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\BibleBook{The Second Book of Kings}

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\BibleMainTitle{The Second Book of Kings }
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\chapterNumber{1}Moab|strong="H4124" rebelled|strong="H6586" against|strong="H6586" Israel|strong="H3478" after|strong="H0310" the|strong="H0310" death|strong="H4194" of|strong="H4194" Ahab|strong="H0256". 
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\verseNumber{2}Ahaziah|strong="H0274" fell|strong="H5307" down|strong="H5307" through|strong="H1157" the|strong="H0559" lattice|strong="H7639" in|strong="H0413" his|strong="H0834" upper|strong="H5944" room|strong="H5944" that|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0413" Samaria|strong="H8111", and|strong="H0430" was|strong="H0834" sick|strong="H2470". So|strong="H7971" he|strong="H0834" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397", and|strong="H0430" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413", “Go|strong="H7971", inquire|strong="H1875" of|strong="H0430" Baal Zebub, the|strong="H0559" god|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" Ekron|strong="H6138", whether|strong="H0518" I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0430" recover|strong="H2421" of|strong="H0430" this|strong="H2088" sickness|strong="H2483".” 
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\verseNumber{3}But|strong="H0369" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{1:3  }“Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations.} angel|strong="H4397" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" Elijah|strong="H0452" the|strong="H0413" Tishbite, “Arise|strong="H6965", go|strong="H1980" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0413" meet|strong="H7125" the|strong="H0413" messengers|strong="H4397" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0413" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Samaria|strong="H8111", and|strong="H1980" tell|strong="H1696" them|strong="H0413", ‘Is|strong="H0369" it|strong="H1980" because|strong="H0413" there|strong="H0369" is|strong="H0369" no|strong="H0369" God|strong="H0430"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{1:3  The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).} in|strong="H1980" Israel|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H0859" go|strong="H1980" to|strong="H0413" inquire|strong="H1875" of|strong="H4428" Baal Zebub, the|strong="H0413" god|strong="H0430" of|strong="H4428" Ekron|strong="H6138"? 
\verseNumber{4}Now|strong="H3588" therefore|strong="H3651" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" come|strong="H5927" down|strong="H3381" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H0559" bed|strong="H4296" where|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" gone|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927", but|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" surely|strong="H3588" die|strong="H4191".”’” Then|strong="H3651" Elijah|strong="H0452" departed|strong="H3381". 
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\verseNumber{5}The|strong="H0559" messengers|strong="H4397" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", and|strong="H7725" he|strong="H0559" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413", “Why|strong="H4100" is|strong="H2088" it|strong="H7725" that|strong="H2088" you|strong="H7725" have|strong="H2088" returned|strong="H7725"?” 
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\verseNumber{6}They|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “A|strong="H3588" man|strong="H0376" came|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0413" meet|strong="H7125" us|strong="H0413", and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" us|strong="H0413", ‘Go|strong="H5927", return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" who|strong="H0834" sent|strong="H7971" you|strong="H0859", and|strong="H3068" tell|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0413", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H0559", ‘Is|strong="H0369" it|strong="H3588" because|strong="H3588" there|strong="H8033" is|strong="H0369" no|strong="H3808" God|strong="H0430" in|strong="H0413" Israel|strong="H3478" that|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0859" send|strong="H7971" to|strong="H0413" inquire|strong="H1875" of|strong="H4428" Baal Zebub, the|strong="H0853" god|strong="H0430" of|strong="H4428" Ekron|strong="H6138"? Therefore|strong="H3651" you|strong="H0859" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" come|strong="H5927" down|strong="H3381" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H0853" bed|strong="H4296" where|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0859" have|strong="H0834" gone|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927", but|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859" will|strong="H3068" surely|strong="H3588" die|strong="H4191".’”’” 
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\verseNumber{7}He|strong="H0834" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413", “What|strong="H4100" kind|strong="H4941" of|strong="H0376" man|strong="H0376" was|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" who|strong="H0834" came|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0413" meet|strong="H7125" you|strong="H0834" and|strong="H4941" told|strong="H1696" you|strong="H0834" these|strong="H0428" words|strong="H1697"?” 
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\verseNumber{8}They|strong="H0376" answered|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0413", “He|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" a|strong="H0376" hairy|strong="H8181" man|strong="H0376", and|strong="H0376" wearing a|strong="H0376" leather|strong="H5785" belt|strong="H0232" around his|strong="H0376" waist|strong="H4975".” 
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He|strong="H1931" said|strong="H0559", “It’s Elijah|strong="H0452" the|strong="H0559" Tishbite.” 
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\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H1696" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" sent|strong="H7971" a|strong="H7971" captain|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" fifty|strong="H2572" with|strong="H0413" his|strong="H5921" fifty|strong="H2572" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413". He|strong="H0430" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413"; and|strong="H0430" behold|strong="H2009",\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{1:9  }“Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.} he|strong="H0430" was|strong="H0430" sitting|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" hill|strong="H2022". He|strong="H0430" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “Man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H4428" God|strong="H0430", the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" has|strong="H0430" said|strong="H1696", ‘Come|strong="H5927" down|strong="H3381"!’” 
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\verseNumber{10}Elijah|strong="H0452" answered|strong="H6030" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" captain|strong="H8269" of|strong="H0376" fifty|strong="H2572", “If|strong="H0518" I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H0589" a|strong="H0518" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" God|strong="H0430", then|strong="H6030" let|strong="H3381" fire|strong="H0784" come|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H0853" sky|strong="H8064" and|strong="H0430" consume|strong="H0398" you|strong="H0518" and|strong="H0430" your|strong="H0398" fifty|strong="H2572"!” Then|strong="H6030" fire|strong="H0784" came|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H0853" sky|strong="H8064", and|strong="H0430" consumed|strong="H0398" him|strong="H0413" and|strong="H0430" his|strong="H0376" fifty|strong="H2572". 
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\verseNumber{11}Again|strong="H7725" he|strong="H0430" sent|strong="H7971" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413" another|strong="H0312" captain|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" fifty|strong="H2572" with|strong="H0413" his|strong="H7725" fifty|strong="H2572". He|strong="H0430" answered|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0413", “Man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H4428" God|strong="H0430", the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" has|strong="H0430" said|strong="H0559", ‘Come|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" quickly|strong="H4120"!’” 
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\verseNumber{12}Elijah|strong="H0452" answered|strong="H6030" them|strong="H0413", “If|strong="H0518" I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H0589" a|strong="H0518" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" God|strong="H0430", then|strong="H6030" let|strong="H3381" fire|strong="H0784" come|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H0853" sky|strong="H8064" and|strong="H0430" consume|strong="H0398" you|strong="H0518" and|strong="H0430" your|strong="H0398" fifty|strong="H2572"!” Then|strong="H6030" God’s|strong="H0430" fire|strong="H0784" came|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H0853" sky|strong="H8064", and|strong="H0430" consumed|strong="H0398" him|strong="H0413" and|strong="H0430" his|strong="H0376" fifty|strong="H2572". 
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\verseNumber{13}Again|strong="H7725" he|strong="H0430" sent|strong="H7971" the|strong="H5921" captain|strong="H8269" of|strong="H0376" a|strong="H0935" third|strong="H7992" fifty|strong="H2572" with|strong="H0413" his|strong="H5921" fifty|strong="H2572". The|strong="H5921" third|strong="H7992" captain|strong="H8269" of|strong="H0376" fifty|strong="H2572" went|strong="H0935" up|strong="H5927", and|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935" and|strong="H0935" fell|strong="H5927" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" knees|strong="H1290" before|strong="H5048" Elijah|strong="H0452", and|strong="H0935" begged him|strong="H0413", and|strong="H0935" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “Man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" God|strong="H0430", please|strong="H4994" let|strong="H7971" my|strong="H5921" life|strong="H5315" and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H5921" life|strong="H5315" of|strong="H0376" these|strong="H0428" fifty|strong="H2572" of|strong="H0376" your|strong="H5921" servants|strong="H5650" be|strong="H0376" precious|strong="H3365" in|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" sight|strong="H5869". 
\verseNumber{14}Behold|strong="H2009", fire|strong="H0784" came|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H0853" sky|strong="H8064" and|strong="H0398" consumed|strong="H0398" the|strong="H0853" last two|strong="H8147" captains|strong="H8269" of|strong="H8269" fifty|strong="H2572" with|strong="H3381" their|strong="H0398" fifties|strong="H2572". But|strong="H2009" now|strong="H6258" let|strong="H3381" my|strong="H4480" life|strong="H5315" be|strong="H5315" precious|strong="H3365" in|strong="H5315" your|strong="H0398" sight|strong="H5869".” 
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\verseNumber{15}Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" angel|strong="H4397" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" Elijah|strong="H0452", “Go|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H0413". Don’t|strong="H0408" be|strong="H0408" afraid|strong="H3372" of|strong="H4428" him|strong="H0413".” 
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Then|strong="H6965" he|strong="H3068" arose|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" went|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{16}He|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H0559", ‘Because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="H0413" inquire|strong="H1875" of|strong="H0430" Baal Zebub, the|strong="H0559" god|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" Ekron|strong="H6138", is|strong="H0369" it|strong="H3588" because|strong="H3588" there|strong="H8033" is|strong="H0369" no|strong="H3808" God|strong="H0430" in|strong="H0413" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H0413" inquire|strong="H1875" of|strong="H0430" his|strong="H3068" word|strong="H1697"? Therefore|strong="H3651" you|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" come|strong="H5927" down|strong="H3381" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H0559" bed|strong="H4296" where|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" gone|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927", but|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" surely|strong="H3588" die|strong="H4191".’” 
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\verseNumber{17}So|strong="H1961" he|strong="H0834" died|strong="H4191" according to|strong="H1696" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" word|strong="H1697" which|strong="H0834" Elijah|strong="H0452" had|strong="H3068" spoken|strong="H1696". Jehoram|strong="H3088" began|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1696" reign|strong="H4427" in|strong="H8141" his|strong="H3068" place|strong="H8478" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H0834" second|strong="H8147" year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H1121" Jehoram|strong="H3088" the|strong="H0834" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063", because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3808" son|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{18}Now|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0834" rest|strong="H3499" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0834" acts|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" Ahaziah|strong="H0274" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213", aren’t they|strong="H1992" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" book|strong="H5612" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0834" chronicles|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0834" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478"? 
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\chapterNumber{2}When|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H1961" about|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" take|strong="H1961" Elijah|strong="H0452" up|strong="H5927" by|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1961" whirlwind into|strong="H1961" heaven|strong="H8064", Elijah|strong="H0452" went|strong="H5927" with|strong="H3068" Elisha|strong="H0477" from|strong="H4480" Gilgal|strong="H1537". 
\verseNumber{2}Elijah|strong="H0452" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Elisha|strong="H0477", “Please|strong="H4994" wait|strong="H3427" here|strong="H6311", for|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7971" me|strong="H0413" as|strong="H5704" far|strong="H5704" as|strong="H5704" Bethel|strong="H1008".” 
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Elisha|strong="H0477" said|strong="H0559", “As|strong="H5704" Yahweh|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H5315", and|strong="H3068" as|strong="H5704" your|strong="H3068" soul|strong="H5315" lives|strong="H5315", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H0518" leave|strong="H5800" you|strong="H3588".” So|strong="H7971" they|strong="H3588" went|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H0413" Bethel|strong="H1008". 
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\verseNumber{3}The|strong="H0853" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" prophets|strong="H5030" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" at|strong="H0413" Bethel|strong="H1008" came|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H0413" Elisha|strong="H0477", and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “Do|strong="H0589" you|strong="H0834" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H0834" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" take|strong="H3947" away|strong="H3947" your|strong="H3068" master|strong="H0113" from|strong="H3318" over|strong="H5921" you|strong="H0834" today|strong="H3117"?” 
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He|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559", “Yes|strong="H3588", I|strong="H0589" know|strong="H3045" it|strong="H5921". Hold your|strong="H3068" peace.” 
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\verseNumber{4}Elijah|strong="H0452" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H7971", “Elisha|strong="H0477", please|strong="H4994" wait|strong="H3427" here|strong="H6311", for|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7971" me|strong="H4994" to|strong="H0559" Jericho|strong="H3405".” 
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He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “As|strong="H0935" Yahweh|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H5315", and|strong="H0935" as|strong="H0935" your|strong="H3068" soul|strong="H5315" lives|strong="H5315", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H0518" leave|strong="H5800" you|strong="H3588".” So|strong="H7971" they|strong="H3588" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0559" Jericho|strong="H3405". 
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\verseNumber{5}The|strong="H0853" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" prophets|strong="H5030" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" at|strong="H0413" Jericho|strong="H3405" came|strong="H5066" near|strong="H5066" to|strong="H0413" Elisha|strong="H0477", and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “Do|strong="H0589" you|strong="H0834" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H0834" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" take|strong="H3947" away|strong="H3947" your|strong="H3068" master|strong="H0113" from|strong="H5921" over|strong="H5921" you|strong="H0834" today|strong="H3117"?” 
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He|strong="H0834" answered|strong="H0559", “Yes|strong="H3588", I|strong="H0589" know|strong="H3045" it|strong="H5921". Hold your|strong="H3068" peace.” 
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\verseNumber{6}Elijah|strong="H0452" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H7971", “Please|strong="H4994" wait|strong="H3427" here|strong="H6311", for|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7971" me|strong="H4994" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" Jordan|strong="H3383".” 
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He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “As|strong="H5315" Yahweh|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H5315", and|strong="H3068" as|strong="H5315" your|strong="H3068" soul|strong="H5315" lives|strong="H5315", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H0518" leave|strong="H5800" you|strong="H3588".” Then|strong="H7971" they|strong="H3588" both|strong="H8147" went on|strong="H3427". 
\verseNumber{7}Fifty|strong="H2572" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" prophets|strong="H5030" went|strong="H1980" and|strong="H1980" stood|strong="H5975" opposite|strong="H5048" them|strong="H5921" at|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5921" distance|strong="H7350"; and|strong="H1980" they|strong="H0376" both|strong="H8147" stood|strong="H5975" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Jordan|strong="H3383". 
\verseNumber{8}Elijah|strong="H0452" took|strong="H3947" his|strong="H3947" mantle|strong="H0155", and|strong="H4325" rolled it|strong="H3947" up|strong="H0853", and|strong="H4325" struck|strong="H5221" the|strong="H0853" waters|strong="H4325"; and|strong="H4325" they|strong="H5221" were|strong="H4325" divided|strong="H2673" here|strong="H2008" and|strong="H4325" there|strong="H2008", so|strong="H3947" that|strong="H4325" they|strong="H5221" both|strong="H8147" went over|strong="H5674" on|strong="H4325" dry|strong="H2724" ground|strong="H2724". 
\verseNumber{9}When|strong="H1961" they|strong="H0559" had|strong="H1961" gone|strong="H1961" over|strong="H0413", Elijah|strong="H0452" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Elisha|strong="H0477", “Ask|strong="H7592" what|strong="H4100" I|strong="H2962" shall|strong="H4100" do|strong="H6213" for|strong="H0413" you|strong="H5973", before|strong="H2962" I|strong="H2962" am|strong="H1961" taken|strong="H3947" from|strong="H3947" you|strong="H5973".” 
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Elisha|strong="H0477" said|strong="H0559", “Please|strong="H4994" let|strong="H4994" a|strong="H1961" double|strong="H8147" portion|strong="H6310" of|strong="H7307" your|strong="H3947" spirit|strong="H7307" be|strong="H1961" on|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413".” 
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\verseNumber{10}He|strong="H0518" said|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H0518" have|strong="H1961" asked|strong="H7592" a|strong="H1961" hard|strong="H7185" thing|strong="H3651". If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H0518" see|strong="H7200" me|strong="H7200" when|strong="H1961" I|strong="H0518" am|strong="H1961" taken|strong="H3947" from|strong="H3947" you|strong="H0518", it|strong="H0518" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" so|strong="H3651" for|strong="H7592" you|strong="H0518"; but|strong="H0518" if|strong="H0518" not|strong="H3808", it|strong="H0518" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" so|strong="H3651".” 
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\verseNumber{11}As|strong="H1961" they|strong="H1992" continued|strong="H1980" on|strong="H1980" and|strong="H1980" talked|strong="H1696", behold|strong="H2009", a|strong="H1961" chariot|strong="H7393" of|strong="H8147" fire|strong="H0784" and|strong="H1980" horses|strong="H5483" of|strong="H8147" fire|strong="H0784" separated|strong="H6504" them|strong="H1992"; and|strong="H1980" Elijah|strong="H0452" went|strong="H1980" up|strong="H5927" by|strong="H0784" a|strong="H1961" whirlwind into|strong="H1980" heaven|strong="H8064". 
\verseNumber{12}Elisha|strong="H0477" saw|strong="H7200" it|strong="H1931", and|strong="H3478" he|strong="H1931" cried|strong="H6817", “My|strong="H7200" father|strong="H0001", my|strong="H7200" father|strong="H0001", the|strong="H7200" chariots|strong="H7393" of|strong="H0001" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3478" its|strong="H3808" horsemen|strong="H6571"!” 
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He|strong="H1931" saw|strong="H7200" him|strong="H7200" no|strong="H3808" more|strong="H5750". Then|strong="H7200" he|strong="H1931" took|strong="H2388" hold|strong="H2388" of|strong="H0001" his|strong="H7200" own|strong="H2388" clothes|strong="H0899" and|strong="H3478" tore|strong="H7167" them|strong="H7200" in|strong="H3478" two|strong="H8147" pieces|strong="H7168". 
\verseNumber{13}He|strong="H0834" also|strong="H0853" took|strong="H0853" up|strong="H7311" Elijah’s|strong="H0452" mantle|strong="H0155" that|strong="H0834" fell|strong="H5307" from|strong="H7725" him|strong="H5921", and|strong="H7725" went|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" and|strong="H7725" stood|strong="H5975" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" bank|strong="H8193" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" Jordan|strong="H3383". 
\verseNumber{14}He|strong="H0834" took|strong="H3947" Elijah’s|strong="H0452" mantle|strong="H0155" that|strong="H0834" fell|strong="H5307" from|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921", and|strong="H3068" struck|strong="H5221" the|strong="H0853" waters|strong="H4325", and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “Where|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H0853" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" Elijah|strong="H0452"?” When|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" also|strong="H0637" had|strong="H3068" struck|strong="H5221" the|strong="H0853" waters|strong="H4325", they|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" divided|strong="H2673" apart, and|strong="H3068" Elisha|strong="H0477" went over|strong="H5921". 
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\verseNumber{15}When|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0559" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" prophets|strong="H5030" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" at|strong="H5921" Jericho|strong="H3405" facing him|strong="H5921" saw|strong="H7200" him|strong="H5921", they|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559", “The|strong="H0559" spirit|strong="H7307" of|strong="H1121" Elijah|strong="H0452" rests|strong="H5117" on|strong="H5921" Elisha|strong="H0477".” They|strong="H0834" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0559" meet|strong="H7125" him|strong="H5921", and|strong="H1121" bowed|strong="H7812" themselves|strong="H7812" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" ground|strong="H0776" before|strong="H5048" him|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{16}They|strong="H3808" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “See|strong="H2009" now|strong="H4994", there|strong="H3426" are|strong="H0376" with|strong="H0854" your|strong="H3068" servants|strong="H5650" fifty|strong="H2572" strong|strong="H2428" men|strong="H0376". Please|strong="H4994" let|strong="H7971" them|strong="H0413" go|strong="H7971" and|strong="H1121" seek|strong="H1245" your|strong="H3068" master|strong="H0113". Perhaps|strong="H5375" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" Spirit|strong="H7307" has|strong="H3068" taken|strong="H5375" him|strong="H0413" up|strong="H5375", and|strong="H1121" put|strong="H7971" him|strong="H0413" on|strong="H0413" some|strong="H0376" mountain|strong="H2022" or|strong="H0176" into|strong="H0413" some|strong="H0376" valley|strong="H1516".” 
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He|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “Don’t|strong="H3808" send|strong="H7971" them|strong="H0413".” 
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\verseNumber{17}When|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" urged|strong="H6484" him|strong="H7971" until|strong="H5704" he|strong="H5704" was|strong="H0376" ashamed|strong="H0954", he|strong="H5704" said|strong="H0559", “Send|strong="H7971" them|strong="H7971".” 
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Therefore|strong="H7971" they|strong="H3117" sent|strong="H7971" fifty|strong="H2572" men|strong="H0376"; and|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" searched|strong="H1245" for|strong="H7971" three|strong="H7969" days|strong="H3117", but|strong="H3808" didn’t|strong="H3808" find|strong="H4672" him|strong="H7971". 
\verseNumber{18}They|strong="H3808" came|strong="H0413" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413" while|strong="H1931" he|strong="H1931" stayed|strong="H3427" at|strong="H0413" Jericho|strong="H3405"; and|strong="H7725" he|strong="H1931" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413", “Didn’t|strong="H3808" I|strong="H0559" tell|strong="H0559" you|strong="H7725", ‘Don’t|strong="H0408" go|strong="H7725"?’” 
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\verseNumber{19}The|strong="H0559" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0559" city|strong="H5892" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Elisha|strong="H0477", “Behold|strong="H2009", please|strong="H4994", the|strong="H0559" situation|strong="H4186" of|strong="H0776" this|strong="H0834" city|strong="H5892" is|strong="H0834" pleasant|strong="H2896", as|strong="H0834" my|strong="H7200" lord|strong="H0113" sees|strong="H7200"; but|strong="H7200" the|strong="H0559" water|strong="H4325" is|strong="H0834" bad|strong="H7451", and|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0559" land|strong="H0776" is|strong="H0834" barren.” 
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\verseNumber{20}He|strong="H8033" said|strong="H0559", “Bring|strong="H3947" me|strong="H0413" a|strong="H3947" new|strong="H2319" jar|strong="H6746", and|strong="H8033" put|strong="H7760" salt|strong="H4417" in|strong="H0413" it|strong="H7760".” Then|strong="H3947" they|strong="H8033" brought|strong="H3947" it|strong="H7760" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{21}He|strong="H8033" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" spring|strong="H4161" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" waters|strong="H4325", and|strong="H3068" threw|strong="H7993" salt|strong="H4417" into|strong="H0413" it|strong="H8033", and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H0559", ‘I|strong="H3541" have|strong="H1961" healed|strong="H7495" these|strong="H0428" waters|strong="H4325". There|strong="H8033" shall|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" from|strong="H3318" there|strong="H8033" any|strong="H5750" more|strong="H5750" death|strong="H4194" or|strong="H3808" barren wasteland.’” 
\verseNumber{22}So|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" waters|strong="H4325" were|strong="H0834" healed|strong="H7495" to|strong="H5704" this|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117", according to|strong="H5704" Elisha’s|strong="H0477" word|strong="H1697" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" spoke|strong="H1696". 
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\verseNumber{23}He|strong="H1931" went|strong="H3318" up|strong="H5927" from|strong="H4480" there|strong="H8033" to|strong="H0559" Bethel|strong="H1008". As|strong="H5927" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" going|strong="H3318" up|strong="H5927" by|strong="H1870" the|strong="H0559" way|strong="H1870", some|strong="H4480" youths|strong="H5288" came|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H4480" the|strong="H0559" city|strong="H5892" and|strong="H8033" mocked|strong="H7046" him|strong="H3318", and|strong="H8033" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H3318", “Go|strong="H3318" up|strong="H5927", you|strong="H4480" baldy|strong="H7142"! Go|strong="H3318" up|strong="H5927", you|strong="H4480" baldy|strong="H7142"!” 
\verseNumber{24}He|strong="H0310" looked|strong="H7200" behind|strong="H0310" him|strong="H0310" and|strong="H3068" saw|strong="H7200" them|strong="H1992", and|strong="H3068" cursed|strong="H7043" them|strong="H1992" in|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" name|strong="H8034". Then|strong="H3318" two|strong="H8147" female|strong="H8147" bears|strong="H1677" came|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" woods|strong="H3293" and|strong="H3068" mauled forty-two|strong="H8147" of|strong="H3068" those|strong="H1992" youths|strong="H3206". 
\verseNumber{25}He|strong="H8033" went|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" there|strong="H8033" to|strong="H0413" Mount|strong="H2022" Carmel|strong="H3760", and|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" there|strong="H8033" he|strong="H8033" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" Samaria|strong="H8111". 
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\chapterNumber{3}Now Jehoram|strong="H3088" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ahab|strong="H0256" began to|strong="H5921" reign|strong="H4427" over|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478" in|strong="H5921" Samaria|strong="H8111" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" eighteenth|strong="H6240" year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H1121" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H1121" reigned|strong="H4427" twelve|strong="H6240" years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H0834" which|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" evil|strong="H7451" in|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" sight|strong="H5869", but|strong="H7535" not|strong="H3808" like|strong="H0834" his|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001" and|strong="H3068" like|strong="H0834" his|strong="H3068" mother|strong="H0517", for|strong="H3068" he|strong="H0834" put|strong="H5493" away|strong="H5493" the|strong="H0853" pillar|strong="H4676" of|strong="H3068" Baal|strong="H1168" that|strong="H0834" his|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001" had|strong="H3068" made|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{3}Nevertheless he|strong="H0834" held|strong="H1692" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H0853" sins|strong="H2398" of|strong="H1121" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Nebat|strong="H5028", with|strong="H3478" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" made|strong="H0834" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" sin|strong="H2398". He|strong="H0834" didn’t|strong="H3808" depart|strong="H5493" from|strong="H4480" them|strong="H0853". 
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\verseNumber{4}Now|strong="H1961" Mesha|strong="H4338" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Moab|strong="H4124" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" sheep|strong="H5349" breeder|strong="H5349"; and|strong="H3478" he|strong="H7725" supplied the|strong="H7725" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" with|strong="H3478" one|strong="H1961" hundred|strong="H3967" thousand|strong="H0505" lambs|strong="H3733" and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H7725" wool|strong="H6785" of|strong="H4428" one|strong="H1961" hundred|strong="H3967" thousand|strong="H0505" rams|strong="H0352". 
\verseNumber{5}But|strong="H1961" when|strong="H1961" Ahab|strong="H0256" was|strong="H1961" dead|strong="H4194", the|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Moab|strong="H4124" rebelled|strong="H6586" against|strong="H6586" the|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{6}King|strong="H4428" Jehoram|strong="H3088" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H4428" Samaria|strong="H8111" at|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3605" time|strong="H3117", and|strong="H3478" mustered|strong="H6485" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{7}He|strong="H7971" went|strong="H5927" and|strong="H3063" sent|strong="H7971" to|strong="H0413" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063", saying|strong="H0559", “The|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Moab|strong="H4124" has|strong="H4428" rebelled|strong="H6586" against|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413". Will|strong="H4428" you|strong="H7971" go|strong="H5927" with|strong="H0854" me|strong="H0413" against|strong="H0413" Moab|strong="H4124" to|strong="H0413" battle|strong="H4421"?” 
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He|strong="H7971" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H0559" will|strong="H4428" go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927". I|strong="H0559" am as|strong="H3644" you|strong="H7971" are|strong="H4421", my|strong="H7971" people|strong="H5971" as|strong="H3644" your|strong="H7971" people|strong="H5971", my|strong="H7971" horses|strong="H5483" as|strong="H3644" your|strong="H7971" horses|strong="H5483".” 
\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="H2088" he|strong="H0559" said|strong="H0559", “Which|strong="H2088" way|strong="H1870" shall|strong="H2088" we go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927"?” 
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Jehoram answered|strong="H0559", “The|strong="H0559" way|strong="H1870" of|strong="H1870" the|strong="H0559" wilderness|strong="H4057" of|strong="H1870" Edom|strong="H0123".” 
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\verseNumber{9}So|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0834" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" went|strong="H5437" with|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0834" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3063" the|strong="H0834" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Edom|strong="H0123", and|strong="H3063" they|strong="H0834" marched|strong="H5437" for|strong="H4325" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117" along a|strong="H1961" circuitous route|strong="H1870". There|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" no|strong="H3808" water|strong="H4325" for|strong="H4325" the|strong="H0834" army|strong="H4264" or|strong="H3808" for|strong="H4325" the|strong="H0834" animals|strong="H0929" that|strong="H0834" followed|strong="H7272" them|strong="H1961". 
\verseNumber{10}The|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" said|strong="H0559", “Alas|strong="H0162"! For|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" called|strong="H7121" these|strong="H0428" three|strong="H7969" kings|strong="H4428" together to|strong="H0559" deliver|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" into|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" Moab|strong="H4124".” 
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\verseNumber{11}But|strong="H0369" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" said|strong="H0559", “Isn’t there|strong="H0369" a|strong="H0834" prophet|strong="H5030" of|strong="H1121" Yahweh|strong="H3068" here|strong="H6311", that|strong="H0834" we|strong="H0834" may|strong="H3068" inquire|strong="H1875" of|strong="H1121" Yahweh|strong="H3068" by|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921"?” 
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One|strong="H0259" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel’s|strong="H3478" servants|strong="H5650" answered|strong="H0559", “Elisha|strong="H0477" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shaphat|strong="H8202", who|strong="H0834" poured|strong="H3332" water|strong="H4325" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" hands|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" Elijah|strong="H0452", is|strong="H0369" here|strong="H6311".” 
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\verseNumber{12}Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" said|strong="H0559", “Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" word|strong="H1697" is|strong="H3068" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H0413".” So|strong="H3381" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3068" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Edom|strong="H0123" went|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413". 
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\verseNumber{13}Elisha|strong="H0477" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", “What|strong="H4100" have|strong="H0001" I|strong="H3588" to|strong="H0413" do|strong="H0408" with|strong="H0413" you|strong="H3588"? Go to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" prophets|strong="H5030" of|strong="H4428" your|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001", and|strong="H3068" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" prophets|strong="H5030" of|strong="H4428" your|strong="H3068" mother|strong="H0517".” 
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The|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “No|strong="H0408", for|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" called|strong="H7121" these|strong="H0428" three|strong="H7969" kings|strong="H4428" together to|strong="H0413" deliver|strong="H5414" them|strong="H0413" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" Moab|strong="H4124".” 
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\verseNumber{14}Elisha|strong="H0477" said|strong="H0559", “As|strong="H0834" Yahweh|strong="H3068" of|strong="H4428" Armies|strong="H6635" lives|strong="H2416", before|strong="H6440" whom|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0589" stand|strong="H5975", surely|strong="H3588", were|strong="H0834" it|strong="H0518" not|strong="H0518" that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0589" respect|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0559" presence|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4428" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063", I|strong="H0589" would|strong="H3068" not|strong="H0518" look|strong="H7200" toward|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0834", nor|strong="H0518" see|strong="H7200" you|strong="H0834". 
\verseNumber{15}But|strong="H1961" now|strong="H6258" bring|strong="H3947" me|strong="H5921" a|strong="H1961" musician|strong="H5059".” When|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" musician|strong="H5059" played|strong="H5059", Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027" came|strong="H1961" on|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{16}He|strong="H6213" said|strong="H0559", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H0559", ‘Make|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2088" valley|strong="H5158" full of|strong="H3068" trenches.’ 
\verseNumber{17}For|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H0559", ‘You|strong="H0859" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" see|strong="H7200" wind|strong="H7307", neither|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3068" you|strong="H0859" see|strong="H7200" rain|strong="H1653", yet|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" valley|strong="H5158" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" filled|strong="H4390" with|strong="H4390" water|strong="H4325", and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H0859" will|strong="H3068" drink|strong="H8354", both you|strong="H0859" and|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" livestock|strong="H4735" and|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" other|strong="H3541" animals|strong="H0929". 
\verseNumber{18}This|strong="H2063" is|strong="H3068" an|strong="H5414" easy|strong="H7043" thing|strong="H7043" in|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" sight|strong="H5869". He|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" deliver|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" Moabites|strong="H4124" into|strong="H3027" your|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{19}You|strong="H3605" shall|strong="H4325" strike|strong="H5221" every|strong="H3605" fortified|strong="H4013" city|strong="H5892" and|strong="H6086" every|strong="H3605" choice|strong="H4004" city|strong="H5892", and|strong="H6086" shall|strong="H4325" fell|strong="H5307" every|strong="H3605" good|strong="H2896" tree|strong="H6086", and|strong="H6086" stop|strong="H5640" all|strong="H3605" springs|strong="H4599" of|strong="H4325" water|strong="H4325", and|strong="H6086" mar|strong="H3510" every|strong="H3605" good|strong="H2896" piece of|strong="H4325" land|strong="H2513" with|strong="H3605" stones|strong="H0068".’” 
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\verseNumber{20}In|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0935" morning|strong="H1242", about|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0935" time|strong="H1961" of|strong="H0776" offering|strong="H4503" the|strong="H0935" sacrifice|strong="H4503", behold|strong="H2009", water|strong="H4325" came|strong="H0935" by|strong="H1870" the|strong="H0935" way|strong="H1870" of|strong="H0776" Edom|strong="H0123", and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0935" country|strong="H0776" was|strong="H1961" filled|strong="H4390" with|strong="H0854" water|strong="H4325". 
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\verseNumber{21}Now|strong="H3588" when|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Moabites|strong="H4124" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" had|strong="H4428" come|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5921" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921", they|strong="H3588" gathered|strong="H3588" themselves|strong="H5921" together|strong="H5921", all|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H4605" able to|strong="H5921" put|strong="H2296" on|strong="H5921" armor, young and|strong="H4428" old|strong="H4605", and|strong="H4428" stood|strong="H5975" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" border|strong="H1366". 
\verseNumber{22}They|strong="H5921" rose|strong="H7925" up|strong="H7200" early|strong="H7925" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" morning|strong="H1242", and|strong="H1242" the|strong="H0853" sun|strong="H8121" shone|strong="H2224" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" water|strong="H4325", and|strong="H1242" the|strong="H0853" Moabites|strong="H4124" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H0853" water|strong="H4325" opposite|strong="H5048" them|strong="H0853" as|strong="H4325" red|strong="H0122" as|strong="H4325" blood|strong="H1818". 
\verseNumber{23}They|strong="H0376" said|strong="H0559", “This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" blood|strong="H1818". The|strong="H0853" kings|strong="H4428" are|strong="H0376" surely|strong="H5221" destroyed|strong="H5221", and|strong="H4428" they|strong="H0376" have|strong="H0376" struck|strong="H5221" each|strong="H0376" other|strong="H2088". Now|strong="H6258" therefore|strong="H6258", Moab|strong="H4124", to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" plunder|strong="H7998"!” 
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\verseNumber{24}When|strong="H0935" they|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" camp|strong="H4264" of|strong="H6440" Israel|strong="H3478", the|strong="H0853" Israelites|strong="H3478" rose|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" and|strong="H0935" struck|strong="H5221" the|strong="H0853" Moabites|strong="H4124", so|strong="H6965" that|strong="H3478" they|strong="H0935" fled|strong="H5127" before|strong="H6440" them|strong="H0413"; and|strong="H0935" they|strong="H0935" went|strong="H0935" forward|strong="H6440" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" land|strong="H6440" attacking|strong="H5221" the|strong="H0853" Moabites|strong="H4124". 
\verseNumber{25}They|strong="H0376" beat|strong="H5221" down|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892"; and|strong="H0376" on|strong="H5307" every|strong="H3605" good|strong="H2896" piece of|strong="H0376" land|strong="H2513" each|strong="H0376" man|strong="H0376" cast|strong="H7993" his|strong="H3605" stone|strong="H0068", and|strong="H0376" filled|strong="H4390" it|strong="H5704". They|strong="H0376" also stopped|strong="H5640" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" springs|strong="H4599" of|strong="H0376" water|strong="H4325" and|strong="H0376" cut|strong="H5640" down|strong="H5221" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" good|strong="H2896" trees|strong="H6086", until|strong="H5704" in|strong="H0376" Kir Hareseth all|strong="H3605" they|strong="H0376" left|strong="H7604" was|strong="H0376" its|strong="H3605" stones|strong="H0068"; however the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" armed|strong="H4390" with|strong="H4390" slings went|strong="H5437" around|strong="H5437" it|strong="H5704" and|strong="H0376" attacked|strong="H5221" it|strong="H5704". 
\verseNumber{26}When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Moab|strong="H4124" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" battle|strong="H4421" was|strong="H0376" too|strong="H4480" severe|strong="H2388" for|strong="H3588" him|strong="H0413", he|strong="H3588" took|strong="H3947" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H0413" seven|strong="H7651" hundred|strong="H3967" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0376" drew|strong="H8025" a|strong="H3947" sword|strong="H2719", to|strong="H0413" break|strong="H1234" through|strong="H4480" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Edom|strong="H0123"; but|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" could|strong="H3201" not|strong="H3808". 
\verseNumber{27}Then|strong="H1961" he|strong="H0834" took|strong="H3947" his|strong="H5921" oldest|strong="H1419" son|strong="H1121" who|strong="H0834" would|strong="H3478" have|strong="H1961" reigned|strong="H4427" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" place|strong="H8478", and|strong="H1121" offered|strong="H5927" him|strong="H5921" for|strong="H5921" a|strong="H1961" burnt|strong="H5930" offering|strong="H5927" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" wall|strong="H2346". There|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" great|strong="H1419" wrath|strong="H7110" against|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478"; and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H0834" departed|strong="H5265" from|strong="H7725" him|strong="H5921", and|strong="H1121" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" their|strong="H3947" own|strong="H1961" land|strong="H0776". 
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\chapterNumber{4}Now|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" certain|strong="H0259" woman|strong="H0802" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" wives|strong="H0802" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" prophets|strong="H5030" cried|strong="H6817" out|strong="H3045" to|strong="H0413" Elisha|strong="H0477", saying|strong="H0559", “Your|strong="H3068" servant|strong="H5650" my|strong="H3068" husband|strong="H0376" is|strong="H3068" dead|strong="H4191". You|strong="H0859" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" your|strong="H3068" servant|strong="H5650" feared|strong="H3372" Yahweh|strong="H3068". Now|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" creditor|strong="H5383" has|strong="H3068" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" take|strong="H3947" for|strong="H3588" himself|strong="H3045" my|strong="H3068" two|strong="H8147" children|strong="H1121" to|strong="H0413" be|strong="H1961" slaves|strong="H5650".” 
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\verseNumber{2}Elisha|strong="H0477" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" her|strong="H3605", “What|strong="H4100" should|strong="H4100" I|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588"? Tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H0413", what|strong="H4100" do|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H0369" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004"?” 
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She|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “Your|strong="H3605" servant|strong="H8198" has|strong="H0369" nothing|strong="H0369" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004", except|strong="H0518" a|strong="H3588" pot of|strong="H1004" oil|strong="H8081".” 
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\verseNumber{3}Then|strong="H0853" he|strong="H4480" said|strong="H0559", “Go, borrow|strong="H7592" empty|strong="H7386" containers|strong="H3627" from|strong="H4480" all|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3605" neighbors|strong="H7934". Don’t|strong="H0408" borrow|strong="H7592" just|strong="H3605" a|strong="H4480" few|strong="H4591" containers|strong="H3627". 
\verseNumber{4}Go|strong="H0935" in|strong="H5921" and|strong="H1121" shut|strong="H5462" the|strong="H3605" door|strong="H1817" on|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3605" and|strong="H1121" on|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" pour|strong="H3332" oil into|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H0428" containers|strong="H3627"; and|strong="H1121" set|strong="H5265" aside|strong="H5265" those|strong="H0428" which|strong="H0428" are|strong="H0428" full|strong="H4392".” 
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\verseNumber{5}So|strong="H5066" she|strong="H1931" went|strong="H5066" from|strong="H1121" him|strong="H0413", and|strong="H1121" shut|strong="H5462" the|strong="H0853" door|strong="H1817" on|strong="H0413" herself|strong="H1931" and|strong="H1121" on|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413" sons|strong="H1121". They|strong="H1992" brought|strong="H5066" the|strong="H0853" containers to|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413", and|strong="H1121" she|strong="H1931" poured|strong="H3332" oil. 
\verseNumber{6}When|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0559" containers|strong="H3627" were|strong="H1961" full|strong="H4390", she said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413" son|strong="H1121", “Bring|strong="H5066" me|strong="H0413" another|strong="H5750" container|strong="H3627".” 
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He|strong="H0559" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413", “There|strong="H0369" isn’t another|strong="H5750" container|strong="H3627".” Then|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0559" oil|strong="H8081" stopped|strong="H5975" flowing|strong="H3627". 
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\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="H0853" she came|strong="H0935" and|strong="H1121" told|strong="H5046" the|strong="H0853" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" God|strong="H0430". He|strong="H0430" said|strong="H0559", “Go|strong="H0935", sell|strong="H4376" the|strong="H0853" oil|strong="H8081", and|strong="H1121" pay|strong="H7999" your|strong="H0935" debt|strong="H5386"; and|strong="H1121" you|strong="H0859" and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H0935" sons|strong="H1121" live|strong="H2421" on|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" rest|strong="H3498".” 
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\verseNumber{8}One|strong="H0802" day|strong="H3117" Elisha|strong="H0477" went|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" Shunem|strong="H7766", where|strong="H8033" there|strong="H8033" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" prominent|strong="H1419" woman|strong="H0802"; and|strong="H0398" she persuaded|strong="H2388" him|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" eat|strong="H0398" bread|strong="H3899". So|strong="H1961" it|strong="H0398" was|strong="H1961", that|strong="H3117" as|strong="H1961" often|strong="H1767" as|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3117" passed|strong="H5674" by|strong="H0413", he|strong="H3117" turned|strong="H5493" in|strong="H0413" there|strong="H8033" to|strong="H0413" eat|strong="H0398" bread|strong="H3899". 
\verseNumber{9}She|strong="H1931" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413" husband|strong="H0376", “See|strong="H2009" now|strong="H4994", I|strong="H3588" perceive|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" this|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" a|strong="H3588" holy|strong="H6918" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" God|strong="H0430" who|strong="H0376" passes|strong="H5674" by|strong="H5921" us|strong="H4994" continually|strong="H8548". 
\verseNumber{10}Please|strong="H4994", let’s|strong="H4994" make|strong="H7760" a|strong="H1961" little|strong="H6996" room|strong="H5944" on|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" roof|strong="H5944". Let’s|strong="H4994" set|strong="H7760" a|strong="H1961" bed|strong="H4296", a|strong="H1961" table|strong="H7979", a|strong="H1961" chair|strong="H3678", and|strong="H0935" a|strong="H1961" lamp stand|strong="H0935" for|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413" there|strong="H8033". When|strong="H1961" he|strong="H8033" comes|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" us|strong="H4994", he|strong="H8033" can|strong="H6213" stay there|strong="H8033".” 
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\verseNumber{11}One|strong="H1961" day|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" came|strong="H0935" there|strong="H8033", and|strong="H0935" he|strong="H3117" went|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" room|strong="H5944" and|strong="H0935" lay|strong="H7901" there|strong="H8033". 
\verseNumber{12}He|strong="H0559" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Gehazi|strong="H1522" his|strong="H7121" servant|strong="H5288", “Call|strong="H7121" this|strong="H2063" Shunammite|strong="H7767".” When|strong="H0559" he|strong="H0559" had called|strong="H7121" her|strong="H0413", she|strong="H7121" stood|strong="H5975" before|strong="H6440" him|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{13}He|strong="H6213" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “Say|strong="H0559" now|strong="H4994" to|strong="H0413" her|strong="H3605", ‘Behold|strong="H2009", you|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3426" cared for|strong="H0413" us|strong="H4994" with|strong="H0854" all|strong="H3605" this|strong="H2063" care|strong="H2731". What|strong="H4100" is|strong="H4100" to|strong="H0413" be|strong="H4994" done|strong="H6213" for|strong="H0413" you|strong="H3605"? Would|strong="H4100" you|strong="H3605" like|strong="H3427" to|strong="H0413" be|strong="H4994" spoken|strong="H1696" for|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", or|strong="H0176" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" captain|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H6635"?’” 
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She|strong="H4100" answered|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H0595" dwell|strong="H3427" among|strong="H8432" my|strong="H3605" own people|strong="H5971".” 
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\verseNumber{14}He|strong="H6213" said|strong="H0559", “What|strong="H4100" then|strong="H0559" is|strong="H0369" to|strong="H0559" be|strong="H1121" done|strong="H6213" for|strong="H0376" her|strong="H0559"?” 
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Gehazi|strong="H1522" answered|strong="H0559", “Most certainly she|strong="H0061" has|strong="H0369" no|strong="H0369" son|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" her|strong="H0559" husband|strong="H0376" is|strong="H0369" old|strong="H1121".” 
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\verseNumber{15}He|strong="H0559" said|strong="H0559", “Call|strong="H7121" her|strong="H0559".” When|strong="H0559" he|strong="H0559" had called|strong="H7121" her|strong="H0559", she|strong="H7121" stood|strong="H5975" in|strong="H5975" the|strong="H0559" door|strong="H6607". 
