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\BibleBook{The Second Book of Chronicles}

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\BibleMainTitle{The Second Book of Chronicles }
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\chapterNumber{1}Solomon|strong="H8010" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732" was|strong="H3068" firmly|strong="H2388" established|strong="H2388" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" kingdom|strong="H4438", and|strong="H1121" Yahweh|strong="H3068"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{1:1  }“Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations.} his|strong="H5921" God|strong="H0430"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{1:1  The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).} was|strong="H3068" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5921", and|strong="H1121" made|strong="H2388" him|strong="H5921" exceedingly|strong="H4605" great|strong="H1431". 
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\verseNumber{2}Solomon|strong="H8010" spoke|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478", to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H3605" captains|strong="H8269" of|strong="H8269" thousands|strong="H0505" and|strong="H3478" of|strong="H8269" hundreds|strong="H3967", to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H3605" judges|strong="H8199", and|strong="H3478" to|strong="H0559" every|strong="H3605" prince|strong="H8269" in|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478", the|strong="H3605" heads|strong="H7218" of|strong="H8269" the|strong="H3605" fathers’|strong="H0001" households|strong="H0001". 
\verseNumber{3}Then|strong="H1961" Solomon|strong="H8010", and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" assembly|strong="H6951" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5973", went|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" high|strong="H1116" place|strong="H1116" that|strong="H0834" was|strong="H1961" at|strong="H3068" Gibeon|strong="H1391"; for|strong="H3588" God’s|strong="H0430" Tent|strong="H0168" of|strong="H0430" Meeting|strong="H4150" was|strong="H1961" there|strong="H8033", which|strong="H0834" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" servant|strong="H5650" Moses|strong="H4872" had|strong="H3068" made|strong="H6213" in|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3605" wilderness|strong="H4057". 
\verseNumber{4}But|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H0430" brought|strong="H5927" God’s|strong="H0430" ark|strong="H0727" up|strong="H5927" from|strong="H5927" Kiriath|strong="H7157" Jearim to|strong="H3389" the|strong="H3588" place|strong="H3559" that|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H0430" prepared|strong="H3559" for|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588"; for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" had|strong="H0430" pitched|strong="H5186" a|strong="H3588" tent|strong="H0168" for|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588" at|strong="H1732" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{5}Moreover the|strong="H6440" bronze|strong="H5178" altar|strong="H4196" that|strong="H0834" Bezalel|strong="H1212" the|strong="H6440" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Uri|strong="H0221", the|strong="H6440" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hur|strong="H2354", had|strong="H3068" made|strong="H6213" was|strong="H0834" there|strong="H3068" before|strong="H6440" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" tabernacle|strong="H4908"; and|strong="H1121" Solomon|strong="H8010" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" assembly|strong="H6951" were|strong="H0834" seeking|strong="H1875" counsel there|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{6}Solomon|strong="H8010" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" there|strong="H8033" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" bronze|strong="H5178" altar|strong="H4196" before|strong="H6440" Yahweh|strong="H3068", which|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" Tent|strong="H0168" of|strong="H3068" Meeting|strong="H4150", and|strong="H3068" offered|strong="H5927" one|strong="H0834" thousand|strong="H0505" burnt|strong="H5930" offerings|strong="H3068" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921". 
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\verseNumber{7}That|strong="H7200" night|strong="H3915", God|strong="H0430" appeared|strong="H7200" to|strong="H0559" Solomon|strong="H8010" and|strong="H0430" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H5414", “Ask|strong="H7592" for|strong="H7592" what|strong="H4100" you|strong="H5414" want me|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0559" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414".” 
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\verseNumber{8}Solomon|strong="H8010" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" God|strong="H0430", “You|strong="H0859" have|strong="H0001" shown|strong="H5973" great|strong="H1419" loving kindness|strong="H2617" to|strong="H0559" David|strong="H1732" my|strong="H1732" father|strong="H0001", and|strong="H0430" have|strong="H0001" made|strong="H6213" me|strong="H5973" king|strong="H4427" in|strong="H0430" his|strong="H1732" place|strong="H8478". 
\verseNumber{9}Now|strong="H6258", Yahweh|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430", let|strong="H6258" your|strong="H3068" promise|strong="H1697" to|strong="H5921" David|strong="H1732" my|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001" be|strong="H1697" established|strong="H0539"; for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859" have|strong="H0001" made me|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4427" over|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" like|strong="H0776" the|strong="H5921" dust|strong="H6083" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H5921" earth|strong="H0776" in|strong="H5921" multitude. 
\verseNumber{10}Now|strong="H6258" give|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" wisdom|strong="H2451" and|strong="H0935" knowledge|strong="H4093", that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" may|strong="H4310" go|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" and|strong="H0935" come|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" before|strong="H6440" this|strong="H2088" people|strong="H5971"; for|strong="H3588" who|strong="H4310" can|strong="H4310" judge|strong="H8199" this|strong="H2088" great|strong="H1419" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H6440" yours|strong="H5414"?” 
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\verseNumber{11}God|strong="H0430" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" Solomon|strong="H8010", “Because|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2063" was|strong="H1961" in|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" heart|strong="H3824", and|strong="H0430" you|strong="H0834" have|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" asked|strong="H7592" riches|strong="H6239", wealth|strong="H6239", honor|strong="H3519", or|strong="H3808" the|strong="H0853" life|strong="H5315" of|strong="H0430" those|strong="H0834" who|strong="H0834" hate|strong="H8130" you|strong="H0834", nor|strong="H3808" yet|strong="H1571" have|strong="H1961" you|strong="H0834" asked|strong="H7592" for|strong="H5921" long|strong="H3117" life|strong="H5315"; but|strong="H3808" have|strong="H1961" asked|strong="H7592" for|strong="H5921" wisdom|strong="H2451" and|strong="H0430" knowledge|strong="H4093" for|strong="H5921" yourself|strong="H5315", that|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" may|strong="H1961" judge|strong="H8199" my|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971", over|strong="H5921" whom|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H1961" made|strong="H1961" you|strong="H0834" king|strong="H4427", 
\verseNumber{12}therefore|strong="H3651" wisdom|strong="H2451" and|strong="H4428" knowledge|strong="H4093" is|strong="H0834" granted|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1961" you|strong="H0834". I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H1961" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H0834" riches|strong="H6239", wealth|strong="H6239", and|strong="H4428" honor|strong="H3519", such|strong="H3651" as|strong="H0834" none|strong="H3808" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" kings|strong="H4428" have|strong="H1961" had|strong="H0834" who|strong="H0834" have|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" before|strong="H6440" you|strong="H0834", and|strong="H4428" none|strong="H3808" after|strong="H0310" you|strong="H0834" will|strong="H1961" have|strong="H1961".” 
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\verseNumber{13}So|strong="H0834" Solomon|strong="H8010" came|strong="H0935" from|strong="H0935" the|strong="H6440" high|strong="H1116" place|strong="H1116" that|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" at|strong="H5921" Gibeon|strong="H1391", from|strong="H0935" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" Tent|strong="H0168" of|strong="H0168" Meeting|strong="H4150", to|strong="H0935" Jerusalem|strong="H3389"; and|strong="H0935" he|strong="H0834" reigned|strong="H4427" over|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478". 
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\verseNumber{14}Solomon|strong="H8010" gathered|strong="H0622" chariots|strong="H7393" and|strong="H3967" horsemen|strong="H6571". He|strong="H8010" had|strong="H1961" one|strong="H1961" thousand|strong="H0505" four|strong="H0702" hundred|strong="H3967" chariots|strong="H7393" and|strong="H3967" twelve|strong="H6240" thousand|strong="H0505" horsemen|strong="H6571" that|strong="H1961" he|strong="H8010" placed|strong="H3240" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H1961" chariot|strong="H7393" cities|strong="H5892", and|strong="H3967" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4428" at|strong="H4428" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{15}The|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" made|strong="H5414" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H4428" gold|strong="H2091" to|strong="H5414" be|strong="H4428" as|strong="H0834" common as|strong="H0834" stones|strong="H0068" in|strong="H4428" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", and|strong="H4428" he|strong="H0834" made|strong="H5414" cedars|strong="H0730" to|strong="H5414" be|strong="H4428" as|strong="H0834" common as|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" sycamore|strong="H8256" trees|strong="H8256" that|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" lowland|strong="H8219". 
\verseNumber{16}The|strong="H0834" horses|strong="H5483" which|strong="H0834" Solomon|strong="H8010" had|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" brought|strong="H3947" out of|strong="H4428" Egypt|strong="H4714" and|strong="H4428" from|strong="H3947" Kue. The|strong="H0834" king’s|strong="H4428" merchants|strong="H5503" purchased them|strong="H3947" from|strong="H3947" Kue. 
\verseNumber{17}They|strong="H3651" imported from|strong="H3318" Egypt|strong="H4714" then|strong="H3318" exported|strong="H3318" a|strong="H5927" chariot|strong="H4818" for|strong="H3027" six|strong="H8337" hundred|strong="H3967" pieces of|strong="H4428" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H3967" a|strong="H5927" horse|strong="H5483" for|strong="H3027" one|strong="H3605" hundred|strong="H3967" fifty|strong="H2572".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{1:17  }The pieces of silver were probably shekels, so 600 pieces would be about 13.2 pounds or 6 kilograms of silver, and 150 would be about 3.3 pounds or 1.5 kilograms of silver.} They|strong="H3651" also|strong="H4428" exported|strong="H3318" them|strong="H3318" to|strong="H4714" the|strong="H3605" Hittite|strong="H2850" kings|strong="H4428" and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H3605" Syrian|strong="H0758"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{1:17  or, Aramean} kings|strong="H4428". 
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\chapterNumber{2}Now Solomon|strong="H8010" decided to|strong="H5921" build a|strong="H5921" house for|strong="H5921" Yahweh’s name, and|strong="H3967" a|strong="H5921" house for|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" kingdom. 
\verseNumber{2}Solomon|strong="H8010" counted out|strong="H7971" seventy thousand men|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" bear burdens, eighty thousand men|strong="H0559" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" stone|strong="H0834" cutters in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0559" mountains, and|strong="H4428" three thousand six hundred to|strong="H0413" oversee them|strong="H0413". 
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\verseNumber{3}Solomon sent to|strong="H5921" Huram the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1004" Tyre, saying, “As|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6440" dealt with|strong="H1004" David my|strong="H3068" father, and|strong="H3068" sent him|strong="H5921" cedars to|strong="H5921" build|strong="H1129" him|strong="H5921" a|strong="H1129" house|strong="H1004" in|strong="H5921" which|strong="H4150" to|strong="H5921" dwell, so|strong="H0589" deal with|strong="H1004" me|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{4}Behold,\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{2:4  }“Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.} I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H0589" about|strong="H1004" to|strong="H0430" build|strong="H1129" a|strong="H3588" house|strong="H1004" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" name of|strong="H1004" Yahweh my|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430", to|strong="H0430" dedicate it|strong="H3588" to|strong="H0430" him|strong="H3605", to|strong="H0430" burn before|strong="H0430" him|strong="H3605" incense of|strong="H1004" sweet spices, for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" continual show bread, and|strong="H0430" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" burnt offerings|strong="H3588" morning and|strong="H0430" evening, on|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" Sabbaths, on|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" new moons, and|strong="H0430" on|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" set|strong="H0834" feasts of|strong="H1004" Yahweh our|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430". This|strong="H3588" is|strong="H0834" an|strong="H1129" ordinance forever to|strong="H0430" Israel. 
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\verseNumber{5}“The|strong="H6440" house|strong="H1004" which|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H0589" building|strong="H1129" will|strong="H4310" be|strong="H3808" great, for|strong="H3588" our|strong="H3588" God|strong="H3808" is|strong="H0834" greater than|strong="H3808" all gods. 
\verseNumber{6}But|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" able to|strong="H7971" build him|strong="H7971" a|strong="H7971" house, since|strong="H0834" heaven and|strong="H3063" the|strong="H0834" heaven of|strong="H0376" heavens can’t|strong="H3045" contain him|strong="H7971"? Who|strong="H0834" am I|strong="H0834" then|strong="H6258", that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" should|strong="H0376" build him|strong="H7971" a|strong="H7971" house, except just|strong="H0834" to|strong="H7971" burn incense before|strong="H5973" him|strong="H7971"? 
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\verseNumber{7}“Now|strong="H2009" therefore|strong="H3045" send|strong="H7971" me|strong="H7971" a|strong="H3588" man skillful|strong="H3045" to|strong="H7971" work in|strong="H5650" gold, in|strong="H5650" silver, in|strong="H5650" bronze, in|strong="H5650" iron, and|strong="H7971" in|strong="H5650" purple, crimson, and|strong="H7971" blue, and|strong="H7971" who|strong="H0834" knows|strong="H3045" how|strong="H0834" to|strong="H7971" engrave engravings, to|strong="H7971" be|strong="H5650" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H0834" skillful|strong="H3045" men|strong="H5650" who|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H7971" in|strong="H5650" Judah and|strong="H7971" in|strong="H5650" Jerusalem, whom|strong="H0834" David|strong="H5973" my|strong="H7971" father provided|strong="H3045". 
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\verseNumber{8}“Send me|strong="H0589" also|strong="H3588" cedar trees|strong="H6086", cypress trees|strong="H6086", and|strong="H1004" algum trees|strong="H6086" out|strong="H3559" of|strong="H1004" Lebanon, for|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0589" know that|strong="H0834" your|strong="H0834" servants know how|strong="H0834" to|strong="H1004" cut timber|strong="H6086" in|strong="H1004" Lebanon. Behold, my|strong="H0834" servants will|strong="H0834" be|strong="H1004" with|strong="H1004" your|strong="H0834" servants, 
\verseNumber{9}even to|strong="H5414" prepare me|strong="H5414" timber|strong="H6086" in|strong="H5650" abundance; for|strong="H6086" the|strong="H5414" house which|strong="H6086" I|strong="H5414" am about|strong="H6086" to|strong="H5414" build will|strong="H5650" be|strong="H5414" great and|strong="H5650" wonderful. 
\verseNumber{10}Behold, I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0413" your|strong="H3068" servants, the|strong="H0853" cutters who|strong="H3068" cut timber, twenty thousand cors\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{2:10  }1 cor is the same as a homer, or about 55.9 U. S. gallons (liquid) or 211 liters or 6 bushels, so 20,000 cors of wheat would weigh about 545 metric tons} of|strong="H4428" beaten wheat, twenty thousand baths\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{2:10  1 bath is one tenth of a cor, or about 5.6 U. S. gallons or 21 liters or 2.4 pecks. 20,000 baths of barley would weigh about 262 metric tons.} of|strong="H4428" barley, twenty thousand baths of|strong="H4428" wine, and|strong="H3068" twenty thousand baths of|strong="H4428" oil.” 
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\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H0853" Huram|strong="H2361" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Tyre answered|strong="H0559" in|strong="H0430" writing, which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" sent|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0559" Solomon, “Because|strong="H0834" Yahweh|strong="H3068" loves his|strong="H5414" people|strong="H1121", he|strong="H0834" has|strong="H3068" made|strong="H6213" you|strong="H0834" king|strong="H4428" over|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414".” 
\verseNumber{12}Huram|strong="H2361" continued, “Blessed be|strong="H0376" Yahweh, the|strong="H3045" God|strong="H7971" of|strong="H0376" Israel, who|strong="H0376" made|strong="H3045" heaven and|strong="H7971" earth, who|strong="H0376" has|strong="H0376" given to|strong="H7971" David|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3045" king a|strong="H7971" wise|strong="H2450" son|strong="H2450", endowed|strong="H3045" with|strong="H3045" discretion and|strong="H7971" understanding|strong="H0998", who|strong="H0376" would|strong="H0376" build a|strong="H7971" house for|strong="H7971" Yahweh and|strong="H7971" a|strong="H7971" house for|strong="H7971" his|strong="H7971" kingdom. 
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\verseNumber{13}Now|strong="H5414" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" sent|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" skillful|strong="H2803" man|strong="H0376", endowed|strong="H3045" with|strong="H5973" understanding, Huram-abi,\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{2:13  }or, Huram, my father} 
\verseNumber{14}the|strong="H0559" son of|strong="H5650" a|strong="H7971" woman of|strong="H5650" the|strong="H0559" daughters of|strong="H5650" Dan; and|strong="H7971" his|strong="H0834" father was|strong="H0834" a|strong="H7971" man of|strong="H5650" Tyre. He|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" skillful to|strong="H0559" work in|strong="H5650" gold, in|strong="H5650" silver, in|strong="H5650" bronze, in|strong="H5650" iron, in|strong="H5650" stone|strong="H0834", in|strong="H5650" timber, in|strong="H5650" purple, in|strong="H5650" blue, in|strong="H5650" fine linen, and|strong="H7971" in|strong="H5650" crimson, also|strong="H0834" to|strong="H0559" engrave any kind of|strong="H5650" engraving and|strong="H7971" to|strong="H0559" devise any device, that|strong="H0834" there|strong="H0834" may|strong="H0834" be|strong="H0113" a|strong="H7971" place appointed to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H7971" with|strong="H8081" your|strong="H0834" skillful men|strong="H5650", and|strong="H7971" with|strong="H8081" the|strong="H0559" skillful men|strong="H5650" of|strong="H5650" my|strong="H7971" lord|strong="H0113" David|strong="H7971" your|strong="H0834" father. 
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\verseNumber{15}“Now|strong="H0935" therefore|strong="H0859", the|strong="H3605" wheat, the|strong="H3605" barley, the|strong="H3605" oil, and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" wine which|strong="H6086" my|strong="H3605" lord has|strong="H3605" spoken|strong="H0935" of|strong="H4480", let him|strong="H5921" send|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0935" his|strong="H3605" servants; 
\verseNumber{16}and|strong="H3478" we|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0776" cut wood out|strong="H3605" of|strong="H0776" Lebanon, as|strong="H0834" much|strong="H0834" as|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" need|strong="H0376". We|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0776" bring it|strong="H0834" to|strong="H3478" you|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0776" rafts by|strong="H3478" sea to|strong="H3478" Joppa; then|strong="H0310" you|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H3478" carry it|strong="H0834" up|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3478" Jerusalem.” 
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\verseNumber{17}Solomon counted all|strong="H0505" the|strong="H0853" foreigners who|strong="H6213" were|strong="H1992" in|strong="H3967" the|strong="H0853" land of|strong="H2022" Israel|strong="H5971", after|strong="H1992" the|strong="H0853" census with|strong="H2022" which|strong="H2022" David his|strong="H5647" father had|strong="H0853" counted them|strong="H1992"; and|strong="H3967" they|strong="H1992" found one|strong="H3967" hundred|strong="H3967" fifty-three thousand|strong="H0505" six|strong="H8337" hundred|strong="H3967". 
\verseNumber{18}He set seventy thousand of them to bear burdens, eighty thousand who were stone cutters in the mountains, and three thousand six hundred overseers to assign the people their work. 
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\chapterNumber{3}Then|strong="H0853" Solomon|strong="H8010" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3068" build|strong="H1129" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004" at|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" on|strong="H7200" Mount|strong="H2022" Moriah|strong="H4179", where|strong="H0834" Yahweh|strong="H3068" appeared|strong="H7200" to|strong="H3068" David|strong="H1732" his|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001", which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" prepared|strong="H3559" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" place|strong="H4725" that|strong="H0834" David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H3068" appointed|strong="H3559", on|strong="H7200" the|strong="H0853" threshing|strong="H1637" floor|strong="H1637" of|strong="H1004" Ornan|strong="H0771" the|strong="H0853" Jebusite|strong="H2983". 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H8141" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="H8141" build|strong="H1129" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H1129" second|strong="H8145" day|strong="H2320" of|strong="H8141" the|strong="H1129" second|strong="H8145" month|strong="H2320", in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H1129" fourth|strong="H0702" year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H8141" his|strong="H1129" reign|strong="H4438". 
\verseNumber{3}Now these|strong="H0428" are|strong="H0428" the|strong="H0853" foundations|strong="H3245" which|strong="H0428" Solomon|strong="H8010" laid|strong="H3245" for|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" building|strong="H1129" of|strong="H1004" God’s|strong="H0430" house|strong="H1004": the|strong="H0853" length|strong="H0753" by|strong="H0430" cubits|strong="H0520"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{3:3  }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.} after the|strong="H0853" first|strong="H7223" measure|strong="H0520" was|strong="H0430" sixty|strong="H8346" cubits|strong="H0520", and|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0853" width|strong="H7341" twenty|strong="H6242" cubits|strong="H0520". 
\verseNumber{4}The|strong="H6440" porch|strong="H0197" that|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" in|strong="H5921" front|strong="H6440", its|strong="H5921" length|strong="H0753", across|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" width|strong="H7341" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6440" house|strong="H1004", was|strong="H0834" twenty|strong="H6242" cubits|strong="H0520", and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H6440" height|strong="H1363" one|strong="H0834" hundred|strong="H3967" twenty|strong="H6242"; and|strong="H3967" he|strong="H0834" overlaid|strong="H6823" it|strong="H5921" within|strong="H5921" with|strong="H1004" pure|strong="H2889" gold|strong="H2091". 
\verseNumber{5}He|strong="H0853" made|strong="H5927" the|strong="H0853" larger|strong="H1419" room|strong="H1004" with|strong="H1004" a|strong="H5927" ceiling of|strong="H1004" cypress|strong="H1265" wood|strong="H6086", which|strong="H6086" he|strong="H0853" overlaid|strong="H2645" with|strong="H1004" fine gold|strong="H2091", and|strong="H1004" ornamented it|strong="H5921" with|strong="H1004" palm|strong="H8561" trees|strong="H6086" and|strong="H1004" chains|strong="H8333". 
\verseNumber{6}He|strong="H0853" decorated the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" with|strong="H1004" precious|strong="H3368" stones|strong="H0068" for|strong="H1004" beauty|strong="H8597". The|strong="H0853" gold|strong="H2091" was|strong="H1004" gold|strong="H2091" from|strong="H2091" Parvaim|strong="H6516". 
\verseNumber{7}He|strong="H0853" also|strong="H0853" overlaid|strong="H2645" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004", the|strong="H0853" beams|strong="H6982", the|strong="H0853" thresholds|strong="H5592", its|strong="H0853" walls|strong="H7023", and|strong="H1004" its|strong="H0853" doors|strong="H1817" with|strong="H1004" gold|strong="H2091", and|strong="H1004" engraved|strong="H6605" cherubim|strong="H3742" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" walls|strong="H7023". 
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\verseNumber{8}He|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213" the|strong="H0853" most|strong="H6944" holy|strong="H6944" place|strong="H6944". Its|strong="H0853" length|strong="H0753", according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" width|strong="H7341" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004", was|strong="H1004" twenty|strong="H6242" cubits|strong="H0520", and|strong="H3967" its|strong="H0853" width|strong="H7341" twenty|strong="H6242" cubits|strong="H0520"; and|strong="H3967" he|strong="H6213" overlaid|strong="H2645" it|strong="H5921" with|strong="H1004" fine gold|strong="H2091", amounting to|strong="H5921" six|strong="H8337" hundred|strong="H3967" talents|strong="H3603".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{3:8  }A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces, so 600 talents is about 18 metric tons} 
\verseNumber{9}The|strong="H5944" weight|strong="H4948" of|strong="H8255" the|strong="H5944" nails|strong="H4548" was|strong="H4948" fifty|strong="H2572" shekels|strong="H8255"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{3:9  }A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.32 Troy ounces, so 50 shekels was about 0.5 kilograms or about 16 Troy ounces.} of|strong="H8255" gold|strong="H2091". He overlaid|strong="H2645" the|strong="H5944" upper|strong="H5944" rooms|strong="H5944" with|strong="H2091" gold|strong="H2091". 
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\verseNumber{10}In|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" most|strong="H6944" holy|strong="H6944" place|strong="H6944" he|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213" two|strong="H8147" cherubim|strong="H3742" by|strong="H2091" carving, and|strong="H1004" they|strong="H6213" overlaid|strong="H6823" them|strong="H0853" with|strong="H1004" gold|strong="H2091". 
\verseNumber{11}The|strong="H5060" wings|strong="H3671" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5060" cherubim|strong="H3742" were|strong="H3742" twenty|strong="H6242" cubits|strong="H0520" long|strong="H0753": the|strong="H5060" wing|strong="H3671" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5060" one|strong="H0259" was|strong="H0259" five|strong="H2568" cubits|strong="H0520", reaching|strong="H5060" to|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5060" wall|strong="H7023" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5060" house|strong="H1004"; and|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5060" other|strong="H0312" wing|strong="H3671" was|strong="H0259" five|strong="H2568" cubits|strong="H0520", reaching|strong="H5060" to|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5060" wing|strong="H3671" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5060" other|strong="H0312" cherub|strong="H3742". 
\verseNumber{12}The|strong="H5060" wing|strong="H3671" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5060" other|strong="H0312" cherub|strong="H3742" was|strong="H0259" five|strong="H2568" cubits|strong="H0520", reaching|strong="H5060" to|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5060" wall|strong="H7023" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5060" house|strong="H1004"; and|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5060" other|strong="H0312" wing|strong="H3671" was|strong="H0259" five|strong="H2568" cubits|strong="H0520", joining to|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5060" wing|strong="H3671" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5060" other|strong="H0312" cherub|strong="H3742". 
\verseNumber{13}The|strong="H6440" wings|strong="H3671" of|strong="H1004" these|strong="H0428" cherubim|strong="H3742" spread|strong="H6566" themselves|strong="H1992" out|strong="H6440" twenty|strong="H6242" cubits|strong="H0520". They|strong="H1992" stood|strong="H5975" on|strong="H5921" their|strong="H1992" feet|strong="H7272", and|strong="H1004" their|strong="H1992" faces|strong="H6440" were|strong="H0428" toward|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{14}He|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213" the|strong="H0853" veil|strong="H6532" of|strong="H5921" blue|strong="H8504", purple|strong="H0713", crimson|strong="H3758", and|strong="H8504" fine|strong="H0948" linen|strong="H0948", and|strong="H8504" ornamented it|strong="H5921" with|strong="H5921" cherubim|strong="H3742". 
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\verseNumber{15}Also|strong="H6213" he|strong="H0834" made|strong="H6213" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" house|strong="H1004" two|strong="H8147" pillars|strong="H5982" thirty-five cubits|strong="H0520" high, and|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6440" capital|strong="H6858" that|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1004" each|strong="H8147" of|strong="H1004" them|strong="H5921" was|strong="H0834" five|strong="H2568" cubits|strong="H0520". 
\verseNumber{16}He|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213" chains|strong="H8333" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" inner|strong="H1687" sanctuary|strong="H1687", and|strong="H3967" put|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" tops|strong="H7218" of|strong="H7218" the|strong="H5921" pillars|strong="H5982"; and|strong="H3967" he|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213" one|strong="H6213" hundred|strong="H3967" pomegranates|strong="H7416", and|strong="H3967" put|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" chains|strong="H8333". 
\verseNumber{17}He|strong="H0853" set|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" the|strong="H0853" pillars|strong="H5982" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0853" temple|strong="H1964", one|strong="H0259" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" right|strong="H3225" hand|strong="H3225" and|strong="H6965" the|strong="H0853" other|strong="H0259" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" left|strong="H8040"; and|strong="H6965" called|strong="H7121" the|strong="H0853" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H6440" that|strong="H7121" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" right|strong="H3225" hand|strong="H3225" Jachin|strong="H3199", and|strong="H6965" the|strong="H0853" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H6440" that|strong="H7121" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" left|strong="H8040" Boaz|strong="H1162". 
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\chapterNumber{4}Then|strong="H6213" he|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213" an altar|strong="H4196" of|strong="H4196" bronze|strong="H5178", twenty|strong="H6242" cubits|strong="H0520"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{4:1  }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.} long|strong="H0753", twenty|strong="H6242" cubits|strong="H0520" wide|strong="H7341", and|strong="H4196" ten|strong="H6235" cubits|strong="H0520" high|strong="H6967". 
\verseNumber{2}Also|strong="H0853" he|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213" the|strong="H0853" molten|strong="H3332" sea|strong="H3220"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{4:2  }or, pool, or, reservoir} of|strong="H3220" ten|strong="H6235" cubits|strong="H0520" from|strong="H0413" brim|strong="H8193" to|strong="H0413" brim|strong="H8193". It|strong="H5437" was|strong="H3220" round|strong="H5439", five|strong="H2568" cubits|strong="H0520" high|strong="H6967", and|strong="H3220" thirty|strong="H7970" cubits|strong="H0520" in|strong="H0413" circumference|strong="H5437". 
\verseNumber{3}Under|strong="H8478" it|strong="H5437" was|strong="H3220" the|strong="H0853" likeness|strong="H1823" of|strong="H8478" oxen|strong="H1241", which|strong="H1823" encircled|strong="H5437" it|strong="H5437", for|strong="H8478" ten|strong="H6235" cubits|strong="H0520", encircling|strong="H5437" the|strong="H0853" sea|strong="H3220". The|strong="H0853" oxen|strong="H1241" were|strong="H1241" in|strong="H0520" two|strong="H8147" rows|strong="H2905", cast|strong="H3332" when it|strong="H5437" was|strong="H3220" cast|strong="H3332". 
\verseNumber{4}It|strong="H5921" stood|strong="H5975" on|strong="H5921" twelve|strong="H6240" oxen|strong="H1241", three|strong="H7969" looking toward|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" north|strong="H6828", three|strong="H7969" looking toward|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" west|strong="H3220", three|strong="H7969" looking toward|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" south|strong="H5045", and|strong="H1004" three|strong="H7969" looking toward|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" east|strong="H4217"; and|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" sea|strong="H3220" was|strong="H1004" set|strong="H5975" on|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921" above|strong="H5921", and|strong="H1004" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" hindquarters|strong="H0268" were|strong="H1241" inward|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{5}It|strong="H2388" was|strong="H8193" a|strong="H2388" handbreadth|strong="H2947" thick|strong="H5672". Its brim|strong="H8193" was|strong="H8193" made|strong="H2388" like|strong="H7799" the|strong="H2388" brim|strong="H8193" of|strong="H4639" a|strong="H2388" cup|strong="H3563", like|strong="H7799" the|strong="H2388" flower|strong="H6525" of|strong="H4639" a|strong="H2388" lily|strong="H7799". It|strong="H2388" received|strong="H2388" and|strong="H2388" held|strong="H2388" three|strong="H7969" thousand|strong="H0505" baths|strong="H1324".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{4:5  }A bath is about 5.6 U. S. gallons or 21.1 liters, so 3,000 baths is about 16,800 gallons or 63.3 kiloliters.} 
\verseNumber{6}He|strong="H6213" also|strong="H0853" made|strong="H6213" ten|strong="H6235" basins|strong="H3595", and|strong="H3548" put|strong="H5414" five|strong="H2568" on|strong="H3220" the|strong="H0853" right|strong="H3225" hand|strong="H3225" and|strong="H3548" five|strong="H2568" on|strong="H3220" the|strong="H0853" left|strong="H8040", to|strong="H5414" wash|strong="H7364" in|strong="H7364" them|strong="H5414". The|strong="H0853" things|strong="H4639" that|strong="H5414" belonged to|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" burnt|strong="H5930" offering|strong="H3548" were washed|strong="H7364" in|strong="H7364" them|strong="H5414", but|strong="H3225" the|strong="H0853" sea|strong="H3220" was|strong="H5414" for|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" priests|strong="H3548" to|strong="H5414" wash|strong="H7364" in|strong="H7364". 
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\verseNumber{7}He|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213" the|strong="H0853" ten|strong="H6235" lamp stands of|strong="H4941" gold|strong="H2091" according|strong="H4941" to|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" ordinance|strong="H4941" concerning them|strong="H5414"; and|strong="H4941" he|strong="H6213" set|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" in|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" temple|strong="H1964", five|strong="H2568" on|strong="H2091" the|strong="H0853" right|strong="H3225" hand|strong="H3225" and|strong="H4941" five|strong="H2568" on|strong="H2091" the|strong="H0853" left|strong="H8040". 
\verseNumber{8}He|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213" also|strong="H6213" ten|strong="H6235" tables|strong="H7979", and|strong="H3967" placed|strong="H3240" them|strong="H6213" in|strong="H2091" the|strong="H6213" temple|strong="H1964", five|strong="H2568" on|strong="H2091" the|strong="H6213" right|strong="H3225" side|strong="H3225" and|strong="H3967" five|strong="H2568" on|strong="H2091" the|strong="H6213" left|strong="H8040". He|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213" one|strong="H3225" hundred|strong="H3967" basins|strong="H4219" of|strong="H4219" gold|strong="H2091". 
\verseNumber{9}Furthermore he|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" court|strong="H2691" of|strong="H3548" the|strong="H6213" priests|strong="H3548", the|strong="H6213" great|strong="H1419" court|strong="H2691", and|strong="H3548" doors|strong="H1817" for|strong="H3548" the|strong="H6213" court|strong="H2691", and|strong="H3548" overlaid|strong="H6823" their|strong="H6823" doors|strong="H1817" with|strong="H6823" bronze|strong="H5178". 
\verseNumber{10}He|strong="H5414" set|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" sea|strong="H3220" on|strong="H3220" the|strong="H0853" right|strong="H3233" side|strong="H3802" of|strong="H5045" the|strong="H0853" house eastward|strong="H6924", toward the|strong="H0853" south|strong="H5045". 
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\verseNumber{11}Huram|strong="H2361" made|strong="H6213" the|strong="H0853" pots|strong="H5518", the|strong="H0853" shovels|strong="H3257", and|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0853" basins|strong="H4219". 
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So|strong="H6213" Huram|strong="H2361" finished|strong="H3615" doing|strong="H6213" the|strong="H0853" work|strong="H4399" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213" for|strong="H1004" King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010" in|strong="H0430" God’s|strong="H0430" house|strong="H1004": 
\verseNumber{12}the|strong="H0853" two|strong="H8147" pillars|strong="H5982", the|strong="H0853" bowls|strong="H1543", the|strong="H0853" two|strong="H8147" capitals|strong="H3805" which|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="H7218" the|strong="H0853" pillars|strong="H5982", the|strong="H0853" two|strong="H8147" networks|strong="H7639" to|strong="H5921" cover|strong="H3680" the|strong="H0853" two|strong="H8147" bowls|strong="H1543" of|strong="H7218" the|strong="H0853" capitals|strong="H3805" that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="H7218" the|strong="H0853" pillars|strong="H5982", 
\verseNumber{13}and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H0853" four|strong="H0702" hundred|strong="H3967" pomegranates|strong="H7416" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" two|strong="H8147" networks|strong="H7639"—two|strong="H8147" rows|strong="H2905" of|strong="H6440" pomegranates|strong="H7416" for|strong="H5921" each|strong="H0259" network|strong="H7639", to|strong="H5921" cover|strong="H3680" the|strong="H0853" two|strong="H8147" bowls|strong="H1543" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0853" capitals|strong="H3805" that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" pillars|strong="H5982". 
\verseNumber{14}He|strong="H6213" also|strong="H0853" made|strong="H6213" the|strong="H0853" bases, and|strong="H0853" he|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213" the|strong="H0853" basins|strong="H3595" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" bases— 
\verseNumber{15}one|strong="H0259" sea|strong="H3220", and|strong="H1241" the|strong="H0853" twelve|strong="H6240" oxen|strong="H1241" under|strong="H8478" it|strong="H8478". 
\verseNumber{16}Huram-abi\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{4:16  }“abi” means “his father”} also|strong="H3068" made|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" pots|strong="H5518", the|strong="H3605" shovels|strong="H3257", the|strong="H3605" forks, and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" its|strong="H3605" vessels|strong="H3627" for|strong="H1004" King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010", for|strong="H1004" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004", of|strong="H4428" bright bronze|strong="H5178". 
\verseNumber{17}The|strong="H0996" king|strong="H4428" cast|strong="H3332" them in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0996" plain|strong="H3603" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0996" Jordan|strong="H3383", in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0996" clay ground|strong="H0127" between|strong="H0996" Succoth|strong="H5523" and|strong="H4428" Zeredah|strong="H6868". 
\verseNumber{18}Thus|strong="H3808" Solomon|strong="H8010" made|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" these|strong="H0428" vessels|strong="H3627" in|strong="H3808" great|strong="H3966" abundance|strong="H7230", so|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" weight|strong="H4948" of|strong="H3627" the|strong="H3605" bronze|strong="H5178" could not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" determined. 
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\verseNumber{19}Solomon|strong="H8010" made|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" vessels|strong="H3627" that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" in|strong="H5921" God’s|strong="H0430" house|strong="H1004": the|strong="H3605" golden|strong="H2091" altar|strong="H4196", the|strong="H3605" tables|strong="H7979" with|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" show|strong="H6213" bread|strong="H3899" on|strong="H5921" them|strong="H0853", 
\verseNumber{20}and|strong="H4941" the|strong="H0853" lamp|strong="H5216" stands with|strong="H4941" their|strong="H6440" lamps|strong="H5216" to|strong="H6440" burn|strong="H1197" according|strong="H4941" to|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0853" ordinance|strong="H4941" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0853" inner|strong="H1687" sanctuary|strong="H1687", of|strong="H6440" pure|strong="H5462" gold|strong="H2091"; 
\verseNumber{21}and|strong="H2091" the|strong="H1931" flowers|strong="H6525", the|strong="H1931" lamps|strong="H5216", and|strong="H2091" the|strong="H1931" tongs|strong="H4457" of|strong="H2091" gold|strong="H2091" that|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" purest|strong="H4357" gold|strong="H2091"; 
\verseNumber{22}and|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5462" snuffers|strong="H4212", the|strong="H5462" basins|strong="H4219", the|strong="H5462" spoons|strong="H3709", and|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5462" fire pans|strong="H3709" of|strong="H1004" pure|strong="H5462" gold|strong="H2091". As|strong="H1004" for|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5462" entry|strong="H6607" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5462" house|strong="H1004", its inner|strong="H6442" doors|strong="H1817" for|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5462" most|strong="H6944" holy|strong="H6944" place|strong="H6944" and|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5462" doors|strong="H1817" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5462" main hall|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5462" temple|strong="H1004" were|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" gold|strong="H2091". 
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\chapterNumber{5}Thus all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" work|strong="H4399" that|strong="H0834" Solomon|strong="H8010" did|strong="H6213" for|strong="H1004" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004" was|strong="H0834" finished|strong="H7999". Solomon|strong="H8010" brought|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H6944" that|strong="H0834" David|strong="H1732" his|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" had|strong="H3068" dedicated|strong="H6944", even|strong="H0853" the|strong="H3605" silver|strong="H3701", the|strong="H3605" gold|strong="H2091", and|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" vessels|strong="H3627", and|strong="H0935" put|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" treasuries|strong="H0214" of|strong="H1004" God’s|strong="H0430" house|strong="H1004". 
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\verseNumber{2}Then|strong="H0227" Solomon|strong="H8010" assembled|strong="H6950" the|strong="H3605" elders|strong="H2205" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" heads|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H4294", the|strong="H3605" princes|strong="H5387" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" fathers’|strong="H0001" households|strong="H0001" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", to|strong="H0413" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", to|strong="H0413" bring|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3605" ark|strong="H0727" of|strong="H1121" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" covenant|strong="H1285" out|strong="H0413" of|strong="H1121" David’s|strong="H1732" city|strong="H5892", which|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" Zion|strong="H6726". 
\verseNumber{3}So|strong="H1931" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" assembled|strong="H6950" themselves|strong="H6950" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" at|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" feast|strong="H2282", which|strong="H1931" was|strong="H3478" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" seventh|strong="H7637" month|strong="H2320". 
\verseNumber{4}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" elders|strong="H2205" of|strong="H2205" Israel|strong="H3478" came|strong="H0935". The|strong="H3605" Levites|strong="H3881" took|strong="H5375" up|strong="H5375" the|strong="H3605" ark|strong="H0727". 
\verseNumber{5}They|strong="H0834" brought|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3605" ark|strong="H0727", the|strong="H3605" Tent|strong="H0168" of|strong="H0168" Meeting|strong="H4150", and|strong="H3548" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" holy|strong="H6944" vessels|strong="H3627" that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" in|strong="H3881" the|strong="H3605" Tent|strong="H0168". The|strong="H3605" Levitical|strong="H3881" priests|strong="H3548" brought|strong="H5927" these|strong="H3605" up|strong="H5927". 
\verseNumber{6}King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010" and|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" congregation|strong="H5712" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" assembled|strong="H3259" to|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921" were|strong="H0834" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" ark|strong="H0727", sacrificing|strong="H2076" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H3478" cattle|strong="H1241" that|strong="H0834" could not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" counted|strong="H5608" or|strong="H3808" numbered|strong="H5608" for|strong="H5921" multitude|strong="H7230". 
\verseNumber{7}The|strong="H0853" priests|strong="H3548" brought|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" ark|strong="H0727" of|strong="H1004" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" covenant|strong="H1285" to|strong="H0413" its|strong="H0853" place|strong="H4725", into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" inner|strong="H1687" sanctuary|strong="H6944" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004", to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" most|strong="H6944" holy|strong="H6944" place|strong="H4725", even|strong="H0853" under|strong="H8478" the|strong="H0853" wings|strong="H3671" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" cherubim|strong="H3742". 
\verseNumber{8}For|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" cherubim|strong="H3742" spread|strong="H6566" out|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" wings|strong="H3671" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" place|strong="H4725" of|strong="H0727" the|strong="H5921" ark|strong="H0727", and|strong="H4725" the|strong="H5921" cherubim|strong="H3742" covered|strong="H3680" the|strong="H5921" ark|strong="H0727" and|strong="H4725" its|strong="H5921" poles|strong="H0905" above|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{9}The|strong="H6440" poles|strong="H0905" were|strong="H1961" so|strong="H4480" long|strong="H5704" that|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6440" ends|strong="H7218" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6440" poles|strong="H0905" were|strong="H1961" seen|strong="H7200" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H6440" ark|strong="H0727" in|strong="H5921" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6440" inner|strong="H1687" sanctuary|strong="H1687", but|strong="H3808" they|strong="H8033" were|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" seen|strong="H7200" outside|strong="H2351"; and|strong="H3117" it|strong="H5921" is|strong="H2088" there|strong="H8033" to|strong="H5704" this|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{10}There|strong="H0369" was|strong="H0369" nothing|strong="H0369" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0834" ark|strong="H0727" except|strong="H7535" the|strong="H0834" two|strong="H8147" tablets|strong="H3871" which|strong="H0834" Moses|strong="H4872" put|strong="H5414" there|strong="H0369" at|strong="H3478" Horeb|strong="H2722", when|strong="H0834" Yahweh|strong="H3068" made|strong="H3772" a|strong="H3772" covenant with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H0834" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", when|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" came|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1121" Egypt|strong="H4714". 
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\verseNumber{11}When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" had|strong="H1961" come|strong="H1961" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" holy|strong="H6944" place|strong="H6944" (for|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1961" present|strong="H4672" had|strong="H1961" sanctified|strong="H6942" themselves|strong="H6942", and|strong="H3548" didn’t keep|strong="H8104" their|strong="H3605" divisions|strong="H4256"; 
\verseNumber{12}also the|strong="H3605" Levites|strong="H3881" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" singers|strong="H7891", all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H5975", even Asaph|strong="H0623", Heman|strong="H1968", Jeduthun|strong="H3038", and|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3605" brothers|strong="H0251", arrayed|strong="H3847" in|strong="H3847" fine|strong="H0948" linen|strong="H0948", with|strong="H5973" cymbals|strong="H4700" and|strong="H1121" stringed instruments and|strong="H1121" harps|strong="H3658", stood|strong="H5975" at|strong="H5975" the|strong="H3605" east|strong="H4217" end of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196", and|strong="H1121" with|strong="H5973" them|strong="H5975" one|strong="H3605" hundred|strong="H3967" twenty|strong="H6242" priests|strong="H3548" sounding with|strong="H5973" trumpets|strong="H2689"); 
\verseNumber{13}when|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" trumpeters|strong="H2689" and|strong="H3068" singers|strong="H7891" were|strong="H1961" as|strong="H1961" one|strong="H0259", to|strong="H1961" make|strong="H8085" one|strong="H0259" sound|strong="H6963" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" heard|strong="H8085" in|strong="H3068" praising|strong="H1984" and|strong="H3068" thanking Yahweh|strong="H3068"; and|strong="H3068" when|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" lifted|strong="H7311" up|strong="H7311" their|strong="H3068" voice|strong="H6963" with|strong="H4390" the|strong="H3588" trumpets|strong="H2689" and|strong="H3068" cymbals|strong="H4700" and|strong="H3068" instruments|strong="H3627" of|strong="H1004" music|strong="H7892", and|strong="H3068" praised|strong="H1984" Yahweh|strong="H3068", saying|strong="H6963", 
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“For|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" good|strong="H2896", 
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for|strong="H3588" his|strong="H3068" loving kindness|strong="H2617" endures|strong="H5769" forever|strong="H5769"!” 
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then|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3588" house|strong="H1004" was|strong="H1961" filled|strong="H4390" with|strong="H4390" a|strong="H1961" cloud|strong="H6051", even|strong="H3588" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004", 
\verseNumber{14}so|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" priests|strong="H3548" could|strong="H3201" not|strong="H3808" stand|strong="H5975" to|strong="H3068" minister|strong="H8334" by|strong="H3068" reason of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" cloud|strong="H6051"; for|strong="H3588" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" glory|strong="H3519" filled|strong="H4390" God’s|strong="H0430" house|strong="H1004". 
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\chapterNumber{6}Then|strong="H0227" Solomon|strong="H8010" said|strong="H0559", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" would|strong="H3068" dwell|strong="H7931" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" thick|strong="H6205" darkness|strong="H6205". 
\verseNumber{2}But|strong="H0589" I|strong="H0589" have|strong="H0589" built|strong="H1129" you|strong="H3427" a|strong="H1129" house|strong="H1004" and|strong="H1004" home|strong="H1004", a|strong="H1129" place|strong="H4349" for|strong="H1004" you|strong="H3427" to|strong="H1004" dwell|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" forever|strong="H5769".” 
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\verseNumber{3}The|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" turned|strong="H5437" his|strong="H3605" face|strong="H6440", and|strong="H3478" blessed|strong="H1288" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" assembly|strong="H6951" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478"; and|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" assembly|strong="H6951" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" stood|strong="H5975". 
