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w prayed|strong="H6419"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*; \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w entreated|strong="H6279"\w* \w by|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w supplication|strong="H8467"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w brought|strong="H7725"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w into|strong="H0413"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4438"\w*. \w Then|strong="H8085"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.<pb/>


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\w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H4672"\w* \w emptied|strong="H5413"\w* \w out|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H4672"\w* \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w overseers|strong="H6485"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w workmen|strong="H4399"\w*.”


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