\verseNumber{16}He|strong="H0430" said|strong="H0559", “At|strong="H0430" this|strong="H2088" season|strong="H6256" next year|strong="H6256", you|strong="H0859" will|strong="H0430" embrace|strong="H2263" a|strong="H2088" son|strong="H1121".” 
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She|strong="H6256" said|strong="H0559", “No|strong="H0408", my|strong="H2088" lord|strong="H0113", you|strong="H0859" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" God|strong="H0430", do|strong="H0408" not|strong="H0408" lie|strong="H3576" to|strong="H0559" your|strong="H0559" servant|strong="H8198".” 
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\verseNumber{17}The|strong="H0834" woman|strong="H0802" conceived|strong="H2029", and|strong="H1121" bore|strong="H3205" a|strong="H3205" son|strong="H1121" at|strong="H0413" that|strong="H0834" season|strong="H6256" when|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" time|strong="H6256" came|strong="H0413" around, as|strong="H0834" Elisha|strong="H0477" had|strong="H0834" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{18}When|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0413" child|strong="H3206" was|strong="H1961" grown|strong="H1431", one|strong="H1961" day|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H1961" father|strong="H0001" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" reapers. 
\verseNumber{19}He|strong="H0559" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H5375" father|strong="H0001", “My|strong="H5375" head|strong="H7218"! My|strong="H5375" head|strong="H7218"!” 
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He|strong="H0559" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H5375" servant|strong="H5288", “Carry|strong="H5375" him|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H5375" mother|strong="H0517".” 
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\verseNumber{20}When|strong="H0935" he|strong="H5704" had|strong="H0935" taken|strong="H5375" him|strong="H0413" and|strong="H0935" brought|strong="H0935" him|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H5921" mother|strong="H0517", he|strong="H5704" sat|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" her|strong="H0413" knees|strong="H1290" until|strong="H5704" noon|strong="H6672", and|strong="H0935" then|strong="H0935" died|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{21}She|strong="H7901" went|strong="H3318" up|strong="H5927" and|strong="H0430" laid|strong="H7901" him|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" God’s|strong="H0430" bed|strong="H4296", and|strong="H0430" shut|strong="H5462" the|strong="H5921" door on|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921", and|strong="H0430" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318". 
\verseNumber{22}She|strong="H7121" called|strong="H7121" to|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413" husband|strong="H0376" and|strong="H0430" said|strong="H0559", “Please|strong="H4994" send|strong="H7971" me|strong="H0413" one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0559" servants|strong="H5288", and|strong="H0430" one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0559" donkeys|strong="H0860", that|strong="H4480" I|strong="H5704" may|strong="H4994" run|strong="H7323" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" God|strong="H0430" and|strong="H0430" come|strong="H7725" again|strong="H7725".” 
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\verseNumber{23}He|strong="H3117" said|strong="H0559", “Why|strong="H4069" would|strong="H0559" you|strong="H0859" want go|strong="H1980" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413" today|strong="H3117"? It|strong="H1980" is|strong="H3117" not|strong="H3808" a|strong="H3808" new|strong="H2320" moon|strong="H2320" or|strong="H3808" a|strong="H3808" Sabbath|strong="H7676".” 
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She|strong="H1980" said|strong="H0559", “It’s all|strong="H3117" right.” 
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\verseNumber{24}Then|strong="H0559" she|strong="H3588" saddled|strong="H2280" a|strong="H3588" donkey|strong="H0860", and|strong="H5288" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413" servant|strong="H5288", “Drive, and|strong="H5288" go forward! Don’t|strong="H0408" slow|strong="H6113" down|strong="H6113" for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H0413", unless|strong="H0518" I|strong="H3588" ask|strong="H0559" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H0413".” 
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\verseNumber{25}So|strong="H1961" she went|strong="H0935", and|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" God|strong="H0430" to|strong="H0413" Mount|strong="H2022" Carmel|strong="H3760". When|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" God|strong="H0430" saw|strong="H7200" her|strong="H0413" afar off|strong="H0853", he|strong="H0430" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Gehazi|strong="H1522" his|strong="H1961" servant|strong="H5288", “Behold|strong="H2009", there|strong="H2009" is|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0853" Shunammite|strong="H7767". 
\verseNumber{26}Please|strong="H4994" run|strong="H7323" now|strong="H6258" to|strong="H0559" meet|strong="H7125" her|strong="H0559", and|strong="H0376" ask|strong="H0559" her|strong="H0559", ‘Is|strong="H0376" it|strong="H7965" well|strong="H7965" with|strong="H0376" you|strong="H6258"? Is|strong="H0376" it|strong="H7965" well|strong="H7965" with|strong="H0376" your|strong="H4994" husband|strong="H0376"? Is|strong="H0376" it|strong="H7965" well|strong="H7965" with|strong="H0376" your|strong="H4994" child|strong="H3206"?’” 
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She answered|strong="H0559", “It|strong="H7965" is|strong="H0376" well|strong="H7965".” 
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\verseNumber{27}When|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" God|strong="H0430" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" hill|strong="H2022", she|strong="H3588" caught|strong="H2388" hold|strong="H2388" of|strong="H0376" his|strong="H3068" feet|strong="H7272". Gehazi|strong="H1522" came|strong="H0935" near|strong="H5066" to|strong="H0413" thrust|strong="H1920" her|strong="H0413" away|strong="H4480"; but|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0559" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" God|strong="H0430" said|strong="H0559", “Leave|strong="H4480" her|strong="H0413" alone|strong="H7503", for|strong="H3588" her|strong="H0413" soul|strong="H5315" is|strong="H3068" troubled|strong="H4843" within|strong="H0935" her|strong="H0413"; and|strong="H0935" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" hidden|strong="H5956" it|strong="H3588" from|strong="H4480" me|strong="H0413", and|strong="H0935" has|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" told|strong="H5046" me|strong="H0413".” 
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\verseNumber{28}Then|strong="H0853" she|strong="H3808" said|strong="H0559", “Did|strong="H3808" I|strong="H0559" ask|strong="H7592" you|strong="H0853" for|strong="H7592" a|strong="H3808" son|strong="H1121", my|strong="H0559" lord|strong="H0113"? Didn’t|strong="H3808" I|strong="H0559" say|strong="H0559", ‘Do not|strong="H3808" deceive me’?” 
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\verseNumber{29}Then|strong="H6030" he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" Gehazi|strong="H1522", “Tuck your|strong="H5921" cloak into|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" belt, take|strong="H3947" my|strong="H7760" staff|strong="H4938" in|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" hand|strong="H3027", and|strong="H3027" go your|strong="H5921" way|strong="H6440". If|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" meet|strong="H6440" any|strong="H0376" man|strong="H0376", don’t|strong="H3808" greet|strong="H1288" him|strong="H5921"; and|strong="H3027" if|strong="H3588" anyone|strong="H0376" greets you|strong="H3588", don’t|strong="H3808" answer|strong="H6030" him|strong="H5921" again|strong="H6440". Then|strong="H6030" lay|strong="H7760" my|strong="H7760" staff|strong="H4938" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" child’s|strong="H5288" face|strong="H6440".” 
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\verseNumber{30}The|strong="H0559" child’s|strong="H5288" mother|strong="H0517" said|strong="H0559", “As|strong="H5315" Yahweh|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H5315", and|strong="H6965" as|strong="H5315" your|strong="H3068" soul|strong="H5315" lives|strong="H5315", I|strong="H0518" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H0518" leave|strong="H5800" you|strong="H0518".” 
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So|strong="H6965" he|strong="H0518" arose|strong="H6965", and|strong="H6965" followed|strong="H0310" her|strong="H0518". 
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\verseNumber{31}Gehazi|strong="H1522" went|strong="H7725" ahead|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6963" them|strong="H0853", and|strong="H7725" laid|strong="H7760" the|strong="H0853" staff|strong="H4938" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" child’s|strong="H5288" face|strong="H6440"; but|strong="H3808" there|strong="H0369" was|strong="H0369" no|strong="H3808" voice|strong="H6963" and|strong="H7725" no|strong="H3808" hearing. Therefore he|strong="H3808" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0559" meet|strong="H6440" him|strong="H5921", and|strong="H7725" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5921", “The|strong="H0853" child|strong="H5288" has|strong="H0369" not|strong="H3808" awakened.” 
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\verseNumber{32}When|strong="H0935" Elisha|strong="H0477" had|strong="H0935" come|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0935" the|strong="H5921" house|strong="H1004", behold|strong="H2009", the|strong="H5921" child|strong="H5288" was|strong="H1004" dead|strong="H4191", and|strong="H0935" lying|strong="H7901" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" bed|strong="H4296". 
\verseNumber{33}He|strong="H3068" went|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" therefore|strong="H3068", and|strong="H0935" shut|strong="H5462" the|strong="H0413" door|strong="H1817" on|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413" both|strong="H8147", and|strong="H0935" prayed|strong="H6419" to|strong="H0413" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{34}He|strong="H5921" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" and|strong="H5869" lay|strong="H7901" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" child|strong="H3206", and|strong="H5869" put|strong="H7760" his|strong="H5921" mouth|strong="H6310" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" mouth|strong="H6310", and|strong="H5869" his|strong="H5921" eyes|strong="H5869" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" eyes|strong="H5869", and|strong="H5869" his|strong="H5921" hands|strong="H3709" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" hands|strong="H3709". He|strong="H5921" stretched|strong="H1457" himself on|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921"; and|strong="H5869" the|strong="H5921" child’s|strong="H3206" flesh|strong="H1320" grew|strong="H5927" warm|strong="H2552". 
\verseNumber{35}Then|strong="H0853" he|strong="H5704" returned|strong="H7725", and|strong="H7725" walked in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" once|strong="H0259" back|strong="H7725" and|strong="H7725" forth|strong="H2008", then|strong="H0853" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" and|strong="H7725" stretched|strong="H1457" himself out|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921". Then|strong="H0853" the|strong="H0853" child|strong="H5288" sneezed|strong="H2237" seven|strong="H7651" times|strong="H6471", and|strong="H7725" the|strong="H0853" child|strong="H5288" opened|strong="H6491" his|strong="H5921" eyes|strong="H5869". 
\verseNumber{36}He|strong="H0559" called|strong="H7121" Gehazi|strong="H1522", and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559", “Call|strong="H7121" this|strong="H2063" Shunammite|strong="H7767"!” So|strong="H7121" he|strong="H0559" called|strong="H7121" her|strong="H0413". 
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When|strong="H0935" she|strong="H7121" had|strong="H0935" come|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", he|strong="H0559" said|strong="H0559", “Take|strong="H5375" up|strong="H5375" your|strong="H0935" son|strong="H1121".” 
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\verseNumber{37}Then|strong="H3318" she went|strong="H3318" in|strong="H5921", fell|strong="H5307" at|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" feet|strong="H7272", and|strong="H1121" bowed|strong="H7812" herself|strong="H7812" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" ground|strong="H0776"; then|strong="H3318" she picked|strong="H5375" up|strong="H5375" her|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318". 
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\verseNumber{38}Elisha|strong="H0477" came|strong="H7725" again|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0559" Gilgal|strong="H1537". There|strong="H3427" was|strong="H0776" a|strong="H0776" famine|strong="H7458" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0559" land|strong="H0776"; and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" prophets|strong="H5030" were|strong="H1121" sitting|strong="H3427" before|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440"; and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H0559" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" his|strong="H7725" servant|strong="H5288", “Get|strong="H7725" the|strong="H0559" large|strong="H1419" pot|strong="H5518", and|strong="H1121" boil|strong="H1310" stew|strong="H5138" for|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0559" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" prophets|strong="H5030".” 
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\verseNumber{39}One|strong="H0259" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3588" field|strong="H7704" to|strong="H0413" gather|strong="H3950" herbs, and|strong="H0935" found|strong="H4672" a|strong="H3588" wild|strong="H7704" vine|strong="H1612", and|strong="H0935" gathered|strong="H3950" a|strong="H3588" lap full|strong="H4393" of|strong="H4480" wild|strong="H7704" gourds|strong="H6498" from|strong="H4480" it|strong="H3588", and|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935" and|strong="H0935" cut them|strong="H0413" up|strong="H3950" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3588" pot|strong="H5518" of|strong="H4480" stew|strong="H5138"; for|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" didn’t|strong="H3808" recognize|strong="H3045" them|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{40}So|strong="H1961" they|strong="H1992" poured|strong="H3332" out|strong="H3332" for|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0559" men|strong="H0376" to|strong="H0559" eat|strong="H0398". As|strong="H1961" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1961" eating|strong="H0398" some|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0559" stew|strong="H5138", they|strong="H1992" cried|strong="H6817" out|strong="H3332" and|strong="H0430" said|strong="H0559", “Man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" God|strong="H0430", there|strong="H1961" is|strong="H0430" death|strong="H4194" in|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0559" pot|strong="H5518"!” And|strong="H0430" they|strong="H1992" could|strong="H3201" not|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H0398" it|strong="H0398". 
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\verseNumber{41}But|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3808" said|strong="H0559", “Then|strong="H1961" bring|strong="H3947" meal|strong="H7058".” He|strong="H3808" threw|strong="H7993" it|strong="H0398" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" pot|strong="H5518"; and|strong="H0398" he|strong="H3808" said|strong="H0559", “Serve|strong="H1961" it|strong="H0398" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" people|strong="H5971", that|strong="H1697" they|strong="H3808" may|strong="H1961" eat|strong="H0398".” And|strong="H0398" there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" nothing|strong="H3808" harmful|strong="H7451" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" pot|strong="H5518". 
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\verseNumber{42}A|strong="H5414" man|strong="H0376" from|strong="H0935" Baal Shalishah came|strong="H0935", and|strong="H0935" brought|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0559" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" God|strong="H0430" some|strong="H0376" bread|strong="H3899" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0559" first|strong="H1061" fruits|strong="H1061": twenty|strong="H6242" loaves|strong="H3899" of|strong="H0376" barley|strong="H8184" and|strong="H0935" fresh|strong="H3759" ears|strong="H3759" of|strong="H0376" grain|strong="H3759" in|strong="H0935" his|strong="H5414" sack|strong="H6861". Elisha|strong="H0559" said|strong="H0559", “Give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" people|strong="H5971", that|strong="H0559" they|strong="H0376" may|strong="H0430" eat|strong="H0398".” 
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\verseNumber{43}His|strong="H5414" servant|strong="H8334" said|strong="H0559", “What|strong="H4100", should|strong="H4100" I|strong="H3588" set|strong="H5414" this|strong="H2088" before|strong="H6440" a|strong="H3588" hundred|strong="H3967" men|strong="H0376"?” 
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But|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “Give|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" people|strong="H5971", that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" may|strong="H0376" eat|strong="H0398"; for|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H0559", ‘They|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" eat|strong="H0398", and|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" have|strong="H0376" some|strong="H0376" left|strong="H3498" over|strong="H5414".’” 
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\verseNumber{44}So|strong="H5414" he|strong="H3068" set|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" before|strong="H6440" them|strong="H5414" and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" ate|strong="H0398" and|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" some|strong="H1697" left|strong="H3498" over|strong="H5414", according to|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" word|strong="H1697". 
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\chapterNumber{5}Now|strong="H1961" Naaman|strong="H5283", captain|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Syria|strong="H0758", was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" great|strong="H1419" man|strong="H0376" with|strong="H3068" his|strong="H5414" master|strong="H0113", and|strong="H3068" honorable, because|strong="H3588" by|strong="H3068" him|strong="H5414" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" given|strong="H5414" victory|strong="H8668" to|strong="H1961" Syria|strong="H0758"; he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1961" also|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1961" mighty|strong="H1368" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H4428" valor|strong="H2428", but|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" leper|strong="H6879". 
\verseNumber{2}The|strong="H6440" Syrians had|strong="H1961" gone|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" in|strong="H3478" bands|strong="H1416", and|strong="H3478" had|strong="H1961" brought|strong="H3318" away|strong="H7617" captive|strong="H7617" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H6440" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" Israel|strong="H3478" a|strong="H1961" little|strong="H6996" girl|strong="H5291", and|strong="H3478" she|strong="H6440" waited|strong="H1961" on|strong="H0776" Naaman’s|strong="H5283" wife|strong="H0802". 
\verseNumber{3}She|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413" mistress|strong="H1404", “I|strong="H0834" wish|strong="H0305" that|strong="H0834" my|strong="H0834" lord|strong="H0113" were|strong="H0834" with|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" prophet|strong="H5030" who|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0413" Samaria|strong="H8111"! Then|strong="H0227" he|strong="H0834" would|strong="H0559" heal him|strong="H0413" of|strong="H6440" his|strong="H0834" leprosy|strong="H6883".” 
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\verseNumber{4}Someone went|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" and|strong="H0935" told|strong="H5046" his|strong="H0834" lord|strong="H0113", saying|strong="H0559", “The|strong="H0559" girl|strong="H5291" who|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" from|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0559" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" Israel|strong="H3478" said|strong="H0559" this|strong="H2063".” 
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\verseNumber{5}The|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Syria|strong="H0758" said|strong="H0559", “Go|strong="H0935" now|strong="H0935", and|strong="H0935" I|strong="H0559" will|strong="H4428" send|strong="H7971" a|strong="H3947" letter|strong="H5612" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478".” 
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He|strong="H7971" departed|strong="H0935", and|strong="H0935" took|strong="H3947" with|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413" ten|strong="H6235" talents|strong="H3603"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{5:5  }A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds} of|strong="H4428" silver|strong="H3701", six|strong="H8337" thousand|strong="H0505" pieces of|strong="H4428" gold|strong="H2091", and|strong="H0935" ten|strong="H6235" changes|strong="H2487" of|strong="H4428" clothing|strong="H0899". 
\verseNumber{6}He|strong="H0853" brought|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" letter|strong="H5612" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", saying|strong="H0559", “Now|strong="H6258" when|strong="H0935" this|strong="H2088" letter|strong="H5612" has|strong="H3478" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H7971", behold|strong="H2009", I|strong="H2009" have|strong="H5650" sent|strong="H7971" Naaman|strong="H5283" my|strong="H7971" servant|strong="H5650" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H7971", that|strong="H2088" you|strong="H7971" may|strong="H3478" heal him|strong="H0413" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H7971" leprosy|strong="H6883".” 
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\verseNumber{7}When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" had|strong="H1961" read|strong="H7121" the|strong="H0853" letter|strong="H5612", he|strong="H1931" tore|strong="H7167" his|strong="H1961" clothes|strong="H0899" and|strong="H3478" said|strong="H0559", “Am|strong="H0589" I|strong="H0589" God|strong="H0430", to|strong="H0413" kill|strong="H4191" and|strong="H3478" to|strong="H0413" make|strong="H3045" alive|strong="H2421", that|strong="H3588" this|strong="H2088" man|strong="H0376" sends|strong="H7971" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" heal a|strong="H1961" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H1961" leprosy|strong="H6883"? But|strong="H3588" please|strong="H4994" consider|strong="H7200" and|strong="H3478" see|strong="H7200" how|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" seeks a|strong="H1961" quarrel|strong="H0579" against|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413".” 
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\verseNumber{8}It|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1961" so|strong="H7971", when|strong="H3588" Elisha|strong="H0477" the|strong="H0853" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H4428" God|strong="H0430" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" had|strong="H1961" torn|strong="H7167" his|strong="H8085" clothes|strong="H0899", that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" sent|strong="H7971" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428", saying|strong="H0559", “Why|strong="H4100" have|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3588" torn|strong="H7167" your|strong="H8085" clothes|strong="H0899"? Let|strong="H7971" him|strong="H0413" come|strong="H0935" now|strong="H4994" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413", and|strong="H0935" he|strong="H3588" shall|strong="H3478" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" there|strong="H3426" is|strong="H4100" a|strong="H1961" prophet|strong="H5030" in|strong="H0935" Israel|strong="H3478".” 
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\verseNumber{9}So|strong="H0935" Naaman|strong="H5283" came|strong="H0935" with|strong="H1004" his|strong="H0935" horses|strong="H5483" and|strong="H0935" with|strong="H1004" his|strong="H0935" chariots|strong="H7393", and|strong="H0935" stood|strong="H5975" at|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0935" door|strong="H6607" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0935" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Elisha|strong="H0477". 
\verseNumber{10}Elisha|strong="H0477" sent|strong="H7971" a|strong="H7971" messenger|strong="H4397" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", saying|strong="H0559", “Go|strong="H1980" and|strong="H1980" wash|strong="H7364" in|strong="H1980" the|strong="H0559" Jordan|strong="H3383" seven|strong="H7651" times|strong="H6471", and|strong="H1980" your|strong="H7725" flesh|strong="H1320" shall|strong="H1320" come|strong="H1980" again|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H7971", and|strong="H1980" you|strong="H7971" shall|strong="H1320" be|strong="H7725" clean|strong="H2891".” 
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\verseNumber{11}But|strong="H2009" Naaman|strong="H5283" was|strong="H8034" angry|strong="H7107", and|strong="H3068" went|strong="H3318" away|strong="H0622" and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “Behold|strong="H2009", I|strong="H2009" thought|strong="H0559", ‘He|strong="H0430" will|strong="H3068" surely|strong="H3318" come|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413", and|strong="H3068" stand|strong="H5975", and|strong="H3068" call|strong="H7121" on|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H0430" Yahweh|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430", and|strong="H3068" wave|strong="H5130" his|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027" over|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" place|strong="H4725", and|strong="H3068" heal the|strong="H0559" leper|strong="H6879".’ 
\verseNumber{12}Aren’t Abanah|strong="H0071" and|strong="H3478" Pharpar|strong="H6554", the|strong="H3605" rivers|strong="H5104" of|strong="H4325" Damascus|strong="H1834", better|strong="H2896" than|strong="H3808" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" waters|strong="H4325" of|strong="H4325" Israel|strong="H3478"? Couldn’t|strong="H3808" I|strong="H3808" wash|strong="H7364" in|strong="H3478" them|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3808" clean|strong="H2891"?” So|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3808" turned|strong="H6437" and|strong="H3478" went away|strong="H6437" in|strong="H3478" a|strong="H3808" rage|strong="H2534". 
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\verseNumber{13}His|strong="H3588" servants|strong="H5650" came|strong="H5066" near|strong="H5066" and|strong="H1419" spoke|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", and|strong="H1419" said|strong="H0559", “My|strong="H3588" father|strong="H0001", if|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0559" prophet|strong="H5030" had|strong="H0001" asked|strong="H0559" you|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" some|strong="H1697" great|strong="H1419" thing|strong="H1697", wouldn’t you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H0001" done|strong="H6213" it|strong="H3588"? How|strong="H0637" much|strong="H0637" rather|strong="H3588" then|strong="H1696", when|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" says|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H3588", ‘Wash|strong="H7364", and|strong="H1419" be|strong="H3808" clean|strong="H2891"?’” 
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\verseNumber{14}Then|strong="H7725" went|strong="H3381" he|strong="H0430" down|strong="H3381" and|strong="H0430" dipped|strong="H2881" himself|strong="H0376" seven|strong="H7651" times|strong="H6471" in|strong="H0430" the|strong="H7725" Jordan|strong="H3383", according|strong="H0376" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" saying|strong="H1697" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H7725" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" God|strong="H0430"; and|strong="H0430" his|strong="H7725" flesh|strong="H1320" was|strong="H0430" restored|strong="H7725" like|strong="H3381" the|strong="H7725" flesh|strong="H1320" of|strong="H0376" a|strong="H7725" little|strong="H6996" child|strong="H5288", and|strong="H0430" he|strong="H0430" was|strong="H0430" clean|strong="H2891". 
\verseNumber{15}He|strong="H1931" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0776" God|strong="H0430", he|strong="H1931" and|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" company|strong="H4264", and|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935", and|strong="H0935" stood|strong="H5975" before|strong="H6440" him|strong="H0413"; and|strong="H0935" he|strong="H1931" said|strong="H0559", “See|strong="H2009" now|strong="H6258", I|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" there|strong="H0369" is|strong="H0369" no|strong="H0369" God|strong="H0430" in|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776", but|strong="H3588" in|strong="H0935" Israel|strong="H3478". Now|strong="H6258" therefore|strong="H6258", please|strong="H4994" take|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" gift|strong="H1293" from|strong="H7725" your|strong="H3605" servant|strong="H5650".” 
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\verseNumber{16}But|strong="H0518" he|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559", “As|strong="H0834" Yahweh|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H2416", before|strong="H6440" whom|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" stand|strong="H5975", I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" receive|strong="H3947" none|strong="H0518".” 
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He|strong="H0834" urged|strong="H6484" him|strong="H6440" to|strong="H0559" take|strong="H3947" it|strong="H0518"; but|strong="H0518" he|strong="H0834" refused|strong="H3985". 
\verseNumber{17}Naaman|strong="H5283" said|strong="H0559", “If|strong="H0518" not|strong="H3808", then|strong="H5414", please|strong="H4994" let|strong="H4994" two|strong="H6776" mules’|strong="H6505" load|strong="H4853" of|strong="H0430" earth|strong="H0127" be|strong="H5750" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0559" your|strong="H3068" servant|strong="H5650"; for|strong="H3588" your|strong="H3068" servant|strong="H5650" will|strong="H3068" from|strong="H3068" now|strong="H4994" on|strong="H3068" offer|strong="H5414" neither|strong="H3808" burnt|strong="H5930" offering|strong="H3068" nor|strong="H3808" sacrifice|strong="H2077" to|strong="H0559" other|strong="H0312" gods|strong="H0430", but|strong="H3588" to|strong="H0559" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{18}In|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2088" thing|strong="H1697" may|strong="H4994" Yahweh|strong="H3068" pardon|strong="H5545" your|strong="H3068" servant|strong="H5650": when|strong="H0935" my|strong="H3068" master|strong="H0113" goes|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0935" the|strong="H5921" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Rimmon|strong="H7417" to|strong="H0935" worship|strong="H7812" there|strong="H8033", and|strong="H0935" he|strong="H1931" leans|strong="H8172" on|strong="H5921" my|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027", and|strong="H0935" I|strong="H1697" bow|strong="H7812" myself in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Rimmon|strong="H7417". When|strong="H0935" I|strong="H1697" bow|strong="H7812" myself in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Rimmon|strong="H7417", may|strong="H4994" Yahweh|strong="H3068" pardon|strong="H5545" your|strong="H3068" servant|strong="H5650" in|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2088" thing|strong="H1697".” 
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\verseNumber{19}He|strong="H0853" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0853", “Go in|strong="H0776" peace|strong="H7965".” 
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So|strong="H0853" he|strong="H0853" departed from|strong="H0776" him|strong="H0853" a|strong="H0776" little way. 
\verseNumber{20}But|strong="H3588" Gehazi|strong="H1522" the|strong="H0853" servant|strong="H5288" of|strong="H0376" Elisha|strong="H0477" the|strong="H0853" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" God|strong="H0430", said|strong="H0559", “Behold|strong="H2009", my|strong="H3068" master|strong="H0113" has|strong="H3068" spared|strong="H2820" this|strong="H2088" Naaman|strong="H5283" the|strong="H0853" Syrian|strong="H0761", in|strong="H0935" not|strong="H2088" receiving|strong="H3947" at|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3947" hands|strong="H3027" that|strong="H0834" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" brought|strong="H0935". As|strong="H0834" Yahweh|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H2416", I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" run|strong="H7323" after|strong="H0310" him|strong="H0853", and|strong="H0935" take|strong="H3947" something|strong="H3972" from|strong="H0935" him|strong="H0853".” 
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\verseNumber{21}So|strong="H7200" Gehazi|strong="H1522" followed|strong="H0310" after|strong="H0310" Naaman|strong="H5283". When|strong="H7200" Naaman|strong="H5283" saw|strong="H7200" one|strong="H7200" running|strong="H7323" after|strong="H0310" him|strong="H5921", he|strong="H0310" came|strong="H0559" down|strong="H5307" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" chariot|strong="H4818" to|strong="H0559" meet|strong="H7125" him|strong="H5921", and|strong="H7200" said|strong="H0559", “Is|strong="H5307" all|strong="H0310" well|strong="H7965"?” 
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\verseNumber{22}He|strong="H5414" said|strong="H0559", “All|strong="H2009" is|strong="H2088" well|strong="H7965". My|strong="H5414" master|strong="H0113" has|strong="H0669" sent|strong="H7971" me|strong="H0413", saying|strong="H0559", ‘Behold|strong="H2009", even now|strong="H6258" two|strong="H8147" young|strong="H5288" men|strong="H5288" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" prophets|strong="H5030" have|strong="H1121" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413" from|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0559" hill|strong="H2022" country|strong="H2022" of|strong="H1121" Ephraim|strong="H0669". Please|strong="H4994" give|strong="H5414" them|strong="H0413" a|strong="H5414" talent|strong="H3603"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{5:22  }A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds} of|strong="H1121" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H1121" two|strong="H8147" changes|strong="H2487" of|strong="H1121" clothing|strong="H0899".’” 
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\verseNumber{23}Naaman|strong="H5283" said|strong="H0559", “Be|strong="H5414" pleased|strong="H2974" to|strong="H0413" take|strong="H3947" two|strong="H8147" talents|strong="H3603".” He|strong="H5414" urged|strong="H6555" him|strong="H0413", and|strong="H3701" bound two|strong="H8147" talents|strong="H3603" of|strong="H3603" silver|strong="H3701" in|strong="H0413" two|strong="H8147" bags|strong="H2754", with|strong="H0413" two|strong="H8147" changes|strong="H2487" of|strong="H3603" clothing|strong="H0899", and|strong="H3701" laid|strong="H5414" them|strong="H0413" on|strong="H0413" two|strong="H8147" of|strong="H3603" his|strong="H5414" servants|strong="H5288"; and|strong="H3701" they|strong="H0559" carried|strong="H5375" them|strong="H0413" before|strong="H6440" him|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{24}When|strong="H0935" he|strong="H0853" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" hill|strong="H6076", he|strong="H0853" took|strong="H3947" them|strong="H0413" from|strong="H0935" their|strong="H3947" hand|strong="H3027", and|strong="H0935" stored them|strong="H0413" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004". Then|strong="H3947" he|strong="H0853" let|strong="H7971" the|strong="H0853" men|strong="H0376" go|strong="H0935", and|strong="H0935" they|strong="H0376" departed|strong="H0935". 
\verseNumber{25}But|strong="H3808" he|strong="H1931" went|strong="H1980" in|strong="H1980", and|strong="H1980" stood|strong="H5975" before|strong="H0413" his|strong="H0935" master|strong="H0113". Elisha|strong="H0477" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “Where|strong="H0575" did|strong="H3808" you|strong="H0935" come|strong="H0935" from|strong="H0935", Gehazi|strong="H1522"?” 
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He|strong="H1931" said|strong="H0559", “Your|strong="H0935" servant|strong="H5650" went|strong="H1980" nowhere.” 
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\verseNumber{26}He|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “Didn’t|strong="H3808" my|strong="H5921" heart|strong="H3820" go|strong="H1980" with|strong="H1980" you|strong="H0834" when|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" man|strong="H0376" turned|strong="H2015" from|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" chariot|strong="H4818" to|strong="H0413" meet|strong="H7125" you|strong="H0834"? Is|strong="H0834" it|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3947" time|strong="H6256" to|strong="H0413" receive|strong="H3947" money|strong="H3701", and|strong="H1980" to|strong="H0413" receive|strong="H3947" garments|strong="H0899", and|strong="H1980" olive|strong="H2132" groves|strong="H2132" and|strong="H1980" vineyards|strong="H3754", and|strong="H1980" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H1980" cattle|strong="H1241", and|strong="H1980" male|strong="H5650" servants|strong="H5650" and|strong="H1980" female|strong="H8198" servants|strong="H5650"? 
\verseNumber{27}Therefore the|strong="H6440" leprosy|strong="H6883" of|strong="H6440" Naaman|strong="H5283" will|strong="H2233" cling|strong="H1692" to|strong="H6440" you|strong="H6440" and|strong="H6440" to|strong="H6440" your|strong="H6440" offspring|strong="H2233"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{5:27  }or, seed} forever|strong="H5769".” 
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He|strong="H3318" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" from|strong="H3318" his|strong="H6440" presence|strong="H6440" a|strong="H3318" leper|strong="H6879", as|strong="H3318" white as|strong="H3318" snow|strong="H7950". 
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\chapterNumber{6}The|strong="H0559" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" prophets|strong="H5030" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Elisha|strong="H0477", “See|strong="H2009" now|strong="H4994", the|strong="H0559" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H0834" we|strong="H0587" live|strong="H3427" and|strong="H1121" meet|strong="H6440" with|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" too|strong="H4480" small for|strong="H0413" us|strong="H4994". 
\verseNumber{2}Please|strong="H4994" let|strong="H4994" us|strong="H4994" go|strong="H4994" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" Jordan|strong="H3383", and|strong="H0376" each|strong="H0376" man|strong="H0376" take|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" beam|strong="H6982" from|strong="H0376" there|strong="H8033", and|strong="H0376" let’s|strong="H4994" make|strong="H6213" us|strong="H4994" a|strong="H3947" place|strong="H4725" there|strong="H8033", where|strong="H8033" we|strong="H5704" may|strong="H4994" live|strong="H3427".” 
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He|strong="H5704" answered|strong="H0559", “Go|strong="H4994"!” 
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\verseNumber{3}One|strong="H0259" said|strong="H0559", “Please|strong="H4994" be|strong="H4994" pleased|strong="H2974" to|strong="H0559" go|strong="H4994" with|strong="H0854" your|strong="H4994" servants|strong="H5650".” 
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He|strong="H0559" answered|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H5650" go|strong="H4994".” 
\verseNumber{4}So|strong="H0935" he|strong="H0935" went|strong="H0935" with|strong="H0854" them|strong="H0935". When|strong="H0935" they|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0935" Jordan|strong="H3383", they|strong="H0935" cut|strong="H1504" down|strong="H1504" wood|strong="H6086". 
\verseNumber{5}But|strong="H1961" as|strong="H1961" one|strong="H0259" was|strong="H1961" cutting down|strong="H5307" a|strong="H1961" tree, the|strong="H0853" ax head|strong="H5307" fell|strong="H5307" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" water|strong="H4325". Then|strong="H1961" he|strong="H1931" cried|strong="H6817" out|strong="H0413" and|strong="H4325" said|strong="H0559", “Alas|strong="H0162", my|strong="H1961" master|strong="H0113"! For|strong="H0413" it|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" borrowed|strong="H7592".” 
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\verseNumber{6}The|strong="H0853" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" God|strong="H0430" asked|strong="H0559", “Where|strong="H8033" did|strong="H0376" it|strong="H8033" fall|strong="H5307"?” He|strong="H8033" showed|strong="H7200" him|strong="H0853" the|strong="H0853" place|strong="H4725". He|strong="H8033" cut|strong="H7094" down|strong="H5307" a|strong="H7200" stick|strong="H6086", threw|strong="H7993" it|strong="H8033" in|strong="H0430" there|strong="H8033", and|strong="H0430" made|strong="H6086" the|strong="H0853" iron|strong="H1270" float|strong="H6687". 
\verseNumber{7}He|strong="H7971" said|strong="H0559", “Take|strong="H3947" it|strong="H7971".” So|strong="H3947" he|strong="H7971" put|strong="H7971" out|strong="H7971" his|strong="H3947" hand|strong="H3027" and|strong="H3027" took|strong="H3947" it|strong="H7971". 
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\verseNumber{8}Now|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Syria|strong="H0758" was|strong="H1961" at|strong="H0413" war against|strong="H0413" Israel|strong="H3478"; and|strong="H3478" he|strong="H0559" took|strong="H1961" counsel|strong="H3289" with|strong="H0413" his|strong="H1961" servants|strong="H5650", saying|strong="H0559", “My|strong="H1961" camp|strong="H8466" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" in|strong="H0413" such|strong="H0492" and|strong="H3478" such|strong="H0492" a|strong="H1961" place|strong="H4725".” 
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\verseNumber{9}The|strong="H0559" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H4428" God|strong="H0430" sent|strong="H7971" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", saying|strong="H0559", “Beware|strong="H8104" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" not|strong="H2088" pass|strong="H5674" this|strong="H2088" place|strong="H4725", for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0559" Syrians are|strong="H3478" coming|strong="H5185" down|strong="H7971" there|strong="H8033".” 
\verseNumber{10}The|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" sent|strong="H7971" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" place|strong="H4725" which|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0559" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H4428" God|strong="H0430" told|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0413" and|strong="H3478" warned|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0413" of|strong="H4428"; and|strong="H3478" he|strong="H0834" saved himself|strong="H0413" there|strong="H8033", not|strong="H3808" once|strong="H0259" or|strong="H3808" twice|strong="H8147". 
\verseNumber{11}The|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Syria’s|strong="H0758" heart|strong="H3820" was|strong="H3478" very|strong="H2088" troubled about|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2088". He|strong="H3808" called|strong="H7121" his|strong="H5921" servants|strong="H5650", and|strong="H3478" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413", “Won’t|strong="H3808" you|strong="H5921" show|strong="H5046" me|strong="H0413" which|strong="H7945" of|strong="H4428" us|strong="H0413" is|strong="H2088" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478"?” 
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\verseNumber{12}One|strong="H0259" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H0834" servants|strong="H5650" said|strong="H0559", “No|strong="H3808", my|strong="H0834" lord|strong="H0113", O king|strong="H4428"; but|strong="H3588" Elisha|strong="H0477", the|strong="H0853" prophet|strong="H5030" who|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478", tells|strong="H1696" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" the|strong="H0853" words|strong="H1697" that|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" speak|strong="H1696" in|strong="H3478" your|strong="H0834" bedroom|strong="H2315".” 
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\verseNumber{13}He|strong="H1931" said|strong="H0559", “Go|strong="H7971" and|strong="H7971" see|strong="H7200" where|strong="H2009" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931", that|strong="H7200" I|strong="H2009" may|strong="H1931" send|strong="H7971" and|strong="H7971" get|strong="H3947" him|strong="H7971".” 
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He|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" told|strong="H5046", “Behold|strong="H2009", he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" in|strong="H7200" Dothan|strong="H1886".” 
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\verseNumber{14}Therefore|strong="H7971" he|strong="H8033" sent|strong="H7971" horses|strong="H5483", chariots|strong="H7393", and|strong="H0935" a|strong="H0935" great|strong="H3515" army|strong="H2428" there|strong="H8033". They|strong="H8033" came|strong="H0935" by|strong="H5921" night|strong="H3915" and|strong="H0935" surrounded the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{15}When|strong="H3318" the|strong="H0853" servant|strong="H5288" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" God|strong="H0430" had|strong="H0430" risen|strong="H6965" early|strong="H7925" and|strong="H6965" gone|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318", behold|strong="H2009", an|strong="H6965" army|strong="H2428" with|strong="H0413" horses|strong="H5483" and|strong="H6965" chariots|strong="H7393" was|strong="H0430" around|strong="H5437" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892". His|strong="H0376" servant|strong="H5288" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “Alas|strong="H0162", my|strong="H3318" master|strong="H0113"! What|strong="H0349" shall|strong="H0376" we|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213"?” 
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\verseNumber{16}He|strong="H0834" answered|strong="H0559", “Don’t|strong="H0408" be|strong="H0408" afraid|strong="H3372", for|strong="H3588" those|strong="H0834" who|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" with|strong="H0854" us|strong="H3588" are|strong="H0834" more|strong="H3588" than|strong="H7227" those|strong="H0834" who|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" with|strong="H0854" them|strong="H0854".” 
\verseNumber{17}Elisha|strong="H0477" prayed|strong="H6419", and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “Yahweh|strong="H3068", please|strong="H4994" open|strong="H6491" his|strong="H3068" eyes|strong="H5869", that|strong="H7200" he|strong="H3068" may|strong="H4994" see|strong="H7200".” Yahweh|strong="H3068" opened|strong="H6491" the|strong="H0853" young|strong="H5288" man’s eyes|strong="H5869", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" saw|strong="H7200"; and|strong="H3068" behold|strong="H2009", the|strong="H0853" mountain|strong="H2022" was|strong="H3068" full|strong="H4390" of|strong="H3068" horses|strong="H5483" and|strong="H3068" chariots|strong="H7393" of|strong="H3068" fire|strong="H0784" around|strong="H5439" Elisha|strong="H0477". 
\verseNumber{18}When|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" came|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", Elisha|strong="H0477" prayed|strong="H6419" to|strong="H0413" Yahweh|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “Please|strong="H4994" strike|strong="H5221" this|strong="H2088" people|strong="H1471" with|strong="H0413" blindness|strong="H5575".” 
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He|strong="H3068" struck|strong="H5221" them|strong="H0413" with|strong="H0413" blindness|strong="H5575" according|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" Elisha’s|strong="H0477" word|strong="H1697". 
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\verseNumber{19}Elisha|strong="H0477" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413", “This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" the|strong="H0853" way|strong="H1870", neither|strong="H3808" is|strong="H0834" this|strong="H2088" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892". Follow|strong="H0310" me|strong="H0413", and|strong="H0376" I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" bring you|strong="H0834" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" man|strong="H0376" whom|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" seek|strong="H1245".” He|strong="H0834" led them|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" Samaria|strong="H8111". 
\verseNumber{20}When|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" come|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0935" Samaria|strong="H8111", Elisha|strong="H0477" said|strong="H0559", “Yahweh|strong="H3068", open|strong="H6491" these|strong="H0428" men’s eyes|strong="H5869", that|strong="H7200" they|strong="H3068" may|strong="H1961" see|strong="H7200".” 
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Yahweh|strong="H3068" opened|strong="H6491" their|strong="H3068" eyes|strong="H5869", and|strong="H0935" they|strong="H3068" saw|strong="H7200"; and|strong="H0935" behold|strong="H2009", they|strong="H3068" were|strong="H1961" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" middle|strong="H8432" of|strong="H3068" Samaria|strong="H8111". 
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\verseNumber{21}The|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Elisha|strong="H0477", when|strong="H7200" he|strong="H0853" saw|strong="H7200" them|strong="H0413", “My|strong="H7200" father|strong="H0001", shall|strong="H3478" I|strong="H7200" strike|strong="H5221" them|strong="H0413"? Shall|strong="H3478" I|strong="H7200" strike|strong="H5221" them|strong="H0413"?” 
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\verseNumber{22}He|strong="H0834" answered|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H0859" shall|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" strike|strong="H5221" them|strong="H0413". Would|strong="H0559" you|strong="H0859" strike|strong="H5221" those|strong="H0834" whom|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0859" have|strong="H0834" taken|strong="H7617" captive|strong="H7617" with|strong="H0413" your|strong="H0834" sword|strong="H2719" and|strong="H0398" with|strong="H0413" your|strong="H0834" bow|strong="H7198"? Set|strong="H7760" bread|strong="H3899" and|strong="H0398" water|strong="H4325" before|strong="H6440" them|strong="H0413", that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" may|strong="H0834" eat|strong="H0398" and|strong="H0398" drink|strong="H8354", then|strong="H0859" go to|strong="H0413" their|strong="H7760" master|strong="H0113".” 
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\verseNumber{23}He|strong="H3808" prepared a|strong="H0935" great|strong="H1419" feast|strong="H0398" for|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413". After|strong="H0413" they|strong="H1992" ate|strong="H0398" and|strong="H0935" drank|strong="H8354", he|strong="H3808" sent|strong="H7971" them|strong="H0413" away|strong="H7971" and|strong="H0935" they|strong="H1992" went|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" their|strong="H1992" master|strong="H0113". So|strong="H7971" the|strong="H0413" bands|strong="H1416" of|strong="H0776" Syria|strong="H0758" stopped|strong="H0935" raiding the|strong="H0413" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" Israel|strong="H3478". 
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\verseNumber{24}After|strong="H0310" this|strong="H3651", Benhadad king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Syria|strong="H0758" gathered|strong="H6908" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" army|strong="H4264", and|strong="H4428" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" and|strong="H4428" besieged Samaria|strong="H8111". 
\verseNumber{25}There|strong="H2009" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" great|strong="H1419" famine|strong="H7458" in|strong="H5921" Samaria|strong="H8111". Behold|strong="H2009", they|strong="H5921" besieged it|strong="H5921" until|strong="H5704" a|strong="H1961" donkey’s|strong="H2543" head|strong="H7218" was|strong="H1961" sold|strong="H1961" for|strong="H5921" eighty|strong="H8084" pieces of|strong="H7218" silver|strong="H3701", and|strong="H3701" the|strong="H5921" fourth|strong="H7255" part|strong="H5921" of|strong="H7218" a|strong="H1961" kab|strong="H6894"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{6:25  }A kab was about 2 liters, so a fourth of a kab would be about 500 milliliters or about a pint} of|strong="H7218" dove’s dung for|strong="H5921" five|strong="H2568" pieces of|strong="H7218" silver|strong="H3701". 