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\verseNumber{4}He|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559", “Blessed|strong="H1288" be|strong="H1288" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H0853" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478", who|strong="H0834" spoke|strong="H1696" with|strong="H4390" his|strong="H3068" mouth|strong="H6310" to|strong="H0559" David|strong="H1732" my|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001", and|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" with|strong="H4390" his|strong="H3068" hands|strong="H3027" fulfilled|strong="H4390" it|strong="H0834", saying|strong="H0559", 
\verseNumber{5}‘Since|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" brought|strong="H3318" my|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" Egypt|strong="H4714", I|strong="H0834" chose|strong="H0977" no|strong="H3808" city|strong="H5892" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H0776" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H0776" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H1961" build|strong="H1129" a|strong="H1961" house|strong="H1004" in|strong="H5921", that|strong="H0834" my|strong="H3605" name|strong="H8034" might|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1961" there|strong="H8033", and|strong="H3478" I|strong="H0834" chose|strong="H0977" no|strong="H3808" man|strong="H0376" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" prince|strong="H5057" over|strong="H5921" my|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" Israel|strong="H3478"; 
\verseNumber{6}but|strong="H1961" now|strong="H1961" I|strong="H3478" have|strong="H1961" chosen|strong="H0977" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", that|strong="H1732" my|strong="H5921" name|strong="H8034" might|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1961" there|strong="H8033"; and|strong="H3478" I|strong="H3478" have|strong="H1961" chosen|strong="H0977" David|strong="H1732" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" over|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" Israel|strong="H3478".’ 
\verseNumber{7}Now|strong="H1961" it|strong="H1961" was|strong="H8034" in|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3068" heart|strong="H3824" of|strong="H1004" David|strong="H1732" my|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001" to|strong="H1961" build|strong="H1129" a|strong="H1961" house|strong="H1004" for|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3068" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1004" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{8}But|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732" my|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001", ‘Whereas it|strong="H3588" was|strong="H8034" in|strong="H0413" your|strong="H3068" heart|strong="H3824" to|strong="H0413" build|strong="H1129" a|strong="H1961" house|strong="H1004" for|strong="H3588" my|strong="H3068" name|strong="H8034", you|strong="H0834" did|strong="H0834" well|strong="H2895" that|strong="H0834" it|strong="H3588" was|strong="H8034" in|strong="H0413" your|strong="H3068" heart|strong="H3824"; 
\verseNumber{9}nevertheless|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859" shall|strong="H1121" not|strong="H3808" build|strong="H1129" the|strong="H3588" house|strong="H1004", but|strong="H3588" your|strong="H3588" son|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1004" come|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3588" body, he|strong="H1931" shall|strong="H1121" build|strong="H1129" the|strong="H3588" house|strong="H1004" for|strong="H3588" my|strong="H3318" name|strong="H8034".’ 
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\verseNumber{10}“Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" performed his|strong="H5921" word|strong="H1697" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" spoke|strong="H1696"; for|strong="H5921" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" risen|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0853" place|strong="H8478" of|strong="H1004" David|strong="H1732" my|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001", and|strong="H6965" sit|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" throne|strong="H3678" of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478", as|strong="H0834" Yahweh|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H1696", and|strong="H6965" have|strong="H0834" built|strong="H1129" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1004" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H0853" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{11}There|strong="H8033" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" set|strong="H7760" the|strong="H0853" ark|strong="H0727", in|strong="H3068" which|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" covenant|strong="H1285", which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" made|strong="H3772" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478".” 
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\verseNumber{12}He|strong="H3068" stood|strong="H5975" before|strong="H6440" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" altar|strong="H4196" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" presence|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" assembly|strong="H6951" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H3068" spread|strong="H6566" out|strong="H6440" his|strong="H3605" hands|strong="H3709" 
\verseNumber{13}(for|strong="H3588" Solomon|strong="H8010" had|strong="H3478" made|strong="H6213" a|strong="H3588" bronze|strong="H5178" platform|strong="H3595", five|strong="H2568" cubits|strong="H0520"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{6:13  }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.} long|strong="H0753", five|strong="H2568" cubits|strong="H0520" wide|strong="H7341", and|strong="H3478" three|strong="H7969" cubits|strong="H0520" high|strong="H6967", and|strong="H3478" had|strong="H3478" set|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" middle|strong="H8432" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" court|strong="H5835"; and|strong="H3478" he|strong="H3588" stood|strong="H5975" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3478" knelt|strong="H1288" down|strong="H5414" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" knees|strong="H1290" before|strong="H5048" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" assembly|strong="H6951" of|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H3478" spread|strong="H6566" out|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" hands|strong="H3709" toward|strong="H5921" heaven|strong="H8064"). 
\verseNumber{14}Then|strong="H1980" he|strong="H0430" said|strong="H0559", “Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0776" Israel|strong="H3478", there|strong="H0369" is|strong="H0369" no|strong="H0369" God|strong="H0430" like|strong="H3644" you|strong="H3605" in|strong="H1980" heaven|strong="H8064" or|strong="H0369" on|strong="H1980" earth|strong="H0776"—you|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" keep|strong="H8104" covenant|strong="H1285" and|strong="H1980" loving kindness|strong="H2617" with|strong="H1980" your|strong="H3068" servants|strong="H5650" who|strong="H3605" walk|strong="H1980" before|strong="H6440" you|strong="H3605" with|strong="H1980" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" heart|strong="H3820"; 
\verseNumber{15}who|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" kept|strong="H8104" with|strong="H0854" your|strong="H0834" servant|strong="H5650" David|strong="H1732" my|strong="H8104" father|strong="H0001" that|strong="H0834" which|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" promised|strong="H1696" him|strong="H0854". Yes, you|strong="H0834" spoke|strong="H1696" with|strong="H0854" your|strong="H0834" mouth|strong="H6310", and|strong="H3027" have|strong="H0834" fulfilled|strong="H4390" it|strong="H1696" with|strong="H0854" your|strong="H0834" hand|strong="H3027", as|strong="H0834" it|strong="H1696" is|strong="H0834" today|strong="H3117". 
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\verseNumber{16}“Now|strong="H6258" therefore|strong="H6258", Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H0853" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", keep|strong="H8104" with|strong="H1980" your|strong="H3068" servant|strong="H5650" David|strong="H1732" my|strong="H8104" father|strong="H0001" that|strong="H0834" which|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" promised|strong="H1696" him|strong="H5921", saying|strong="H0559", ‘There|strong="H3427" shall|strong="H1121" not|strong="H3808" fail|strong="H3772" you|strong="H0834" a|strong="H3772" man|strong="H0376" in|strong="H3427" my|strong="H8104" sight|strong="H6440" to|strong="H0559" sit|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" throne|strong="H3678" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", if|strong="H0518" only|strong="H7535" your|strong="H3068" children|strong="H1121" take|strong="H8104" heed|strong="H8104" to|strong="H0559" their|strong="H3068" way|strong="H1870", to|strong="H0559" walk|strong="H1980" in|strong="H3427" my|strong="H8104" law|strong="H8451" as|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" walked|strong="H1980" before|strong="H6440" me|strong="H6440".’ 
\verseNumber{17}Now|strong="H6258" therefore|strong="H6258", Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H0834" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478", let|strong="H6258" your|strong="H3068" word|strong="H1697" be|strong="H3068" verified|strong="H0539", which|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" spoke|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" your|strong="H3068" servant|strong="H5650" David|strong="H1732". 
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\verseNumber{18}“But|strong="H3588" will|strong="H0430" God|strong="H0430" indeed|strong="H3588" dwell|strong="H3427" with|strong="H0854" men|strong="H0120" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" earth|strong="H0776"? Behold|strong="H2009", heaven|strong="H8064" and|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0834" heaven|strong="H8064" of|strong="H0776" heavens|strong="H8064" can’t|strong="H3808" contain|strong="H3557" you|strong="H0834"; how|strong="H0834" much|strong="H0637" less|strong="H0637" this|strong="H2088" house|strong="H1004" which|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" built|strong="H1129"! 
\verseNumber{19}Yet|strong="H3068" have|strong="H0834" respect|strong="H6437" for|strong="H0413" the|strong="H6440" prayer|strong="H8605" of|strong="H0430" your|strong="H3068" servant|strong="H5650" and|strong="H3068" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H3068" supplication|strong="H8467", Yahweh|strong="H3068" my|strong="H8085" God|strong="H0430", to|strong="H0413" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H6440" cry|strong="H7440" and|strong="H3068" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H6440" prayer|strong="H8605" which|strong="H0834" your|strong="H3068" servant|strong="H5650" prays|strong="H6419" before|strong="H6440" you|strong="H0834"; 
\verseNumber{20}that|strong="H0834" your|strong="H7760" eyes|strong="H5869" may|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" open|strong="H6605" toward|strong="H0413" this|strong="H2088" house|strong="H1004" day|strong="H3119" and|strong="H1004" night|strong="H3915", even toward|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" have|strong="H1961" said|strong="H0559" that|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" would|strong="H0559" put|strong="H7760" your|strong="H7760" name|strong="H8034", to|strong="H0413" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" prayer|strong="H8605" which|strong="H0834" your|strong="H7760" servant|strong="H5650" will|strong="H1961" pray|strong="H6419" toward|strong="H0413" this|strong="H2088" place|strong="H4725". 
\verseNumber{21}Listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0834" petitions of|strong="H3427" your|strong="H0834" servant|strong="H5650" and|strong="H3478" of|strong="H3427" your|strong="H0834" people|strong="H5971" Israel|strong="H3478", when|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" pray|strong="H6419" toward|strong="H0413" this|strong="H2088" place|strong="H4725". Yes, hear|strong="H8085" from|strong="H4480" your|strong="H0834" dwelling|strong="H3427" place|strong="H4725", even from|strong="H4480" heaven|strong="H8064"; and|strong="H3478" when|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0859" hear|strong="H8085", forgive|strong="H5545". 
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\verseNumber{22}“If|strong="H0518" a|strong="H0518" man|strong="H0376" sins|strong="H2398" against|strong="H6440" his|strong="H5375" neighbor|strong="H7453", and|strong="H0935" an|strong="H0935" oath|strong="H0423" is|strong="H2088" laid|strong="H5375" on|strong="H0935" him|strong="H6440" to|strong="H0935" cause him|strong="H6440" to|strong="H0935" swear, and|strong="H0935" he|strong="H0518" comes|strong="H0935" and|strong="H0935" swears before|strong="H6440" your|strong="H0935" altar|strong="H4196" in|strong="H0935" this|strong="H2088" house|strong="H1004", 
\verseNumber{23}then|strong="H0853" hear|strong="H8085" from|strong="H4480" heaven|strong="H8064", act|strong="H6213", and|strong="H7725" judge|strong="H8199" your|strong="H5414" servants|strong="H5650", bringing|strong="H7725" retribution to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H0853" wicked|strong="H7563", to|strong="H7725" bring|strong="H7725" his|strong="H5414" way|strong="H1870" on|strong="H1870" his|strong="H5414" own head|strong="H7218"; and|strong="H7725" justifying|strong="H6663" the|strong="H0853" righteous|strong="H6662", to|strong="H7725" give|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" according|strong="H4480" to|strong="H7725" his|strong="H5414" righteousness|strong="H6666". 
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\verseNumber{24}“If|strong="H0518" your|strong="H7725" people|strong="H5971" Israel|strong="H3478" are|strong="H3478" struck|strong="H5062" down|strong="H5062" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0853" enemy|strong="H0341" because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3478" sinned|strong="H2398" against|strong="H6440" you|strong="H3588", and|strong="H3478" they|strong="H3588" turn|strong="H7725" again|strong="H7725" and|strong="H3478" confess|strong="H3034" your|strong="H7725" name|strong="H8034", and|strong="H3478" pray|strong="H6419" and|strong="H3478" make|strong="H7725" supplication|strong="H6419" before|strong="H6440" you|strong="H3588" in|strong="H1004" this|strong="H2088" house|strong="H1004", 
\verseNumber{25}then|strong="H0859" hear|strong="H8085" from|strong="H4480" heaven|strong="H8064", and|strong="H3478" forgive|strong="H5545" the|strong="H0834" sin|strong="H2403" of|strong="H0001" your|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H3478" bring|strong="H7725" them|strong="H0413" again|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0834" land|strong="H0127" which|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0859" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413" and|strong="H3478" to|strong="H0413" their|strong="H5414" fathers|strong="H0001". 
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\verseNumber{26}“When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" sky|strong="H8064" is|strong="H2088" shut|strong="H6113" up|strong="H0853" and|strong="H7725" there|strong="H1961" is|strong="H2088" no|strong="H3808" rain|strong="H4306" because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" sinned|strong="H2398" against|strong="H0413" you|strong="H3588", if|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" pray|strong="H6419" toward|strong="H0413" this|strong="H2088" place|strong="H4725" and|strong="H7725" confess|strong="H3034" your|strong="H7725" name|strong="H8034", and|strong="H7725" turn|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" their|strong="H3588" sin|strong="H2398" when|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" afflict|strong="H6031" them|strong="H0413", 
\verseNumber{27}then|strong="H0859" hear|strong="H8085" in|strong="H5921" heaven|strong="H8064", and|strong="H3478" forgive|strong="H5545" the|strong="H0834" sin|strong="H2403" of|strong="H0776" your|strong="H5414" servants|strong="H5650", your|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971" Israel|strong="H3478", when|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859" teach|strong="H3384" them|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0834" good|strong="H2896" way|strong="H1870" in|strong="H5921" which|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" should|strong="H3588" walk|strong="H1870", and|strong="H3478" send|strong="H5414" rain|strong="H4306" on|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5414" land|strong="H0776", which|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0859" have|strong="H0834" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0413" your|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971" for|strong="H3588" an|strong="H5414" inheritance|strong="H5159". 
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\verseNumber{28}“If|strong="H3588" there|strong="H1961" is|strong="H0776" famine|strong="H7458" in|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776", if|strong="H3588" there|strong="H1961" is|strong="H0776" pestilence|strong="H1698", if|strong="H3588" there|strong="H1961" is|strong="H0776" blight|strong="H7711" or|strong="H5061" mildew|strong="H3420", locust|strong="H0697" or|strong="H5061" caterpillar|strong="H2625"; if|strong="H3588" their|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H0341" besiege them|strong="H1961" in|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" their|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H8179"; whatever|strong="H3605" plague|strong="H1698" or|strong="H5061" whatever|strong="H3605" sickness|strong="H4245" there|strong="H1961" is|strong="H0776"— 
\verseNumber{29}whatever|strong="H0834" prayer|strong="H8605" and|strong="H3478" supplication|strong="H8467" is|strong="H0834" made|strong="H3045" by|strong="H0413" any|strong="H3605" man|strong="H0376", or|strong="H0120" by|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" Israel|strong="H3478", who|strong="H0834" will|strong="H1961" each|strong="H0376" know|strong="H3045" his|strong="H3605" own|strong="H1961" plague|strong="H5061" and|strong="H3478" his|strong="H3605" own|strong="H1961" sorrow|strong="H4341", and|strong="H3478" shall|strong="H3478" spread|strong="H6566" out|strong="H3045" his|strong="H3605" hands|strong="H3709" toward|strong="H0413" this|strong="H2088" house|strong="H1004", 
\verseNumber{30}then|strong="H0853" hear|strong="H8085" from|strong="H4480" heaven|strong="H8064" your|strong="H3605" dwelling|strong="H3427" place|strong="H4349" and|strong="H1121" forgive|strong="H5545", and|strong="H1121" render|strong="H5414" to|strong="H8085" every|strong="H3605" man|strong="H0376" according|strong="H4480" to|strong="H8085" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" ways|strong="H1870", whose|strong="H0834" heart|strong="H3824" you|strong="H0859" know|strong="H3045" (for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859", even|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859" only|strong="H0905", know|strong="H3045" the|strong="H3605" hearts|strong="H3824" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" men|strong="H0376"), 
\verseNumber{31}that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H1992" may|strong="H0834" fear|strong="H3372" you|strong="H0834", to|strong="H5921" walk|strong="H1870" in|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3605" ways|strong="H1870" as|strong="H0834" long|strong="H3117" as|strong="H0834" they|strong="H1992" live|strong="H2416" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0127" which|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" our|strong="H3605" fathers|strong="H0001". 
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\verseNumber{32}“Moreover|strong="H1571", concerning|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0834" foreigner|strong="H5237", who|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" of|strong="H1004" your|strong="H0834" people|strong="H5971" Israel|strong="H3478", when|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" comes|strong="H0935" from|strong="H0935" a|strong="H0935" far|strong="H7350" country|strong="H0776" for|strong="H0413" your|strong="H0834" great|strong="H1419" name’s|strong="H8034" sake|strong="H4616" and|strong="H0935" your|strong="H0834" mighty|strong="H2389" hand|strong="H3027" and|strong="H0935" your|strong="H0834" outstretched|strong="H5186" arm|strong="H2220", when|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" come|strong="H0935" and|strong="H0935" pray|strong="H6419" toward|strong="H0413" this|strong="H2088" house|strong="H1004", 
\verseNumber{33}then|strong="H2088" hear|strong="H8085" from|strong="H4480" heaven|strong="H8064", even|strong="H3588" from|strong="H4480" your|strong="H3605" dwelling|strong="H3427" place|strong="H4349", and|strong="H3478" do|strong="H6213" according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" foreigner|strong="H5237" calls|strong="H7121" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0859" for|strong="H3588"; that|strong="H0834" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" peoples|strong="H5971" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776" may|strong="H0776" know|strong="H3045" your|strong="H3605" name|strong="H8034" and|strong="H3478" fear|strong="H3372" you|strong="H0859", as|strong="H0834" do|strong="H6213" your|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H3478" that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" may|strong="H0776" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H0834" this|strong="H2088" house|strong="H1004" which|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" built|strong="H1129" is|strong="H0834" called|strong="H7121" by|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3605" name|strong="H8034". 
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\verseNumber{34}“If|strong="H3588" your|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" go|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H0413" battle|strong="H4421" against|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" enemies|strong="H0341", by|strong="H5921" whatever|strong="H0834" way|strong="H1870" you|strong="H0834" send|strong="H7971" them|strong="H0413", and|strong="H1004" they|strong="H0834" pray|strong="H6419" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0834" toward|strong="H0413" this|strong="H2063" city|strong="H5892" which|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" chosen|strong="H0977", and|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0834" house|strong="H1004" which|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" built|strong="H1129" for|strong="H3588" your|strong="H5921" name|strong="H8034"; 
\verseNumber{35}then|strong="H0853" hear|strong="H8085" from|strong="H4480" heaven|strong="H8064" their|strong="H8085" prayer|strong="H8605" and|strong="H8064" their|strong="H8085" supplication|strong="H8467", and|strong="H8064" maintain their|strong="H8085" cause|strong="H4941". 
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\verseNumber{36}“If|strong="H3588" they|strong="H0834" sin|strong="H2398" against|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0834" (for|strong="H3588" there|strong="H0369" is|strong="H0369" no|strong="H3808" man|strong="H0120" who|strong="H0834" doesn’t|strong="H3808" sin|strong="H2398"), and|strong="H0776" you|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" angry|strong="H0599" with|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413" and|strong="H0776" deliver|strong="H5414" them|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H6440" enemy|strong="H0341", so|strong="H5414" that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" carry them|strong="H0413" away|strong="H7617" captive|strong="H7617" to|strong="H0413" a|strong="H3588" land|strong="H0776" far|strong="H7350" off|strong="H7350" or|strong="H0176" near|strong="H7138"; 
\verseNumber{37}yet if|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" come|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" their|strong="H7725" senses in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" land|strong="H0776" where|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" carried|strong="H7617" captive|strong="H7617", and|strong="H0776" turn|strong="H7725" again|strong="H7725", and|strong="H0776" make|strong="H7725" supplication to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" their|strong="H7725" captivity|strong="H7633", saying|strong="H0559", ‘We|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" sinned|strong="H2398", we|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" done|strong="H2398" perversely, and|strong="H0776" have|strong="H0834" dealt wickedly|strong="H7561";’ 
\verseNumber{38}if|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0834" with|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" heart|strong="H3820" and|strong="H0776" with|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" soul|strong="H5315" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" their|strong="H3605" captivity|strong="H7633", where|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" been|strong="H0834" taken|strong="H7617" captive|strong="H7617", and|strong="H0776" pray|strong="H6419" toward|strong="H0413" their|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" which|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0413" their|strong="H3605" fathers|strong="H0001", and|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" which|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" chosen|strong="H0977", and|strong="H0776" toward|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" which|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" built|strong="H1129" for|strong="H0413" your|strong="H3605" name|strong="H8034"; 
\verseNumber{39}then|strong="H0853" hear|strong="H8085" from|strong="H4480" heaven|strong="H8064", even|strong="H0853" from|strong="H4480" your|strong="H0834" dwelling|strong="H3427" place|strong="H4349", their|strong="H8085" prayer|strong="H8605" and|strong="H8064" their|strong="H8085" petitions, and|strong="H8064" maintain their|strong="H8085" cause|strong="H4941", and|strong="H8064" forgive|strong="H5545" your|strong="H0834" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" sinned|strong="H2398" against|strong="H4480" you|strong="H0834". 
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\verseNumber{40}“Now|strong="H6258", my|strong="H1961" God|strong="H0430", let|strong="H4994", I|strong="H6258" beg|strong="H4994" you|strong="H6258", your|strong="H4994" eyes|strong="H5869" be|strong="H1961" open|strong="H6605", and|strong="H0430" let|strong="H4994" your|strong="H4994" ears|strong="H0241" be|strong="H1961" attentive|strong="H5869" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" prayer|strong="H8605" that|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" made|strong="H1961" in|strong="H0430" this|strong="H2088" place|strong="H4725". 
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\verseNumber{41}“Now|strong="H6258" therefore|strong="H6258" arise|strong="H6965", Yahweh|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430", into your|strong="H3068" resting place, you|strong="H0859", and|strong="H6965" the|strong="H3068" ark|strong="H0727" of|strong="H0430" your|strong="H3068" strength|strong="H5797". Let|strong="H8055" your|strong="H3068" priests|strong="H3548", Yahweh|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430", be|strong="H3068" clothed|strong="H3847" with|strong="H3847" salvation|strong="H8668", and|strong="H6965" let|strong="H8055" your|strong="H3068" saints rejoice|strong="H8055" in|strong="H0430" goodness. 
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\verseNumber{42}“Yahweh|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430", don’t|strong="H0408" turn|strong="H7725" away|strong="H7725" the|strong="H6440" face|strong="H6440" of|strong="H0430" your|strong="H3068" anointed|strong="H4899". Remember|strong="H2142" your|strong="H3068" loving kindnesses to|strong="H7725" David|strong="H1732" your|strong="H3068" servant|strong="H5650".” 
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\chapterNumber{7}Now|strong="H3519" when|strong="H3615" Solomon|strong="H8010" had|strong="H3068" finished|strong="H3615" praying|strong="H6419", fire|strong="H0784" came|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" from|strong="H3381" heaven|strong="H8064" and|strong="H3068" consumed|strong="H0398" the|strong="H0853" burnt|strong="H5930" offering|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" sacrifices|strong="H2077"; and|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" glory|strong="H3519" filled|strong="H4390" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{2}The|strong="H0853" priests|strong="H3548" could|strong="H3201" not|strong="H3808" enter|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0413" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004", because|strong="H3588" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" glory|strong="H3519" filled|strong="H4390" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{3}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" looked|strong="H7200" on|strong="H5921", when|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" fire|strong="H0784" came|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381", and|strong="H1121" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" glory|strong="H3519" was|strong="H3068" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004". They|strong="H3588" bowed|strong="H7812" themselves|strong="H7812" with|strong="H1004" their|strong="H3605" faces|strong="H0639" to|strong="H3381" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" pavement|strong="H7531", worshiped|strong="H7812", and|strong="H1121" gave|strong="H3034" thanks|strong="H3034" to|strong="H3381" Yahweh|strong="H3068", saying, 
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“For|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" good|strong="H2896", 
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for|strong="H3588" his|strong="H3605" loving kindness|strong="H2617" endures|strong="H5769" forever|strong="H5769"!” 
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\verseNumber{4}Then|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" offered|strong="H2076" sacrifices|strong="H2077" before|strong="H6440" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{5}King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010" offered|strong="H2076" a|strong="H2076" sacrifice|strong="H2077" of|strong="H4428" twenty-two|strong="H8147" thousand|strong="H0505" head of|strong="H4428" cattle|strong="H1241" and|strong="H3967" a|strong="H2076" hundred|strong="H3967" twenty|strong="H6242" thousand|strong="H0505" sheep|strong="H6629". So|strong="H0853" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H3967" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" dedicated|strong="H2596" God’s|strong="H0430" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{6}The|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" stood|strong="H5975", according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3605" positions; the|strong="H3605" Levites|strong="H3881" also|strong="H3068" with|strong="H3068" instruments|strong="H3627" of|strong="H4428" music|strong="H7892" of|strong="H4428" Yahweh|strong="H3068", which|strong="H0834" David|strong="H1732" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" had|strong="H3068" made|strong="H6213" to|strong="H5921" give|strong="H3034" thanks|strong="H3034" to|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068", when|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732" praised|strong="H1984" by|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3605" ministry, saying “For|strong="H3588" his|strong="H3605" loving kindness|strong="H2617" endures|strong="H5769" forever|strong="H5769".” The|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" sounded|strong="H2690" trumpets|strong="H2690" before|strong="H5048" them|strong="H5921"; and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" stood|strong="H5975". 
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\verseNumber{7}Moreover Solomon|strong="H8010" made|strong="H6213" the|strong="H0853" middle|strong="H8432" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" court|strong="H2691" that|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" before|strong="H6440" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004" holy|strong="H6942"; for|strong="H3588" there|strong="H8033" he|strong="H0834" offered the|strong="H0853" burnt|strong="H5930" offerings|strong="H8002" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" fat|strong="H2459" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" peace|strong="H8002" offerings|strong="H8002", because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" bronze|strong="H5178" altar|strong="H4196" which|strong="H0834" Solomon|strong="H8010" had|strong="H3068" made|strong="H6213" was|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3068" receive the|strong="H0853" burnt|strong="H5930" offering|strong="H4503", the|strong="H0853" meal|strong="H4503" offering|strong="H4503", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" fat|strong="H2459". 
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\verseNumber{8}So|strong="H6213" Solomon|strong="H8010" held|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" feast|strong="H2282" at|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3605" time|strong="H6256" for|strong="H3605" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117", and|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H0853", a|strong="H0935" very|strong="H3966" great|strong="H1419" assembly|strong="H6951", from|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" entrance|strong="H0935" of|strong="H3117" Hamath|strong="H2574" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" brook|strong="H5158" of|strong="H3117" Egypt|strong="H4714". 
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\verseNumber{9}On|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3588" eighth|strong="H8066" day|strong="H3117", they|strong="H3588" held|strong="H6213" a|strong="H3588" solemn|strong="H6116" assembly|strong="H6116"; for|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" kept|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3588" dedication|strong="H2598" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3588" altar|strong="H4196" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117", and|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3588" feast|strong="H2282" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{10}On|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" twenty-third|strong="H6242" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" seventh|strong="H7637" month|strong="H2320", he|strong="H0834" sent|strong="H7971" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" away|strong="H7971" to|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3068" tents|strong="H0168", joyful|strong="H8056" and|strong="H3068" glad|strong="H8056" of|strong="H3068" heart|strong="H3820" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" goodness that|strong="H0834" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" shown|strong="H6213" to|strong="H5921" David|strong="H1732", to|strong="H5921" Solomon|strong="H8010", and|strong="H3068" to|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478" his|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971". 
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\verseNumber{11}Thus Solomon|strong="H8010" finished|strong="H3615" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004" and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" house|strong="H1004"; and|strong="H0935" he|strong="H6213" successfully completed|strong="H3615" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" came|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0935" Solomon’s|strong="H8010" heart|strong="H3820" to|strong="H0935" make|strong="H6213" in|strong="H5921" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004" and|strong="H0935" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" own house|strong="H1004". 
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\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H2088" Yahweh|strong="H3068" appeared|strong="H7200" to|strong="H0413" Solomon|strong="H8010" by|strong="H3068" night|strong="H3915", and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “I|strong="H7200" have|strong="H3068" heard|strong="H8085" your|strong="H3068" prayer|strong="H8605", and|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" chosen|strong="H0977" this|strong="H2088" place|strong="H4725" for|strong="H0413" myself for|strong="H0413" a|strong="H7200" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" sacrifice|strong="H2077". 
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\verseNumber{13}“If|strong="H0518" I|strong="H0518" shut|strong="H6113" up|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" sky|strong="H8064" so|strong="H7971" that|strong="H3808" there|strong="H1961" is|strong="H0776" no|strong="H3808" rain|strong="H4306", or|strong="H0518" if|strong="H0518" I|strong="H0518" command|strong="H6680" the|strong="H5921" locust|strong="H2284" to|strong="H1961" devour|strong="H0398" the|strong="H5921" land|strong="H0776", or|strong="H0518" if|strong="H0518" I|strong="H0518" send|strong="H7971" pestilence|strong="H1698" among|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971", 
\verseNumber{14}if|strong="H0834" my|strong="H8085" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" called|strong="H7121" by|strong="H5921" my|strong="H8085" name|strong="H8034" will|strong="H0776" humble|strong="H3665" themselves|strong="H7451", pray|strong="H6419", seek|strong="H1245" my|strong="H8085" face|strong="H6440", and|strong="H0776" turn|strong="H7725" from|strong="H4480" their|strong="H5921" wicked|strong="H7451" ways|strong="H1870", then|strong="H0853" I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H0776" hear|strong="H8085" from|strong="H4480" heaven|strong="H8064", will|strong="H0776" forgive|strong="H5545" their|strong="H5921" sin|strong="H2403", and|strong="H0776" will|strong="H0776" heal|strong="H7495" their|strong="H5921" land|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{15}Now|strong="H6258" my|strong="H1961" eyes|strong="H5869" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" open|strong="H6605" and|strong="H5869" my|strong="H1961" ears|strong="H0241" attentive|strong="H5869" to|strong="H1961" prayer|strong="H8605" that|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" made|strong="H1961" in|strong="H4725" this|strong="H2088" place|strong="H4725". 
\verseNumber{16}For|strong="H1004" now|strong="H6258" I|strong="H5704" have|strong="H1961" chosen|strong="H0977" and|strong="H1004" made|strong="H1961" this|strong="H2088" house|strong="H1004" holy|strong="H6942", that|strong="H3605" my|strong="H3605" name|strong="H8034" may|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" there|strong="H8033" forever|strong="H5769"; and|strong="H1004" my|strong="H3605" eyes|strong="H5869" and|strong="H1004" my|strong="H3605" heart|strong="H3820" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" there|strong="H8033" perpetually|strong="H5769". 
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\verseNumber{17}“As|strong="H0834" for|strong="H4941" you|strong="H0859", if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H0859" will|strong="H0834" walk|strong="H1980" before|strong="H6440" me|strong="H6440" as|strong="H0834" David|strong="H1732" your|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" walked|strong="H1980", and|strong="H1980" do|strong="H6213" according|strong="H4941" to|strong="H1980" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" commanded|strong="H6680" you|strong="H0859", and|strong="H1980" will|strong="H0834" keep|strong="H8104" my|strong="H3605" statutes|strong="H2706" and|strong="H1980" my|strong="H3605" ordinances|strong="H4941", 
\verseNumber{18}then|strong="H6965" I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" establish|strong="H6965" the|strong="H0853" throne|strong="H3678" of|strong="H0376" your|strong="H0834" kingdom|strong="H4438", according|strong="H0376" as|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" covenanted|strong="H3772" with|strong="H0376" David|strong="H1732" your|strong="H0834" father|strong="H0001", saying|strong="H0559", ‘There|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" fail|strong="H3772" you|strong="H0834" a|strong="H3772" man|strong="H0376" to|strong="H0559" be|strong="H3808" ruler|strong="H4910" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478".’ 
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\verseNumber{19}But|strong="H0518" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H0859" turn|strong="H7725" away|strong="H7725" and|strong="H1980" forsake|strong="H5800" my|strong="H5414" statutes|strong="H2708" and|strong="H1980" my|strong="H5414" commandments|strong="H4687" which|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" set|strong="H5414" before|strong="H6440" you|strong="H0859", and|strong="H1980" go|strong="H1980" and|strong="H1980" serve|strong="H5647" other|strong="H0312" gods|strong="H0430" and|strong="H1980" worship|strong="H7812" them|strong="H5414", 
\verseNumber{20}then|strong="H2088" I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" pluck|strong="H5428" them|strong="H5414" up|strong="H5921" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" roots out|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1004" my|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0127" which|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" given|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414"; and|strong="H1004" this|strong="H2088" house|strong="H1004", which|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" made|strong="H5414" holy|strong="H6942" for|strong="H5921" my|strong="H3605" name|strong="H8034", I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" cast|strong="H7993" out|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1004" my|strong="H3605" sight|strong="H6440", and|strong="H1004" I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" make|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" proverb|strong="H4912" and|strong="H1004" a|strong="H5414" byword|strong="H4912" among|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" peoples|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{21}This|strong="H2088" house|strong="H1004", which|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" so|strong="H6213" high, everyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H0834" passes|strong="H5674" by|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" astonished|strong="H8074" and|strong="H3068" say|strong="H0559", ‘Why|strong="H4100" has|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2088" to|strong="H0559" this|strong="H2088" land|strong="H0776" and|strong="H3068" to|strong="H0559" this|strong="H2088" house|strong="H1004"?’ 
\verseNumber{22}They|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H3068" answer|strong="H0559", ‘Because|strong="H5921" they|strong="H0834" abandoned|strong="H5800" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0776" their|strong="H3605" fathers|strong="H0001", who|strong="H0834" brought|strong="H0935" them|strong="H0853" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" Egypt|strong="H4714", and|strong="H0935" took|strong="H3318" other|strong="H0312" gods|strong="H0430", worshiped|strong="H7812" them|strong="H0853", and|strong="H0935" served|strong="H5647" them|strong="H0853". Therefore|strong="H3651" he|strong="H0834" has|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" this|strong="H2063" evil|strong="H7451" on|strong="H5921" them|strong="H0853".’” 
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\chapterNumber{8}At|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" end|strong="H7093" of|strong="H1004" twenty|strong="H6242" years|strong="H8141", in|strong="H8141" which|strong="H0834" Solomon|strong="H8010" had|strong="H3068" built|strong="H1129" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" own|strong="H1961" house|strong="H1004", 
\verseNumber{2}Solomon|strong="H8010" built|strong="H1129" the|strong="H0853" cities|strong="H5892" which|strong="H0834" Huram|strong="H2361" had|strong="H0834" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" Solomon|strong="H8010", and|strong="H1121" caused|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" dwell|strong="H3427" there|strong="H8033". 
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\verseNumber{3}Solomon|strong="H8010" went to|strong="H5921" Hamath Zobah, and|strong="H2388" prevailed|strong="H2388" against|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{4}He|strong="H0834" built|strong="H1129" Tadmor|strong="H8412" in|strong="H1129" the|strong="H3605" wilderness|strong="H4057", and|strong="H0853" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" storage|strong="H4543" cities|strong="H5892", which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" built|strong="H1129" in|strong="H1129" Hamath|strong="H2574". 
\verseNumber{5}Also|strong="H0853" he|strong="H0853" built|strong="H1129" Beth Horon the|strong="H0853" upper|strong="H5945" and|strong="H0853" Beth Horon the|strong="H0853" lower|strong="H8481", fortified|strong="H1129" cities|strong="H5892" with|strong="H1280" walls|strong="H2346", gates|strong="H1817", and|strong="H0853" bars|strong="H1280"; 
\verseNumber{6}and|strong="H0776" Baalath|strong="H1191", and|strong="H0776" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" storage|strong="H4543" cities|strong="H5892" that|strong="H0834" Solomon|strong="H8010" had|strong="H0834", and|strong="H0776" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" for|strong="H0776" his|strong="H3605" chariots|strong="H7393", the|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" for|strong="H0776" his|strong="H3605" horsemen|strong="H6571", and|strong="H0776" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" Solomon|strong="H8010" desired to|strong="H1961" build|strong="H1129" for|strong="H0776" his|strong="H3605" pleasure in|strong="H0776" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", in|strong="H0776" Lebanon|strong="H3844", and|strong="H0776" in|strong="H0776" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" his|strong="H3605" dominion. 
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\verseNumber{7}As|strong="H0834" for|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" left|strong="H3498" of|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" Hittites|strong="H2850", the|strong="H3605" Amorites|strong="H0567", the|strong="H3605" Perizzites|strong="H6522", the|strong="H3605" Hivites|strong="H2340", and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" Jebusites|strong="H2983", who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" of|strong="H4480" Israel|strong="H3478"— 
\verseNumber{8}of|strong="H1121" their|strong="H0310" children|strong="H1121" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" left|strong="H3498" after|strong="H0310" them|strong="H0310" in|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0834" land|strong="H0776", whom|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" didn’t|strong="H3808" consume|strong="H3615"—of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H0310" Solomon|strong="H8010" conscripted|strong="H5927" forced|strong="H4522" labor|strong="H4522" to|strong="H5704" this|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{9}But|strong="H3588" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0834" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", Solomon|strong="H8010" made|strong="H5414" no|strong="H3808" servants|strong="H5650" for|strong="H3588" his|strong="H5414" work|strong="H4399", but|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H0834" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" war|strong="H4421", chief|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5414" captains|strong="H8269", and|strong="H1121" rulers|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5414" chariots|strong="H7393" and|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5414" horsemen|strong="H6571". 
\verseNumber{10}These|strong="H0428" were|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" chief|strong="H8269" officers|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010", even two-hundred fifty|strong="H2572", who|strong="H0834" ruled|strong="H4428" over|strong="H8269" the|strong="H0834" people|strong="H5971". 
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\verseNumber{11}Solomon|strong="H8010" brought|strong="H0935" up|strong="H5927" Pharaoh’s|strong="H6547" daughter|strong="H1323" out|strong="H0413" of|strong="H4428" David’s|strong="H1732" city|strong="H5892" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H3068" built|strong="H1129" for|strong="H3588" her|strong="H0413"; for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559", “My|strong="H3068" wife|strong="H0802" shall|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" dwell|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" places|strong="H1004" where|strong="H0834" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" ark|strong="H0727" has|strong="H3068" come|strong="H0935" are|strong="H0834" holy|strong="H6944".” 
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\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H0227" Solomon|strong="H8010" offered|strong="H5927" burnt|strong="H5930" offerings|strong="H3068" to|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068" on|strong="H5921" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" altar|strong="H4196" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H3068" built|strong="H1129" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" porch|strong="H0197", 
\verseNumber{13}even as|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3117" duty|strong="H1697" of|strong="H3117" every|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" required|strong="H1697", offering|strong="H5927" according to|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" commandment|strong="H4687" of|strong="H3117" Moses|strong="H4872" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" Sabbaths|strong="H7676", on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" new|strong="H2320" moons|strong="H2320", and|strong="H4872" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" set|strong="H4150" feasts|strong="H4150", three|strong="H7969" times|strong="H6471" per year|strong="H8141", during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" feast|strong="H2282" of|strong="H3117" unleavened|strong="H4682" bread|strong="H4682", during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" feast|strong="H2282" of|strong="H3117" weeks|strong="H7620", and|strong="H4872" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" feast|strong="H2282" of|strong="H3117" booths|strong="H5521".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{8:13  }or, feast of tents (Sukkot)} 
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\verseNumber{14}He|strong="H3588" appointed|strong="H5975", according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" ordinance|strong="H4941" of|strong="H0376" David|strong="H1732" his|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001", the|strong="H0853" divisions|strong="H4256" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" priests|strong="H3548" to|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" service|strong="H5656", and|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0853" Levites|strong="H3881" to|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" offices|strong="H4931", to|strong="H5921" praise|strong="H1984" and|strong="H0430" to|strong="H5921" minister|strong="H8334" before|strong="H5048" the|strong="H0853" priests|strong="H3548", as|strong="H1697" the|strong="H0853" duty|strong="H4931" of|strong="H0376" every|strong="H0376" day|strong="H3117" required|strong="H1697", the|strong="H0853" doorkeepers also|strong="H0853" by|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" divisions|strong="H4256" at|strong="H5921" every|strong="H0376" gate|strong="H8179", for|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732" the|strong="H0853" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" God|strong="H0430" had|strong="H0430" so|strong="H3651" commanded|strong="H4687". 
\verseNumber{15}They|strong="H3808" didn’t|strong="H3808" depart|strong="H5493" from|strong="H5493" the|strong="H3605" commandment|strong="H4687" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H4428" Levites|strong="H3881" concerning|strong="H5921" any|strong="H3605" matter|strong="H1697" or|strong="H3808" concerning|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" treasures|strong="H0214". 
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\verseNumber{16}Now|strong="H3117" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" work|strong="H4399" of|strong="H1004" Solomon|strong="H8010" was|strong="H3068" accomplished|strong="H3615" from|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" foundation|strong="H4143" of|strong="H1004" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004" until|strong="H5704" it|strong="H3559" was|strong="H3068" finished|strong="H3615". So|strong="H3559" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004" was|strong="H3068" completed|strong="H3615". 
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\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="H0227" Solomon|strong="H8010" went|strong="H1980" to|strong="H0413" Ezion Geber and|strong="H1980" to|strong="H0413" Eloth|strong="H0359", on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" seashore|strong="H3220" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" Edom|strong="H0123". 
\verseNumber{18}Huram|strong="H2361" sent|strong="H7971" him|strong="H0413" ships|strong="H0591" and|strong="H0935" servants|strong="H5650" who|strong="H5650" had|strong="H8010" knowledge|strong="H3045" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0413" sea|strong="H3220" by|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0413" hands|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3947" servants|strong="H5650"; and|strong="H0935" they|strong="H8033" came|strong="H0935" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H0413" servants|strong="H5650" of|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010" to|strong="H0413" Ophir|strong="H0211", and|strong="H0935" brought|strong="H0935" from|strong="H0935" there|strong="H8033" four|strong="H0702" hundred|strong="H3967" fifty|strong="H2572" talents|strong="H3603"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{8:18  }A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces, so 450 talents is about 13.5 metric tons} of|strong="H4428" gold|strong="H2091", and|strong="H0935" brought|strong="H0935" them|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010". 
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\chapterNumber{9}When|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" queen|strong="H4436" of|strong="H3605" Sheba|strong="H7614" heard|strong="H8085" of|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" fame|strong="H8088" of|strong="H3605" Solomon|strong="H8010", she|strong="H0834" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" test|strong="H5254" Solomon|strong="H8010" with|strong="H5973" hard|strong="H3515" questions|strong="H2420" at|strong="H0413" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", with|strong="H5973" a|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" great|strong="H3966" caravan, including|strong="H3605" camels|strong="H1581" that|strong="H0834" bore|strong="H5375" spices|strong="H1314", gold|strong="H2091" in|strong="H0935" abundance|strong="H7230", and|strong="H0935" precious|strong="H3368" stones|strong="H0068". When|strong="H1961" she|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" Solomon|strong="H8010", she|strong="H0834" talked|strong="H1696" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H0413" about|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" was|strong="H1961" in|strong="H0935" her|strong="H3605" heart|strong="H3824". 
\verseNumber{2}Solomon|strong="H8010" answered|strong="H5046" all|strong="H3605" her|strong="H3605" questions|strong="H1697". There|strong="H3605" wasn’t anything|strong="H3605" hidden|strong="H5956" from|strong="H1697" Solomon|strong="H8010" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" didn’t|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H5046" her|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{3}When|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" queen|strong="H4436" of|strong="H1004" Sheba|strong="H7614" had|strong="H0834" seen|strong="H7200" the|strong="H0853" wisdom|strong="H2451" of|strong="H1004" Solomon|strong="H8010", the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" built|strong="H1129", 
\verseNumber{4}the|strong="H0834" food|strong="H3978" of|strong="H1004" his|strong="H3068" table|strong="H7979", the|strong="H0834" seating|strong="H4186" of|strong="H1004" his|strong="H3068" servants|strong="H5650", the|strong="H0834" attendance|strong="H4612" of|strong="H1004" his|strong="H3068" ministers|strong="H8334", their|strong="H3068" clothing, his|strong="H3068" cup bearers and|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" clothing, and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" ascent|strong="H5927" by|strong="H3068" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H1961" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004", there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" no|strong="H3808" more|strong="H5750" spirit|strong="H7307" in|strong="H3068" her|strong="H1961".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{9:4  }or, she was breathless.} 
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\verseNumber{5}She|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428", “It|strong="H5921" was|strong="H0834" a|strong="H8085" true|strong="H0571" report|strong="H1697" that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" heard|strong="H8085" in|strong="H5921" my|strong="H8085" own land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H4428" your|strong="H5921" acts|strong="H1697" and|strong="H0776" of|strong="H4428" your|strong="H5921" wisdom|strong="H2451". 
\verseNumber{6}However|strong="H8085" I|strong="H0834" didn’t|strong="H3808" believe|strong="H0539" their|strong="H5921" words|strong="H1697" until|strong="H5704" I|strong="H0834" came|strong="H0935", and|strong="H0935" my|strong="H8085" eyes|strong="H5869" had|strong="H0834" seen|strong="H7200" it|strong="H5921"; and|strong="H0935" behold|strong="H2009" half|strong="H2677" of|strong="H1697" the|strong="H0834" greatness|strong="H4768" of|strong="H1697" your|strong="H5921" wisdom|strong="H2451" wasn’t told|strong="H5046" me|strong="H5046". You|strong="H0834" exceed|strong="H3254" the|strong="H0834" fame that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" heard|strong="H8085"! 
\verseNumber{7}Happy|strong="H0835" are|strong="H0428" your|strong="H8085" men|strong="H0376", and|strong="H0376" happy|strong="H0835" are|strong="H0428" these|strong="H0428" your|strong="H8085" servants|strong="H5650", who|strong="H0376" stand|strong="H5975" continually|strong="H8548" before|strong="H6440" you|strong="H6440" and|strong="H0376" hear|strong="H8085" your|strong="H8085" wisdom|strong="H2451". 
\verseNumber{8}Blessed|strong="H1288" be|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430", who|strong="H0834" delighted in|strong="H5921" you|strong="H0834" and|strong="H3068" set|strong="H5414" you|strong="H0834" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5414" throne|strong="H3678" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4428" for|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430", because|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430" loved Israel|strong="H3478", to|strong="H1961" establish|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" forever|strong="H5769". Therefore|strong="H3068" he|strong="H0834" made|strong="H6213" you|strong="H0834" king|strong="H4428" over|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5414", to|strong="H1961" do|strong="H6213" justice|strong="H4941" and|strong="H3068" righteousness|strong="H6666".” 