\verseNumber{26}As|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" was|strong="H1961" passing|strong="H5674" by|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" wall|strong="H2346", a|strong="H1961" woman|strong="H0802" cried|strong="H6817" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", saying|strong="H0559", “Help|strong="H3467", my|strong="H5921" lord|strong="H0113", O king|strong="H4428"!” 
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\verseNumber{27}He|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “If|strong="H0176" Yahweh|strong="H3068" doesn’t help|strong="H3467" you|strong="H4480", where|strong="H0370" could I|strong="H0559" get help|strong="H3467" for|strong="H3068" you|strong="H4480"? From|strong="H4480" the|strong="H0559" threshing|strong="H1637" floor|strong="H1637", or|strong="H0176" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H0559" wine|strong="H3342" press|strong="H3342"?” 
\verseNumber{28}Then|strong="H0853" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" asked|strong="H0559" her|strong="H0413", “What|strong="H4100" is|strong="H4100" your|strong="H5414" problem?” 
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She|strong="H4100" answered|strong="H0559", “This|strong="H2063" woman|strong="H0802" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413", ‘Give|strong="H5414" your|strong="H5414" son|strong="H1121", that|strong="H3117" we|strong="H3117" may|strong="H1121" eat|strong="H0398" him|strong="H0413" today|strong="H3117", and|strong="H1121" we|strong="H3117" will|strong="H4428" eat|strong="H0398" my|strong="H5414" son|strong="H1121" tomorrow|strong="H4279".’ 
\verseNumber{29}So|strong="H5414" we|strong="H3117" boiled|strong="H1310" my|strong="H5414" son|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" ate|strong="H0398" him|strong="H0413"; and|strong="H1121" I|strong="H5414" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" next|strong="H0312" day|strong="H3117", ‘Give|strong="H5414" up|strong="H5414" your|strong="H5414" son|strong="H1121", that|strong="H3117" we|strong="H3117" may|strong="H1121" eat|strong="H0398" him|strong="H0413";’ and|strong="H1121" she has|strong="H3117" hidden|strong="H2244" her|strong="H0413" son|strong="H1121".” 
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\verseNumber{30}When|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" heard|strong="H8085" the|strong="H0853" words|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" woman|strong="H0802", he|strong="H1931" tore|strong="H7167" his|strong="H5921" clothes|strong="H0899". Now|strong="H1961" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" passing|strong="H5674" by|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" wall|strong="H2346", and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" looked|strong="H7200", and|strong="H4428" behold|strong="H2009", he|strong="H1931" had|strong="H1961" sackcloth|strong="H8242" underneath on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" body|strong="H1320". 
\verseNumber{31}Then|strong="H3254" he|strong="H0518" said|strong="H0559", “God|strong="H0430" do|strong="H6213" so|strong="H6213" to|strong="H0559" me|strong="H5921", and|strong="H1121" more|strong="H3254" also|strong="H3541", if|strong="H0518" the|strong="H0559" head|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" Elisha|strong="H0477" the|strong="H0559" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shaphat|strong="H8202" stays|strong="H5975" on|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921" today|strong="H3117".” 
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\verseNumber{32}But|strong="H3588" Elisha|strong="H0477" was|strong="H1931" sitting|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" his|strong="H7971" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" elders|strong="H2205" were|strong="H1121" sitting|strong="H3427" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H0413". Then|strong="H2088" the|strong="H0853" king sent|strong="H7971" a|strong="H3588" man|strong="H0376" from|strong="H5493" before|strong="H6440" him|strong="H0413"; but|strong="H3588" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0853" messenger|strong="H4397" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", he|strong="H1931" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" elders|strong="H2205", “Do|strong="H5493" you|strong="H3588" see|strong="H7200" how|strong="H3588" this|strong="H2088" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" a|strong="H3588" murderer|strong="H7523" has|strong="H0376" sent|strong="H7971" to|strong="H0413" take|strong="H5493" away|strong="H5493" my|strong="H7200" head|strong="H7218"? Behold|strong="H7200", when|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" messenger|strong="H4397" comes|strong="H0935", shut|strong="H5462" the|strong="H0853" door|strong="H1817", and|strong="H1121" hold|strong="H3905" the|strong="H0853" door|strong="H1817" shut|strong="H5462" against|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413". Isn’t|strong="H3808" the|strong="H0853" sound|strong="H6963" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H7971" master’s|strong="H0113" feet|strong="H7272" behind|strong="H0310" him|strong="H0413"?” 
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\verseNumber{33}While|strong="H5750" he|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" still|strong="H5750" talking|strong="H1696" with|strong="H5973" them|strong="H0413", behold|strong="H2009", the|strong="H0853" messenger|strong="H4397" came|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413". Then|strong="H1696" he|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “Behold|strong="H2009", this|strong="H2063" evil|strong="H7451" is|strong="H3068" from|strong="H3381" Yahweh|strong="H3068". Why|strong="H4100" should|strong="H4100" I|strong="H2009" wait|strong="H3176" for|strong="H0413" Yahweh|strong="H3068" any|strong="H5750" longer|strong="H5750"?” 
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\chapterNumber{7}Elisha|strong="H0477" said|strong="H0559", “Hear|strong="H8085" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" word|strong="H1697". Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H0559", ‘Tomorrow|strong="H4279" about|strong="H1697" this|strong="H3541" time|strong="H6256" a|strong="H8085" seah\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{7:1  }1 seah is about 7 liters or 1.9 gallons or 0.8 pecks} of|strong="H3068" fine|strong="H5560" flour|strong="H5560" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1697" sold for|strong="H6256" a|strong="H8085" shekel|strong="H8255",\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{7:1  A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces. In this context, it was probably a silver coin weighing that much.} and|strong="H3068" two seahs|strong="H5429" of|strong="H3068" barley|strong="H8184" for|strong="H6256" a|strong="H8085" shekel|strong="H8255", in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" gate|strong="H8179" of|strong="H3068" Samaria|strong="H8111".’” 
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\verseNumber{2}Then|strong="H6030" the|strong="H0853" captain on|strong="H5921" whose|strong="H0834" hand|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" leaned|strong="H8172" answered|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H4428" God|strong="H0430", and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “Behold|strong="H2009", if|strong="H2005" Yahweh|strong="H3068" made|strong="H6213" windows|strong="H0699" in|strong="H5921" heaven|strong="H8064", could|strong="H0376" this|strong="H2088" thing|strong="H1697" be|strong="H1961"?” 
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He|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559", “Behold|strong="H2009", you|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" see|strong="H7200" it|strong="H5921" with|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" eyes|strong="H5869", but|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H0398" of|strong="H4428" it|strong="H5921".” 
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\verseNumber{3}Now|strong="H1961" there|strong="H1961" were|strong="H1961" four|strong="H0702" leprous|strong="H6879" men|strong="H0376" at|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" entrance|strong="H6607" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0559" gate|strong="H8179". They|strong="H0376" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" one|strong="H0376" another|strong="H7453", “Why|strong="H4100" do|strong="H4100" we|strong="H0587" sit|strong="H3427" here|strong="H6311" until|strong="H5704" we|strong="H0587" die|strong="H4191"? 
\verseNumber{4}If|strong="H0518" we|strong="H0518" say|strong="H0559", ‘We|strong="H0518" will|strong="H0518" enter|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" city|strong="H5892",’ then|strong="H6258" the|strong="H0559" famine|strong="H7458" is|strong="H8033" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0559" city|strong="H5892", and|strong="H0935" we|strong="H0518" will|strong="H0518" die|strong="H4191" there|strong="H8033". If|strong="H0518" we|strong="H0518" sit|strong="H3427" still|strong="H0559" here|strong="H6311", we|strong="H0518" also|strong="H0935" die|strong="H4191". Now|strong="H6258" therefore|strong="H6258" come|strong="H0935", and|strong="H0935" let’s surrender to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" army|strong="H4264" of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0559" Syrians. If|strong="H0518" they|strong="H0518" save us|strong="H0413" alive|strong="H2421", we|strong="H0518" will|strong="H0518" live|strong="H3427"; and|strong="H0935" if|strong="H0518" they|strong="H0518" kill|strong="H4191" us|strong="H0413", we|strong="H0518" will|strong="H0518" only|strong="H0518" die|strong="H4191".” 
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\verseNumber{5}They|strong="H8033" rose|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0413" twilight|strong="H5399" to|strong="H0413" go|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" camp|strong="H4264" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0413" Syrians. When|strong="H0935" they|strong="H8033" had|strong="H0369" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" outermost part of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0413" camp|strong="H4264" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0413" Syrians, behold|strong="H2009", no|strong="H0369" man|strong="H0376" was|strong="H0369" there|strong="H8033". 
\verseNumber{6}For|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H0136"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{7:6  }The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.”} had|strong="H3478" made|strong="H8085" the|strong="H0853" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" Syrians to|strong="H0413" hear|strong="H8085" the|strong="H0853" sound|strong="H6963" of|strong="H4428" chariots|strong="H7393" and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" sound|strong="H6963" of|strong="H4428" horses|strong="H5483", even|strong="H0853" the|strong="H0853" noise|strong="H6963" of|strong="H4428" a|strong="H8085" great|strong="H1419" army|strong="H2428"; and|strong="H0935" they|strong="H5921" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" one|strong="H0376" another|strong="H0251", “Behold|strong="H2009", the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" has|strong="H3478" hired|strong="H7936" against|strong="H5921" us|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" Hittites|strong="H2850" and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" Egyptians|strong="H4714" to|strong="H0413" attack|strong="H0935" us|strong="H0413".” 
\verseNumber{7}Therefore|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" arose|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" fled|strong="H5127" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" twilight|strong="H5399", and|strong="H6965" left|strong="H5800" their|strong="H0834" tents|strong="H0168", their|strong="H0834" horses|strong="H5483", and|strong="H6965" their|strong="H0834" donkeys|strong="H2543", even|strong="H0853" the|strong="H0853" camp|strong="H4264" as|strong="H0834" it|strong="H1931" was|strong="H0834", and|strong="H6965" fled|strong="H5127" for|strong="H0413" their|strong="H0834" life|strong="H5315". 
\verseNumber{8}When|strong="H0935" these|strong="H0428" lepers|strong="H6879" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" outermost part of|strong="H0168" the|strong="H0413" camp|strong="H4264", they|strong="H8033" went|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0413" one|strong="H0259" tent|strong="H0168", and|strong="H0935" ate|strong="H0398" and|strong="H0935" drank|strong="H8354", then|strong="H0935" carried|strong="H5375" away|strong="H7725" silver|strong="H3701", gold|strong="H2091", and|strong="H0935" clothing|strong="H0899" and|strong="H0935" went|strong="H0935" and|strong="H0935" hid|strong="H2934" it|strong="H7725". Then|strong="H0935" they|strong="H8033" came|strong="H0935" back|strong="H7725", and|strong="H0935" entered|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0413" another|strong="H0312" tent|strong="H0168" and|strong="H0935" carried|strong="H5375" things|strong="H0428" from|strong="H7725" there|strong="H8033" also|strong="H0935", and|strong="H0935" went|strong="H0935" and|strong="H0935" hid|strong="H2934" them|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H6258" they|strong="H3651" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" one|strong="H0376" another|strong="H7453", “We|strong="H0587" aren’t doing|strong="H6213" right|strong="H3651". Today|strong="H3117" is|strong="H2088" a|strong="H4672" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H4428" good news|strong="H1309", and|strong="H0935" we|strong="H0587" keep|strong="H2814" silent|strong="H2814". If|strong="H0376" we|strong="H0587" wait|strong="H2442" until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H0559" morning|strong="H1242" light|strong="H0216", punishment|strong="H5771" will|strong="H4428" overtake|strong="H4672" us|strong="H0413". Now|strong="H6258" therefore|strong="H3651" come|strong="H0935", let’s go|strong="H0935" and|strong="H0935" tell|strong="H5046" the|strong="H0559" king’s|strong="H4428" household|strong="H1004".” 
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\verseNumber{10}So|strong="H7121" they|strong="H1992" came|strong="H0935" and|strong="H0935" called|strong="H7121" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" city|strong="H5892" gatekeepers|strong="H7778"; and|strong="H0935" they|strong="H1992" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="H0413", “We|strong="H3588" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" camp|strong="H4264" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0559" Syrians, and|strong="H0935", behold|strong="H2009", there|strong="H8033" was|strong="H0369" no|strong="H0369" man|strong="H0376" there|strong="H8033", not|strong="H0369" even|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" man’s|strong="H0376" voice|strong="H6963", but|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0559" horses|strong="H5483" tied|strong="H0631", and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0559" donkeys|strong="H2543" tied|strong="H0631", and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0559" tents|strong="H0168" as|strong="H0834" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H0834".” 
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\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H4428" the|strong="H7121" gatekeepers|strong="H7778" called|strong="H7121" out and|strong="H4428" told|strong="H5046" it|strong="H7121" to|strong="H1004" the|strong="H7121" king’s|strong="H4428" household|strong="H1004" within|strong="H6441". 
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\verseNumber{12}The|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" arose|strong="H6965" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" night|strong="H3915", and|strong="H0935" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H0834" servants|strong="H5650", “I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" now|strong="H4994" show|strong="H3045" you|strong="H0834" what|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" Syrians have|strong="H0834" done|strong="H6213" to|strong="H0413" us|strong="H4994". They|strong="H0834" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H0834" we|strong="H0587" are|strong="H0834" hungry|strong="H7457". Therefore|strong="H3045" they|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" gone|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" camp|strong="H4264" to|strong="H0413" hide|strong="H2247" themselves in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" field|strong="H7704", saying|strong="H0559", ‘When|strong="H3588" they|strong="H0834" come|strong="H0935" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892", we|strong="H0587" shall|strong="H0834" take|strong="H3318" them|strong="H0413" alive|strong="H2416", and|strong="H0935" get|strong="H6965" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892".’” 
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\verseNumber{13}One|strong="H0259" of|strong="H4480" his|strong="H3605" servants|strong="H5650" answered|strong="H0559", “Please|strong="H4994" let|strong="H7971" some|strong="H4480" people|strong="H1995" take|strong="H3947" five|strong="H2568" of|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" horses|strong="H5483" that|strong="H0834" remain|strong="H7604", which|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" left|strong="H7604" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" city. Behold|strong="H2009", they|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" like|strong="H0834" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" multitude|strong="H1995" of|strong="H4480" Israel|strong="H3478" who|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" left|strong="H7604" in|strong="H3478" it|strong="H7200". Behold|strong="H2009", they|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" like|strong="H0834" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" multitude|strong="H1995" of|strong="H4480" Israel|strong="H3478" who|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" consumed|strong="H8552". Let’s|strong="H4994" send|strong="H7971" and|strong="H3478" see|strong="H7200".” 
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\verseNumber{14}Therefore|strong="H7971" they|strong="H0559" took|strong="H3947" two|strong="H8147" chariots|strong="H7393" with|strong="H8147" horses|strong="H5483"; and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" sent|strong="H7971" them|strong="H7971" out|strong="H7971" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" Syrian|strong="H0758" army|strong="H4264", saying|strong="H0559", “Go|strong="H7971" and|strong="H4428" see|strong="H7200".” 
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\verseNumber{15}They|strong="H0834" went|strong="H7725" after|strong="H0310" them|strong="H7725" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383"; and|strong="H4428" behold|strong="H2009", all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" path|strong="H1870" was|strong="H0834" full|strong="H4392" of|strong="H4428" garments|strong="H0899" and|strong="H4428" equipment|strong="H3627" which|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" Syrians had|strong="H0834" cast|strong="H7993" away|strong="H7725" in|strong="H4428" their|strong="H3605" haste|strong="H2648". The|strong="H3605" messengers|strong="H4397" returned|strong="H7725" and|strong="H4428" told|strong="H5046" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{16}The|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" and|strong="H3068" plundered|strong="H0962" the|strong="H0853" camp|strong="H4264" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" Syrians. So|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" seah\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{7:16  }1 seah is about 7 liters or 1.9 gallons or 0.8 pecks} of|strong="H3068" fine|strong="H5560" flour|strong="H5560" was|strong="H1961" sold|strong="H3318" for|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1961" shekel|strong="H8255", and|strong="H3068" two measures|strong="H5429" of|strong="H3068" barley|strong="H8184" for|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1961" shekel|strong="H8255",\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{7:16  A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces. In this context, it was probably a silver coin weighing that much.} according to|strong="H1961" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" word|strong="H1697". 
\verseNumber{17}The|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" had|strong="H0834" appointed|strong="H6485" the|strong="H0853" captain on|strong="H5921" whose|strong="H0834" hand|strong="H3027" he|strong="H0834" leaned|strong="H8172" to|strong="H0413" be|strong="H4191" in|strong="H5921" charge|strong="H5921" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" gate|strong="H8179"; and|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" trampled|strong="H7429" over|strong="H5921" him|strong="H0413" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" gate|strong="H8179", and|strong="H0430" he|strong="H0834" died|strong="H4191" as|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H4428" God|strong="H0430" had|strong="H0834" said|strong="H1696", who|strong="H0834" spoke|strong="H1696" when|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" came|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{18}It|strong="H1961" happened|strong="H1961" as|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0559" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H4428" God|strong="H0430" had|strong="H1961" spoken|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428", saying|strong="H0559", “Two seahs|strong="H5429"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{7:18  }1 seah is about 7 liters or 1.9 gallons or 0.8 pecks} of|strong="H4428" barley|strong="H8184" for|strong="H0413" a|strong="H1961" shekel|strong="H8255",\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{7:18  A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces. In this context, it was probably a silver coin weighing that much.} and|strong="H0430" a|strong="H1961" seah of|strong="H4428" fine|strong="H5560" flour|strong="H5560" for|strong="H0413" a|strong="H1961" shekel|strong="H8255", shall|strong="H0376" be|strong="H1961" tomorrow|strong="H4279" about|strong="H1961" this|strong="H0376" time|strong="H6256" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" gate|strong="H8179" of|strong="H4428" Samaria|strong="H8111";” 
\verseNumber{19}and|strong="H3068" that|strong="H7200" captain answered|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" God|strong="H0430", and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “Now|strong="H1961", behold|strong="H2009", if|strong="H2005" Yahweh|strong="H3068" made|strong="H6213" windows|strong="H0699" in|strong="H0430" heaven|strong="H8064", might|strong="H3068" such|strong="H2088" a|strong="H1961" thing|strong="H1697" be|strong="H1961"?” and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H8033" said|strong="H0559", “Behold|strong="H2009", you|strong="H6213" will|strong="H3068" see|strong="H7200" it|strong="H0398" with|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" eyes|strong="H5869", but|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H0398" of|strong="H0376" it|strong="H0398".” 
\verseNumber{20}It|strong="H3651" happened|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3651" to|strong="H4191" him|strong="H0853", for|strong="H3651" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" trampled|strong="H7429" over|strong="H0853" him|strong="H0853" in|strong="H4191" the|strong="H0853" gate|strong="H8179", and|strong="H4191" he|strong="H3651" died|strong="H4191". 
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\chapterNumber{8}Now|strong="H1571" Elisha|strong="H0477" had|strong="H3068" spoken|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" woman|strong="H0802" whose|strong="H0834" son|strong="H1121" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H3068" restored|strong="H2421" to|strong="H0413" life|strong="H2421", saying|strong="H0559", “Arise|strong="H6965", and|strong="H1121" go|strong="H0935", you|strong="H0859" and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3068" household|strong="H1004", and|strong="H1121" stay|strong="H1481" for|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" while|strong="H3588" wherever|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0859" can|strong="H0834"; for|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" called|strong="H7121" for|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" famine|strong="H7458". It|strong="H7121" will|strong="H3068" also|strong="H1571" come|strong="H0935" on|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" land|strong="H0776" for|strong="H3588" seven|strong="H7651" years|strong="H8141".” 
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\verseNumber{2}The|strong="H1697" woman|strong="H0802" arose|strong="H6965", and|strong="H6965" did|strong="H6213" according|strong="H0376" to|strong="H0376" the|strong="H1697" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0776" God’s|strong="H0430" word|strong="H1697". She|strong="H1931" went|strong="H6965" with|strong="H1004" her|strong="H0802" household|strong="H1004", and|strong="H6965" lived|strong="H1481" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H1697" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H1697" Philistines|strong="H6430" for|strong="H0776" seven|strong="H7651" years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{3}At|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" end|strong="H7097" of|strong="H4428" seven|strong="H7651" years|strong="H8141", the|strong="H0413" woman|strong="H0802" returned|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" the|strong="H0413" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0413" Philistines|strong="H6430". Then|strong="H1961" she went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H0413" beg the|strong="H0413" king|strong="H4428" for|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413" house|strong="H1004" and|strong="H0776" for|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413" land|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{4}Now|strong="H4994" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" was|strong="H0834" talking|strong="H1696" with|strong="H0413" Gehazi|strong="H1522" the|strong="H3605" servant|strong="H5288" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H4428" God|strong="H0430", saying|strong="H0559", “Please|strong="H4994" tell|strong="H0559" me|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" great|strong="H1419" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" Elisha|strong="H0477" has|strong="H0430" done|strong="H6213".” 
\verseNumber{5}As|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" was|strong="H1961" telling|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" how|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" restored|strong="H2421" to|strong="H0413" life|strong="H4191" him|strong="H0413" who|strong="H0834" was|strong="H1961" dead|strong="H4191", behold|strong="H2009", the|strong="H0853" woman|strong="H0802" whose|strong="H0834" son|strong="H1121" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" restored|strong="H2421" to|strong="H0413" life|strong="H4191" begged the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" for|strong="H5921" her|strong="H0413" house|strong="H1004" and|strong="H1121" for|strong="H5921" her|strong="H0413" land|strong="H7704". Gehazi|strong="H1522" said|strong="H0559", “My|strong="H5921" lord|strong="H0113", O|strong="H1004" king|strong="H4428", this|strong="H2088" is|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" woman|strong="H0802", and|strong="H1121" this|strong="H2088" is|strong="H0834" her|strong="H0413" son|strong="H1121", whom|strong="H0834" Elisha|strong="H0477" restored|strong="H2421" to|strong="H0413" life|strong="H4191".” 
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\verseNumber{6}When|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" asked|strong="H7592" the|strong="H3605" woman|strong="H0802", she|strong="H0834" told|strong="H0559" him|strong="H5414". So|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" appointed|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0559" her|strong="H3605" a|strong="H5414" certain|strong="H0259" officer|strong="H5631", saying|strong="H0559", “Restore|strong="H7725" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" hers, and|strong="H0776" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" fruits of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" field|strong="H7704" since|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H0834" she|strong="H0834" left|strong="H5800" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776", even|strong="H5704" until|strong="H5704" now|strong="H6258".” 
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\verseNumber{7}Elisha|strong="H0477" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0559" Damascus|strong="H1834"; and|strong="H0935" Benhadad the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Syria|strong="H0758" was|strong="H0430" sick|strong="H2470". He|strong="H5704" was|strong="H0430" told|strong="H5046", “The|strong="H0559" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H4428" God|strong="H0430" has|strong="H0430" come|strong="H0935" here|strong="H2008".” 
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\verseNumber{8}The|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Hazael|strong="H2371", “Take|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" present|strong="H4503" in|strong="H0413" your|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027", and|strong="H3068" go meet|strong="H7125" the|strong="H0853" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H4428" God|strong="H0430", and|strong="H3068" inquire|strong="H1875" of|strong="H4428" Yahweh|strong="H3068" by|strong="H3027" him|strong="H0413", saying|strong="H0559", ‘Will|strong="H3068" I|strong="H2088" recover|strong="H2421" from|strong="H0376" this|strong="H2088" sickness|strong="H2483"?’” 
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\verseNumber{9}So|strong="H3947" Hazael|strong="H2371" went|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" meet|strong="H6440" him|strong="H0413" and|strong="H1121" took|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" present|strong="H4503" with|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", even of|strong="H1121" every|strong="H3605" good|strong="H2898" thing|strong="H2088" of|strong="H1121" Damascus|strong="H1834", forty|strong="H0705" camels’|strong="H1581" burden|strong="H4853", and|strong="H1121" came|strong="H0935" and|strong="H1121" stood|strong="H5975" before|strong="H6440" him|strong="H0413" and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559", “Your|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" Benhadad king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Syria|strong="H0758" has|strong="H4428" sent|strong="H7971" me|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H3605", saying|strong="H0559", ‘Will|strong="H4428" I|strong="H2088" recover|strong="H2421" from|strong="H0935" this|strong="H2088" sickness|strong="H2483"?’” 
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\verseNumber{10}Elisha|strong="H0477" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “Go, tell|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0413", ‘You|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" surely|strong="H3588" recover|strong="H2421";’ however Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" shown|strong="H7200" me|strong="H0413" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" surely|strong="H3588" die|strong="H4191".” 
\verseNumber{11}He|strong="H5704" settled his|strong="H7760" gaze|strong="H6440" steadfastly on|strong="H5975" him|strong="H0853", until|strong="H5704" he|strong="H5704" was|strong="H0430" ashamed|strong="H0954". Then|strong="H0853" the|strong="H0853" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" God|strong="H0430" wept|strong="H1058". 
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\verseNumber{12}Hazael|strong="H2371" said|strong="H0559", “Why|strong="H4069" do|strong="H6213" you|strong="H0834" weep|strong="H1058", my|strong="H7971" lord|strong="H0113"?” 
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He|strong="H0834" answered|strong="H0559", “Because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0834" know|strong="H3045" the|strong="H0853" evil|strong="H7451" that|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478". You|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" set|strong="H7971" their|strong="H3588" strongholds|strong="H4013" on|strong="H7451" fire|strong="H0784", and|strong="H1121" you|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" kill|strong="H2026" their|strong="H3588" young|strong="H1121" men|strong="H0970" with|strong="H3045" the|strong="H0853" sword|strong="H2719", and|strong="H1121" will|strong="H0834" dash|strong="H7376" their|strong="H3588" little|strong="H5768" ones|strong="H5768" in|strong="H3478" pieces|strong="H7376", and|strong="H1121" rip|strong="H1234" up|strong="H1234" their|strong="H3588" pregnant|strong="H2030" women|strong="H2030".” 
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\verseNumber{13}Hazael|strong="H2371" said|strong="H0559", “But|strong="H3588" what|strong="H4100" is|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" servant|strong="H5650", who|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" but|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" dog|strong="H3611", that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" could|strong="H1697" do|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2088" great|strong="H1419" thing|strong="H1697"?” 
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Elisha|strong="H0477" answered|strong="H0559", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" shown|strong="H7200" me|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1697" king|strong="H4428" over|strong="H5921" Syria|strong="H0758".” 
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\verseNumber{14}Then|strong="H0935" he|strong="H0935" departed|strong="H0935" from|strong="H0935" Elisha|strong="H0477", and|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H0935" master|strong="H0113", who|strong="H4100" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “What|strong="H4100" did|strong="H4100" Elisha|strong="H0477" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0935"?” 
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He|strong="H0935" answered|strong="H0559", “He|strong="H0935" told|strong="H0559" me|strong="H0413" that|strong="H0559" you|strong="H0935" would|strong="H4100" surely|strong="H0935" recover|strong="H2421".” 
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\verseNumber{15}On|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" next|strong="H4283" day|strong="H4283", he|strong="H5921" took|strong="H3947" a|strong="H1961" thick cloth, dipped|strong="H2881" it|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" water|strong="H4325", and|strong="H6440" spread|strong="H6566" it|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" king’s face|strong="H6440", so|strong="H3947" that|strong="H1961" he|strong="H5921" died|strong="H4191". Then|strong="H1961" Hazael|strong="H2371" reigned|strong="H4427" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" place|strong="H8478". 
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\verseNumber{16}In|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3092" fifth|strong="H2568" year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H1121" Joram|strong="H3141" the|strong="H3092" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ahab|strong="H0256" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" being|strong="H1121" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" then|strong="H4428", Jehoram|strong="H3088" the|strong="H3092" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" began to|strong="H3478" reign|strong="H4427". 
\verseNumber{17}He|strong="H3389" was|strong="H1961" thirty-two years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3389" began|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" reign|strong="H4427". He|strong="H3389" reigned|strong="H4427" eight|strong="H8083" years|strong="H8141" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{18}He|strong="H0834" walked in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0834" way|strong="H1870" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0834" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", as|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213" Ahab’s|strong="H0256" house|strong="H1004", for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H0834" married|strong="H0802" Ahab’s|strong="H0256" daughter|strong="H1323". He|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H0834" which|strong="H0834" was|strong="H1961" evil|strong="H7451" in|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" sight|strong="H5869". 
\verseNumber{19}However, Yahweh|strong="H3068" would|strong="H0014" not|strong="H3808" destroy|strong="H7843" Judah|strong="H3063", for|strong="H4616" David|strong="H1732" his|strong="H3605" servant’s|strong="H5650" sake|strong="H4616", as|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" promised|strong="H0559" him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0559" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" lamp|strong="H5216" for|strong="H4616" his|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" always|strong="H3117". 
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\verseNumber{20}In|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" days|strong="H3117" Edom|strong="H0123" revolted|strong="H6586" from|strong="H5921" under|strong="H8478" the|strong="H5921" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H3063" made a|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" over|strong="H5921" themselves|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{21}Then|strong="H1961" Joram|strong="H3141" crossed|strong="H5674" over|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" Zair|strong="H6811", and|strong="H6965" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" chariots|strong="H7393" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H0413"; and|strong="H6965" he|strong="H1931" rose|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" by|strong="H0413" night|strong="H3915" and|strong="H6965" struck|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3605" Edomites|strong="H0123" who|strong="H3605" surrounded|strong="H5437" him|strong="H0413" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H3605" captains|strong="H8269" of|strong="H0168" the|strong="H3605" chariots|strong="H7393"; and|strong="H6965" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" fled|strong="H5127" to|strong="H0413" their|strong="H3605" tents|strong="H0168". 
\verseNumber{22}So|strong="H2088" Edom|strong="H0123" revolted|strong="H6586" from|strong="H3027" under|strong="H8478" the|strong="H5704" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3117" Judah|strong="H3063" to|strong="H5704" this|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117". Then|strong="H0227" Libnah|strong="H3841" revolted|strong="H6586" at|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5704" same|strong="H1931" time|strong="H6256". 
\verseNumber{23}The|strong="H3605" rest|strong="H3499" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" acts|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" Joram|strong="H3141", and|strong="H3063" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213", aren’t they|strong="H1992" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" book|strong="H5612" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" chronicles|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063"? 
\verseNumber{24}Joram|strong="H3141" slept|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H1732" fathers|strong="H0001", and|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1732" buried|strong="H6912" with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H1732" fathers|strong="H0001" in|strong="H6912" David’s|strong="H1732" city|strong="H5892"; and|strong="H1121" Ahaziah|strong="H0274" his|strong="H1732" son|strong="H1121" reigned|strong="H4427" in|strong="H6912" his|strong="H1732" place|strong="H8478". 
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\verseNumber{25}In|strong="H8141" the|strong="H1121" twelfth year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H1121" Joram|strong="H3141" the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ahab|strong="H0256" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", Ahaziah|strong="H0274" the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jehoram|strong="H3088" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" began to|strong="H3478" reign|strong="H4427". 
\verseNumber{26}Ahaziah|strong="H0274" was|strong="H8034" twenty-two|strong="H8147" years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3389" began to|strong="H3478" reign|strong="H4427"; and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3389" reigned|strong="H4427" one|strong="H0259" year|strong="H8141" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". His|strong="H3478" mother’s|strong="H0517" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Athaliah|strong="H6271" the|strong="H8034" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" Omri|strong="H6018" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{27}He|strong="H1931" walked in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" way|strong="H1870" of|strong="H1004" Ahab’s|strong="H0256" house|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3068" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588" which|strong="H1931" was|strong="H3068" evil|strong="H7451" in|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" sight|strong="H5869", as|strong="H3068" did|strong="H6213" Ahab’s|strong="H0256" house|strong="H1004", for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" son-in-law|strong="H2860" of|strong="H1004" Ahab’s|strong="H0256" house|strong="H1004". 
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\verseNumber{28}He|strong="H0853" went with|strong="H5973" Joram|strong="H3141" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ahab|strong="H0256" to|strong="H4428" war|strong="H4421" against|strong="H5973" Hazael|strong="H2371" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Syria|strong="H0758" at|strong="H4421" Ramoth|strong="H7433" Gilead|strong="H1568", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" Syrians wounded|strong="H5221" Joram|strong="H3141". 
\verseNumber{29}King|strong="H4428" Joram|strong="H3141" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" be|strong="H1121" healed|strong="H7495" in|strong="H4428" Jezreel|strong="H3157" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H0853" wounds|strong="H4347" which|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" Syrians had|strong="H0834" given him|strong="H5221" at|strong="H7200" Ramah|strong="H7414", when|strong="H3588" he|strong="H0834" fought|strong="H3898" against|strong="H0854" Hazael|strong="H2371" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Syria|strong="H0758". Ahaziah|strong="H0274" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jehoram|strong="H3088", king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063", went|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H7725" see|strong="H7200" Joram|strong="H3141" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ahab|strong="H0256" in|strong="H4428" Jezreel|strong="H3157", because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" sick|strong="H2470". 
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\chapterNumber{9}Elisha|strong="H0477" the|strong="H0559" prophet|strong="H5030" called|strong="H7121" one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" prophets|strong="H5030", and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H7121", “Put|strong="H2296" your|strong="H3947" belt on|strong="H3027" your|strong="H3947" waist|strong="H4975", take|strong="H3947" this|strong="H2088" vial of|strong="H1121" oil|strong="H8081" in|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3947" hand|strong="H3027", and|strong="H1121" go to|strong="H0559" Ramoth|strong="H7433" Gilead|strong="H1568". 
\verseNumber{2}When|strong="H7200" you|strong="H0935" come|strong="H0935" there|strong="H8033", find|strong="H7200" Jehu|strong="H3058" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Nimshi|strong="H5250", and|strong="H1121" go|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" and|strong="H1121" make|strong="H7200" him|strong="H0853" rise|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" from|strong="H0935" among|strong="H8432" his|strong="H0935" brothers|strong="H0251", and|strong="H1121" take|strong="H0935" him|strong="H0853" to|strong="H0935" an|strong="H8033" inner|strong="H2315" room|strong="H2315". 
\verseNumber{3}Then|strong="H3947" take|strong="H3947" the|strong="H0559" vial of|strong="H4428" oil|strong="H8081", and|strong="H3068" pour|strong="H3332" it|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" head|strong="H7218", and|strong="H3068" say|strong="H0559", ‘Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3541" have|strong="H3068" anointed|strong="H4886" you|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" over|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478".”’ Then|strong="H3947" open|strong="H6605" the|strong="H0559" door|strong="H1817", flee|strong="H5127", and|strong="H3068" don’t|strong="H3808" wait|strong="H2442".” 
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\verseNumber{4}So the|strong="H5030" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H5288", the|strong="H5030" young|strong="H5288" prophet|strong="H5030", went to|strong="H7433" Ramoth|strong="H7433" Gilead|strong="H1568". 
\verseNumber{5}When|strong="H0935" he|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935", behold|strong="H2009", the|strong="H3605" captains|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428" were|strong="H1697" sitting|strong="H3427". Then|strong="H2009" he|strong="H0935" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H2009" have|strong="H1697" a|strong="H0935" message|strong="H1697" for|strong="H0413" you|strong="H3605", captain|strong="H8269".” 
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Jehu|strong="H3058" said|strong="H0559", “To|strong="H0413" which|strong="H4310" one|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1697" us|strong="H0413"?” 
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He|strong="H0935" said|strong="H0559", “To|strong="H0413" you|strong="H3605", O|strong="H4310" captain|strong="H8269".” 
\verseNumber{6}He|strong="H0430" arose|strong="H6965", and|strong="H0935" went|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" house|strong="H1004". Then|strong="H6965" he|strong="H0430" poured|strong="H3332" the|strong="H0559" oil|strong="H8081" on|strong="H0413" his|strong="H3068" head|strong="H7218", and|strong="H0935" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H0559" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", says|strong="H0559", ‘I|strong="H3541" have|strong="H3068" anointed|strong="H4886" you|strong="H0935" king|strong="H4428" over|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H4428" Yahweh|strong="H3068", even|strong="H3541" over|strong="H0413" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{7}You|strong="H3605" must|strong="H0853" strike|strong="H5221" your|strong="H3068" master|strong="H0113" Ahab’s|strong="H0256" house|strong="H1004", that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H5650" may|strong="H3068" avenge|strong="H5358" the|strong="H3605" blood|strong="H1818" of|strong="H1004" my|strong="H3605" servants|strong="H5650" the|strong="H3605" prophets|strong="H5030", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" blood|strong="H1818" of|strong="H1004" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" servants|strong="H5650" of|strong="H1004" Yahweh|strong="H3068", at|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1004" Jezebel|strong="H0348". 
\verseNumber{8}For|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" whole|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Ahab|strong="H0256" will|strong="H3478" perish|strong="H0006". I|strong="H3478" will|strong="H3478" cut|strong="H3772" off|strong="H3772" from|strong="H3772" Ahab|strong="H0256" everyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" urinates against|strong="H3605" a|strong="H3772" wall|strong="H7023",\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{9:8  }or, male} both|strong="H3605" him|strong="H3772" who|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3605" shut|strong="H6113" up|strong="H3605" and|strong="H3478" him|strong="H3772" who|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3605" left|strong="H5800" at|strong="H3478" large|strong="H1004" in|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{9}I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1004" make|strong="H5414" Ahab’s|strong="H0256" house|strong="H1004" like|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Nebat|strong="H5028", and|strong="H1121" like|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" Baasha|strong="H1201" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ahijah|strong="H0281". 
\verseNumber{10}The|strong="H0853" dogs|strong="H3611" will|strong="H0369" eat|strong="H0398" Jezebel|strong="H0348" on|strong="H0369" the|strong="H0853" plot of|strong="H0398" ground of|strong="H0398" Jezreel|strong="H3157", and|strong="H0398" there|strong="H0369" shall|strong="H3611" be|strong="H0369" no|strong="H0369" one|strong="H0369" to|strong="H0369" bury|strong="H6912" her|strong="H0398".’” Then|strong="H0853" he|strong="H0853" opened|strong="H6605" the|strong="H0853" door|strong="H1817" and|strong="H0398" fled|strong="H5127". 
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\verseNumber{11}When|strong="H0935" Jehu|strong="H3058" came|strong="H0935" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" servants|strong="H5650" of|strong="H0376" his|strong="H0376" lord|strong="H0113" and|strong="H0935" one|strong="H0376" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “Is|strong="H2088" all|strong="H3045" well|strong="H7965"? Why|strong="H4069" did|strong="H4069" this|strong="H2088" madman|strong="H7696" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0859"?” 
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He|strong="H0853" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413", “You|strong="H0859" know|strong="H3045" the|strong="H0853" man|strong="H0376" and|strong="H0935" how|strong="H3045" he|strong="H0853" talks.” 
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\verseNumber{12}They|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “That|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3068" lie|strong="H8267". Tell|strong="H5046" us|strong="H4994" now|strong="H4994".” 
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He|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “He|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413", ‘Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H0559", I|strong="H3541" have|strong="H3068" anointed|strong="H4886" you|strong="H5046" king|strong="H4428" over|strong="H0413" Israel|strong="H3478".’” 
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\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="H3947" they|strong="H0376" hurried|strong="H4116", and|strong="H0376" each|strong="H0376" man|strong="H0376" took|strong="H3947" his|strong="H3947" cloak, and|strong="H0376" put|strong="H7760" it|strong="H7760" under|strong="H8478" him|strong="H0413" on|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" top of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0559" stairs, and|strong="H0376" blew|strong="H8628" the|strong="H0559" trumpet|strong="H7782", saying|strong="H0559", “Jehu|strong="H3058" is|strong="H0376" king|strong="H4427".” 
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\verseNumber{14}So|strong="H1961" Jehu|strong="H3058" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Nimshi|strong="H5250" conspired|strong="H7194" against|strong="H0413" Joram|strong="H3141". (Now|strong="H1961" Joram|strong="H3141" was|strong="H1961" defending|strong="H8104" Ramoth|strong="H7433" Gilead|strong="H1568", he|strong="H1931" and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478", because|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" Hazael|strong="H2371" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Syria|strong="H0758"; 
\verseNumber{15}but|strong="H0518" King|strong="H4428" Joram|strong="H3088" had|strong="H0834" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0559" be|strong="H0408" healed|strong="H7495" in|strong="H4428" Jezreel|strong="H3157" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" wounds|strong="H4347" which|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0559" Syrians had|strong="H0834" given him|strong="H5221" when|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" fought|strong="H3898" with|strong="H0854" Hazael|strong="H2371" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Syria|strong="H0758".) Jehu|strong="H3058" said|strong="H0559", “If|strong="H0518" this|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" your|strong="H0834" thinking|strong="H0559", then|strong="H3318" let|strong="H0408" no|strong="H0408" one|strong="H4480" escape|strong="H3318" and|strong="H4428" go|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" city|strong="H5892" to|strong="H0559" go|strong="H3318" to|strong="H0559" tell|strong="H5046" it|strong="H0518" in|strong="H4428" Jezreel|strong="H3157".” 
\verseNumber{16}So|strong="H3588" Jehu|strong="H3058" rode|strong="H7392" in|strong="H4428" a|strong="H3588" chariot|strong="H7392" and|strong="H3063" went|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" Jezreel|strong="H3157", for|strong="H3588" Joram|strong="H3141" lay|strong="H7901" there|strong="H8033". Ahaziah|strong="H0274" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" had|strong="H4428" come|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" see|strong="H7200" Joram|strong="H3141". 
\verseNumber{17}Now|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" watchman|strong="H6822" was|strong="H0935" standing|strong="H5975" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" tower|strong="H4026" in|strong="H5921" Jezreel|strong="H3157", and|strong="H0935" he|strong="H0853" spied the|strong="H0853" company|strong="H8229" of|strong="H5921" Jehu|strong="H3058" as|strong="H0935" he|strong="H0853" came|strong="H0935", and|strong="H0935" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H0589" see|strong="H7200" a|strong="H3947" company|strong="H8229".” 
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Joram|strong="H3088" said|strong="H0559", “Take|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" horseman|strong="H7395", and|strong="H0935" send|strong="H7971" to|strong="H0559" meet|strong="H7125" them|strong="H0853", and|strong="H0935" let|strong="H7971" him|strong="H5921" say|strong="H0559", ‘Is|strong="H0935" it|strong="H5921" peace|strong="H7965"?’” 
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\verseNumber{18}So|strong="H3541" one|strong="H3808" went|strong="H0935" on|strong="H0413" horseback|strong="H5483" to|strong="H0413" meet|strong="H7125" him|strong="H0413", and|strong="H0935" said|strong="H0559", “the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" says|strong="H0559", ‘Is|strong="H4100" it|strong="H7725" peace|strong="H7965"?’” 
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Jehu|strong="H3058" said|strong="H0559", “What|strong="H4100" do|strong="H4100" you|strong="H5704" have|strong="H3808" to|strong="H0413" do|strong="H4100" with|strong="H0413" peace|strong="H7965"? Fall|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" behind|strong="H0310" me|strong="H0413"!” 
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The|strong="H0559" watchman|strong="H6822" said|strong="H0559", “The|strong="H0559" messenger|strong="H4397" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413", but|strong="H3808" he|strong="H0310" isn’t|strong="H3808" coming|strong="H0935" back|strong="H7725".” 
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\verseNumber{19}Then|strong="H0935" he|strong="H0310" sent|strong="H7971" out|strong="H7971" a|strong="H0935" second|strong="H8145" on|strong="H0413" horseback|strong="H5483", who|strong="H4428" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413" and|strong="H0935" said|strong="H0559", “The|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" says|strong="H0559", ‘Is|strong="H4100" it|strong="H5437" peace|strong="H7965"?’” 
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Jehu|strong="H3058" answered|strong="H0559", “What|strong="H4100" do|strong="H4100" you|strong="H7971" have|strong="H4428" to|strong="H0413" do|strong="H4100" with|strong="H0413" peace|strong="H7965"? Fall|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" behind|strong="H0310" me|strong="H0413"!” 
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\verseNumber{20}The|strong="H0559" watchman|strong="H6822" said|strong="H0559", “He|strong="H3588" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413", and|strong="H1121" isn’t|strong="H3808" coming|strong="H0935" back|strong="H7725". The|strong="H0559" driving|strong="H4491" is|strong="H1121" like|strong="H3808" the|strong="H0559" driving|strong="H4491" of|strong="H1121" Jehu|strong="H3058" the|strong="H0559" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Nimshi|strong="H5250", for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" drives|strong="H7725" furiously|strong="H7697".” 
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\verseNumber{21}Joram|strong="H3088" said|strong="H0559", “Get|strong="H3318" ready|strong="H0631"!” 
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They|strong="H0376" got|strong="H3318" his|strong="H0376" chariot|strong="H7393" ready|strong="H0631". Then|strong="H3318" Joram|strong="H3088" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3063" Ahaziah|strong="H0274" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318", each|strong="H0376" in|strong="H3478" his|strong="H0376" chariot|strong="H7393"; and|strong="H3063" they|strong="H0376" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H0559" meet|strong="H7125" Jehu|strong="H3058", and|strong="H3063" found|strong="H4672" him|strong="H4672" on|strong="H3318" Naboth|strong="H5022" the|strong="H0559" Jezreelite’s land|strong="H2513". 
\verseNumber{22}When|strong="H1961" Joram|strong="H3088" saw|strong="H7200" Jehu|strong="H3058", he|strong="H5704" said|strong="H0559", “Is|strong="H4100" it|strong="H5704" peace|strong="H7965", Jehu|strong="H3058"?” 
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He|strong="H5704" answered|strong="H0559", “What|strong="H4100" peace|strong="H7965", so|strong="H1961" long|strong="H5704" as|strong="H5704" the|strong="H0853" prostitution of|strong="H0517" your|strong="H7200" mother|strong="H0517" Jezebel|strong="H0348" and|strong="H7200" her|strong="H7200" witchcraft abound?” 
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\verseNumber{23}Joram|strong="H3088" turned|strong="H2015" his|strong="H3027" hands|strong="H3027" and|strong="H3027" fled|strong="H5127", and|strong="H3027" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Ahaziah|strong="H0274", “This is|strong="H3027" treason, Ahaziah|strong="H0274"!” 
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\verseNumber{24}Jehu|strong="H3058" drew|strong="H4390" his|strong="H3027" bow|strong="H7198" with|strong="H4390" his|strong="H3027" full|strong="H4390" strength|strong="H2220", and|strong="H3027" struck|strong="H5221" Joram|strong="H3088" between|strong="H0996" his|strong="H3027" arms|strong="H2220"; and|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" arrow|strong="H2678" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" at|strong="H7198" his|strong="H3027" heart|strong="H3820", and|strong="H3027" he|strong="H0853" sunk down|strong="H5221" in|strong="H3027" his|strong="H3027" chariot|strong="H7393". 
\verseNumber{25}Then|strong="H2088" Jehu|strong="H0559" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Bidkar|strong="H0920" his|strong="H5921" captain, “Pick|strong="H5375" him|strong="H0413" up|strong="H5375", and|strong="H3068" throw|strong="H7993" him|strong="H0413" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" plot|strong="H2513" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" field|strong="H7704" of|strong="H3068" Naboth|strong="H5022" the|strong="H0853" Jezreelite|strong="H3158"; for|strong="H3588" remember|strong="H2142" how|strong="H3588", when|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859" and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H0589" rode|strong="H7392" together|strong="H5921" after|strong="H0310" Ahab|strong="H0256" his|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001", Yahweh|strong="H3068" laid|strong="H5375" this|strong="H2088" burden|strong="H4853" on|strong="H5921" him|strong="H0413": 
\verseNumber{26}‘Surely|strong="H0518" I|strong="H0518" have|strong="H1121" seen|strong="H7200" yesterday|strong="H0570" the|strong="H0853" blood|strong="H1818" of|strong="H1121" Naboth|strong="H5022", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" blood|strong="H1818" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3068" sons|strong="H1121",’ says|strong="H5002" Yahweh|strong="H3068"; ‘and|strong="H1121" I|strong="H0518" will|strong="H3068" repay|strong="H7999" you|strong="H0518" in|strong="H3068" this|strong="H2063" plot|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1121" ground,’ says|strong="H5002" Yahweh|strong="H3068". Now|strong="H6258" therefore|strong="H6258" take|strong="H5375" and|strong="H1121" cast|strong="H7993" him|strong="H0853" onto the|strong="H0853" plot|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1121" ground, according to|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" word|strong="H1697".” 
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\verseNumber{27}But|strong="H7200" when|strong="H0834" Ahaziah|strong="H0274" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" saw|strong="H7200" this|strong="H0834", he|strong="H0834" fled|strong="H5127" by|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" way|strong="H1870" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" garden|strong="H1588" house|strong="H1004". Jehu|strong="H3058" followed|strong="H0310" after|strong="H0310" him|strong="H0413", and|strong="H3063" said|strong="H0559", “Strike|strong="H5221" him|strong="H0413" also|strong="H1571" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" chariot|strong="H4818"!” They|strong="H0834" struck|strong="H5221" him|strong="H0413" at|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" ascent|strong="H4608" of|strong="H4428" Gur|strong="H1483", which|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" by|strong="H0413" Ibleam|strong="H2991". He|strong="H0834" fled|strong="H5127" to|strong="H0413" Megiddo|strong="H4023", and|strong="H3063" died|strong="H4191" there|strong="H8033". 
\verseNumber{28}His|strong="H1732" servants|strong="H5650" carried|strong="H7392" him|strong="H0853" in|strong="H6912" a|strong="H3389" chariot|strong="H7392" to|strong="H3389" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", and|strong="H3389" buried|strong="H6912" him|strong="H0853" in|strong="H6912" his|strong="H1732" tomb|strong="H6900" with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H1732" fathers|strong="H0001" in|strong="H6912" David’s|strong="H1732" city|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{29}In|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" eleventh|strong="H6240" year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H1121" Joram|strong="H3141" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ahab|strong="H0256", Ahaziah|strong="H0274" began to|strong="H5921" reign|strong="H4427" over|strong="H5921" Judah|strong="H3063". 
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\verseNumber{30}When|strong="H8085" Jehu|strong="H3058" had|strong="H0853" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" Jezreel|strong="H3157", Jezebel|strong="H0348" heard|strong="H8085" of|strong="H7218" it|strong="H7760"; and|strong="H0935" she|strong="H0348" painted her|strong="H0935" eyes|strong="H5869", and|strong="H0935" adorned|strong="H3190" her|strong="H0935" head|strong="H7218", and|strong="H0935" looked|strong="H8259" out|strong="H8259" at|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" window|strong="H2474". 
\verseNumber{31}As|strong="H0935" Jehu|strong="H3058" entered|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" at|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0559" gate|strong="H8179", she said|strong="H0559", “Do|strong="H0935" you|strong="H0935" come|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" peace|strong="H7965", Zimri|strong="H2174", you|strong="H0935" murderer|strong="H2026" of|strong="H8179" your|strong="H0935" master|strong="H0113"?” 
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\verseNumber{32}He|strong="H8147" lifted|strong="H5375" up|strong="H5375" his|strong="H5375" face|strong="H6440" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" window|strong="H2474", and|strong="H6440" said|strong="H0559", “Who|strong="H4310" is|strong="H4310" on|strong="H0413" my|strong="H5375" side|strong="H0854"? Who|strong="H4310"?” 
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Two|strong="H8147" or|strong="H8147" three|strong="H7969" eunuchs|strong="H5631" looked|strong="H8259" out|strong="H8259" at|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413". 
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\verseNumber{33}He|strong="H0559" said|strong="H0559", “Throw|strong="H8058" her|strong="H0413" down|strong="H7429"!” 
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So they|strong="H0559" threw|strong="H8058" her|strong="H0413" down|strong="H7429"; and|strong="H1818" some of|strong="H1818" her|strong="H0413" blood|strong="H1818" was|strong="H1818" sprinkled on|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" wall|strong="H7023", and|strong="H1818" on|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" horses|strong="H5483". Then|strong="H0559" he|strong="H0559" trampled|strong="H7429" her|strong="H0413" under|strong="H7429" foot. 
\verseNumber{34}When|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" had|strong="H4428" come|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935", he|strong="H1931" ate|strong="H0398" and|strong="H0935" drank|strong="H8354". Then|strong="H0853" he|strong="H1931" said|strong="H0559", “See|strong="H0935" now|strong="H4994" to|strong="H0559" this|strong="H2063" cursed|strong="H0779" woman|strong="H1323", and|strong="H0935" bury|strong="H6912" her|strong="H0935"; for|strong="H3588" she|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" a|strong="H3588" king’s|strong="H4428" daughter|strong="H1323".” 
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\verseNumber{35}They|strong="H3588" went to|strong="H3027" bury|strong="H6912" her|strong="H0518", but|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" found|strong="H4672" no|strong="H3808" more|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3027" her|strong="H0518" than|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3588" skull|strong="H1538", the|strong="H3588" feet|strong="H7272", and|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3588" palms|strong="H3709" of|strong="H3027" her|strong="H0518" hands|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{36}Therefore|strong="H3068" they|strong="H0834" came|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725", and|strong="H3068" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H0853". 
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He|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559", “This|strong="H1931" is|strong="H0834" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" word|strong="H1697", which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" spoke|strong="H1696" by|strong="H3027" his|strong="H3068" servant|strong="H5650" Elijah|strong="H0452" the|strong="H0853" Tishbite, saying|strong="H0559", ‘The|strong="H0853" dogs|strong="H3611" will|strong="H3068" eat|strong="H0398" the|strong="H0853" flesh|strong="H1320" of|strong="H3068" Jezebel|strong="H0348" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" plot|strong="H1697" of|strong="H3068" Jezreel|strong="H3157", 
\verseNumber{37}and|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0559" body|strong="H5038" of|strong="H6440" Jezebel|strong="H0348" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" as|strong="H0834" dung|strong="H1828" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" surface|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0559" field|strong="H7704" on|strong="H5921" Jezreel’s land|strong="H7704", so|strong="H1961" that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" won’t|strong="H3808" say|strong="H0559", “This|strong="H2063" is|strong="H0834" Jezebel|strong="H0348".”’” 
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\chapterNumber{10}Now Ahab|strong="H0256" had|strong="H1121" seventy|strong="H7657" sons|strong="H1121" in|strong="H0413" Samaria|strong="H8111". Jehu|strong="H3058" wrote|strong="H3789" letters|strong="H5612" and|strong="H1121" sent|strong="H7971" them|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" Samaria|strong="H8111", to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" rulers|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" Jezreel|strong="H3157", even the|strong="H0559" elders|strong="H2205", and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H0413" those|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" brought up|strong="H0539" Ahab’s|strong="H0256" sons|strong="H1121", saying|strong="H0559", 
\verseNumber{2}“Now|strong="H6258" as|strong="H0935" soon|strong="H6258" as|strong="H0935" this|strong="H2088" letter|strong="H5612" comes|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0935", since|strong="H6258" your|strong="H0935" master’s|strong="H0113" sons|strong="H1121" are|strong="H1121" with|strong="H0854" you|strong="H0935", and|strong="H1121" you|strong="H0935" have|strong="H1121" chariots|strong="H7393" and|strong="H1121" horses|strong="H5483", a|strong="H0935" fortified|strong="H4013" city|strong="H5892" also|strong="H2088", and|strong="H1121" armor, 
\verseNumber{3}select|strong="H7200" the|strong="H5921" best|strong="H2896" and|strong="H1121" fittest|strong="H3477" of|strong="H1121" your|strong="H5921" master’s|strong="H0113" sons|strong="H1121", set|strong="H7760" him|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" father’s|strong="H0001" throne|strong="H3678", and|strong="H1121" fight|strong="H3898" for|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" master’s|strong="H0113" house|strong="H1004".” 
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\verseNumber{4}But|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3808" were|strong="H4428" exceedingly|strong="H3966" afraid|strong="H3372", and|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559", “Behold|strong="H2009", the|strong="H0559" two|strong="H8147" kings|strong="H4428" didn’t|strong="H3808" stand|strong="H5975" before|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440"! How|strong="H0349" then|strong="H2009" shall|strong="H3808" we|strong="H0587" stand|strong="H5975"?” 
\verseNumber{5}He|strong="H0834" who|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" household|strong="H1004", and|strong="H1004" he|strong="H0834" who|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892", the|strong="H3605" elders|strong="H2205" also|strong="H6213", and|strong="H1004" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H0834" raised the|strong="H3605" children, sent|strong="H7971" to|strong="H0413" Jehu|strong="H3058", saying|strong="H0559", “We|strong="H0587" are|strong="H0834" your|strong="H3605" servants|strong="H5650", and|strong="H1004" will|strong="H0834" do|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" ask|strong="H0559" us|strong="H0413". We|strong="H0587" will|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" make|strong="H6213" any|strong="H3605" man|strong="H0376" king|strong="H4427". You|strong="H0834" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H0834" which|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" good|strong="H2896" in|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3605" eyes|strong="H5869".” 
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\verseNumber{6}Then|strong="H3947" he|strong="H0518" wrote|strong="H3789" a|strong="H3947" letter|strong="H5612" the|strong="H0853" second|strong="H8145" time|strong="H6256" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413", saying|strong="H0559", “If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H0859" are|strong="H0376" on|strong="H0413" my|strong="H8085" side|strong="H0854", and|strong="H1121" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H0859" will|strong="H4428" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H0413" my|strong="H8085" voice|strong="H6963", take|strong="H3947" the|strong="H0853" heads|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0376" are|strong="H0376" your|strong="H3947" master’s|strong="H0113" sons|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" Jezreel|strong="H3157" by|strong="H0413" tomorrow|strong="H4279" this|strong="H0935" time|strong="H6256".” 
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Now|strong="H6256" the|strong="H0853" king’s|strong="H4428" sons|strong="H1121", being|strong="H1121" seventy|strong="H7657" persons|strong="H0376", were|strong="H1121" with|strong="H0854" the|strong="H0853" great|strong="H1419" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892", who|strong="H0376" brought|strong="H0935" them|strong="H0413" up|strong="H1431". 
\verseNumber{7}When|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" letter|strong="H5612" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413", they|strong="H0376" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H0853" king’s|strong="H4428" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" killed|strong="H7819" them|strong="H0413", even|strong="H0853" seventy|strong="H7657" people|strong="H0376", and|strong="H1121" put|strong="H7760" their|strong="H3947" heads|strong="H7218" in|strong="H0935" baskets|strong="H1731", and|strong="H1121" sent|strong="H7971" them|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" Jezreel|strong="H3157". 
\verseNumber{8}A|strong="H7760" messenger|strong="H4397" came|strong="H0935" and|strong="H1121" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H0853", “They|strong="H5704" have|strong="H1121" brought|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" heads|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" king’s|strong="H4428" sons|strong="H1121".” 
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He|strong="H5704" said|strong="H0559", “Lay|strong="H7760" them|strong="H0853" in|strong="H0935" two|strong="H8147" heaps|strong="H6652" at|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" entrance|strong="H6607" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" gate|strong="H8179" until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H0853" morning|strong="H1242".” 
\verseNumber{9}In|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" morning|strong="H1242", he|strong="H0853" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" and|strong="H1242" stood|strong="H5975", and|strong="H1242" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971", “You|strong="H0859" are|strong="H0428" righteous|strong="H6662". Behold|strong="H2009", I|strong="H0589" conspired|strong="H7194" against|strong="H5921" my|strong="H3605" master|strong="H0113" and|strong="H1242" killed|strong="H2026" him|strong="H0413", but|strong="H1961" who|strong="H4310" killed|strong="H2026" all|strong="H3605" these|strong="H0428"? 
\verseNumber{10}Know|strong="H3045" now|strong="H3588" that|strong="H0834" nothing|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3068" fall|strong="H5307" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H0853" earth|strong="H0776" of|strong="H1004" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" word|strong="H1697", which|strong="H0834" Yahweh|strong="H3068" spoke|strong="H1696" concerning|strong="H5921" Ahab’s|strong="H0256" house|strong="H1004". For|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" that|strong="H0834" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" spoke|strong="H1696" by|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" servant|strong="H5650" Elijah|strong="H0452".” 
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\verseNumber{11}So|strong="H1115" Jehu|strong="H3058" struck|strong="H5221" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3045" remained|strong="H7604" of|strong="H1004" Ahab’s|strong="H0256" house|strong="H1004" in|strong="H1004" Jezreel|strong="H3157", with|strong="H1004" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" great|strong="H1419" men|strong="H1419", his|strong="H3605" familiar|strong="H3045" friends|strong="H3045", and|strong="H1004" his|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548", until|strong="H5704" he|strong="H5704" left|strong="H7604" him|strong="H0853" no|strong="H1115" one|strong="H3605" remaining|strong="H7604". 
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\verseNumber{12}He|strong="H1931" arose|strong="H6965" and|strong="H0935" departed|strong="H0935", and|strong="H0935" went|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" Samaria|strong="H8111". As|strong="H0935" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" at|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0935" shearing house of|strong="H1870" the|strong="H0935" shepherds|strong="H7462" on|strong="H1870" the|strong="H0935" way|strong="H1870", 
\verseNumber{13}Jehu|strong="H3058" met|strong="H4672" with|strong="H3381" the|strong="H0853" brothers|strong="H0251" of|strong="H1121" Ahaziah|strong="H0274" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559", “Who|strong="H4310" are|strong="H1121" you|strong="H0859"?” 
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They|strong="H0559" answered|strong="H0559", “We|strong="H0587" are|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" brothers|strong="H0251" of|strong="H1121" Ahaziah|strong="H0274". We|strong="H0587" are|strong="H1121" going|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H0559" greet|strong="H7965" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" queen|strong="H1377".” 
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\verseNumber{14}He|strong="H3808" said|strong="H0559", “Take|strong="H8610" them|strong="H0413" alive|strong="H2416"!” 
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They|strong="H1992" took|strong="H8610" them|strong="H0413" alive|strong="H2416", and|strong="H0376" killed|strong="H7819" them|strong="H0413" at|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" pit|strong="H0953" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0559" shearing house, even|strong="H3808" forty-two|strong="H8147" men|strong="H0376". He|strong="H3808" didn’t|strong="H3808" leave|strong="H7604" any|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" them|strong="H0413". 
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\verseNumber{15}When|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" departed from|strong="H3027" there|strong="H8033", he|strong="H0834" met|strong="H4672" Jehonadab|strong="H3082" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Rechab|strong="H7394" coming|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0413" meet|strong="H7125" him|strong="H0413". He|strong="H0834" greeted|strong="H1288" him|strong="H0413", and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “Is|strong="H0834" your|strong="H5414" heart|strong="H3824" right|strong="H3477", as|strong="H0834" my|strong="H5414" heart|strong="H3824" is|strong="H0834" with|strong="H5973" your|strong="H5414" heart|strong="H3824"?” 
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Jehonadab|strong="H3082" answered|strong="H0559", “It|strong="H5414" is|strong="H0834".” 
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“If|strong="H0834" it|strong="H5414" is|strong="H0834", give|strong="H5414" me|strong="H0413" your|strong="H5414" hand|strong="H3027".” He|strong="H0834" gave|strong="H5414" him|strong="H0413" his|strong="H5414" hand|strong="H3027"; and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H0834" took|strong="H0853" him|strong="H0413" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" chariot|strong="H4818". 
\verseNumber{16}He|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “Come|strong="H7068" with|strong="H0854" me|strong="H7200", and|strong="H3068" see|strong="H7200" my|strong="H3068" zeal|strong="H7068" for|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068".” So|strong="H7200" they|strong="H3068" made him|strong="H0853" ride|strong="H7392" in|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" chariot|strong="H7393". 
\verseNumber{17}When|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" Samaria|strong="H8111", he|strong="H0834" struck|strong="H5221" all|strong="H3605" who|strong="H0834" remained|strong="H7604" to|strong="H0413" Ahab|strong="H0256" in|strong="H0935" Samaria|strong="H8111", until|strong="H5704" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H3068" destroyed|strong="H8045" them|strong="H0413", according|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" word|strong="H1697" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" spoke|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" Elijah|strong="H0452". 
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\verseNumber{18}Jehu|strong="H3058" gathered|strong="H6908" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" together|strong="H6908", and|strong="H0853" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413", “Ahab|strong="H0256" served|strong="H5647" Baal|strong="H1168" a|strong="H4592" little|strong="H4592", but|strong="H0559" Jehu|strong="H3058" will|strong="H3058" serve|strong="H5647" him|strong="H0413" much|strong="H7235". 
\verseNumber{19}Now|strong="H6258" therefore|strong="H6258" call|strong="H7121" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" prophets|strong="H5030" of|strong="H0376" Baal|strong="H1168", all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H0376" his|strong="H3605" worshipers|strong="H5647", and|strong="H3548" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H0376" his|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548". Let|strong="H0408" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H0376" be|strong="H3808" absent, for|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" a|strong="H3588" great|strong="H1419" sacrifice|strong="H2077" to|strong="H0413" Baal|strong="H1168". Whoever|strong="H3605" is|strong="H0834" absent, he|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H3548" not|strong="H3808" live|strong="H2421".” But|strong="H3588" Jehu|strong="H3058" did|strong="H6213" deceptively, intending|strong="H0376" to|strong="H0413" destroy|strong="H0006" the|strong="H3605" worshipers|strong="H5647" of|strong="H0376" Baal|strong="H1168". 
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\verseNumber{20}Jehu|strong="H3058" said|strong="H0559", “Sanctify|strong="H6942" a|strong="H7121" solemn|strong="H6116" assembly|strong="H6116" for|strong="H7121" Baal|strong="H1168"!” 
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So|strong="H7121" they|strong="H0559" proclaimed|strong="H7121" it|strong="H7121". 
\verseNumber{21}Jehu|strong="H3058" sent|strong="H7971" through|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478"; and|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" worshipers|strong="H5647" of|strong="H1004" Baal|strong="H1168" came|strong="H0935", so|strong="H7971" that|strong="H0834" there|strong="H3605" was|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" a|strong="H0935" man|strong="H0376" left|strong="H7604" that|strong="H0834" didn’t|strong="H3808" come|strong="H0935". They|strong="H0834" came|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Baal|strong="H1168"; and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Baal|strong="H1168" was|strong="H0834" filled|strong="H4390" from|strong="H0935" one|strong="H0376" end|strong="H6310" to|strong="H0935" another|strong="H0376". 
\verseNumber{22}He|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H5921" who|strong="H0834" kept the|strong="H3605" wardrobe|strong="H4458", “Bring|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" robes|strong="H3830" for|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" worshipers|strong="H5647" of|strong="H5921" Baal|strong="H1168"!” 
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So|strong="H3318" he|strong="H0834" brought|strong="H3318" robes|strong="H3830" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H0559" them|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{23}Jehu|strong="H3058" went|strong="H0935" with|strong="H5973" Jehonadab|strong="H3082" the|strong="H0559" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Rechab|strong="H7394" into|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0559" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" Baal|strong="H1168". Then|strong="H0935" he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" worshipers|strong="H5647" of|strong="H1121" Baal|strong="H1168", “Search|strong="H2664", and|strong="H1121" see|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" none|strong="H6435" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" servants|strong="H5650" of|strong="H1121" Yahweh|strong="H3068" are|strong="H3426" here|strong="H6311" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H3588", but|strong="H3588" only|strong="H0905" the|strong="H0559" worshipers|strong="H5647" of|strong="H1121" Baal|strong="H1168".” 
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\verseNumber{24}So|strong="H4480" they|strong="H0834" went|strong="H0935" in|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0559" offer|strong="H2077" sacrifices|strong="H2077" and|strong="H0935" burnt|strong="H5930" offerings|strong="H4480". Now|strong="H0935" Jehu|strong="H3058" had|strong="H0834" appointed|strong="H7760" for|strong="H5921" himself|strong="H5315" eighty|strong="H8084" men|strong="H0376" outside|strong="H2351", and|strong="H0935" said|strong="H0559", “If|strong="H0834" any|strong="H4480" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0559" men|strong="H0376" whom|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0589" bring|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0935" your|strong="H5921" hands|strong="H3027" escape|strong="H4422", he|strong="H0834" who|strong="H0834" lets him|strong="H5921" go|strong="H0935", his|strong="H5921" life|strong="H5315" shall|strong="H0376" be|strong="H0376" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" life|strong="H5315" of|strong="H0376" him|strong="H5921".” 
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\verseNumber{25}As|strong="H5704" soon as|strong="H5704" he|strong="H5704" had|strong="H1961" finished|strong="H3615" offering the|strong="H0559" burnt|strong="H5930" offering, Jehu|strong="H3058" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" guard|strong="H7323" and|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" captains, “Go|strong="H3318" in|strong="H0935" and|strong="H0935" kill|strong="H5221" them|strong="H5221"! Let|strong="H0408" no|strong="H0408" one|strong="H0376" escape|strong="H3318".” So|strong="H6213" they|strong="H0376" struck|strong="H5221" them|strong="H5221" with|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0559" edge|strong="H6310" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0559" sword|strong="H2719". The|strong="H0559" guard|strong="H7323" and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0559" captains threw|strong="H7993" the|strong="H0559" bodies out|strong="H3318", and|strong="H0935" went|strong="H3318" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" inner|strong="H1004" shrine|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0559" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Baal|strong="H1168". 
\verseNumber{26}They|strong="H3318" brought|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" the|strong="H0853" pillars|strong="H4676" that|strong="H1004" were|strong="H1004" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Baal|strong="H1168" and|strong="H1004" burned|strong="H8313" them|strong="H0853". 
\verseNumber{27}They|strong="H3117" broke|strong="H5422" down|strong="H5422" the|strong="H0853" pillar|strong="H4676" of|strong="H1004" Baal|strong="H1168", and|strong="H1004" broke|strong="H5422" down|strong="H5422" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Baal|strong="H1168", and|strong="H1004" made|strong="H7760" it|strong="H7760" a|strong="H7760" latrine|strong="H4280", to|strong="H5704" this|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{28}Thus Jehu|strong="H3058" destroyed|strong="H8045" Baal|strong="H1168" out|strong="H0853" of|strong="H0853" Israel|strong="H3478". 
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\verseNumber{29}However|strong="H7535", Jehu|strong="H3058" didn’t|strong="H3808" depart|strong="H5493" from|strong="H5493" the|strong="H0853" sins|strong="H2398" of|strong="H1121" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Nebat|strong="H5028", with|strong="H3478" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" made|strong="H0834" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" sin|strong="H2398"—the|strong="H0853" golden|strong="H2091" calves|strong="H5695" that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" in|strong="H3478" Bethel|strong="H1008" and|strong="H1121" that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" in|strong="H3478" Dan|strong="H1835". 
\verseNumber{30}Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Jehu|strong="H3058", “Because|strong="H5921" you|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" done|strong="H6213" well|strong="H2895" in|strong="H3427" executing that|strong="H0834" which|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" right|strong="H3477" in|strong="H3427" my|strong="H3605" eyes|strong="H5869", and|strong="H1121" have|strong="H0834" done|strong="H6213" to|strong="H0413" Ahab’s|strong="H0256" house|strong="H1004" according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" in|strong="H3427" my|strong="H3605" heart|strong="H3824", your|strong="H3068" descendants|strong="H1121" shall|strong="H1121" sit|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" throne|strong="H3678" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" fourth|strong="H7243" generation.” 
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\verseNumber{31}But|strong="H3808" Jehu|strong="H3058" took|strong="H5493" no|strong="H3808" heed|strong="H8104" to|strong="H5921" walk in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" law|strong="H8451" of|strong="H0430" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478", with|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" heart|strong="H3824". He|strong="H0834" didn’t|strong="H3808" depart|strong="H5493" from|strong="H5493" the|strong="H3605" sins|strong="H2398" of|strong="H0430" Jeroboam|strong="H3379", with|strong="H3068" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" made|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H5921" sin|strong="H2398". 
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\verseNumber{32}In|strong="H3068" those|strong="H3605" days|strong="H3117" Yahweh|strong="H3068" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3068" cut|strong="H7096" away|strong="H3605" parts of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478"; and|strong="H3068" Hazael|strong="H2371" struck|strong="H5221" them|strong="H1992" in|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" borders|strong="H1366" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478" 
\verseNumber{33}from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383" eastward|strong="H4217", all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" Gilead|strong="H1568", the|strong="H3605" Gadites|strong="H1425", and|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" Reubenites|strong="H7206", and|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" Manassites|strong="H4520", from|strong="H4480" Aroer|strong="H6177", which|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" valley|strong="H5158" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" Arnon|strong="H0769", even|strong="H0853" Gilead|strong="H1568" and|strong="H0776" Bashan|strong="H1316". 
\verseNumber{34}Now|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" rest|strong="H3499" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" acts|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" Jehu|strong="H3058", and|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213", and|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" might|strong="H1369", aren’t they|strong="H1992" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" book|strong="H5612" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" chronicles|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478"? 
\verseNumber{35}Jehu|strong="H3058" slept|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H8478" fathers|strong="H0001"; and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H8478" buried|strong="H6912" him|strong="H0853" in|strong="H6912" Samaria|strong="H8111". Jehoahaz|strong="H3059" his|strong="H8478" son|strong="H1121" reigned|strong="H4427" in|strong="H6912" his|strong="H8478" place|strong="H8478". 
\verseNumber{36}The|strong="H0834" time|strong="H3117" that|strong="H0834" Jehu|strong="H3058" reigned|strong="H4427" over|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478" in|strong="H5921" Samaria|strong="H8111" was|strong="H0834" twenty-eight|strong="H8083" years|strong="H8141". 
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\chapterNumber{11}Now|strong="H3588" when|strong="H3588" Athaliah|strong="H6271" the|strong="H3605" mother|strong="H0517" of|strong="H1121" Ahaziah|strong="H0274" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" her|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" dead|strong="H4191", she|strong="H3588" arose|strong="H6965" and|strong="H1121" destroyed|strong="H0006" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" royal|strong="H4467" offspring|strong="H2233". 
\verseNumber{2}But|strong="H3808" Jehosheba|strong="H3089", the|strong="H0853" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" King|strong="H4428" Joram|strong="H3141", sister|strong="H0269" of|strong="H1121" Ahaziah|strong="H0274", took|strong="H3947" Joash|strong="H3101" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ahaziah|strong="H0274", and|strong="H1121" stole|strong="H1589" him|strong="H0853" away|strong="H3947" from|strong="H6440" among|strong="H8432" the|strong="H0853" king’s|strong="H4428" sons|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" slain, even|strong="H3808" him|strong="H0853" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3947" nurse|strong="H3243", and|strong="H1121" put|strong="H4191" them|strong="H0853" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" bedroom|strong="H2315"; and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3808" hid|strong="H5641" him|strong="H0853" from|strong="H6440" Athaliah|strong="H6271", so|strong="H3947" that|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3808" was|strong="H4428" not|strong="H3808" slain. 
\verseNumber{3}He|strong="H3068" was|strong="H1961" with|strong="H0854" her|strong="H5921" hidden|strong="H2244" in|strong="H5921" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004" six|strong="H8337" years|strong="H8141" while|strong="H1961" Athaliah|strong="H6271" reigned|strong="H4427" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" land|strong="H0776". 
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\verseNumber{4}In|strong="H8141" the|strong="H0853" seventh|strong="H7637" year|strong="H8141" Jehoiada|strong="H3077" sent|strong="H7971" and|strong="H1121" fetched the|strong="H0853" captains|strong="H8269" over|strong="H0413" hundreds|strong="H3967" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" Carites|strong="H3746" and|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" guard|strong="H7323", and|strong="H1121" brought|strong="H0935" them|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413" into|strong="H0413" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004"; and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3068" made|strong="H3772" a|strong="H3947" covenant|strong="H1285" with|strong="H0854" them|strong="H0413", and|strong="H1121" made|strong="H3772" a|strong="H3947" covenant|strong="H1285" with|strong="H0854" them|strong="H0413" in|strong="H8141" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H1121" showed|strong="H7200" them|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" king’s|strong="H4428" son|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{5}He|strong="H0834" commanded|strong="H6680" them|strong="H6680", saying|strong="H0559", “This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H0834" what|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" must do|strong="H6213": a|strong="H0935" third|strong="H7992" of|strong="H4428" you|strong="H0834", who|strong="H0834" come|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" on|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0559" Sabbath|strong="H7676", shall|strong="H1004" be|strong="H1697" keepers|strong="H8104" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" watch|strong="H8104" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" king’s|strong="H4428" house|strong="H1004"; 
\verseNumber{6}a|strong="H8104" third|strong="H7992" of|strong="H1004" you|strong="H0853" shall|strong="H1004" be|strong="H1004" at|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" gate|strong="H8179" Sur|strong="H5495"; and|strong="H1004" a|strong="H8104" third|strong="H7992" of|strong="H1004" you|strong="H0853" at|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" gate|strong="H8179" behind|strong="H0310" the|strong="H0853" guard|strong="H8104". So|strong="H0853" you|strong="H0853" shall|strong="H1004" keep|strong="H8104" the|strong="H0853" watch|strong="H8104" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H1004" be|strong="H1004" a|strong="H8104" barrier. 
\verseNumber{7}The|strong="H3605" two|strong="H8147" companies of|strong="H4428" you|strong="H3605", even|strong="H0853" all|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" go|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" on|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" Sabbath|strong="H7676", shall|strong="H3068" keep|strong="H8104" the|strong="H3605" watch|strong="H8104" of|strong="H4428" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004" around|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{8}You|strong="H5921" shall|strong="H0376" surround|strong="H5439" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428", every|strong="H0376" man|strong="H0376" with|strong="H0854" his|strong="H5921" weapons|strong="H3627" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" hand|strong="H3027"; and|strong="H0935" he|strong="H5921" who|strong="H0376" comes|strong="H0935" within|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" ranks|strong="H7713", let|strong="H1961" him|strong="H0413" be|strong="H1961" slain. Be|strong="H1961" with|strong="H0854" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" when|strong="H1961" he|strong="H5921" goes|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318", and|strong="H0935" when|strong="H1961" he|strong="H5921" comes|strong="H0935" in|strong="H5921".” 
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\verseNumber{9}The|strong="H3605" captains|strong="H8269" over|strong="H0413" hundreds|strong="H3967" did|strong="H6213" according|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" Jehoiada|strong="H3077" the|strong="H3605" priest|strong="H3548" commanded|strong="H6680"; and|strong="H0935" they|strong="H0834" each|strong="H0376" took|strong="H3947" his|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376", those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" to|strong="H0413" come|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" on|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" Sabbath|strong="H7676" with|strong="H5973" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" to|strong="H0413" go|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" on|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" Sabbath|strong="H7676", and|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" Jehoiada|strong="H3077" the|strong="H3605" priest|strong="H3548". 
\verseNumber{10}The|strong="H0853" priest|strong="H3548" delivered|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" captains|strong="H8269" over|strong="H5414" hundreds|strong="H3967" the|strong="H0853" spears|strong="H2595" and|strong="H3068" shields|strong="H7982" that|strong="H0834" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H0834" King|strong="H4428" David’s|strong="H1732", which|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" in|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{11}The|strong="H5921" guard|strong="H7323" stood|strong="H5975", every|strong="H0376" man|strong="H0376" with|strong="H1004" his|strong="H5921" weapons|strong="H3627" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" hand|strong="H3027", from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" right|strong="H3233" side|strong="H3802" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" house|strong="H1004" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5921" left|strong="H8042" side|strong="H3802" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" house|strong="H1004", along|strong="H5921" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196" and|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" house|strong="H1004", around|strong="H5439" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H3318" he|strong="H5414" brought|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" the|strong="H0853" king’s|strong="H4428" son|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" put|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" crown|strong="H5145" on|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5414", and|strong="H1121" gave|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" covenant; and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H5921" made|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H1121" anointed|strong="H4886" him|strong="H5414"; and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H5921" clapped|strong="H5221" their|strong="H5414" hands|strong="H3709", and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559", “Long live|strong="H2421" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428"!” 
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\verseNumber{13}When|strong="H8085" Athaliah|strong="H6271" heard|strong="H8085" the|strong="H0853" noise|strong="H6963" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" guard|strong="H7323" and|strong="H0935" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971", she came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" into|strong="H0413" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004"; 
\verseNumber{14}and|strong="H0776" she|strong="H7121" looked|strong="H7200", and|strong="H0776" behold|strong="H2009", the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" stood|strong="H5975" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" pillar|strong="H5982", as|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" tradition was|strong="H0776", with|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" captains|strong="H8269" and|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" trumpets|strong="H2689" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428"; and|strong="H0776" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" rejoiced|strong="H8056", and|strong="H0776" blew|strong="H8628" trumpets|strong="H2689". Then|strong="H2009" Athaliah|strong="H6271" tore|strong="H7167" her|strong="H3605" clothes|strong="H0899" and|strong="H0776" cried|strong="H7121", “Treason|strong="H7195"! Treason|strong="H7195"!” 
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\verseNumber{15}Jehoiada|strong="H3077" the|strong="H0853" priest|strong="H3548" commanded|strong="H6680" the|strong="H0853" captains|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1004" hundreds|strong="H3967" who|strong="H3068" were|strong="H2428" set|strong="H0935" over|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" army|strong="H2428", and|strong="H0935" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413", “Bring|strong="H0935" her|strong="H0413" out|strong="H3318" between the|strong="H0853" ranks|strong="H7713". Kill|strong="H4191" anyone|strong="H3588" who|strong="H3068" follows|strong="H0559" her|strong="H0413" with|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" sword|strong="H2719".” For|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" priest|strong="H3548" said|strong="H0559", “Don’t|strong="H0408" let|strong="H0408" her|strong="H0413" be|strong="H4191" slain in|strong="H0935" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004".” 
\verseNumber{16}So|strong="H0935" they|strong="H8033" seized|strong="H7760" her|strong="H0935"; and|strong="H0935" she went|strong="H0935" by|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0935" way|strong="H1870" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0935" horses’ entry|strong="H3996" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0935" king’s|strong="H4428" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H0935" she was|strong="H4428" slain there|strong="H8033". 
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\verseNumber{17}Jehoiada|strong="H3077" made|strong="H3772" a|strong="H1961" covenant|strong="H1285" between|strong="H0996" Yahweh|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971", that|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" should|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971"; also|strong="H3068" between|strong="H0996" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{18}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" went|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Baal|strong="H1168", and|strong="H0935" broke|strong="H7665" it|strong="H7760" down|strong="H5422". They|strong="H5921" broke|strong="H7665" his|strong="H3605" altars|strong="H4196" and|strong="H0935" his|strong="H3605" images|strong="H6754" in|strong="H5921" pieces|strong="H7665" thoroughly|strong="H3190", and|strong="H0935" killed|strong="H2026" Mattan|strong="H4977" the|strong="H3605" priest|strong="H3548" of|strong="H1004" Baal|strong="H1168" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" altars|strong="H4196". The|strong="H3605" priest|strong="H3548" appointed|strong="H7760" officers|strong="H6486" over|strong="H5921" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{19}He|strong="H3068" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3605" captains|strong="H8269" over|strong="H5921" hundreds|strong="H3967", and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" Carites|strong="H3746", and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" guard|strong="H7323", and|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776"; and|strong="H0935" they|strong="H5921" brought|strong="H0935" down|strong="H3381" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" from|strong="H0935" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" way|strong="H1870" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" gate|strong="H8179" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" guard|strong="H7323" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" house|strong="H1004". He|strong="H3068" sat|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" throne|strong="H3678" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{20}So|strong="H4191" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" rejoiced|strong="H8055", and|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" was|strong="H0776" quiet|strong="H8252". They|strong="H5971" had|strong="H4428" slain Athaliah|strong="H6271" with|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" sword|strong="H2719" at|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" house|strong="H1004". 
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\verseNumber{21}Jehoash was seven years old when he began to reign. 
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\chapterNumber{12}Jehoash|strong="H3060" began to|strong="H1121" reign|strong="H4427" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3060" seventh|strong="H7651" year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H1121" Jehu, and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H8141" reigned|strong="H4427" forty years|strong="H8141" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem. His|strong="H3060" mother’s name was|strong="H1121" Zibiah of|strong="H1121" Beersheba. 
\verseNumber{2}Jehoash|strong="H3060" did that|strong="H8141" which was|strong="H8034" right in|strong="H8141" Yahweh’s eyes all his|strong="H3060" days|strong="H8141" in|strong="H8141" which Jehoiada the|strong="H8034" priest instructed him|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{3}However, the|strong="H3605" high places|strong="H3605" were|strong="H0834" not taken away|strong="H3605". The|strong="H3605" people|strong="H0834" still sacrificed and|strong="H3068" burned incense in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" high places|strong="H3605". 
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\verseNumber{4}Jehoash said to|strong="H6999" the|strong="H5493" priests|strong="H3808", “All|strong="H5750" the|strong="H5493" money of|strong="H1116" the|strong="H5493" holy things|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3808" is|strong="H3808" brought into|strong="H5493" Yahweh’s house, in|strong="H5750" current money, the|strong="H5493" money of|strong="H1116" the|strong="H5493" people|strong="H5971" for|strong="H3808" whom each|strong="H5971" man is|strong="H3808" evaluated,\BibleCrossReference{+ \BibleCrossReferenceAnchor{12:4  }Exodus 30:12} and|strong="H2076" all|strong="H5750" the|strong="H5493" money that|strong="H3808" it|strong="H3808" comes into|strong="H5493" any|strong="H5750" man’s heart to|strong="H6999" bring into|strong="H5493" Yahweh’s house, 
\verseNumber{5}let|strong="H5315" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" take|strong="H0935" it|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413", each|strong="H0376" man|strong="H0376" from|strong="H0935" his|strong="H3605" donor; and|strong="H0935" they|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H3548" repair the|strong="H3605" damage to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004", wherever|strong="H0834" any|strong="H3605" damage is|strong="H0834" found.” 
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\verseNumber{6}But|strong="H2388" it|strong="H8033" was|strong="H0834" so|strong="H3947", that|strong="H0834" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" twenty-third year of|strong="H1004" King Jehoash the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" had|strong="H0834" not repaired|strong="H2388" the|strong="H3605" damage|strong="H0919" to|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="H1961" King|strong="H4428" Jehoash|strong="H3060" called for|strong="H1004" Jehoiada the|strong="H0853" priest|strong="H3548", and|strong="H4428" for|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" other priests|strong="H3548", and|strong="H4428" said to|strong="H1961" them|strong="H0853", “Why|strong="H3808" aren’t you|strong="H0853" repairing|strong="H2388" the|strong="H0853" damage|strong="H0919" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004"? Now|strong="H1961" therefore|strong="H1961" take|strong="H2388" no|strong="H3808" more|strong="H3808" money from|strong="H1961" your|strong="H1961" treasurers, but|strong="H3808" deliver it|strong="H1961" for|strong="H1004" repair|strong="H2388" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" damage|strong="H0919" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004".” 
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\verseNumber{8}The|strong="H0853" priests|strong="H3548" consented that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3548" take|strong="H3947" no|strong="H0369" more|strong="H0369" money|strong="H3701" from|strong="H3947" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H0408", and|strong="H4428" not|strong="H0369" repair|strong="H2388" the|strong="H0853" damage|strong="H0919" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{9}But|strong="H2388" Jehoiada the|strong="H0853" priest|strong="H3548" took|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" chest and|strong="H1004" bored a|strong="H3947" hole in|strong="H1004" its|strong="H0853" lid, and|strong="H1004" set it|strong="H3947" beside the|strong="H0853" altar, on|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" right side as|strong="H2388" one|strong="H1004" comes into|strong="H3947" Yahweh’s house|strong="H1004"; and|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" priests|strong="H3548" who|strong="H3548" kept the|strong="H0853" threshold put|strong="H3947" all the|strong="H0853" money|strong="H3701" that|strong="H1115" was|strong="H1004" brought|strong="H3947" into|strong="H3947" Yahweh’s house|strong="H1004" into|strong="H3947" it|strong="H3947". 
\verseNumber{10}When|strong="H0935" they|strong="H8033" saw that|strong="H3605" there|strong="H8033" was|strong="H3068" much|strong="H3605" money|strong="H3701" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" chest|strong="H0727", the|strong="H3605" king’s scribe and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" high priest|strong="H3548" came|strong="H0935" up|strong="H5414", and|strong="H0935" they|strong="H8033" put|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" in|strong="H0935" bags and|strong="H0935" counted the|strong="H3605" money|strong="H3701" that|strong="H3605" was|strong="H3068" found in|strong="H0935" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{11}They|strong="H3588" gave|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" money|strong="H3701" that|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1961" weighed out|strong="H7200" into|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" hands of|strong="H4428" those|strong="H0853" who|strong="H3068" did the|strong="H0853" work, who|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" oversight of|strong="H4428" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004"; and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3588" paid it|strong="H3588" out|strong="H7200" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" carpenters and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" builders who|strong="H3068" worked|strong="H5927" on|strong="H7200" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004", 
\verseNumber{12}and|strong="H3068" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" masons|strong="H2796" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" stone cutters, and|strong="H3068" for|strong="H5921" buying timber|strong="H6086" and|strong="H3068" cut stone to|strong="H5921" repair the|strong="H0853" damage|strong="H6485" to|strong="H5921" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H3068" for|strong="H5921" all|strong="H6485" that|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" laid|strong="H5414" out|strong="H3318" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" to|strong="H5921" repair it|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{13}But|strong="H2388" there|strong="H3068" were|strong="H0834" not made|strong="H2388" for|strong="H5921" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004" cups of|strong="H1004" silver, snuffers, basins, trumpets, any|strong="H3605" vessels of|strong="H1004" gold or|strong="H1004" vessels of|strong="H1004" silver, of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" money that|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" brought|strong="H3318" into|strong="H5921" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004"; 
\verseNumber{14}for|strong="H1004" they|strong="H3808" gave|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3605" to|strong="H0935" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" did|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" work, and|strong="H0935" repaired Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004" with|strong="H1004" it|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{15}Moreover they|strong="H3588" didn’t demand an|strong="H5414" accounting from|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" men|strong="H6213" into|strong="H5414" whose hand|strong="H5414" they|strong="H3588" delivered|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" money to|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" those|strong="H0853" who|strong="H3068" did|strong="H6213" the|strong="H0853" work|strong="H4399"; for|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" dealt faithfully. 