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\verseNumber{9}She|strong="H1931" gave|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0834" king|strong="H4428" one|strong="H3808" hundred|strong="H3967" and|strong="H3967" twenty|strong="H6242" talents|strong="H3603"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{9:9  }A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces, so 120 talents is about 3.6 metric tons} of|strong="H4428" gold|strong="H2091", spices|strong="H1314" in|strong="H4428" great|strong="H3966" abundance|strong="H7230", and|strong="H3967" precious|strong="H3368" stones|strong="H0068". There|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" never|strong="H3808" before|strong="H3808" such|strong="H0834" spice|strong="H1314" as|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" queen|strong="H4436" of|strong="H4428" Sheba|strong="H7614" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1961" King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010". 
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\verseNumber{10}The|strong="H0834" servants|strong="H5650" of|strong="H5650" Huram and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0834" servants|strong="H5650" of|strong="H5650" Solomon|strong="H8010", who|strong="H0834" brought|strong="H0935" gold|strong="H2091" from|strong="H0935" Ophir|strong="H0211", also|strong="H1571" brought|strong="H0935" algum|strong="H0418" trees|strong="H6086"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{9:10  }possibly Indian sandalwood, which has nice grain and a pleasant scent and is good for woodworking} and|strong="H0935" precious|strong="H3368" stones|strong="H0068". 
\verseNumber{11}The|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" used|strong="H6213" algum|strong="H0418" tree|strong="H6086" wood|strong="H6086" to|strong="H3068" make|strong="H6213" terraces for|strong="H0776" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3068" for|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0853" king’s|strong="H4428" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H3068" harps|strong="H3658" and|strong="H3068" stringed instruments for|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0853" singers|strong="H7891". There|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1992" none|strong="H3808" like|strong="H0776" these|strong="H1992" seen|strong="H7200" before|strong="H6440" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063". 
\verseNumber{12}King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" queen|strong="H4436" of|strong="H4428" Sheba|strong="H7614" all|strong="H3605" her|strong="H3605" desire|strong="H2656", whatever|strong="H0834" she|strong="H1931" asked|strong="H7592", more than|strong="H4428" that|strong="H0834" which|strong="H0834" she|strong="H1931" had|strong="H0834" brought|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428". So|strong="H5414" she|strong="H1931" turned|strong="H2015" and|strong="H0935" went|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" her|strong="H3605" own land|strong="H0776", she|strong="H1931" and|strong="H0935" her|strong="H3605" servants|strong="H5650". 
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\verseNumber{13}Now|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0834" weight|strong="H4948" of|strong="H8141" gold|strong="H2091" that|strong="H0834" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" Solomon|strong="H8010" in|strong="H8141" one|strong="H0259" year|strong="H8141" was|strong="H1961" six|strong="H8337" hundred|strong="H3967" sixty-six talents|strong="H3603"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{9:13  }A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces, so 666 talents is about 20 metric tons} of|strong="H8141" gold|strong="H2091", 
\verseNumber{14}in|strong="H0935" addition to|strong="H0935" that|strong="H3605" which the|strong="H3605" traders|strong="H5503" and|strong="H0935" merchants|strong="H5503" brought|strong="H0935". All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Arabia|strong="H6152" and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" governors|strong="H6346" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" country|strong="H0776" brought|strong="H0935" gold|strong="H2091" and|strong="H0935" silver|strong="H3701" to|strong="H0935" Solomon|strong="H8010". 
\verseNumber{15}King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010" made|strong="H6213" two|strong="H3967" hundred|strong="H3967" large shields|strong="H6793" of|strong="H4428" beaten gold|strong="H2091". Six|strong="H8337" hundred|strong="H3967" shekels\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{9:15  }A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.32 Troy ounces, so 600 shekels was about 6 kilograms or about 192 Troy ounces.} of|strong="H4428" beaten gold|strong="H2091" went|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5921" one|strong="H0259" large shield|strong="H6793". 
\verseNumber{16}He|strong="H5414" made|strong="H5414" three|strong="H7969" hundred|strong="H3967" shields|strong="H4043" of|strong="H4428" beaten gold|strong="H2091". Three|strong="H7969" hundred|strong="H3967" shekels\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{9:16  }A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.32 Troy ounces, so 300 shekels was about 3 kilograms or about 96 Troy ounces.} of|strong="H4428" gold|strong="H2091" went|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5921" one|strong="H0259" shield|strong="H4043". The|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" put|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" House|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" Forest|strong="H3293" of|strong="H4428" Lebanon|strong="H3844". 
\verseNumber{17}Moreover the|strong="H6213" king|strong="H4428" made|strong="H6213" a|strong="H4428" great|strong="H1419" throne|strong="H3678" of|strong="H4428" ivory|strong="H8127", and|strong="H4428" overlaid|strong="H6823" it|strong="H6213" with|strong="H6823" pure|strong="H2889" gold|strong="H2091". 
\verseNumber{18}There|strong="H2088" were|strong="H3027" six|strong="H8337" steps|strong="H4609" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" throne|strong="H3678", with|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5921" footstool|strong="H3534" of|strong="H3027" gold|strong="H2091", which|strong="H2088" were|strong="H3027" fastened|strong="H0270" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" throne|strong="H3678", and|strong="H3027" armrests on|strong="H5921" either|strong="H2088" side|strong="H2088" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" place|strong="H4725" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" seat|strong="H3678", and|strong="H3027" two|strong="H8147" lions|strong="H0738" standing|strong="H5975" beside|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" armrests. 
\verseNumber{19}Twelve|strong="H6240" lions|strong="H0738" stood|strong="H5975" there|strong="H8033" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H2088" side|strong="H2088" and|strong="H8033" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H2088" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" six|strong="H8337" steps|strong="H4609". There|strong="H8033" was|strong="H2088" nothing|strong="H3808" like|strong="H3651" it|strong="H5921" made|strong="H6213" in|strong="H5921" any|strong="H3605" other|strong="H2088" kingdom|strong="H4467". 
\verseNumber{20}All|strong="H3605" King|strong="H4428" Solomon’s|strong="H8010" drinking vessels|strong="H3627" were|strong="H3117" of|strong="H4428" gold|strong="H2091", and|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" vessels|strong="H3627" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" House|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Forest|strong="H3293" of|strong="H4428" Lebanon|strong="H3844" were|strong="H3117" of|strong="H4428" pure|strong="H5462" gold|strong="H2091". Silver|strong="H3701" was|strong="H0369" not|strong="H0369" considered|strong="H2803" valuable|strong="H3972" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010". 
\verseNumber{21}For|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" had|strong="H4428" ships|strong="H0591" that|strong="H3588" went|strong="H1980" to|strong="H0935" Tarshish|strong="H8659" with|strong="H5973" Huram’s|strong="H2361" servants|strong="H5650". Once|strong="H0259" every|strong="H0259" three|strong="H7969" years|strong="H8141", the|strong="H3588" ships|strong="H0591" of|strong="H4428" Tarshish|strong="H8659" came|strong="H0935" bringing|strong="H0935" gold|strong="H2091", silver|strong="H3701", ivory|strong="H8143", apes|strong="H6971", and|strong="H1980" peacocks|strong="H8500". 
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\verseNumber{22}So|strong="H1431" King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010" exceeded all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776" in|strong="H0776" riches|strong="H6239" and|strong="H0776" wisdom|strong="H2451". 
\verseNumber{23}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776" sought|strong="H1245" the|strong="H3605" presence|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010" to|strong="H8085" hear|strong="H8085" his|strong="H3605" wisdom|strong="H2451", which|strong="H0834" God|strong="H0430" had|strong="H0834" put|strong="H5414" in|strong="H0430" his|strong="H3605" heart|strong="H3820". 
\verseNumber{24}They|strong="H1992" each|strong="H0376" brought|strong="H0935" tribute|strong="H4503": vessels|strong="H3627" of|strong="H0376" silver|strong="H3701", vessels|strong="H3627" of|strong="H0376" gold|strong="H2091", clothing|strong="H3627", armor|strong="H3627", spices|strong="H1314", horses|strong="H5483", and|strong="H0935" mules|strong="H6505" every|strong="H0376" year|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{25}Solomon|strong="H8010" had|strong="H1961" four|strong="H0702" thousand|strong="H0505" stalls|strong="H0723" for|strong="H4428" horses|strong="H5483" and|strong="H4428" chariots|strong="H7393", and|strong="H4428" twelve|strong="H6240" thousand|strong="H0505" horsemen|strong="H6571" that|strong="H1961" he|strong="H8010" stationed in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H1961" chariot|strong="H4818" cities|strong="H5892" and|strong="H4428" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4428" at|strong="H4428" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{26}He|strong="H5704" ruled|strong="H4910" over|strong="H4910" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" River|strong="H5104" even|strong="H5704" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Philistines|strong="H6430", and|strong="H0776" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" border|strong="H1366" of|strong="H4428" Egypt|strong="H4714". 
\verseNumber{27}The|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" made|strong="H5414" silver|strong="H3701" as|strong="H0834" common in|strong="H4428" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" as|strong="H0834" stones|strong="H0068", and|strong="H4428" he|strong="H0834" made|strong="H5414" cedars|strong="H0730" to|strong="H5414" be|strong="H4428" as|strong="H0834" abundant|strong="H7230" as|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" sycamore|strong="H8256" trees|strong="H8256" that|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" lowland|strong="H8219". 
\verseNumber{28}They|strong="H3605" brought|strong="H3318" horses|strong="H5483" for|strong="H0776" Solomon|strong="H8010" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H0776" Egypt|strong="H4714" and|strong="H0776" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H0776" all|strong="H3605" lands|strong="H0776". 
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\verseNumber{29}Now the|strong="H5921" rest|strong="H7605" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" acts|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1121" Solomon|strong="H8010", first|strong="H7223" and|strong="H1121" last|strong="H0314", aren’t they|strong="H1992" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" history of|strong="H1121" Nathan|strong="H5416" the|strong="H5921" prophet|strong="H5030", and|strong="H1121" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" prophecy|strong="H5016" of|strong="H1121" Ahijah|strong="H0281" the|strong="H5921" Shilonite|strong="H7888", and|strong="H1121" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" visions|strong="H2378" of|strong="H1121" Iddo|strong="H3260" the|strong="H5921" seer|strong="H2374" concerning|strong="H5921" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Nebat|strong="H5028"? 
\verseNumber{30}Solomon|strong="H8010" reigned|strong="H4427" in|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" over|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" forty|strong="H0705" years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{31}Solomon|strong="H8010" slept|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H1732" fathers|strong="H0001", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H1732" was|strong="H1732" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H6912" his|strong="H1732" father|strong="H0001" David’s|strong="H1732" city|strong="H5892"; and|strong="H1121" Rehoboam|strong="H7346" his|strong="H1732" son|strong="H1121" reigned|strong="H4427" in|strong="H6912" his|strong="H1732" place|strong="H8478". 
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\chapterNumber{10}Rehoboam|strong="H7346" went|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" Shechem|strong="H7927", for|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" had|strong="H3478" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" Shechem|strong="H7927" to|strong="H0935" make|strong="H3588" him|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4427". 
\verseNumber{2}When|strong="H1961" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" the|strong="H6440" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Nebat|strong="H5028" heard|strong="H8085" of|strong="H1121" it|strong="H1931" (for|strong="H4714" he|strong="H0834" was|strong="H1961" in|strong="H8085" Egypt|strong="H4714", where|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" fled|strong="H1272" from|strong="H7725" the|strong="H6440" presence|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010"), Jeroboam|strong="H3379" returned|strong="H7725" out|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" Egypt|strong="H4714". 
\verseNumber{3}They|strong="H0559" sent|strong="H7971" and|strong="H0935" called|strong="H7121" him|strong="H0413"; and|strong="H0935" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" and|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" came|strong="H0935", and|strong="H0935" they|strong="H0559" spoke|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" Rehoboam|strong="H7346", saying|strong="H0559", 
\verseNumber{4}“Your|strong="H5414" father|strong="H0001" made|strong="H5414" our|strong="H5414" yoke|strong="H5923" grievous|strong="H3515". Now|strong="H6258" therefore|strong="H6258" make|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" grievous|strong="H3515" service|strong="H5656" of|strong="H0001" your|strong="H5414" father|strong="H0001" and|strong="H0001" his|strong="H5414" heavy|strong="H3515" yoke|strong="H5923" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" put|strong="H5414" on|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5414", lighter|strong="H7043", and|strong="H0001" we|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" serve|strong="H5647" you|strong="H0834".” 
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\verseNumber{5}He|strong="H3117" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413", “Come|strong="H7725" again|strong="H5750" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413" after|strong="H0413" three|strong="H7969" days|strong="H3117".” 
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So|strong="H7725" the|strong="H0559" people|strong="H5971" departed. 
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\verseNumber{6}King|strong="H4428" Rehoboam|strong="H7346" took|strong="H1961" counsel|strong="H3289" with|strong="H0854" the|strong="H0559" old|strong="H2205" men|strong="H5971", who|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" stood|strong="H5975" before|strong="H6440" Solomon|strong="H8010" his|strong="H7725" father|strong="H0001" while|strong="H1961" he|strong="H0834" yet lived|strong="H2416", saying|strong="H0559", “What|strong="H0834" counsel|strong="H3289" do|strong="H2088" you|strong="H0859" give|strong="H7725" me|strong="H6440" about|strong="H1961" how|strong="H0349" to|strong="H0559" answer|strong="H7725" these|strong="H2088" people|strong="H5971"?” 
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\verseNumber{7}They|strong="H0518" spoke|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", saying|strong="H0559", “If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H0518" are|strong="H3117" kind|strong="H2896" to|strong="H0413" these|strong="H2088" people|strong="H5971", please|strong="H7521" them|strong="H0413", and|strong="H3117" speak|strong="H1696" good|strong="H2896" words|strong="H1697" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413", then|strong="H1961" they|strong="H0518" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" your|strong="H3605" servants|strong="H5650" forever|strong="H3117".” 
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\verseNumber{8}But|strong="H5800" he|strong="H0834" abandoned|strong="H5800" the|strong="H0853" counsel|strong="H6098" of|strong="H2205" the|strong="H0853" old|strong="H2205" men|strong="H2205" which|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" given|strong="H3289" him|strong="H0853", and|strong="H6440" took|strong="H0853" counsel|strong="H6098" with|strong="H0854" the|strong="H0853" young|strong="H3206" men|strong="H2205" who|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" grown|strong="H1431" up|strong="H5975" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H0853", who|strong="H0834" stood|strong="H5975" before|strong="H6440" him|strong="H0853". 
\verseNumber{9}He|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413", “What|strong="H4100" counsel|strong="H3289" do|strong="H4100" you|strong="H0859" give|strong="H5414", that|strong="H0834" we|strong="H0834" may|strong="H0834" give|strong="H5414" an|strong="H5414" answer|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" these|strong="H2088" people|strong="H5971", who|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" spoken|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413", saying|strong="H0559", ‘Make|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" yoke|strong="H5923" that|strong="H0834" your|strong="H5414" father|strong="H0001" put|strong="H5414" on|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5414" lighter|strong="H7043"?’” 
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\verseNumber{10}The|strong="H0853" young|strong="H3206" men|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" grown|strong="H1431" up|strong="H5921" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H0413" spoke|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", saying|strong="H0559", “Thus|strong="H3541" you|strong="H0859" shall|strong="H0834" tell|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0834" spoke|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0859", saying|strong="H0559", ‘Your|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001" made|strong="H3513" our|strong="H5921" yoke|strong="H5923" heavy|strong="H3513", but|strong="H0859" make|strong="H1431" it|strong="H5921" lighter|strong="H7043" on|strong="H5921" us|strong="H0413";’ thus|strong="H3541" you|strong="H0859" shall|strong="H0834" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413", ‘My|strong="H5921" little|strong="H6995" finger|strong="H6995" is|strong="H0834" thicker|strong="H5666" than|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5921" father’s|strong="H0001" waist|strong="H4975". 
\verseNumber{11}Now|strong="H6258" whereas|strong="H6258" my|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001" burdened you|strong="H5921" with|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5921" heavy|strong="H3515" yoke|strong="H5923", I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H0589" add|strong="H3254" to|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" yoke|strong="H5923". My|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001" chastised|strong="H3256" you|strong="H5921" with|strong="H5921" whips|strong="H7752", but|strong="H6258" I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H0589" chastise|strong="H3256" you|strong="H5921" with|strong="H5921" scorpions|strong="H6137".’” 
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\verseNumber{12}So|strong="H0834" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" and|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" Rehoboam|strong="H7346" the|strong="H3605" third|strong="H7992" day|strong="H3117", as|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" asked|strong="H0559", saying|strong="H0559", “Come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413" again|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3605" third|strong="H7992" day|strong="H3117".” 
\verseNumber{13}The|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" answered|strong="H6030" them|strong="H0853" roughly; and|strong="H4428" King|strong="H4428" Rehoboam|strong="H7346" abandoned|strong="H5800" the|strong="H0853" counsel|strong="H6098" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" old|strong="H2205" men|strong="H2205", 
\verseNumber{14}and|strong="H0001" spoke|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413" after|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" counsel|strong="H6098" of|strong="H0001" the|strong="H0853" young|strong="H3206" men|strong="H3206", saying|strong="H0559", “My|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001" made|strong="H3513" your|strong="H5921" yoke|strong="H5923" heavy|strong="H3513", but|strong="H1696" I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H0589" add|strong="H3254" to|strong="H0413" it|strong="H5921". My|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001" chastised|strong="H3256" you|strong="H5921" with|strong="H0413" whips|strong="H7752", but|strong="H1696" I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H0589" chastise|strong="H3256" you|strong="H5921" with|strong="H0413" scorpions|strong="H6137".” 
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\verseNumber{15}So|strong="H4616" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" didn’t|strong="H3808" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971"; for|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1961" brought|strong="H1961" about|strong="H1961" by|strong="H3027" God|strong="H0430", that|strong="H0834" Yahweh|strong="H3068" might|strong="H4616" establish|strong="H6965" his|strong="H3068" word|strong="H1697", which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" spoke|strong="H1696" by|strong="H3027" Ahijah|strong="H0281" the|strong="H0853" Shilonite|strong="H7888" to|strong="H0413" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Nebat|strong="H5028". 
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\verseNumber{16}When|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" didn’t|strong="H3808" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H0559" them|strong="H1992", the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" answered|strong="H0559" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", saying|strong="H0559", “What|strong="H4100" portion|strong="H2506" do|strong="H4100" we|strong="H3588" have|strong="H0376" in|strong="H1004" David|strong="H1732"? We|strong="H3588" don’t|strong="H3808" have|strong="H0376" an|strong="H7200" inheritance|strong="H5159" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jesse|strong="H3448"! Every|strong="H3605" man|strong="H0376" to|strong="H0559" your|strong="H3605" tents|strong="H0168", Israel|strong="H3478"! Now|strong="H6258" see|strong="H7200" to|strong="H0559" your|strong="H3605" own|strong="H0376" house|strong="H1004", David|strong="H1732".” So|strong="H3808" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" departed to|strong="H0559" their|strong="H3605" tents|strong="H0168". 
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\verseNumber{17}But|strong="H5921" as|strong="H1121" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" who|strong="H1121" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5921" cities|strong="H5892" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063", Rehoboam|strong="H7346" reigned|strong="H4427" over|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H0853" King|strong="H4428" Rehoboam|strong="H7346" sent|strong="H7971" Hadoram|strong="H1913", who|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" men|strong="H1121" subject to|strong="H4191" forced|strong="H4522" labor|strong="H4522"; and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" stoned|strong="H7275" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H4191" death|strong="H4191" with|strong="H5921" stones|strong="H0068". King|strong="H4428" Rehoboam|strong="H7346" hurried|strong="H5127" to|strong="H4191" get|strong="H5927" himself up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H4191" his|strong="H5921" chariot|strong="H4818", to|strong="H4191" flee|strong="H5127" to|strong="H4191" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{19}So|strong="H2088" Israel|strong="H3478" rebelled|strong="H6586" against|strong="H6586" David’s|strong="H1732" house|strong="H1004" to|strong="H5704" this|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117". 
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\chapterNumber{11}When|strong="H0935" Rehoboam|strong="H7346" had|strong="H3478" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", he|strong="H6213" assembled|strong="H6950" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H0935" Benjamin|strong="H1144", one|strong="H3967" hundred|strong="H3967" eighty|strong="H8084" thousand|strong="H0505" chosen men|strong="H0970" who|strong="H3478" were|strong="H3478" warriors|strong="H4421", to|strong="H0935" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5973" Israel|strong="H3478", to|strong="H0935" bring|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" kingdom|strong="H4467" again|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0935" Rehoboam|strong="H7346". 
\verseNumber{2}But|strong="H1961" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" word|strong="H1697" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H0413" Shemaiah|strong="H8098" the|strong="H0559" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" God|strong="H0430", saying|strong="H0559", 
\verseNumber{3}“Speak|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Rehoboam|strong="H7346" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Solomon|strong="H8010", king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" in|strong="H0413" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144", saying|strong="H0559", 
\verseNumber{4}‘Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H3588" shall|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927", nor|strong="H3808" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H0413" your|strong="H3068" brothers|strong="H0251"! Every|strong="H0376" man|strong="H0376" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004"; for|strong="H3588" this|strong="H2088" thing|strong="H1697" is|strong="H3068" of|strong="H1004" me|strong="H0413".”’” So|strong="H3541" they|strong="H3588" listened|strong="H8085" to|strong="H0413" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" words|strong="H1697", and|strong="H3068" returned|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" going|strong="H5927" against|strong="H0413" Jeroboam|strong="H3379". 
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\verseNumber{5}Rehoboam|strong="H7346" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", and|strong="H3063" built|strong="H1129" cities|strong="H5892" for|strong="H3427" defense|strong="H4692" in|strong="H3427" Judah|strong="H3063". 
\verseNumber{6}He|strong="H0853" built|strong="H1129" Bethlehem|strong="H1035", Etam|strong="H5862", Tekoa|strong="H8620", 
\verseNumber{7}Beth Zur, Soco|strong="H7755", Adullam|strong="H5725", 
\verseNumber{8}Gath|strong="H1661", Mareshah|strong="H4762", Ziph|strong="H2128", 
\verseNumber{9}Adoraim|strong="H0115", Lachish|strong="H3923", Azekah|strong="H5825", 
\verseNumber{10}Zorah|strong="H6881", Aijalon|strong="H0357", and|strong="H3063" Hebron|strong="H2275", which|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" fortified|strong="H4694" cities|strong="H5892" in|strong="H3063" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3063" in|strong="H3063" Benjamin|strong="H1144". 
\verseNumber{11}He|strong="H5414" fortified|strong="H4694" the|strong="H0853" strongholds and|strong="H2388" put|strong="H5414" captains in|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" with|strong="H8081" stores|strong="H0214" of|strong="H0214" food|strong="H3978", oil|strong="H8081" and|strong="H2388" wine|strong="H3196". 
\verseNumber{12}He|strong="H3063" put|strong="H2388" shields|strong="H6793" and|strong="H3063" spears|strong="H7420" in|strong="H2388" every|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892", and|strong="H3063" made|strong="H2388" them|strong="H2388" exceedingly|strong="H3966" strong|strong="H2388". Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3063" Benjamin|strong="H1144" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" him|strong="H3605". 
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\verseNumber{13}The|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" Levites|strong="H3881" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" in|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" stood|strong="H3320" with|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921" out|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1366" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" territory|strong="H1366". 
\verseNumber{14}For|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" Levites|strong="H3881" left|strong="H5800" their|strong="H3068" pasture|strong="H4054" lands|strong="H4054" and|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3068" possessions|strong="H0272", and|strong="H1121" came to|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H1121" Jerusalem|strong="H3389"; for|strong="H3588" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3068" sons|strong="H1121" cast them|strong="H0853" off|strong="H0853", that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3588" execute the|strong="H0853" priest’s office to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{15}He|strong="H0834" himself appointed|strong="H5975" priests|strong="H3548" for|strong="H1116" the|strong="H0834" high|strong="H1116" places|strong="H1116", for|strong="H1116" the|strong="H0834" male|strong="H8163" goat|strong="H8163" and|strong="H3548" calf|strong="H5695" idols which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" made|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{16}After|strong="H0310" them|strong="H5414", out|strong="H1245" of|strong="H0430" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478", those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" set|strong="H5414" their|strong="H3605" hearts|strong="H3824" to|strong="H0935" seek|strong="H1245" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478", came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" to|strong="H0935" sacrifice|strong="H2076" to|strong="H0935" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" their|strong="H3605" fathers|strong="H0001". 
\verseNumber{17}So|strong="H1980" they|strong="H3588" strengthened|strong="H2388" the|strong="H0853" kingdom|strong="H4438" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H1980" made|strong="H2388" Rehoboam|strong="H7346" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Solomon|strong="H8010" strong|strong="H2388" for|strong="H3588" three|strong="H7969" years|strong="H8141", for|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" walked|strong="H1980" three|strong="H7969" years|strong="H8141" in|strong="H1980" the|strong="H0853" way|strong="H1870" of|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H1980" Solomon|strong="H8010". 
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\verseNumber{18}Rehoboam|strong="H7346" took|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" wife|strong="H0802" for|strong="H0802" himself, Mahalath|strong="H4258" the|strong="H0853" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" Jerimoth the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Abihail|strong="H0032" the|strong="H0853" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" Eliab|strong="H0446" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jesse|strong="H3448". 
\verseNumber{19}She bore|strong="H3205" him|strong="H3205" sons|strong="H1121": Jeush|strong="H3266", Shemariah|strong="H8114", and|strong="H1121" Zaham|strong="H2093". 
\verseNumber{20}After|strong="H0310" her|strong="H3947", he|strong="H0310" took|strong="H3947" Maacah|strong="H4601" the|strong="H0853" granddaughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1323" Absalom|strong="H0053"; and|strong="H1323" she|strong="H0310" bore|strong="H3205" him|strong="H3205" Abijah|strong="H0029", Attai|strong="H6262", Ziza|strong="H2124", and|strong="H1323" Shelomith|strong="H8019". 
\verseNumber{21}Rehoboam|strong="H7346" loved|strong="H0157" Maacah|strong="H4601" the|strong="H3605" granddaughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" Absalom|strong="H0053" above all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" wives|strong="H0802" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" concubines|strong="H6370"; for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" took|strong="H5375" eighteen|strong="H6240" wives|strong="H0802" and|strong="H1121" sixty|strong="H8346" concubines|strong="H6370", and|strong="H1121" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3605" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H1121" twenty-eight|strong="H8083" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" sixty|strong="H8346" daughters|strong="H1323". 
\verseNumber{22}Rehoboam|strong="H7346" appointed|strong="H5975" Abijah|strong="H0029" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Maacah|strong="H4601" to|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1121" chief|strong="H7218", the|strong="H0853" prince|strong="H5057" among|strong="H0251" his|strong="H3588" brothers|strong="H0251", for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" intended to|strong="H1121" make|strong="H3588" him|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4427". 
\verseNumber{23}He|strong="H5414" dealt wisely|strong="H0995", and|strong="H1121" dispersed some|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" throughout|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" lands|strong="H0776" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144", to|strong="H5414" every|strong="H3605" fortified|strong="H4694" city|strong="H5892". He|strong="H5414" gave|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" food|strong="H4202" in|strong="H0776" abundance|strong="H7230"; and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H5414" sought|strong="H7592" many|strong="H7230" wives|strong="H0802" for|strong="H0776" them|strong="H5414". 
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\chapterNumber{12}When|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" kingdom|strong="H4438" of|strong="H3068" Rehoboam|strong="H7346" was|strong="H1961" established|strong="H3559" and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" was|strong="H1961" strong|strong="H2393", he|strong="H3068" abandoned|strong="H5800" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" law|strong="H8451", and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H0853". 
\verseNumber{2}In|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" fifth|strong="H2549" year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H4428" King|strong="H4428" Rehoboam|strong="H7346", Shishak|strong="H7895" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Egypt|strong="H4714" came|strong="H1961" up|strong="H5927" against|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3068" trespassed against|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068", 
\verseNumber{3}with|strong="H5973" twelve hundred|strong="H3967" chariots|strong="H7393" and|strong="H0935" sixty|strong="H8346" thousand|strong="H0505" horsemen|strong="H6571". The|strong="H0834" people|strong="H5971" were|strong="H0834" without|strong="H0369" number|strong="H4557" who|strong="H0834" came|strong="H0935" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H0935" out|strong="H0935" of|strong="H4557" Egypt|strong="H4714": the|strong="H0834" Lubim|strong="H3864", the|strong="H0834" Sukkiim|strong="H5525", and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0834" Ethiopians|strong="H3569". 
\verseNumber{4}He|strong="H0834" took|strong="H3920" the|strong="H0853" fortified|strong="H4694" cities|strong="H5892" which|strong="H0834" belonged to|strong="H0935" Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{5}Now|strong="H0935" Shemaiah|strong="H8098" the|strong="H0853" prophet|strong="H5030" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" Rehoboam|strong="H7346" and|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" princes|strong="H8269" of|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063", who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" gathered|strong="H0622" together|strong="H0622" to|strong="H0413" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" because|strong="H0834" of|strong="H3068" Shishak|strong="H7895", and|strong="H0935" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H0559", ‘You|strong="H0859" have|strong="H0834" forsaken me|strong="H0413", therefore|strong="H3068" I|strong="H0589" have|strong="H0834" also|strong="H0637" left|strong="H5800" you|strong="H0859" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3068" Shishak|strong="H7895".’” 
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\verseNumber{6}Then|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" princes|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" humbled|strong="H3665" themselves|strong="H3665"; and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" righteous|strong="H6662".” 
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\verseNumber{7}When|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" humbled|strong="H3665" themselves|strong="H1992", Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" word|strong="H1697" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H0413" Shemaiah|strong="H8098", saying|strong="H0559", “They|strong="H1992" have|strong="H1961" humbled|strong="H3665" themselves|strong="H1992". I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" destroy|strong="H7843" them|strong="H0413", but|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" grant|strong="H5414" them|strong="H0413" some|strong="H1992" deliverance|strong="H6413", and|strong="H3068" my|strong="H5414" wrath|strong="H2534" won’t|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" poured|strong="H5413" out|strong="H0413" on|strong="H0413" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" by|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0559" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3068" Shishak|strong="H7895". 
\verseNumber{8}Nevertheless|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" his|strong="H1961" servants|strong="H5650", that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" may|strong="H1961" know|strong="H3045" my|strong="H1961" service|strong="H5656", and|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3588" service|strong="H5656" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3588" kingdoms|strong="H4467" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3588" countries|strong="H0776".” 
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\verseNumber{9}So|strong="H6213" Shishak|strong="H7895" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Egypt|strong="H4714" came|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" against|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H3068" took|strong="H3947" away|strong="H3947" 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". He|strong="H0834" took|strong="H3947" it|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" away|strong="H3947". He|strong="H0834" also|strong="H3068" took|strong="H3947" away|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3605" shields|strong="H4043" of|strong="H4428" gold|strong="H2091" which|strong="H0834" Solomon|strong="H8010" had|strong="H3068" made|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{10}King|strong="H4428" Rehoboam|strong="H7346" made|strong="H6213" shields|strong="H4043" of|strong="H4428" bronze|strong="H5178" in|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" place|strong="H8478", and|strong="H3027" committed|strong="H6213" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" hands|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" captains|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" guard|strong="H8104", who|strong="H8104" kept|strong="H8104" the|strong="H5921" door|strong="H6607" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" king’s|strong="H4428" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{11}As|strong="H1961" often|strong="H1767" as|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0413" king|strong="H4428" entered|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0413" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004", the|strong="H0413" guard|strong="H7323" came|strong="H0935" and|strong="H0935" bore|strong="H5375" them|strong="H0413", then|strong="H1961" brought|strong="H0935" them|strong="H0413" back|strong="H7725" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" guard|strong="H7323" room|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{12}When|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3068" humbled|strong="H3665" himself|strong="H3665", Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" wrath|strong="H0639" turned|strong="H7725" from|strong="H4480" him|strong="H7725", so|strong="H4480" as|strong="H1697" not|strong="H3808" to|strong="H7725" destroy|strong="H7843" him|strong="H7725" altogether. Moreover|strong="H1571", there|strong="H1961" were|strong="H1961" good|strong="H2896" things|strong="H1697" found|strong="H1571" in|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063". 
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\verseNumber{13}So|strong="H0834" King|strong="H4428" Rehoboam|strong="H7346" strengthened|strong="H2388" himself|strong="H2388" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H1121" reigned|strong="H4427"; for|strong="H3588" Rehoboam|strong="H7346" was|strong="H8034" forty-one years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H3588" he|strong="H0834" began to|strong="H3068" reign|strong="H4427", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H0834" reigned|strong="H4427" seventeen|strong="H6240" years|strong="H8141" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" which|strong="H0834" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" chosen|strong="H0977" out|strong="H2388" of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3068" put|strong="H7760" his|strong="H3605" name|strong="H8034" there|strong="H8033". His|strong="H3605" mother’s|strong="H0517" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Naamah|strong="H5279" the|strong="H3605" Ammonitess|strong="H5985". 
\verseNumber{14}He|strong="H3588" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588" which was|strong="H3068" evil|strong="H7451", because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" didn’t|strong="H3808" set|strong="H3559" his|strong="H3068" heart|strong="H3820" to|strong="H3068" seek|strong="H1875" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{15}Now|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" acts|strong="H1697" of|strong="H3117" Rehoboam|strong="H7346", first|strong="H7223" and|strong="H3117" last|strong="H0314", aren’t they|strong="H1992" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H3789" the|strong="H3605" histories of|strong="H3117" Shemaiah|strong="H8098" the|strong="H3605" prophet|strong="H5030" and|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" Iddo|strong="H5714" the|strong="H3605" seer|strong="H2374", in|strong="H3789" the|strong="H3605" genealogies|strong="H3187"? There|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1992" wars|strong="H4421" between|strong="H4421" Rehoboam|strong="H7346" and|strong="H3117" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" continually|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{16}Rehoboam|strong="H7346" slept|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H1732" fathers|strong="H0001", and|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1732" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H6912" David’s|strong="H1732" city|strong="H5892"; and|strong="H1121" Abijah|strong="H0029" his|strong="H1732" son|strong="H1121" reigned|strong="H4427" in|strong="H6912" his|strong="H1732" place|strong="H8478". 
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\chapterNumber{13}In|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" eighteenth|strong="H6240" year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H4428" King|strong="H4428" Jeroboam|strong="H3379", Abijah|strong="H0029" began to|strong="H5921" reign|strong="H4427" over|strong="H5921" Judah|strong="H3063". 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H4480" reigned|strong="H4427" three|strong="H7969" years|strong="H8141" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". His|strong="H1961" mother’s|strong="H0517" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Micaiah|strong="H4322" the|strong="H4480" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1323" Uriel|strong="H0222" of|strong="H1323" Gibeah|strong="H1390". There|strong="H1961" was|strong="H8034" war|strong="H4421" between|strong="H0996" Abijah|strong="H0029" and|strong="H3389" Jeroboam|strong="H3379". 
\verseNumber{3}Abijah|strong="H0029" joined battle|strong="H4421" with|strong="H5973" an|strong="H0376" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H0376" valiant|strong="H2428" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" war|strong="H4421", even|strong="H0853" four|strong="H0702" hundred|strong="H3967" thousand|strong="H0505" chosen men|strong="H0376"; and|strong="H3967" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" set the|strong="H0853" battle|strong="H4421" in|strong="H0376" array|strong="H4421" against|strong="H5973" him|strong="H0853" with|strong="H5973" eight|strong="H8083" hundred|strong="H3967" thousand|strong="H0505" chosen men|strong="H0376", who|strong="H0376" were|strong="H0376" mighty|strong="H1368" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" valor|strong="H2428". 
\verseNumber{4}Abijah|strong="H0029" stood|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" on|strong="H5921" Mount|strong="H2022" Zemaraim|strong="H6787", which|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" hill|strong="H2022" country|strong="H2022" of|strong="H2022" Ephraim|strong="H0669", and|strong="H6965" said|strong="H0559", “Hear|strong="H8085" me|strong="H5921", Jeroboam|strong="H3379" and|strong="H6965" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478": 
\verseNumber{5}Ought you|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3808" to|strong="H5921" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H5921" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", gave|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" kingdom|strong="H4467" over|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H5921" David|strong="H1732" forever|strong="H5769", even|strong="H3588" to|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5414" and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5414" sons|strong="H1121" by|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3588" covenant|strong="H1285" of|strong="H1121" salt|strong="H4417"? 
\verseNumber{6}Yet|strong="H5921" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Nebat|strong="H5028", the|strong="H5921" servant|strong="H5650" of|strong="H1121" Solomon|strong="H8010" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732", rose|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965", and|strong="H1121" rebelled|strong="H4775" against|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" lord|strong="H0113". 
\verseNumber{7}Worthless|strong="H1100" men|strong="H0376" were|strong="H1961" gathered|strong="H6908" to|strong="H1961" him|strong="H5921", wicked|strong="H1100" fellows|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0376" strengthened|strong="H2388" themselves|strong="H5921" against|strong="H5921" Rehoboam|strong="H7346" the|strong="H6440" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Solomon|strong="H8010", when|strong="H1961" Rehoboam|strong="H7346" was|strong="H1961" young|strong="H5288" and|strong="H1121" tender|strong="H7390" hearted, and|strong="H1121" could|strong="H0376" not|strong="H3808" withstand|strong="H6440" them|strong="H5921". 
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\verseNumber{8}“Now|strong="H6258" you|strong="H0859" intend|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" withstand|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0559" kingdom|strong="H4467" of|strong="H1121" Yahweh|strong="H3068" in|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0559" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732". You|strong="H0859" are|strong="H0834" a|strong="H0834" great|strong="H7227" multitude|strong="H1995", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" golden|strong="H2091" calves|strong="H5695" which|strong="H0834" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" made|strong="H6213" you|strong="H0859" for|strong="H3027" gods|strong="H0430" are|strong="H0834" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H0859". 
\verseNumber{9}Haven’t|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3605" driven|strong="H5080" out|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" of|strong="H1121" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Aaron|strong="H0175", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Levites|strong="H3881", and|strong="H1121" made|strong="H6213" priests|strong="H3548" for|strong="H0776" yourselves|strong="H3027" according|strong="H3027" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" ways of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" peoples|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1121" other|strong="H3605" lands|strong="H0776"? Whoever|strong="H3605" comes|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" consecrate himself|strong="H3027" with|strong="H4390" a|strong="H1961" young|strong="H1121" bull|strong="H6499" and|strong="H1121" seven|strong="H7651" rams|strong="H0352" may|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" priest|strong="H3548" of|strong="H1121" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3027" no|strong="H3808" gods|strong="H0430". 
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\verseNumber{10}“But|strong="H3808" as|strong="H3068" for|strong="H0430" us, Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430", and|strong="H1121" we|strong="H0587" have|strong="H1121" not|strong="H3808" forsaken him|strong="H0430". We|strong="H0587" have|strong="H1121" priests|strong="H3548" serving|strong="H8334" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3068" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Aaron|strong="H0175", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3068" Levites|strong="H3881" in|strong="H0430" their|strong="H3068" work|strong="H4399". 
\verseNumber{11}They|strong="H3588" burn|strong="H6999" to|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068" every|strong="H1242" morning|strong="H1242" and|strong="H3068" every|strong="H1242" evening|strong="H6153" burnt|strong="H5930" offerings|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" sweet|strong="H5561" incense|strong="H7004". They|strong="H3588" also|strong="H3068" set the|strong="H0853" show bread|strong="H3899" in|strong="H5921" order on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" pure|strong="H2889" table|strong="H7979", and|strong="H3068" care|strong="H4931" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" gold|strong="H2091" lamp|strong="H5216" stand with|strong="H3068" its|strong="H0853" lamps|strong="H5216", to|strong="H5921" burn|strong="H6999" every|strong="H1242" evening|strong="H6153"; for|strong="H3588" we|strong="H0587" keep|strong="H8104" the|strong="H0853" instruction of|strong="H0430" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430", but|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859" have|strong="H0859" forsaken him|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{12}Behold|strong="H2009", God|strong="H0430" is|strong="H3068" with|strong="H5973" us|strong="H5921" at|strong="H5921" our|strong="H3068" head|strong="H7218", and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5921" priests|strong="H3548" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H5921" trumpets|strong="H2689" of|strong="H1121" alarm|strong="H8643" to|strong="H5921" sound|strong="H7321" an|strong="H3588" alarm|strong="H8643" against|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3588". Children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", don’t|strong="H0408" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H5921" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3068" fathers|strong="H0001"; for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" prosper|strong="H6743".” 
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\verseNumber{13}But|strong="H1961" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" caused|strong="H1961" an|strong="H1961" ambush|strong="H3993" to|strong="H0935" come|strong="H0935" about|strong="H1961" behind|strong="H0310" them|strong="H0853"; so|strong="H1961" they|strong="H0935" were|strong="H1961" before|strong="H6440" Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" ambush|strong="H3993" was|strong="H1961" behind|strong="H0310" them|strong="H0853". 
\verseNumber{14}When|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063" looked|strong="H6437" back|strong="H0268", behold|strong="H2009", the|strong="H6440" battle|strong="H4421" was|strong="H3068" before|strong="H6440" and|strong="H3068" behind|strong="H0268" them|strong="H6440"; and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" cried|strong="H6817" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" priests|strong="H3548" sounded|strong="H2690" with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" trumpets|strong="H2689". 
\verseNumber{15}Then|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Judah|strong="H3063" gave|strong="H7321" a|strong="H1961" shout|strong="H7321". As|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Judah|strong="H3063" shouted|strong="H7321", God|strong="H0430" struck|strong="H5062" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" and|strong="H3063" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" before|strong="H6440" Abijah|strong="H0029" and|strong="H3063" Judah|strong="H3063". 
\verseNumber{16}The|strong="H6440" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" fled|strong="H5127" before|strong="H6440" Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H1121" God|strong="H0430" delivered|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" into|strong="H3027" their|strong="H5414" hand|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{17}Abijah|strong="H0029" and|strong="H3478" his|strong="H0376" people|strong="H5971" killed|strong="H5221" them|strong="H5221" with|strong="H0376" a|strong="H5221" great|strong="H7227" slaughter|strong="H4347", so five|strong="H2568" hundred|strong="H3967" thousand|strong="H0505" chosen men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478" fell|strong="H5307" down|strong="H5221" slain|strong="H5221". 
\verseNumber{18}Thus the|strong="H5921" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" were|strong="H3478" brought under|strong="H5921" at|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3588" time|strong="H6256", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" prevailed|strong="H0553", because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" relied|strong="H8172" on|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H5921" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3068" fathers|strong="H0001". 
\verseNumber{19}Abijah|strong="H0029" pursued|strong="H7291" Jeroboam|strong="H3379", and|strong="H1323" took|strong="H3920" cities|strong="H5892" from|strong="H4480" him|strong="H0853": Bethel|strong="H1008" with|strong="H4480" its|strong="H0853" villages|strong="H1323", Jeshanah|strong="H3466" with|strong="H4480" its|strong="H0853" villages|strong="H1323", and|strong="H1323" Ephron|strong="H6085" with|strong="H4480" its|strong="H0853" villages|strong="H1323". 
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\verseNumber{20}Jeroboam|strong="H3379" didn’t|strong="H3808" recover|strong="H6113" strength|strong="H3581" again|strong="H5750" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3068" Abijah|strong="H0029". Yahweh|strong="H3068" struck|strong="H5062" him|strong="H4191", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3117" died|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{21}But|strong="H2388" Abijah|strong="H0029" grew|strong="H5375" mighty|strong="H2388" and|strong="H1121" took|strong="H5375" for|strong="H0802" himself|strong="H2388" fourteen|strong="H6240" wives|strong="H0802", and|strong="H1121" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H1121" twenty-two|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" sixteen|strong="H6240" daughters|strong="H1323". 
\verseNumber{22}The|strong="H1697" rest|strong="H3499" of|strong="H1697" the|strong="H1697" acts|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1697" Abijah|strong="H0029", his|strong="H5714" ways|strong="H1870", and|strong="H1870" his|strong="H5714" sayings|strong="H1697" are|strong="H1697" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H3789" the|strong="H1697" commentary of|strong="H1697" the|strong="H1697" prophet|strong="H5030" Iddo|strong="H5714". 
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\chapterNumber{14}So|strong="H6213" Abijah slept with|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" fathers, and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" buried|strong="H6213" him|strong="H0430" in|strong="H0430" David’s city; and|strong="H3068" Asa|strong="H0609" his|strong="H3068" son reigned in|strong="H0430" his|strong="H3068" place. In|strong="H0430" his|strong="H3068" days, the|strong="H3068" land was|strong="H3068" quiet ten years. 
\verseNumber{2}Asa did that|strong="H4196" which was good and|strong="H4196" right in|strong="H7665" Yahweh his|strong="H5493" God’s eyes, 
\verseNumber{3}for|strong="H3068" he|strong="H6213" took|strong="H0853" away the|strong="H0853" foreign altars and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" high places|strong="H0559", broke down the|strong="H0853" pillars, cut down the|strong="H0853" Asherah poles, 
\verseNumber{4}and|strong="H3063" commanded Judah|strong="H3063" to|strong="H6440" seek Yahweh, the|strong="H3605" God of|strong="H6440" their|strong="H3605" fathers, and|strong="H3063" to|strong="H6440" obey his|strong="H3605" law and|strong="H3063" command. 
\verseNumber{5}Also|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3588" took away|strong="H5973" out of|strong="H0776" all the|strong="H3588" cities|strong="H5892" of|strong="H0776" Judah|strong="H3063" the|strong="H3588" high places and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" sun images; and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" kingdom was|strong="H0369" quiet|strong="H8252" before|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5973". 
\verseNumber{6}He|strong="H3588" built|strong="H1129" fortified|strong="H1129" cities|strong="H5892" in|strong="H0430" Judah|strong="H3063"; for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" land|strong="H0776" was|strong="H3068" quiet, and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3068" no war in|strong="H0430" those|strong="H0428" years, because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" given|strong="H5117" him|strong="H0853" rest|strong="H5117". 
\verseNumber{7}For|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3063" said to|strong="H1961" Judah|strong="H3063", “Let’s build these|strong="H0428" cities and|strong="H3063" make|strong="H5375" walls around them|strong="H5375", with|strong="H3605" towers|strong="H5375", gates, and|strong="H3063" bars. The|strong="H3605" land is|strong="H3605" yet before us, because|strong="H3605" we|strong="H3605" have|strong="H1961" sought Yahweh our|strong="H3605" God. We|strong="H3605" have|strong="H1961" sought him|strong="H3605", and|strong="H3063" he|strong="H3063" has|strong="H1961" given us rest|strong="H1961" on|strong="H1961" every|strong="H3605" side.” So|strong="H1961" they|strong="H0428" built and|strong="H3063" prospered. 
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\verseNumber{8}Asa had|strong="H0935" an|strong="H0935" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H0505" three|strong="H7969" hundred|strong="H3967" thousand|strong="H0505" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H0505" Judah who bore bucklers and|strong="H0935" spears, and|strong="H0935" two|strong="H3967" hundred|strong="H3967" eighty thousand|strong="H0505" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H0505" Benjamin who bore shields and|strong="H0935" drew bows. All|strong="H5704" these were|strong="H2428" mighty|strong="H2428" men of|strong="H0505" valor|strong="H2428". 
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\verseNumber{9}Zerah the|strong="H6440" Ethiopian came|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" against|strong="H6440" them|strong="H6440" with|strong="H4421" an|strong="H6440" army|strong="H4421" of|strong="H6440" a|strong="H3318" million troops and|strong="H6440" three hundred chariots, and|strong="H6440" he|strong="H3318" came|strong="H3318" to|strong="H6440" Mareshah|strong="H4762". 
\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="H2088" Asa|strong="H0609" went|strong="H0935" out|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0413" meet him|strong="H0413", and|strong="H0935" they|strong="H3588" set|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0559" battle in|strong="H5921" array in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" valley of|strong="H0430" Zephathah at|strong="H0413" Mareshah. 
\verseNumber{11}Asa|strong="H0609" cried to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" said, “Yahweh|strong="H3068", there|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" no one|strong="H3068" besides you|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3068" help, between the|strong="H0853" mighty and|strong="H3068" him|strong="H0853" who|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" no strength. Help us|strong="H6440", Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068"; for|strong="H3068" we rely on|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6440", and|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" name are|strong="H3068" we come against|strong="H6440" this|strong="H3068" multitude. Yahweh|strong="H3068", you|strong="H6440" are|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068". Don’t let man prevail against|strong="H6440" you|strong="H6440".” 
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\verseNumber{12}So|strong="H0834" Yahweh|strong="H3068" struck|strong="H5307" the|strong="H6440" Ethiopians|strong="H3569" before|strong="H6440" Asa|strong="H0609" and|strong="H3068" before|strong="H6440" Judah; and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" Ethiopians|strong="H3569" fled. 
\verseNumber{13}Asa and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" people who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1961" with|strong="H3068" him|strong="H5921" pursued them|strong="H0853" to|strong="H1961" Gerar|strong="H1642". So|strong="H1961" many|strong="H7227" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Ethiopians fell|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" could not|strong="H1961" recover themselves|strong="H5921", for|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" were|strong="H1961" destroyed|strong="H5221" before|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" before|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" army. Judah’s army carried|strong="H5921" away|strong="H3605" very|strong="H7227" much|strong="H7227" booty|strong="H0962". 
\verseNumber{14}They|strong="H1571" struck|strong="H5221" all|strong="H7230" the|strong="H5221" cities around|strong="H7725" Gerar, for|strong="H3389" the|strong="H5221" fear of|strong="H0168" Yahweh came|strong="H7725" on|strong="H7725" them|strong="H7725". They|strong="H1571" plundered all|strong="H7230" the|strong="H5221" cities, for|strong="H3389" there|strong="H7230" was|strong="H3389" much|strong="H7230" plunder in|strong="H7725" them|strong="H7725". 
\verseNumber{15}They also struck the tents of those who had livestock, and carried away sheep and camels in abundance, then returned to Jerusalem. 
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\chapterNumber{15}The|strong="H5921" Spirit|strong="H7307" of|strong="H1121" God|strong="H0430" came|strong="H1961" on|strong="H5921" Azariah|strong="H5838" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Oded|strong="H5752". 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H0518" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H0559" meet|strong="H6440" Asa|strong="H0609", and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0853", “Hear|strong="H8085" me|strong="H6440", Asa|strong="H0609", and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3068" Benjamin|strong="H1144"! Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H0518" while|strong="H1961" you|strong="H0518" are|strong="H3068" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H0853"; and|strong="H3068" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H0518" seek|strong="H1875" him|strong="H0853", he|strong="H0518" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" found|strong="H4672" by|strong="H3068" you|strong="H0518"; but|strong="H0518" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H0518" forsake|strong="H5800" him|strong="H0853", he|strong="H0518" will|strong="H3068" forsake|strong="H5800" you|strong="H0518". 
\verseNumber{3}Now|strong="H3117" for|strong="H3117" a|strong="H3808" long|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" Israel|strong="H3478" was|strong="H3478" without|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3117" true|strong="H0571" God|strong="H0430", without|strong="H3808" a|strong="H3808" teaching|strong="H8451" priest|strong="H3548", and|strong="H3478" without|strong="H3808" law|strong="H8451". 
\verseNumber{4}But|strong="H1245" when|strong="H7725" in|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3068" distress|strong="H6862" they|strong="H5921" turned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H5921" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H3068" sought|strong="H1245" him|strong="H5921", he|strong="H0430" was|strong="H3068" found|strong="H4672" by|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{5}In|strong="H3427" those|strong="H3605" times there|strong="H0369" was|strong="H0369" no|strong="H0369" peace|strong="H7965" to|strong="H0935" him|strong="H5921" who|strong="H3605" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318", nor|strong="H0369" to|strong="H0935" him|strong="H5921" who|strong="H3605" came|strong="H0935" in|strong="H3427"; but|strong="H3588" great|strong="H7227" troubles were|strong="H1992" on|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" inhabitants|strong="H3427" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" lands|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{6}They|strong="H3588" were|strong="H0430" broken|strong="H3807" in|strong="H0430" pieces|strong="H3807", nation|strong="H1471" against|strong="H3605" nation|strong="H1471", and|strong="H0430" city|strong="H5892" against|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892"; for|strong="H3588" God|strong="H0430" troubled|strong="H2000" them|strong="H3807" with|strong="H0430" all|strong="H3605" adversity|strong="H6869". 
\verseNumber{7}But|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859" be|strong="H0408" strong|strong="H2388"! Don’t|strong="H0408" let|strong="H7503" your|strong="H3588" hands|strong="H3027" be|strong="H0408" slack|strong="H7503", for|strong="H3588" your|strong="H3588" work|strong="H6468" will|strong="H3027" be|strong="H0408" rewarded|strong="H7939".” 
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\verseNumber{8}When|strong="H0834" Asa|strong="H0609" heard|strong="H8085" these|strong="H0428" words|strong="H1697" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" prophecy|strong="H5016" of|strong="H0776" Oded|strong="H5752" the|strong="H3605" prophet|strong="H5030", he|strong="H0834" took|strong="H2388" courage|strong="H2388", and|strong="H3068" put|strong="H2388" away|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" abominations|strong="H8251" out|strong="H2388" of|strong="H0776" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3068" Benjamin|strong="H1144", and|strong="H3068" out|strong="H2388" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H3068" taken|strong="H3920" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" hill|strong="H2022" country|strong="H2022" of|strong="H0776" Ephraim|strong="H0669"; and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H0834" renewed|strong="H2318" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" altar|strong="H4196" that|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" before|strong="H6440" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" porch|strong="H0197". 
\verseNumber{9}He|strong="H3588" gathered|strong="H6908" all|strong="H3605" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3068" Benjamin|strong="H1144", and|strong="H3068" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" lived|strong="H1481" with|strong="H5973" them|strong="H0853" out|strong="H5921" of|strong="H0430" Ephraim|strong="H0669", Manasseh|strong="H4519", and|strong="H3068" Simeon|strong="H8095"; for|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" came|strong="H5307" to|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921" out|strong="H5921" of|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478" in|strong="H5921" abundance|strong="H7230" when|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" was|strong="H3068" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{10}So they|strong="H2320" gathered|strong="H6908" themselves|strong="H6908" together|strong="H6908" at|strong="H6908" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H6908" third|strong="H7992" month|strong="H2320", in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H6908" fifteenth year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H8141" Asa’s|strong="H0609" reign|strong="H4438". 
\verseNumber{11}They|strong="H3117" sacrificed|strong="H2076" to|strong="H0935" Yahweh|strong="H3068" in|strong="H0935" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117", of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0935" plunder|strong="H7998" which|strong="H1931" they|strong="H3117" had|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H0935", seven|strong="H7651" hundred|strong="H3967" head of|strong="H3068" cattle|strong="H1241" and|strong="H0935" seven|strong="H7651" thousand|strong="H0505" sheep|strong="H6629". 
\verseNumber{12}They|strong="H3068" entered|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" covenant|strong="H1285" to|strong="H0935" seek|strong="H1875" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" their|strong="H3605" fathers|strong="H0001", with|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" heart|strong="H3824" and|strong="H0935" with|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" soul|strong="H5315"; 
\verseNumber{13}and|strong="H3068" that|strong="H0834" whoever|strong="H3605" would|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" seek|strong="H1875" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478", should|strong="H0376" be|strong="H4191" put|strong="H4191" to|strong="H5704" death|strong="H4191", whether|strong="H4480" small|strong="H6996" or|strong="H3808" great|strong="H1419", whether|strong="H4480" man|strong="H0376" or|strong="H3808" woman|strong="H0802". 
\verseNumber{14}They|strong="H3068" swore|strong="H7650" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" with|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3068" loud|strong="H1419" voice|strong="H6963", with|strong="H3068" shouting|strong="H8643", with|strong="H3068" trumpets|strong="H2689", and|strong="H3068" with|strong="H3068" cornets. 
\verseNumber{15}All|strong="H3605" Judah|strong="H3063" rejoiced|strong="H8055" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" oath|strong="H7621", for|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3068" sworn|strong="H7650" with|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" heart|strong="H3824" and|strong="H3068" sought|strong="H1245" him|strong="H5921" with|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3605" whole|strong="H3605" desire|strong="H3824"; and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3068" found|strong="H4672" by|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921". Then|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H5117" them|strong="H5921" rest|strong="H5117" all|strong="H3605" around|strong="H5439". 
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\verseNumber{16}Also|strong="H1571" Maacah|strong="H4601", the|strong="H0853" mother|strong="H0517" of|strong="H4428" Asa|strong="H0609" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428", he|strong="H0834" removed|strong="H5493" from|strong="H5493" being|strong="H3772" queen|strong="H1377" mother|strong="H0517", because|strong="H0834" she|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" made|strong="H6213" an|strong="H3772" abominable image|strong="H4656" for|strong="H4428" an|strong="H3772" Asherah|strong="H0842"; so|strong="H6213" Asa|strong="H0609" cut|strong="H3772" down|strong="H3772" her|strong="H3772" image|strong="H4656", ground|strong="H1854" it|strong="H6213" into|strong="H5493" dust, and|strong="H4428" burned|strong="H8313" it|strong="H6213" at|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" brook|strong="H5158" Kidron|strong="H6939". 
\verseNumber{17}But|strong="H7535" the|strong="H3605" high|strong="H1116" places|strong="H1116" were|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" taken|strong="H5493" away|strong="H5493" out|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3117" Israel|strong="H3478"; nevertheless the|strong="H3605" heart|strong="H3824" of|strong="H3117" Asa|strong="H0609" was|strong="H1961" perfect|strong="H8003" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" days|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{18}He|strong="H0430" brought|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" things|strong="H6944" that|strong="H3701" his|strong="H0935" father|strong="H0001" had|strong="H0430" dedicated|strong="H6942" and|strong="H0935" that|strong="H3701" he|strong="H0430" himself|strong="H6942" had|strong="H0430" dedicated|strong="H6942", silver|strong="H3701", gold|strong="H2091", and|strong="H0935" vessels|strong="H3627" into|strong="H0935" God’s|strong="H0430" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{19}There|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" no|strong="H3808" more|strong="H3808" war|strong="H4421" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" thirty-fifth year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H8141" Asa’s|strong="H0609" reign|strong="H4438". 
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\chapterNumber{16}In|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" thirty-sixth year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H4428" Asa’s|strong="H0609" reign|strong="H4438", Baasha|strong="H1201" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" went|strong="H3318" up|strong="H5927" against|strong="H5921" Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H0935" built|strong="H1129" Ramah|strong="H7414", that|strong="H8141" he|strong="H5414" might|strong="H3478" not|strong="H1115" allow|strong="H5414" anyone to|strong="H0935" go|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" or|strong="H1115" come|strong="H0935" in|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0935" Asa|strong="H0609" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063". 
\verseNumber{2}Then|strong="H3318" Asa|strong="H0609" brought|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H3068" gold|strong="H2091" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" treasures|strong="H0214" of|strong="H4428" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3068" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" king’s|strong="H4428" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7971" to|strong="H0413" Ben Hadad king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Syria|strong="H0758", who|strong="H3068" lived|strong="H3427" at|strong="H0413" Damascus|strong="H1834", saying|strong="H0559", 
\verseNumber{3}“Let|strong="H7971" there|strong="H2009" be|strong="H3478" a|strong="H7971" treaty|strong="H1285" between|strong="H0996" me|strong="H7971" and|strong="H3478" you|strong="H7971", as|strong="H5927" there|strong="H2009" was|strong="H3478" between|strong="H0996" my|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001" and|strong="H3478" your|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001". Behold|strong="H2009", I|strong="H2009" have|strong="H0001" sent|strong="H7971" you|strong="H7971" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H3478" gold|strong="H2091". Go|strong="H5927", break|strong="H6565" your|strong="H5921" treaty|strong="H1285" with|strong="H0854" Baasha|strong="H1201" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", that|strong="H3478" he|strong="H7971" may|strong="H3478" depart|strong="H5927" from|strong="H5921" me|strong="H7971".” 
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\verseNumber{4}Ben Hadad listened|strong="H8085" to|strong="H0413" King|strong="H4428" Asa|strong="H0609", and|strong="H3478" sent|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3605" captains|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3605" armies|strong="H2428" against|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478"; and|strong="H3478" they|strong="H0834" struck|strong="H5221" Ijon|strong="H5859", Dan|strong="H1835", Abel Maim, and|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" storage|strong="H4543" cities|strong="H5892" of|strong="H4428" Naphtali|strong="H5321". 
\verseNumber{5}When|strong="H1961" Baasha|strong="H1201" heard|strong="H8085" of|strong="H8085" it|strong="H1961", he|strong="H0853" stopped|strong="H2308" building|strong="H1129" Ramah|strong="H7414", and|strong="H8085" let|strong="H1961" his|strong="H8085" work|strong="H4399" cease|strong="H2308". 
\verseNumber{6}Then|strong="H3947" Asa|strong="H0609" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" took|strong="H3947" all|strong="H3605" Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H3063" they|strong="H0834" carried|strong="H5375" away|strong="H5375" the|strong="H3605" stones|strong="H0068" and|strong="H3063" timber|strong="H6086" of|strong="H4428" Ramah|strong="H7414", with|strong="H3605" which|strong="H0834" Baasha|strong="H1201" had|strong="H0834" built|strong="H1129"; and|strong="H3063" he|strong="H0834" built|strong="H1129" Geba|strong="H1387" and|strong="H3063" Mizpah|strong="H4709" with|strong="H3605" them|strong="H0853". 
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\verseNumber{7}At|strong="H0413" that|strong="H7200" time|strong="H6256" Hanani|strong="H2607" the|strong="H0559" seer came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" Asa|strong="H0609" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H0935" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “Because|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921" have|strong="H3068" relied|strong="H8172" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Syria|strong="H0758", and|strong="H0935" have|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" relied|strong="H8172" on|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430", therefore|strong="H3651" the|strong="H0559" army|strong="H2426" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Syria|strong="H0758" has|strong="H3068" escaped|strong="H4422" out|strong="H5921" of|strong="H4428" your|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{8}Weren’t the|strong="H5921" Ethiopians|strong="H3569" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" Lubim|strong="H3864" a|strong="H1961" huge army|strong="H2428", with|strong="H3068" chariots|strong="H7393" and|strong="H3068" exceedingly|strong="H3966" many|strong="H7230" horsemen|strong="H6571"? Yet|strong="H3068", because|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5414" relied|strong="H8172" on|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068", he|strong="H3068" delivered|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" into|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{9}For|strong="H3588" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" eyes|strong="H5869" run back|strong="H0413" and|strong="H3068" forth throughout|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" whole|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776", to|strong="H0413" show|strong="H2388" himself|strong="H3824" strong|strong="H2388" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" behalf|strong="H5921" of|strong="H0776" them|strong="H0413" whose|strong="H3605" heart|strong="H3824" is|strong="H3068" perfect|strong="H8003" toward|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413". You|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3426" done|strong="H3605" foolishly|strong="H5528" in|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2063"; for|strong="H3588" from|strong="H5921" now|strong="H6258" on|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3426" wars|strong="H4421".” 
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\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="H5414" Asa|strong="H0609" was|strong="H1931" angry|strong="H3707" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H5921" seer, and|strong="H1004" put|strong="H5414" him|strong="H0413" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" prison|strong="H1004"; for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" in|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3588" rage|strong="H2197" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H0413" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H1004" this|strong="H2063" thing|strong="H2063". Asa|strong="H0609" oppressed|strong="H7533" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" at|strong="H0413" the|strong="H5921" same|strong="H1931" time|strong="H6256". 
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\verseNumber{11}Behold|strong="H2009", the|strong="H5921" acts|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" Asa|strong="H0609", first|strong="H7223" and|strong="H3063" last|strong="H0314", behold|strong="H2009", they|strong="H5921" are|strong="H3478" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" book|strong="H5612" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3063" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{12}In|strong="H8141" the|strong="H0853" thirty-ninth year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" reign|strong="H4438", Asa|strong="H0609" was|strong="H3068" diseased|strong="H2456" in|strong="H8141" his|strong="H3068" feet|strong="H7272". His|strong="H3068" disease|strong="H2483" was|strong="H3068" exceedingly|strong="H4605" great; yet|strong="H3588" in|strong="H8141" his|strong="H3068" disease|strong="H2483" he|strong="H3588" didn’t|strong="H3808" seek|strong="H1875" Yahweh|strong="H3068", but|strong="H3588" just|strong="H1571" the|strong="H0853" physicians|strong="H7495". 
\verseNumber{13}Asa|strong="H0609" slept|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H0609" fathers|strong="H0001", and|strong="H0001" died|strong="H4191" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H5973" forty-first year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H8141" his|strong="H0609" reign|strong="H4427". 
\verseNumber{14}They|strong="H0834" buried|strong="H6912" him|strong="H6912" in|strong="H6912" his|strong="H1732" own tomb|strong="H6913", which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" dug|strong="H3738" out|strong="H8316" for|strong="H4390" himself in|strong="H6912" David’s|strong="H1732" city|strong="H5892", and|strong="H1419" laid|strong="H7901" him|strong="H6912" in|strong="H6912" the|strong="H0834" bed|strong="H4904" which|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" filled|strong="H4390" with|strong="H4390" sweet|strong="H1314" odors and|strong="H1419" various kinds|strong="H2177" of|strong="H4390" spices|strong="H1314" prepared by|strong="H5704" the|strong="H0834" perfumers’ art|strong="H4639"; and|strong="H1419" they|strong="H0834" made|strong="H4639" a|strong="H0834" very|strong="H3966" great|strong="H1419" fire|strong="H8316" for|strong="H4390" him|strong="H6912". 
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\chapterNumber{17}Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" his|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" reigned|strong="H4427" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" place|strong="H8478", and|strong="H1121" strengthened|strong="H2388" himself|strong="H2388" against|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H0834" placed|strong="H5414" forces|strong="H2428" in|strong="H0776" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" fortified|strong="H1219" cities|strong="H5892" of|strong="H0776" Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H3063" set|strong="H5414" garrisons|strong="H5333" in|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3063" in|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" of|strong="H0776" Ephraim|strong="H0669", which|strong="H0834" Asa|strong="H0609" his|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" had|strong="H0834" taken|strong="H3920". 
\verseNumber{3}Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5973" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092", because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" walked|strong="H1980" in|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3588" first|strong="H7223" ways|strong="H1870" of|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001" David|strong="H1732", and|strong="H1980" didn’t|strong="H3808" seek|strong="H1875" the|strong="H3588" Baals|strong="H1168", 
\verseNumber{4}but|strong="H3588" sought|strong="H1875" the|strong="H3588" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" his|strong="H3588" father|strong="H0001", and|strong="H1980" walked|strong="H1980" in|strong="H1980" his|strong="H3588" commandments|strong="H4687", and|strong="H1980" not|strong="H3808" in|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3588" ways of|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{5}Therefore|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" established|strong="H3559" the|strong="H3605" kingdom|strong="H4467" in|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027". All|strong="H3605" Judah|strong="H3063" brought|strong="H5414" tribute|strong="H4503" to|strong="H1961" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" riches|strong="H6239" and|strong="H3068" honor|strong="H3519" in|strong="H3068" abundance|strong="H7230". 
\verseNumber{6}His|strong="H3068" heart|strong="H3820" was|strong="H3068" lifted up|strong="H0853" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" ways|strong="H1870" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". Furthermore|strong="H5750", he|strong="H3068" took|strong="H5493" away|strong="H5493" the|strong="H0853" high|strong="H1116" places|strong="H1116" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" Asherah|strong="H0842" poles out|strong="H0853" of|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063". 
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\verseNumber{7}Also|strong="H8269" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H7971" third|strong="H7969" year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H8141" his|strong="H7971" reign|strong="H4427" he|strong="H7971" sent|strong="H7971" his|strong="H7971" princes|strong="H8269", even Ben Hail, Obadiah|strong="H5662", Zechariah|strong="H2148", Nethanel|strong="H5417", and|strong="H3063" Micaiah|strong="H4322", to|strong="H7971" teach|strong="H3925" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H7971" cities|strong="H5892" of|strong="H8141" Judah|strong="H3063"; 
\verseNumber{8}and|strong="H3548" with|strong="H5973" them Levites|strong="H3881", even Shemaiah|strong="H8098", Nethaniah|strong="H5418", Zebadiah|strong="H2069", Asahel|strong="H6214", Shemiramoth|strong="H8070", Jehonathan|strong="H3083", Adonijah|strong="H0138", Tobijah|strong="H2900", and|strong="H3548" Tobadonijah, the|strong="H5973" Levites|strong="H3881"; and|strong="H3548" with|strong="H5973" them Elishama|strong="H0476" and|strong="H3548" Jehoram|strong="H3088", the|strong="H5973" priests|strong="H3548". 
\verseNumber{9}They|strong="H3068" taught|strong="H3925" in|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063", having the|strong="H3605" book|strong="H5612" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" law|strong="H8451" with|strong="H5973" them|strong="H3068". They|strong="H3068" went|strong="H5437" about|strong="H5437" throughout|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" of|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3068" taught|strong="H3925" among|strong="H5973" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971". 
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\verseNumber{10}The|strong="H3605" fear|strong="H6343" of|strong="H0776" Yahweh|strong="H3068" fell|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" kingdoms|strong="H4467" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" lands|strong="H0776" that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" around|strong="H5439" Judah|strong="H3063", so|strong="H1961" that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" made|strong="H1961" no|strong="H3808" war against|strong="H5921" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092". 
\verseNumber{11}Some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4480" the|strong="H0935" Philistines|strong="H6430" brought|strong="H0935" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" presents|strong="H4503" and|strong="H0935" silver|strong="H3701" for|strong="H4480" tribute|strong="H4503". The|strong="H0935" Arabians also|strong="H1571" brought|strong="H0935" him|strong="H0935" flocks|strong="H6629": seven|strong="H7651" thousand|strong="H0505" seven|strong="H7651" hundred|strong="H3967" rams|strong="H0352" and|strong="H0935" seven|strong="H7651" thousand|strong="H0505" seven|strong="H7651" hundred|strong="H3967" male|strong="H8495" goats|strong="H8495". 
\verseNumber{12}Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" grew|strong="H1980" great exceedingly|strong="H4605"; and|strong="H1980" he|strong="H5704" built|strong="H1129" fortresses|strong="H1003" and|strong="H1980" store|strong="H4543" cities|strong="H5892" in|strong="H1980" Judah|strong="H3063". 
\verseNumber{13}He|strong="H0376" had|strong="H1961" many|strong="H7227" works|strong="H4399" in|strong="H0376" the|strong="H1961" cities|strong="H5892" of|strong="H0376" Judah|strong="H3063"; and|strong="H3063" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" war|strong="H4421", mighty|strong="H1368" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" valor|strong="H2428", in|strong="H0376" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{14}This|strong="H0428" was|strong="H3063" the|strong="H5973" numbering of|strong="H1004" them|strong="H0001" according to|strong="H0001" their|strong="H5973" fathers’|strong="H0001" houses|strong="H1004": From|strong="H5973" Judah|strong="H3063", the|strong="H5973" captains|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1004" thousands|strong="H0505": Adnah the|strong="H5973" captain|strong="H8269", and|strong="H3063" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5973" three|strong="H7969" hundred|strong="H3967" thousand|strong="H0505" mighty|strong="H1368" men|strong="H1368" of|strong="H1004" valor|strong="H2428"; 
\verseNumber{15}and|strong="H3967" next|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921" Jehohanan|strong="H3076" the|strong="H5921" captain|strong="H8269", and|strong="H3967" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5921" two|strong="H3967" hundred|strong="H3967" eighty|strong="H8084" thousand|strong="H0505"; 
\verseNumber{16}and|strong="H1121" next|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921" Amasiah|strong="H6007" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zichri|strong="H2147", who|strong="H3068" willingly|strong="H5068" offered|strong="H5068" himself|strong="H3027" to|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068", and|strong="H1121" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5921" two|strong="H3967" hundred|strong="H3967" thousand|strong="H0505" mighty|strong="H1368" men|strong="H1368" of|strong="H1121" valor|strong="H2428". 
\verseNumber{17}From|strong="H4480" Benjamin|strong="H1144": Eliada|strong="H0450", a|strong="H4480" mighty|strong="H1368" man|strong="H1368" of|strong="H4480" valor|strong="H2428", and|strong="H3967" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5973" two|strong="H4480" hundred|strong="H3967" thousand|strong="H0505" armed|strong="H4043" with|strong="H5973" bow|strong="H7198" and|strong="H3967" shield|strong="H4043"; 
\verseNumber{18}and|strong="H3967" next|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921" Jehozabad|strong="H3075", and|strong="H3967" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5921" one|strong="H3027" hundred|strong="H3967" eighty|strong="H8084" thousand|strong="H0505" ready and|strong="H3967" prepared|strong="H3027" for|strong="H5921" war|strong="H6635". 
\verseNumber{19}These|strong="H0428" were|strong="H0834" those|strong="H0428" who|strong="H0834" waited on|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", in|strong="H4428" addition to|strong="H5414" those|strong="H0428" whom|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" put|strong="H5414" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" fortified|strong="H4013" cities|strong="H5892" throughout|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" Judah|strong="H3063". 
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\chapterNumber{18}Now|strong="H1961" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" had|strong="H1961" riches|strong="H6239" and|strong="H6239" honor|strong="H3519" in|strong="H1961" abundance|strong="H7230"; and|strong="H6239" he|strong="H0256" allied|strong="H2859" himself with|strong="H1961" Ahab|strong="H0256". 
\verseNumber{2}After|strong="H7093" some|strong="H7093" years|strong="H8141", he|strong="H0834" went|strong="H5927" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H0413" Ahab|strong="H0256" to|strong="H0413" Samaria|strong="H8111". Ahab|strong="H0256" killed sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H6629" cattle|strong="H1241" for|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413" in|strong="H8141" abundance|strong="H7230", and|strong="H6629" for|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0834" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H0413", and|strong="H6629" moved|strong="H5496" him|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" Ramoth|strong="H7433" Gilead|strong="H1568". 
\verseNumber{3}Ahab|strong="H0256" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063", “Will|strong="H4428" you|strong="H5973" go with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" Ramoth|strong="H7433" Gilead|strong="H1568"?” 
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He|strong="H0256" answered|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0413", “I|strong="H0559" am as|strong="H3644" you|strong="H5973" are|strong="H3478", and|strong="H3063" my|strong="H0559" people|strong="H5971" as|strong="H3644" your|strong="H0413" people|strong="H5971". We will|strong="H4428" be|strong="H3478" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H5973" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" war|strong="H4421".” 
\verseNumber{4}Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", “Please|strong="H4994" inquire|strong="H1875" first|strong="H3117" for|strong="H0413" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" word|strong="H1697".” 
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\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H0853" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" gathered|strong="H6908" the|strong="H0853" prophets|strong="H5030" together|strong="H6908", four|strong="H0702" hundred|strong="H3967" men|strong="H0376", and|strong="H3478" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413", “Shall|strong="H3478" we|strong="H0518" go|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0413" Ramoth|strong="H7433" Gilead|strong="H1568" to|strong="H0413" battle|strong="H4421", or|strong="H0518" shall|strong="H3478" I|strong="H0518" forbear?” 
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They|strong="H0518" said|strong="H0559", “Go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927", for|strong="H0413" God|strong="H0430" will|strong="H0430" deliver|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428".” 
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\verseNumber{6}But|strong="H0369" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" said|strong="H0559", “Isn’t there|strong="H0369" here|strong="H6311" a|strong="H5750" prophet|strong="H5030" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" besides|strong="H5750", that|strong="H3068" we may|strong="H3068" inquire|strong="H1875" of|strong="H3068" him|strong="H0853"?” 
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\verseNumber{7}The|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092", “There|strong="H0369" is|strong="H0369" yet|strong="H5750" one|strong="H0259" man|strong="H0376" by|strong="H5921" whom|strong="H0259" we|strong="H3588" may|strong="H0376" inquire|strong="H1875" of|strong="H1121" Yahweh|strong="H3068"; but|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0589" hate|strong="H8130" him|strong="H0413", for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" never|strong="H0369" prophesies|strong="H5012" good|strong="H2896" concerning|strong="H5921" me|strong="H0413", but|strong="H3588" always|strong="H3117" evil|strong="H7451". He|strong="H1931" is|strong="H0369" Micaiah|strong="H4321" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Imla|strong="H3229".” 
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Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" said|strong="H0559", “Don’t|strong="H0408" let|strong="H0408" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" say|strong="H0559" so|strong="H3651".” 
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\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" called|strong="H7121" an|strong="H7121" officer|strong="H5631", and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559", “Get Micaiah|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Imla|strong="H3229" quickly|strong="H4116".” 
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\verseNumber{9}Now the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3063" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" each|strong="H0376" sat|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" throne|strong="H3678", arrayed|strong="H3847" in|strong="H3427" their|strong="H3605" robes|strong="H0899", and|strong="H3063" they|strong="H5921" were|strong="H3478" sitting|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" an|strong="H6440" open|strong="H6440" place|strong="H3605" at|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" entrance|strong="H6607" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" gate|strong="H8179" of|strong="H4428" Samaria|strong="H8111"; and|strong="H3063" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" prophets|strong="H5030" were|strong="H3478" prophesying|strong="H5012" before|strong="H6440" them|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{10}Zedekiah|strong="H6667" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Chenaanah|strong="H3668" made|strong="H6213" himself horns|strong="H7161" of|strong="H1121" iron|strong="H1270" and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H0559", ‘With|strong="H3068" these|strong="H0428" you|strong="H5704" shall|strong="H1121" push|strong="H5055" the|strong="H0853" Syrians, until|strong="H5704" they|strong="H3068" are|strong="H0428" consumed|strong="H3615".’” 
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\verseNumber{11}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" prophets|strong="H5030" prophesied|strong="H5012" so|strong="H3651", saying|strong="H0559", “Go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0559" Ramoth|strong="H7433" Gilead|strong="H1568", and|strong="H3068" prosper|strong="H6743"; for|strong="H3027" Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" deliver|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" into|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428".” 
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\verseNumber{12}The|strong="H0559" messenger|strong="H4397" who|strong="H0834" went|strong="H1980" to|strong="H0413" call|strong="H7121" Micaiah|strong="H4321" spoke|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", saying|strong="H0559", “Behold|strong="H2009", the|strong="H0559" words|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" prophets|strong="H5030" declare|strong="H1696" good|strong="H2896" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" with|strong="H1980" one|strong="H0259" mouth|strong="H6310". Let|strong="H4994" your|strong="H0834" word|strong="H1697" therefore|strong="H1961", please|strong="H4994" be|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H4428" theirs|strong="H1992", and|strong="H1980" speak|strong="H1696" good|strong="H2896".” 
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\verseNumber{13}Micaiah|strong="H4321" said|strong="H0559", “As|strong="H0834" Yahweh|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H2416", I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" say|strong="H0559" what|strong="H0834" my|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430" says|strong="H0559".” 
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\verseNumber{14}When|strong="H0518" he|strong="H0518" had|strong="H4428" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428", the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “Micaiah|strong="H0559", shall|strong="H4428" we|strong="H0518" go|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" Ramoth|strong="H7433" Gilead|strong="H1568" to|strong="H0413" battle|strong="H4421", or|strong="H0518" shall|strong="H4428" I|strong="H0518" forbear?” 
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He|strong="H0518" said|strong="H0559", “Go|strong="H0935" up|strong="H5927", and|strong="H0935" prosper|strong="H6743". They|strong="H0518" shall|strong="H4428" be|strong="H3027" delivered|strong="H5414" into|strong="H0413" your|strong="H5414" hand|strong="H3027".” 
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\verseNumber{15}The|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “How|strong="H4100" many|strong="H4100" times|strong="H6471" shall|strong="H3068" I|strong="H0589" adjure|strong="H7650" you|strong="H0834" that|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" speak|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413" nothing|strong="H3808" but|strong="H7535" the|strong="H0559" truth|strong="H0571" in|strong="H0413" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" name|strong="H8034"?” 
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\verseNumber{16}He|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H0834" saw|strong="H7200" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" scattered|strong="H6327" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" mountains|strong="H2022", as|strong="H0834" sheep|strong="H6629" that|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" no|strong="H3808" shepherd|strong="H7462". Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", ‘These|strong="H0428" have|strong="H0834" no|strong="H3808" master|strong="H0113". Let|strong="H3808" them|strong="H0853" each|strong="H0376" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0559" his|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" in|strong="H5921" peace|strong="H7965".’” 
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\verseNumber{17}The|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092", “Didn’t|strong="H3808" I|strong="H3588" tell|strong="H0559" you|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" would|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" prophesy|strong="H5012" good|strong="H2896" concerning|strong="H5921" me|strong="H0413", but|strong="H3588" evil|strong="H7451"?” 
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\verseNumber{18}Micaiah|strong="H0559" said|strong="H0559", “Therefore|strong="H3651" hear|strong="H8085" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" word|strong="H1697": I|strong="H1697" saw|strong="H7200" Yahweh|strong="H3068" sitting|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" throne|strong="H3678", and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H6635" of|strong="H3068" heaven|strong="H8064" standing|strong="H5975" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" right|strong="H3225" hand|strong="H3225" and|strong="H3068" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" left|strong="H8040". 
\verseNumber{19}Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", ‘Who|strong="H4310" will|strong="H3068" entice Ahab|strong="H0256" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" may|strong="H3068" go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" and|strong="H3068" fall|strong="H5307" at|strong="H3478" Ramoth|strong="H7433" Gilead|strong="H1568"?’ One|strong="H2088" spoke|strong="H0559" saying|strong="H0559" in|strong="H3068" this|strong="H2088" way|strong="H2088", and|strong="H3068" another|strong="H2088" saying|strong="H0559" in|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068" way|strong="H2088". 
\verseNumber{20}A|strong="H3318" spirit|strong="H7307" came|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318", stood|strong="H5975" before|strong="H6440" Yahweh|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", ‘I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H3068" entice him|strong="H0413".’ 
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“Yahweh|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", ‘How|strong="H4100"?’ 
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\verseNumber{21}“He|strong="H3651" said|strong="H0559", ‘I|strong="H3651" will|strong="H1961" go|strong="H3318", and|strong="H6310" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" lying|strong="H8267" spirit|strong="H7307" in|strong="H1571" the|strong="H3605" mouth|strong="H6310" of|strong="H7307" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" prophets|strong="H5030".’ 
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“He|strong="H3651" said|strong="H0559", ‘You|strong="H3605" will|strong="H1961" entice him|strong="H3605", and|strong="H6310" will|strong="H1961" prevail|strong="H3201" also|strong="H1571". Go|strong="H3318" and|strong="H6310" do|strong="H6213" so|strong="H3651".’ 
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\verseNumber{22}“Now|strong="H6258" therefore|strong="H6258", behold|strong="H2009", Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" put|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" lying|strong="H8267" spirit|strong="H7307" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" mouth|strong="H6310" of|strong="H3068" these|strong="H0428" your|strong="H3068" prophets|strong="H5030"; and|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" spoken|strong="H1696" evil|strong="H7451" concerning|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5414".” 
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\verseNumber{23}Then|strong="H1696" Zedekiah|strong="H6667" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Chenaanah|strong="H3668" came|strong="H5066" near|strong="H5066", and|strong="H1121" struck|strong="H5221" Micaiah|strong="H4321" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" cheek|strong="H3895", and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559", “Which|strong="H2088" way|strong="H1870" did Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" Spirit|strong="H7307" go|strong="H5066" from|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0559" speak|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0559" you|strong="H5921"?” 
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\verseNumber{24}Micaiah|strong="H4321" said|strong="H0559", “Behold|strong="H2005", you|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H3117" see|strong="H7200" on|strong="H3117" that|strong="H0834" day|strong="H3117", when|strong="H3117" you|strong="H0834" go|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0935" an|strong="H7200" inner|strong="H2315" room|strong="H2315" to|strong="H0559" hide|strong="H2244" yourself.” 
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\verseNumber{25}The|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" said|strong="H0559", “Take|strong="H3947" Micaiah|strong="H4321", and|strong="H1121" carry|strong="H3947" him|strong="H0413" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" Amon|strong="H0526" the|strong="H0853" governor|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892", and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H0413" Joash|strong="H3101" the|strong="H0853" king’s|strong="H4428" son|strong="H1121"; 
\verseNumber{26}and|strong="H4428" say|strong="H0559", ‘The|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" says|strong="H0559", “Put|strong="H7760" this|strong="H2088" fellow in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0559" prison|strong="H3608", and|strong="H4428" feed|strong="H0398" him|strong="H7725" with|strong="H1004" bread|strong="H3899" of|strong="H4428" affliction and|strong="H4428" with|strong="H1004" water|strong="H4325" of|strong="H4428" affliction, until|strong="H5704" I|strong="H3541" return|strong="H7725" in|strong="H1004" peace|strong="H7965".”’” 
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\verseNumber{27}Micaiah|strong="H4321" said|strong="H0559", “If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H0518" return|strong="H7725" at|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3068" peace|strong="H7965", Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" spoken|strong="H1696" by|strong="H3068" me|strong="H7725".” He|strong="H0518" said|strong="H0559", “Listen|strong="H8085", you|strong="H0518" people|strong="H5971", all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" you|strong="H0518"!” 
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\verseNumber{28}So|strong="H5927" the|strong="H0413" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3063" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" the|strong="H0413" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0413" Ramoth|strong="H7433" Gilead|strong="H1568". 
\verseNumber{29}The|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092", “I|strong="H0559" will|strong="H3478" disguise|strong="H2664" myself, and|strong="H0935" go|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" battle|strong="H4421"; but|strong="H0859" you|strong="H0859" put|strong="H3847" on|strong="H0413" your|strong="H0935" robes|strong="H0899".” So|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" disguised|strong="H2664" himself|strong="H0413"; and|strong="H0935" they|strong="H0559" went|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" battle|strong="H4421". 
\verseNumber{30}Now|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Syria|strong="H0758" had|strong="H0834" commanded|strong="H6680" the|strong="H0853" captains|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H0834" chariots|strong="H7393", saying|strong="H0559", “Don’t|strong="H3808" fight|strong="H3898" with|strong="H0854" small|strong="H6996" nor|strong="H3808" great|strong="H1419", except|strong="H0518" only|strong="H0905" with|strong="H0854" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478".” 
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\verseNumber{31}When|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" captains|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" chariots|strong="H7393" saw|strong="H7200" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092", they|strong="H1992" said|strong="H0559", “It|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478"!” Therefore|strong="H3068" they|strong="H1992" turned|strong="H5437" around|strong="H5437" to|strong="H0559" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921". But|strong="H1961" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" cried|strong="H2199" out|strong="H4480", and|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" helped|strong="H5826" him|strong="H5921"; and|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430" moved|strong="H5496" them|strong="H1992" to|strong="H0559" depart from|strong="H4480" him|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{32}When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" captains|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3588" chariots|strong="H7393" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", they|strong="H3588" turned|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" pursuing|strong="H0310" him|strong="H0310". 
\verseNumber{33}A|strong="H3588" certain|strong="H0376" man|strong="H0376" drew|strong="H4900" his|strong="H0376" bow|strong="H7198" at|strong="H3478" random|strong="H8537", and|strong="H3478" struck|strong="H5221" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" between|strong="H0996" the|strong="H0853" joints of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" armor|strong="H8302". Therefore|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" driver|strong="H7395" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" chariot|strong="H7395", “Turn|strong="H2015" around|strong="H3027" and|strong="H3478" carry|strong="H3318" me|strong="H4480" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" battle, for|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am severely wounded|strong="H5221".” 
\verseNumber{34}The|strong="H0935" battle|strong="H4421" increased that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117". However, the|strong="H0935" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" propped|strong="H5975" himself|strong="H1931" up|strong="H5927" in|strong="H0935" his|strong="H1961" chariot|strong="H4818" against|strong="H4421" the|strong="H0935" Syrians until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H0935" evening|strong="H6153"; and|strong="H0935" at|strong="H3478" about|strong="H1961" sunset|strong="H6153", he|strong="H1931" died|strong="H4191". 
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\chapterNumber{19}Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" the|strong="H0413" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H7725" house|strong="H1004" in|strong="H0413" peace|strong="H7965" to|strong="H0413" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{2}Jehu|strong="H3058" the|strong="H0559" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hanani|strong="H2607" the|strong="H0559" seer|strong="H2374" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H0413" meet|strong="H6440" him|strong="H0413", and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" King|strong="H4428" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092", “Should|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6440" help|strong="H5826" the|strong="H0559" wicked|strong="H7563", and|strong="H1121" love|strong="H0157" those|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3068" hate|strong="H8130" Yahweh|strong="H3068"? Because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1121" this|strong="H2063", wrath|strong="H7110" is|strong="H3068" on|strong="H5921" you|strong="H6440" from|strong="H3318" before|strong="H6440" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{3}Nevertheless|strong="H0061" there|strong="H4672" are|strong="H1697" good|strong="H2896" things|strong="H1697" found|strong="H4672" in|strong="H0430" you|strong="H3588", in|strong="H0430" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H0776" put|strong="H3559" away|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3588" Asheroth|strong="H0842" out|strong="H4480" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3588" land|strong="H0776", and|strong="H0430" have|strong="H0776" set|strong="H3559" your|strong="H3588" heart|strong="H3824" to|strong="H0430" seek|strong="H1875" God|strong="H0430".” 
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\verseNumber{4}Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" lived|strong="H3427" at|strong="H0413" Jerusalem|strong="H3389"; and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H5704" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" again|strong="H7725" among|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" people|strong="H5971" from|strong="H7725" Beersheba|strong="H0884" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" hill|strong="H2022" country|strong="H2022" of|strong="H0430" Ephraim|strong="H0669", and|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H3318" them|strong="H0413" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H0413" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" their|strong="H3068" fathers|strong="H0001". 
\verseNumber{5}He|strong="H3063" set|strong="H5975" judges|strong="H8199" in|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" throughout|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" fortified|strong="H1219" cities|strong="H5892" of|strong="H0776" Judah|strong="H3063", city|strong="H5892" by|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892", 
\verseNumber{6}and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" judges|strong="H8199", “Consider|strong="H7200" what|strong="H4100" you|strong="H0859" do|strong="H6213", for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859" don’t|strong="H3808" judge|strong="H8199" for|strong="H3588" man|strong="H0120", but|strong="H3588" for|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068"; and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H0859" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" judgment|strong="H4941". 
\verseNumber{7}Now|strong="H6258" therefore|strong="H6258" let|strong="H6258" the|strong="H6440" fear|strong="H6343" of|strong="H0430" Yahweh|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" on|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3588". Take|strong="H8104" heed|strong="H8104" and|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" it|strong="H5921"; for|strong="H3588" there|strong="H0369" is|strong="H0369" no|strong="H0369" iniquity|strong="H5766" with|strong="H5973" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430", nor|strong="H0369" respect|strong="H6343" of|strong="H0430" persons, nor|strong="H0369" taking|strong="H4727" of|strong="H0430" bribes|strong="H7810".” 
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\verseNumber{8}Moreover|strong="H1571" in|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" appointed|strong="H5975" certain Levites|strong="H3881", priests|strong="H3548", and|strong="H3068" heads|strong="H7218" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H4480" fathers’|strong="H0001" households|strong="H0001" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H7725" give|strong="H7725" judgment|strong="H4941" for|strong="H4941" Yahweh|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" for|strong="H4941" controversies. They|strong="H3068" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{9}He|strong="H6213" commanded|strong="H6680" them|strong="H5921", saying|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H6680" shall|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" this|strong="H3541" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" fear|strong="H3374" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", faithfully|strong="H0530", and|strong="H3068" with|strong="H3068" a|strong="H5921" perfect|strong="H8003" heart|strong="H3824". 
\verseNumber{10}Whenever|strong="H3605" any|strong="H3605" controversy|strong="H7379" comes|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" you|strong="H0834" from|strong="H0935" your|strong="H3068" brothers|strong="H0251" who|strong="H0834" dwell|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" their|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892", between|strong="H0996" blood|strong="H1818" and|strong="H0935" blood|strong="H1818", between|strong="H0996" law|strong="H8451" and|strong="H0935" commandment|strong="H4687", statutes|strong="H2706" and|strong="H0935" ordinances|strong="H4941", you|strong="H0834" must|strong="H0853" warn|strong="H2094" them|strong="H0853", that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" guilty|strong="H0816" toward|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068", and|strong="H0935" so|strong="H6213" wrath|strong="H7110" come|strong="H0935" on|strong="H5921" you|strong="H0834" and|strong="H0935" on|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3068" brothers|strong="H0251". Do|strong="H6213" this|strong="H3541", and|strong="H0935" you|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" guilty|strong="H0816". 