\verseNumber{16}The|strong="H0853" money|strong="H3701" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" trespass offerings|strong="H3588" and|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" money|strong="H3701" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" sin offerings|strong="H3588" was|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" brought|strong="H5414" into|strong="H5921" Yahweh’s house. It|strong="H5414" was|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" priests’. 
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\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="H1961" Hazael king of|strong="H1004" Syria went|strong="H0935" up|strong="H0935" and|strong="H0935" fought against|strong="H0935" Gath, and|strong="H0935" took|strong="H1961" it|strong="H1961"; and|strong="H0935" Hazael set|strong="H0935" his|strong="H3068" face to|strong="H0935" go|strong="H0935" up|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" Jerusalem. 
\verseNumber{18}Jehoash king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah took|strong="H3920" all|strong="H5927" the|strong="H6440" holy things that|strong="H5927" Jehoshaphat and|strong="H4428" Jehoram and|strong="H4428" Ahaziah, his|strong="H5921" fathers, kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah, had|strong="H4428" dedicated, and|strong="H4428" his|strong="H5921" own|strong="H6440" holy things, and|strong="H4428" all|strong="H5927" the|strong="H6440" gold that|strong="H5927" was|strong="H4428" found in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" treasures of|strong="H4428" Yahweh’s house, and|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" king’s|strong="H4428" house, and|strong="H4428" sent|strong="H5927" it|strong="H7760" to|strong="H5921" Hazael|strong="H2371" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Syria|strong="H0758"; and|strong="H4428" he|strong="H3389" went|strong="H5927" away|strong="H5927" from|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
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\verseNumber{19}Now the|strong="H3605" rest of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" acts of|strong="H4428" Joash|strong="H3060", and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" did|strong="H0834", aren’t they|strong="H0834" written in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" book of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" chronicles of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063"? 
\verseNumber{20}His|strong="H3605" servants arose and|strong="H3063" made|strong="H6213" a|strong="H0834" conspiracy, and|strong="H3063" struck Joash|strong="H3101" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" house of|strong="H4428" Millo, on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" way|strong="H1697" that|strong="H0834" goes down|strong="H3789" to|strong="H5921" Silla. 
\verseNumber{21}For|strong="H1004" Jozacar the|strong="H0853" son of|strong="H1004" Shimeath, and|strong="H6965" Jehozabad the|strong="H0853" son of|strong="H1004" Shomer, his|strong="H5221" servants|strong="H5650", struck|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5221", and|strong="H6965" he|strong="H0853" died; and|strong="H6965" they|strong="H5221" buried him|strong="H5221" with|strong="H1004" his|strong="H5221" fathers in|strong="H1004" David’s city; and|strong="H6965" Amaziah his|strong="H5221" son reigned in|strong="H1004" his|strong="H5221" place|strong="H1004". 
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\chapterNumber{13}In|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" twenty-third|strong="H6242" year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H1121" Joash|strong="H3101" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ahaziah|strong="H0274", king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063", Jehoahaz|strong="H3059" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jehu|strong="H3058" began to|strong="H5921" reign|strong="H4427" over|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478" in|strong="H5921" Samaria|strong="H8111" for|strong="H5921" seventeen|strong="H6240" years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H0834" which|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" evil|strong="H7451" in|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" sight|strong="H5869", and|strong="H1121" followed|strong="H0310" the|strong="H0853" sins|strong="H2398" of|strong="H1121" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Nebat|strong="H5028", with|strong="H3068" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" made|strong="H6213" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3068" sin|strong="H2398". He|strong="H0834" didn’t|strong="H3808" depart|strong="H5493" from|strong="H4480" it|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{3}Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" anger|strong="H0639" burned|strong="H2734" against|strong="H2734" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3117" delivered|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" into|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" Hazael|strong="H2371" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Syria|strong="H0758", and|strong="H1121" into|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" Benhadad the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hazael|strong="H2371", continually|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{4}Jehoahaz|strong="H3059" begged Yahweh|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" listened|strong="H8085" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413"; for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H0853" oppression|strong="H3906" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", how|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Syria|strong="H0758" oppressed|strong="H3905" them|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{5}(Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H5414" Israel|strong="H3478" a|strong="H5414" savior|strong="H3467", so|strong="H5414" that|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" from|strong="H3318" under|strong="H8478" the|strong="H5414" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5414" Syrians; and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5414" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" their|strong="H3068" tents|strong="H0168" as|strong="H3068" before|strong="H8478". 
\verseNumber{6}Nevertheless|strong="H0389" they|strong="H0834" didn’t|strong="H3808" depart|strong="H5493" from|strong="H5493" the|strong="H0853" sins|strong="H2398" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Jeroboam|strong="H3379", with|strong="H1980" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" made|strong="H1571" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H1980" sin|strong="H2398", but|strong="H0389" walked|strong="H1980" in|strong="H1980" them|strong="H0853"; and|strong="H1980" the|strong="H0853" Asherah|strong="H0842" also|strong="H1571" remained|strong="H5975" in|strong="H1980" Samaria|strong="H8111".) 
\verseNumber{7}For|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" didn’t|strong="H3808" leave|strong="H7604" to|strong="H4428" Jehoahaz|strong="H3059" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" any|strong="H3588" more|strong="H3808" than|strong="H3808" fifty|strong="H2572" horsemen|strong="H6571", and|strong="H4428" ten|strong="H6235" chariots|strong="H7393", and|strong="H4428" ten|strong="H6235" thousand|strong="H0505" footmen|strong="H7273"; for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Syria|strong="H0758" destroyed|strong="H0006" them|strong="H7760" and|strong="H4428" made|strong="H7760" them|strong="H7760" like|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3588" dust|strong="H6083" in|strong="H4428" threshing|strong="H1758". 
\verseNumber{8}Now|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" rest|strong="H3499" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" acts|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" Jehoahaz|strong="H3059", and|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213", and|strong="H3478" his|strong="H3605" might|strong="H1369", aren’t they|strong="H1992" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" book|strong="H5612" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" chronicles|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478"? 
\verseNumber{9}Jehoahaz|strong="H3059" slept|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H8478" fathers|strong="H0001"; and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H8478" buried|strong="H6912" him|strong="H5973" in|strong="H6912" Samaria|strong="H8111"; and|strong="H1121" Joash|strong="H3101" his|strong="H8478" son|strong="H1121" reigned|strong="H4427" in|strong="H6912" his|strong="H8478" place|strong="H8478". 
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\verseNumber{10}In|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" thirty-seventh year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H1121" Joash|strong="H3060" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063", Jehoash|strong="H3060" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jehoahaz|strong="H3059" began to|strong="H5921" reign|strong="H4427" over|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478" in|strong="H5921" Samaria|strong="H8111" for|strong="H5921" sixteen|strong="H6240" years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{11}He|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H0834" which|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" evil|strong="H7451" in|strong="H1980" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" sight|strong="H5869". He|strong="H0834" didn’t|strong="H3808" depart|strong="H5493" from|strong="H5493" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" sins|strong="H2398" of|strong="H1121" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Nebat|strong="H5028", with|strong="H1980" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" made|strong="H6213" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H1980" sin|strong="H2398"; but|strong="H3808" he|strong="H0834" walked|strong="H1980" in|strong="H1980" them|strong="H0853". 
\verseNumber{12}Now|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" rest|strong="H3499" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" acts|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" Joash|strong="H3101", and|strong="H3063" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213", and|strong="H3063" his|strong="H3605" might|strong="H1369" with|strong="H5973" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" fought|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5921" Amaziah|strong="H0558" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063", aren’t they|strong="H1992" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" book|strong="H5612" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" chronicles|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478"? 
\verseNumber{13}Joash|strong="H3101" slept|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H5921" fathers|strong="H0001"; and|strong="H3478" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" sat|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" throne|strong="H3678". Joash|strong="H3101" was|strong="H3478" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H3427" Samaria|strong="H8111" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H5921" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478". 
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\verseNumber{14}Now Elisha|strong="H0477" became sick|strong="H2470" with|strong="H0854" the|strong="H0559" illness|strong="H2483" of|strong="H4428" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" died|strong="H4191"; and|strong="H3478" Joash|strong="H3101" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" came|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", and|strong="H3478" wept|strong="H1058" over|strong="H5921" him|strong="H0413", and|strong="H3478" said|strong="H0559", “My|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001", my|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001", the|strong="H0559" chariots|strong="H7393" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3478" its|strong="H5921" horsemen|strong="H6571"!” 
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\verseNumber{15}Elisha|strong="H0477" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “Take|strong="H3947" bow|strong="H7198" and|strong="H7198" arrows|strong="H2671";” and|strong="H7198" he|strong="H0559" took|strong="H3947" bow|strong="H7198" and|strong="H7198" arrows|strong="H2671" for|strong="H0413" himself|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{16}He|strong="H5921" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", “Put|strong="H7760" your|strong="H5921" hand|strong="H3027" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" bow|strong="H7198";” and|strong="H3478" he|strong="H5921" put|strong="H7760" his|strong="H5921" hand|strong="H3027" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H7760". Elisha|strong="H0477" laid|strong="H7760" his|strong="H5921" hands|strong="H3027" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" king’s|strong="H4428" hands|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{17}He|strong="H5704" said|strong="H0559", “Open|strong="H6605" the|strong="H0853" window|strong="H2474" eastward|strong="H6924";” and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H5704" opened|strong="H6605" it|strong="H5704". Then|strong="H0853" Elisha|strong="H0477" said|strong="H0559", “Shoot|strong="H3384"!” and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H5704" shot|strong="H3384". He|strong="H5704" said|strong="H0559", “Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" arrow|strong="H2671" of|strong="H3068" victory|strong="H8668", even|strong="H5704" the|strong="H0853" arrow|strong="H2671" of|strong="H3068" victory|strong="H8668" over|strong="H0853" Syria|strong="H0758"; for|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5704" will|strong="H3068" strike|strong="H5221" the|strong="H0853" Syrians in|strong="H3068" Aphek|strong="H0663" until|strong="H5704" you|strong="H5704" have|strong="H3068" consumed|strong="H3615" them|strong="H0853".” 
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\verseNumber{18}He|strong="H0559" said|strong="H0559", “Take|strong="H3947" the|strong="H0559" arrows|strong="H2678";” and|strong="H3478" he|strong="H0559" took|strong="H3947" them|strong="H5221". He|strong="H0559" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", “Strike|strong="H5221" the|strong="H0559" ground|strong="H0776";” and|strong="H3478" he|strong="H0559" struck|strong="H5221" three|strong="H7969" times|strong="H6471", and|strong="H3478" stopped|strong="H5975". 
\verseNumber{19}The|strong="H0853" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" God|strong="H0430" was|strong="H0430" angry|strong="H7107" with|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921", and|strong="H0430" said|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H5921" should|strong="H0376" have|strong="H0376" struck|strong="H5221" five|strong="H2568" or|strong="H0176" six|strong="H8337" times|strong="H6471". Then|strong="H0227" you|strong="H5921" would|strong="H0559" have|strong="H0376" struck|strong="H5221" Syria|strong="H0758" until|strong="H5704" you|strong="H5921" had|strong="H0430" consumed|strong="H3615" it|strong="H5921", but|strong="H0376" now|strong="H6258" you|strong="H5921" will|strong="H0430" strike|strong="H5221" Syria|strong="H0758" just|strong="H6258" three|strong="H7969" times|strong="H6471".” 
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\verseNumber{20}Elisha|strong="H0477" died|strong="H4191", and|strong="H0935" they|strong="H0935" buried|strong="H6912" him|strong="H0935". 
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Now|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0935" bands|strong="H1416" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0935" Moabites|strong="H4124" invaded|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0935" land|strong="H0776" at|strong="H4191" the|strong="H0935" coming|strong="H0935" in|strong="H8141" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0935" year|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{21}As|strong="H1961" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1961" burying|strong="H6912" a|strong="H1961" man|strong="H0376", behold|strong="H2009", they|strong="H1992" saw|strong="H7200" a|strong="H1961" band|strong="H1416" of|strong="H0376" raiders|strong="H1416"; and|strong="H6965" they|strong="H1992" threw|strong="H7993" the|strong="H0853" man|strong="H0376" into|strong="H5921" Elisha’s|strong="H0477" tomb|strong="H6913". As|strong="H1961" soon as|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" man|strong="H0376" touched|strong="H5060" Elisha’s|strong="H0477" bones|strong="H6106", he|strong="H0853" revived|strong="H2421", and|strong="H6965" stood|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" feet|strong="H7272". 
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\verseNumber{22}Hazael|strong="H2371" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Syria|strong="H0758" oppressed|strong="H3905" Israel|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H4428" Jehoahaz|strong="H3059". 
\verseNumber{23}But|strong="H3808" Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" gracious to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413", and|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" compassion|strong="H7355" on|strong="H5921" them|strong="H0413", and|strong="H3068" favored them|strong="H0413" because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3068" his|strong="H5921" covenant|strong="H1285" with|strong="H0854" Abraham|strong="H0085", Isaac|strong="H3327", and|strong="H3068" Jacob|strong="H3290", and|strong="H3068" would|strong="H0014" not|strong="H3808" destroy|strong="H7843" them|strong="H0413" and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H5704" didn’t|strong="H3808" cast|strong="H7993" them|strong="H0413" from|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" presence|strong="H6440" as|strong="H5704" yet|strong="H6258". 
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\verseNumber{24}Hazael|strong="H2371" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Syria|strong="H0758" died|strong="H4191"; and|strong="H1121" Benhadad his|strong="H8478" son|strong="H1121" reigned|strong="H4427" in|strong="H4428" his|strong="H8478" place|strong="H8478". 
\verseNumber{25}Jehoash|strong="H3060" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jehoahaz|strong="H3059" took|strong="H3947" again|strong="H7725" out|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" Benhadad the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hazael|strong="H2371" the|strong="H0853" cities|strong="H5892" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" taken|strong="H3947" out|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" Jehoahaz|strong="H3059" his|strong="H3947" father|strong="H0001" by|strong="H3027" war|strong="H4421". Joash|strong="H3060" struck|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5221" three|strong="H7969" times|strong="H6471", and|strong="H1121" recovered|strong="H7725" the|strong="H0853" cities|strong="H5892" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478". 
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\chapterNumber{14}In|strong="H8141" the|strong="H1121" second|strong="H8147" year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H1121" Joash|strong="H3101", son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Joahaz|strong="H3099", king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", Amaziah|strong="H0558" the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Joash|strong="H3101" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" began to|strong="H3478" reign|strong="H4427". 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H4480" was|strong="H8034" twenty-five|strong="H2568" years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1961" he|strong="H4480" began|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" reign|strong="H4427"; and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H4480" reigned|strong="H4427" twenty-nine|strong="H8672" years|strong="H8141" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". His|strong="H1961" mother’s|strong="H0517" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Jehoaddin|strong="H3086" of|strong="H1121" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{3}He|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H0834" which|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" right|strong="H3477" in|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" eyes|strong="H5869", yet|strong="H7535" not|strong="H3808" like|strong="H0834" David|strong="H1732" his|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001". He|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213" according to|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" Joash|strong="H3101" his|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{4}However|strong="H7535" the|strong="H5493" high|strong="H1116" places|strong="H1116" were not|strong="H3808" taken|strong="H5493" away|strong="H5493". The|strong="H5493" people|strong="H5971" still|strong="H5750" sacrificed|strong="H2076" and|strong="H2076" burned|strong="H6999" incense|strong="H6999" in|strong="H5750" the|strong="H5493" high|strong="H1116" places|strong="H1116". 
\verseNumber{5}As|strong="H0834" soon as|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" kingdom|strong="H4467" was|strong="H1961" established|strong="H2388" in|strong="H4428" his|strong="H0834" hand|strong="H3027", he|strong="H0834" killed|strong="H5221" his|strong="H0834" servants|strong="H5650" who|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" slain|strong="H5221" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" his|strong="H0834" father|strong="H0001", 
\verseNumber{6}but|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" murderers he|strong="H0834" didn’t|strong="H3808" put|strong="H4191" to|strong="H0559" death|strong="H4191", according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0559" that|strong="H0834" which|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" book|strong="H5612" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" law|strong="H8451" of|strong="H1121" Moses|strong="H4872", as|strong="H0834" Yahweh|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680", saying|strong="H0559", “The|strong="H0853" fathers|strong="H0001" shall|strong="H1121" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H4191" put|strong="H4191" to|strong="H0559" death|strong="H4191" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121", nor|strong="H3808" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" be|strong="H4191" put|strong="H4191" to|strong="H0559" death|strong="H4191" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" fathers|strong="H0001"; but|strong="H3588" every|strong="H0376" man|strong="H0376" shall|strong="H1121" die|strong="H4191" for|strong="H3588" his|strong="H5921" own|strong="H0376" sin|strong="H2399".” 
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\verseNumber{7}He|strong="H1931" killed|strong="H5221" ten|strong="H6235" thousand|strong="H0505" Edomites|strong="H0123" in|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" Valley|strong="H1516" of|strong="H3117" Salt|strong="H4417", and|strong="H3117" took|strong="H8610" Sela|strong="H5554" by|strong="H7121" war|strong="H4421", and|strong="H3117" called|strong="H7121" its|strong="H0853" name|strong="H8034" Joktheel|strong="H3371", to|strong="H5704" this|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="H0227" Amaziah|strong="H0558" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="H0413" Jehoash|strong="H3060", the|strong="H0559" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jehoahaz|strong="H3059" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jehu|strong="H3058", king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", saying|strong="H0559", “Come, let’s look|strong="H7200" one|strong="H1121" another in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" face|strong="H6440".” 
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\verseNumber{9}Jehoash|strong="H3060" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" sent|strong="H7971" to|strong="H0413" Amaziah|strong="H0558" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063", saying|strong="H0559", “The|strong="H0853" thistle that|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0413" Lebanon|strong="H3844" sent|strong="H7971" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" cedar|strong="H0730" that|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0413" Lebanon|strong="H3844", saying|strong="H0559", ‘Give|strong="H5414" your|strong="H5414" daughter|strong="H1323" to|strong="H0413" my|strong="H5414" son|strong="H1121" as|strong="H0834" wife|strong="H0802".’ Then|strong="H0853" a|strong="H5414" wild|strong="H7704" animal|strong="H2416" that|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0413" Lebanon|strong="H3844" passed|strong="H5674" by|strong="H0413", and|strong="H1121" trampled|strong="H7429" down|strong="H7429" the|strong="H0853" thistle. 
\verseNumber{10}You|strong="H0859" have|strong="H0859" indeed|strong="H5973" struck|strong="H5221" Edom|strong="H0123", and|strong="H3063" your|strong="H5375" heart|strong="H3820" has|strong="H3820" lifted|strong="H5375" you|strong="H0859" up|strong="H5375". Enjoy|strong="H3513" the|strong="H0853" glory|strong="H3513" of|strong="H1004" it|strong="H5375", and|strong="H3063" stay|strong="H3427" at|strong="H3427" home|strong="H1004"; for|strong="H1004" why|strong="H4100" should|strong="H4100" you|strong="H0859" meddle to|strong="H3820" your|strong="H5375" harm|strong="H7451", that|strong="H5307" you|strong="H0859" fall|strong="H5307", even|strong="H0853" you|strong="H0859", and|strong="H3063" Judah|strong="H3063" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H0859"?” 
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\verseNumber{11}But|strong="H3808" Amaziah|strong="H0558" would|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" listen|strong="H8085". So|strong="H3808" Jehoash|strong="H3060" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927"; and|strong="H3063" he|strong="H0834" and|strong="H3063" Amaziah|strong="H0558" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" looked|strong="H7200" one|strong="H3808" another|strong="H3808" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H6440" face|strong="H6440" at|strong="H3478" Beth Shemesh, which|strong="H0834" belongs to|strong="H3478" Judah|strong="H3063". 
\verseNumber{12}Judah|strong="H3063" was|strong="H3478" defeated|strong="H5062" by|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478"; and|strong="H3063" each|strong="H0376" man|strong="H0376" fled|strong="H5127" to|strong="H3478" his|strong="H0376" tent|strong="H0168". 
\verseNumber{13}Jehoash|strong="H3060" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" took|strong="H8610" Amaziah|strong="H0558" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063", the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jehoash|strong="H3060" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ahaziah|strong="H0274", at|strong="H3478" Beth Shemesh and|strong="H1121" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", then|strong="H0853" broke|strong="H6555" down|strong="H6555" the|strong="H0853" wall|strong="H2346" of|strong="H1121" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" from|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" gate|strong="H8179" of|strong="H1121" Ephraim|strong="H0669" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" corner|strong="H6438" gate|strong="H8179", four|strong="H0702" hundred|strong="H3967" cubits|strong="H0520".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{14:13  }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.} 
\verseNumber{14}He|strong="H3068" took|strong="H3947" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" gold|strong="H2091" and|strong="H1121" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" vessels|strong="H3627" that|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" found|strong="H4672" in|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004" and|strong="H1121" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" treasures|strong="H0214" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" house|strong="H1004", the|strong="H3605" hostages|strong="H8594" also|strong="H3068", and|strong="H1121" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Samaria|strong="H8111". 
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\verseNumber{15}Now|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0834" rest|strong="H3499" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0834" acts|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" Jehoash|strong="H3060" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213", and|strong="H3063" his|strong="H5921" might|strong="H1369", and|strong="H3063" how|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" fought|strong="H3898" with|strong="H5973" Amaziah|strong="H0558" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063", aren’t they|strong="H1992" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" book|strong="H5612" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0834" chronicles|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0834" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478"? 
\verseNumber{16}Jehoash|strong="H3060" slept|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H8478" fathers|strong="H0001", and|strong="H1121" was|strong="H3478" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H3478" Samaria|strong="H8111" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H8478" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478"; and|strong="H1121" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" his|strong="H8478" son|strong="H1121" reigned|strong="H4427" in|strong="H3478" his|strong="H8478" place|strong="H8478". 
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\verseNumber{17}Amaziah|strong="H0558" the|strong="H0310" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Joash|strong="H3060" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" lived|strong="H2421" after|strong="H0310" the|strong="H0310" death|strong="H4194" of|strong="H1121" Jehoash|strong="H3060" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jehoahaz|strong="H3059", king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", fifteen|strong="H6240" years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{18}Now|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" rest|strong="H3499" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" acts|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" Amaziah|strong="H0558", aren’t they|strong="H1992" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" book|strong="H5612" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" chronicles|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063"? 
\verseNumber{19}They|strong="H8033" made|strong="H7194" a|strong="H7971" conspiracy|strong="H7195" against|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", and|strong="H7971" he|strong="H0310" fled|strong="H5127" to|strong="H4191" Lachish|strong="H3923"; but|strong="H4191" they|strong="H8033" sent|strong="H7971" after|strong="H0310" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H4191" Lachish|strong="H3923" and|strong="H7971" killed|strong="H4191" him|strong="H5921" there|strong="H8033". 
\verseNumber{20}They|strong="H5921" brought|strong="H5375" him|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" horses|strong="H5483", and|strong="H3389" he|strong="H1732" was|strong="H1732" buried|strong="H6912" at|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H5921" fathers|strong="H0001" in|strong="H5921" David’s|strong="H1732" city|strong="H5892". 
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\verseNumber{21}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" took|strong="H3947" Azariah|strong="H5838", who|strong="H3605" was|strong="H1931" sixteen|strong="H6240" years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" made|strong="H3605" him|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4427" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3605" place|strong="H8478" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" Amaziah|strong="H0558". 
\verseNumber{22}He|strong="H1931" built|strong="H1129" Elath|strong="H0359" and|strong="H3063" restored|strong="H7725" it|strong="H1931" to|strong="H7725" Judah|strong="H3063". After|strong="H0310" that|strong="H1931" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" slept|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H7725" fathers|strong="H0001". 
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\verseNumber{23}In|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3379" fifteenth year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H1121" Amaziah|strong="H0558" the|strong="H3379" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Joash|strong="H3101" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063", Jeroboam|strong="H3379" the|strong="H3379" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Joash|strong="H3101" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" began to|strong="H3478" reign|strong="H4427" in|strong="H8141" Samaria|strong="H8111" for|strong="H0259" forty-one years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{24}He|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H0834" which|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" evil|strong="H7451" in|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" sight|strong="H5869". He|strong="H0834" didn’t|strong="H3808" depart|strong="H5493" from|strong="H5493" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" sins|strong="H2398" of|strong="H1121" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Nebat|strong="H5028", with|strong="H3068" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" made|strong="H6213" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3068" sin|strong="H2398". 
\verseNumber{25}He|strong="H0834" restored|strong="H7725" the|strong="H0853" border|strong="H1366" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" from|strong="H7725" the|strong="H0853" entrance|strong="H0935" of|strong="H1121" Hamath|strong="H2574" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" sea|strong="H3220" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" Arabah|strong="H6160", according|strong="H3027" to|strong="H0935" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H0853" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1121" Israel’s|strong="H3478" word|strong="H1697", which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" spoke|strong="H1696" by|strong="H3027" his|strong="H3068" servant|strong="H5650" Jonah|strong="H3124" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Amittai|strong="H0573", the|strong="H0853" prophet|strong="H5030", who|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" from|strong="H7725" Gath Hepher. 
\verseNumber{26}For|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H0853" affliction of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478", that|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588" was|strong="H0369" very|strong="H3966" bitter|strong="H4784" for|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3966", slave and|strong="H3068" free; and|strong="H3068" there|strong="H0369" was|strong="H0369" no|strong="H0369" helper|strong="H5826" for|strong="H3588" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{27}Yahweh|strong="H3068" didn’t|strong="H3808" say|strong="H1696" that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" would|strong="H3478" blot out|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" from|strong="H3027" under|strong="H8478" the|strong="H0853" sky|strong="H8064"; but|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3068" saved|strong="H3467" them|strong="H0853" by|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Joash|strong="H3101". 
\verseNumber{28}Now|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" rest|strong="H3499" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" acts|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" Jeroboam|strong="H3379", and|strong="H3063" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213", and|strong="H3063" his|strong="H3605" might|strong="H1369", how|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" fought|strong="H3898", and|strong="H3063" how|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" recovered|strong="H7725" Damascus|strong="H1834", and|strong="H3063" Hamath|strong="H2574", which|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" belonged to|strong="H7725" Judah|strong="H3063", for|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478", aren’t they|strong="H1992" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" book|strong="H5612" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" chronicles|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478"? 
\verseNumber{29}Jeroboam|strong="H3379" slept|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H8478" fathers|strong="H0001", even with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H8478" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478"; and|strong="H1121" Zechariah|strong="H2148" his|strong="H8478" son|strong="H1121" reigned|strong="H4427" in|strong="H3478" his|strong="H8478" place|strong="H8478". 
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\chapterNumber{15}In|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3379" twenty-seventh year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H1121" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", Azariah|strong="H5838" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Amaziah|strong="H0558" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" began to|strong="H3478" reign|strong="H4427". 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H3389" was|strong="H8034" sixteen|strong="H6240" years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3389" began|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" reign|strong="H4427", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3389" reigned|strong="H4427" fifty-two|strong="H2572" years|strong="H8141" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". His|strong="H1961" mother’s|strong="H0517" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Jecoliah|strong="H3203" of|strong="H1121" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{3}He|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H0834" which|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" right|strong="H3477" in|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" eyes|strong="H5869", according to|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" his|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" Amaziah|strong="H0558" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{4}However|strong="H7535", the|strong="H5493" high|strong="H1116" places|strong="H1116" were not|strong="H3808" taken|strong="H5493" away|strong="H5493". The|strong="H5493" people|strong="H5971" still|strong="H5750" sacrificed|strong="H2076" and|strong="H2076" burned|strong="H6999" incense|strong="H6999" in|strong="H5750" the|strong="H5493" high|strong="H1116" places|strong="H1116". 
\verseNumber{5}Yahweh|strong="H3068" struck|strong="H5060" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428", so|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3117" he|strong="H5704" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" leper|strong="H6879" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H0853" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5921" death|strong="H4194", and|strong="H1121" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" a|strong="H1961" separate|strong="H2669" house|strong="H1004". Jotham|strong="H3147", the|strong="H0853" king’s|strong="H4428" son|strong="H1121", was|strong="H1961" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" household|strong="H1004", judging|strong="H8199" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" land|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{6}Now|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" rest|strong="H3499" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" acts|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" Azariah|strong="H5838", and|strong="H3063" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213", aren’t they|strong="H1992" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" book|strong="H5612" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" chronicles|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063"? 
\verseNumber{7}Azariah|strong="H5838" slept|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H1732" fathers|strong="H0001"; and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H8478" buried|strong="H6912" him|strong="H0853" with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H1732" fathers|strong="H0001" in|strong="H6912" David’s|strong="H1732" city|strong="H5892"; and|strong="H1121" Jotham|strong="H3147" his|strong="H1732" son|strong="H1121" reigned|strong="H4427" in|strong="H6912" his|strong="H1732" place|strong="H8478". 
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\verseNumber{8}In|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" thirty-eighth year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H1121" Azariah|strong="H5838" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063", Zechariah|strong="H2148" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" reigned|strong="H4427" over|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478" in|strong="H5921" Samaria|strong="H8111" six|strong="H8337" months|strong="H2320". 
\verseNumber{9}He|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H0834" which|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" evil|strong="H7451" in|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" sight|strong="H5869", as|strong="H0834" his|strong="H3068" fathers|strong="H0001" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213". He|strong="H0834" didn’t|strong="H3808" depart|strong="H5493" from|strong="H5493" the|strong="H0853" sins|strong="H2398" of|strong="H1121" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Nebat|strong="H5028", with|strong="H3068" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" made|strong="H6213" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3068" sin|strong="H2398". 
\verseNumber{10}Shallum|strong="H7967" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jabesh|strong="H3003" conspired|strong="H7194" against|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921", and|strong="H1121" struck|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5921" before|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H1121" killed|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5921", and|strong="H1121" reigned|strong="H4427" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" place|strong="H8478". 
\verseNumber{11}Now|strong="H2009" the|strong="H5921" rest|strong="H3499" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" acts|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" Zechariah|strong="H2148", behold|strong="H2009", they|strong="H3117" are|strong="H3117" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" book|strong="H5612" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" chronicles|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{12}This|strong="H3651" was|strong="H1961" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" word|strong="H1697" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" spoke|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" Jehu|strong="H3058", saying|strong="H0559", “Your|strong="H3068" sons|strong="H1121" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" fourth|strong="H7243" generation shall|strong="H1121" sit|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" throne|strong="H3678" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478".” So|strong="H3651" it|strong="H1931" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H0413" pass|strong="H1961". 
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\verseNumber{13}Shallum|strong="H7967" the|strong="H3117" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jabesh|strong="H3003" began to|strong="H3117" reign|strong="H4427" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3117" thirty-ninth year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H1121" Uzziah|strong="H5818" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3117" reigned|strong="H4427" for|strong="H3117" a|strong="H3117" month|strong="H3391" in|strong="H8141" Samaria|strong="H8111". 
\verseNumber{14}Menahem|strong="H4505" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Gadi|strong="H1424" went|strong="H0935" up|strong="H5927" from|strong="H0935" Tirzah|strong="H8656", came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" Samaria|strong="H8111", struck|strong="H5221" Shallum|strong="H7967" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jabesh|strong="H3003" in|strong="H0935" Samaria|strong="H8111", killed|strong="H5221" him|strong="H0853", and|strong="H1121" reigned|strong="H4427" in|strong="H0935" his|strong="H0935" place|strong="H8478". 
\verseNumber{15}Now|strong="H2009" the|strong="H0834" rest|strong="H3499" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0834" acts|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" Shallum|strong="H7967", and|strong="H3478" his|strong="H5921" conspiracy|strong="H7195" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" made|strong="H7194", behold|strong="H2009", they|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" book|strong="H5612" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0834" chronicles|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0834" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478". 
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\verseNumber{16}Then|strong="H0227" Menahem|strong="H4505" attacked|strong="H5221" Tiphsah|strong="H8607" and|strong="H0853" all|strong="H3605" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" in|strong="H3808" it|strong="H3588" and|strong="H0853" its|strong="H3605" border|strong="H1366" areas, from|strong="H1366" Tirzah|strong="H8656". He|strong="H0834" attacked|strong="H5221" it|strong="H3588" because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H0834" didn’t|strong="H3808" open|strong="H6605" their|strong="H3605" gates to|strong="H3808" him|strong="H5221", and|strong="H0853" he|strong="H0834" ripped|strong="H1234" up|strong="H1234" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" women|strong="H2030" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" with|strong="H3605" child|strong="H2030". 
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\verseNumber{17}In|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" thirty|strong="H7970" ninth|strong="H8672" year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H1121" Azariah|strong="H5838" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063", Menahem|strong="H4505" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Gadi|strong="H1424" began to|strong="H5921" reign|strong="H4427" over|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478" for|strong="H5921" ten|strong="H6235" years|strong="H8141" in|strong="H5921" Samaria|strong="H8111". 
\verseNumber{18}He|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H0834" which|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" evil|strong="H7451" in|strong="H5921" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" sight|strong="H5869". He|strong="H0834" didn’t|strong="H3808" depart|strong="H5493" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" days|strong="H3117" from|strong="H5493" the|strong="H3605" sins|strong="H2398" of|strong="H1121" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Nebat|strong="H5028", with|strong="H3068" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" made|strong="H6213" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H5921" sin|strong="H2398". 
\verseNumber{19}Pul|strong="H6322" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" came|strong="H0935" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" land|strong="H0776", and|strong="H0935" Menahem|strong="H4505" gave|strong="H5414" Pul|strong="H6322" one|strong="H1961" thousand|strong="H0505" talents|strong="H3603"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{15:19  }A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds, so 1000 talents is about 30 metric tons} of|strong="H4428" silver|strong="H3701", that|strong="H1961" his|strong="H5414" hand|strong="H3027" might|strong="H4467" be|strong="H1961" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0935" confirm the|strong="H5921" kingdom|strong="H4467" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5414" hand|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{20}Menahem|strong="H4505" exacted|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" money|strong="H3701" from|strong="H7725" Israel|strong="H3478", even|strong="H3808" from|strong="H7725" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" mighty|strong="H1368" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H4428" wealth|strong="H2428", from|strong="H7725" each|strong="H0376" man|strong="H0376" fifty|strong="H2572" shekels|strong="H8255"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{15:20  }A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces, so 50 shekels was about 0.5 kilograms or 1.1 pounds.} of|strong="H4428" silver|strong="H3701", to|strong="H7725" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804". So|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" turned|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725", and|strong="H3478" didn’t|strong="H3808" stay|strong="H5975" there|strong="H8033" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{21}Now|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" rest|strong="H3499" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" acts|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" Menahem|strong="H4505", and|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213", aren’t they|strong="H1992" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" book|strong="H5612" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" chronicles|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478"? 
\verseNumber{22}Menahem|strong="H4505" slept|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H8478" fathers|strong="H0001", and|strong="H1121" Pekahiah|strong="H6494" his|strong="H8478" son|strong="H1121" reigned|strong="H4427" in|strong="H1121" his|strong="H8478" place|strong="H8478". 
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\verseNumber{23}In|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" fiftieth|strong="H2572" year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H1121" Azariah|strong="H5838" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063", Pekahiah|strong="H6494" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Menahem|strong="H4505" began to|strong="H5921" reign|strong="H4427" over|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478" in|strong="H5921" Samaria|strong="H8111" for|strong="H5921" two years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{24}He|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H0834" which|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" evil|strong="H7451" in|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" sight|strong="H5869". He|strong="H0834" didn’t|strong="H3808" depart|strong="H5493" from|strong="H5493" the|strong="H0853" sins|strong="H2398" of|strong="H1121" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Nebat|strong="H5028", with|strong="H3068" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" made|strong="H6213" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3068" sin|strong="H2398". 
\verseNumber{25}Pekah|strong="H6492" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Remaliah|strong="H7425", his|strong="H5921" captain, conspired|strong="H7194" against|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921" and|strong="H1121" attacked|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" Samaria|strong="H8111", in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" fortress of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" king’s|strong="H4428" house|strong="H1004", with|strong="H5973" Argob and|strong="H1121" Arieh; and|strong="H1121" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5921" were|strong="H1121" fifty|strong="H2572" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" Gileadites|strong="H1569". He|strong="H0853" killed|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5921", and|strong="H1121" reigned|strong="H4427" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" place|strong="H8478". 
\verseNumber{26}Now|strong="H2009" the|strong="H3605" rest|strong="H3499" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" acts|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" Pekahiah|strong="H6494", and|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213", behold|strong="H2009", they|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" book|strong="H5612" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" chronicles|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478". 
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\verseNumber{27}In|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" fifty-second|strong="H2572" year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H1121" Azariah|strong="H5838" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063", Pekah|strong="H6492" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Remaliah|strong="H7425" began to|strong="H5921" reign|strong="H4427" over|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478" in|strong="H5921" Samaria|strong="H8111" for|strong="H5921" twenty|strong="H6242" years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{28}He|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H0834" which|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" evil|strong="H7451" in|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" sight|strong="H5869". He|strong="H0834" didn’t|strong="H3808" depart|strong="H5493" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H0853" sins|strong="H2398" of|strong="H1121" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Nebat|strong="H5028", with|strong="H3068" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" made|strong="H6213" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3068" sin|strong="H2398". 
\verseNumber{29}In|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H4428" Pekah|strong="H6492" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", Tiglath Pileser king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" came|strong="H0935" and|strong="H0935" took|strong="H3947" Ijon|strong="H5859", Abel|strong="H0062" Beth Maacah, Janoah|strong="H3239", Kedesh|strong="H6943", Hazor|strong="H2674", Gilead|strong="H1568", and|strong="H0935" Galilee|strong="H1551", all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H4428" Naphtali|strong="H5321"; and|strong="H0935" he|strong="H3117" carried|strong="H1540" them|strong="H0853" captive|strong="H1540" to|strong="H0935" Assyria|strong="H0804". 
\verseNumber{30}Hoshea|strong="H1954" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Elah|strong="H0425" made|strong="H7194" a|strong="H5221" conspiracy|strong="H7195" against|strong="H5921" Pekah|strong="H6492" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Remaliah|strong="H7425", attacked|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5921", killed|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5921", and|strong="H1121" reigned|strong="H4427" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" place|strong="H8478", in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" twentieth|strong="H6242" year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H1121" Jotham|strong="H3147" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Uzziah|strong="H5818". 
\verseNumber{31}Now|strong="H2009" the|strong="H3605" rest|strong="H3499" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" acts|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" Pekah|strong="H6492", and|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213", behold|strong="H2009", they|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" book|strong="H5612" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" chronicles|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478". 
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\verseNumber{32}In|strong="H8141" the|strong="H1121" second|strong="H8147" year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H1121" Pekah|strong="H6492" the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Remaliah|strong="H7425" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", Jotham|strong="H3147" the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Uzziah|strong="H5818" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" began to|strong="H3478" reign|strong="H4427". 
\verseNumber{33}He|strong="H3389" was|strong="H8034" twenty-five|strong="H2568" years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3389" began|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" reign|strong="H4427", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3389" reigned|strong="H4427" sixteen|strong="H6240" years|strong="H8141" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". His|strong="H1961" mother’s|strong="H0517" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Jerusha|strong="H3388" the|strong="H1961" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" Zadok|strong="H6659". 
\verseNumber{34}He|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H0834" which|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" right|strong="H3477" in|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" eyes|strong="H5869". He|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213" according to|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" his|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" Uzziah|strong="H5818" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{35}However|strong="H7535" the|strong="H0853" high|strong="H1116" places|strong="H1116" were|strong="H1004" not|strong="H3808" taken|strong="H5493" away|strong="H5493". The|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" still|strong="H5750" sacrificed|strong="H2076" and|strong="H3068" burned|strong="H6999" incense|strong="H6999" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" high|strong="H1116" places|strong="H1116". He|strong="H1931" built|strong="H1129" the|strong="H0853" upper|strong="H5945" gate|strong="H8179" of|strong="H1004" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{36}Now|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0834" rest|strong="H3499" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0834" acts|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" Jotham|strong="H3147", and|strong="H3063" all|strong="H3117" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213", aren’t they|strong="H1992" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" book|strong="H5612" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0834" chronicles|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0834" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063"? 
\verseNumber{37}In|strong="H3068" those|strong="H1992" days|strong="H3117", Yahweh|strong="H3068" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3068" send|strong="H7971" Rezin|strong="H7526" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Syria|strong="H0758" and|strong="H1121" Pekah|strong="H6492" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Remaliah|strong="H7425" against|strong="H7425" Judah|strong="H3063". 
\verseNumber{38}Jotham|strong="H3147" slept|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H1732" fathers|strong="H0001", and|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1732" buried|strong="H6912" with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H1732" fathers|strong="H0001" in|strong="H6912" his|strong="H1732" father|strong="H0001" David’s|strong="H1732" city|strong="H5892"; and|strong="H1121" Ahaz|strong="H0271" his|strong="H1732" son|strong="H1121" reigned|strong="H4427" in|strong="H6912" his|strong="H1732" place|strong="H8478". 
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\chapterNumber{16}In|strong="H8141" the|strong="H1121" seventeenth year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H1121" Pekah|strong="H6492" the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Remaliah|strong="H7425", Ahaz|strong="H0271" the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jotham|strong="H3147" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" began to|strong="H4428" reign|strong="H4427". 
\verseNumber{2}Ahaz|strong="H0271" was|strong="H3068" twenty|strong="H6242" years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1121" he|strong="H0430" began to|strong="H3068" reign|strong="H4427", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H0430" reigned|strong="H4427" sixteen|strong="H6240" years|strong="H8141" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". He|strong="H0430" didn’t|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3068" which|strong="H5869" was|strong="H3068" right|strong="H3477" in|strong="H8141" Yahweh|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" God’s|strong="H0430" eyes|strong="H5869", like|strong="H3808" David|strong="H1732" his|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001". 
\verseNumber{3}But|strong="H1571" he|strong="H0834" walked in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" way|strong="H1870" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H1121" even|strong="H1571" made|strong="H1571" his|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3068" pass|strong="H5674" through|strong="H5674" the|strong="H0853" fire|strong="H0784", according to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" abominations|strong="H8441" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" nations|strong="H1471" whom|strong="H0834" Yahweh|strong="H3068" cast|strong="H3423" out|strong="H3423" from|strong="H6440" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{4}He|strong="H5921" sacrificed|strong="H2076" and|strong="H6086" burned|strong="H6999" incense|strong="H6999" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" high|strong="H1116" places|strong="H1116", on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" hills|strong="H1389", and|strong="H6086" under|strong="H8478" every|strong="H3605" green|strong="H7488" tree|strong="H6086". 
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\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H0227" Rezin|strong="H7526" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Syria|strong="H0758" and|strong="H1121" Pekah|strong="H6492" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Remaliah|strong="H7425" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" came|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" to|strong="H5921" wage|strong="H4421" war|strong="H4421". They|strong="H5921" besieged Ahaz|strong="H0271", but|strong="H3808" could|strong="H3201" not|strong="H3808" overcome|strong="H3201" him|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{6}At|strong="H3427" that|strong="H3117" time|strong="H6256" Rezin|strong="H7526" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Syria|strong="H0758" recovered|strong="H7725" Elath|strong="H0359" to|strong="H0935" Syria|strong="H0758", and|strong="H0935" drove the|strong="H0853" Jews|strong="H3064" from|strong="H7725" Elath|strong="H0359"; and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" Syrians|strong="H0726" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" Elath|strong="H0359", and|strong="H0935" lived|strong="H3427" there|strong="H8033" to|strong="H0935" this|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{7}So|strong="H7971" Ahaz|strong="H0271" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="H0413" Tiglath Pileser king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Assyria|strong="H0804", saying|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H0589" your|strong="H5921" servant|strong="H5650" and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121". Come|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" and|strong="H1121" save|strong="H3467" me|strong="H0413" out|strong="H7971" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" hand|strong="H3709" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Syria|strong="H0758" and|strong="H1121" out|strong="H7971" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" hand|strong="H3709" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", who|strong="H1121" rise|strong="H6965" up|strong="H5927" against|strong="H5921" me|strong="H0413".” 