\verseNumber{11}Behold|strong="H2009", Amariah|strong="H0568" the|strong="H3605" chief|strong="H7218" priest|strong="H3548" is|strong="H3068" over|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3605" in|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" matters|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1121" Yahweh|strong="H3068"; and|strong="H1121" Zebadiah|strong="H2069" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ishmael|strong="H3458", the|strong="H3605" ruler|strong="H5057" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063", in|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" matters|strong="H1697". Also|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Levites|strong="H3881" shall|strong="H3548" be|strong="H1961" officers|strong="H7860" before|strong="H6440" you|strong="H3605". Deal|strong="H6213" courageously, and|strong="H1121" may|strong="H1961" Yahweh|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H3605" good|strong="H2896".” 
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\chapterNumber{20}After|strong="H0310" this|strong="H0935", the|strong="H5921" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Moab|strong="H4124", the|strong="H5921" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983", and|strong="H1121" with|strong="H5973" them|strong="H5921" some of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" Ammonites|strong="H5984", came|strong="H0935" against|strong="H5921" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" to|strong="H0935" battle|strong="H4421". 
\verseNumber{2}Then|strong="H2009" some|strong="H7227" came|strong="H0935" who|strong="H1931" told|strong="H5046" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092", saying|strong="H0559", “A|strong="H0935" great|strong="H7227" multitude|strong="H1995" is|strong="H1931" coming|strong="H0935" against|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921" from|strong="H0935" beyond|strong="H5676" the|strong="H0559" sea|strong="H3220" from|strong="H0935" Syria|strong="H0758". Behold|strong="H2009", they|strong="H5921" are|strong="H0758" in|strong="H5921" Hazazon Tamar” (that|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931", En Gedi). 
\verseNumber{3}Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" was|strong="H3068" alarmed, and|strong="H3068" set|strong="H5414" himself|strong="H6440" to|strong="H5921" seek|strong="H1875" to|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068". He|strong="H3068" proclaimed|strong="H7121" a|strong="H5414" fast|strong="H6685" throughout|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" Judah|strong="H3063". 
\verseNumber{4}Judah|strong="H3063" gathered|strong="H6908" themselves|strong="H6908" together|strong="H6908" to|strong="H0935" seek|strong="H1245" help from|strong="H0935" Yahweh|strong="H3068". They|strong="H3068" came|strong="H0935" out|strong="H1245" of|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" of|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063" to|strong="H0935" seek|strong="H1245" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{5}Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" stood|strong="H5975" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" assembly|strong="H6951" of|strong="H1004" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", in|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004", before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" new|strong="H2319" court|strong="H2691"; 
\verseNumber{6}and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H1931" said|strong="H0559", “Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" our|strong="H3068" fathers|strong="H0001", aren’t|strong="H0369" you|strong="H0859" God|strong="H0430" in|strong="H0430" heaven|strong="H8064"? Aren’t|strong="H0369" you|strong="H0859" ruler|strong="H4910" over|strong="H3027" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" kingdoms|strong="H4467" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3605" nations|strong="H1471"? Power|strong="H3027" and|strong="H3068" might|strong="H1369" are|strong="H3027" in|strong="H0430" your|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027", so|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3605" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H0369" is|strong="H0369" able|strong="H3027" to|strong="H0559" withstand you|strong="H0859". 
\verseNumber{7}Didn’t|strong="H3808" you|strong="H0859", our|strong="H5414" God|strong="H0430", drive|strong="H3423" out|strong="H3423" the|strong="H0853" inhabitants|strong="H3427" of|strong="H0776" this|strong="H2063" land|strong="H0776" before|strong="H6440" your|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H3478" give|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H0853" offspring|strong="H2233"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{20:7  }or, seed} of|strong="H0776" Abraham|strong="H0085" your|strong="H5414" friend|strong="H0157" forever|strong="H5769"? 
\verseNumber{8}They|strong="H0559" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" it|strong="H1129", and|strong="H3427" have|strong="H1129" built|strong="H1129" you|strong="H3427" a|strong="H1129" sanctuary|strong="H4720" in|strong="H3427" it|strong="H1129" for|strong="H3427" your|strong="H0559" name|strong="H8034", saying|strong="H0559", 
\verseNumber{9}‘If|strong="H0518" evil|strong="H7451" comes|strong="H0935" on|strong="H5921" us|strong="H0413"—the|strong="H6440" sword|strong="H2719", judgment|strong="H8196", pestilence|strong="H1698", or|strong="H0518" famine|strong="H7458"—we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H2719" stand|strong="H5975" before|strong="H6440" this|strong="H2088" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H0935" before|strong="H6440" you|strong="H3588" (for|strong="H3588" your|strong="H5921" name|strong="H8034" is|strong="H2088" in|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2088" house|strong="H1004"), and|strong="H0935" cry|strong="H2199" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H3588" in|strong="H5921" our|strong="H5921" affliction, and|strong="H0935" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H2719" hear|strong="H8085" and|strong="H0935" save|strong="H3467".’ 
\verseNumber{10}Now|strong="H6258", behold|strong="H2009", the|strong="H0834" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983" and|strong="H1121" Moab|strong="H4124" and|strong="H1121" Mount|strong="H2022" Seir|strong="H8165", whom|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" would|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" let|strong="H5414" Israel|strong="H3478" invade|strong="H0935" when|strong="H3588" they|strong="H0834" came|strong="H0935" out|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0834" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H1121" Egypt|strong="H4714", but|strong="H3588" they|strong="H0834" turned|strong="H5493" away|strong="H5493" from|strong="H5493" them|strong="H5414", and|strong="H1121" didn’t|strong="H3808" destroy|strong="H8045" them|strong="H5414"; 
\verseNumber{11}behold|strong="H2009", how|strong="H0834" they|strong="H1992" reward us|strong="H5921", to|strong="H0935" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" cast|strong="H3423" us|strong="H5921" out|strong="H3423" of|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" possession|strong="H3423", which|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" given|strong="H3423" us|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0935" inherit|strong="H3423". 
\verseNumber{12}Our|strong="H5921" God|strong="H0430", will|strong="H0430" you|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3808" judge|strong="H8199" them|strong="H5921"? For|strong="H3588" we|strong="H0587" have|strong="H0369" no|strong="H3808" might|strong="H3581" against|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2088" great|strong="H7227" company that|strong="H3588" comes|strong="H0935" against|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5921". We|strong="H0587" don’t|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" what|strong="H4100" to|strong="H0935" do|strong="H6213", but|strong="H3588" our|strong="H5921" eyes|strong="H5869" are|strong="H4100" on|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3588".” 
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\verseNumber{13}All|strong="H3605" Judah|strong="H3063" stood|strong="H5975" before|strong="H6440" Yahweh|strong="H3068", with|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3605" little|strong="H2945" ones|strong="H2945", their|strong="H3605" wives|strong="H0802", and|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121". 
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\verseNumber{14}Then|strong="H1961" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" Spirit|strong="H7307" came|strong="H1961" on|strong="H5921" Jahaziel|strong="H3166" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zechariah|strong="H2148", the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Benaiah|strong="H1141", the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jeiel|strong="H3273", the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Mattaniah|strong="H4983", the|strong="H5921" Levite|strong="H3881", of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Asaph|strong="H0623", in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" middle|strong="H8432" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" assembly|strong="H6951"; 
\verseNumber{15}and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “Listen|strong="H7181", all|strong="H3605" Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H0859" inhabitants|strong="H3427" of|strong="H4428" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H0859", King|strong="H4428" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092". Yahweh|strong="H3068" says|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" you|strong="H0859", ‘Don’t|strong="H0408" be|strong="H3808" afraid|strong="H3372", and|strong="H3068" don’t|strong="H0408" be|strong="H3808" dismayed|strong="H2865" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H4428" this|strong="H2088" great|strong="H7227" multitude|strong="H1995"; for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" battle|strong="H4421" is|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" yours|strong="H0859", but|strong="H3588" God’s|strong="H0430". 
\verseNumber{16}Tomorrow|strong="H4279", go|strong="H5927" down|strong="H3381" against|strong="H5921" them|strong="H0853". Behold|strong="H2005", they|strong="H5921" are|strong="H5927" coming|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" ascent|strong="H4608" of|strong="H6440" Ziz|strong="H6732". You|strong="H6440" will|strong="H3381" find|strong="H4672" them|strong="H0853" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" end|strong="H5490" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0853" valley|strong="H5158", before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0853" wilderness|strong="H4057" of|strong="H6440" Jeruel. 
\verseNumber{17}You|strong="H6440" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" need to|strong="H3068" fight|strong="H3898" this|strong="H2063" battle|strong="H3898". Set|strong="H5975" yourselves|strong="H4279", stand|strong="H5975" still|strong="H5975", and|strong="H3068" see|strong="H7200" the|strong="H0853" salvation|strong="H3444" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H6440", O|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". Don’t|strong="H0408" be|strong="H3808" afraid|strong="H3372", nor|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" dismayed|strong="H2865". Go|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" against|strong="H5973" them|strong="H0853" tomorrow|strong="H4279", for|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H6440".’” 
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\verseNumber{18}Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" bowed|strong="H7812" his|strong="H3605" head|strong="H6440" with|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3605" face|strong="H6440" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776"; and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" inhabitants|strong="H3427" of|strong="H0776" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" fell|strong="H5307" down|strong="H7812" before|strong="H6440" Yahweh|strong="H3068", worshiping|strong="H7812" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{19}The|strong="H4480" Levites|strong="H3881", of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H4480" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H4480" Kohathites|strong="H6956" and|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H4480" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H4480" Korahites|strong="H7145", stood|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" to|strong="H3068" praise|strong="H1984" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H4480" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", with|strong="H3068" an|strong="H4480" exceedingly|strong="H1419" loud|strong="H1419" voice|strong="H6963". 
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\verseNumber{20}They|strong="H3068" rose|strong="H7925" early|strong="H7925" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0559" morning|strong="H1242" and|strong="H3068" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" into|strong="H3318" the|strong="H0559" wilderness|strong="H4057" of|strong="H0430" Tekoa|strong="H8620". As|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318", Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" stood|strong="H5975" and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “Listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H0559" me|strong="H3318", Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H1242" inhabitants|strong="H3427" of|strong="H0430" Jerusalem|strong="H3389"! Believe|strong="H0539" in|strong="H3427" Yahweh|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430", so|strong="H3318" you|strong="H1242" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" established|strong="H0539"! Believe|strong="H0539" his|strong="H3068" prophets|strong="H5030", so|strong="H3318" you|strong="H1242" will|strong="H3068" prosper|strong="H6743".” 
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\verseNumber{21}When|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3068" taken|strong="H3318" counsel|strong="H3289" with|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" people|strong="H5971", he|strong="H3588" appointed|strong="H5975" those|strong="H3588" who|strong="H3068" were|strong="H6440" to|strong="H0413" sing|strong="H7891" to|strong="H0413" Yahweh|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" give|strong="H3034" praise|strong="H1984" in|strong="H0413" holy|strong="H6944" array as|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3588" go|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0559" army|strong="H5971", and|strong="H3068" say|strong="H0559", “Give|strong="H3034" thanks|strong="H3034" to|strong="H0413" Yahweh|strong="H3068", for|strong="H3588" his|strong="H3068" loving kindness|strong="H2617" endures|strong="H5769" forever|strong="H5769".” 
\verseNumber{22}When|strong="H0935" they|strong="H5921" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="H0935" sing and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H0935" praise|strong="H8416", Yahweh|strong="H3068" set|strong="H5414" ambushers against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983", Moab|strong="H4124", and|strong="H1121" Mount|strong="H2022" Seir|strong="H8165", who|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" come|strong="H0935" against|strong="H5921" Judah|strong="H3063"; and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H5921" were|strong="H1121" struck|strong="H5062". 
\verseNumber{23}For|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983" and|strong="H1121" Moab|strong="H4124" stood|strong="H5975" up|strong="H5975" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" inhabitants|strong="H3427" of|strong="H1121" Mount|strong="H2022" Seir|strong="H8165" to|strong="H5921" utterly|strong="H4889" kill and|strong="H1121" destroy|strong="H8045" them|strong="H5921". When|strong="H3615" they|strong="H5921" had|strong="H0376" finished|strong="H3615" the|strong="H5921" inhabitants|strong="H3427" of|strong="H1121" Seir|strong="H8165", everyone|strong="H0376" helped|strong="H5826" to|strong="H5921" destroy|strong="H8045" each|strong="H0376" other|strong="H7453". 
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\verseNumber{24}When|strong="H0935" Judah|strong="H3063" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H5921" place|strong="H0935" overlooking|strong="H2005" the|strong="H5921" wilderness|strong="H4057", they|strong="H5921" looked|strong="H6437" at|strong="H0413" the|strong="H5921" multitude|strong="H1995"; and|strong="H0935" behold|strong="H2005", they|strong="H5921" were|strong="H3063" dead|strong="H6297" bodies|strong="H6297" fallen|strong="H5307" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H5921" earth|strong="H0776", and|strong="H0935" there|strong="H0369" were|strong="H3063" none|strong="H0369" who|strong="H0369" escaped|strong="H6413". 
\verseNumber{25}When|strong="H3588" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" and|strong="H0935" his|strong="H1961" people|strong="H5971" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" take|strong="H0962" their|strong="H3588" plunder|strong="H0962", they|strong="H3588" found|strong="H4672" among|strong="H4672" them|strong="H0853" in|strong="H0935" abundance|strong="H7230" both riches and|strong="H0935" dead|strong="H6297" bodies|strong="H6297" with|strong="H0935" precious|strong="H2530" jewels|strong="H3627", which|strong="H1931" they|strong="H3588" stripped|strong="H5337" off|strong="H0853" for|strong="H3588" themselves, more|strong="H0369" than|strong="H7227" they|strong="H3588" could|strong="H5971" carry|strong="H4853" away|strong="H5337". They|strong="H3588" took|strong="H0853" plunder|strong="H0962" for|strong="H3588" three|strong="H7969" days|strong="H3117", it|strong="H1931" was|strong="H0369" so|strong="H1961" much|strong="H7230". 
\verseNumber{26}On|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" fourth|strong="H7243" day|strong="H3117", they|strong="H3588" assembled|strong="H6950" themselves|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" Beracah|strong="H1294"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{20:26  }“Beracah” means “blessing”.} Valley|strong="H6010", for|strong="H3588" there|strong="H8033" they|strong="H3588" blessed|strong="H1288" Yahweh|strong="H3068". Therefore|strong="H3651" the|strong="H0853" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3588" place|strong="H4725" was|strong="H8034" called|strong="H7121" “Beracah|strong="H1294" Valley|strong="H6010"” to|strong="H5704" this|strong="H3651" day|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{27}Then|strong="H7725" they|strong="H3588" returned|strong="H7725", every|strong="H3605" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", with|strong="H0413" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" in|strong="H0413" front of|strong="H0376" them|strong="H0413", to|strong="H0413" go|strong="H7725" again|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" with|strong="H0413" joy|strong="H8057"; for|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" made|strong="H7725" them|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" rejoice|strong="H8055" over|strong="H0413" their|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H0341". 
\verseNumber{28}They|strong="H3068" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" with|strong="H0413" stringed instruments, harps|strong="H3658", and|strong="H0935" trumpets|strong="H2689" to|strong="H0413" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{29}The|strong="H3605" fear|strong="H6343" of|strong="H0776" God|strong="H0430" was|strong="H1961" on|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" kingdoms|strong="H4467" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" countries|strong="H0776" when|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" fought|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H0341" of|strong="H0776" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{30}So the|strong="H5439" realm|strong="H4438" of|strong="H0430" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" was|strong="H0430" quiet|strong="H8252", for|strong="H0430" his|strong="H5117" God|strong="H0430" gave|strong="H5117" him|strong="H5117" rest|strong="H5117" all|strong="H5439" around|strong="H5439". 
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\verseNumber{31}So|strong="H5921" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" reigned|strong="H4427" over|strong="H5921" Judah|strong="H3063". He|strong="H3389" was|strong="H8034" thirty-five years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3389" began to|strong="H5921" reign|strong="H4427". He|strong="H3389" reigned|strong="H4427" twenty-five|strong="H2568" years|strong="H8141" in|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". His|strong="H5921" mother’s|strong="H0517" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Azubah|strong="H5806" the|strong="H5921" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" Shilhi|strong="H7977". 
\verseNumber{32}He|strong="H6213" walked in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H4480" way|strong="H1870" of|strong="H3068" Asa|strong="H0609" his|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001", and|strong="H3068" didn’t|strong="H3808" turn|strong="H5493" away|strong="H5493" from|strong="H4480" it|strong="H6213", doing|strong="H6213" that|strong="H4480" which|strong="H5869" was|strong="H3068" right|strong="H3477" in|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" eyes|strong="H5869". 
\verseNumber{33}However|strong="H0389" the|strong="H5493" high|strong="H1116" places|strong="H1116" were|strong="H0430" not|strong="H3808" taken|strong="H5493" away|strong="H5493", and|strong="H0430" the|strong="H5493" people|strong="H5971" had|strong="H0430" still|strong="H5750" not|strong="H3808" set|strong="H3559" their|strong="H3559" hearts|strong="H3824" on|strong="H0430" the|strong="H5493" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" their|strong="H3559" fathers|strong="H0001". 
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\verseNumber{34}Now|strong="H2005" the|strong="H0834" rest|strong="H3499" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0834" acts|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1121" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092", first|strong="H7223" and|strong="H1121" last|strong="H0314", behold|strong="H2005", they|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" history of|strong="H1121" Jehu|strong="H3058" the|strong="H0834" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hanani|strong="H2607", which|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" included|strong="H5927" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" book|strong="H5612" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0834" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478". 
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\verseNumber{35}After|strong="H0310" this|strong="H1931", Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" joined|strong="H2266" himself|strong="H1931" with|strong="H5973" Ahaziah|strong="H0274" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478". The|strong="H0310" same|strong="H1931" did|strong="H6213" very wickedly|strong="H7561". 
\verseNumber{36}He|strong="H6213" joined|strong="H2266" himself with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5973" to|strong="H5973" make|strong="H6213" ships|strong="H0591" to|strong="H5973" go to|strong="H5973" Tarshish|strong="H8659". They|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5973" ships|strong="H0591" in|strong="H5973" Ezion Geber. 
\verseNumber{37}Then|strong="H0853" Eliezer|strong="H0461" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Dodavahu|strong="H1735" of|strong="H1121" Mareshah|strong="H4762" prophesied|strong="H5012" against|strong="H5921" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092", saying|strong="H0559", “Because|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921" have|strong="H1121" joined|strong="H2266" yourself|strong="H0413" with|strong="H5973" Ahaziah|strong="H0274", Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" destroyed|strong="H6555" your|strong="H3068" works|strong="H4639".” The|strong="H0853" ships|strong="H0591" were|strong="H1121" wrecked, so|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3068" they|strong="H5921" were|strong="H1121" not|strong="H3808" able|strong="H4639" to|strong="H0413" go to|strong="H0413" Tarshish|strong="H8659". 
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\chapterNumber{21}Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" 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" Jehoram|strong="H3088" his|strong="H1732" son|strong="H1121" reigned|strong="H4427" in|strong="H6912" his|strong="H1732" place|strong="H8478". 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H3478" had|strong="H3478" brothers|strong="H0251", the|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092": Azariah|strong="H5838", Jehiel|strong="H3171", Zechariah|strong="H2148", Azariah|strong="H5838", Michael|strong="H4317", and|strong="H1121" Shephatiah|strong="H8203". All|strong="H3605" these|strong="H0428" were|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{3}Their|strong="H5414" father|strong="H0001" gave|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" great|strong="H7227" gifts|strong="H4979" of|strong="H0001" silver|strong="H3701", of|strong="H0001" gold|strong="H2091", and|strong="H3063" of|strong="H0001" precious|strong="H4030" things|strong="H5973", with|strong="H5973" fortified|strong="H4694" cities|strong="H5892" in|strong="H0001" Judah|strong="H3063"; but|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" gave|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" kingdom|strong="H4467" to|strong="H5414" Jehoram|strong="H3088", because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" the|strong="H0853" firstborn|strong="H1060". 
\verseNumber{4}Now|strong="H1571" when|strong="H2026" Jehoram|strong="H3088" had|strong="H3478" risen|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" kingdom|strong="H4467" of|strong="H8269" his|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001", and|strong="H6965" had|strong="H3478" strengthened|strong="H2388" himself|strong="H2388", he|strong="H0853" killed|strong="H2026" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" brothers|strong="H0251" with|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" sword|strong="H2719", and|strong="H6965" also|strong="H1571" some|strong="H3605" of|strong="H8269" the|strong="H3605" princes|strong="H8269" of|strong="H8269" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{5}Jehoram|strong="H3088" was|strong="H1121" thirty-two 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" eight|strong="H8083" years|strong="H8141" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{6}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" had|strong="H3068" Ahab’s|strong="H0256" daughter|strong="H1323" as|strong="H0834" his|strong="H3068" wife|strong="H0802". 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{7}However Yahweh|strong="H3068" would|strong="H0014" not|strong="H3808" destroy|strong="H7843" David’s|strong="H1732" house|strong="H1004", because|strong="H0834" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" covenant|strong="H1285" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H3068" made|strong="H3772" with|strong="H1004" David|strong="H1732", and|strong="H1121" as|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" promised|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" give|strong="H5414" a|strong="H3772" lamp|strong="H5216" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H5414" and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H0559" his|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" always|strong="H3117". 
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\verseNumber{8}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{9}Then|strong="H1961" Jehoram|strong="H3088" went|strong="H5437" there|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H3605" captains|strong="H8269" and|strong="H6965" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" chariots|strong="H7393" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H0413". He|strong="H0853" 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", along|strong="H0853" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H3605" captains|strong="H8269" of|strong="H8269" the|strong="H3605" chariots|strong="H7393". 
\verseNumber{10}So|strong="H3588" Edom|strong="H0123" has|strong="H3068" been|strong="H6586" in|strong="H0430" revolt from|strong="H3027" under|strong="H8478" the|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H0430" Judah|strong="H3063" to|strong="H5704" this|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117". Then|strong="H0227" Libnah|strong="H3841" revolted|strong="H6586" at|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" same|strong="H1931" time|strong="H6256" from|strong="H3027" under|strong="H8478" his|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027", because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" had|strong="H3068" forsaken Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H0853" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" his|strong="H3068" fathers|strong="H0001". 
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\verseNumber{11}Moreover|strong="H1571" he|strong="H1931" made|strong="H6213" high|strong="H1116" places|strong="H1116" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0853" mountains|strong="H2022" of|strong="H3427" Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H3063" made|strong="H6213" the|strong="H0853" inhabitants|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3427" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" play|strong="H2181" the|strong="H0853" prostitute|strong="H2181", and|strong="H3063" led|strong="H5080" Judah|strong="H3063" astray|strong="H5080". 
\verseNumber{12}A|strong="H0935" letter|strong="H4385" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413" from|strong="H0935" Elijah|strong="H0452" the|strong="H0559" prophet|strong="H5030", saying|strong="H0559", “Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H0559" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" your|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001", says|strong="H0559", ‘Because|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" walked|strong="H1980" in|strong="H1980" the|strong="H0559" ways|strong="H1870" of|strong="H4428" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" your|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001", nor|strong="H3808" in|strong="H1980" the|strong="H0559" ways|strong="H1870" of|strong="H4428" Asa|strong="H0609" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063", 
\verseNumber{13}but|strong="H1571" have|strong="H0001" walked in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0853" way|strong="H1870" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H3063" have|strong="H0001" made|strong="H1571" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3063" the|strong="H0853" inhabitants|strong="H3427" of|strong="H4428" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" to|strong="H3478" play|strong="H2181" the|strong="H0853" prostitute|strong="H2181" like|strong="H1870" Ahab’s|strong="H0256" house|strong="H1004" did, and|strong="H3063" also|strong="H1571" have|strong="H0001" slain|strong="H2026" your|strong="H4480" brothers|strong="H0251" of|strong="H4428" your|strong="H4480" father’s|strong="H0001" house|strong="H1004", who|strong="H3478" were|strong="H3478" better|strong="H2896" than|strong="H4480" yourself, 
\verseNumber{14}behold|strong="H2009", Yahweh|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" strike|strong="H5062" your|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" with|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3068" great|strong="H1419" plague|strong="H4046", including|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3068" children|strong="H1121", your|strong="H3068" wives|strong="H0802", and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3068" possessions|strong="H7399"; 
\verseNumber{15}and|strong="H3117" you|strong="H0859" will|strong="H5704" have|strong="H0859" great|strong="H7227" sickness|strong="H2483" with|strong="H5921" a|strong="H4480" disease|strong="H2483" of|strong="H3117" your|strong="H5921" bowels|strong="H4578", until|strong="H5704" your|strong="H5921" bowels|strong="H4578" fall out|strong="H3318" by|strong="H5921" reason|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" sickness|strong="H2483", day|strong="H3117" by|strong="H5921" day|strong="H3117".’” 
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\verseNumber{16}Yahweh|strong="H3068" stirred|strong="H5782" up|strong="H5921" against|strong="H5921" Jehoram|strong="H3088" the|strong="H0853" spirit|strong="H7307" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430" and|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" Arabians who|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" beside|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" Ethiopians|strong="H3569"; 
\verseNumber{17}and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3588" came|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" against|strong="H5927" Judah|strong="H3063", broke|strong="H1234" into|strong="H5927" it|strong="H0518", and|strong="H1121" carried|strong="H5927" away|strong="H7617" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" possessions|strong="H7399" that|strong="H3588" were|strong="H1121" found|strong="H4672" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" house|strong="H1004", including|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" wives|strong="H0802", so|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3588" there|strong="H5927" was|strong="H0802" no|strong="H3808" son|strong="H1121" left|strong="H7604" to|strong="H1004" him|strong="H0853" except|strong="H0518" Jehoahaz|strong="H3059", the|strong="H3605" youngest|strong="H6996" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121". 
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\verseNumber{18}After|strong="H0310" all|strong="H3605" this|strong="H2063" Yahweh|strong="H3068" struck|strong="H5062" him|strong="H0310" in|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3605" bowels|strong="H4578" with|strong="H3068" an|strong="H3068" incurable disease|strong="H2483". 
\verseNumber{19}In|strong="H4191" process of|strong="H3117" time|strong="H6256", at|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" end|strong="H7093" of|strong="H3117" two|strong="H8147" years|strong="H3117", his|strong="H1961" bowels|strong="H4578" fell|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" by|strong="H3117" reason of|strong="H3117" his|strong="H1961" sickness|strong="H2483", and|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" died|strong="H4191" of|strong="H3117" severe diseases|strong="H8463". His|strong="H1961" people|strong="H5971" made|strong="H6213" no|strong="H3808" burning|strong="H8316" for|strong="H3117" him|strong="H5973", like|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3117" burning|strong="H8316" of|strong="H3117" his|strong="H1961" fathers|strong="H0001". 
\verseNumber{20}He|strong="H1732" was|strong="H1961" thirty-two years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1961" he|strong="H1732" began|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" reign|strong="H4427", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H1732" reigned|strong="H4427" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" eight|strong="H8083" years|strong="H8141". He|strong="H1732" departed with|strong="H1732" no|strong="H3808" one’s|strong="H3808" regret|strong="H2532". They|strong="H3808" buried|strong="H6912" him|strong="H6912" in|strong="H8141" David’s|strong="H1732" city|strong="H5892", but|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H1961" tombs|strong="H6913" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1961" kings|strong="H4428". 
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\chapterNumber{22}The|strong="H3605" inhabitants|strong="H3427" of|strong="H1121" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" made|strong="H3605" Ahaziah|strong="H0274" his|strong="H3605" youngest|strong="H6996" son|strong="H1121" king|strong="H4428" in|strong="H3427" his|strong="H3605" place|strong="H8478", because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" band|strong="H1416" of|strong="H1121" men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" came|strong="H0935" with|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" Arabians to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" camp|strong="H4264" had|strong="H4428" slain|strong="H2026" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" oldest. So|strong="H0935" Ahaziah|strong="H0274" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jehoram|strong="H3088" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" reigned|strong="H4427". 
\verseNumber{2}Ahaziah|strong="H0274" was|strong="H8034" forty-two|strong="H8147" 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" one|strong="H0259" year|strong="H8141" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". His|strong="H0274" 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". 
\verseNumber{3}He|strong="H1931" also|strong="H1571" walked|strong="H1980" in|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3588" ways|strong="H1870" of|strong="H1004" Ahab’s|strong="H0256" house|strong="H1004", because|strong="H3588" his|strong="H1961" mother|strong="H0517" was|strong="H1961" his|strong="H1961" counselor|strong="H3289" in|strong="H1980" acting|strong="H1980" wickedly|strong="H7561". 
\verseNumber{4}He|strong="H3588" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588" which|strong="H5869" was|strong="H1961" evil|strong="H7451" in|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" sight|strong="H5869", as|strong="H1961" did|strong="H6213" Ahab’s|strong="H0256" house|strong="H1004", for|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1961" his|strong="H3068" counselors|strong="H3289" after|strong="H0310" the|strong="H3588" death|strong="H4194" of|strong="H1004" his|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001", to|strong="H1961" his|strong="H3068" destruction|strong="H4889". 
\verseNumber{5}He|strong="H0853" also|strong="H1571" followed|strong="H1980" their|strong="H5921" counsel|strong="H6098", and|strong="H1980" went|strong="H1980" with|strong="H0854" Jehoram|strong="H3088" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ahab|strong="H0256" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H1980" war|strong="H4421" against|strong="H5921" Hazael|strong="H2371" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Syria|strong="H0758" at|strong="H5921" Ramoth|strong="H7433" Gilead|strong="H1568"; and|strong="H1980" the|strong="H0853" Syrians wounded|strong="H5221" Joram|strong="H3141". 
\verseNumber{6}He|strong="H0834" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" be|strong="H1121" healed|strong="H7495" in|strong="H4428" Jezreel|strong="H3157" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" wounds|strong="H4347" which|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" 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". Azariah|strong="H5838" 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" Jehoram|strong="H3088" 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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\verseNumber{7}Now|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" destruction|strong="H8395" of|strong="H1121" Ahaziah|strong="H0274" was|strong="H1961" of|strong="H1121" God|strong="H0430", in|strong="H0935" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" went|strong="H3318" to|strong="H0413" Joram|strong="H3141"; for|strong="H0413" when|strong="H1961" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H3068" come|strong="H0935", he|strong="H0834" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" with|strong="H5973" Jehoram|strong="H3088" against|strong="H0413" Jehu|strong="H3058" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Nimshi|strong="H5250", whom|strong="H0834" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" anointed|strong="H4886" to|strong="H0413" cut|strong="H3772" off|strong="H3772" Ahab’s|strong="H0256" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{8}When|strong="H1961" Jehu|strong="H3058" was|strong="H1961" executing|strong="H8199" judgment|strong="H8199" on|strong="H1961" Ahab’s|strong="H0256" house|strong="H1004", he|strong="H0853" found|strong="H4672" the|strong="H0853" princes|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" brothers|strong="H0251" of|strong="H1121" Ahaziah|strong="H0274" serving|strong="H8334" Ahaziah|strong="H0274", and|strong="H1121" killed|strong="H2026" them|strong="H0853". 
\verseNumber{9}He|strong="H0834" sought|strong="H1245" Ahaziah|strong="H0274", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H0834" caught|strong="H3920" him|strong="H0413" (now|strong="H3588" he|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0369" hiding|strong="H2244" in|strong="H0935" Samaria|strong="H8111"), and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H0834" brought|strong="H0935" him|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" Jehu|strong="H3058" and|strong="H1121" killed|strong="H4191" him|strong="H0413"; and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H0834" buried|strong="H6912" him|strong="H0413", for|strong="H3588" they|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559", “He|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0369" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092", who|strong="H0834" sought|strong="H1245" Yahweh|strong="H3068" with|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" heart|strong="H3824".” The|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" Ahaziah|strong="H0274" had|strong="H3068" no|strong="H0369" power|strong="H3581" to|strong="H0413" hold|strong="H1875" the|strong="H3605" kingdom|strong="H4467". 
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\verseNumber{10}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="H3063" dead|strong="H4191", she|strong="H3588" arose|strong="H6965" and|strong="H1121" destroyed all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" royal|strong="H4467" offspring|strong="H2233" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063". 
\verseNumber{11}But|strong="H3588" Jehoshabeath|strong="H3090", the|strong="H0853" king’s|strong="H4428" daughter|strong="H1323", took|strong="H3947" Joash|strong="H3101" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ahaziah|strong="H0274", and|strong="H1121" stealthily|strong="H1589" rescued him|strong="H5414" from|strong="H6440" among|strong="H8432" the|strong="H0853" king’s|strong="H4428" sons|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1931" were|strong="H1961" slain, and|strong="H1121" put|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5414" nurse|strong="H3243" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" bedroom|strong="H2315". So|strong="H3947" Jehoshabeath|strong="H3090", the|strong="H0853" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" King|strong="H4428" Jehoram|strong="H3088", the|strong="H0853" wife|strong="H0802" of|strong="H1121" Jehoiada|strong="H3077" the|strong="H0853" priest|strong="H3548" (for|strong="H3588" she|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" sister|strong="H0269" of|strong="H1121" Ahaziah|strong="H0274"), hid|strong="H5641" him|strong="H5414" from|strong="H6440" Athaliah|strong="H6271", so|strong="H3947" that|strong="H3588" she|strong="H1931" didn’t|strong="H3808" kill|strong="H4191" him|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{12}He|strong="H0430" was|strong="H1961" with|strong="H0854" them|strong="H5921" hidden|strong="H2244" in|strong="H5921" God’s|strong="H0430" 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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\chapterNumber{23}In|strong="H8141" the|strong="H0853" seventh|strong="H7637" year|strong="H8141", Jehoiada|strong="H3077" strengthened|strong="H2388" himself|strong="H2388", and|strong="H1121" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H0853" captains|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" hundreds|strong="H3967"—Azariah|strong="H5838" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jeroham|strong="H3395", Ishmael|strong="H3458" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jehohanan|strong="H3076", Azariah|strong="H5838" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Obed|strong="H5744", Maaseiah|strong="H4641" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Adaiah|strong="H5718", and|strong="H1121" Elishaphat|strong="H0478" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zichri|strong="H2147"—into|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" covenant|strong="H1285" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H0853". 
\verseNumber{2}They|strong="H0935" went|strong="H0935" around|strong="H5437" in|strong="H0935" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H0935" gathered|strong="H6908" the|strong="H3605" Levites|strong="H3881" out|strong="H0413" of|strong="H7218" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" of|strong="H7218" Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" heads|strong="H7218" of|strong="H7218" fathers’|strong="H0001" households|strong="H0001" of|strong="H7218" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H0935" they|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{3}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" assembly|strong="H6951" made|strong="H3772" a|strong="H3772" covenant|strong="H1285" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" in|strong="H5921" God’s|strong="H0430" house|strong="H1004". Jehoiada|strong="H0559"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{23:3  }Hebrew He} said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" them|strong="H1992", “Behold|strong="H2009", the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" son|strong="H1121" must|strong="H1121" reign|strong="H4427", as|strong="H0834" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" spoken|strong="H1696" concerning|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732". 
\verseNumber{4}This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" thing|strong="H1697" that|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" must do|strong="H6213": a|strong="H0935" third|strong="H7992" part|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1697" you|strong="H0834", who|strong="H0834" come|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" on|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0834" Sabbath|strong="H7676", of|strong="H1697" the|strong="H0834" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H0935" of|strong="H1697" the|strong="H0834" Levites|strong="H3881", shall|strong="H3548" be|strong="H1697" gatekeepers|strong="H7778" of|strong="H1697" the|strong="H0834" thresholds|strong="H5592". 
\verseNumber{5}A|strong="H3068" third|strong="H7992" part|strong="H7992" shall|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" at|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" house|strong="H1004"; and|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3068" third|strong="H7992" part|strong="H7992" at|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" gate|strong="H8179" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" foundation|strong="H3247". All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" courts|strong="H8179" of|strong="H4428" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{6}But|strong="H3588" let|strong="H0408" no|strong="H0408" one|strong="H3605" come|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0935" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004" except|strong="H0518" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H0935" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" minister|strong="H8334" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" Levites|strong="H3881". They|strong="H1992" shall|strong="H3548" come|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935", for|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1992" holy|strong="H6944", but|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" shall|strong="H3548" follow|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" instructions|strong="H8104". 
\verseNumber{7}The|strong="H0853" Levites|strong="H3881" shall|strong="H1004" surround|strong="H5439" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428", every|strong="H0376" man|strong="H0376" with|strong="H0854" his|strong="H1961" weapons|strong="H3627" in|strong="H0935" his|strong="H1961" hand|strong="H3027". Whoever|strong="H4191" comes|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004", let|strong="H1961" him|strong="H0413" be|strong="H1961" slain. Be|strong="H1961" with|strong="H0854" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" when|strong="H1961" he|strong="H0853" comes|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" and|strong="H0935" when|strong="H1961" he|strong="H0853" goes|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318".” 
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\verseNumber{8}So|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" Levites|strong="H3881" and|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" Judah|strong="H3063" did|strong="H6213" according|strong="H0376" to|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" Jehoiada|strong="H3077" the|strong="H3605" priest|strong="H3548" commanded|strong="H6680". 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="H0935" come|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" on|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" Sabbath|strong="H7676", with|strong="H5973" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" to|strong="H0935" go|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" on|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" Sabbath|strong="H7676", for|strong="H3588" Jehoiada|strong="H3077" the|strong="H3605" priest|strong="H3548" didn’t|strong="H3808" dismiss|strong="H6362" the|strong="H3605" shift. 
\verseNumber{9}Jehoiada|strong="H3077" the|strong="H0853" priest|strong="H3548" delivered|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" captains|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" hundreds|strong="H3967" the|strong="H0853" spears|strong="H2595", bucklers, and|strong="H3967" shields|strong="H4043" that|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" been|strong="H0834" king|strong="H4428" David’s|strong="H1732", which|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0430" God’s|strong="H0430" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{10}He|strong="H5704" set|strong="H5975" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971", every|strong="H3605" man|strong="H0376" with|strong="H1004" his|strong="H3605" weapon|strong="H7973" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027", from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" right|strong="H3233" side|strong="H3802" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" left|strong="H8042" side|strong="H3802" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004", near|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196" and|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004", around|strong="H5439" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H3318" they|strong="H5921" brought|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" the|strong="H0853" king’s|strong="H4428" son|strong="H1121", put|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" crown|strong="H5145" on|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5414", gave|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" covenant, and|strong="H1121" made|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428". Jehoiada|strong="H3077" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5414" sons|strong="H1121" anointed|strong="H4886" him|strong="H5414", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H5921" said|strong="H0559", “Long live|strong="H2421" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428"!” 
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\verseNumber{12}When|strong="H8085" Athaliah|strong="H6271" heard|strong="H8085" the|strong="H0853" noise|strong="H6963" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" running|strong="H7323" and|strong="H0935" praising|strong="H1984" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428", she came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" into|strong="H0413" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="H2009" she looked|strong="H7200", and|strong="H0776" behold|strong="H2009", the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" stood|strong="H5975" by|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" pillar|strong="H5982" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" entrance|strong="H3996", with|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" captains|strong="H8269" and|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" trumpeters|strong="H2689" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428". All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" rejoiced|strong="H8055" and|strong="H0776" blew|strong="H8628" trumpets|strong="H2689". The|strong="H3605" singers|strong="H7891" also|strong="H0853" played musical|strong="H5975" instruments|strong="H3627", and|strong="H0776" led the|strong="H3605" singing|strong="H7891" of|strong="H4428" praise|strong="H1984". Then|strong="H2009" Athaliah|strong="H6271" tore|strong="H7167" her|strong="H3605" clothes|strong="H0899", and|strong="H0776" said|strong="H0559", “Treason|strong="H7195"! treason|strong="H7195"!” 
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\verseNumber{14}Jehoiada|strong="H3077" the|strong="H0853" priest|strong="H3548" brought|strong="H0935" out|strong="H3318" 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"; and|strong="H0935" whoever|strong="H4191" follows|strong="H0559" her|strong="H0413", let|strong="H3808" him|strong="H0413" be|strong="H4191" slain with|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" sword|strong="H2719".” For|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" priest|strong="H3548" said|strong="H0559", “Don’t|strong="H3808" kill|strong="H4191" her|strong="H0413" in|strong="H0935" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004".” 
\verseNumber{15}So|strong="H0935" they|strong="H8033" made|strong="H7760" way for|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413". She went|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" entrance|strong="H3996" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0413" horse|strong="H5483" gate|strong="H8179" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" king’s|strong="H4428" house|strong="H1004"; and|strong="H0935" they|strong="H8033" killed|strong="H4191" her|strong="H0413" there|strong="H8033". 
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\verseNumber{16}Jehoiada|strong="H3077" made|strong="H3772" a|strong="H1961" covenant|strong="H1285" between|strong="H0996" himself, all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3068" should|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{17}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" went|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Baal|strong="H1168", broke|strong="H7665" it|strong="H5422" down|strong="H5422", broke|strong="H7665" his|strong="H3605" altars|strong="H4196" and|strong="H0935" his|strong="H3605" images|strong="H6754" in|strong="H0935" pieces|strong="H7665", 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". 
\verseNumber{18}Jehoiada|strong="H3077" appointed|strong="H7760" the|strong="H0834" officers|strong="H6486" of|strong="H1004" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004" under|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0834" Levitical|strong="H3881" priests|strong="H3548", whom|strong="H0834" David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H3068" distributed in|strong="H5921" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004", to|strong="H5921" offer|strong="H5927" the|strong="H0834" burnt|strong="H5930" offerings|strong="H3068" of|strong="H1004" Yahweh|strong="H3068", as|strong="H0834" it|strong="H7760" is|strong="H0834" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" law|strong="H8451" of|strong="H1004" Moses|strong="H4872", with|strong="H1004" rejoicing|strong="H8057" and|strong="H3068" with|strong="H1004" singing|strong="H7892", as|strong="H0834" David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H3068" ordered. 
\verseNumber{19}He|strong="H3068" set|strong="H5975" the|strong="H3605" gatekeepers|strong="H7778" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" gates|strong="H8179" of|strong="H1004" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004", that|strong="H3605" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" was|strong="H3068" unclean|strong="H2931" in|strong="H5921" anything|strong="H3605" should|strong="H3068" enter|strong="H0935" in|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{20}He|strong="H3068" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3605" captains|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" hundreds|strong="H3967", the|strong="H3605" nobles|strong="H0117", the|strong="H3605" governors|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971", and|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776", and|strong="H0935" brought|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" down|strong="H3381" from|strong="H0935" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004". They|strong="H5921" came|strong="H0935" through|strong="H8432" the|strong="H3605" upper|strong="H5945" gate|strong="H8179" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H0935" set|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" throne|strong="H3678" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" kingdom|strong="H4467". 
\verseNumber{21}So|strong="H4191" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H0776" 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="H0853" slain Athaliah|strong="H6271" with|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" sword|strong="H2719". 
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\chapterNumber{24}Joash|strong="H3101" was|strong="H8034" seven|strong="H7651" 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" forty|strong="H0705" years|strong="H8141" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". His|strong="H8034" mother’s|strong="H0517" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Zibiah|strong="H6645", of|strong="H1121" Beersheba|strong="H0884". 
\verseNumber{2}Joash|strong="H3101" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3605" which|strong="H5869" was|strong="H3068" right|strong="H3477" in|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" eyes|strong="H5869" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3068" Jehoiada|strong="H3077" the|strong="H3605" priest|strong="H3548". 
\verseNumber{3}Jehoiada|strong="H3077" took|strong="H5375" for|strong="H0802" him|strong="H3205" two|strong="H8147" wives|strong="H0802", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H0802" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3205" father|strong="H3205" of|strong="H1121" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" daughters|strong="H1323". 
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\verseNumber{4}After|strong="H0310" this|strong="H3068", Joash|strong="H3101" intended to|strong="H1961" restore|strong="H2318" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{5}He|strong="H0430" gathered|strong="H6908" together|strong="H6908" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H3063" the|strong="H3605" Levites|strong="H3881", and|strong="H3063" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" them|strong="H0853", “Go|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" of|strong="H1004" Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H3063" gather|strong="H6908" money|strong="H3701" to|strong="H0559" repair|strong="H2388" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" your|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" from|strong="H3318" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" from|strong="H3318" year|strong="H8141" to|strong="H0559" year|strong="H8141". See that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H0859" expedite this|strong="H1697" matter|strong="H1697".” However the|strong="H3605" Levites|strong="H3881" didn’t|strong="H3808" do|strong="H3318" it|strong="H3808" right away|strong="H3318". 
\verseNumber{6}The|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" called|strong="H7121" for|strong="H5921" Jehoiada|strong="H3077" the|strong="H0853" chief|strong="H7218", and|strong="H0935" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H5921", “Why|strong="H4069" haven’t|strong="H3808" you|strong="H5921" required|strong="H1875" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" Levites|strong="H3881" to|strong="H0559" bring|strong="H0935" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" tax|strong="H4864" of|strong="H4428" Moses|strong="H4872" the|strong="H0853" servant|strong="H5650" of|strong="H4428" Yahweh|strong="H3068", and|strong="H0935" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" assembly|strong="H6951" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", out|strong="H5921" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H0935" out|strong="H5921" of|strong="H4428" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" Tent|strong="H0168" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" Testimony|strong="H5715"?” 
\verseNumber{7}For|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Athaliah|strong="H6271", that|strong="H3588" wicked|strong="H4849" woman|strong="H1004", had|strong="H3068" broken|strong="H6555" up|strong="H0853" God’s|strong="H0430" house|strong="H1004"; and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3588" also|strong="H1571" gave|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" dedicated|strong="H6944" things|strong="H6944" of|strong="H1121" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Baals|strong="H1168". 
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\verseNumber{8}So|strong="H6213" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" commanded|strong="H0559", and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" made|strong="H6213" a|strong="H5414" chest|strong="H0727", and|strong="H3068" set|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" outside|strong="H2351" at|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" gate|strong="H8179" of|strong="H4428" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{9}They|strong="H5921" made|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" proclamation|strong="H6963" through|strong="H5921" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H0935" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", to|strong="H0935" bring|strong="H0935" in|strong="H5921" for|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" tax|strong="H4864" that|strong="H3068" Moses|strong="H4872" the|strong="H5921" servant|strong="H5650" of|strong="H0430" God|strong="H0430" laid|strong="H5414" on|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" wilderness|strong="H4057". 