\verseNumber{8}Ahaz|strong="H0271" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H0853" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H3068" gold|strong="H2091" that|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" found|strong="H4672" in|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" treasures|strong="H0214" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" king’s|strong="H4428" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7971" it|strong="H3947" for|strong="H7971" a|strong="H3947" present|strong="H4672" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804". 
\verseNumber{9}The|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" listened|strong="H8085" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413"; and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" against|strong="H0413" Damascus|strong="H1834" and|strong="H4428" took|strong="H8610" it|strong="H1540", and|strong="H4428" carried|strong="H1540" its|strong="H0853" people|strong="H8085" captive|strong="H1540" to|strong="H0413" Kir|strong="H7024", and|strong="H4428" killed|strong="H4191" Rezin|strong="H7526". 
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\verseNumber{10}King|strong="H4428" Ahaz|strong="H0271" went|strong="H7125" to|strong="H0413" Damascus|strong="H1834" to|strong="H0413" meet|strong="H7125" Tiglath Pileser king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804", and|strong="H4428" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196" that|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" at|strong="H0413" Damascus|strong="H1834"; and|strong="H4428" King|strong="H4428" Ahaz|strong="H0271" sent|strong="H7971" to|strong="H0413" Urijah the|strong="H3605" priest|strong="H3548" a|strong="H7200" drawing of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196" and|strong="H4428" plans to|strong="H0413" build it|strong="H7200". 
\verseNumber{11}Urijah the|strong="H3605" priest|strong="H3548" built|strong="H1129" an|strong="H1129" altar|strong="H4196". According to|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" King|strong="H4428" Ahaz|strong="H0271" had|strong="H0834" sent|strong="H7971" from|strong="H0935" Damascus|strong="H1834", so|strong="H3651" Urijah the|strong="H3605" priest|strong="H3548" made|strong="H6213" it|strong="H3651" for|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3605" coming|strong="H0935" of|strong="H4428" King|strong="H4428" Ahaz|strong="H0271" from|strong="H0935" Damascus|strong="H1834". 
\verseNumber{12}When|strong="H7200" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" had|strong="H4428" come|strong="H0935" from|strong="H0935" Damascus|strong="H1834", the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H0853" altar|strong="H4196"; and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" came|strong="H0935" near|strong="H7126" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" altar|strong="H4196", and|strong="H0935" offered|strong="H5927" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{13}He|strong="H0834" burned|strong="H6999" his|strong="H5921" burnt|strong="H5930" offering|strong="H4503" and|strong="H4196" his|strong="H5921" meal|strong="H4503" offering|strong="H4503", poured his|strong="H5921" drink offering|strong="H4503", and|strong="H4196" sprinkled|strong="H2236" the|strong="H0853" blood|strong="H1818" of|strong="H4196" his|strong="H5921" peace|strong="H8002" offerings|strong="H8002" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" altar|strong="H4196". 
\verseNumber{14}The|strong="H0853" bronze|strong="H5178" altar|strong="H4196", which|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" before|strong="H6440" Yahweh|strong="H3068", he|strong="H0834" brought|strong="H7126" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004", from|strong="H5921" between|strong="H0996" his|strong="H5414" altar|strong="H4196" and|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H3068" put|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" north|strong="H6828" side|strong="H3409" of|strong="H1004" his|strong="H5414" altar|strong="H4196". 
\verseNumber{15}King|strong="H4428" Ahaz|strong="H0271" commanded|strong="H6680" Urijah the|strong="H3605" priest|strong="H3548", saying|strong="H0559", “On|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" great|strong="H1419" altar|strong="H4196" burn|strong="H6999" the|strong="H3605" morning|strong="H1242" burnt|strong="H5930" offering|strong="H4503", the|strong="H3605" evening|strong="H6153" meal|strong="H4503" offering|strong="H4503", the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" burnt|strong="H5930" offering|strong="H4503" and|strong="H0776" his|strong="H3605" meal|strong="H4503" offering|strong="H4503", with|strong="H0854" the|strong="H3605" burnt|strong="H5930" offering|strong="H4503" of|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776", their|strong="H3605" meal|strong="H4503" offering|strong="H4503", and|strong="H0776" their|strong="H3605" drink offerings|strong="H4503"; and|strong="H0776" sprinkle|strong="H2236" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" blood|strong="H1818" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" burnt|strong="H5930" offering|strong="H4503", and|strong="H0776" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" blood|strong="H1818" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" sacrifice|strong="H2077"; but|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" bronze|strong="H5178" altar|strong="H4196" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" for|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0559" inquire|strong="H1239" by|strong="H5921".” 
\verseNumber{16}Urijah the|strong="H3605" priest|strong="H3548" did|strong="H6213" so|strong="H6213", according to|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" King|strong="H4428" Ahaz|strong="H0271" commanded|strong="H6680". 
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\verseNumber{17}King|strong="H4428" Ahaz|strong="H0271" cut|strong="H7112" off|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" panels of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" bases, and|strong="H4428" removed|strong="H5493" the|strong="H0853" basin from|strong="H5493" off|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5414", and|strong="H4428" took|strong="H5493" down|strong="H3381" the|strong="H0853" sea|strong="H3220" from|strong="H5493" off|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" bronze|strong="H5178" oxen|strong="H1241" that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" under|strong="H8478" it|strong="H5414", and|strong="H4428" put|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" on|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5414" pavement|strong="H4837" of|strong="H4428" stone|strong="H0068". 
\verseNumber{18}He|strong="H0834" removed|strong="H5437" the|strong="H0853" covered way|strong="H6440" for|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" Sabbath|strong="H7676" that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" had|strong="H3068" built|strong="H1129" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" king’s|strong="H4428" outer|strong="H2435" entrance|strong="H3996" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004", because|strong="H0834" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804". 
\verseNumber{19}Now|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0834" rest|strong="H3499" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0834" acts|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" Ahaz|strong="H0271" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213", aren’t they|strong="H1992" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" book|strong="H5612" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0834" chronicles|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0834" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063"? 
\verseNumber{20}Ahaz|strong="H0271" slept|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H1732" fathers|strong="H0001", and|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1732" buried|strong="H6912" with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H1732" fathers|strong="H0001" in|strong="H6912" David’s|strong="H1732" city|strong="H5892"; and|strong="H1121" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" his|strong="H1732" son|strong="H1121" reigned|strong="H4427" in|strong="H6912" his|strong="H1732" place|strong="H8478". 
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\chapterNumber{17}In|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" twelfth year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H1121" Ahaz|strong="H0271" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063", Hoshea|strong="H1954" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Elah|strong="H0425" began to|strong="H5921" reign|strong="H4427" in|strong="H5921" Samaria|strong="H8111" over|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478" for|strong="H5921" nine|strong="H8672" years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H0834" which|strong="H0834" was|strong="H1961" evil|strong="H7451" in|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" sight|strong="H5869", yet|strong="H7535" not|strong="H3808" as|strong="H0834" the|strong="H6440" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" before|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{3}Shalmaneser|strong="H8022" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" came|strong="H1961" up|strong="H5927" against|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921"; and|strong="H4428" Hoshea|strong="H1954" became|strong="H1961" his|strong="H5921" servant|strong="H5650", and|strong="H4428" brought|strong="H5927" him|strong="H5921" tribute|strong="H4503". 
\verseNumber{4}The|strong="H0834" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" discovered|strong="H4672" a|strong="H4672" conspiracy|strong="H7195" in|strong="H8141" Hoshea|strong="H1954"; for|strong="H0413" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="H0413" So|strong="H7971" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Egypt|strong="H4714", and|strong="H4428" offered|strong="H5927" no|strong="H3808" tribute|strong="H4503" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0834" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804", as|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" done year|strong="H8141" by|strong="H0413" year|strong="H8141". Therefore|strong="H7971" the|strong="H0834" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" seized him|strong="H0413", and|strong="H4428" bound|strong="H0631" him|strong="H0413" in|strong="H8141" prison|strong="H3608". 
\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" came|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" throughout|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776", went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5921" Samaria|strong="H8111", and|strong="H0776" besieged it|strong="H5921" three|strong="H7969" years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{6}In|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0853" ninth|strong="H8671" year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H4428" Hoshea|strong="H1954" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" took|strong="H3920" Samaria|strong="H8111" and|strong="H3478" carried|strong="H1540" Israel|strong="H3478" away|strong="H1540" to|strong="H3478" Assyria|strong="H0804", and|strong="H3478" placed|strong="H3427" them|strong="H0853" in|strong="H3427" Halah|strong="H2477", and|strong="H3478" on|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0853" Habor|strong="H2249", the|strong="H0853" river|strong="H5104" of|strong="H4428" Gozan|strong="H1470", and|strong="H3478" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0853" cities|strong="H5892" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" Medes|strong="H4074". 
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\verseNumber{7}It|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1961" so|strong="H1961" because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" had|strong="H3068" sinned|strong="H2398" against|strong="H2398" Yahweh|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430", who|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H5927" them|strong="H0853" up|strong="H5927" out|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H1121" Egypt|strong="H4714" from|strong="H3478" under|strong="H8478" the|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" Pharaoh|strong="H6547" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Egypt|strong="H4714", and|strong="H1121" had|strong="H3068" feared|strong="H3372" other|strong="H0312" gods|strong="H0430", 
\verseNumber{8}and|strong="H1121" walked in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" statutes|strong="H2708" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" nations|strong="H1471" whom|strong="H0834" Yahweh|strong="H3068" cast|strong="H3423" out|strong="H3423" from|strong="H6440" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", which|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" made|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{9}The|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" secretly|strong="H2644" did|strong="H0834" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" right|strong="H3651" against|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430"; and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H0834" built|strong="H1129" high|strong="H1116" places|strong="H1116" for|strong="H5921" themselves|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892", from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" tower|strong="H4026" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" watchmen|strong="H5341" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" fortified|strong="H4013" city|strong="H5892"; 
\verseNumber{10}and|strong="H6086" they|strong="H5921" set|strong="H5324" up|strong="H5921" for|strong="H5921" themselves|strong="H5921" pillars|strong="H4676" and|strong="H6086" Asherah|strong="H0842" poles on|strong="H5921" every|strong="H3605" high|strong="H1364" hill|strong="H1389" and|strong="H6086" under|strong="H8478" every|strong="H3605" green|strong="H7488" tree|strong="H6086"; 
\verseNumber{11}and|strong="H3068" there|strong="H8033" they|strong="H0834" burned|strong="H6999" incense|strong="H6999" in|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" high|strong="H1116" places|strong="H1116", as|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" nations|strong="H1471" whom|strong="H0834" Yahweh|strong="H3068" carried|strong="H1540" away|strong="H1540" before|strong="H6440" them|strong="H0853" did|strong="H6213"; and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213" wicked|strong="H7451" things|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3068" provoke|strong="H3707" Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" anger|strong="H3707"; 
\verseNumber{12}and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H0834" served|strong="H5647" idols|strong="H1544", of|strong="H3068" which|strong="H0834" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" them|strong="H0853", “You|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2088" thing|strong="H1697".” 
\verseNumber{13}Yet|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" testified|strong="H5749" to|strong="H0413" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3068" to|strong="H0413" Judah|strong="H3063", by|strong="H3027" every|strong="H3605" prophet|strong="H5030" and|strong="H3068" every|strong="H3605" seer|strong="H2374", saying|strong="H0559", “Turn|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" your|strong="H3068" evil|strong="H7451" ways|strong="H1870", and|strong="H3068" keep|strong="H8104" my|strong="H3605" commandments|strong="H4687" and|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3605" statutes|strong="H2708", according|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" law|strong="H8451" which|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" commanded|strong="H6680" your|strong="H3068" fathers|strong="H0001", and|strong="H3068" which|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" sent|strong="H7971" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0834" by|strong="H3027" my|strong="H3605" servants|strong="H5650" the|strong="H3605" prophets|strong="H5030".” 
\verseNumber{14}Notwithstanding, they|strong="H0834" would|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" listen|strong="H8085", but|strong="H3808" hardened|strong="H7185" their|strong="H3068" neck|strong="H6203" like|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" neck|strong="H6203" of|strong="H0430" their|strong="H3068" fathers|strong="H0001" who|strong="H0834" didn’t|strong="H3808" believe|strong="H0539" in|strong="H0430" Yahweh|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430". 
\verseNumber{15}They|strong="H0834" rejected|strong="H3988" his|strong="H3068" statutes|strong="H2706" and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" covenant|strong="H1285" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" made|strong="H6213" with|strong="H0854" their|strong="H3068" fathers|strong="H0001", and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" testimonies|strong="H5715" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" testified|strong="H5749" to|strong="H3068" them|strong="H0853"; and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H0834" followed|strong="H0310" vanity|strong="H1892", and|strong="H3068" became|strong="H1891" vain|strong="H1892", and|strong="H3068" followed|strong="H0310" the|strong="H0853" nations|strong="H1471" that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" around|strong="H5439" them|strong="H0853", concerning|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H0834" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" them|strong="H0853" that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" should|strong="H3068" not|strong="H1115" do|strong="H6213" like|strong="H0834" them|strong="H0853". 
\verseNumber{16}They|strong="H3068" abandoned|strong="H5800" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" commandments|strong="H4687" of|strong="H0430" Yahweh|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430", and|strong="H3068" made|strong="H6213" molten images|strong="H4541" for|strong="H3605" themselves|strong="H7812", even|strong="H0853" two|strong="H8147" calves|strong="H5695", and|strong="H3068" made|strong="H6213" an|strong="H3068" Asherah|strong="H0842", and|strong="H3068" worshiped|strong="H7812" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H6635" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3605" sky|strong="H8064", and|strong="H3068" served|strong="H5647" Baal|strong="H1168". 
\verseNumber{17}They|strong="H3068" caused their|strong="H3068" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3068" daughters|strong="H1323" to|strong="H3068" pass|strong="H5674" through|strong="H5674" the|strong="H0853" fire|strong="H0784", used|strong="H6213" divination|strong="H7081" and|strong="H1121" enchantments|strong="H5172", and|strong="H1121" sold|strong="H4376" themselves|strong="H7451" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3068" which|strong="H5869" was|strong="H3068" evil|strong="H7451" in|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" sight|strong="H5869", to|strong="H3068" provoke|strong="H3707" him|strong="H0853" to|strong="H3068" anger|strong="H3707". 
\verseNumber{18}Therefore|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" very|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H0599" with|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H3068" removed|strong="H5493" them|strong="H5921" out|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" his|strong="H5921" sight|strong="H6440". There|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" none|strong="H3808" left|strong="H7604" but|strong="H7535" the|strong="H6440" tribe|strong="H7626" of|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063" only|strong="H7535". 
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\verseNumber{19}Also|strong="H1571" Judah|strong="H3063" didn’t|strong="H3808" keep|strong="H8104" the|strong="H0853" commandments|strong="H4687" of|strong="H0430" Yahweh|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430", but|strong="H3808" walked in|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0853" statutes|strong="H2708" of|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478" which|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" made|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{20}Yahweh|strong="H3068" rejected|strong="H3988" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" offspring|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478", afflicted them|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3068" delivered|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" into|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" hands|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3068" raiders, until|strong="H5704" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H3068" cast|strong="H7993" them|strong="H5414" out|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3605" sight|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{21}For|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" tore|strong="H7167" Israel|strong="H3478" from|strong="H5921" David’s|strong="H1732" house|strong="H1004"; and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3588" made Jeroboam|strong="H3379" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Nebat|strong="H5028" king|strong="H4427"; and|strong="H1121" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" drove|strong="H5077" Israel|strong="H3478" from|strong="H5921" following|strong="H0310" Yahweh|strong="H3068", and|strong="H1121" made them|strong="H0853" sin|strong="H2398" a|strong="H3588" great|strong="H1419" sin|strong="H2398". 
\verseNumber{22}The|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" walked in|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" sins|strong="H2403" of|strong="H1121" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213"; they|strong="H0834" didn’t|strong="H3808" depart|strong="H5493" from|strong="H4480" them|strong="H6213" 
\verseNumber{23}until|strong="H5704" Yahweh|strong="H3068" removed|strong="H5493" Israel|strong="H3478" out|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3605" sight|strong="H6440", as|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" said|strong="H1696" by|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" servants|strong="H5650" the|strong="H3605" prophets|strong="H5030". So|strong="H0834" Israel|strong="H3478" was|strong="H0834" carried|strong="H1540" away|strong="H5493" out|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3605" own|strong="H6440" land|strong="H0127" to|strong="H5704" Assyria|strong="H0804" to|strong="H5704" this|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117". 
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\verseNumber{24}The|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Assyria|strong="H0804" brought|strong="H0935" people|strong="H1121" from|strong="H0935" Babylon|strong="H0894", from|strong="H0935" Cuthah|strong="H3575", from|strong="H0935" Avva|strong="H5755", and|strong="H1121" from|strong="H0935" Hamath|strong="H2574" and|strong="H1121" Sepharvaim|strong="H5617", and|strong="H1121" placed|strong="H3427" them|strong="H0853" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0853" cities|strong="H5892" of|strong="H1121" Samaria|strong="H8111" instead|strong="H8478" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478"; and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H0935" possessed|strong="H3423" Samaria|strong="H8111" and|strong="H1121" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" its|strong="H0853" cities|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{25}So|strong="H7971" it|strong="H8033" was|strong="H1961", at|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0853" beginning|strong="H8462" of|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" dwelling|strong="H3427" there|strong="H8033", that|strong="H3068" they|strong="H8033" didn’t|strong="H3808" fear|strong="H3372" Yahweh|strong="H3068". Therefore|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7971" lions|strong="H0738" among|strong="H3427" them|strong="H0853", which|strong="H8033" killed|strong="H2026" some|strong="H8033" of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H0853". 
\verseNumber{26}Therefore|strong="H3045" they|strong="H0834" spoke|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804", saying|strong="H0559", “The|strong="H0853" nations|strong="H1471" which|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" carried|strong="H1540" away|strong="H7971" and|strong="H0430" placed|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0853" cities|strong="H5892" of|strong="H4428" Samaria|strong="H8111" don’t|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" the|strong="H0853" law of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" god|strong="H0430" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" land|strong="H0776". Therefore|strong="H3045" he|strong="H0834" has|strong="H0430" sent|strong="H7971" lions|strong="H0738" among|strong="H3427" them|strong="H0853"; and|strong="H0430" behold|strong="H2009", they|strong="H0834" kill|strong="H4191" them|strong="H0853", because|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" don’t|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" the|strong="H0853" law of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" god|strong="H0430" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" land|strong="H0776".” 
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\verseNumber{27}Then|strong="H0853" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" commanded|strong="H6680", saying|strong="H0559", “Carry|strong="H1540" there|strong="H8033" one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" priests|strong="H3548" whom|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" brought from|strong="H0776" there|strong="H8033"; and|strong="H0430" let|strong="H1540" him|strong="H0853"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{17:27  }Hebrew: them} go|strong="H1540" and|strong="H0430" dwell|strong="H3427" there|strong="H8033", and|strong="H0430" let|strong="H1540" him|strong="H0853" teach|strong="H3384" them|strong="H0853" the|strong="H0853" law of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" god|strong="H0430" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" land|strong="H0776".” 
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\verseNumber{28}So|strong="H1961" one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" priests|strong="H3548" whom|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" had|strong="H3068" carried|strong="H1540" away|strong="H1540" from|strong="H0935" Samaria|strong="H8111" came|strong="H0935" and|strong="H0935" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Bethel|strong="H1008", and|strong="H0935" taught|strong="H3384" them|strong="H0853" how|strong="H0349" they|strong="H0834" should|strong="H3068" fear|strong="H3372" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{29}However every|strong="H1471" nation|strong="H1471" made|strong="H6213" gods|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1004" their|strong="H1992" own|strong="H1961", and|strong="H0430" put|strong="H3240" them|strong="H1992" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0834" houses|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0834" high|strong="H1116" places|strong="H1116" which|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" Samaritans had|strong="H0834" made|strong="H6213", every|strong="H1471" nation|strong="H1471" in|strong="H3427" their|strong="H1992" cities|strong="H5892" in|strong="H3427" which|strong="H0834" they|strong="H1992" lived|strong="H3427". 
\verseNumber{30}The|strong="H0853" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Babylon|strong="H0894" made|strong="H6213" Succoth Benoth, and|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Cuth|strong="H3575" made|strong="H6213" Nergal|strong="H5370", and|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Hamath|strong="H2574" made|strong="H6213" Ashima|strong="H0807", 
\verseNumber{31}and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" Avvites|strong="H5757" made|strong="H6213" Nibhaz|strong="H5026" and|strong="H1121" Tartak|strong="H8662"; and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" Sepharvites|strong="H5616" burned|strong="H8313" their|strong="H8313" children|strong="H1121" in|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" fire|strong="H0784" to|strong="H1121" Adrammelech|strong="H0152" and|strong="H1121" Anammelech|strong="H6048", the|strong="H0853" gods of|strong="H1121" Sepharvaim|strong="H5617". 
\verseNumber{32}So|strong="H6213" they|strong="H1992" feared|strong="H3372" Yahweh|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" made|strong="H6213" from|strong="H1961" among|strong="H7098" themselves|strong="H1992" priests|strong="H3548" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" high|strong="H1116" places|strong="H1116" for|strong="H1004" themselves|strong="H1992", who|strong="H3068" sacrificed for|strong="H1004" them|strong="H1992" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" houses|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" high|strong="H1116" places|strong="H1116". 
\verseNumber{33}They|strong="H0834" feared|strong="H3372" Yahweh|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" served|strong="H5647" their|strong="H3068" own|strong="H1961" gods|strong="H0430", after|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" ways of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0853" nations|strong="H1471" from|strong="H1961" among|strong="H8033" whom|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H1961" carried|strong="H1540" away|strong="H1540". 
\verseNumber{34}To|strong="H5704" this|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117" they|strong="H1992" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H0834" they|strong="H1992" did|strong="H6213" before|strong="H5704". They|strong="H1992" don’t|strong="H0369" fear|strong="H3372" Yahweh|strong="H3068", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H1992" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H0369" follow|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" statutes|strong="H2708", or|strong="H5704" the|strong="H0853" ordinances|strong="H4941", or|strong="H5704" the|strong="H0853" law|strong="H8451", or|strong="H5704" the|strong="H0853" commandment|strong="H4687" which|strong="H0834" Yahweh|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jacob|strong="H3290", whom|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" named|strong="H8034" Israel|strong="H3478"; 
\verseNumber{35}with|strong="H0854" whom Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" made|strong="H3772" a|strong="H3772" covenant|strong="H1285" and|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" them|strong="H6680", saying|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H6680" shall|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" fear|strong="H3372" other|strong="H0312" gods|strong="H0430", nor|strong="H3808" bow|strong="H7812" yourselves|strong="H3068" to|strong="H0559" them|strong="H6680", nor|strong="H3808" serve|strong="H5647" them|strong="H6680", nor|strong="H3808" sacrifice|strong="H2076" to|strong="H0559" them|strong="H6680"; 
\verseNumber{36}but|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H3068" fear|strong="H3372" Yahweh|strong="H3068", who|strong="H0834" brought|strong="H5927" you|strong="H0834" up|strong="H5927" out|strong="H5186" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0853" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" Egypt|strong="H4714" with|strong="H3068" great|strong="H1419" power|strong="H2220" and|strong="H3068" with|strong="H3068" an|strong="H3588" outstretched|strong="H5186" arm|strong="H2220", and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H3068" bow|strong="H7812" yourselves|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H0853", and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H3068" sacrifice|strong="H2076" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H0853". 
\verseNumber{37}The|strong="H3605" statutes|strong="H2706" and|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3605" ordinances|strong="H4941", and|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3605" law|strong="H8451" and|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3605" commandment|strong="H4687" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" wrote|strong="H3789" for|strong="H4941" you|strong="H0834", you|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H3808" observe|strong="H8104" to|strong="H8104" do|strong="H6213" forever|strong="H3117" more|strong="H3808". You|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" fear|strong="H3372" other|strong="H0312" gods|strong="H0430". 
\verseNumber{38}You|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" forget|strong="H7911" the|strong="H0834" covenant|strong="H1285" that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" made|strong="H3772" with|strong="H0854" you|strong="H0834". You|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" fear|strong="H3372" other|strong="H0312" gods|strong="H0430". 
\verseNumber{39}But|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" shall|strong="H3068" fear|strong="H3372" Yahweh|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3068" deliver|strong="H5337" you|strong="H3588" out|strong="H3605" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H0430" all|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341".” 
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\verseNumber{40}However|strong="H0518" they|strong="H1992" didn’t|strong="H3808" listen|strong="H8085", but|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" did|strong="H6213" what|strong="H4941" they|strong="H1992" did|strong="H6213" before|strong="H7223". 
\verseNumber{41}So|strong="H6213" these|strong="H0428" nations|strong="H1471" feared|strong="H3372" Yahweh|strong="H3068", and|strong="H1121" also|strong="H1571" served|strong="H5647" their|strong="H3068" engraved|strong="H6456" images|strong="H6456". Their|strong="H3068" children|strong="H1121" did|strong="H6213" likewise|strong="H1571", and|strong="H1121" so|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" their|strong="H3068" children’s|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121". They|strong="H1992" do|strong="H6213" as|strong="H0834" their|strong="H3068" fathers|strong="H0001" did|strong="H6213" to|strong="H5704" this|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117". 
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\chapterNumber{18}Now|strong="H1961" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H1961" third|strong="H7969" year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H1121" Hoshea|strong="H1954" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Elah|strong="H0425" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", Hezekiah|strong="H2396" the|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ahaz|strong="H0271" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" began|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" reign|strong="H4427". 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H3389" was|strong="H8034" twenty-five|strong="H2568" years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3389" began|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" reign|strong="H4427", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3389" reigned|strong="H4427" twenty-nine|strong="H8672" years|strong="H8141" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". His|strong="H1961" mother’s|strong="H0517" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Abi|strong="H0021" the|strong="H1961" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" Zechariah|strong="H2148". 
\verseNumber{3}He|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H0834" which|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" right|strong="H3477" in|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" eyes|strong="H5869", according to|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" David|strong="H1732" his|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{4}He|strong="H0834" removed|strong="H5493" the|strong="H0853" high|strong="H1116" places|strong="H1116", broke|strong="H7665" the|strong="H0853" pillars|strong="H4676", and|strong="H1121" cut|strong="H3772" down|strong="H3772" the|strong="H0853" Asherah|strong="H0842". He|strong="H0834" also|strong="H4872" broke|strong="H7665" in|strong="H3478" pieces|strong="H7665" the|strong="H0853" bronze|strong="H5178" serpent|strong="H5175" that|strong="H0834" Moses|strong="H4872" had|strong="H0834" made|strong="H6213", because|strong="H3588" in|strong="H3478" those|strong="H0834" days|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" burned|strong="H6999" incense|strong="H6999" to|strong="H5704" it|strong="H1931"; and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H0834" called|strong="H7121" it|strong="H1931" Nehushtan|strong="H5180". 
\verseNumber{5}He|strong="H0834" trusted|strong="H0982" in|strong="H0430" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", so|strong="H1961" that|strong="H0834" after|strong="H0310" him|strong="H0310" was|strong="H1961" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3605" like|strong="H3644" him|strong="H0310" among|strong="H3808" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063", nor|strong="H3808" among|strong="H3808" them|strong="H0310" that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" before|strong="H6440" him|strong="H0310". 
\verseNumber{6}For|strong="H3068" he|strong="H0834" joined|strong="H1692" with|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". He|strong="H0834" didn’t|strong="H3808" depart|strong="H5493" from|strong="H5493" following|strong="H0310" him|strong="H0853", but|strong="H3808" kept|strong="H8104" his|strong="H8104" commandments|strong="H4687", which|strong="H0834" Yahweh|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" Moses|strong="H4872". 
\verseNumber{7}Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5973". Wherever|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" went|strong="H3318", he|strong="H0834" prospered. He|strong="H0834" rebelled|strong="H4775" against|strong="H5973" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804", and|strong="H3068" didn’t|strong="H3808" serve|strong="H5647" him|strong="H5973". 
\verseNumber{8}He|strong="H1931" struck|strong="H5221" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430" to|strong="H5704" Gaza|strong="H5804" and|strong="H6430" its|strong="H0853" borders|strong="H1366", from|strong="H5704" the|strong="H0853" tower|strong="H4026" of|strong="H1366" the|strong="H0853" watchmen|strong="H5341" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H0853" fortified|strong="H4013" city|strong="H5892". 
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\verseNumber{9}In|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" fourth|strong="H7243" year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H1121" King|strong="H4428" Hezekiah|strong="H2396", which|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" seventh|strong="H7637" year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H1121" Hoshea|strong="H1954" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Elah|strong="H0425" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", Shalmaneser|strong="H8022" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Assyria|strong="H0804" came|strong="H1961" up|strong="H5927" against|strong="H5921" Samaria|strong="H8111" and|strong="H1121" besieged it|strong="H1931". 
\verseNumber{10}At|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3920" end|strong="H7097" of|strong="H4428" three|strong="H7969" years|strong="H8141" they|strong="H8141" took|strong="H3920" it|strong="H1931". In|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3920" sixth year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H4428" Hezekiah|strong="H2396", which|strong="H1931" was|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3920" ninth|strong="H8672" year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H4428" Hoshea|strong="H1954" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", Samaria|strong="H8111" was|strong="H3478" taken|strong="H3920". 
\verseNumber{11}The|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" carried|strong="H1540" Israel|strong="H3478" away|strong="H1540" to|strong="H3478" Assyria|strong="H0804", and|strong="H3478" put|strong="H5148" them|strong="H0853" in|strong="H3478" Halah|strong="H2477", and|strong="H3478" on|strong="H3478" the|strong="H0853" Habor|strong="H2249", the|strong="H0853" river|strong="H5104" of|strong="H4428" Gozan|strong="H1470", and|strong="H3478" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H0853" cities|strong="H5892" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" Medes|strong="H4074", 
\verseNumber{12}because|strong="H5921" they|strong="H0834" didn’t|strong="H3808" obey|strong="H8085" Yahweh|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3605" God’s|strong="H0430" voice|strong="H6963", but|strong="H3808" transgressed his|strong="H3605" covenant|strong="H1285", even|strong="H3808" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" Moses|strong="H4872" the|strong="H3605" servant|strong="H5650" of|strong="H0430" Yahweh|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680", and|strong="H3068" would|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" hear|strong="H8085" it|strong="H5921" or|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" it|strong="H5921". 
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\verseNumber{13}Now in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" fourteenth year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H4428" King|strong="H4428" Hezekiah|strong="H2396", Sennacherib|strong="H5576" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" came|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" against|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" fortified|strong="H1219" cities|strong="H5892" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3063" took|strong="H8610" them|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{14}Hezekiah|strong="H2396" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" sent|strong="H7971" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" at|strong="H0413" Lachish|strong="H3923", saying|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" offended|strong="H2398" you|strong="H0834". Withdraw|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" me|strong="H0413". That|strong="H0834" which|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" put|strong="H5414" on|strong="H5921" me|strong="H0413", I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" bear|strong="H5375".” The|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" appointed|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0413" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" three|strong="H7969" hundred|strong="H3967" talents|strong="H3603" of|strong="H4428" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H3063" thirty|strong="H7970" talents|strong="H3603"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{18:14  }A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces} of|strong="H4428" gold|strong="H2091". 
\verseNumber{15}Hezekiah|strong="H2396" gave|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" silver|strong="H3701" that|strong="H3605" was|strong="H3068" found|strong="H4672" in|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" treasures|strong="H0214" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{16}At|strong="H3068" that|strong="H0834" time|strong="H6256", Hezekiah|strong="H2396" cut|strong="H7112" off|strong="H7112" the|strong="H0853" gold from|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" doors|strong="H1817" of|strong="H4428" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1964", and|strong="H3068" from|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" pillars which|strong="H0834" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" had|strong="H3068" overlaid|strong="H6823", and|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804". 
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\verseNumber{17}The|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" sent|strong="H7971" Tartan|strong="H8661", Rabsaris, and|strong="H0935" Rabshakeh|strong="H7262" from|strong="H4480" Lachish|strong="H3923" to|strong="H0413" King|strong="H4428" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" with|strong="H0413" a|strong="H0935" great|strong="H3515" army|strong="H2426" to|strong="H0413" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". They|strong="H0834" went|strong="H0935" up|strong="H5927" and|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". When|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" come|strong="H0935" up|strong="H5927", they|strong="H0834" came|strong="H0935" and|strong="H0935" stood|strong="H5975" by|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" conduit of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" upper|strong="H5945" pool|strong="H1295", which|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" highway|strong="H4546" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" fuller’s|strong="H3526" field|strong="H7704". 
\verseNumber{18}When|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" called|strong="H7121" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0834" king|strong="H4428", Eliakim|strong="H0471" the|strong="H0834" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hilkiah|strong="H2518", who|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" household|strong="H1004", and|strong="H1121" Shebnah|strong="H7644" the|strong="H0834" scribe|strong="H5608", and|strong="H1121" Joah|strong="H3098" the|strong="H0834" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Asaph|strong="H0623" the|strong="H0834" recorder|strong="H2142" came|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{19}Rabshakeh|strong="H7262" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413", “Say|strong="H0559" now|strong="H4994" to|strong="H0413" Hezekiah|strong="H2396", ‘The|strong="H0559" great|strong="H1419" king|strong="H4428", the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804", says|strong="H0559", “What|strong="H4100" confidence|strong="H0986" is|strong="H0834" this|strong="H2088" in|strong="H0413" which|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" trust|strong="H0982"? 
\verseNumber{20}You|strong="H3588" say|strong="H0559" (but|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1697" but|strong="H3588" vain words|strong="H1697"), ‘There is|strong="H4310" counsel|strong="H6098" and|strong="H1697" strength|strong="H1369" for|strong="H3588" war|strong="H4421".’ Now|strong="H6258" on|strong="H5921" whom|strong="H4310" do|strong="H4310" you|strong="H3588" trust|strong="H0982", that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1697" rebelled|strong="H4775" against|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921"? 
\verseNumber{21}Now|strong="H6258", behold|strong="H2009", you|strong="H0834" trust|strong="H0982" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" staff|strong="H4938" of|strong="H4428" this|strong="H2088" bruised|strong="H7533" reed|strong="H7070", even|strong="H3651" in|strong="H5921" Egypt|strong="H4714". If|strong="H2009" a|strong="H0935" man|strong="H0376" leans|strong="H5564" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921", it|strong="H5921" will|strong="H0834" go|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0935" his|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3709" and|strong="H0935" pierce it|strong="H5921". So|strong="H3651" is|strong="H0834" Pharaoh|strong="H6547" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Egypt|strong="H4714" to|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" who|strong="H0834" trust|strong="H0982" on|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{22}But|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0834" tell|strong="H0559" me|strong="H0413", ‘We|strong="H3588" trust|strong="H0982" in|strong="H0413" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430",’ isn’t|strong="H3808" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" whose|strong="H0834" high|strong="H1116" places|strong="H1116" and|strong="H3068" whose|strong="H0834" altars|strong="H4196" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" has|strong="H3068" taken|strong="H5493" away|strong="H5493", and|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3068" to|strong="H0413" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", ‘You|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H3068" worship|strong="H7812" before|strong="H6440" this|strong="H2088" altar|strong="H4196" in|strong="H0413" Jerusalem|strong="H3389"?’ 
\verseNumber{23}Now|strong="H6258" therefore|strong="H6258", please|strong="H4994" give|strong="H5414" pledges to|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5414" master|strong="H0113" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804", and|strong="H4428" I|strong="H0518" will|strong="H4428" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" two thousand|strong="H0505" horses|strong="H5483" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H5414" are|strong="H0113" able|strong="H3201" on|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5414" part|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" set|strong="H5414" riders|strong="H7392" on|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{24}How|strong="H0349" then|strong="H0853" can|strong="H0349" you|strong="H6440" turn|strong="H7725" away|strong="H7725" the|strong="H0853" face|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" one|strong="H0259" captain of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0853" least of|strong="H6440" my|strong="H5921" master’s|strong="H0113" servants|strong="H5650", and|strong="H7725" put|strong="H7725" your|strong="H5921" trust|strong="H0982" on|strong="H5921" Egypt|strong="H4714" for|strong="H5921" chariots|strong="H7393" and|strong="H7725" for|strong="H5921" horsemen|strong="H6571"? 
\verseNumber{25}Have|strong="H0776" I|strong="H6258" now|strong="H6258" come|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" without|strong="H1107" Yahweh|strong="H3068" against|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2088" place|strong="H4725" to|strong="H0413" destroy|strong="H7843" it|strong="H5921"? Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413", ‘Go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" against|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2088" land|strong="H0776", and|strong="H3068" destroy|strong="H7843" it|strong="H5921".’”’” 
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\verseNumber{26}Then|strong="H1696" Eliakim|strong="H0471" the|strong="H0559" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hilkiah|strong="H2518", Shebnah|strong="H7644", and|strong="H1121" Joah|strong="H3098", said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Rabshakeh|strong="H7262", “Please|strong="H4994" speak|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" your|strong="H5921" servants|strong="H5650" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" Syrian language|strong="H3066", for|strong="H3588" we|strong="H0587" understand|strong="H8085" it|strong="H5921". Don’t|strong="H0408" speak|strong="H1696" with|strong="H5973" us|strong="H4994" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" Jews’ language|strong="H3066", in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" hearing|strong="H0241" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" wall|strong="H2346".” 
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\verseNumber{27}But|strong="H3808" Rabshakeh|strong="H7262" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413", “Has|strong="H0376" my|strong="H5921" master|strong="H0113" sent|strong="H7971" me|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" your|strong="H5921" master|strong="H0113" and|strong="H0398" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H7971", to|strong="H0413" speak|strong="H1696" these|strong="H0428" words|strong="H1697"? Hasn’t|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3808" sent|strong="H7971" me|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0376" sit|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" wall|strong="H2346", to|strong="H0413" eat|strong="H0398" their|strong="H5921" own|strong="H0376" dung, and|strong="H0398" to|strong="H0413" drink|strong="H8354" their|strong="H5921" own|strong="H0376" urine|strong="H7890" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H7971"?” 
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\verseNumber{28}Then|strong="H1696" Rabshakeh|strong="H7262" stood|strong="H5975" and|strong="H4428" cried|strong="H7121" with|strong="H1696" a|strong="H8085" loud|strong="H1419" voice|strong="H6963" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" Jews’ language|strong="H3066", and|strong="H4428" spoke|strong="H1696", saying|strong="H0559", “Hear|strong="H8085" the|strong="H0559" word|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" great|strong="H1419" king|strong="H4428", the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804". 
\verseNumber{29}The|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" says|strong="H0559", ‘Don’t|strong="H0408" let|strong="H0408" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" deceive|strong="H5377" you|strong="H3588", for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4428" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H0559" deliver|strong="H5337" you|strong="H3588" out|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3027" hand|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{30}Don’t|strong="H0408" let|strong="H5414" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" make|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" trust|strong="H0982" in|strong="H0413" Yahweh|strong="H3068", saying|strong="H0559", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" surely|strong="H5337" deliver|strong="H5337" us|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3068" this|strong="H2063" city|strong="H5892" shall|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" given|strong="H5414" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804".” 
\verseNumber{31}Don’t|strong="H0408" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H0413" Hezekiah|strong="H2396".’ For|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" says|strong="H0559", ‘Make|strong="H6213" your|strong="H8085" peace|strong="H1293" with|strong="H0854" me|strong="H0413", and|strong="H4428" come|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413"; and|strong="H4428" everyone|strong="H0376" of|strong="H4428" you|strong="H3588" eat|strong="H0398" from|strong="H3318" his|strong="H8085" own|strong="H0376" vine|strong="H1612", and|strong="H4428" everyone|strong="H0376" from|strong="H3318" his|strong="H8085" own|strong="H0376" fig|strong="H8384" tree|strong="H8384", and|strong="H4428" everyone|strong="H0376" drink|strong="H8354" water|strong="H4325" from|strong="H3318" his|strong="H8085" own|strong="H0376" cistern|strong="H0953"; 
\verseNumber{32}until|strong="H5704" I|strong="H3588" come|strong="H0935" and|strong="H0935" take|strong="H3947" you|strong="H3588" away|strong="H3947" to|strong="H0413" a|strong="H3947" land|strong="H0776" like|strong="H0776" your|strong="H3068" own land|strong="H0776", a|strong="H3947" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" grain|strong="H1715" and|strong="H0935" new|strong="H8492" wine|strong="H8492", a|strong="H3947" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" bread|strong="H3899" and|strong="H0935" vineyards|strong="H3754", a|strong="H3947" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" olive|strong="H2132" trees|strong="H2132" and|strong="H0935" of|strong="H0776" honey|strong="H1706", that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" may|strong="H0776" live|strong="H2421" and|strong="H0935" not|strong="H3808" die|strong="H4191". Don’t|strong="H0408" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H0413" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" when|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" persuades you|strong="H3588", saying|strong="H0559", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" deliver|strong="H5337" us|strong="H0413".” 
\verseNumber{33}Has|strong="H0430" any|strong="H0376" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" gods|strong="H0430" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" nations|strong="H1471" ever delivered|strong="H5337" his|strong="H0376" land|strong="H0776" out|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804"? 
\verseNumber{34}Where|strong="H0346" are|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" gods|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" Hamath|strong="H2574" and|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" Arpad|strong="H0774"? Where|strong="H0346" are|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" gods|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" Sepharvaim|strong="H5617", of|strong="H0430" Hena|strong="H2012", and|strong="H0430" Ivvah|strong="H5755"? Have|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" delivered|strong="H5337" Samaria|strong="H8111" out|strong="H3027" of|strong="H0430" my|strong="H3588" hand|strong="H3027"? 
\verseNumber{35}Who|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" among|strong="H4310" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" gods|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" countries|strong="H0776", that|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" delivered|strong="H5337" their|strong="H3605" country|strong="H0776" out|strong="H3605" of|strong="H0776" my|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027", that|strong="H0834" Yahweh|strong="H3068" should|strong="H3068" deliver|strong="H5337" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" out|strong="H3605" of|strong="H0776" my|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027"?’” 
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\verseNumber{36}But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" stayed quiet, and|strong="H4428" answered|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0853" not|strong="H3808" a|strong="H3588" word|strong="H1697"; for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" king’s|strong="H4428" commandment|strong="H4687" was|strong="H1931", “Don’t|strong="H3808" answer|strong="H6030" him|strong="H0853".” 
\verseNumber{37}Then|strong="H0935" Eliakim|strong="H0471" the|strong="H0834" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hilkiah|strong="H2518", who|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" household|strong="H1004", came|strong="H0935" with|strong="H0413" Shebna|strong="H7644" the|strong="H0834" scribe|strong="H5608" and|strong="H1121" Joah|strong="H3098" the|strong="H0834" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Asaph|strong="H0623" the|strong="H0834" recorder|strong="H2142" to|strong="H0413" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" with|strong="H0413" their|strong="H5921" clothes|strong="H0899" torn|strong="H7167", and|strong="H1121" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H0413" Rabshakeh’s words|strong="H1697". 
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\chapterNumber{19}When|strong="H1961" King|strong="H4428" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" heard|strong="H8085" it|strong="H1961", he|strong="H3068" tore|strong="H7167" his|strong="H3068" clothes|strong="H0899", covered|strong="H3680" himself with|strong="H1004" sackcloth|strong="H8242", and|strong="H0935" went|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0935" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H0834" sent|strong="H7971" Eliakim|strong="H0471", who|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" household|strong="H1004", Shebna|strong="H7644" the|strong="H0853" scribe|strong="H5608", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" elders|strong="H2205" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" priests|strong="H3548", covered|strong="H3680" with|strong="H0413" sackcloth|strong="H8242", to|strong="H0413" Isaiah|strong="H3470" the|strong="H0853" prophet|strong="H5030" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Amoz|strong="H0531". 