\verseNumber{10}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" princes|strong="H8269" and|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" rejoiced|strong="H8055", and|strong="H0935" brought|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935", and|strong="H0935" cast|strong="H7993" into|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" chest|strong="H0727", until|strong="H5704" they|strong="H5704" had|strong="H8269" filled it|strong="H5704". 
\verseNumber{11}Whenever|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" chest|strong="H0727" was|strong="H1961" brought|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" king’s|strong="H4428" officers|strong="H6496" by|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" Levites|strong="H3881", and|strong="H0935" when|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" much|strong="H7230" money|strong="H3701", the|strong="H0853" king’s|strong="H4428" scribe|strong="H5608" and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" chief|strong="H7218" priest’s|strong="H3548" officer|strong="H6496" came|strong="H0935" and|strong="H0935" emptied|strong="H6168" the|strong="H0853" chest|strong="H0727", and|strong="H0935" took|strong="H5375" it|strong="H3588", and|strong="H0935" carried|strong="H5375" it|strong="H3588" to|strong="H0413" its|strong="H0853" place|strong="H4725" again|strong="H7725". Thus|strong="H3541" they|strong="H3588" did|strong="H6213" day|strong="H3117" by|strong="H3027" day|strong="H3117", and|strong="H0935" gathered|strong="H0622" money|strong="H3701" in|strong="H0935" abundance|strong="H7230". 
\verseNumber{12}The|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H3068" Jehoiada|strong="H3077" gave|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0413" those|strong="H0853" who|strong="H3068" did|strong="H6213" the|strong="H0853" work|strong="H4399" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" service|strong="H5656" of|strong="H4428" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004". They|strong="H3068" hired|strong="H7936" masons|strong="H2672" and|strong="H3068" carpenters|strong="H2796" to|strong="H0413" restore|strong="H2318" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H3068" also|strong="H1571" those|strong="H0853" who|strong="H3068" worked|strong="H2388" iron|strong="H1270" and|strong="H3068" bronze|strong="H5178" to|strong="H0413" repair|strong="H2388" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{13}So|strong="H6213" the|strong="H0853" workmen|strong="H4399" worked|strong="H4399", and|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0853" work|strong="H4399" of|strong="H1004" repairing went|strong="H5927" forward in|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" hands|strong="H3027". They|strong="H5921" set|strong="H5975" up|strong="H5927" God’s|strong="H0430" house|strong="H1004" as|strong="H5927" it|strong="H5921" was|strong="H0430" designed, and|strong="H0430" strengthened|strong="H0553" it|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{14}When|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3117" had|strong="H3068" finished|strong="H3615", they|strong="H3117" brought|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" rest|strong="H7605" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" money|strong="H3701" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H0935" Jehoiada|strong="H3077", from|strong="H0935" which|strong="H1004" were|strong="H1961" made|strong="H6213" vessels|strong="H3627" for|strong="H1004" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004", even|strong="H0853" vessels|strong="H3627" with|strong="H1004" which|strong="H1004" to|strong="H0935" minister and|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" offer|strong="H5927", including|strong="H3605" spoons|strong="H3709" and|strong="H0935" vessels|strong="H3627" of|strong="H4428" gold|strong="H2091" and|strong="H0935" silver|strong="H3701". They|strong="H3117" offered|strong="H5927" burnt|strong="H5930" offerings|strong="H3068" in|strong="H0935" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004" continually|strong="H8548" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H4428" Jehoiada|strong="H3077". 
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\verseNumber{15}But|strong="H4191" Jehoiada|strong="H3077" grew|strong="H7646" old|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" was|strong="H3117" full|strong="H3117" of|strong="H1121" days|strong="H3117", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3117" died|strong="H4191". He|strong="H3117" was|strong="H3117" one|strong="H1121" hundred|strong="H3967" thirty|strong="H7970" years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" died|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{16}They|strong="H3588" buried|strong="H6912" him|strong="H5973" in|strong="H0430" David’s|strong="H1732" city|strong="H5892" among|strong="H5973" the|strong="H3588" kings|strong="H4428", because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" had|strong="H0430" done|strong="H6213" good|strong="H2896" in|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H3478" toward|strong="H5973" God|strong="H0430" and|strong="H3478" his|strong="H1732" house|strong="H1004". 
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\verseNumber{17}Now|strong="H8085" after|strong="H0310" the|strong="H0413" death|strong="H4194" of|strong="H4428" Jehoiada|strong="H3077", the|strong="H0413" princes|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" came|strong="H0935" and|strong="H0935" bowed|strong="H7812" down|strong="H7812" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" king|strong="H4428". Then|strong="H0227" the|strong="H0413" king|strong="H4428" listened|strong="H8085" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{18}They|strong="H5921" abandoned|strong="H5800" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H0853" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1004" their|strong="H3068" fathers|strong="H0001", and|strong="H3068" served|strong="H5647" the|strong="H0853" Asherah|strong="H0842" poles and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" idols|strong="H6091", so|strong="H1961" wrath|strong="H7110" came|strong="H1961" on|strong="H5921" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" for|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2063" their|strong="H3068" guiltiness. 
\verseNumber{19}Yet|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7971" prophets|strong="H5030" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" bring|strong="H7725" them|strong="H0413" again|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" Yahweh|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3808" testified|strong="H5749" against|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413"; but|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3808" would|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" listen|strong="H0238". 
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\verseNumber{20}The|strong="H0853" Spirit|strong="H7307" of|strong="H1121" God|strong="H0430" came|strong="H3847" on|strong="H5921" Zechariah|strong="H2148" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jehoiada|strong="H3077" the|strong="H0853" priest|strong="H3548"; and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3588" stood|strong="H5975" above|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971", and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" them|strong="H0853", “God|strong="H0430" says|strong="H0559", ‘Why|strong="H4100" do|strong="H4100" you|strong="H0859" disobey Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" commandments|strong="H4687", so|strong="H3541" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859" can’t|strong="H3808" prosper|strong="H6743"? Because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859" have|strong="H1121" forsaken Yahweh|strong="H3068", he|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" forsaken you|strong="H0859".’” 
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\verseNumber{21}They|strong="H5921" conspired|strong="H7194" against|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921", and|strong="H3068" stoned|strong="H7275" him|strong="H5921" with|strong="H1004" stones|strong="H0068" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" commandment|strong="H4687" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" court|strong="H2691" of|strong="H4428" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{22}Thus|strong="H4191" Joash|strong="H3101" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" didn’t|strong="H3808" remember|strong="H2142" the|strong="H0853" kindness|strong="H2617" which|strong="H0834" Jehoiada|strong="H3077" his|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0853", but|strong="H3808" killed|strong="H2026" his|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121". When|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" died|strong="H4191", he|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559", “May|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" look|strong="H7200" at|strong="H3068" it|strong="H7200", and|strong="H1121" repay it|strong="H7200".” 
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\verseNumber{23}At|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" end of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" year|strong="H8141", the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H5971" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Syrians came|strong="H0935" up|strong="H5927" against|strong="H5921" him|strong="H0413". They|strong="H5921" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H0935" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", and|strong="H0935" destroyed|strong="H7843" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" princes|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" from|strong="H0935" among|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971", and|strong="H0935" sent|strong="H7971" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" plunder|strong="H7998" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Damascus|strong="H1834". 
\verseNumber{24}For|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" Syrians came|strong="H0935" with|strong="H0854" a|strong="H3588" small|strong="H4705" company of|strong="H0376" men|strong="H0376"; and|strong="H0935" Yahweh|strong="H3068" delivered|strong="H5414" a|strong="H3588" very|strong="H3966" great|strong="H3966" army|strong="H2428" into|strong="H0935" their|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027", because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3068" forsaken Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H0853" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0376" their|strong="H3068" fathers|strong="H0001". So|strong="H6213" they|strong="H3588" executed judgment|strong="H8201" on|strong="H0935" Joash|strong="H3101". 
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\verseNumber{25}When|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" had|strong="H1732" departed from|strong="H4480" him|strong="H5921" (for|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" left|strong="H5800" him|strong="H5921" seriously wounded), his|strong="H5921" own servants|strong="H5650" conspired|strong="H7194" against|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" blood|strong="H1818" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jehoiada|strong="H3077" the|strong="H0853" priest|strong="H3548", and|strong="H1121" killed|strong="H2026" him|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" bed|strong="H4296", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3588" died|strong="H4191". They|strong="H3588" buried|strong="H6912" him|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" David’s|strong="H1732" city|strong="H5892", but|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" didn’t|strong="H3808" bury|strong="H6912" him|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" tombs|strong="H6913" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" kings|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{26}These|strong="H0428" are|strong="H0428" those|strong="H0428" who|strong="H1121" conspired|strong="H7194" against|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921": Zabad|strong="H2066" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shimeath|strong="H8100" the|strong="H5921" Ammonitess|strong="H5985" and|strong="H1121" Jehozabad|strong="H3075" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shimrith|strong="H8116" the|strong="H5921" Moabitess|strong="H4125". 
\verseNumber{27}Now|strong="H2005" concerning|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" sons|strong="H1121", the|strong="H5921" greatness|strong="H7230" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" burdens laid on|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" rebuilding of|strong="H1121" God’s|strong="H0430" house|strong="H1004", behold|strong="H2005", they|strong="H5921" are|strong="H1121" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" commentary of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" book|strong="H5612" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" kings|strong="H4428". Amaziah|strong="H0558" his|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" reigned|strong="H4427" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" place|strong="H8478". 
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\chapterNumber{25}Amaziah|strong="H0558" was|strong="H8034" twenty-five|strong="H2568" 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" twenty-nine|strong="H8672" years|strong="H8141" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". His|strong="H0558" mother’s|strong="H0517" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Jehoaddan|strong="H3086", of|strong="H1121" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3068" which|strong="H5869" was|strong="H3068" right|strong="H3477" in|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" eyes|strong="H5869", but|strong="H7535" not|strong="H3808" with|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3068" perfect|strong="H8003" heart|strong="H3824". 
\verseNumber{3}Now|strong="H1961" when|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" kingdom|strong="H4467" was|strong="H1961" established|strong="H2388" to|strong="H1961" him|strong="H5921", he|strong="H0834" killed|strong="H2026" his|strong="H5921" servants|strong="H5650" who|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" killed|strong="H2026" his|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{4}But|strong="H3588" he|strong="H0834" didn’t|strong="H3808" put|strong="H4191" their|strong="H3068" children|strong="H1121" to|strong="H0559" death|strong="H4191", but|strong="H3588" did|strong="H0834" according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0559" that|strong="H0834" which|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" law|strong="H8451" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" book|strong="H5612" 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" die|strong="H4191" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121", neither|strong="H3808" shall|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" die|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{5}Moreover Amaziah|strong="H0558" gathered|strong="H6908" Judah|strong="H3063" together|strong="H6908" and|strong="H1121" ordered|strong="H6485" them|strong="H0853" according to|strong="H0001" their|strong="H3605" fathers’|strong="H0001" houses|strong="H1004", under|strong="H1004" captains|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" thousands|strong="H0505" and|strong="H1121" captains|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" hundreds|strong="H3967", even|strong="H0853" all|strong="H3605" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144". He|strong="H0853" counted|strong="H6485" them|strong="H0853" from|strong="H3318" twenty|strong="H6242" years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" upward|strong="H4605", and|strong="H1121" found|strong="H4672" that|strong="H3605" there|strong="H4672" were|strong="H1121" three|strong="H7969" hundred|strong="H3967" thousand|strong="H0505" chosen men|strong="H0970", able to|strong="H0001" go|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H0001" war|strong="H6635", who|strong="H3605" could handle|strong="H0270" spear|strong="H7420" and|strong="H1121" shield|strong="H6793". 
\verseNumber{6}He|strong="H3478" also|strong="H3478" hired|strong="H7936" one|strong="H1368" hundred|strong="H3967" thousand|strong="H0505" mighty|strong="H1368" men|strong="H1368" of|strong="H3603" valor|strong="H2428" out of|strong="H3603" Israel|strong="H3478" for|strong="H2428" one|strong="H1368" hundred|strong="H3967" talents|strong="H3603"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{25:6  }A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds} of|strong="H3603" silver|strong="H3701". 
\verseNumber{7}A|strong="H3588" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" God|strong="H0430" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", saying|strong="H0559", “O|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428", don’t|strong="H0408" let|strong="H0408" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H6635" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" go|strong="H0935" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H3588", for|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H0369" not|strong="H0369" with|strong="H5973" Israel|strong="H3478", with|strong="H5973" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ephraim|strong="H0669". 
\verseNumber{8}But|strong="H3588" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H0859" will|strong="H0430" go|strong="H0935", take|strong="H2388" action, and|strong="H0935" be|strong="H0430" strong|strong="H2388" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H6440" battle|strong="H4421". God|strong="H0430" will|strong="H0430" overthrow you|strong="H0859" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" enemy|strong="H0341"; for|strong="H3588" God|strong="H0430" has|strong="H0430" power|strong="H3581" to|strong="H0935" help|strong="H5826", and|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" overthrow.” 
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\verseNumber{9}Amaziah|strong="H0558" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" God|strong="H0430", “But|strong="H0376" what|strong="H4100" shall|strong="H3068" we|strong="H0834" do|strong="H6213" for|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" hundred|strong="H3967" talents|strong="H3603"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{25:9  }A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds} which|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" army of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478"?” 
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The|strong="H0559" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" God|strong="H0430" answered|strong="H0559", “Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H0834" able to|strong="H0559" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H0834" much|strong="H7235" more|strong="H7235" than|strong="H7235" this|strong="H2088".” 
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\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="H0935" Amaziah|strong="H0558" separated|strong="H0914" them|strong="H0413", the|strong="H0834" army that|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413" out|strong="H0413" of|strong="H4725" Ephraim|strong="H0669", to|strong="H0413" go|strong="H0935" home|strong="H4725" again|strong="H7725". Therefore|strong="H0834" their|strong="H7725" anger|strong="H0639" was|strong="H0834" greatly|strong="H3966" kindled|strong="H2734" against|strong="H0413" Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H0935" they|strong="H0834" returned|strong="H7725" home|strong="H4725" in|strong="H0935" fierce|strong="H2750" anger|strong="H0639". 
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\verseNumber{11}Amaziah|strong="H0558" took|strong="H2388" courage|strong="H2388", and|strong="H1121" led|strong="H5090" his|strong="H5221" people|strong="H5971" out|strong="H2388" and|strong="H1121" went to|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" Valley|strong="H1516" of|strong="H1121" Salt|strong="H4417", and|strong="H1121" struck|strong="H5221" ten|strong="H6235" thousand|strong="H0505" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Seir|strong="H8165". 
\verseNumber{12}The|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" carried|strong="H7617" away|strong="H7993" ten|strong="H6235" thousand|strong="H0505" alive|strong="H2416", and|strong="H1121" brought|strong="H0935" them|strong="H7617" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" rock|strong="H5553", and|strong="H1121" threw|strong="H7993" them|strong="H7617" down|strong="H7993" from|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" rock|strong="H5553", so|strong="H0935" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" broken|strong="H1234" in|strong="H0935" pieces|strong="H1234". 
\verseNumber{13}But|strong="H1992" the|strong="H0834" men|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0834" army|strong="H4421" whom|strong="H0834" Amaziah|strong="H0558" sent|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725", that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H1992" should not|strong="H1121" go|strong="H7725" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5221" to|strong="H5704" battle|strong="H4421", fell on|strong="H7725" the|strong="H0834" cities|strong="H5892" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" from|strong="H7725" Samaria|strong="H8111" even|strong="H5704" to|strong="H5704" Beth Horon, and|strong="H1121" struck|strong="H5221" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H1992" three|strong="H7969" thousand|strong="H0505", and|strong="H1121" took|strong="H0962" much|strong="H7227" plunder|strong="H0962". 
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\verseNumber{14}Now|strong="H1961" after|strong="H0310" Amaziah|strong="H0558" had|strong="H1961" come|strong="H0935" from|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" slaughter|strong="H5221" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" Edomites|strong="H0130", he|strong="H0310" brought|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" gods|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Seir|strong="H8165", and|strong="H1121" set|strong="H5975" them|strong="H0853" up|strong="H5975" to|strong="H0935" be|strong="H1961" his|strong="H1961" gods|strong="H0430", and|strong="H1121" bowed|strong="H7812" down|strong="H5221" himself|strong="H7812" before|strong="H6440" them|strong="H0853" and|strong="H1121" burned|strong="H6999" incense|strong="H6999" to|strong="H0935" them|strong="H0853". 
\verseNumber{15}Therefore|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" anger|strong="H0639" burned|strong="H2734" against|strong="H0413" Amaziah|strong="H0558", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H0834" sent|strong="H7971" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413" a|strong="H7971" prophet|strong="H5030" who|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “Why|strong="H4100" have|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" sought|strong="H1875" after|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" gods|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971", which|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" delivered|strong="H5337" their|strong="H3068" own people|strong="H5971" out|strong="H7971" of|strong="H0430" your|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027"?” 
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\verseNumber{16}As|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3588" talked|strong="H1696" with|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “Have|strong="H1961" we|strong="H3588" made|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588" one|strong="H3808" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" king’s|strong="H4428" counselors|strong="H3289"? Stop|strong="H2308"! Why|strong="H4100" should|strong="H4100" you|strong="H3588" be|strong="H1961" struck|strong="H5221" down|strong="H5221"?” 
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Then|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0559" prophet|strong="H5030" stopped|strong="H2308", and|strong="H0430" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" God|strong="H0430" has|strong="H0430" determined to|strong="H0413" destroy|strong="H7843" you|strong="H3588", because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" done|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2063" and|strong="H0430" have|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" listened|strong="H8085" to|strong="H0413" my|strong="H5414" counsel|strong="H6098".” 
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\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="H1980" Amaziah|strong="H0558" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" consulted|strong="H3289" his|strong="H7971" advisers|strong="H3289", and|strong="H1980" sent|strong="H7971" to|strong="H0413" Joash|strong="H3101", the|strong="H0559" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jehoahaz|strong="H3059", the|strong="H0559" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jehu|strong="H3058", king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", saying|strong="H0559", “Come|strong="H1980"! Let’s|strong="H1980" look|strong="H7200" one|strong="H1121" another in|strong="H1980" the|strong="H0559" face|strong="H6440".” 
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\verseNumber{18}Joash|strong="H3101" 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" his|strong="H5414" 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{19}You|strong="H0859" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" yourself|strong="H0859" that|strong="H0559" you|strong="H0859" have|strong="H0859" struck|strong="H5221" Edom|strong="H0123"; and|strong="H3063" your|strong="H5375" heart|strong="H3820" lifts|strong="H5375" you|strong="H0859" up|strong="H5375" to|strong="H0559" boast. Now|strong="H6258" stay|strong="H3427" at|strong="H3427" home|strong="H1004". Why|strong="H4100" should|strong="H4100" you|strong="H0859" meddle with|strong="H5973" trouble|strong="H7451", that|strong="H0559" you|strong="H0859" should|strong="H4100" 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{20}But|strong="H3588" Amaziah|strong="H0558" would not|strong="H3808" listen|strong="H8085"; for|strong="H3588" it|strong="H5414" was|strong="H1931" of|strong="H0430" God|strong="H0430", that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" might|strong="H4616" deliver|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" into|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H0430" their|strong="H5414" enemies, because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" had|strong="H0430" sought|strong="H1875" after|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" gods|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" Edom|strong="H0123". 
\verseNumber{21}So|strong="H5927" Joash|strong="H3101" 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="H1931" another 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{22}Judah|strong="H3063" was|strong="H3478" defeated|strong="H5062" by|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478"; so|strong="H6440" every|strong="H0376" man|strong="H0376" fled|strong="H5127" to|strong="H3478" his|strong="H0376" tent|strong="H0168". 
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\verseNumber{23}Joash|strong="H3101" 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" Joash|strong="H3101" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jehoahaz|strong="H3059", at|strong="H3478" Beth Shemesh and|strong="H1121" brought|strong="H0935" him|strong="H0853" to|strong="H0935" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", and|strong="H1121" 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 gate|strong="H8179", four|strong="H0702" hundred|strong="H3967" cubits|strong="H0520".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{25:23  }A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters, so 400 cubits is about 200 yards or 184 meters.} 
\verseNumber{24}He|strong="H0430" took|strong="H0853" 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="H0430" God’s|strong="H0430" house|strong="H1004" with|strong="H5973" Obed-Edom|strong="H5654", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" treasures|strong="H0214" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" hostages|strong="H8594", and|strong="H1121" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Samaria|strong="H8111". 
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\verseNumber{25}Amaziah|strong="H0558" the|strong="H0310" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Joash|strong="H3101", king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063", lived|strong="H2421" for|strong="H4191" fifteen|strong="H6240" years|strong="H8141" after|strong="H0310" the|strong="H0310" death|strong="H4191" of|strong="H1121" Joash|strong="H3101", son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jehoahaz|strong="H3059", king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{26}Now|strong="H2005" the|strong="H5921" rest|strong="H3499" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" acts|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" Amaziah|strong="H0558", first|strong="H7223" and|strong="H3063" last|strong="H0314", behold|strong="H2005", aren’t they|strong="H5921" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" book|strong="H5612" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3063" Israel|strong="H3478"? 
\verseNumber{27}Now|strong="H6256" from|strong="H5493" the|strong="H0834" time|strong="H6256" that|strong="H0834" Amaziah|strong="H0558" turned|strong="H5493" away|strong="H5493" from|strong="H5493" following|strong="H0310" Yahweh|strong="H3068", they|strong="H0834" made|strong="H7194" a|strong="H7971" conspiracy|strong="H7195" against|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". He|strong="H0834" fled|strong="H5127" to|strong="H4191" Lachish|strong="H3923", but|strong="H4191" they|strong="H0834" sent|strong="H7971" after|strong="H0310" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H4191" Lachish|strong="H3923" and|strong="H3068" killed|strong="H4191" him|strong="H5921" there|strong="H8033". 
\verseNumber{28}They|strong="H5921" brought|strong="H5375" him|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" horses|strong="H5483" and|strong="H3063" buried|strong="H6912" him|strong="H5921" with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H5921" fathers|strong="H0001" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" City|strong="H5892" of|strong="H0001" Judah|strong="H3063". 
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\chapterNumber{26}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" took|strong="H3947" Uzziah|strong="H5818", 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{2}He|strong="H1931" built|strong="H1129" Eloth|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". 
\verseNumber{3}Uzziah|strong="H5818" was|strong="H8034" sixteen|strong="H6240" 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" fifty-two|strong="H2572" years|strong="H8141" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". His|strong="H4480" mother’s|strong="H0517" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Jechiliah|strong="H3203", of|strong="H1121" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{4}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{5}He|strong="H3117" set himself|strong="H3117" to|strong="H1961" seek|strong="H1875" God|strong="H0430" in|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0853" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H0430" Zechariah|strong="H2148", who|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" understanding|strong="H0995" in|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0853" vision|strong="H7200" of|strong="H0430" God|strong="H0430"; and|strong="H3068" as|strong="H1961" long|strong="H3117" as|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3117" sought|strong="H1875" Yahweh|strong="H3068", God|strong="H0430" made|strong="H1961" him|strong="H0853" prosper|strong="H6743". 
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\verseNumber{6}He|strong="H0853" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" and|strong="H6430" fought|strong="H3898" against|strong="H3898" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430", and|strong="H6430" broke|strong="H6555" down|strong="H6555" the|strong="H0853" wall|strong="H2346" of|strong="H2346" Gath|strong="H1661", the|strong="H0853" wall|strong="H2346" of|strong="H2346" Jabneh|strong="H2996", and|strong="H6430" the|strong="H0853" wall|strong="H2346" of|strong="H2346" Ashdod|strong="H0795"; and|strong="H6430" he|strong="H0853" built|strong="H1129" cities|strong="H5892" in|strong="H1129" the|strong="H0853" country of|strong="H2346" Ashdod|strong="H0795", and|strong="H6430" among the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430". 
\verseNumber{7}God|strong="H0430" helped|strong="H5826" him|strong="H5921" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Philistines|strong="H6430", and|strong="H0430" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Arabians who|strong="H3427" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Gur Baal, and|strong="H0430" the|strong="H5921" Meunim|strong="H4586". 
\verseNumber{8}The|strong="H3588" Ammonites|strong="H5984" gave|strong="H5414" tribute|strong="H4503" to|strong="H0935" Uzziah|strong="H5818". His|strong="H5414" name|strong="H8034" spread|strong="H5414" abroad even|strong="H5704" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3588" entrance|strong="H0935" of|strong="H8034" Egypt|strong="H4714", for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" grew exceedingly|strong="H4605" strong|strong="H2388". 
\verseNumber{9}Moreover Uzziah|strong="H5818" built|strong="H1129" towers|strong="H4026" in|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" corner|strong="H6438" gate|strong="H8179", at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" valley|strong="H1516" gate|strong="H8179", and|strong="H3389" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" turning of|strong="H8179" the|strong="H5921" wall, and|strong="H3389" fortified|strong="H1129" them|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{10}He|strong="H3588" built|strong="H1129" towers|strong="H4026" in|strong="H1129" the|strong="H3588" wilderness|strong="H4057", and|strong="H2022" dug out|strong="H2672" many|strong="H7227" cisterns|strong="H0953", for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" had|strong="H1961" much|strong="H7227" livestock|strong="H4735", both in|strong="H1129" the|strong="H3588" lowlands and|strong="H2022" in|strong="H1129" the|strong="H3588" plains|strong="H4334". He|strong="H3588" had|strong="H1961" farmers|strong="H0406" and|strong="H2022" vineyard keepers in|strong="H1129" the|strong="H3588" mountains|strong="H2022" and|strong="H2022" in|strong="H1129" the|strong="H3588" fruitful fields|strong="H0127", for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" loved|strong="H0157" farming. 
\verseNumber{11}Moreover|strong="H1961" Uzziah|strong="H5818" had|strong="H1961" an|strong="H1961" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H4428" fighting men|strong="H8269" who|strong="H4428" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H1961" war|strong="H4421" by|strong="H5921" bands|strong="H1416", according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" number|strong="H4557" of|strong="H4428" their|strong="H5921" reckoning made|strong="H6213" by|strong="H5921" Jeiel|strong="H3273" the|strong="H5921" scribe|strong="H5608" and|strong="H3027" Maaseiah|strong="H4641" the|strong="H5921" officer|strong="H8269", under|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" Hananiah|strong="H2608", one|strong="H1961" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" king’s|strong="H4428" captains|strong="H8269". 
\verseNumber{12}The|strong="H3605" whole|strong="H3605" number|strong="H4557" of|strong="H7218" the|strong="H3605" heads|strong="H7218" of|strong="H7218" fathers’|strong="H0001" households|strong="H0001", even the|strong="H3605" mighty|strong="H1368" men|strong="H1368" of|strong="H7218" valor|strong="H2428", was|strong="H7218" two|strong="H3967" thousand|strong="H0505" six|strong="H8337" hundred|strong="H3967". 
\verseNumber{13}Under|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" hand|strong="H3027" was|strong="H4428" an|strong="H5921" army|strong="H2428", three|strong="H7969" hundred|strong="H3967" seven|strong="H7651" thousand|strong="H0505" five|strong="H2568" hundred|strong="H3967", who|strong="H4428" made|strong="H6213" war|strong="H4421" with|strong="H5921" mighty|strong="H2428" power|strong="H3027", to|strong="H5921" help|strong="H5826" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" enemy|strong="H0341". 
\verseNumber{14}Uzziah|strong="H5818" prepared|strong="H3559" for|strong="H3605" them|strong="H1992", even for|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H6635", shields|strong="H4043", spears|strong="H7420", helmets|strong="H3553", coats of|strong="H3605" mail, bows|strong="H7198", and|strong="H0068" stones|strong="H0068" for|strong="H3605" slinging. 
\verseNumber{15}In|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", he|strong="H3588" made|strong="H6213" devices|strong="H2810", invented|strong="H4284" by|strong="H5921" skillful|strong="H2803" men|strong="H1419", to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H1961" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" towers|strong="H4026" and|strong="H1419" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" battlements, with|strong="H5921" which to|strong="H5704" shoot|strong="H3384" arrows|strong="H2678" and|strong="H1419" great|strong="H1419" stones|strong="H0068". His|strong="H5921" name|strong="H8034" spread|strong="H3318" far|strong="H5704" abroad, because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H8034" marvelously|strong="H6381" helped|strong="H5826" until|strong="H5704" he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H8034" strong|strong="H2388". 
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\verseNumber{16}But|strong="H0935" when|strong="H0935" he|strong="H5704" was|strong="H3068" strong|strong="H2393", his|strong="H5921" heart|strong="H3820" was|strong="H3068" lifted|strong="H0935" up|strong="H5704", so|strong="H0935" that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H5704" did corruptly|strong="H7843" and|strong="H0935" he|strong="H5704" trespassed against|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068" his|strong="H5921" God|strong="H0430", for|strong="H5921" he|strong="H5704" went|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0413" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1964" to|strong="H0413" burn|strong="H6999" incense|strong="H7004" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196" of|strong="H0430" incense|strong="H7004". 
\verseNumber{17}Azariah|strong="H5838" the|strong="H0935" priest|strong="H3548" went|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" after|strong="H0310" him|strong="H0310", and|strong="H1121" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H0310" eighty|strong="H8084" priests|strong="H3548" of|strong="H1121" Yahweh|strong="H3068", who|strong="H3068" were|strong="H1121" valiant|strong="H2428" men|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{18}They|strong="H3588" resisted Uzziah|strong="H5818" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428", and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H5921", “It|strong="H5921" isn’t|strong="H3808" for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588", Uzziah|strong="H5818", to|strong="H0559" burn|strong="H6999" incense|strong="H6999" to|strong="H0559" Yahweh|strong="H3068", but|strong="H3588" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0559" priests|strong="H3548" the|strong="H0559" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Aaron|strong="H0175", who|strong="H3068" are|strong="H1121" consecrated|strong="H6942" to|strong="H0559" burn|strong="H6999" incense|strong="H6999". Go|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" sanctuary|strong="H4720", for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1121" trespassed. It|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" for|strong="H3588" your|strong="H3068" honor|strong="H3519" from|strong="H4480" Yahweh|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430".” 
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\verseNumber{19}Then|strong="H3068" Uzziah|strong="H5818" was|strong="H3068" angry. He|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" a|strong="H5921" censer|strong="H4730" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" hand|strong="H3027" to|strong="H5921" burn|strong="H6999" incense|strong="H7004", and|strong="H3068" while|strong="H5973" he|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" angry with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H6440" priests|strong="H3548", the|strong="H6440" leprosy|strong="H6883" broke|strong="H2224" out|strong="H6440" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" forehead|strong="H4696" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" priests|strong="H3548" in|strong="H5921" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004", beside|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" altar|strong="H4196" of|strong="H1004" incense|strong="H7004". 
\verseNumber{20}Azariah|strong="H5838" the|strong="H3605" chief|strong="H7218" priest|strong="H3548" and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" looked|strong="H6437" at|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", and|strong="H3068" behold|strong="H2009", he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H3068" leprous|strong="H6879" in|strong="H0413" his|strong="H3605" forehead|strong="H4696"; and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3588" thrust him|strong="H0413" out|strong="H3318" quickly|strong="H1765" from|strong="H3318" there|strong="H8033". Indeed|strong="H3588", he|strong="H1931" himself|strong="H1931" also|strong="H1571" hurried|strong="H1765" to|strong="H0413" go|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318", because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" struck|strong="H5060" him|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{21}Uzziah|strong="H5818" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" 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", being|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" leper|strong="H6879"; for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1961" cut|strong="H1504" off|strong="H5921" from|strong="H5921" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004". Jotham|strong="H3147" his|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1961" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" king’s|strong="H4428" house|strong="H1004", judging|strong="H8199" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" land|strong="H0776". 
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\verseNumber{22}Now the|strong="H1697" rest|strong="H3499" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1697" acts|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1121" Uzziah|strong="H5818", first|strong="H7223" and|strong="H1121" last|strong="H0314", Isaiah|strong="H3470" the|strong="H1697" prophet|strong="H5030", the|strong="H1697" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Amoz|strong="H0531", wrote|strong="H3789". 
\verseNumber{23}So|strong="H0834" Uzziah|strong="H5818" slept|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H0834" fathers|strong="H0001"; and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H0834" buried|strong="H6912" him|strong="H0853" with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H0834" fathers|strong="H0001" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" field|strong="H7704" of|strong="H1121" burial|strong="H6900" which|strong="H0834" belonged to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" kings|strong="H4428", for|strong="H3588" they|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559", “He|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" a|strong="H3588" leper|strong="H6879".” Jotham|strong="H3147" his|strong="H0834" son|strong="H1121" reigned|strong="H4427" in|strong="H4428" his|strong="H0834" place|strong="H8478". 
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\chapterNumber{27}Jotham|strong="H3147" was|strong="H8034" twenty-five|strong="H2568" 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" sixteen|strong="H6240" years|strong="H8141" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". His|strong="H3147" mother’s|strong="H0517" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Jerushah|strong="H3388" the|strong="H8034" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" Zadok|strong="H6659". 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H0834" which|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" right|strong="H3477" in|strong="H0935" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" eyes|strong="H5869", according|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" his|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" Uzziah|strong="H5818" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213". However|strong="H7535" he|strong="H0834" didn’t|strong="H3808" enter|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0413" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1964". The|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" still|strong="H5750" acted|strong="H7843" corruptly|strong="H7843". 
\verseNumber{3}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", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H1931" built|strong="H1129" much|strong="H7230" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" wall|strong="H2346" of|strong="H1004" Ophel|strong="H6077". 
\verseNumber{4}Moreover he|strong="H3063" built|strong="H1129" cities|strong="H5892" in|strong="H1129" the|strong="H1129" hill|strong="H2022" country|strong="H2022" of|strong="H2022" Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H3063" in|strong="H1129" the|strong="H1129" forests he|strong="H3063" built|strong="H1129" fortresses|strong="H1003" and|strong="H3063" towers|strong="H4026". 
\verseNumber{5}He|strong="H1931" also|strong="H4428" fought|strong="H3898" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983", and|strong="H1121" prevailed|strong="H2388" against|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5414". The|strong="H5921" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983" gave|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" same|strong="H1931" year|strong="H8141" one|strong="H1931" hundred|strong="H3967" talents|strong="H3603"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{27:5  }A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds} of|strong="H1121" silver|strong="H3701", ten|strong="H6235" thousand|strong="H0505" cors|strong="H3734"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{27:5  1 cor is the same as a homer, or about 55.9 U. S. gallons (liquid) or 211 liters or 6 bushels. 10,000 cors of wheat would weigh about 1,640 metric tons.} of|strong="H1121" wheat|strong="H2406", and|strong="H1121" ten|strong="H6235" thousand|strong="H0505" cors|strong="H3734" of|strong="H1121" barley|strong="H8184".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{27:5  10,000 cors of barley would weigh about 1,310 metric tons.} The|strong="H5921" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983" also|strong="H4428" gave|strong="H5414" that|strong="H1931" much|strong="H5921" to|strong="H7725" him|strong="H5414" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" second|strong="H8145" year|strong="H8141", and|strong="H1121" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" third|strong="H7992". 
\verseNumber{6}So|strong="H3588" Jotham|strong="H3147" became|strong="H2388" mighty|strong="H0430", because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" ordered|strong="H3559" his|strong="H3068" ways|strong="H1870" before|strong="H6440" Yahweh|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430". 
\verseNumber{7}Now|strong="H2005" the|strong="H3605" rest|strong="H3499" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" acts|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" Jotham|strong="H3147", and|strong="H3063" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" wars|strong="H4421" and|strong="H3063" his|strong="H3605" ways|strong="H1870", behold|strong="H2005", they|strong="H5921" are|strong="H3478" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" book|strong="H5612" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3063" Judah|strong="H3063". 
\verseNumber{8}He|strong="H3389" was|strong="H1961" 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" reigned|strong="H4427" sixteen|strong="H6240" years|strong="H8141" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{9}Jotham|strong="H3147" slept|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H1732" fathers|strong="H0001", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H8478" buried|strong="H6912" him|strong="H0853" in|strong="H6912" 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{28}Ahaz|strong="H0271" was|strong="H3068" twenty|strong="H6242" years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1121" he|strong="H6213" began to|strong="H3068" reign|strong="H4427", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H6213" reigned|strong="H4427" sixteen|strong="H6240" years|strong="H8141" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". He|strong="H6213" didn’t|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3068" which|strong="H5869" was|strong="H3068" right|strong="H3477" in|strong="H8141" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" eyes|strong="H5869", like|strong="H3808" David|strong="H1732" his|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001", 
\verseNumber{2}but|strong="H1571" he|strong="H6213" walked in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H1571" ways|strong="H1870" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H1571" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H3478" also|strong="H1571" made|strong="H6213" molten images|strong="H4541" for|strong="H4428" the|strong="H1571" Baals|strong="H1168". 
\verseNumber{3}Moreover he|strong="H0834" burned|strong="H6999" incense|strong="H6999" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H0853" valley|strong="H1516" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hinnom|strong="H2011", and|strong="H1121" burned|strong="H6999" his|strong="H0834" children|strong="H1121" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H0853" fire|strong="H0784", according to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H0853" abominations|strong="H8441" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" nations|strong="H1471" whom|strong="H0834" Yahweh cast|strong="H3423" out|strong="H3423" 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", and|strong="H6086" 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}Therefore|strong="H1571" Yahweh|strong="H3068" his|strong="H5414" God|strong="H0430" delivered|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" into|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0935" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0935" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Syria|strong="H0758". They|strong="H3068" struck|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5414", and|strong="H0935" carried|strong="H7617" away|strong="H7617" from|strong="H4480" him|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" great|strong="H1419" multitude of|strong="H4428" captives|strong="H7633", and|strong="H0935" brought|strong="H0935" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0935" Damascus|strong="H1834". He|strong="H0430" was|strong="H3068" also|strong="H1571" delivered|strong="H5414" into|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0935" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0935" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", who|strong="H3068" struck|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5414" with|strong="H3068" a|strong="H5414" great|strong="H1419" slaughter|strong="H4347". 
\verseNumber{6}For|strong="H3117" Pekah|strong="H6492" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Remaliah|strong="H7425" killed|strong="H2026" in|strong="H0430" Judah|strong="H3063" one|strong="H0259" hundred|strong="H3967" twenty|strong="H6242" thousand|strong="H0505" in|strong="H0430" one|strong="H0259" day|strong="H3117", all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H0853" valiant|strong="H2428" men|strong="H1121", because|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" had|strong="H3068" forsaken Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3605" fathers|strong="H0001". 
\verseNumber{7}Zichri|strong="H2147", a|strong="H2026" mighty|strong="H1368" man|strong="H1368" of|strong="H1121" Ephraim|strong="H0669", killed|strong="H2026" Maaseiah|strong="H4641" the|strong="H0853" king’s|strong="H4428" son|strong="H1121", Azrikam|strong="H5840" the|strong="H0853" ruler|strong="H5057" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H1121" Elkanah|strong="H0511" who|strong="H1121" was|strong="H4428" next|strong="H4932" to|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{8}The|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" carried|strong="H7617" away|strong="H7617" captive|strong="H7617" of|strong="H1121" their|strong="H1992" brothers|strong="H0251" two|strong="H3967" hundred|strong="H3967" thousand|strong="H0505" women|strong="H0802", sons|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" daughters|strong="H1323", and|strong="H1121" also|strong="H1571" took|strong="H7617" away|strong="H7617" much|strong="H7227" plunder|strong="H0962" from|strong="H0935" them|strong="H1992", and|strong="H1121" brought|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" plunder|strong="H0962" to|strong="H0935" Samaria|strong="H8111". 
\verseNumber{9}But|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" prophet|strong="H5030" of|strong="H0430" Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H8034" there|strong="H8033", whose|strong="H8034" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Oded|strong="H5752"; and|strong="H0935" he|strong="H5704" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H0559" meet|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0559" army|strong="H6635" that|strong="H3068" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0559" Samaria|strong="H8111", and|strong="H0935" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" them|strong="H5414", “Behold|strong="H2009", because|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H0559" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" your|strong="H3068" fathers|strong="H0001", was|strong="H8034" angry|strong="H2534" with|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063", he|strong="H5704" has|strong="H3068" delivered|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" into|strong="H0935" your|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027", and|strong="H0935" you|strong="H5414" have|strong="H1961" slain|strong="H2026" them|strong="H5414" in|strong="H5921" a|strong="H1961" rage|strong="H2534" which|strong="H8033" has|strong="H3068" reached|strong="H0935" up|strong="H5704" to|strong="H0559" heaven|strong="H8064". 
\verseNumber{10}Now|strong="H6258" you|strong="H0859" intend|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" degrade the|strong="H0559" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H1121" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" as|strong="H3068" male|strong="H5650" and|strong="H1121" female|strong="H8198" slaves|strong="H5650" for|strong="H0430" yourselves|strong="H0859". Aren’t there|strong="H3068" even|strong="H3808" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H0859" trespasses of|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3068" own|strong="H5973" against|strong="H5973" Yahweh|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430"? 
\verseNumber{11}Now|strong="H6258" hear|strong="H8085" me|strong="H7725" therefore|strong="H6258", and|strong="H3068" send back|strong="H7725" the|strong="H0834" captives|strong="H7633" that|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" taken|strong="H7617" captive|strong="H7617" from|strong="H7725" your|strong="H3068" brothers|strong="H0251", for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0834" fierce|strong="H2740" wrath|strong="H0639" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" is|strong="H0834" on|strong="H5921" you|strong="H0834".” 
\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H6965" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" heads|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ephraim|strong="H0669", Azariah|strong="H5838" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Johanan|strong="H3076", Berechiah|strong="H1296" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Meshillemoth|strong="H4919", Jehizkiah|strong="H3169" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shallum|strong="H7967", and|strong="H1121" Amasa|strong="H6021" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hadlai|strong="H2311", stood|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" against|strong="H5921" those|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0376" came|strong="H0935" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H5921" war|strong="H6635", 
\verseNumber{13}and|strong="H0935" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" them|strong="H0853", “You|strong="H0859" must|strong="H0853" not|strong="H3808" bring|strong="H0935" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" captives|strong="H7633" here|strong="H2008", for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859" intend|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3588" which will|strong="H3068" bring|strong="H0935" on|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3588" trespass against|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068", to|strong="H0559" add|strong="H3254" to|strong="H0559" our|strong="H3068" sins|strong="H2403" and|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0559" our|strong="H3068" guilt|strong="H0819"; for|strong="H3588" our|strong="H3068" guilt|strong="H0819" is|strong="H3068" great|strong="H7227", and|strong="H0935" there|strong="H2008" is|strong="H3068" fierce|strong="H2740" wrath|strong="H0639" against|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478".” 
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\verseNumber{14}So|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" armed|strong="H2502" men|strong="H3605" left|strong="H5800" the|strong="H3605" captives|strong="H7633" and|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" plunder|strong="H0961" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" princes|strong="H8269" and|strong="H6440" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" assembly|strong="H6951". 
\verseNumber{15}The|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" been|strong="H2388" mentioned|strong="H0935" by|strong="H0935" name|strong="H8034" rose|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" and|strong="H0935" took|strong="H2388" the|strong="H3605" captives|strong="H7633", and|strong="H0935" with|strong="H3847" the|strong="H3605" plunder|strong="H7998" clothed|strong="H3847" all|strong="H3605" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" naked|strong="H4636" among|strong="H4480" them|strong="H7725", dressed|strong="H3847" them|strong="H7725", gave|strong="H8248" them|strong="H7725" sandals|strong="H5274", gave|strong="H8248" them|strong="H7725" something to|strong="H0935" eat|strong="H0398" and|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" drink|strong="H8248", anointed them|strong="H7725", carried|strong="H2388" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" feeble|strong="H3782" of|strong="H0376" them|strong="H7725" on|strong="H3847" donkeys|strong="H2543", and|strong="H0935" brought|strong="H0935" them|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0935" Jericho|strong="H3405", the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" of|strong="H0376" palm|strong="H8558" trees|strong="H8558", to|strong="H0935" their|strong="H3605" brothers|strong="H0251". Then|strong="H6965" they|strong="H0834" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0935" Samaria|strong="H8111". 
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\verseNumber{16}At|strong="H5921" that|strong="H1931" time|strong="H6256" King|strong="H4428" Ahaz|strong="H0271" sent|strong="H7971" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" to|strong="H5921" help|strong="H5826" him|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{17}For|strong="H0935" again|strong="H5750" the|strong="H0935" Edomites|strong="H0130" had|strong="H3063" come|strong="H0935" and|strong="H0935" struck|strong="H5221" Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H0935" carried|strong="H7617" away|strong="H7617" captives|strong="H7628". 
\verseNumber{18}The|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430" also|strong="H0853" had|strong="H3063" invaded|strong="H6584" the|strong="H0853" cities|strong="H5892" of|strong="H1323" the|strong="H0853" lowland|strong="H8219" and|strong="H3063" of|strong="H1323" the|strong="H0853" South|strong="H5045" of|strong="H1323" Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H3063" had|strong="H3063" taken|strong="H3920" Beth Shemesh, Aijalon|strong="H0357", Gederoth|strong="H1450", Soco|strong="H7755" with|strong="H3427" its|strong="H0853" villages|strong="H1323", Timnah|strong="H8553" with|strong="H3427" its|strong="H0853" villages|strong="H1323", and|strong="H3063" also|strong="H0853" Gimzo|strong="H1579" and|strong="H3063" its|strong="H0853" villages|strong="H1323"; and|strong="H3063" they|strong="H8033" lived|strong="H3427" there|strong="H8033". 
\verseNumber{19}For|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" brought Judah|strong="H3063" low because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H4428" Ahaz|strong="H0271" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" acted|strong="H4603" without restraint in|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3068" trespassed severely against|strong="H4604" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{20}Tilgath-pilneser|strong="H8407" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" him|strong="H5921" and|strong="H0935" gave|strong="H2388" him|strong="H5921" trouble, but|strong="H3808" didn’t|strong="H3808" strengthen|strong="H2388" him|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{21}For|strong="H3588" Ahaz|strong="H0271" took|strong="H0853" away a|strong="H3588" portion out|strong="H0853" of|strong="H4428" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H3068" out|strong="H0853" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H3068" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" princes|strong="H8269", and|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804"; but|strong="H3588" it|strong="H5414" didn’t|strong="H3808" help|strong="H5833" him|strong="H5414". 
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\verseNumber{22}In|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" time|strong="H6256" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3068" distress, he|strong="H1931" trespassed yet|strong="H3254" more|strong="H3254" against Yahweh|strong="H3068", this|strong="H1931" same|strong="H1931" King|strong="H4428" Ahaz|strong="H0271". 
\verseNumber{23}For|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" sacrificed|strong="H2076" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H3605" gods|strong="H0430" of|strong="H4428" Damascus|strong="H1834" which had|strong="H1961" defeated|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5221". He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “Because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" gods|strong="H0430" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Syria|strong="H0758" helped|strong="H5826" them|strong="H1992", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H0430" sacrifice|strong="H2076" to|strong="H0559" them|strong="H1992", that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" may|strong="H1961" help|strong="H5826" me|strong="H5221".” But|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" ruin of|strong="H4428" him|strong="H5221" and|strong="H3478" of|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{24}Ahaz|strong="H0271" gathered|strong="H0622" together|strong="H0622" the|strong="H3605" vessels|strong="H3627" of|strong="H1004" God’s|strong="H0430" house|strong="H1004", cut|strong="H7112" the|strong="H3605" vessels|strong="H3627" of|strong="H1004" God’s|strong="H0430" house|strong="H1004" in|strong="H0430" pieces|strong="H7112", and|strong="H3068" shut|strong="H5462" up|strong="H5462" the|strong="H3605" doors|strong="H1817" of|strong="H1004" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004"; and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H0430" made|strong="H6213" himself altars|strong="H4196" in|strong="H0430" every|strong="H3605" corner|strong="H6438" of|strong="H1004" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{25}In|strong="H0430" every|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" of|strong="H0430" Judah|strong="H3063" he|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213" high|strong="H1116" places|strong="H1116" to|strong="H3068" burn|strong="H6999" incense|strong="H6999" to|strong="H3068" other|strong="H0312" gods|strong="H0430", and|strong="H3068" provoked|strong="H3707" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" his|strong="H3605" fathers|strong="H0001", to|strong="H3068" anger|strong="H3707". 
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\verseNumber{26}Now|strong="H2005" the|strong="H3605" rest|strong="H3499" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3605" acts|strong="H1697", and|strong="H3063" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" ways|strong="H1870", first|strong="H7223" and|strong="H3063" last|strong="H0314", behold|strong="H2005", they|strong="H5921" are|strong="H3478" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" book|strong="H5612" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3063" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{27}Ahaz|strong="H0271" slept|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H0935" fathers|strong="H0001", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3588" buried|strong="H6912" him|strong="H5973" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3588" city|strong="H5892", even|strong="H3588" in|strong="H0935" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" didn’t|strong="H3808" bring|strong="H0935" him|strong="H5973" into|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3588" tombs|strong="H6913" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478"; and|strong="H1121" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" his|strong="H0935" son|strong="H1121" reigned|strong="H4427" in|strong="H0935" his|strong="H0935" place|strong="H8478". 
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\chapterNumber{29}Hezekiah|strong="H2396" began to|strong="H3389" reign|strong="H4427" when|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3389" was|strong="H8034" twenty-five|strong="H2568" years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3389" reigned|strong="H4427" twenty-nine|strong="H8672" years|strong="H8141" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". His|strong="H2396" mother’s|strong="H0517" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Abijah|strong="H0029", the|strong="H8034" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" Zechariah|strong="H2148". 
\verseNumber{2}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{3}In|strong="H8141" the|strong="H0853" first|strong="H7223" year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H1004" his|strong="H3068" reign|strong="H4427", in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H0853" first|strong="H7223" month|strong="H2320", he|strong="H1931" opened|strong="H6605" the|strong="H0853" doors|strong="H1817" of|strong="H1004" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3068" repaired|strong="H2388" them|strong="H0853". 
\verseNumber{4}He|strong="H0853" brought|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" Levites|strong="H3881" and|strong="H0935" gathered|strong="H0622" them|strong="H0853" together|strong="H0622" into|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" wide place|strong="H0935" on|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" east|strong="H4217", 
\verseNumber{5}and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" them|strong="H0853", “Listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H0559" me|strong="H4480", you|strong="H0853" Levites|strong="H3881"! Now|strong="H6258" sanctify|strong="H6942" yourselves|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" sanctify|strong="H6942" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H0853" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1004" your|strong="H3068" fathers|strong="H0001", and|strong="H3068" carry|strong="H3318" the|strong="H0853" filthiness out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" holy|strong="H6944" place|strong="H6944". 
\verseNumber{6}For|strong="H3588" our|strong="H3068" fathers|strong="H0001" were|strong="H5869" unfaithful|strong="H4603", and|strong="H3068" have|strong="H0001" done|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588" which|strong="H5869" was|strong="H3068" evil|strong="H7451" in|strong="H0430" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God’s|strong="H0430" sight|strong="H5869", and|strong="H3068" have|strong="H0001" forsaken him|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3068" have|strong="H0001" turned|strong="H5437" away|strong="H5437" their|strong="H3068" faces|strong="H6440" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" habitation of|strong="H0430" Yahweh|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" turned|strong="H5437" their|strong="H3068" backs|strong="H6203". 
\verseNumber{7}Also|strong="H1571" they|strong="H3808" have|strong="H1571" shut|strong="H5462" up|strong="H5927" the|strong="H0853" doors|strong="H1817" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0853" porch|strong="H0197", and|strong="H3478" put|strong="H5927" out|strong="H0853" the|strong="H0853" lamps|strong="H5216", and|strong="H3478" have|strong="H1571" not|strong="H3808" burned|strong="H6999" incense|strong="H7004" nor|strong="H3808" offered|strong="H5927" burnt|strong="H5930" offerings|strong="H3478" in|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0853" holy|strong="H6944" place|strong="H6944" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H0853" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{8}Therefore|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" wrath|strong="H7110" was|strong="H1961" on|strong="H5921" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H0834" has|strong="H3068" delivered|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" tossed back and|strong="H3068" forth|strong="H5414", to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" an|strong="H1961" astonishment and|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1961" hissing|strong="H8322", as|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0859" see|strong="H7200" with|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" eyes|strong="H5869". 
\verseNumber{9}For|strong="H5921" behold|strong="H2009", our|strong="H5921" fathers|strong="H0001" have|strong="H0001" fallen|strong="H5307" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" sword|strong="H2719", and|strong="H1121" our|strong="H5921" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" our|strong="H5921" daughters|strong="H1323" and|strong="H1121" our|strong="H5921" wives|strong="H0802" are|strong="H1121" in|strong="H5921" captivity|strong="H7628" for|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2063". 
\verseNumber{10}Now|strong="H6258" it|strong="H7725" is|strong="H3068" in|strong="H0430" my|strong="H3068" heart|strong="H3824" to|strong="H7725" make|strong="H3772" a|strong="H3772" covenant|strong="H1285" with|strong="H5973" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H4480" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478", that|strong="H4480" his|strong="H3068" fierce|strong="H2740" anger|strong="H0639" may|strong="H0430" turn|strong="H7725" away|strong="H7725" from|strong="H4480" us|strong="H7725". 
\verseNumber{11}My|strong="H3068" sons|strong="H1121", don’t|strong="H0408" be|strong="H1961" negligent now|strong="H6258"; for|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" chosen you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H1961" stand|strong="H5975" before|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440", to|strong="H1961" minister|strong="H8334" to|strong="H1961" him|strong="H6440", and|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" his|strong="H3068" ministers|strong="H8334" and|strong="H1121" burn|strong="H6999" incense|strong="H6999".” 
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\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H6965" the|strong="H4480" Levites|strong="H3881" arose|strong="H6965": Mahath|strong="H4287", the|strong="H4480" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Amasai|strong="H6022", and|strong="H1121" Joel|strong="H3100" the|strong="H4480" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Azariah|strong="H5838", of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H4480" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H4480" Kohathites|strong="H6956"; and|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H4480" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Merari|strong="H4847", Kish|strong="H7027" the|strong="H4480" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Abdi|strong="H5660", and|strong="H1121" Azariah|strong="H5838" the|strong="H4480" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jehallelel|strong="H3094"; and|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H4480" Gershonites|strong="H1649", Joah|strong="H3098" the|strong="H4480" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zimmah|strong="H2155", and|strong="H1121" Eden|strong="H5731" the|strong="H4480" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Joah|strong="H3098"; 
\verseNumber{13}and|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H4480" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Elizaphan|strong="H0469", Shimri|strong="H8113" and|strong="H1121" Jeuel|strong="H3273"; and|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H4480" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Asaph|strong="H0623", Zechariah|strong="H2148" and|strong="H1121" Mattaniah|strong="H4983"; 
\verseNumber{14}and|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H4480" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Heman|strong="H1968", Jehuel and|strong="H1121" Shimei|strong="H8096"; and|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H4480" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jeduthun|strong="H3038", Shemaiah|strong="H8098" and|strong="H1121" Uzziel|strong="H5816". 
\verseNumber{15}They|strong="H3068" gathered|strong="H0622" their|strong="H3068" brothers|strong="H0251", sanctified|strong="H6942" themselves|strong="H6942", and|strong="H0935" went|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935", according to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" commandment|strong="H4687" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" by|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" words|strong="H1697", to|strong="H0935" cleanse|strong="H2891" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{16}The|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" went|strong="H3318" into|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" inner|strong="H6441" part|strong="H6441" of|strong="H1004" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004" to|strong="H0935" cleanse|strong="H2891" it|strong="H3068", and|strong="H0935" brought|strong="H0935" out|strong="H3318" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" uncleanness|strong="H2932" that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" found|strong="H4672" in|strong="H0935" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004" into|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" court|strong="H2691" of|strong="H1004" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004". The|strong="H3605" Levites|strong="H3881" took|strong="H3318" it|strong="H3068" from|strong="H0935" there|strong="H4672" to|strong="H0935" carry|strong="H3318" it|strong="H3068" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" brook|strong="H5158" Kidron|strong="H6939". 
\verseNumber{17}Now|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" began|strong="H2490" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" first|strong="H7223" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" first|strong="H7223" month|strong="H2320" to|strong="H0935" sanctify|strong="H6942", and|strong="H0935" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" eighth|strong="H8083" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" month|strong="H2320" they|strong="H3117" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" porch|strong="H0197". They|strong="H3117" sanctified|strong="H6942" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004" in|strong="H0935" eight|strong="H8083" days|strong="H3117", and|strong="H0935" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" sixteenth day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" first|strong="H7223" month|strong="H2320" they|strong="H3117" finished|strong="H3615". 
\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H0853" they|strong="H3068" went|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" within|strong="H6441" the|strong="H3605" palace|strong="H1004" and|strong="H0935" said|strong="H0559", “We|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3068" cleansed|strong="H2891" all|strong="H3605" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004", including|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196" of|strong="H4428" burnt|strong="H5930" offering|strong="H3068" with|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" its|strong="H3605" vessels|strong="H3627", and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" table|strong="H7979" of|strong="H4428" show bread with|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" its|strong="H3605" vessels|strong="H3627". 
\verseNumber{19}Moreover, we|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" prepared|strong="H3559" and|strong="H3068" sanctified|strong="H6942" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" vessels|strong="H3627" which|strong="H0834" King|strong="H4428" Ahaz|strong="H0271" threw away|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3605" reign|strong="H4438" when|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" unfaithful|strong="H4604". Behold|strong="H2005", they|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" before|strong="H6440" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" altar|strong="H4196".” 
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\verseNumber{20}Then|strong="H0853" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" arose|strong="H7925" early|strong="H7925", gathered|strong="H0622" the|strong="H0853" princes|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892", and|strong="H3068" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{21}They|strong="H5921" brought|strong="H0935" seven|strong="H7651" bulls|strong="H6499", seven|strong="H7651" rams|strong="H0352", seven|strong="H7651" lambs|strong="H3532", and|strong="H1121" seven|strong="H7651" male|strong="H3532" goats|strong="H5795", for|strong="H5921" a|strong="H0935" sin|strong="H2403" offering|strong="H5927" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" kingdom|strong="H4467", for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" sanctuary|strong="H4720", and|strong="H1121" for|strong="H5921" Judah|strong="H3063". He|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" priests|strong="H3548" the|strong="H0559" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Aaron|strong="H0175" to|strong="H0559" offer|strong="H5927" them|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" altar|strong="H4196". 
\verseNumber{22}So|strong="H0853" they|strong="H3548" killed|strong="H7819" the|strong="H0853" bulls|strong="H1241", and|strong="H3548" the|strong="H0853" priests|strong="H3548" received|strong="H6901" the|strong="H0853" blood|strong="H1818" and|strong="H3548" sprinkled|strong="H2236" it|strong="H7819" on|strong="H4196" the|strong="H0853" altar|strong="H4196". They|strong="H3548" killed|strong="H7819" the|strong="H0853" rams|strong="H0352" and|strong="H3548" sprinkled|strong="H2236" the|strong="H0853" blood|strong="H1818" on|strong="H4196" the|strong="H0853" altar|strong="H4196". They|strong="H3548" also|strong="H0853" killed|strong="H7819" the|strong="H0853" lambs|strong="H3532" and|strong="H3548" sprinkled|strong="H2236" the|strong="H0853" blood|strong="H1818" on|strong="H4196" the|strong="H0853" altar|strong="H4196". 
\verseNumber{23}They|strong="H5921" brought|strong="H5066" near|strong="H5066" the|strong="H0853" male|strong="H8163" goats|strong="H8163" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" sin|strong="H2403" offering before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" assembly|strong="H6951"; and|strong="H3027" they|strong="H5921" laid|strong="H5564" their|strong="H5921" hands|strong="H3027" on|strong="H5921" them|strong="H0853". 
\verseNumber{24}Then|strong="H0559" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" killed|strong="H7819" them|strong="H5921", and|strong="H3478" they|strong="H3588" made|strong="H3605" a|strong="H3588" sin|strong="H2398" offering|strong="H3548" with|strong="H0854" their|strong="H3605" blood|strong="H1818" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196", to|strong="H0559" make|strong="H3588" atonement|strong="H3722" for|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478"; for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" commanded|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" burnt|strong="H5930" offering|strong="H3548" and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" sin|strong="H2398" offering|strong="H3548" should|strong="H3548" be|strong="H3478" made|strong="H3605" for|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478". 
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\verseNumber{25}He|strong="H3588" set|strong="H5975" the|strong="H0853" Levites|strong="H3881" in|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004" with|strong="H1004" cymbals|strong="H4700", with|strong="H1004" stringed instruments, and|strong="H3068" with|strong="H1004" harps|strong="H3658", according|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" commandment|strong="H4687" of|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732", of|strong="H4428" Gad|strong="H1410" the|strong="H0853" king’s|strong="H4428" seer|strong="H2374", and|strong="H3068" Nathan|strong="H5416" the|strong="H0853" prophet|strong="H5030"; for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" commandment|strong="H4687" was|strong="H3068" from|strong="H3027" Yahweh|strong="H3068" by|strong="H3027" his|strong="H3068" prophets|strong="H5030". 
\verseNumber{26}The|strong="H5975" Levites|strong="H3881" stood|strong="H5975" with|strong="H1732" David’s|strong="H1732" instruments|strong="H3627", and|strong="H3548" the|strong="H5975" priests|strong="H3548" with|strong="H1732" the|strong="H5975" trumpets|strong="H2689". 
\verseNumber{27}Hezekiah|strong="H2396" commanded|strong="H0559" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0559" offer|strong="H5927" the|strong="H0559" burnt|strong="H5930" offering|strong="H5927" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" altar|strong="H4196". When|strong="H6256" the|strong="H0559" burnt|strong="H5930" offering|strong="H5927" began|strong="H2490", Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" song|strong="H7892" also|strong="H3068" began|strong="H2490", along|strong="H5921" with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" trumpets|strong="H2689" and|strong="H3068" instruments|strong="H3627" of|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{28}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" assembly|strong="H6951" worshiped|strong="H7812", the|strong="H3605" singers|strong="H7891" sang|strong="H7891", and|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" trumpeters|strong="H2689" sounded|strong="H2690". All|strong="H3605" this|strong="H3605" continued until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" burnt|strong="H5930" offering was|strong="H3605" finished|strong="H3615". 
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\verseNumber{29}When|strong="H3615" they|strong="H3605" had|strong="H4428" finished|strong="H3615" offering|strong="H5927", the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H4428" present|strong="H4672" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H0854" bowed|strong="H7812" themselves|strong="H7812" and|strong="H4428" worshiped|strong="H7812". 
\verseNumber{30}Moreover Hezekiah|strong="H2396" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" princes|strong="H8269" commanded|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" Levites|strong="H3881" to|strong="H0559" sing praises|strong="H3068" to|strong="H0559" Yahweh|strong="H3068" with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" words|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732", and|strong="H3068" of|strong="H4428" Asaph|strong="H0623" the|strong="H0559" seer|strong="H2374". They|strong="H3068" sang praises|strong="H3068" with|strong="H3068" gladness|strong="H8057", and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" bowed|strong="H7812" their|strong="H3068" heads|strong="H8269" and|strong="H3068" worshiped|strong="H7812". 
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\verseNumber{31}Then|strong="H6030" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" answered|strong="H0559", “Now|strong="H6258" you|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3068" consecrated yourselves|strong="H3027" to|strong="H0559" Yahweh|strong="H3068". Come|strong="H0935" near|strong="H5066" and|strong="H0935" bring|strong="H0935" sacrifices|strong="H2077" and|strong="H0935" thank|strong="H8426" offerings|strong="H8426" into|strong="H0935" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004".” The|strong="H3605" assembly|strong="H6951" brought|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" sacrifices|strong="H2077" and|strong="H0935" thank|strong="H8426" offerings|strong="H8426", and|strong="H0935" as|strong="H0935" many as|strong="H0935" were|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1004" a|strong="H0935" willing|strong="H5081" heart|strong="H3820" brought|strong="H0935" burnt|strong="H5930" offerings|strong="H8426". 
\verseNumber{32}The|strong="H3605" number|strong="H4557" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" burnt|strong="H5930" offerings|strong="H3068" which|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" assembly|strong="H6951" brought|strong="H0935" was|strong="H1961" seventy|strong="H7657" bulls|strong="H1241", one|strong="H3532" hundred|strong="H3967" rams|strong="H0352", and|strong="H0935" two|strong="H3967" hundred|strong="H3967" lambs|strong="H3532". All|strong="H3605" these|strong="H0428" were|strong="H0834" for|strong="H3605" a|strong="H1961" burnt|strong="H5930" offering|strong="H3068" to|strong="H0935" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{33}The|strong="H6942" consecrated|strong="H6942" things|strong="H7969" were|strong="H1241" six|strong="H8337" hundred|strong="H3967" head of|strong="H0505" cattle|strong="H1241" and|strong="H3967" three|strong="H7969" thousand|strong="H0505" sheep|strong="H6629". 
\verseNumber{34}But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" were|strong="H1961" too|strong="H3808" few|strong="H4592", so|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" could|strong="H3201" not|strong="H3808" skin|strong="H6584" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" burnt|strong="H5930" offerings|strong="H5930". Therefore|strong="H1961" their|strong="H3605" brothers|strong="H0251" the|strong="H3605" Levites|strong="H3881" helped|strong="H2388" them|strong="H0853" until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" work|strong="H4399" was|strong="H1961" ended|strong="H3615", and|strong="H3548" until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" had|strong="H1961" sanctified|strong="H6942" themselves|strong="H6942", for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" Levites|strong="H3881" were|strong="H1961" more|strong="H3808" upright|strong="H3477" in|strong="H3477" heart|strong="H3824" to|strong="H5704" sanctify|strong="H6942" themselves|strong="H6942" than|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548". 
\verseNumber{35}Also|strong="H1571" the|strong="H3068" burnt|strong="H5930" offerings|strong="H8002" were|strong="H1571" in|strong="H3068" abundance|strong="H7230", with|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3068" fat|strong="H2459" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3068" peace|strong="H8002" offerings|strong="H8002" and|strong="H3068" with|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3068" drink offerings|strong="H8002" for|strong="H1004" every burnt|strong="H5930" offering|strong="H8002". So|strong="H1571" the|strong="H3068" service|strong="H5656" of|strong="H1004" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004" was|strong="H3068" set|strong="H3559" in|strong="H3068" order|strong="H3559". 
\verseNumber{36}Hezekiah|strong="H2396" and|strong="H0430" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" rejoiced|strong="H8055" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H0430" that|strong="H3588" which|strong="H1697" God|strong="H0430" had|strong="H1961" prepared|strong="H3559" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971"; for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" thing|strong="H1697" was|strong="H1961" done|strong="H1961" suddenly|strong="H6597". 
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\chapterNumber{30}Hezekiah|strong="H2396" sent|strong="H7971" to|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H0935" Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H0935" wrote|strong="H3789" letters|strong="H0107" also|strong="H1571" to|strong="H0935" Ephraim|strong="H0669" and|strong="H0935" Manasseh|strong="H4519", that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H5921" should|strong="H3068" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004" at|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", to|strong="H0935" keep|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" Passover|strong="H6453" to|strong="H0935" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{2}For|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" had|strong="H4428" taken counsel|strong="H3289" with|strong="H3389" his|strong="H3605" princes|strong="H8269" and|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" assembly|strong="H6951" in|strong="H4428" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" to|strong="H3389" keep|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" Passover|strong="H6453" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" second|strong="H8145" month|strong="H2320". 
\verseNumber{3}For|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" could|strong="H3201" not|strong="H3808" keep|strong="H6942" it|strong="H1931" at|strong="H0622" that|strong="H3588" time|strong="H6256", because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" priests|strong="H3548" had|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3808" sanctified|strong="H6942" themselves|strong="H6942" in|strong="H0622" sufficient number, and|strong="H3548" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" had|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3808" gathered|strong="H0622" themselves|strong="H6942" together|strong="H0622" to|strong="H3201" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{4}The|strong="H3605" thing|strong="H1697" was|strong="H4428" right|strong="H3474" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" eyes|strong="H5869" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" assembly|strong="H6951". 
\verseNumber{5}So|strong="H6213" they|strong="H3588" established|strong="H5975" a|strong="H3588" decree|strong="H1697" to|strong="H0935" make|strong="H6213" proclamation|strong="H6963" throughout|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478", from|strong="H0935" Beersheba|strong="H0884" even|strong="H5704" to|strong="H0935" Dan|strong="H1835", that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3068" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" keep|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" Passover|strong="H6453" to|strong="H0935" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478", at|strong="H3478" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", for|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" kept|strong="H6213" it|strong="H3588" in|strong="H0935" great|strong="H7230" numbers|strong="H7230" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" way|strong="H1697" it|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" written|strong="H3789". 
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\verseNumber{6}So|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3605" couriers|strong="H7323" went|strong="H7725" with|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" letters|strong="H0107" from|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" princes|strong="H8269" throughout|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063", according|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" commandment|strong="H4687" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", saying|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", turn|strong="H7725" again|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1121" Abraham|strong="H0085", Isaac|strong="H3327", and|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H0430" may|strong="H0430" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" remnant|strong="H7604" of|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" have|strong="H1121" escaped|strong="H6413" out|strong="H0413" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Assyria|strong="H0804". 
\verseNumber{7}Don’t|strong="H0408" be|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" your|strong="H3068" fathers|strong="H0001" and|strong="H3068" like|strong="H1961" your|strong="H3068" brothers|strong="H0251", who|strong="H0834" trespassed against Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H0834" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" their|strong="H3068" fathers|strong="H0001", so|strong="H1961" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" gave|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" up|strong="H7200" to|strong="H1961" desolation|strong="H8047", as|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0859" see|strong="H7200". 
\verseNumber{8}Now|strong="H6258" don’t|strong="H0408" be|strong="H0408" stiff-necked, as|strong="H0834" your|strong="H3068" fathers|strong="H0001" were|strong="H0834", but|strong="H0935" yield|strong="H5414" yourselves|strong="H3027" to|strong="H0935" Yahweh|strong="H3068", and|strong="H0935" enter|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0935" his|strong="H5414" sanctuary|strong="H4720", which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" has|strong="H3068" sanctified|strong="H6942" forever|strong="H5769", and|strong="H0935" serve|strong="H5647" Yahweh|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430", that|strong="H0834" his|strong="H5414" fierce|strong="H2740" anger|strong="H0639" may|strong="H0430" turn|strong="H7725" away|strong="H7725" from|strong="H4480" you|strong="H0834". 
\verseNumber{9}For|strong="H3588" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H3588" turn|strong="H7725" again|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" Yahweh|strong="H3068", your|strong="H3068" brothers|strong="H0251" and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3068" children|strong="H1121" will|strong="H3068" find compassion|strong="H7356" with|strong="H0413" those|strong="H4480" who|strong="H3068" led|strong="H6440" them|strong="H0413" captive|strong="H7617", and|strong="H1121" will|strong="H3068" come|strong="H7725" again|strong="H7725" into|strong="H0413" this|strong="H2063" land|strong="H0776", because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430" is|strong="H3068" gracious|strong="H2587" and|strong="H1121" merciful|strong="H7349", and|strong="H1121" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" turn|strong="H7725" away|strong="H5493" his|strong="H5921" face|strong="H6440" from|strong="H4480" you|strong="H3588" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H3588" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413".” 
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\verseNumber{10}So|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" couriers|strong="H7323" passed|strong="H5674" from|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892" to|strong="H5704" city|strong="H5892" through|strong="H5674" the|strong="H5921" country|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" Ephraim|strong="H0669" and|strong="H0776" Manasseh|strong="H4519", even|strong="H5704" to|strong="H5704" Zebulun|strong="H2074", but|strong="H1961" people|strong="H0776" ridiculed them|strong="H5921" and|strong="H0776" mocked|strong="H3932" them|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{11}Nevertheless|strong="H0389" some|strong="H0376" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Asher|strong="H0836", Manasseh|strong="H4519", and|strong="H0935" Zebulun|strong="H2074" humbled|strong="H3665" themselves|strong="H3665" and|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{12}Also|strong="H1571" the|strong="H5414" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" God|strong="H0430" came|strong="H1961" on|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063" to|strong="H1961" give|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" one|strong="H0259" heart|strong="H3820", to|strong="H1961" do|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5414" commandment|strong="H4687" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H3068" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5414" princes|strong="H8269" by|strong="H3027" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" word|strong="H1697". 
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\verseNumber{13}Many|strong="H7227" people|strong="H5971" assembled|strong="H0622" at|strong="H2320" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" to|strong="H3389" keep|strong="H6213" the|strong="H0853" feast|strong="H2282" of|strong="H6951" unleavened|strong="H4682" bread|strong="H4682" in|strong="H0622" the|strong="H0853" second|strong="H8145" month|strong="H2320", a|strong="H3389" very|strong="H3966" great|strong="H3966" assembly|strong="H6951". 
\verseNumber{14}They|strong="H0834" arose|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" took|strong="H5493" away|strong="H5493" the|strong="H3605" altars|strong="H4196" that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" in|strong="H4196" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", and|strong="H6965" they|strong="H0834" took|strong="H5493" away|strong="H5493" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" altars|strong="H4196" for|strong="H3605" incense|strong="H6999" and|strong="H6965" threw|strong="H7993" them|strong="H0853" into|strong="H7993" the|strong="H3605" brook|strong="H5158" Kidron|strong="H6939". 
\verseNumber{15}Then|strong="H0935" they|strong="H3068" killed|strong="H7819" the|strong="H0935" Passover|strong="H6453" on|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0935" fourteenth day|strong="H2320" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0935" second|strong="H8145" month|strong="H2320". The|strong="H0935" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0935" Levites|strong="H3881" were|strong="H3881" ashamed|strong="H3637", and|strong="H0935" sanctified|strong="H6942" themselves|strong="H6942", and|strong="H0935" brought|strong="H0935" burnt|strong="H5930" offerings|strong="H6453" into|strong="H0935" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{16}They|strong="H5921" stood|strong="H5975" in|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" place|strong="H3027" after|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4941", according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" law|strong="H8451" of|strong="H0376" Moses|strong="H4872" the|strong="H0853" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" God|strong="H0430". The|strong="H0853" priests|strong="H3548" sprinkled|strong="H2236" the|strong="H0853" blood|strong="H1818" which they|strong="H5921" received|strong="H5921" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" Levites|strong="H3881". 
\verseNumber{17}For|strong="H3588" there|strong="H3068" were|strong="H0834" many|strong="H7227" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" assembly|strong="H6951" who|strong="H0834" had|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" sanctified|strong="H6942" themselves|strong="H6942"; therefore|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Levites|strong="H3881" were|strong="H0834" in|strong="H5921" charge|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3068" killing the|strong="H3605" Passovers for|strong="H3588" everyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" clean|strong="H2889", to|strong="H5921" sanctify|strong="H6942" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{18}For|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" multitude|strong="H4768" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971", even|strong="H3588" many|strong="H7227" of|strong="H3068" Ephraim|strong="H0669", Manasseh|strong="H4519", Issachar|strong="H3485", and|strong="H3068" Zebulun|strong="H2074", had|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" cleansed|strong="H2891" themselves|strong="H2896", yet|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" ate|strong="H0398" the|strong="H0853" Passover|strong="H6453" other than|strong="H3808" the|strong="H0853" way|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921" is|strong="H3068" written|strong="H3789". For|strong="H3588" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" had|strong="H3068" prayed|strong="H6419" for|strong="H3588" them|strong="H0853", saying|strong="H0559", “May|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" good|strong="H2896" Yahweh|strong="H3068" pardon everyone 
\verseNumber{19}who|strong="H3605" sets his|strong="H3605" heart|strong="H3824" to|strong="H3068" seek|strong="H1875" God|strong="H0430", Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" his|strong="H3605" fathers|strong="H0001", even|strong="H3808" if they|strong="H3808" aren’t clean|strong="H2893" according to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" purification|strong="H2893" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3605" sanctuary|strong="H6944".” 
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\verseNumber{20}Yahweh|strong="H3068" listened|strong="H8085" to|strong="H0413" Hezekiah|strong="H2396", and|strong="H3068" healed|strong="H7495" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{21}The|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" who|strong="H3068" were|strong="H3478" present|strong="H4672" at|strong="H3478" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" kept|strong="H6213" the|strong="H0853" feast|strong="H2282" of|strong="H1121" unleavened|strong="H4682" bread|strong="H4682" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117" with|strong="H3068" great|strong="H1419" gladness|strong="H8057". The|strong="H0853" Levites|strong="H3881" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" priests|strong="H3548" praised|strong="H1984" Yahweh|strong="H3068" day|strong="H3117" by|strong="H3068" day|strong="H3117", singing with|strong="H3068" loud|strong="H1419" instruments|strong="H3627" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{22}Hezekiah|strong="H2396" spoke|strong="H1696" encouragingly to|strong="H1696" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Levites|strong="H3881" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3068" good|strong="H2896" understanding|strong="H3820" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" service of|strong="H0430" Yahweh|strong="H3068". So|strong="H1696" they|strong="H3117" ate|strong="H0398" throughout|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" feast|strong="H0398" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117", offering|strong="H8002" sacrifices|strong="H2077" of|strong="H0430" peace|strong="H8002" offerings|strong="H8002" and|strong="H3068" making|strong="H3605" confession|strong="H3034" to|strong="H1696" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" their|strong="H3605" fathers|strong="H0001". 
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\verseNumber{23}The|strong="H3605" whole|strong="H3605" assembly|strong="H6951" took|strong="H3289" counsel|strong="H3289" to|strong="H3117" keep|strong="H6213" another|strong="H0312" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117", and|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" kept|strong="H6213" another|strong="H0312" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117" with|strong="H3117" gladness|strong="H8057". 
\verseNumber{24}For|strong="H3588" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" gave to|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3588" assembly|strong="H6951" for|strong="H3588" offerings|strong="H3588" one|strong="H3588" thousand|strong="H0505" bulls|strong="H6499" and|strong="H3063" seven|strong="H7651" thousand|strong="H0505" sheep|strong="H6629"; and|strong="H3063" the|strong="H3588" princes|strong="H8269" gave to|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3588" assembly|strong="H6951" a|strong="H3588" thousand|strong="H0505" bulls|strong="H6499" and|strong="H3063" ten|strong="H6235" thousand|strong="H0505" sheep|strong="H6629"; and|strong="H3063" a|strong="H3588" great|strong="H7230" number|strong="H7230" of|strong="H4428" priests|strong="H3548" sanctified|strong="H6942" themselves|strong="H6942". 
\verseNumber{25}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" assembly|strong="H6951" of|strong="H0776" Judah|strong="H3063", with|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" Levites|strong="H3881", and|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" assembly|strong="H6951" who|strong="H3605" came|strong="H0935" out|strong="H3605" of|strong="H0776" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" foreigners|strong="H1616" who|strong="H3605" came|strong="H0935" out|strong="H3605" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H0935" who|strong="H3605" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Judah|strong="H3063", rejoiced|strong="H8055". 
\verseNumber{26}So|strong="H1961" there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" great|strong="H1419" joy|strong="H8057" in|strong="H3478" Jerusalem|strong="H3389"; for|strong="H3588" since|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" time|strong="H3117" of|strong="H1121" Solomon|strong="H8010" the|strong="H3588" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" nothing|strong="H3808" like|strong="H1961" this|strong="H2063" in|strong="H3478" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{27}Then|strong="H6965" the|strong="H0853" Levitical|strong="H3881" priests|strong="H3548" arose|strong="H6965" and|strong="H0935" blessed|strong="H1288" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971". Their|strong="H8085" voice|strong="H6963" was|strong="H6963" heard|strong="H8085", and|strong="H0935" their|strong="H8085" prayer|strong="H8605" came|strong="H0935" up|strong="H6965" to|strong="H0935" his|strong="H8085" holy|strong="H6944" habitation|strong="H4583", even|strong="H0853" to|strong="H0935" heaven|strong="H8064". 
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\chapterNumber{31}Now when|strong="H3318" all|strong="H3605" this|strong="H2063" was|strong="H3478" finished|strong="H3615", all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3478" present|strong="H4672" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H1121" broke|strong="H7665" the|strong="H3605" pillars|strong="H4676" in|strong="H3478" pieces|strong="H7665", cut|strong="H1438" down|strong="H5422" the|strong="H3605" Asherah|strong="H0842" poles, and|strong="H1121" broke|strong="H7665" down|strong="H5422" the|strong="H3605" high|strong="H1116" places|strong="H1116" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" altars|strong="H4196" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144", also|strong="H0853" in|strong="H3478" Ephraim|strong="H0669" and|strong="H1121" Manasseh|strong="H4519", until|strong="H5704" they|strong="H0376" had|strong="H3478" destroyed|strong="H3615" them|strong="H0853" all|strong="H3605". Then|strong="H3318" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" returned|strong="H7725", every|strong="H3605" man|strong="H0376" to|strong="H5704" his|strong="H3605" possession|strong="H0272", into|strong="H0376" their|strong="H3605" own|strong="H0376" cities|strong="H5892". 
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\verseNumber{2}Hezekiah|strong="H2396" appointed|strong="H5975" the|strong="H0853" divisions|strong="H4256" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" Levites|strong="H3881" after|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3068" divisions|strong="H4256", every|strong="H0376" man|strong="H0376" according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" service|strong="H5656", both|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" Levites|strong="H3881", for|strong="H5921" burnt|strong="H5930" offerings|strong="H8002" and|strong="H3068" for|strong="H5921" peace|strong="H8002" offerings|strong="H8002", to|strong="H5921" minister|strong="H8334", to|strong="H5921" give|strong="H3034" thanks|strong="H3034", and|strong="H3068" to|strong="H5921" praise|strong="H1984" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" gates|strong="H8179" of|strong="H0376" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" camp|strong="H4264". 
\verseNumber{3}He|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" appointed|strong="H4150" the|strong="H4480" king’s|strong="H4428" portion|strong="H4521" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3068" possessions|strong="H7399" for|strong="H3068" the|strong="H4480" burnt|strong="H5930" offerings|strong="H4480": for|strong="H3068" the|strong="H4480" morning|strong="H1242" and|strong="H3068" evening|strong="H6153" burnt|strong="H5930" offerings|strong="H4480", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H4480" burnt|strong="H5930" offerings|strong="H4480" for|strong="H3068" the|strong="H4480" Sabbaths|strong="H7676", for|strong="H3068" the|strong="H4480" new|strong="H2320" moons|strong="H2320", and|strong="H3068" for|strong="H3068" the|strong="H4480" set|strong="H4150" feasts|strong="H4150", as|strong="H3068" it|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" law|strong="H8451". 
\verseNumber{4}Moreover he|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3068" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" to|strong="H0559" give|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0559" portion|strong="H4521" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" Levites|strong="H3881", that|strong="H4616" they|strong="H3068" might|strong="H4616" give|strong="H5414" themselves to|strong="H0559" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" law|strong="H8451". 
\verseNumber{5}As|strong="H1697" soon as|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" commandment|strong="H1697" went|strong="H0935" out|strong="H3605", the|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" gave|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" abundance|strong="H7230" the|strong="H3605" first|strong="H7225" fruits|strong="H7225" of|strong="H1121" grain|strong="H1715", new|strong="H8492" wine|strong="H8492", oil|strong="H3323", honey|strong="H1706", and|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" increase|strong="H7235" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" field|strong="H7704"; and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H0935" brought|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" tithe|strong="H4643" of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" things|strong="H1697" abundantly|strong="H7230". 
\verseNumber{6}The|strong="H0935" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063", who|strong="H3068" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0935" cities|strong="H5892" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063", also|strong="H1571" brought|strong="H0935" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0935" tithe|strong="H4643" of|strong="H1121" cattle|strong="H1241" and|strong="H1121" sheep|strong="H6629", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0935" tithe|strong="H4643" of|strong="H1121" dedicated|strong="H6942" things|strong="H6944" which were|strong="H3478" consecrated|strong="H6942" to|strong="H0935" Yahweh|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430", and|strong="H1121" laid|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" in|strong="H3427" heaps|strong="H6194". 
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\verseNumber{7}In|strong="H2320" the|strong="H3245" third|strong="H7992" month|strong="H2320", they|strong="H2320" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="H2320" lay|strong="H3245" the|strong="H3245" foundation|strong="H3245" of|strong="H2320" the|strong="H3245" heaps|strong="H6194", and|strong="H2320" finished|strong="H3615" them|strong="H3615" in|strong="H2320" the|strong="H3245" seventh|strong="H7637" month|strong="H2320". 
\verseNumber{8}When|strong="H7200" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" princes|strong="H8269" came|strong="H0935" and|strong="H0935" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H0853" heaps|strong="H6194", they|strong="H3068" blessed|strong="H1288" Yahweh|strong="H3068" and|strong="H0935" his|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H3548" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" questioned|strong="H1875" the|strong="H5921" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H3548" the|strong="H5921" Levites|strong="H3881" about|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" heaps|strong="H6194". 
\verseNumber{10}Azariah|strong="H5838" the|strong="H0853" chief|strong="H7218" priest|strong="H3548", of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Zadok|strong="H6659", answered|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0413" and|strong="H0935" said|strong="H0559", “Since|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="H0413" bring|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" offerings|strong="H8641" into|strong="H0413" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004", we|strong="H3588" have|strong="H7646" eaten|strong="H0398" and|strong="H0935" had|strong="H3068" enough|strong="H7646", and|strong="H0935" have|strong="H7646" plenty|strong="H7646" left|strong="H3498" over|strong="H0413", for|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" blessed|strong="H1288" his|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971"; and|strong="H0935" that|strong="H3588" which|strong="H2088" is|strong="H3068" left|strong="H3498" is|strong="H3068" this|strong="H2088" great|strong="H7230" store.” 
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\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H0559" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" commanded|strong="H0559" them|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" prepare|strong="H3559" rooms|strong="H3957" in|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" prepared|strong="H3559" them|strong="H0559". 
\verseNumber{12}They|strong="H5921" brought|strong="H0935" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" offerings|strong="H8641", the|strong="H0853" tithes|strong="H4643", and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" dedicated|strong="H6944" things|strong="H6944" faithfully|strong="H0530". Conaniah|strong="H3562" the|strong="H0853" Levite|strong="H3881" was|strong="H0935" ruler|strong="H5057" over|strong="H5921" them|strong="H0853", and|strong="H0935" Shimei|strong="H8096" his|strong="H5921" brother|strong="H0251" was|strong="H0935" second|strong="H4932". 
\verseNumber{13}Jehiel|strong="H3171", Azaziah|strong="H5812", Nahath|strong="H5184", Asahel|strong="H6214", Jerimoth|strong="H3406", Jozabad|strong="H3107", Eliel|strong="H0447", Ismachiah|strong="H3253", Mahath|strong="H4287", and|strong="H0430" Benaiah|strong="H1141" were|strong="H3027" overseers|strong="H6496" under|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3027" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" Conaniah|strong="H3562" and|strong="H0430" Shimei|strong="H8096" his|strong="H3027" brother|strong="H0251", by|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3027" appointment|strong="H4662" of|strong="H4428" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" the|strong="H3027" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H0430" Azariah|strong="H5838" the|strong="H3027" ruler|strong="H5057" of|strong="H4428" God’s|strong="H0430" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{14}Kore|strong="H6981" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Imnah|strong="H3232" the|strong="H5921" Levite|strong="H3881", the|strong="H5921" gatekeeper|strong="H7778" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" east|strong="H4217" gate, was|strong="H3068" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" free will|strong="H3068" offerings|strong="H5071" of|strong="H1121" God|strong="H0430", to|strong="H5921" distribute|strong="H5414" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" offerings|strong="H5071" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" most|strong="H6944" holy|strong="H6944" things|strong="H6944". 
\verseNumber{15}Under|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5414" were|strong="H3027" Eden|strong="H5731", Miniamin|strong="H4509", Jeshua|strong="H3442", Shemaiah|strong="H8098", Amariah|strong="H0568", and|strong="H3027" Shecaniah|strong="H7935", in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" cities|strong="H5892" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" priests|strong="H3548", in|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5414" office of|strong="H3027" trust|strong="H0530", to|strong="H5921" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5414" brothers|strong="H0251" by|strong="H5921" divisions|strong="H4256", to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" great|strong="H1419" as|strong="H5414" well as|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" small|strong="H6996"; 
\verseNumber{16}in|strong="H8141" addition to|strong="H0935" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" listed|strong="H3187" by|strong="H3068" genealogy|strong="H3187" of|strong="H1121" males|strong="H2145", from|strong="H0935" three|strong="H7969" years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" upward|strong="H4605", even everyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" entered|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0935" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004", as|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" duty|strong="H4931" of|strong="H1121" every|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" required|strong="H1697", for|strong="H1004" their|strong="H3605" service|strong="H5656" in|strong="H8141" their|strong="H3605" offices|strong="H4931" according to|strong="H0935" their|strong="H3605" divisions|strong="H4256"; 
\verseNumber{17}and|strong="H1121" those|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3548" were|strong="H1121" listed|strong="H1004" by|strong="H8141" genealogy|strong="H3188" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" priests|strong="H3548" by|strong="H8141" their|strong="H3548" fathers’|strong="H0001" houses|strong="H1004", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" Levites|strong="H3881" from|strong="H1121" twenty|strong="H6242" years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" upward|strong="H4605", in|strong="H8141" their|strong="H3548" offices|strong="H4931" by|strong="H8141" their|strong="H3548" divisions|strong="H4256"; 
\verseNumber{18}and|strong="H1121" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" listed by|strong="H0802" genealogy|strong="H3188" of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" little|strong="H2945" ones|strong="H2945", their|strong="H3605" wives|strong="H0802", their|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3605" daughters|strong="H1323", through|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" congregation|strong="H6951"; for|strong="H3588" in|strong="H0802" their|strong="H3605" office of|strong="H1121" trust|strong="H0530" they|strong="H3588" sanctified|strong="H6942" themselves|strong="H6942" in|strong="H0802" holiness|strong="H6944". 
\verseNumber{19}Also|strong="H0834" for|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Aaron|strong="H0175" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548", who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3605" fields|strong="H7704" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" pasture|strong="H4054" lands|strong="H4054" of|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892", in|strong="H0376" every|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892", there|strong="H3605" were|strong="H0834" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" mentioned by|strong="H3187" name|strong="H8034" to|strong="H5414" give|strong="H5414" portions|strong="H4490" to|strong="H5414" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" males|strong="H2145" among|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H5414" all|strong="H3605" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" listed|strong="H3187" by|strong="H3187" genealogy|strong="H3187" among|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3605" Levites|strong="H3881". 
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\verseNumber{20}Hezekiah|strong="H2396" did|strong="H6213" so|strong="H6213" throughout|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" Judah|strong="H3063"; and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H0430" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3605" which|strong="H3477" was|strong="H3068" good|strong="H2896", right|strong="H3477", and|strong="H3068" faithful|strong="H0571" before|strong="H6440" Yahweh|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430". 
\verseNumber{21}In|strong="H0430" every|strong="H3605" work|strong="H4639" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" began|strong="H2490" in|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3605" service|strong="H5656" of|strong="H1004" God’s|strong="H0430" house|strong="H1004", in|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3605" law|strong="H8451", and|strong="H0430" in|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3605" commandments|strong="H4687", to|strong="H0430" seek|strong="H1875" his|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430", he|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213" it|strong="H6213" with|strong="H1004" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" heart|strong="H3824" and|strong="H0430" prospered. 
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\chapterNumber{32}After|strong="H0310" these|strong="H0428" things|strong="H1697" and|strong="H0935" this|strong="H0428" faithfulness|strong="H0571", Sennacherib|strong="H5576" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" came|strong="H0935", entered|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0413" Judah|strong="H3063", encamped|strong="H2583" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" fortified|strong="H1219" cities|strong="H5892", and|strong="H0935" intended|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" win them|strong="H0413" for|strong="H5921" himself|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{2}When|strong="H3588" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" Sennacherib|strong="H5576" had|strong="H3588" come|strong="H0935", and|strong="H0935" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3389" planning to|strong="H0935" fight|strong="H4421" against|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", 
\verseNumber{3}he|strong="H0834" took|strong="H0853" counsel|strong="H3289" with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H0834" princes|strong="H8269" and|strong="H5869" his|strong="H0834" mighty|strong="H1368" men|strong="H1368" to|strong="H4325" stop|strong="H5640" the|strong="H0853" waters|strong="H4325" of|strong="H8269" the|strong="H0853" springs which|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" outside|strong="H2351" of|strong="H8269" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892", and|strong="H5869" they|strong="H0834" helped|strong="H5826" him|strong="H0853". 