\verseNumber{3}They|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “Hezekiah|strong="H2396" says|strong="H0559", ‘Today|strong="H3117" is|strong="H0369" a|strong="H3588" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H1121" trouble|strong="H6869", of|strong="H1121" rebuke|strong="H8433", and|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" rejection; for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0559" children|strong="H1121" have|strong="H0369" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" point|strong="H5704" of|strong="H1121" birth|strong="H3205", and|strong="H1121" there|strong="H0369" is|strong="H0369" no|strong="H0369" strength|strong="H3581" to|strong="H0413" deliver|strong="H6869" them|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{4}It|strong="H5375" may|strong="H0430" be|strong="H1697" Yahweh|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430" will|strong="H3068" hear|strong="H8085" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" words|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" Rabshakeh|strong="H7262", whom|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" his|strong="H3605" master|strong="H0113" has|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3068" defy|strong="H2778" the|strong="H3605" living|strong="H2416" God|strong="H0430", and|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" rebuke|strong="H3198" the|strong="H3605" words|strong="H1697" which|strong="H0834" Yahweh|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430" has|strong="H3068" heard|strong="H8085". Therefore|strong="H3068" lift|strong="H5375" up|strong="H5375" your|strong="H3068" prayer|strong="H8605" for|strong="H1157" the|strong="H3605" remnant|strong="H7611" that|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" left|strong="H4672".’” 
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\verseNumber{5}So|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0413" servants|strong="H5650" of|strong="H4428" King|strong="H4428" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" Isaiah|strong="H3470". 
\verseNumber{6}Isaiah|strong="H3470" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413", “Tell|strong="H0559" your|strong="H3068" master|strong="H0113" this|strong="H3541": ‘Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H0559", “Don’t|strong="H0408" be|strong="H0408" afraid|strong="H3372" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" words|strong="H1697" that|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" heard|strong="H8085", with|strong="H0413" which|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" servants|strong="H5288" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" have|strong="H0834" blasphemed|strong="H1442" me|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{7}Behold|strong="H2005", I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H0776" put|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" spirit|strong="H7307" in|strong="H0776" him|strong="H5414", and|strong="H0776" he|strong="H5414" will|strong="H0776" hear|strong="H8085" news|strong="H8052", and|strong="H0776" will|strong="H0776" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" his|strong="H5414" own land|strong="H0776". I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H0776" cause|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H7725" fall|strong="H5307" by|strong="H5414" the|strong="H8085" sword|strong="H2719" in|strong="H0776" his|strong="H5414" own land|strong="H0776".”’” 
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\verseNumber{8}So|strong="H7725" Rabshakeh|strong="H7262" returned|strong="H7725" and|strong="H4428" found|strong="H4672" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" warring against|strong="H5921" Libnah|strong="H3841"; for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" had|strong="H4428" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" had|strong="H4428" departed|strong="H5265" from|strong="H7725" Lachish|strong="H3923". 
\verseNumber{9}When|strong="H8085" he|strong="H7971" heard|strong="H8085" it|strong="H7725" said|strong="H0559" of|strong="H4428" Tirhakah|strong="H8640" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Ethiopia|strong="H3568", “Behold|strong="H2009", he|strong="H7971" has|strong="H4428" come|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H0413" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H0413" you|strong="H7971",” he|strong="H7971" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" again|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" Hezekiah|strong="H2396", saying|strong="H0559", 
\verseNumber{10}“Tell|strong="H0559" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" this|strong="H3541": ‘Don’t|strong="H0408" let|strong="H5414" your|strong="H5414" God|strong="H0430" in|strong="H0413" whom|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0859" trust|strong="H0982" deceive|strong="H5377" you|strong="H0859", saying|strong="H0559", Jerusalem|strong="H3389" will|strong="H0430" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" given|strong="H5414" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804". 
\verseNumber{11}Behold|strong="H2009", you|strong="H0859" have|strong="H0834" heard|strong="H8085" what|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" have|strong="H0834" done|strong="H6213" to|strong="H8085" all|strong="H3605" lands|strong="H0776", by|strong="H3605" destroying them|strong="H0853" utterly. Will|strong="H0776" you|strong="H0859" be|strong="H0776" delivered|strong="H5337"? 
\verseNumber{12}Have|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" gods|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" nations|strong="H1471" delivered|strong="H5337" them|strong="H0853", which|strong="H0834" my|strong="H0834" fathers|strong="H0001" have|strong="H0834" destroyed|strong="H7843"—Gozan|strong="H1470", Haran|strong="H2771", Rezeph|strong="H7530", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Eden|strong="H5729" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0430" Telassar|strong="H8515"? 
\verseNumber{13}Where|strong="H0335" is|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0335" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Hamath|strong="H2574", the|strong="H0335" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Arpad|strong="H0774", and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0335" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0335" city|strong="H5892" of|strong="H4428" Sepharvaim|strong="H5617", of|strong="H4428" Hena|strong="H2012", and|strong="H4428" Ivvah|strong="H5755"?’” 
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\verseNumber{14}Hezekiah|strong="H2396" received|strong="H3947" the|strong="H0853" letter|strong="H5612" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" messengers|strong="H4397" and|strong="H3068" read|strong="H7121" it|strong="H7121". Then|strong="H0853" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H3068" spread|strong="H6566" it|strong="H7121" before|strong="H6440" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{15}Hezekiah|strong="H2396" prayed|strong="H6419" before|strong="H6440" Yahweh|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0776" Israel|strong="H3478", who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3478" enthroned|strong="H3427" above|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" cherubim|strong="H3742", you|strong="H0859" are|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430", even|strong="H0853" you|strong="H0859" alone|strong="H0905", of|strong="H0776" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" kingdoms|strong="H4467" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776". You|strong="H0859" have|strong="H0776" made|strong="H6213" heaven|strong="H8064" and|strong="H3068" earth|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{16}Incline|strong="H5186" your|strong="H3068" ear|strong="H0241", Yahweh|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" hear|strong="H8085". Open|strong="H6491" your|strong="H3068" eyes|strong="H5869", Yahweh|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" see|strong="H7200". Hear|strong="H8085" the|strong="H0853" words|strong="H1697" of|strong="H0430" Sennacherib|strong="H5576", which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" has|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7971" to|strong="H3068" defy|strong="H2778" the|strong="H0853" living|strong="H2416" God|strong="H0430". 
\verseNumber{17}Truly|strong="H0551", Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H0853" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" have|strong="H1471" laid waste the|strong="H0853" nations|strong="H1471" and|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" lands|strong="H0776", 
\verseNumber{18}and|strong="H0430" have|strong="H0518" cast|strong="H5414" their|strong="H5414" gods|strong="H0430" into|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" fire|strong="H0784"; for|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1992" no|strong="H3808" gods|strong="H0430", but|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" work|strong="H4639" of|strong="H0430" men’s|strong="H0120" hands|strong="H3027", wood|strong="H6086" and|strong="H0430" stone|strong="H0068". Therefore|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" have|strong="H0518" destroyed|strong="H0006" them|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{19}Now|strong="H6258" therefore|strong="H6258", Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430", save|strong="H3467" us|strong="H4994", I|strong="H3588" beg|strong="H4994" you|strong="H0859", out|strong="H3045" of|strong="H0776" his|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027", that|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" kingdoms|strong="H4467" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776" may|strong="H4994" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859", Yahweh|strong="H3068", are|strong="H3027" God|strong="H0430" alone|strong="H0905".” 
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\verseNumber{20}Then|strong="H7971" Isaiah|strong="H3470" the|strong="H0559" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Amoz|strong="H0531" sent|strong="H7971" to|strong="H0413" Hezekiah|strong="H2396", saying|strong="H0559", “Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H0559" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", says|strong="H0559" ‘You|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" prayed|strong="H6419" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413" against|strong="H0413" Sennacherib|strong="H5576" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Assyria|strong="H0804", and|strong="H1121" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" heard|strong="H8085" you|strong="H0834". 
\verseNumber{21}This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" word|strong="H1697" that|strong="H0834" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" spoken|strong="H1696" concerning|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921": ‘The|strong="H0834" virgin|strong="H1330" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H3068" Zion|strong="H6726" has|strong="H3068" despised|strong="H0959" you|strong="H0834" and|strong="H3068" ridiculed you|strong="H0834". The|strong="H0834" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" has|strong="H3068" shaken|strong="H5128" her|strong="H5921" head|strong="H7218" at|strong="H5921" you|strong="H0834". 
\verseNumber{22}Whom|strong="H4310" have|strong="H5869" you|strong="H5921" defied and|strong="H3478" blasphemed|strong="H1442"? Against|strong="H5921" whom|strong="H4310" have|strong="H5869" you|strong="H5921" exalted|strong="H7311" your|strong="H5921" voice|strong="H6963" and|strong="H3478" lifted|strong="H5375" up|strong="H5375" your|strong="H5921" eyes|strong="H5869" on|strong="H5921" high|strong="H4791"? Against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" Holy|strong="H6918" One|strong="H6918" of|strong="H6963" Israel|strong="H3478"! 
\verseNumber{23}By|strong="H3027" your|strong="H0935" messengers|strong="H4397", you|strong="H0935" have|strong="H0589" defied the|strong="H0559" Lord|strong="H0136", and|strong="H0935" have|strong="H0589" said|strong="H0559", “With|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0559" multitude of|strong="H3027" my|strong="H0935" chariots|strong="H7393", I|strong="H0589" have|strong="H0589" come|strong="H0935" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" height|strong="H6967" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0559" mountains|strong="H2022", to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" innermost|strong="H3411" parts|strong="H3411" of|strong="H3027" Lebanon|strong="H3844", and|strong="H0935" I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H3027" cut|strong="H3772" down|strong="H3772" its|strong="H5927" tall|strong="H6967" cedars|strong="H0730" and|strong="H0935" its|strong="H5927" choice|strong="H4005" cypress|strong="H1265" trees|strong="H1265"; and|strong="H0935" I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H3027" enter|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0935" his|strong="H0935" farthest|strong="H7093" lodging|strong="H4411" place|strong="H4411", the|strong="H0559" forest|strong="H3293" of|strong="H3027" his|strong="H0935" fruitful|strong="H3759" field|strong="H3759". 
\verseNumber{24}I|strong="H0589" have|strong="H0589" dug|strong="H6979" and|strong="H4325" drunk|strong="H8354" strange|strong="H2114" waters|strong="H4325", and|strong="H4325" I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H4325" dry|strong="H2717" up|strong="H8354" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" rivers|strong="H2975" of|strong="H4325" Egypt|strong="H4693" with|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" sole|strong="H3709" of|strong="H4325" my|strong="H3605" feet|strong="H6471".” 
\verseNumber{25}Haven’t|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3117" heard|strong="H8085" how|strong="H6213" I|strong="H3117" have|strong="H1961" done|strong="H6213" it|strong="H1961" long|strong="H3117" ago|strong="H7350", and|strong="H0935" formed|strong="H3335" it|strong="H1961" of|strong="H3117" ancient times|strong="H3117"? Now|strong="H6258" I|strong="H3117" have|strong="H1961" brought|strong="H0935" it|strong="H1961" to|strong="H0935" pass|strong="H0935", that|strong="H3117" it|strong="H1961" should|strong="H6213" be|strong="H1961" yours to|strong="H0935" lay|strong="H1961" waste fortified|strong="H1219" cities|strong="H5892" into|strong="H0935" ruinous heaps|strong="H1530". 
\verseNumber{26}Therefore|strong="H1961" their|strong="H6440" inhabitants|strong="H3427" had|strong="H1961" little power|strong="H3027". They|strong="H1406" were|strong="H1961" dismayed|strong="H2865" and|strong="H3027" confounded|strong="H0954". They|strong="H1406" were|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6440" grass|strong="H2682" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H6440" field|strong="H7704" and|strong="H3027" like|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6440" green|strong="H3419" herb|strong="H6212", like|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6440" grass|strong="H2682" on|strong="H3427" the|strong="H6440" housetops|strong="H1406" and|strong="H3027" like|strong="H1961" grain|strong="H7054" blasted before|strong="H6440" it|strong="H1961" has|strong="H1961" grown|strong="H7054" up|strong="H1961". 
\verseNumber{27}But|strong="H0935" I|strong="H3045" know|strong="H3045" your|strong="H3045" sitting|strong="H3427" down|strong="H3427", your|strong="H3045" going|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318", your|strong="H3045" coming|strong="H0935" in|strong="H3427", and|strong="H0935" your|strong="H3045" raging|strong="H7264" against|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{28}Because|strong="H3282" of|strong="H1870" your|strong="H0834" raging|strong="H7264" against|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413", and|strong="H0935" because|strong="H3282" your|strong="H0834" arrogance|strong="H7600" has|strong="H0834" come|strong="H0935" up|strong="H5927" into|strong="H0413" my|strong="H7760" ears|strong="H0241", therefore|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" put|strong="H7760" my|strong="H7760" hook|strong="H2397" in|strong="H0935" your|strong="H0834" nose|strong="H0639", and|strong="H0935" my|strong="H7760" bridle|strong="H4964" in|strong="H0935" your|strong="H0834" lips|strong="H8193", and|strong="H0935" I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" turn|strong="H7725" you|strong="H0834" back|strong="H7725" by|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0834" way|strong="H1870" by|strong="H0413" which|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" came|strong="H0935".’ 
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\verseNumber{29}“This|strong="H2088" will|strong="H3754" be|strong="H3754" the|strong="H0398" sign|strong="H0226" to|strong="H8141" you|strong="H0398": This|strong="H2088" year|strong="H8141", you|strong="H0398" will|strong="H3754" eat|strong="H0398" that|strong="H2088" which|strong="H2088" grows of|strong="H8141" itself|strong="H2088", and|strong="H0398" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H0398" second|strong="H8145" year|strong="H8141" that|strong="H2088" which|strong="H2088" springs from|strong="H0398" that|strong="H2088"; and|strong="H0398" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H0398" third|strong="H7992" year|strong="H8141" sow|strong="H2232" and|strong="H0398" reap|strong="H7114", and|strong="H0398" plant|strong="H5193" vineyards|strong="H3754" and|strong="H0398" eat|strong="H0398" their|strong="H0398" fruit|strong="H6529". 
\verseNumber{30}The|strong="H3254" remnant|strong="H7604" that|strong="H1004" has|strong="H3063" escaped|strong="H6413" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3254" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Judah|strong="H3063" will|strong="H1004" again|strong="H3254" take|strong="H3254" root|strong="H8328" downward|strong="H4295", and|strong="H3063" bear fruit|strong="H6529" upward|strong="H4605". 
\verseNumber{31}For|strong="H3588" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" a|strong="H3588" remnant|strong="H7611" will|strong="H3068" go|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318", and|strong="H3068" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H3068" Mount|strong="H2022" Zion|strong="H6726" those|strong="H7611" who|strong="H3068" shall|strong="H3068" escape|strong="H6413". Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" zeal|strong="H7068" will|strong="H3068" perform|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2063". 
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\verseNumber{32}“Therefore|strong="H3651" Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H0559" concerning|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804", ‘He|strong="H8033" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" this|strong="H2063" city|strong="H5892", nor|strong="H3808" shoot|strong="H3384" an|strong="H8033" arrow|strong="H2671" there|strong="H8033". He|strong="H8033" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" come|strong="H0935" before|strong="H0413" it|strong="H5921" with|strong="H0413" shield|strong="H4043", nor|strong="H3808" cast|strong="H8210" up|strong="H5921" a|strong="H0935" mound against|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{33}He|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" return|strong="H7725" the|strong="H0834" same way|strong="H1870" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" came|strong="H0935", and|strong="H0935" he|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" this|strong="H2063" city|strong="H5892",’ says|strong="H5002" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{34}‘For|strong="H0413" I|strong="H5650" will|strong="H5650" defend|strong="H1598" this|strong="H2063" city|strong="H5892" to|strong="H0413" save|strong="H3467" it|strong="H3467", for|strong="H0413" my|strong="H1732" own sake|strong="H4616" and|strong="H5650" for|strong="H0413" my|strong="H1732" servant|strong="H5650" David’s|strong="H1732" sake|strong="H4616".’” 
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\verseNumber{35}That|strong="H3605" night|strong="H3915", Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" angel|strong="H4397" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" and|strong="H3068" struck|strong="H5221" one|strong="H3605" hundred|strong="H3967" eighty-five|strong="H8084" thousand|strong="H0505" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" camp|strong="H4264" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Assyrians. When|strong="H1961" men|strong="H3605" arose|strong="H7925" early|strong="H7925" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" morning|strong="H1242", behold|strong="H2009", these|strong="H1931" were|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3605" dead|strong="H4191" bodies|strong="H6297". 
\verseNumber{36}So|strong="H7725" Sennacherib|strong="H5576" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" departed|strong="H5265", went|strong="H7725" home|strong="H7725", and|strong="H4428" lived|strong="H3427" at|strong="H3427" Nineveh|strong="H5210". 
\verseNumber{37}As|strong="H1961" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" worshiping|strong="H7812" in|strong="H0430" the|strong="H5221" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" Nisroch|strong="H5268" his|strong="H1961" god|strong="H0430", Adrammelech|strong="H0152" and|strong="H1121" Sharezer|strong="H8272" struck|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5221" with|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5221" sword|strong="H2719"; and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H1992" escaped|strong="H4422" into|strong="H0776" the|strong="H5221" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H1121" Ararat|strong="H0780". Esar Haddon his|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121" reigned|strong="H4427" in|strong="H0430" his|strong="H1961" place|strong="H8478". 
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\chapterNumber{20}In|strong="H0935" those|strong="H1992" days|strong="H3117" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" was|strong="H3068" sick|strong="H2470" and|strong="H1121" dying|strong="H4191". Isaiah|strong="H3470" the|strong="H0559" prophet|strong="H5030" the|strong="H0559" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Amoz|strong="H0531" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H0559", ‘Set|strong="H0935" your|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004" in|strong="H0935" order|strong="H6680"; for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859" will|strong="H3068" die|strong="H4191", and|strong="H1121" not|strong="H3808" live|strong="H2421".’” 
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\verseNumber{2}Then|strong="H0853" he|strong="H3068" turned|strong="H5437" his|strong="H3068" face|strong="H6440" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" wall|strong="H7023", and|strong="H3068" prayed|strong="H6419" to|strong="H0413" Yahweh|strong="H3068", saying|strong="H0559", 
\verseNumber{3}“Remember|strong="H2142" now|strong="H4994", Yahweh|strong="H3068", I|strong="H0834" beg|strong="H0577" you|strong="H0834", how|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" walked|strong="H1980" before|strong="H6440" you|strong="H0834" in|strong="H1980" truth|strong="H0571" and|strong="H1980" with|strong="H1980" a|strong="H0834" perfect|strong="H8003" heart|strong="H3824", and|strong="H1980" have|strong="H0834" done|strong="H6213" that|strong="H0834" which|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" good|strong="H2896" in|strong="H1980" your|strong="H3068" sight|strong="H5869".” And|strong="H1980" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" wept|strong="H1058" bitterly|strong="H1058". 
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\verseNumber{4}Before|strong="H0413" Isaiah|strong="H3470" had|strong="H3068" gone|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" middle|strong="H8484" part of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" city|strong="H5892", Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" word|strong="H1697" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", saying|strong="H0559", 
\verseNumber{5}“Turn|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725", and|strong="H3068" tell|strong="H0559" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" the|strong="H0853" prince|strong="H5057" of|strong="H1004" my|strong="H8085" people|strong="H5971", ‘Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H0853" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1004" David|strong="H1732" your|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001", says|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H2005" have|strong="H0001" heard|strong="H8085" your|strong="H3068" prayer|strong="H8605". I|strong="H2005" have|strong="H0001" seen|strong="H7200" your|strong="H3068" tears|strong="H1832". Behold|strong="H2005", I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H3068" heal|strong="H7495" you|strong="H3117". On|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" third|strong="H7992" day|strong="H3117", you|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0413" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{6}I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H4428" add|strong="H3254" to|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" days|strong="H3117" fifteen|strong="H6240" years|strong="H8141". I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H4428" deliver|strong="H5337" you|strong="H5921" and|strong="H4428" this|strong="H2063" city|strong="H5892" out|strong="H5921" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3709" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804". I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H4428" defend|strong="H1598" this|strong="H2063" city|strong="H5892" for|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5921" own sake|strong="H4616", and|strong="H4428" for|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5921" servant|strong="H5650" David’s|strong="H1732" sake|strong="H4616".”’” 
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\verseNumber{7}Isaiah|strong="H3470" said|strong="H0559", “Take|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" cake|strong="H1690" of|strong="H5921" figs|strong="H8384".” 
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They|strong="H5921" took|strong="H3947" and|strong="H3947" laid|strong="H7760" it|strong="H7760" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" boil|strong="H7822", and|strong="H3947" he|strong="H5921" recovered. 
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\verseNumber{8}Hezekiah|strong="H2396" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Isaiah|strong="H3470", “What|strong="H4100" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" sign|strong="H0226" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" heal|strong="H7495" me|strong="H0413", and|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0413" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0559" third|strong="H7992" day|strong="H3117"?” 
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\verseNumber{9}Isaiah|strong="H3470" said|strong="H0559", “This|strong="H2088" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1697" the|strong="H0853" sign|strong="H0226" to|strong="H0559" you|strong="H0834" from|strong="H7725" Yahweh|strong="H3068", that|strong="H0834" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" the|strong="H0853" thing|strong="H1697" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" has|strong="H3068" spoken|strong="H1696": should|strong="H0518" the|strong="H0853" shadow|strong="H6738" go|strong="H1980" forward|strong="H1980" ten|strong="H6235" steps|strong="H4609", or|strong="H0518" go|strong="H1980" back|strong="H7725" ten|strong="H6235" steps|strong="H4609"?” 
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\verseNumber{10}Hezekiah|strong="H2396" answered|strong="H0559", “It|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3808" a|strong="H3588" light|strong="H7043" thing|strong="H7043" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0559" shadow|strong="H6738" to|strong="H0559" go|strong="H7725" forward ten|strong="H6235" steps|strong="H4609". No|strong="H3808", but|strong="H3588" let|strong="H5186" the|strong="H0559" shadow|strong="H6738" return|strong="H7725" backward|strong="H0322" ten|strong="H6235" steps|strong="H4609".” 
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\verseNumber{11}Isaiah|strong="H3470" the|strong="H0853" prophet|strong="H5030" cried|strong="H7121" to|strong="H0413" Yahweh|strong="H3068"; and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H0834" brought|strong="H7725" the|strong="H0853" shadow|strong="H6738" ten|strong="H6235" steps|strong="H4609" backward|strong="H0322", by|strong="H0413" which|strong="H0834" it|strong="H7121" had|strong="H3068" gone|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" on|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" sundial of|strong="H3068" Ahaz|strong="H0271". 
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\verseNumber{12}At|strong="H0413" that|strong="H3588" time|strong="H6256" Berodach Baladan|strong="H1081" the|strong="H3588" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Baladan|strong="H1081", king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Babylon|strong="H0894", sent|strong="H7971" letters|strong="H5612" and|strong="H1121" a|strong="H3588" present|strong="H4503" to|strong="H0413" Hezekiah|strong="H2396", for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" had|strong="H4428" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" had|strong="H4428" been sick|strong="H2470". 
\verseNumber{13}Hezekiah|strong="H2396" listened|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1961" them|strong="H0853", and|strong="H1004" showed|strong="H7200" them|strong="H0853" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" storehouse|strong="H0214" of|strong="H1004" his|strong="H3605" precious things|strong="H1697"—the|strong="H3605" silver|strong="H3701", the|strong="H3605" gold|strong="H2091", the|strong="H3605" spices|strong="H1314", and|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" precious oil|strong="H8081", and|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" his|strong="H3605" armor|strong="H3627", and|strong="H1004" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" was|strong="H1961" found|strong="H4672" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" treasures|strong="H0214". There|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" nothing|strong="H3808" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004", or|strong="H3808" in|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" dominion, that|strong="H0834" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" didn’t|strong="H3808" show|strong="H7200" them|strong="H0853". 
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\verseNumber{14}Then|strong="H0935" Isaiah|strong="H3470" the|strong="H0559" prophet|strong="H5030" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" King|strong="H4428" Hezekiah|strong="H2396", and|strong="H0935" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “What|strong="H4100" did|strong="H4100" these|strong="H0428" men|strong="H0376" say|strong="H0559"? From|strong="H0935" where|strong="H0370" did|strong="H4100" they|strong="H0376" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0935"?” 
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Hezekiah|strong="H2396" said|strong="H0559", “They|strong="H0376" have|strong="H0376" come|strong="H0935" from|strong="H0935" a|strong="H0935" far|strong="H7350" country|strong="H0776", even|strong="H0776" from|strong="H0935" Babylon|strong="H0894".” 
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\verseNumber{15}He|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559", “What|strong="H4100" have|strong="H1961" they|strong="H0834" seen|strong="H7200" in|strong="H1004" your|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004"?” 
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Hezekiah|strong="H2396" answered|strong="H0559", “They|strong="H0834" have|strong="H1961" seen|strong="H7200" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" in|strong="H1004" my|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004". There|strong="H1961" is|strong="H0834" nothing|strong="H3808" among|strong="H3808" my|strong="H3605" treasures|strong="H0214" that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" shown|strong="H7200" them|strong="H0853".” 
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\verseNumber{16}Isaiah|strong="H3470" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Hezekiah|strong="H2396", “Hear|strong="H8085" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" word|strong="H1697". 
\verseNumber{17}‘Behold|strong="H2009", the|strong="H3605" days|strong="H3117" come|strong="H0935" that|strong="H0834" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0935" your|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H0935" that|strong="H0834" which|strong="H0834" your|strong="H3068" fathers|strong="H0001" have|strong="H0834" laid|strong="H0686" up|strong="H5375" in|strong="H0935" store|strong="H0686" to|strong="H0559" this|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117", will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" carried|strong="H5375" to|strong="H0559" Babylon|strong="H0894". Nothing|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" left|strong="H3498",’ says|strong="H0559" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{18}‘They|strong="H0834" will|strong="H1961" take|strong="H3947" away|strong="H3947" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" your|strong="H0834" sons|strong="H1121" who|strong="H0834" will|strong="H1961" issue|strong="H3318" from|strong="H4480" you|strong="H0834", whom|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" will|strong="H1961" father|strong="H3205"; and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H0834" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" eunuchs|strong="H5631" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0834" palace|strong="H1964" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0834" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Babylon|strong="H0894".’” 
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\verseNumber{19}Then|strong="H1961" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Isaiah|strong="H3470", “Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" word|strong="H1697" which|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" have|strong="H1961" spoken|strong="H1696" is|strong="H0834" good|strong="H2896".” He|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559" moreover|strong="H1696", “Isn’t|strong="H3808" it|strong="H0518" so|strong="H1961", if|strong="H0518" peace|strong="H7965" and|strong="H3068" truth|strong="H0571" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" in|strong="H0413" my|strong="H3068" days|strong="H3117"?” 
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\verseNumber{20}Now|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" rest|strong="H3499" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" acts|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" Hezekiah|strong="H2396", and|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" might|strong="H1369", and|strong="H0935" how|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" made|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" pool|strong="H1295", and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" conduit, and|strong="H0935" brought|strong="H0935" water|strong="H4325" into|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892", aren’t they|strong="H1992" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" book|strong="H5612" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" chronicles|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063"? 
\verseNumber{21}Hezekiah|strong="H2396" slept|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H8478" fathers|strong="H0001", and|strong="H1121" Manasseh|strong="H4519" his|strong="H8478" son|strong="H1121" reigned|strong="H4427" in|strong="H1121" his|strong="H8478" place|strong="H8478". 
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\chapterNumber{21}Manasseh|strong="H4519" was|strong="H8034" twelve|strong="H6240" years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3389" began to|strong="H3389" reign|strong="H4427", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3389" reigned|strong="H4427" fifty-five|strong="H2572" years|strong="H8141" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". His|strong="H4519" mother’s|strong="H0517" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Hephzibah|strong="H2657". 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H0834" which|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" evil|strong="H7451" in|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" sight|strong="H5869", after the|strong="H6440" abominations|strong="H8441" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" nations|strong="H1471" whom|strong="H0834" Yahweh|strong="H3068" cast|strong="H3423" out|strong="H3423" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{3}For|strong="H4196" he|strong="H0834" built|strong="H1129" again|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3605" high|strong="H1116" places|strong="H1116" which|strong="H0834" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" his|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" had|strong="H0834" destroyed|strong="H0006"; and|strong="H6965" he|strong="H0834" raised|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" altars|strong="H4196" for|strong="H4196" Baal|strong="H1168", and|strong="H6965" made|strong="H6213" an|strong="H1129" Asherah|strong="H0842", as|strong="H0834" Ahab|strong="H0256" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" did|strong="H6213", and|strong="H6965" worshiped|strong="H7812" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H6635" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" sky|strong="H8064", and|strong="H6965" served|strong="H5647" them|strong="H0853". 
\verseNumber{4}He|strong="H0834" built|strong="H1129" altars|strong="H4196" in|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004", of|strong="H1004" which|strong="H0834" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" put|strong="H7760" my|strong="H7760" name|strong="H8034" in|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389".” 
\verseNumber{5}He|strong="H3068" built|strong="H1129" altars|strong="H4196" for|strong="H1004" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H6635" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" sky|strong="H8064" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" two|strong="H8147" courts of|strong="H1004" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{6}He|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213" his|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3068" pass|strong="H5674" through|strong="H5674" the|strong="H0853" fire|strong="H0784", practiced|strong="H6213" sorcery, used|strong="H6213" enchantments|strong="H5172", and|strong="H1121" dealt with|strong="H3068" those|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" familiar spirits and|strong="H1121" with|strong="H3068" wizards. He|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" much|strong="H7235" evil|strong="H7451" in|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" sight|strong="H5869", to|strong="H3068" provoke|strong="H3707" him|strong="H0853" to|strong="H3068" anger|strong="H3707". 
\verseNumber{7}He|strong="H0834" set|strong="H7760" the|strong="H3605" engraved image|strong="H6459" of|strong="H1121" Asherah|strong="H0842" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H3068" made|strong="H6213" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" which|strong="H0834" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H0413" Solomon|strong="H8010" his|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121", “In|strong="H0413" this|strong="H2088" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H1121" in|strong="H0413" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", which|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" chosen|strong="H0977" out|strong="H0413" of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" put|strong="H7760" my|strong="H3605" name|strong="H8034" forever|strong="H5769"; 
\verseNumber{8}I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" cause|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" feet|strong="H7272" of|strong="H0001" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" wander|strong="H5110" any|strong="H3605" more|strong="H4480" out|strong="H4480" of|strong="H0001" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0127" which|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" gave|strong="H5414" their|strong="H3605" fathers|strong="H0001", if|strong="H0518" only|strong="H7535" they|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" observe|strong="H8104" to|strong="H3478" do|strong="H6213" according|strong="H4480" to|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" commanded|strong="H6680" them|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3478" according|strong="H4480" to|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" law|strong="H8451" that|strong="H0834" my|strong="H3605" servant|strong="H5650" Moses|strong="H4872" commanded|strong="H6680" them|strong="H5414".” 
\verseNumber{9}But|strong="H3808" they|strong="H0834" didn’t|strong="H3808" listen|strong="H8085", and|strong="H1121" Manasseh|strong="H4519" seduced|strong="H8582" them|strong="H0853" to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H0834" which|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" evil|strong="H7451" more|strong="H4480" than|strong="H4480" the|strong="H0853" nations|strong="H1471" did|strong="H6213" whom|strong="H0834" Yahweh|strong="H3068" destroyed|strong="H8045" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478". 
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\verseNumber{10}Yahweh|strong="H3068" spoke|strong="H1696" by|strong="H3027" his|strong="H3068" servants|strong="H5650" the|strong="H0559" prophets|strong="H5030", saying|strong="H0559", 
\verseNumber{11}“Because|strong="H3282" Manasseh|strong="H4519" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" has|strong="H0834" done|strong="H6213" these|strong="H0428" abominations|strong="H8441", and|strong="H3063" has|strong="H0834" done|strong="H6213" wickedly above|strong="H6440" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" Amorites|strong="H0567" did|strong="H6213", who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" before|strong="H6440" him|strong="H0853", and|strong="H3063" has|strong="H0834" also|strong="H1571" made|strong="H6213" Judah|strong="H3063" to|strong="H6440" sin|strong="H2398" with|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" idols|strong="H1544"; 
\verseNumber{12}therefore|strong="H3651" Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478" says|strong="H0559", ‘Behold|strong="H2005", I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" bring|strong="H0935" such|strong="H3651" evil|strong="H7451" on|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H0935" Judah|strong="H3063" that|strong="H0834" whoever|strong="H3605" hears|strong="H8085" of|strong="H0430" it|strong="H5921", both|strong="H8147" his|strong="H3605" ears|strong="H0241" will|strong="H3068" tingle|strong="H6750". 
\verseNumber{13}I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" stretch|strong="H5186" over|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" the|strong="H0853" line|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1004" Samaria|strong="H8111", and|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" plumb line|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1004" Ahab’s|strong="H0256" house|strong="H1004"; and|strong="H1004" I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" wipe|strong="H4229" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" as|strong="H0834" a|strong="H0834" man wipes a|strong="H0834" dish|strong="H6747", wiping it|strong="H5921" and|strong="H1004" turning|strong="H2015" it|strong="H5921" upside down|strong="H5186". 
\verseNumber{14}I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1961" cast|strong="H5414" off|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" remnant|strong="H7611" of|strong="H3027" my|strong="H3605" inheritance|strong="H5159" and|strong="H3027" deliver|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" into|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" hands|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3027" their|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H0341". They|strong="H3605" will|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" prey|strong="H0957" and|strong="H3027" a|strong="H1961" plunder|strong="H0957" to|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H0341", 
\verseNumber{15}because|strong="H4480" they|strong="H0834" have|strong="H1961" done|strong="H6213" that|strong="H0834" which|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" evil|strong="H7451" in|strong="H3117" my|strong="H1961" sight|strong="H5869", and|strong="H3117" have|strong="H1961" provoked|strong="H3707" me|strong="H4480" to|strong="H5704" anger|strong="H3707" since|strong="H4480" the|strong="H0853" day|strong="H3117" their|strong="H1961" fathers|strong="H0001" came|strong="H1961" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H3117" Egypt|strong="H4714", even|strong="H5704" to|strong="H5704" this|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117".’” 
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\verseNumber{16}Moreover|strong="H1571" Manasseh|strong="H4519" shed|strong="H8210" innocent|strong="H5355" blood|strong="H1818" very|strong="H3966" much|strong="H7235", until|strong="H5704" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H3068" filled|strong="H4390" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" from|strong="H5704" one|strong="H6310" end|strong="H6310" to|strong="H5704" another|strong="H1571"; in|strong="H3068" addition|strong="H1571" to|strong="H5704" his|strong="H3068" sin|strong="H2398" with|strong="H4390" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" made|strong="H6213" Judah|strong="H3063" to|strong="H5704" sin|strong="H2398", in|strong="H3068" doing|strong="H6213" that|strong="H0834" which|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" evil|strong="H7451" in|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" sight|strong="H5869". 
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\verseNumber{17}Now|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" rest|strong="H3499" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" acts|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" Manasseh|strong="H4519", and|strong="H3063" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213", and|strong="H3063" his|strong="H3605" sin|strong="H2398" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" sinned|strong="H2398", aren’t they|strong="H1992" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" book|strong="H5612" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" chronicles|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063"? 
\verseNumber{18}Manasseh|strong="H4519" slept|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H8478" fathers|strong="H0001", and|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1004" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H8478" garden|strong="H1588" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H8478" own|strong="H5973" house|strong="H1004", in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H8478" garden|strong="H1588" of|strong="H1121" Uzza|strong="H5798"; and|strong="H1121" Amon|strong="H0526" his|strong="H8478" son|strong="H1121" reigned|strong="H4427" in|strong="H1004" his|strong="H8478" place|strong="H8478". 
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\verseNumber{19}Amon|strong="H0526" was|strong="H8034" twenty-two|strong="H8147" years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1121" he|strong="H4480" began to|strong="H3389" reign|strong="H4427"; and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H4480" reigned|strong="H4427" two|strong="H8147" years|strong="H8141" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". His|strong="H4480" mother’s|strong="H0517" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Meshullemeth|strong="H4922" the|strong="H4480" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" Haruz|strong="H2743" of|strong="H1121" Jotbah|strong="H3192". 
\verseNumber{20}He|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H0834" which|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" evil|strong="H7451" in|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" sight|strong="H5869", as|strong="H0834" Manasseh|strong="H4519" his|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001" did|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{21}He|strong="H0834" walked|strong="H1980" in|strong="H1980" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" ways|strong="H1870" that|strong="H0834" his|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" walked|strong="H1980" in|strong="H1980", and|strong="H1980" served|strong="H5647" the|strong="H3605" idols|strong="H1544" that|strong="H0834" his|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" served|strong="H5647", and|strong="H1980" worshiped|strong="H7812" them|strong="H0853"; 
\verseNumber{22}and|strong="H1980" he|strong="H0430" abandoned|strong="H5800" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H0853" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" his|strong="H3068" fathers|strong="H0001", and|strong="H1980" didn’t|strong="H3808" walk|strong="H1980" in|strong="H1980" the|strong="H0853" way|strong="H1870" of|strong="H0430" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{23}The|strong="H0853" servants|strong="H5650" of|strong="H4428" Amon|strong="H0526" conspired|strong="H7194" against|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921", and|strong="H4428" put|strong="H4191" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" to|strong="H4191" death|strong="H4191" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" own house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{24}But|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" killed|strong="H5221" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H4428" conspired|strong="H7194" against|strong="H5921" King|strong="H4428" Amon|strong="H0526"; and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" made|strong="H7194" Josiah|strong="H2977" his|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" king|strong="H4428" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" place|strong="H8478". 
\verseNumber{25}Now|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0834" rest|strong="H3499" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0834" acts|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" Amon|strong="H0526" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213", aren’t they|strong="H1992" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" book|strong="H5612" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0834" chronicles|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0834" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063"? 
\verseNumber{26}He|strong="H0853" was|strong="H1121" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H6912" his|strong="H8478" tomb|strong="H6900" in|strong="H6912" the|strong="H0853" garden|strong="H1588" of|strong="H1121" Uzza|strong="H5798", and|strong="H1121" Josiah|strong="H2977" his|strong="H8478" son|strong="H1121" reigned|strong="H4427" in|strong="H6912" his|strong="H8478" place|strong="H8478". 
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\chapterNumber{22}Josiah|strong="H2977" was|strong="H8034" eight|strong="H8083" years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3389" began to|strong="H3389" reign|strong="H4427", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3389" reigned|strong="H4427" thirty-one years|strong="H8141" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". His|strong="H2977" mother’s|strong="H0517" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Jedidah|strong="H3040" the|strong="H8034" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" Adaiah|strong="H5718" of|strong="H1121" Bozkath|strong="H1218". 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3605" which|strong="H5869" was|strong="H3068" right|strong="H3225" in|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" eyes|strong="H5869", and|strong="H3068" walked in|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" ways|strong="H1870" of|strong="H3068" David|strong="H1732" his|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001", and|strong="H3068" didn’t|strong="H3808" turn|strong="H5493" away|strong="H5493" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" right|strong="H3225" hand|strong="H3225" or|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" left|strong="H8040". 
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\verseNumber{3}In|strong="H8141" the|strong="H0853" eighteenth|strong="H6240" year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H1121" King|strong="H4428" Josiah|strong="H2977", the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" sent|strong="H7971" Shaphan|strong="H8227", the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Azaliah|strong="H0683" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Meshullam|strong="H4918", the|strong="H0853" scribe|strong="H5608", to|strong="H0559" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004", saying|strong="H0559", 
\verseNumber{4}“Go|strong="H0935" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0413" Hilkiah|strong="H2518" the|strong="H0853" high|strong="H1419" priest|strong="H3548", that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" may|strong="H3068" count|strong="H8552" the|strong="H0853" money|strong="H3701" which|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" brought|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0413" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004", which|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" keepers|strong="H8104" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" threshold have|strong="H0834" gathered|strong="H0622" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{5}Let|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" deliver|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" into|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" workers|strong="H4399" who|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" oversight|strong="H6485" of|strong="H1004" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004"; and|strong="H3068" let|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" give|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" workers|strong="H4399" who|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" in|strong="H5921" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004", to|strong="H5921" repair|strong="H2388" the|strong="H0853" damage|strong="H0919" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004", 
\verseNumber{6}to|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" carpenters|strong="H2796", and|strong="H1004" to|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" builders|strong="H1129", and|strong="H1004" to|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" masons|strong="H1443", and|strong="H1004" for|strong="H1004" buying|strong="H7069" timber|strong="H6086" and|strong="H1004" cut stone|strong="H0068" to|strong="H1004" repair|strong="H2388" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{7}However|strong="H0389", no|strong="H3808" accounting|strong="H2803" shall|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" asked of|strong="H3027" them|strong="H5414" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" money|strong="H3701" delivered|strong="H5414" into|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5414" hand|strong="H3027", for|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" deal|strong="H6213" faithfully|strong="H0530".” 
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\verseNumber{8}Hilkiah|strong="H2518" the|strong="H0853" high|strong="H1419" priest|strong="H3548" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Shaphan|strong="H8227" the|strong="H0853" scribe|strong="H5608", “I|strong="H5414" have|strong="H4672" found|strong="H4672" the|strong="H0853" book|strong="H5612" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" law|strong="H8451" in|strong="H5921" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004".” Hilkiah|strong="H2518" delivered|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" book|strong="H5612" to|strong="H0413" Shaphan|strong="H8227", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" read|strong="H7121" it|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{9}Shaphan|strong="H8227" the|strong="H0853" scribe|strong="H5608" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428", and|strong="H0935" brought|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" word|strong="H1697" again|strong="H7725", and|strong="H0935" said|strong="H0559", “Your|strong="H3068" servants|strong="H5650" have|strong="H5650" emptied|strong="H5413" out|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" money|strong="H3701" that|strong="H1697" was|strong="H3068" found|strong="H4672" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H0935" have|strong="H5650" delivered|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" hands|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" workmen|strong="H4399" who|strong="H3068" have|strong="H5650" the|strong="H0853" oversight|strong="H6485" of|strong="H4428" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004".” 
\verseNumber{10}Shaphan|strong="H8227" the|strong="H0559" scribe|strong="H5608" told|strong="H5046" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428", saying|strong="H0559", “Hilkiah|strong="H2518" the|strong="H0559" priest|strong="H3548" has|strong="H4428" delivered|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" book|strong="H5612" to|strong="H0559" me|strong="H5414".” Then|strong="H5414" Shaphan|strong="H8227" read|strong="H7121" it|strong="H5414" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428". 
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\verseNumber{11}When|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" had|strong="H1961" heard|strong="H8085" the|strong="H0853" words|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" book|strong="H5612" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" law|strong="H8451", he|strong="H0853" tore|strong="H7167" his|strong="H8085" clothes|strong="H0899". 
\verseNumber{12}The|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" commanded|strong="H6680" Hilkiah|strong="H2518" the|strong="H0853" priest|strong="H3548", Ahikam|strong="H0296" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shaphan|strong="H8227", Achbor|strong="H5907" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Micaiah|strong="H4320", Shaphan|strong="H8227" the|strong="H0853" scribe|strong="H5608", and|strong="H1121" Asaiah|strong="H6222" the|strong="H0853" king’s|strong="H4428" servant|strong="H5650", saying|strong="H0559", 
\verseNumber{13}“Go inquire|strong="H1875" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H5921", and|strong="H3068" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971", and|strong="H3068" for|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" Judah|strong="H3063", concerning|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" words|strong="H1697" of|strong="H3068" this|strong="H2088" book|strong="H5612" that|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" found|strong="H4672"; for|strong="H3588" great|strong="H1419" is|strong="H0834" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" wrath|strong="H2534" that|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" kindled|strong="H3341" against|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5921", because|strong="H3588" our|strong="H3068" fathers|strong="H0001" have|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" listened|strong="H8085" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" words|strong="H1697" of|strong="H3068" this|strong="H2088" book|strong="H5612", to|strong="H5921" do|strong="H6213" according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" which|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" written|strong="H3789" concerning|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5921".” 
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\verseNumber{14}So|strong="H1696" Hilkiah|strong="H2518" the|strong="H0413" priest|strong="H3548", Ahikam|strong="H0296", Achbor|strong="H5907", Shaphan|strong="H8227", and|strong="H1121" Asaiah|strong="H6222" went|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" Huldah|strong="H2468" the|strong="H0413" prophetess|strong="H5031", the|strong="H0413" wife|strong="H0802" of|strong="H1121" Shallum|strong="H7967" the|strong="H0413" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Tikvah|strong="H8616", the|strong="H0413" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Harhas|strong="H2745", keeper|strong="H8104" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0413" wardrobe (now|strong="H1696" she|strong="H1931" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0413" second|strong="H4932" quarter); and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H1931" talked|strong="H1696" with|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{15}She|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478" says|strong="H0559", ‘Tell|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0834" sent|strong="H7971" you|strong="H0834" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413", 
\verseNumber{16}“Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H0559", ‘Behold|strong="H2005", I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" bring|strong="H0935" evil|strong="H7451" on|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2088" place|strong="H4725" and|strong="H0935" on|strong="H5921" its|strong="H3605" inhabitants|strong="H3427", even|strong="H0853" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" words|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" book|strong="H5612" which|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" has|strong="H3068" read|strong="H7121". 
\verseNumber{17}Because|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" forsaken me|strong="H3707" and|strong="H0430" have|strong="H0834" burned|strong="H6999" incense|strong="H6999" to|strong="H3027" other|strong="H0312" gods|strong="H0430", that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" might|strong="H4616" provoke|strong="H3707" me|strong="H3707" to|strong="H3027" anger|strong="H3707" with|strong="H3027" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" work|strong="H4639" of|strong="H0430" their|strong="H3605" hands|strong="H3027", therefore|strong="H4616" my|strong="H3605" wrath|strong="H2534" shall|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" kindled|strong="H3341" against|strong="H3027" this|strong="H2088" place|strong="H4725", and|strong="H0430" it|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0430" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" quenched|strong="H3518".’” 
\verseNumber{18}But|strong="H8085" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063", who|strong="H0834" sent|strong="H7971" you|strong="H0834" to|strong="H0413" inquire|strong="H1875" of|strong="H4428" Yahweh|strong="H3068", tell|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0413", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" says|strong="H0559", ‘Concerning|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" words|strong="H1697" which|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" heard|strong="H8085", 
\verseNumber{19}because|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3068" heart|strong="H3824" was|strong="H1961" tender|strong="H7401", and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H0834" humbled|strong="H3665" yourself|strong="H3665" before|strong="H6440" Yahweh|strong="H3068" when|strong="H1961" you|strong="H0834" heard|strong="H8085" what|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" spoke|strong="H1696" against|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2088" place|strong="H4725" and|strong="H3068" against|strong="H5921" its|strong="H0853" inhabitants|strong="H3427", that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" should|strong="H3068" become|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" desolation|strong="H8047" and|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1961" curse|strong="H7045", and|strong="H3068" have|strong="H1961" torn|strong="H7167" your|strong="H3068" clothes|strong="H0899" and|strong="H3068" wept|strong="H1058" before|strong="H6440" me|strong="H6440", I|strong="H0834" also|strong="H1571" have|strong="H1961" heard|strong="H8085" you|strong="H0834",’ says|strong="H5002" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{20}‘Therefore|strong="H3651" behold|strong="H2005", I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H0834" gather|strong="H0622" you|strong="H0834" to|strong="H0413" your|strong="H3605" fathers|strong="H0001", and|strong="H0935" you|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" be|strong="H3808" gathered|strong="H0622" to|strong="H0413" your|strong="H3605" grave|strong="H6913" in|strong="H5921" peace|strong="H7965". Your|strong="H3605" eyes|strong="H5869" will|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" see|strong="H7200" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" evil|strong="H7451" which|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H0834" bring|strong="H0935" on|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2088" place|strong="H4725".’”’” So|strong="H3651" they|strong="H0834" brought|strong="H0935" this|strong="H2088" message|strong="H1697" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428". 
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\chapterNumber{23}The|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" sent|strong="H7971", and|strong="H3063" they|strong="H3605" gathered|strong="H0622" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" elders|strong="H2205" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3063" of|strong="H4428" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{2}The|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5704" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" inhabitants|strong="H3427" of|strong="H4428" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H0853"—with|strong="H0854" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548", the|strong="H3605" prophets|strong="H5030", and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971", both|strong="H3605" small|strong="H6996" and|strong="H3068" great|strong="H1419"; and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H5704" read|strong="H7121" in|strong="H3427" their|strong="H3605" hearing|strong="H0241" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" words|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" book|strong="H5612" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" covenant|strong="H1285" which|strong="H1697" was|strong="H3068" found|strong="H4672" in|strong="H3427" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{3}The|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" stood|strong="H5975" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" pillar|strong="H5982" and|strong="H6965" made|strong="H3772" a|strong="H3772" covenant|strong="H1285" before|strong="H6440" Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H5921" walk after|strong="H0310" Yahweh|strong="H3068" and|strong="H6965" to|strong="H5921" keep|strong="H8104" his|strong="H3605" commandments|strong="H4687", his|strong="H3605" testimonies|strong="H5715", and|strong="H6965" his|strong="H3605" statutes|strong="H2708" with|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" heart|strong="H3820" and|strong="H6965" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" soul|strong="H5315", to|strong="H5921" confirm|strong="H6965" the|strong="H3605" words|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" this|strong="H2088" covenant|strong="H1285" that|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1697" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2088" book|strong="H5612"; and|strong="H6965" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" agreed|strong="H5975" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" covenant|strong="H1285". 
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\verseNumber{4}The|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" commanded|strong="H6680" Hilkiah|strong="H2518" the|strong="H3605" high|strong="H1419" priest|strong="H3548", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" second|strong="H4932" order|strong="H6680", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" keepers|strong="H8104" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" threshold, to|strong="H3068" bring|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H4428" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1964" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" vessels|strong="H3627" that|strong="H3605" were|strong="H8064" made|strong="H6213" for|strong="H3605" Baal|strong="H1168", for|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Asherah|strong="H0842", and|strong="H3068" for|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H6635" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" sky|strong="H8064"; and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H6213" burned|strong="H8313" them|strong="H0853" outside|strong="H2351" of|strong="H4428" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" fields|strong="H7709" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Kidron|strong="H6939", and|strong="H3068" carried|strong="H5375" their|strong="H3605" ashes|strong="H6083" to|strong="H3068" Bethel|strong="H1008". 
\verseNumber{5}He|strong="H0834" got rid of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" idolatrous|strong="H3649" priests|strong="H3649" whom|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" had|strong="H0834" ordained to|strong="H5414" burn|strong="H6999" incense|strong="H6999" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" high|strong="H1116" places|strong="H1116" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3063" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" places|strong="H1116" around|strong="H4524" Jerusalem|strong="H3389"; those|strong="H3605" also|strong="H0853" who|strong="H0834" burned|strong="H6999" incense|strong="H6999" to|strong="H5414" Baal|strong="H1168", to|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" sun|strong="H8121", to|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" moon|strong="H3394", to|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" planets, and|strong="H3063" to|strong="H5414" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H6635" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" sky|strong="H8064". 
\verseNumber{6}He|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" the|strong="H0853" Asherah|strong="H0842" from|strong="H3318" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004", outside|strong="H2351" of|strong="H1121" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" brook|strong="H5158" Kidron|strong="H6939", and|strong="H1121" burned|strong="H8313" it|strong="H5921" at|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" brook|strong="H5158" Kidron|strong="H6939", and|strong="H1121" beat it|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0413" dust|strong="H6083", and|strong="H1121" cast|strong="H7993" its|strong="H0853" dust|strong="H6083" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" graves|strong="H6913" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" common|strong="H1121" people|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{7}He|strong="H0834" broke|strong="H5422" down|strong="H5422" the|strong="H0853" houses|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" male|strong="H6945" shrine|strong="H1004" prostitutes|strong="H6945" that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" in|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004", where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" women|strong="H0802" wove hangings|strong="H1004" for|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" Asherah|strong="H0842". 
\verseNumber{8}He|strong="H0834" brought|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" out|strong="H5921" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" of|strong="H0376" Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H0935" defiled|strong="H2930" the|strong="H3605" high|strong="H1116" places|strong="H1116" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" had|strong="H0834" burned|strong="H6999" incense|strong="H6999", from|strong="H0935" Geba|strong="H1387" to|strong="H0935" Beersheba|strong="H0884"; and|strong="H0935" he|strong="H0834" broke|strong="H5422" down|strong="H5422" the|strong="H3605" high|strong="H1116" places|strong="H1116" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3605" gates|strong="H8179" that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" entrance|strong="H6607" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3605" gate|strong="H8179" of|strong="H0376" Joshua|strong="H3091" the|strong="H3605" governor|strong="H8269" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892", which|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" on|strong="H5921" a|strong="H0935" man’s|strong="H0376" left|strong="H8040" hand|strong="H8040" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" gate|strong="H8179" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{9}Nevertheless|strong="H0389" the|strong="H3588" priests|strong="H3548" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" high|strong="H1116" places|strong="H1116" didn’t|strong="H3808" come|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0413" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" altar|strong="H4196" in|strong="H0413" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", but|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" ate|strong="H0398" unleavened|strong="H4682" bread|strong="H4682" among|strong="H8432" their|strong="H3068" brothers|strong="H0251". 
\verseNumber{10}He|strong="H0834" defiled|strong="H2930" Topheth|strong="H8612", which|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" valley|strong="H1516" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hinnom|strong="H2011", that|strong="H0834" no|strong="H1115" man|strong="H0376" might|strong="H1323" make|strong="H2930" his|strong="H0834" son|strong="H1121" or|strong="H0376" his|strong="H0834" daughter|strong="H1323" to|strong="H0376" pass|strong="H5674" through|strong="H5674" the|strong="H0853" fire|strong="H0784" to|strong="H0376" Molech|strong="H4432". 
\verseNumber{11}He|strong="H0834" took|strong="H0853" away|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" horses|strong="H5483" that|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" had|strong="H3068" dedicated|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" sun|strong="H8121", at|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" entrance|strong="H0935" of|strong="H4428" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004", by|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" room|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" Nathan Melech the|strong="H0853" officer|strong="H5631" who|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" court|strong="H5631"; and|strong="H0935" he|strong="H0834" burned|strong="H8313" the|strong="H0853" chariots|strong="H4818" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" sun|strong="H8121" with|strong="H0413" fire|strong="H0784". 
\verseNumber{12}The|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" broke|strong="H5422" down|strong="H5422" the|strong="H0853" altars|strong="H4196" that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" roof|strong="H1406" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" upper|strong="H5944" room|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" Ahaz|strong="H0271", which|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" had|strong="H3068" made|strong="H6213", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" altars|strong="H4196" which|strong="H0834" Manasseh|strong="H4519" had|strong="H3068" made|strong="H6213" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" two|strong="H8147" courts of|strong="H4428" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H3068" beat them|strong="H0413" down|strong="H5422" from|strong="H5921" there|strong="H8033", and|strong="H3068" cast|strong="H7993" their|strong="H3068" dust|strong="H6083" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" brook|strong="H5158" Kidron|strong="H6939". 
\verseNumber{13}The|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" defiled|strong="H2930" the|strong="H0853" high|strong="H1116" places|strong="H1116" that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" before|strong="H6440" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", which|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" right|strong="H3225" hand|strong="H3225" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" mountain|strong="H2022" of|strong="H1121" corruption, which|strong="H0834" Solomon|strong="H8010" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" had|strong="H0834" built|strong="H1129" for|strong="H5921" Ashtoreth the|strong="H0853" abomination|strong="H8441" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" Sidonians|strong="H6722", and|strong="H1121" for|strong="H5921" Chemosh|strong="H3645" the|strong="H0853" abomination|strong="H8441" of|strong="H1121" Moab|strong="H4124", and|strong="H1121" for|strong="H5921" Milcom|strong="H4445" the|strong="H0853" abomination|strong="H8441" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983". 
\verseNumber{14}He|strong="H0853" broke|strong="H7665" in|strong="H7665" pieces|strong="H7665" the|strong="H0853" pillars|strong="H4676", cut|strong="H3772" down|strong="H3772" the|strong="H0853" Asherah|strong="H0842" poles, and|strong="H0120" filled|strong="H4390" their|strong="H4390" places|strong="H4725" with|strong="H4390" men’s|strong="H0120" bones|strong="H6106". 
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\verseNumber{15}Moreover|strong="H1571" the|strong="H0853" altar|strong="H4196" that|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" at|strong="H3478" Bethel|strong="H1008" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" high|strong="H1116" place|strong="H1116" which|strong="H0834" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Nebat|strong="H5028", who|strong="H0834" made|strong="H6213" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" sin|strong="H2398", had|strong="H0834" made|strong="H6213", even|strong="H1571" that|strong="H0834" altar|strong="H4196" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" high|strong="H1116" place|strong="H1116" he|strong="H0834" broke|strong="H5422" down|strong="H5422"; and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H0834" burned|strong="H8313" the|strong="H0853" high|strong="H1116" place|strong="H1116" and|strong="H1121" beat it|strong="H1931" to|strong="H3478" dust|strong="H6083", and|strong="H1121" burned|strong="H8313" the|strong="H0853" Asherah|strong="H0842". 
\verseNumber{16}As|strong="H0834" Josiah|strong="H2977" turned|strong="H6437" himself|strong="H2930", he|strong="H0834" spied the|strong="H0853" tombs|strong="H6913" that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" there|strong="H8033" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" mountain|strong="H2022"; and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H0834" sent|strong="H7971", and|strong="H3068" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H0853" bones|strong="H6106" out|strong="H4480" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" tombs|strong="H6913", and|strong="H3068" burned|strong="H8313" them|strong="H0853" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" altar|strong="H4196", and|strong="H3068" defiled|strong="H2930" it|strong="H5921", according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" word|strong="H1697" which|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" God|strong="H0430" proclaimed|strong="H7121", who|strong="H0834" proclaimed|strong="H7121" these|strong="H0428" things|strong="H1697". 
\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="H0853" he|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559", “What|strong="H4100" monument|strong="H6725" is|strong="H0834" that|strong="H0834" which|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0589" see|strong="H7200"?” 
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The|strong="H0853" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892" told|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0413", “It|strong="H5921" is|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" tomb|strong="H6913" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" God|strong="H0430" who|strong="H0834" came|strong="H0935" from|strong="H0935" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H0935" proclaimed|strong="H7121" these|strong="H0428" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" done|strong="H6213" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" altar|strong="H4196" of|strong="H0376" Bethel|strong="H1008".” 
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\verseNumber{18}He|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559", “Let|strong="H0408" him|strong="H0854" be|strong="H0408"! Let|strong="H0408" no|strong="H0408" one|strong="H0376" move his|strong="H0834" bones|strong="H6106".” So|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" let|strong="H0408" his|strong="H0834" bones|strong="H6106" alone, with|strong="H0854" the|strong="H0559" bones|strong="H6106" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0559" prophet|strong="H5030" who|strong="H0834" came|strong="H0935" out|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Samaria|strong="H8111". 
\verseNumber{19}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" houses|strong="H1004" also|strong="H1571" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" high|strong="H1116" places|strong="H1116" that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" of|strong="H4428" Samaria|strong="H8111", which|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" had|strong="H0834" made|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3478" provoke|strong="H3707" Yahweh to|strong="H3478" anger|strong="H3707", Josiah|strong="H2977" took|strong="H5493" away|strong="H5493", and|strong="H3478" did|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3478" them|strong="H1992" according to|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" acts|strong="H6213" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" done|strong="H6213" in|strong="H1004" Bethel|strong="H1008". 
\verseNumber{20}He|strong="H0834" killed all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" of|strong="H4196" the|strong="H3605" high|strong="H1116" places|strong="H1116" that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" there|strong="H8033", on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" altars|strong="H4196", and|strong="H7725" burned|strong="H8313" men’s|strong="H0120" bones|strong="H6106" on|strong="H5921" them|strong="H0853"; and|strong="H7725" he|strong="H0834" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
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\verseNumber{21}The|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" commanded|strong="H6680" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971", saying|strong="H0559", “Keep|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" Passover|strong="H6453" to|strong="H0559" Yahweh|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430", as|strong="H3068" it|strong="H5921" is|strong="H3068" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2088" book|strong="H5612" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" covenant|strong="H1285".” 
\verseNumber{22}Surely|strong="H3588" there|strong="H2088" was|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" kept|strong="H6213" such|strong="H2088" a|strong="H3588" Passover|strong="H6453" from|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" judges|strong="H8199" who|strong="H0834" judged|strong="H8199" Israel|strong="H3478", nor|strong="H3808" in|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", nor|strong="H3808" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063"; 
\verseNumber{23}but|strong="H3588" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3588" eighteenth|strong="H6240" year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H4428" King|strong="H4428" Josiah|strong="H2977", this|strong="H2088" Passover|strong="H6453" was|strong="H3068" kept|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
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\verseNumber{24}Moreover|strong="H1571", Josiah|strong="H2977" removed|strong="H0178" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H0834" had|strong="H3068" familiar spirits, the|strong="H3605" wizards, and|strong="H6965" the|strong="H3605" teraphim|strong="H8655",\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{23:24  }teraphim were household idols.} and|strong="H6965" the|strong="H3605" idols|strong="H1544", and|strong="H6965" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" abominations|strong="H8251" that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" seen|strong="H7200" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H1004" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H6965" in|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" might|strong="H4616" confirm|strong="H6965" the|strong="H3605" words|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" law|strong="H8451" which|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" book|strong="H5612" that|strong="H0834" Hilkiah|strong="H2518" the|strong="H3605" priest|strong="H3548" found|strong="H4672" in|strong="H5921" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{25}There|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" no|strong="H3808" king|strong="H4428" like|strong="H3644" him|strong="H0413" before|strong="H6440" him|strong="H0413", who|strong="H0834" turned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" Yahweh|strong="H3068" with|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" heart|strong="H3824", and|strong="H6965" with|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" soul|strong="H5315", and|strong="H6965" with|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" might|strong="H3068", according|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" law|strong="H8451" of|strong="H4428" Moses|strong="H4872"; and|strong="H6965" there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" none|strong="H3808" like|strong="H3644" him|strong="H0413" who|strong="H0834" arose|strong="H6965" after|strong="H0310" him|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{26}Notwithstanding, Yahweh|strong="H3068" didn’t|strong="H3808" turn|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3605" fierceness|strong="H2740" of|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3605" great|strong="H1419" wrath|strong="H0639", with|strong="H3068" which|strong="H0834" his|strong="H3605" anger|strong="H0639" burned|strong="H2734" against|strong="H5921" Judah|strong="H3063", because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" provocation with|strong="H3068" which|strong="H0834" Manasseh|strong="H4519" had|strong="H3068" provoked|strong="H3707" him|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{27}Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" also|strong="H1571" remove|strong="H5493" Judah|strong="H3063" out|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1004" my|strong="H3068" sight|strong="H6440", as|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H1961" removed|strong="H5493" Israel|strong="H3478"; and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" cast off|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2063" city|strong="H5892" which|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H1961" chosen|strong="H0977", even|strong="H1571" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" which|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559", ‘My|strong="H3068" name|strong="H8034" shall|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" there|strong="H8033".’” 
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\verseNumber{28}Now|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" rest|strong="H3499" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" acts|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" Josiah|strong="H2977", and|strong="H3063" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213", aren’t they|strong="H1992" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" book|strong="H5612" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" chronicles|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063"? 
\verseNumber{29}In|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" days|strong="H3117" Pharaoh|strong="H6549" Necoh king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Egypt|strong="H4714" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" to|strong="H4191" the|strong="H0853" river|strong="H5104" Euphrates|strong="H6578"; and|strong="H4428" King|strong="H4428" Josiah|strong="H2977" went|strong="H5927" against|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921", but|strong="H7200" Pharaoh|strong="H6549" Necoh killed|strong="H4191" him|strong="H5921" at|strong="H5921" Megiddo|strong="H4023" when|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" saw|strong="H7200" him|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{30}His|strong="H3947" servants|strong="H5650" carried|strong="H7392" him|strong="H0853" dead|strong="H4191" in|strong="H0935" a|strong="H3947" chariot|strong="H7392" from|strong="H0935" Megiddo|strong="H4023", brought|strong="H0935" him|strong="H0853" to|strong="H0935" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", and|strong="H1121" buried|strong="H6912" him|strong="H0853" in|strong="H0935" his|strong="H3947" own tomb|strong="H6900". The|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" land|strong="H0776" took|strong="H3947" Jehoahaz|strong="H3059" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Josiah|strong="H2977", and|strong="H1121" anointed|strong="H4886" him|strong="H0853", and|strong="H1121" made|strong="H3947" him|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4427" in|strong="H0935" his|strong="H3947" father’s|strong="H0001" place|strong="H8478". 
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\verseNumber{31}Jehoahaz|strong="H3059" was|strong="H8034" twenty-three years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3389" began to|strong="H3389" reign|strong="H4427"; and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3389" reigned|strong="H4427" three|strong="H7969" months|strong="H2320" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". His|strong="H3059" mother’s|strong="H0517" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Hamutal|strong="H2537" the|strong="H3414" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" Jeremiah|strong="H3414" of|strong="H1121" Libnah|strong="H3841". 
\verseNumber{32}He|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H0834" which|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" evil|strong="H7451" in|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" sight|strong="H5869", according to|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" his|strong="H3605" fathers|strong="H0001" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{33}Pharaoh|strong="H6549" Necoh put|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" in|strong="H5921" bonds at|strong="H5921" Riblah|strong="H7247" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" Hamath|strong="H2574", that|strong="H0776" he|strong="H5414" might not|strong="H0776" reign|strong="H4427" in|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389"; and|strong="H3967" put|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" land|strong="H0776" to|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5414" tribute of|strong="H0776" one|strong="H0776" hundred|strong="H3967" talents|strong="H3603" of|strong="H0776" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H3967" a|strong="H5414" talent|strong="H3603"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{23:33  }A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces} of|strong="H0776" gold|strong="H2091". 
\verseNumber{34}Pharaoh|strong="H6549" Necoh made|strong="H5437" Eliakim|strong="H0471" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Josiah|strong="H2977" king|strong="H4427" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" place|strong="H8478" of|strong="H1121" Josiah|strong="H2977" his|strong="H3947" father|strong="H0001", and|strong="H1121" changed|strong="H5437" his|strong="H3947" name|strong="H8034" to|strong="H0935" Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"; but|strong="H0935" he|strong="H8033" took|strong="H3947" Jehoahaz|strong="H3059" away|strong="H3947", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H8033" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" Egypt|strong="H4714" and|strong="H1121" died|strong="H4191" there|strong="H8033". 
\verseNumber{35}Jehoiakim|strong="H3079" gave|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0853" gold|strong="H2091" to|strong="H5921" Pharaoh|strong="H6547"; but|strong="H0389" he|strong="H5414" taxed the|strong="H0853" land|strong="H0776" to|strong="H5921" give|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" money|strong="H3701" according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" commandment|strong="H6310" of|strong="H0776" Pharaoh|strong="H6547". He|strong="H5414" exacted|strong="H5065" the|strong="H0853" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0853" gold|strong="H2091" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0853" land|strong="H0776", from|strong="H5921" everyone|strong="H0376" according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5414" assessment|strong="H6187", to|strong="H5921" give|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" Pharaoh|strong="H6547" Necoh. 
\verseNumber{36}Jehoiakim|strong="H3079" was|strong="H8034" twenty-five|strong="H2568" years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1121" he|strong="H4480" began to|strong="H3389" reign|strong="H4427", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H4480" reigned|strong="H4427" eleven|strong="H6240" years|strong="H8141" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". His|strong="H4480" mother’s|strong="H0517" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Zebidah|strong="H2080" the|strong="H4480" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" Pedaiah|strong="H6305" of|strong="H1121" Rumah|strong="H7316". 
\verseNumber{37}He|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H0834" which|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" evil|strong="H7451" in|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" sight|strong="H5869", according to|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" his|strong="H3605" fathers|strong="H0001" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213". 
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\chapterNumber{24}In|strong="H8141" his|strong="H7725" days|strong="H3117" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894" came|strong="H1961" up|strong="H5927", and|strong="H4428" Jehoiakim|strong="H3079" became|strong="H1961" his|strong="H7725" servant|strong="H5650" three|strong="H7969" years|strong="H8141". Then|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3117" turned|strong="H7725" and|strong="H4428" rebelled|strong="H4775" against|strong="H5927" him|strong="H7725". 
\verseNumber{2}Yahweh|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7971" against|strong="H1696" him|strong="H7971" bands|strong="H1416" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" Chaldeans|strong="H3778", bands|strong="H1416" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" Syrians, bands|strong="H1416" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" Moabites|strong="H4124", and|strong="H1121" bands|strong="H1416" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983", and|strong="H1121" sent|strong="H7971" them|strong="H0853" against|strong="H1696" Judah|strong="H3063" to|strong="H1696" destroy|strong="H0006" it|strong="H1696", according|strong="H3027" to|strong="H1696" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" word|strong="H1697" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" spoke|strong="H1696" by|strong="H3027" his|strong="H3068" servants|strong="H5650" the|strong="H0853" prophets|strong="H5030". 
\verseNumber{3}Surely|strong="H0389" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" commandment|strong="H6310" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" this|strong="H0834" came|strong="H1961" on|strong="H5921" Judah|strong="H3063", to|strong="H1961" remove|strong="H5493" them|strong="H5921" out|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3605" sight|strong="H6440" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" sins|strong="H2403" of|strong="H3068" Manasseh|strong="H4519", according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213", 
\verseNumber{4}and|strong="H3068" also|strong="H1571" for|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" innocent|strong="H5355" blood|strong="H1818" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" shed|strong="H8210"; for|strong="H3068" he|strong="H0834" filled|strong="H4390" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" with|strong="H4390" innocent|strong="H5355" blood|strong="H1818", and|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" would|strong="H0014" not|strong="H3808" pardon|strong="H5545". 
\verseNumber{5}Now|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" rest|strong="H3499" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" acts|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" Jehoiakim|strong="H3079", and|strong="H3063" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213", aren’t they|strong="H1992" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" book|strong="H5612" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" chronicles|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063"? 
\verseNumber{6}So Jehoiakim|strong="H3079" slept|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H8478" fathers|strong="H0001", and|strong="H1121" Jehoiachin|strong="H3078" his|strong="H8478" son|strong="H1121" reigned|strong="H4427" in|strong="H1121" his|strong="H8478" place|strong="H8478". 
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\verseNumber{7}The|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Egypt|strong="H4714" didn’t|strong="H3808" come|strong="H1961" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" any|strong="H3605" more|strong="H5750"; for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894" had|strong="H0834" taken|strong="H3947", from|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" brook|strong="H5158" of|strong="H4428" Egypt|strong="H4714" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" river|strong="H5104" Euphrates|strong="H6578", all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Egypt|strong="H4714". 
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\verseNumber{8}Jehoiachin|strong="H3078" was|strong="H8034" eighteen|strong="H6240" years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3389" began to|strong="H3389" reign|strong="H4427", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3389" reigned|strong="H4427" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" three|strong="H7969" months|strong="H2320". His|strong="H3078" mother’s|strong="H0517" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Nehushta the|strong="H8034" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" Elnathan|strong="H0494" of|strong="H1121" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{9}He|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H0834" which|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" evil|strong="H7451" in|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" sight|strong="H5869", according to|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" his|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{10}At|strong="H4428" that|strong="H1931" time|strong="H6256" the|strong="H0935" servants|strong="H5650" of|strong="H4428" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894" came|strong="H0935" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0935" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0935" city|strong="H5892" was|strong="H1931" besieged|strong="H4692". 
\verseNumber{11}Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892" while|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" servants|strong="H5650" were|strong="H5650" besieging|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921", 
\verseNumber{12}and|strong="H3063" Jehoiachin|strong="H3078" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894"—he|strong="H1931", his|strong="H5921" mother|strong="H0517", his|strong="H5921" servants|strong="H5650", his|strong="H5921" princes|strong="H8269", and|strong="H3063" his|strong="H5921" officers|strong="H8269"; and|strong="H3063" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894" captured|strong="H3947" him|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" eighth|strong="H8083" year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H5921" reign|strong="H4427". 
\verseNumber{13}He|strong="H0834" carried|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" from|strong="H3318" there|strong="H8033" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" treasures|strong="H0214" of|strong="H4428" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" treasures|strong="H0214" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H3068" cut|strong="H7112" in|strong="H3068" pieces|strong="H7112" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" vessels|strong="H3627" of|strong="H4428" gold|strong="H2091" which|strong="H0834" Solomon|strong="H8010" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" had|strong="H3068" made|strong="H6213" in|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004", as|strong="H0834" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696". 
\verseNumber{14}He|strong="H3808" carried|strong="H1540" away|strong="H1540" all|strong="H3605" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", and|strong="H0776" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" princes|strong="H8269", and|strong="H0776" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" mighty|strong="H1368" men|strong="H1368" of|strong="H0776" valor|strong="H2428", even|strong="H3808" ten|strong="H6235" thousand|strong="H0505" captives|strong="H1540", and|strong="H0776" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" craftsmen|strong="H2796" and|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" smiths|strong="H4525". No|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3605" remained|strong="H7604" except|strong="H2108" the|strong="H3605" poorest people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{15}He|strong="H0853" carried|strong="H1540" away|strong="H1540" Jehoiachin|strong="H3078" to|strong="H3389" Babylon|strong="H0894", with|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0853" king’s|strong="H4428" mother|strong="H0517", the|strong="H0853" king’s|strong="H4428" wives|strong="H0802", his|strong="H1540" officers|strong="H5631", and|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0853" chief men of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" land|strong="H0776". He|strong="H0853" carried|strong="H1540" them|strong="H0853" into|strong="H1540" captivity|strong="H1540" from|strong="H0776" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" to|strong="H3389" Babylon|strong="H0894". 
\verseNumber{16}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H4428" might|strong="H2428", even|strong="H0853" seven|strong="H7651" thousand|strong="H0505", and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" craftsmen|strong="H2796" and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" smiths|strong="H4525" one|strong="H0376" thousand|strong="H0505", all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4428" them|strong="H0853" strong|strong="H2428" and|strong="H0935" fit for|strong="H3605" war|strong="H4421", even|strong="H0853" them|strong="H0853" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894" brought|strong="H0935" captive to|strong="H0935" Babylon|strong="H0894". 
\verseNumber{17}The|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894" made|strong="H5437" Mattaniah|strong="H4983", Jehoiachin’s|strong="H1730" father’s brother, king|strong="H4428" in|strong="H4428" his|strong="H8478" place|strong="H8478", and|strong="H4428" changed|strong="H5437" his|strong="H8478" name|strong="H8034" to|strong="H4428" Zedekiah|strong="H6667". 
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\verseNumber{18}Zedekiah|strong="H6667" was|strong="H8034" twenty-one years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3389" began to|strong="H3389" reign|strong="H4427", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3389" reigned|strong="H4427" eleven|strong="H6240" years|strong="H8141" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". His|strong="H8034" mother’s|strong="H0517" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Hamutal|strong="H2537" the|strong="H3414" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" Jeremiah|strong="H3414" of|strong="H1121" Libnah|strong="H3841". 
\verseNumber{19}He|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H0834" which|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" evil|strong="H7451" in|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" sight|strong="H5869", according to|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" Jehoiakim|strong="H3079" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{20}For|strong="H3588" through|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" anger|strong="H0639" of|strong="H4428" Yahweh|strong="H3068", this|strong="H3588" happened|strong="H1961" in|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063", until|strong="H5704" he|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3068" cast|strong="H7993" them|strong="H0853" out|strong="H6440" from|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" presence|strong="H6440". 
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Then|strong="H1961" Zedekiah|strong="H6667" rebelled|strong="H4775" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894". 
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\chapterNumber{25}In|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" ninth|strong="H8671" year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3605" reign|strong="H4427", in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" tenth|strong="H6224" month|strong="H2320", in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" tenth|strong="H6224" day|strong="H2320" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" month|strong="H2320", Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894" came|strong="H0935", he|strong="H1931" and|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428", against|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", and|strong="H0935" encamped|strong="H2583" against|strong="H5921" it|strong="H1931"; and|strong="H0935" they|strong="H5921" built|strong="H1129" forts against|strong="H5921" it|strong="H1931" around|strong="H5439" it|strong="H1931". 
\verseNumber{2}So|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0935" city|strong="H5892" was|strong="H4428" besieged|strong="H4692" until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H0935" eleventh|strong="H6240" year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H4428" King|strong="H4428" Zedekiah|strong="H6667". 
\verseNumber{3}On|strong="H0776" the|strong="H1961" ninth|strong="H8672" day|strong="H2320" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H1961" fourth month|strong="H2320", the|strong="H1961" famine|strong="H7458" was|strong="H1961" severe|strong="H2388" in|strong="H0776" the|strong="H1961" city|strong="H5892", so|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3808" there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" no|strong="H3808" bread|strong="H3899" for|strong="H0776" the|strong="H1961" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H1961" land|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{4}Then|strong="H4428" a|strong="H0834" breach|strong="H1234" was|strong="H0834" made|strong="H3605" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892", and|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H4428" war|strong="H4421" fled by|strong="H5921" night|strong="H3915" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" way|strong="H1870" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" gate|strong="H8179" between|strong="H0996" the|strong="H3605" two|strong="H2346" walls|strong="H2346", which|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" garden|strong="H1588" (now the|strong="H3605" Chaldeans|strong="H3778" were|strong="H0834" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" around|strong="H5439" it|strong="H5921"); and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" went|strong="H0376" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" way|strong="H1870" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Arabah|strong="H6160". 
\verseNumber{5}But|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Chaldean army|strong="H2428" pursued|strong="H7291" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", and|strong="H4428" overtook|strong="H5381" him|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" plains|strong="H6160" of|strong="H4428" Jericho|strong="H3405"; and|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428" was|strong="H4428" scattered|strong="H6327" from|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{6}Then|strong="H1696" they|strong="H4428" captured|strong="H8610" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H4428" carried|strong="H5927" him|strong="H0413" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894" to|strong="H0413" Riblah|strong="H7247"; and|strong="H4428" they|strong="H4428" passed|strong="H1696" judgment|strong="H4941" on|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{7}They|strong="H0935" killed|strong="H7819" Zedekiah’s|strong="H6667" sons|strong="H1121" before|strong="H5869" his|strong="H0935" eyes|strong="H5869", then|strong="H0853" put|strong="H0935" out|strong="H0935" Zedekiah’s|strong="H6667" eyes|strong="H5869", bound|strong="H0631" him|strong="H0853" in|strong="H0935" fetters|strong="H5178", and|strong="H1121" carried|strong="H0935" him|strong="H0853" to|strong="H0935" Babylon|strong="H0894". 
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\verseNumber{8}Now|strong="H7227" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H0935" fifth|strong="H2549" month|strong="H2320", on|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0935" seventh|strong="H7651" day|strong="H2320" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0935" month|strong="H2320", which|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" the|strong="H0935" nineteenth year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H4428" King|strong="H4428" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894", Nebuzaradan|strong="H5018" the|strong="H0935" captain|strong="H7227" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0935" guard|strong="H2876", a|strong="H0935" servant|strong="H5650" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0935" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894", came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{9}He|strong="H3068" burned|strong="H8313" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004", the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" houses|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". He|strong="H3068" burned|strong="H8313" every|strong="H3605" great|strong="H1419" house|strong="H1004" with|strong="H1004" fire|strong="H0784". 
\verseNumber{10}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H2346" the|strong="H3605" Chaldeans|strong="H3778", who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" with|strong="H3389" the|strong="H3605" captain|strong="H7227" of|strong="H2346" the|strong="H3605" guard|strong="H2876", broke|strong="H5422" down|strong="H5422" the|strong="H3605" walls|strong="H2346" around|strong="H5439" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{11}Nebuzaradan|strong="H5018" the|strong="H0853" captain|strong="H7227" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" guard|strong="H2876" carried|strong="H1540" away|strong="H1540" captive|strong="H1540" the|strong="H0853" rest|strong="H3499" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" left|strong="H7604" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892" and|strong="H4428" those|strong="H0834" who|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" deserted|strong="H5307" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894"—all the|strong="H0853" rest|strong="H3499" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" multitude|strong="H1995". 
\verseNumber{12}But|strong="H7227" the|strong="H0776" captain|strong="H7227" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0776" guard|strong="H2876" left|strong="H7604" some|strong="H7227" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0776" poorest of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0776" land|strong="H0776" to|strong="H0776" work the|strong="H0776" vineyards and|strong="H0776" fields. 
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\verseNumber{13}The|strong="H0853" Chaldeans|strong="H3778" broke|strong="H7665" up|strong="H5375" the|strong="H0853" pillars|strong="H5982" of|strong="H1004" bronze|strong="H5178" that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" in|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" bases and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" bronze|strong="H5178" sea|strong="H3220" that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" in|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H3068" carried|strong="H5375" the|strong="H0853" bronze|strong="H5178" pieces|strong="H7665" to|strong="H3068" Babylon|strong="H0894". 
\verseNumber{14}They|strong="H0834" took|strong="H3947" away|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3605" pots|strong="H5518", the|strong="H3605" shovels|strong="H3257", the|strong="H3605" snuffers|strong="H4212", the|strong="H3605" spoons|strong="H3709", and|strong="H3709" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" vessels|strong="H3627" of|strong="H3627" bronze|strong="H5178" with|strong="H3627" which|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" ministered|strong="H8334". 
\verseNumber{15}The|strong="H0853" captain|strong="H7227" of|strong="H4219" the|strong="H0853" guard|strong="H2876" took|strong="H3947" away|strong="H3947" the|strong="H0853" fire pans, the|strong="H0853" basins|strong="H4219", that|strong="H0834" which|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" of|strong="H4219" gold|strong="H2091", for|strong="H3701" gold|strong="H2091", and|strong="H3701" that|strong="H0834" which|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" of|strong="H4219" silver|strong="H3701", for|strong="H3701" silver|strong="H3701". 
\verseNumber{16}The|strong="H3605" two|strong="H8147" pillars|strong="H5982", the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H0259" sea|strong="H3220", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" bases, which|strong="H0834" Solomon|strong="H8010" had|strong="H3068" made|strong="H6213" for|strong="H1004" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004", the|strong="H3605" bronze|strong="H5178" of|strong="H1004" all|strong="H3605" these|strong="H0428" vessels|strong="H3627" was|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" weighed|strong="H4948". 
\verseNumber{17}The|strong="H3605" height|strong="H6967" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H0259" pillar|strong="H5982" was|strong="H0259" eighteen|strong="H6240" cubits|strong="H0520",\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{25:17  }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.} and|strong="H5178" a|strong="H5921" capital|strong="H3805" of|strong="H5921" bronze|strong="H5178" was|strong="H0259" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921". The|strong="H3605" height|strong="H6967" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" capital|strong="H3805" was|strong="H0259" three|strong="H7969" cubits|strong="H0520", with|strong="H5921" network|strong="H7639" and|strong="H5178" pomegranates|strong="H7416" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" capital|strong="H3805" around|strong="H5439" it|strong="H5921", all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H5921" bronze|strong="H5178"; and|strong="H5178" the|strong="H3605" second|strong="H8145" pillar|strong="H5982" with|strong="H5921" its|strong="H3605" network|strong="H7639" was|strong="H0259" like|strong="H5439" these|strong="H0428". 
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\verseNumber{18}The|strong="H0853" captain|strong="H7227" of|strong="H7218" the|strong="H0853" guard|strong="H8104" took|strong="H3947" Seraiah|strong="H8304" the|strong="H0853" chief|strong="H7218" priest|strong="H3548", Zephaniah|strong="H6846" the|strong="H0853" second|strong="H4932" priest|strong="H3548", and|strong="H3548" the|strong="H0853" three|strong="H7969" keepers|strong="H8104" of|strong="H7218" the|strong="H0853" threshold; 
\verseNumber{19}and|strong="H0776" out|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892" he|strong="H0834" took|strong="H3947" an|strong="H7200" officer|strong="H5631" who|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" set|strong="H0834" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H4428" war|strong="H4421"; and|strong="H0776" five|strong="H2568" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H4428" those|strong="H0834" who|strong="H0834" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H0853" king’s|strong="H4428" face|strong="H6440", who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" found|strong="H4672" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892"; and|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0853" scribe|strong="H5608", the|strong="H0853" captain|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" army|strong="H6635", who|strong="H0834" mustered|strong="H6633" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" land|strong="H0776", and|strong="H0776" sixty|strong="H8346" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" land|strong="H0776" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" found|strong="H4672" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{20}Nebuzaradan|strong="H5018" the|strong="H0853" captain|strong="H7227" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" guard|strong="H2876" took|strong="H3947" them|strong="H0853", and|strong="H4428" brought|strong="H3947" them|strong="H0853" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894" to|strong="H5921" Riblah|strong="H7247". 
\verseNumber{21}The|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894" attacked|strong="H5221" them|strong="H0853" and|strong="H3063" put|strong="H4191" them|strong="H0853" to|strong="H4191" death|strong="H4191" at|strong="H5921" Riblah|strong="H7247" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H4428" Hamath|strong="H2574". So|strong="H4191" Judah|strong="H3063" was|strong="H0776" carried|strong="H1540" away|strong="H1540" captive|strong="H1540" out|strong="H5921" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H5921" land|strong="H0776". 
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\verseNumber{22}As|strong="H0834" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" left|strong="H7604" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" whom|strong="H0834" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Babylon|strong="H0894" had|strong="H0834" left|strong="H7604", even|strong="H0853" over|strong="H5921" them|strong="H0853" he|strong="H0834" made|strong="H6485" Gedaliah|strong="H1436" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ahikam|strong="H0296", the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shaphan|strong="H8227", governor. 
\verseNumber{23}Now|strong="H3588" when|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" captains|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" forces|strong="H2428", they|strong="H1992" and|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376", heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Babylon|strong="H0894" had|strong="H4428" made|strong="H6485" Gedaliah|strong="H1436" governor|strong="H8269", they|strong="H1992" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" Gedaliah|strong="H1436" to|strong="H0413" Mizpah|strong="H4709", even|strong="H3588" Ishmael|strong="H3458" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Nethaniah|strong="H5418", Johanan|strong="H3110" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Kareah|strong="H7143", Seraiah|strong="H8304" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Tanhumeth|strong="H8576" the|strong="H3605" Netophathite|strong="H5200", and|strong="H1121" Jaazaniah|strong="H2970" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Maacathite|strong="H4602", they|strong="H1992" and|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376". 
\verseNumber{24}Gedaliah|strong="H1436" swore|strong="H7650" to|strong="H0559" them|strong="H0853" and|strong="H0776" to|strong="H0559" their|strong="H5647" men|strong="H0376", and|strong="H0776" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" them|strong="H0853", “Don’t|strong="H0408" be|strong="H0408" afraid|strong="H3372" because|strong="H0559" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" servants|strong="H5650" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" Chaldeans|strong="H3778". Dwell|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0853" land|strong="H0776" and|strong="H0776" serve|strong="H5647" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894", and|strong="H0776" it|strong="H3190" will|strong="H0776" be|strong="H0408" well|strong="H3190" with|strong="H0376" you|strong="H0853".” 
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\verseNumber{25}But|strong="H1961" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" seventh|strong="H7637" month|strong="H2320", Ishmael|strong="H3458" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Nethaniah|strong="H5418", the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Elishama|strong="H0476", of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" royal|strong="H4410" offspring|strong="H2233" came|strong="H0935", and|strong="H1121" ten|strong="H6235" men|strong="H0376" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H5221", and|strong="H1121" struck|strong="H5221" Gedaliah|strong="H1436" so|strong="H1961" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" died|strong="H4191", with|strong="H0854" the|strong="H0853" Jews|strong="H3064" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" Chaldeans|strong="H3778" that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H5221" at|strong="H4191" Mizpah|strong="H4709". 
\verseNumber{26}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971", both|strong="H3605" small|strong="H6996" and|strong="H0935" great|strong="H1419", and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" captains|strong="H8269" of|strong="H8269" the|strong="H3605" forces|strong="H2428" arose|strong="H6965" and|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" Egypt|strong="H4714"; for|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" were|strong="H4714" afraid|strong="H3372" of|strong="H8269" the|strong="H3605" Chaldeans|strong="H3778". 
\verseNumber{27}In|strong="H8141" the|strong="H0853" thirty-seventh year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" captivity of|strong="H4428" Jehoiachin|strong="H3078" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063", in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H0853" twelfth month|strong="H2320", on|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" twenty-seventh day|strong="H2320" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" month|strong="H2320", Evilmerodach king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894", in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H0853" year|strong="H8141" that|strong="H8141" he|strong="H0853" began|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" reign|strong="H4427", released Jehoiachin|strong="H3078" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" out|strong="H8147" of|strong="H4428" prison|strong="H3608", 
\verseNumber{28}and|strong="H4428" he|strong="H0834" spoke|strong="H1696" kindly|strong="H2896" to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H5414" and|strong="H4428" set|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5414" throne|strong="H3678" above|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" throne|strong="H3678" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" kings|strong="H4428" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H5414" in|strong="H5921" Babylon|strong="H0894", 
\verseNumber{29}and|strong="H0398" changed|strong="H8132" his|strong="H3605" prison|strong="H3608" garments|strong="H0899". Jehoiachin|strong="H8132" ate|strong="H0398" bread|strong="H3899" before|strong="H6440" him|strong="H0853" continually|strong="H8548" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" his|strong="H3605" life|strong="H3117"; 
\verseNumber{30}and|strong="H4428" for|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" allowance|strong="H0737", there|strong="H3605" was|strong="H4428" a|strong="H5414" continual|strong="H8548" allowance|strong="H0737" given|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" from|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", every|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" a|strong="H5414" portion|strong="H1697", all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3605" life|strong="H3117". 
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