\verseNumber{4}Then|strong="H0853" many|strong="H7227" people|strong="H5971" gathered|strong="H6908" together|strong="H6908" and|strong="H0935" they|strong="H0559" stopped|strong="H5640" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" springs|strong="H4599" and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" brook|strong="H5158" that|strong="H3605" flowed|strong="H7857" through|strong="H8432" the|strong="H3605" middle|strong="H8432" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776", saying|strong="H0559", “Why|strong="H4100" should|strong="H4100" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" come|strong="H0935", and|strong="H0935" find|strong="H4672" abundant|strong="H7227" water|strong="H4325"?” 
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\verseNumber{5}He|strong="H6213" took|strong="H2388" courage|strong="H2388", built|strong="H1129" up|strong="H5927" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" wall|strong="H2346" that|strong="H3605" was|strong="H1732" broken|strong="H6555" down|strong="H6555", and|strong="H1732" raised|strong="H5927" it|strong="H5921" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" towers|strong="H4026", with|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H0312" wall|strong="H2346" outside|strong="H2351", and|strong="H1732" strengthened|strong="H2388" Millo|strong="H4407" in|strong="H5921" David’s|strong="H1732" city|strong="H5892", and|strong="H1732" made|strong="H6213" weapons|strong="H7973" and|strong="H1732" shields|strong="H4043" in|strong="H5921" abundance|strong="H7230". 
\verseNumber{6}He|strong="H5414" set|strong="H5414" captains|strong="H8269" of|strong="H8269" war|strong="H4421" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" people|strong="H5971", gathered|strong="H6908" them|strong="H0413" together|strong="H6908" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" wide place|strong="H5414" at|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" gate|strong="H8179" of|strong="H8269" the|strong="H0559" city|strong="H5892", and|strong="H8269" spoke|strong="H1696" encouragingly to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413", saying|strong="H0559", 
\verseNumber{7}“Be|strong="H0408" strong|strong="H2388" and|strong="H4428" courageous|strong="H0553". Don’t|strong="H0408" be|strong="H0408" afraid|strong="H3372" or|strong="H0408" dismayed|strong="H2865" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804", nor|strong="H0408" for|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" multitude|strong="H1995" who|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H6440"; for|strong="H3588" there|strong="H3605" is|strong="H0834" a|strong="H3588" greater|strong="H7227" one|strong="H3605" with|strong="H5973" us|strong="H3588" than|strong="H1995" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{8}An|strong="H3068" arm|strong="H2220" of|strong="H4428" flesh|strong="H1320" is|strong="H3068" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5921", but|strong="H4428" Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430" is|strong="H3068" with|strong="H5973" us|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" help|strong="H5826" us|strong="H5921" and|strong="H3068" to|strong="H5921" fight|strong="H3898" our|strong="H3068" battles|strong="H4421".” The|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" rested|strong="H5564" themselves|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" words|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063". 
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\verseNumber{9}After|strong="H0310" this|strong="H2088", Sennacherib|strong="H5576" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" sent|strong="H7971" his|strong="H3605" servants|strong="H5650" to|strong="H0559" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", (now|strong="H2088" he|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" attacking Lachish|strong="H3923", and|strong="H3063" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" forces|strong="H4475" were|strong="H0834" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5921"), to|strong="H0559" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H3063" to|strong="H0559" all|strong="H3605" Judah|strong="H3063" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" at|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", saying|strong="H0559", 
\verseNumber{10}Sennacherib|strong="H5576" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" says|strong="H0559", “In|strong="H3427" whom do|strong="H4100" you|strong="H0859" trust|strong="H0982", that|strong="H0559" you|strong="H0859" remain|strong="H3427" under|strong="H5921" siege|strong="H4692" in|strong="H3427" Jerusalem|strong="H3389"? 
\verseNumber{11}Doesn’t|strong="H3808" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" persuade you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0559" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" over|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0559" die|strong="H4191" by|strong="H3068" famine|strong="H7458" and|strong="H3068" by|strong="H3068" thirst|strong="H6772", saying|strong="H0559", ‘Yahweh|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430" will|strong="H3068" deliver|strong="H5337" us|strong="H5414" out|strong="H0853" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3709" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804"?’ 
\verseNumber{12}Hasn’t|strong="H3808" the|strong="H0853" same|strong="H1931" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" taken|strong="H5493" away|strong="H5493" his|strong="H5921" high|strong="H1116" places|strong="H1116" and|strong="H3063" his|strong="H5921" altars|strong="H4196", and|strong="H3063" commanded|strong="H0559" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3063" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", saying|strong="H0559", ‘You|strong="H6440" shall|strong="H3808" worship|strong="H7812" before|strong="H6440" one|strong="H0259" altar|strong="H4196", and|strong="H3063" you|strong="H6440" shall|strong="H3808" burn|strong="H6999" incense|strong="H6999" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H1931"?’ 
\verseNumber{13}Don’t|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3605" know|strong="H3045" what|strong="H4100" I|strong="H0589" and|strong="H0430" my|strong="H3605" fathers|strong="H0001" have|strong="H0001" done|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3201" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" peoples|strong="H5971" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" lands|strong="H0776"? Were|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" gods|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" nations|strong="H1471" of|strong="H0776" those|strong="H3605" lands|strong="H0776" in|strong="H0430" any|strong="H3605" way|strong="H3605" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3201" deliver|strong="H5337" their|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" out|strong="H3045" of|strong="H0776" my|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027"? 
\verseNumber{14}Who|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" there|strong="H3605" among|strong="H4310" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" gods|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" those|strong="H0428" nations|strong="H1471" which|strong="H0834" my|strong="H3605" fathers|strong="H0001" utterly destroyed that|strong="H0834" could|strong="H3201" deliver|strong="H5337" his|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" out|strong="H3605" of|strong="H0430" my|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027", that|strong="H0834" your|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" should|strong="H3588" be|strong="H3027" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3201" deliver|strong="H5337" you|strong="H0834" out|strong="H3605" of|strong="H0430" my|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027"? 
\verseNumber{15}Now|strong="H6258" therefore|strong="H6258" don’t|strong="H0408" let|strong="H0408" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" deceive|strong="H5377" you|strong="H3588" nor|strong="H3808" persuade you|strong="H3588" in|strong="H0430" this|strong="H2063" way|strong="H2063". Don’t|strong="H0408" believe|strong="H0539" him|strong="H0853", for|strong="H3588" no|strong="H3808" god|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" any|strong="H3605" nation|strong="H1471" or|strong="H3808" kingdom|strong="H4467" was|strong="H0430" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3201" deliver|strong="H5337" his|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" out|strong="H3605" of|strong="H0430" my|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027", and|strong="H0430" out|strong="H3605" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H0430" my|strong="H3605" fathers|strong="H0001". How|strong="H0637" much|strong="H0637" less|strong="H0637" will|strong="H0430" your|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" deliver|strong="H5337" you|strong="H3588" out|strong="H3605" of|strong="H0430" my|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027"?” 
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\verseNumber{16}His|strong="H5921" servants|strong="H5650" spoke|strong="H1696" yet|strong="H5750" more|strong="H5750" against|strong="H5921" Yahweh|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430" and|strong="H3068" against|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" servant|strong="H5650" Hezekiah|strong="H2396". 
\verseNumber{17}He|strong="H0834" also|strong="H3068" wrote|strong="H3789" letters|strong="H5612" insulting Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H0559" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0776" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H3068" speaking|strong="H0559" against|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921", saying|strong="H0559", “As|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0559" gods|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0559" nations|strong="H1471" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0559" lands|strong="H0776", which|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" delivered|strong="H5337" their|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" out|strong="H5921" of|strong="H0776" my|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027", so|strong="H3651" shall|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0776" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" not|strong="H3808" deliver|strong="H5337" his|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" out|strong="H5921" of|strong="H0776" my|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027".” 
\verseNumber{18}They|strong="H0834" called|strong="H7121" out|strong="H5921" with|strong="H5921" a|strong="H7121" loud|strong="H1419" voice|strong="H6963" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" Jews’ language|strong="H3066" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H6963" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" wall|strong="H2346", to|strong="H5921" frighten them|strong="H0853" and|strong="H1419" to|strong="H5921" trouble them|strong="H0853", that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" might|strong="H4616" take|strong="H3920" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{19}They|strong="H5921" spoke|strong="H1696" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H5921" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0776" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" as|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H5921" gods|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H5921" peoples|strong="H5971" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H5921" earth|strong="H0776", which are|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" work|strong="H4639" of|strong="H0776" men’s|strong="H0120" hands|strong="H3027". 
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\verseNumber{20}Hezekiah|strong="H2396" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H1121" Isaiah|strong="H3470" the|strong="H5921" prophet|strong="H5030", the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Amoz|strong="H0531", prayed|strong="H6419" because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1121" this|strong="H2063", and|strong="H1121" cried|strong="H2199" to|strong="H5921" heaven|strong="H8064". 
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\verseNumber{21}Yahweh|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7971" an|strong="H8033" angel|strong="H4397", who|strong="H3605" cut|strong="H3582" off|strong="H3582" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" mighty|strong="H1368" men|strong="H1368" of|strong="H4428" valor|strong="H2428", the|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H8269", and|strong="H0935" captains|strong="H8269" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" camp|strong="H4264" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804". So|strong="H7971" he|strong="H8033" returned|strong="H7725" with|strong="H1004" shame|strong="H1322" of|strong="H4428" face|strong="H6440" to|strong="H0935" his|strong="H3605" own|strong="H6440" land|strong="H0776". When|strong="H0935" he|strong="H8033" had|strong="H3068" come|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3605" god|strong="H0430", those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" came|strong="H0935" out|strong="H7971" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3605" own|strong="H6440" body|strong="H4578"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{32:21  }i.e., his own sons} killed|strong="H2719" him|strong="H7971" there|strong="H8033" with|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" sword|strong="H2719". 
\verseNumber{22}Thus Yahweh|strong="H3068" saved|strong="H3467" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" inhabitants|strong="H3427" of|strong="H4428" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" from|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" Sennacherib|strong="H5576" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" and|strong="H3068" from|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" others, and|strong="H3068" guided|strong="H5095" them|strong="H0853" on|strong="H3427" every|strong="H3605" side|strong="H5439". 
\verseNumber{23}Many|strong="H7227" brought|strong="H0935" gifts|strong="H4503" to|strong="H0935" Yahweh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H0935" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", and|strong="H0935" precious|strong="H4030" things|strong="H3605" to|strong="H0935" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063", so|strong="H3651" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H0310" was|strong="H3068" exalted|strong="H5375" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" sight|strong="H5869" of|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" nations|strong="H1471" from|strong="H0935" then|strong="H3651" on|strong="H0935". 
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\verseNumber{24}In|strong="H0413" those|strong="H1992" days|strong="H3117" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" was|strong="H3068" terminally ill, and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H5704" prayed|strong="H6419" to|strong="H0413" Yahweh|strong="H3068"; and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H5704" spoke|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", and|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H5414" him|strong="H0413" a|strong="H5414" sign|strong="H4159". 
\verseNumber{25}But|strong="H3588" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" didn’t|strong="H3808" reciprocate appropriate to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H5921" benefit|strong="H1576" done|strong="H1961" for|strong="H3588" him|strong="H5921", because|strong="H3588" his|strong="H5921" heart|strong="H3820" was|strong="H1961" lifted up|strong="H5921". Therefore|strong="H1961" there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" wrath|strong="H7110" on|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921", Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H3063" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{26}However, Hezekiah|strong="H2396" humbled|strong="H3665" himself|strong="H1931" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" pride|strong="H1363" of|strong="H3068" his|strong="H5921" heart|strong="H3820", both|strong="H5921" he|strong="H1931" and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H5921" inhabitants|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", so|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3117" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" wrath|strong="H7110" didn’t|strong="H3808" come|strong="H0935" on|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5921" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3068" Hezekiah|strong="H2396". 
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\verseNumber{27}Hezekiah|strong="H2396" had|strong="H1961" exceedingly|strong="H3966" great|strong="H3966" riches|strong="H6239" and|strong="H3701" honor|strong="H3519". He|strong="H6213" provided himself with|strong="H3627" treasuries|strong="H0214" for|strong="H3605" silver|strong="H3701", for|strong="H3605" gold|strong="H2091", for|strong="H3605" precious|strong="H3368" stones|strong="H0068", for|strong="H3605" spices|strong="H1314", for|strong="H3605" shields|strong="H4043", and|strong="H3701" for|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" kinds|strong="H3627" of|strong="H3627" valuable|strong="H3368" vessels|strong="H3627"; 
\verseNumber{28}also storehouses|strong="H4543" for|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" increase|strong="H8393" of|strong="H3605" grain|strong="H1715", new|strong="H8492" wine|strong="H8492", and|strong="H0929" oil|strong="H3323"; and|strong="H0929" stalls|strong="H0723" for|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" kinds|strong="H0929" of|strong="H3605" animals|strong="H0929", and|strong="H0929" flocks|strong="H5739" in|strong="H3605" folds. 
\verseNumber{29}Moreover he|strong="H3588" provided|strong="H5414" for|strong="H3588" himself cities|strong="H5892", and|strong="H0430" possessions|strong="H7399" of|strong="H0430" flocks|strong="H6629" and|strong="H0430" herds|strong="H1241" in|strong="H0430" abundance|strong="H7230"; for|strong="H3588" God|strong="H0430" had|strong="H0430" given|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" abundant|strong="H7230" possessions|strong="H7399". 
\verseNumber{30}This|strong="H1931" same|strong="H1931" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" also|strong="H0853" stopped|strong="H5640" the|strong="H3605" upper|strong="H5945" spring|strong="H4161" of|strong="H4325" the|strong="H3605" waters|strong="H4325" of|strong="H4325" Gihon|strong="H1521", and|strong="H1732" brought them|strong="H0853" straight|strong="H3474" down|strong="H4295" on|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" west|strong="H4628" side|strong="H4628" of|strong="H4325" David’s|strong="H1732" city|strong="H5892". Hezekiah|strong="H2396" prospered in|strong="H4639" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" works|strong="H4639". 
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\verseNumber{31}However, concerning|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" ambassadors of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" princes|strong="H8269" of|strong="H0776" Babylon|strong="H0894", who|strong="H0834" sent|strong="H7971" to|strong="H1961" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1961" inquire|strong="H1875" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" wonder|strong="H4159" that|strong="H0834" was|strong="H1961" done|strong="H1961" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776", God|strong="H0430" left|strong="H5800" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1961" test|strong="H5254" him|strong="H5921", that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" might|strong="H0834" know|strong="H3045" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" was|strong="H1961" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" heart|strong="H3824". 
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\verseNumber{32}Now|strong="H2005" the|strong="H5921" rest|strong="H3499" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" acts|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1121" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5921" good|strong="H2005" deeds|strong="H1697", behold|strong="H2005", they|strong="H5921" are|strong="H3478" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" vision|strong="H2377" of|strong="H1121" Isaiah|strong="H3470" the|strong="H5921" prophet|strong="H5030", the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Amoz|strong="H0531", in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" book|strong="H5612" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{33}Hezekiah|strong="H2396" slept|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H3605" fathers|strong="H0001", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3605" buried|strong="H6912" him|strong="H5973" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" ascent|strong="H4608" to|strong="H3389" the|strong="H3605" tombs|strong="H6913" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732". All|strong="H3605" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" inhabitants|strong="H3427" of|strong="H1121" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" honored him|strong="H5973" at|strong="H3427" his|strong="H3605" death|strong="H4194". Manasseh|strong="H4519" his|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" reigned|strong="H4427" in|strong="H3427" his|strong="H3605" place|strong="H8478". 
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\chapterNumber{33}Manasseh|strong="H4519" was|strong="H1121" 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". 
\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" broken|strong="H5422" down|strong="H7812"; and|strong="H6965" he|strong="H0834" raised|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" altars|strong="H4196" for|strong="H4196" the|strong="H3605" Baals|strong="H1168", made|strong="H6213" Asheroth|strong="H0842", and|strong="H6965" worshiped|strong="H7812" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H6635" of|strong="H0001" 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", “My|strong="H3068" name|strong="H8034" shall|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" in|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" forever|strong="H5769".” 
\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="H1931" also|strong="H3068" made|strong="H6213" his|strong="H3068" children|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3068" pass|strong="H5674" through|strong="H5674" the|strong="H0853" fire|strong="H0784" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" valley|strong="H1516" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hinnom|strong="H2011". He|strong="H1931" practiced|strong="H3784" sorcery|strong="H3784", divination|strong="H5172", and|strong="H1121" witchcraft, and|strong="H1121" dealt with|strong="H3068" those|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1931" had|strong="H3068" familiar spirits and|strong="H1121" with|strong="H3068" wizards. He|strong="H1931" 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" the|strong="H3605" idol|strong="H6459", which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" made|strong="H6213", in|strong="H0413" God’s|strong="H0430" house|strong="H1004", of|strong="H1121" which|strong="H0834" God|strong="H0430" 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 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="H0430" put|strong="H7760" my|strong="H3605" name|strong="H8034" forever. 
\verseNumber{8}I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" any|strong="H3605" more|strong="H3254" remove|strong="H5493" the|strong="H3605" foot|strong="H7272" of|strong="H3027" Israel|strong="H3478" from|strong="H5493" off|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0127" which|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" appointed|strong="H5975" for|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3605" fathers|strong="H0001", if|strong="H0518" only|strong="H7535" they|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" observe|strong="H8104" to|strong="H5921" do|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" commanded|strong="H6680" them|strong="H0853", even|strong="H3808" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" law|strong="H8451", the|strong="H3605" statutes|strong="H2706", and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" ordinances|strong="H4941" given|strong="H6680" by|strong="H5921" Moses|strong="H4872".” 
\verseNumber{9}Manasseh|strong="H4519" seduced|strong="H8582" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" inhabitants|strong="H3427" of|strong="H1121" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", so|strong="H4480" that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213" more|strong="H4480" evil|strong="H7451" than|strong="H4480" did|strong="H6213" the|strong="H0853" nations|strong="H1471" 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" to|strong="H0413" Manasseh|strong="H4519" and|strong="H3068" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971", but|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3808" didn’t|strong="H3808" listen|strong="H7181". 
\verseNumber{11}Therefore|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H0935" on|strong="H5921" them|strong="H0853" the|strong="H0853" captains|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" army|strong="H6635" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804", who|strong="H0834" took|strong="H3920" Manasseh|strong="H4519" in|strong="H5921" chains|strong="H5178", bound|strong="H0631" him|strong="H5921" with|strong="H3068" fetters|strong="H5178", and|strong="H0935" carried|strong="H0935" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0935" Babylon|strong="H0894". 
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\verseNumber{12}When|strong="H3068" he|strong="H0430" was|strong="H3068" in|strong="H0430" distress, he|strong="H0430" begged Yahweh|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430", and|strong="H3068" humbled|strong="H3665" himself|strong="H3665" greatly|strong="H3966" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0853" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" his|strong="H3068" fathers|strong="H0001". 
\verseNumber{13}He|strong="H1931" prayed|strong="H6419" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413"; and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H3068" entreated|strong="H6279" by|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", and|strong="H3068" heard|strong="H8085" his|strong="H3068" supplication|strong="H8467", and|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H7725" him|strong="H0413" again|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" into|strong="H0413" his|strong="H3068" kingdom|strong="H4438". Then|strong="H8085" Manasseh|strong="H4519" knew|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430". 
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\verseNumber{14}Now|strong="H0935" after|strong="H0310" this|strong="H3651", he|strong="H0310" built|strong="H1129" an|strong="H1129" outer|strong="H2435" wall|strong="H2346" to|strong="H0935" David’s|strong="H1732" city|strong="H5892" on|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" west|strong="H4628" side|strong="H4628" of|strong="H8269" Gihon|strong="H1521", in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" valley|strong="H5158", even|strong="H3651" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" entrance|strong="H0935" at|strong="H1732" the|strong="H3605" fish|strong="H1709" gate|strong="H8179". He|strong="H0310" encircled|strong="H5437" Ophel|strong="H6077" with|strong="H0935" it|strong="H7760", and|strong="H0935" raised it|strong="H7760" up|strong="H1129" to|strong="H0935" a|strong="H1129" very|strong="H3966" great|strong="H3966" height; and|strong="H0935" he|strong="H0310" put|strong="H7760" valiant|strong="H2428" captains|strong="H8269" in|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" fortified|strong="H1219" cities|strong="H5892" of|strong="H8269" Judah|strong="H3063". 
\verseNumber{15}He|strong="H0834" took|strong="H5493" away|strong="H5493" the|strong="H3605" foreign|strong="H5236" gods|strong="H0430" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" idol|strong="H5566" out|strong="H7993" of|strong="H1004" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" altars|strong="H4196" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H3068" built|strong="H1129" in|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3605" mountain|strong="H2022" of|strong="H1004" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3068" in|strong="H0430" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", and|strong="H3068" cast|strong="H7993" them|strong="H0853" out|strong="H7993" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{16}He|strong="H0430" built up|strong="H5921" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" altar|strong="H4196", and|strong="H3068" offered|strong="H2076" sacrifices|strong="H2077" of|strong="H0430" peace|strong="H8002" offerings|strong="H8002" and|strong="H3068" of|strong="H0430" thanksgiving|strong="H8426" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921", and|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H0559" Judah|strong="H3063" to|strong="H0559" serve|strong="H5647" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H0853" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{17}Nevertheless|strong="H0061" the|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" still|strong="H5750" sacrificed|strong="H2076" in|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3068" high|strong="H1116" places|strong="H1116", but|strong="H7535" only|strong="H7535" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430". 
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\verseNumber{18}Now|strong="H2005" the|strong="H5921" rest|strong="H3499" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" acts|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" Manasseh|strong="H4519", and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H5921" prayer|strong="H8605" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H5921" God|strong="H0430", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" words|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" seers|strong="H2374" who|strong="H3068" spoke|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H4428" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H5921" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", behold|strong="H2005", they|strong="H5921" are|strong="H3478" written among|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" acts|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{19}His|strong="H3605" prayer|strong="H8605" also|strong="H0834", and|strong="H6440" how|strong="H0834" God listened|strong="H6279" to|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" request|strong="H1697", and|strong="H6440" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" sin|strong="H2403" and|strong="H6440" his|strong="H3605" trespass|strong="H4604", and|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" places|strong="H1116" in|strong="H5921" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" built|strong="H1129" high|strong="H1116" places|strong="H1116" and|strong="H6440" set|strong="H5975" up|strong="H5975" the|strong="H3605" Asherah|strong="H0842" poles and|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" engraved|strong="H6456" images|strong="H6456" before|strong="H6440" he|strong="H0834" humbled|strong="H3665" himself|strong="H3665": behold|strong="H2005", they|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" history of|strong="H1697" Hozai|strong="H2335".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{33:19  }or, the seers} 
\verseNumber{20}So Manasseh|strong="H4519" 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="H1004" his|strong="H8478" own|strong="H5973" house|strong="H1004"; 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{21}Amon|strong="H0526" was|strong="H1121" twenty-two|strong="H8147" 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" two|strong="H8147" years|strong="H8141" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{22}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" did|strong="H6213" Manasseh|strong="H4519" his|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001"; and|strong="H3068" Amon|strong="H0526" sacrificed|strong="H2076" to|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" engraved|strong="H6456" images|strong="H6456" which|strong="H0834" Manasseh|strong="H4519" his|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" had|strong="H3068" made|strong="H6213", and|strong="H3068" served|strong="H5647" them|strong="H5647". 
\verseNumber{23}He|strong="H1931" didn’t|strong="H3808" humble|strong="H3665" himself|strong="H1931" before|strong="H6440" Yahweh|strong="H3068", as|strong="H3068" Manasseh|strong="H4519" his|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001" had|strong="H3068" humbled|strong="H3665" himself|strong="H1931"; but|strong="H3588" this|strong="H1931" same|strong="H1931" Amon|strong="H0526" trespassed more|strong="H3808" and|strong="H3068" more|strong="H3808". 
\verseNumber{24}His|strong="H5921" servants|strong="H5650" conspired|strong="H7194" against|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921", and|strong="H1004" put|strong="H4191" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H4191" death|strong="H4191" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" own house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{25}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". 
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\chapterNumber{34}Josiah|strong="H2977" was|strong="H0259" 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". 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3068" 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" the|strong="H3068" ways|strong="H1870" of|strong="H3068" David|strong="H1732" his|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001", and|strong="H3068" didn’t|strong="H3808" turn|strong="H5493" away|strong="H5493" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" right|strong="H3225" hand|strong="H3225" or|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" left|strong="H8040". 
\verseNumber{3}For|strong="H0430" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H0853" eighth|strong="H8083" year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H0430" his|strong="H1732" reign|strong="H4427", while|strong="H5750" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1732" yet|strong="H5750" young|strong="H5288", he|strong="H1931" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3389" seek|strong="H1875" after|strong="H4480" the|strong="H0853" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" David|strong="H1732" his|strong="H1732" father|strong="H0001"; and|strong="H3063" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H0853" twelfth year|strong="H8141" he|strong="H1931" began|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3389" purge|strong="H2891" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3063" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H0853" high|strong="H1116" places|strong="H1116", the|strong="H0853" Asherah|strong="H0842" poles, the|strong="H0853" engraved|strong="H6456" images|strong="H6456", and|strong="H3063" the|strong="H0853" molten images|strong="H6456". 
\verseNumber{4}They|strong="H0834" broke|strong="H7665" down|strong="H5422" the|strong="H0853" altars|strong="H4196" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0853" Baals|strong="H1168" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" presence|strong="H6440"; and|strong="H4196" he|strong="H0834" cut|strong="H1438" down|strong="H5422" the|strong="H0853" incense|strong="H2553" altars|strong="H4196" that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" on|strong="H5921" high|strong="H4605" above|strong="H5921" them|strong="H0853". He|strong="H0834" broke|strong="H7665" the|strong="H0853" Asherah|strong="H0842" poles, the|strong="H0853" engraved|strong="H6456" images|strong="H6456", and|strong="H4196" the|strong="H0853" molten images|strong="H6456" in|strong="H5921" pieces|strong="H7665", made|strong="H0834" dust of|strong="H6440" them|strong="H0853", and|strong="H4196" scattered it|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" graves|strong="H6913" of|strong="H6440" those|strong="H0834" who|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" sacrificed|strong="H2076" to|strong="H5921" them|strong="H0853". 
\verseNumber{5}He|strong="H0853" burned|strong="H8313" the|strong="H0853" bones|strong="H6106" of|strong="H4196" the|strong="H0853" priests|strong="H3548" on|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" altars|strong="H4196", and|strong="H3063" purged|strong="H2891" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3063" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{6}He|strong="H5704" did this in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5704" cities|strong="H5892" of|strong="H1004" Manasseh|strong="H4519", Ephraim|strong="H0669", and|strong="H1004" Simeon|strong="H8095", even|strong="H5704" to|strong="H5704" Naphtali|strong="H5321", around|strong="H5439" in|strong="H1004" their|strong="H5439" ruins|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{7}He|strong="H0853" broke|strong="H5422" down|strong="H5422" the|strong="H3605" altars|strong="H4196", beat|strong="H3807" the|strong="H3605" Asherah|strong="H0842" poles and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" engraved|strong="H6456" images|strong="H6456" into|strong="H0776" powder|strong="H1854", and|strong="H3478" cut|strong="H1438" down|strong="H5422" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" incense|strong="H2553" altars|strong="H4196" throughout|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" Israel|strong="H3478", then|strong="H0853" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
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\verseNumber{8}Now in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H0853" eighteenth|strong="H6240" year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3068" reign|strong="H4427", when|strong="H7971" he|strong="H0430" had|strong="H3068" purged|strong="H2891" the|strong="H0853" land|strong="H0776" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004", he|strong="H0430" sent|strong="H7971" Shaphan|strong="H8227" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Azaliah|strong="H0683", Maaseiah|strong="H4641" the|strong="H0853" governor|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892", and|strong="H1121" Joah|strong="H3098" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Joahaz|strong="H3099" the|strong="H0853" recorder|strong="H2142" to|strong="H3068" repair|strong="H2388" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" Yahweh|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430". 
\verseNumber{9}They|strong="H0834" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" Hilkiah|strong="H2518" the|strong="H3605" high|strong="H1419" priest|strong="H3548" and|strong="H0935" delivered|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" money|strong="H3701" that|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" brought|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0413" God’s|strong="H0430" house|strong="H1004", which|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" Levites|strong="H3881", the|strong="H3605" keepers|strong="H8104" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" threshold, had|strong="H0834" gathered|strong="H0622" from|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" hands|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1004" Manasseh|strong="H4519", Ephraim|strong="H0669", of|strong="H1004" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" remnant|strong="H7611" of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478", of|strong="H1004" all|strong="H3605" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H0935" Benjamin|strong="H1144", and|strong="H0935" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" inhabitants|strong="H3427" of|strong="H1004" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{10}They|strong="H0834" delivered|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" into|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" hands|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" workmen|strong="H4399" who|strong="H0834" had|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" oversight|strong="H6485" of|strong="H1004" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004"; and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" workmen|strong="H4399" who|strong="H0834" labored in|strong="H5921" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004" gave|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" mend and|strong="H3068" repair|strong="H2388" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{11}They|strong="H0834" gave|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" carpenters|strong="H2796" and|strong="H3063" to|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" builders|strong="H1129" to|strong="H5414" buy|strong="H7069" cut stone|strong="H0068" and|strong="H3063" timber|strong="H6086" for|strong="H1004" couplings|strong="H4226", and|strong="H3063" to|strong="H5414" make|strong="H5414" beams|strong="H6086" for|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" houses|strong="H1004" which|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" had|strong="H0834" destroyed|strong="H7843". 
\verseNumber{12}The|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" did|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" work|strong="H4399" faithfully|strong="H0530". Their|strong="H3605" overseers|strong="H6485" were|strong="H1121" Jahath|strong="H3189" and|strong="H1121" Obadiah|strong="H5662" the|strong="H3605" Levites|strong="H3881", of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Merari|strong="H4847"; and|strong="H1121" Zechariah|strong="H2148" and|strong="H1121" Meshullam|strong="H4918", of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Kohathites|strong="H6956", to|strong="H5921" give|strong="H0995" direction; and|strong="H1121" others of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Levites|strong="H3881", who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" skillful|strong="H0995" with|strong="H5921" musical|strong="H3627" instruments|strong="H3627". 
\verseNumber{13}Also|strong="H6213" they|strong="H5921" were|strong="H3881" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" bearers|strong="H5449" of|strong="H5921" burdens, and|strong="H3881" directed all|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" did|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" work|strong="H4399" in|strong="H5921" every|strong="H3605" kind|strong="H5656" of|strong="H5921" service|strong="H5656". Of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" Levites|strong="H3881", there|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3881" scribes|strong="H5608", officials|strong="H7860", and|strong="H3881" gatekeepers|strong="H7778". 
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\verseNumber{14}When|strong="H0935" they|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H0935" out|strong="H3318" the|strong="H0853" money|strong="H3701" that|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0935" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004", Hilkiah|strong="H2518" the|strong="H0853" priest|strong="H3548" found|strong="H4672" the|strong="H0853" book|strong="H5612" of|strong="H1004" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" law|strong="H8451" given|strong="H3027" by|strong="H3027" Moses|strong="H4872". 
\verseNumber{15}Hilkiah|strong="H2518" answered|strong="H0559" 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="H0413" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004".” So|strong="H5414" Hilkiah|strong="H2518" delivered|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" book|strong="H5612" to|strong="H0413" Shaphan|strong="H8227". 
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\verseNumber{16}Shaphan|strong="H8227" carried|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" book|strong="H5612" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", and|strong="H0935" moreover|strong="H5750" brought|strong="H0935" back|strong="H7725" word|strong="H1697" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", saying|strong="H0559", “All|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" committed|strong="H6213" to|strong="H0413" your|strong="H3605" servants|strong="H5650", they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H0834" doing|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{17}They|strong="H5921" have|strong="H4672" emptied|strong="H5413" out|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" money|strong="H3701" that|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" found|strong="H4672" in|strong="H5921" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H3068" have|strong="H4672" delivered|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" into|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" overseers|strong="H6485" and|strong="H3068" into|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" workmen|strong="H4399".” 
\verseNumber{18}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" me|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" book|strong="H5612".” Shaphan|strong="H8227" read|strong="H7121" from|strong="H6440" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428". 
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\verseNumber{19}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" law|strong="H8451", he|strong="H0853" tore|strong="H7167" his|strong="H8085" clothes|strong="H0899". 
\verseNumber{20}The|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" commanded|strong="H6680" Hilkiah|strong="H2518", Ahikam|strong="H0296" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shaphan|strong="H8227", Abdon|strong="H5658" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Micah|strong="H4318", 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{21}“Go inquire|strong="H1875" of|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H5921", and|strong="H3068" for|strong="H3588" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" left|strong="H7604" in|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3068" in|strong="H5921" Judah|strong="H3063", concerning|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" words|strong="H1697" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" 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" poured|strong="H5413" out|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5921", because|strong="H3588" our|strong="H3068" fathers|strong="H0001" have|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" kept|strong="H8104" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" word|strong="H1697", to|strong="H5921" do|strong="H6213" according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2088" book|strong="H5612".” 
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\verseNumber{22}So|strong="H0834" Hilkiah|strong="H2518" and|strong="H1121" those|strong="H0834" whom|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" king|strong="H4428" had|strong="H0834" commanded|strong="H1696" went|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" Huldah|strong="H2468" the|strong="H0834" prophetess|strong="H5031", the|strong="H0834" wife|strong="H0802" of|strong="H1121" Shallum|strong="H7967" the|strong="H0834" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Tokhath|strong="H8445", the|strong="H0834" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hasrah|strong="H2641", keeper|strong="H8104" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0834" wardrobe (now|strong="H1696" she|strong="H1931" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0834" second|strong="H4932" quarter), and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H0834" spoke|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" that|strong="H0834" effect. 
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\verseNumber{23}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{24}“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" curses|strong="H0423" that|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" book|strong="H5612" which|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" read|strong="H7121" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063". 
\verseNumber{25}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" works|strong="H4639" of|strong="H0430" their|strong="H3605" hands|strong="H3027", therefore|strong="H4616" my|strong="H3605" wrath|strong="H2534" is|strong="H0834" poured|strong="H5413" out|strong="H3605" on|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{26}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", you|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H3068" tell|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0413" this|strong="H3541", ‘Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H0853" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" says|strong="H0559": “About|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" words|strong="H1697" which|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" heard|strong="H8085", 
\verseNumber{27}because|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3068" heart|strong="H3824" was|strong="H3068" tender|strong="H7401", and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6440" humbled|strong="H3665" yourself|strong="H3665" before|strong="H6440" God|strong="H0430" when|strong="H8085" you|strong="H6440" heard|strong="H8085" his|strong="H5921" words|strong="H1697" against|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2088" place|strong="H4725" and|strong="H3068" against|strong="H5921" its|strong="H0853" inhabitants|strong="H3427", and|strong="H3068" have|strong="H1571" humbled|strong="H3665" yourself|strong="H3665" before|strong="H6440" me|strong="H6440", and|strong="H3068" have|strong="H1571" torn|strong="H7167" your|strong="H3068" clothes|strong="H0899" and|strong="H3068" wept|strong="H1058" before|strong="H6440" me|strong="H6440", I|strong="H0589" also|strong="H1571" have|strong="H1571" heard|strong="H8085" you|strong="H6440",” says|strong="H5002" Yahweh|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{28}“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="H3427" peace|strong="H7965". Your|strong="H3605" eyes|strong="H5869" won’t|strong="H3808" see|strong="H7200" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" evil|strong="H7451" that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H0834" bring|strong="H0935" on|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2088" place|strong="H4725" and|strong="H0935" on|strong="H5921" its|strong="H3605" inhabitants|strong="H3427".”’” 
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They|strong="H0834" brought|strong="H0935" back|strong="H7725" this|strong="H2088" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428". 
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\verseNumber{29}Then|strong="H0853" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" sent|strong="H7971" and|strong="H3063" gathered|strong="H0622" together|strong="H0622" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" elders|strong="H2205" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3063" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{30}The|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5704" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004" with|strong="H1004" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" inhabitants|strong="H3427" of|strong="H4428" Jerusalem|strong="H3389"—the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548", the|strong="H3605" Levites|strong="H3881", and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971", both|strong="H3605" great|strong="H1419" and|strong="H3068" small|strong="H6996"—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" that|strong="H3605" was|strong="H3068" found|strong="H4672" in|strong="H3427" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{31}The|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" stood|strong="H5975" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" place|strong="H5977" and|strong="H3068" made|strong="H6213" a|strong="H3772" covenant|strong="H1285" before|strong="H6440" Yahweh|strong="H3068", to|strong="H5921" walk after|strong="H0310" Yahweh|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" to|strong="H5921" keep|strong="H8104" his|strong="H3605" commandments|strong="H4687", his|strong="H3605" testimonies|strong="H5715", and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3605" statutes|strong="H2706" with|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" heart|strong="H3824" and|strong="H3068" with|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" soul|strong="H5315", to|strong="H5921" perform|strong="H8104" the|strong="H3605" words|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" covenant|strong="H1285" that|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1697" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2088" book|strong="H5612". 
\verseNumber{32}He|strong="H6213" caused|strong="H0430" all|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1144" found|strong="H4672" in|strong="H3427" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H0430" Benjamin|strong="H1144" to|strong="H3389" stand|strong="H5975". The|strong="H3605" inhabitants|strong="H3427" of|strong="H0430" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" did|strong="H6213" according to|strong="H3389" the|strong="H3605" covenant|strong="H1285" of|strong="H0430" God|strong="H0430", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" their|strong="H3605" fathers|strong="H0001". 
\verseNumber{33}Josiah|strong="H2977" took|strong="H5493" away|strong="H5493" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" abominations|strong="H8441" out|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" countries|strong="H0776" that|strong="H0834" belonged to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H1121" made|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" found|strong="H4672" in|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3068" serve|strong="H5647", even|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3068" serve|strong="H5647" Yahweh|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430". All|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" days|strong="H3117" they|strong="H0834" didn’t|strong="H3808" depart|strong="H5493" from|strong="H5493" following|strong="H0310" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3605" fathers|strong="H0001". 
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\chapterNumber{35}Josiah|strong="H2977" kept|strong="H6213" a|strong="H3068" Passover|strong="H6453" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". They|strong="H3068" killed|strong="H7819" the|strong="H3068" Passover|strong="H6453" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" fourteenth day|strong="H2320" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" first|strong="H7223" month|strong="H2320". 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H3068" set|strong="H5975" the|strong="H5921" priests|strong="H3548" in|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3068" offices|strong="H4931" and|strong="H3068" encouraged|strong="H2388" them|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" service|strong="H5656" of|strong="H1004" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{3}He|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H3605" Levites|strong="H3881" who|strong="H0834" taught|strong="H0995" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478", who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" holy|strong="H6944" to|strong="H0559" Yahweh|strong="H3068", “Put|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" holy|strong="H6944" ark|strong="H0727" in|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" which|strong="H0834" Solomon|strong="H8010" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" built|strong="H1129". It|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" no|strong="H0369" longer|strong="H0369" be|strong="H1121" a|strong="H5414" burden|strong="H4853" on|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" shoulders|strong="H3802". Now|strong="H6258" serve|strong="H5647" Yahweh|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{4}Prepare|strong="H3559" yourselves after your|strong="H3559" fathers’|strong="H0001" houses|strong="H1004" by|strong="H3478" your|strong="H3559" divisions|strong="H4256", according to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3559" writing|strong="H4385" of|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H1121" according to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3559" writing|strong="H4385" of|strong="H1121" Solomon|strong="H8010" his|strong="H1732" son|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{5}Stand|strong="H5975" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0251" holy|strong="H6944" place|strong="H6944" according to|strong="H0001" the|strong="H0251" divisions|strong="H2515" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0251" fathers’|strong="H0001" houses|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" your|strong="H0251" brothers|strong="H0251" the|strong="H0251" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0251" people|strong="H5971", and|strong="H1121" let there|strong="H5975" be|strong="H1121" for|strong="H1004" each|strong="H5971" a|strong="H5975" portion|strong="H6944" of|strong="H1121" a|strong="H5975" fathers’|strong="H0001" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0251" Levites|strong="H3881". 
\verseNumber{6}Kill|strong="H7819" the|strong="H3068" Passover|strong="H6453" lamb, sanctify|strong="H6942" yourselves|strong="H3027", and|strong="H3068" prepare|strong="H3559" for|strong="H3027" your|strong="H3068" brothers|strong="H0251", to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" according|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" word|strong="H1697" by|strong="H3027" Moses|strong="H4872".” 
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\verseNumber{7}Josiah|strong="H2977" gave to|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971", of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" flock|strong="H6629", lambs|strong="H3532" and|strong="H1121" young|strong="H1121" goats|strong="H5795", all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H4672" for|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Passover|strong="H6453" offerings|strong="H6453", to|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" present|strong="H4672", to|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" number|strong="H4557" of|strong="H1121" thirty|strong="H7970" thousand|strong="H0505", and|strong="H1121" three|strong="H7969" thousand|strong="H0505" bulls|strong="H1241". These|strong="H0428" were|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" substance. 
\verseNumber{8}His|strong="H5414" princes|strong="H8269" gave|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" free will|strong="H0430" offering|strong="H5071" to|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971", to|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" priests|strong="H3548", and|strong="H3967" to|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" Levites|strong="H3881". Hilkiah|strong="H2518", Zechariah|strong="H2148", and|strong="H3967" Jehiel|strong="H3171", the|strong="H5414" rulers|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1004" God’s|strong="H0430" house|strong="H1004", gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" priests|strong="H3548" for|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5414" Passover|strong="H6453" offerings|strong="H5071" two|strong="H3967" thousand|strong="H0505" six|strong="H8337" hundred|strong="H3967" small livestock, and|strong="H3967" three|strong="H7969" hundred|strong="H3967" head|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1004" cattle|strong="H1241". 
\verseNumber{9}Conaniah|strong="H3562" also|strong="H8269", and|strong="H3967" Shemaiah|strong="H8098" and|strong="H3967" Nethanel|strong="H5417", his|strong="H7311" brothers|strong="H0251", and|strong="H3967" Hashabiah|strong="H2811", Jeiel|strong="H3273", and|strong="H3967" Jozabad|strong="H3107", the|strong="H0251" chiefs|strong="H8269" of|strong="H8269" the|strong="H0251" Levites|strong="H3881", gave to|strong="H0251" the|strong="H0251" Levites|strong="H3881" for|strong="H1241" the|strong="H0251" Passover|strong="H6453" offerings|strong="H6453" five|strong="H2568" thousand|strong="H0505" small livestock and|strong="H3967" five|strong="H2568" hundred|strong="H3967" head|strong="H8269" of|strong="H8269" cattle|strong="H1241". 
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\verseNumber{10}So|strong="H5975" the|strong="H5921" service|strong="H5656" was|strong="H4428" prepared|strong="H3559", and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" priests|strong="H3548" stood|strong="H5975" in|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" place|strong="H5975", and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" Levites|strong="H3881" by|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" divisions|strong="H4256", according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" king’s|strong="H4428" commandment|strong="H4687". 
\verseNumber{11}They|strong="H7819" killed|strong="H7819" the|strong="H7819" Passover|strong="H6453" lambs, and|strong="H3027" the|strong="H7819" priests|strong="H3548" sprinkled|strong="H2236" the|strong="H7819" blood which they|strong="H7819" received from|strong="H3027" their|strong="H6584" hands|strong="H3027", and|strong="H3027" the|strong="H7819" Levites|strong="H3881" skinned|strong="H6584" them|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{12}They|strong="H3651" removed|strong="H5493" the|strong="H5414" burnt|strong="H5930" offerings|strong="H3068", that|strong="H3651" they|strong="H3651" might|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" according to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" divisions|strong="H4653" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5414" fathers’|strong="H0001" houses|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5414" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971", to|strong="H3068" offer|strong="H7126" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", as|strong="H3068" it|strong="H5414" is|strong="H3068" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" book|strong="H5612" of|strong="H1121" Moses|strong="H4872". They|strong="H3651" did|strong="H3651" the|strong="H5414" same|strong="H3651" with|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5414" cattle|strong="H1241". 
\verseNumber{13}They|strong="H7323" roasted|strong="H1310" the|strong="H3605" Passover|strong="H6453" with|strong="H3605" fire|strong="H0784" according|strong="H4941" to|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" ordinance|strong="H4941". They|strong="H7323" boiled|strong="H1310" the|strong="H3605" holy|strong="H6944" offerings|strong="H6453" in|strong="H1121" pots|strong="H5518", in|strong="H1121" cauldrons, and|strong="H1121" in|strong="H1121" pans|strong="H6745", and|strong="H1121" carried|strong="H7323" them|strong="H7323" quickly|strong="H7323" to|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{14}Afterward|strong="H0310" they|strong="H1992" prepared|strong="H3559" for|strong="H3588" themselves|strong="H0310" and|strong="H1121" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" priests|strong="H3548", because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" priests|strong="H3548" the|strong="H3588" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Aaron|strong="H0175" were|strong="H1121" busy with|strong="H3548" offering|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3588" burnt|strong="H5930" offerings|strong="H5930" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" fat|strong="H2459" until|strong="H5704" night|strong="H3915". Therefore|strong="H0175" the|strong="H3588" Levites|strong="H3881" prepared|strong="H3559" for|strong="H3588" themselves|strong="H0310" and|strong="H1121" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" priests|strong="H3548" the|strong="H3588" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Aaron|strong="H0175". 
\verseNumber{15}The|strong="H5921" singers|strong="H7891", the|strong="H5921" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Asaph|strong="H0623", were|strong="H1121" in|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" place|strong="H3559", according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" commandment|strong="H4687" of|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732", Asaph|strong="H0623", Heman|strong="H1968", and|strong="H1121" Jeduthun|strong="H3038" the|strong="H5921" king’s|strong="H4428" seer|strong="H2374"; and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" gatekeepers|strong="H7778" were|strong="H1121" at|strong="H5921" every|strong="H8179" gate|strong="H8179". They|strong="H3588" didn’t need to|strong="H5921" depart|strong="H5493" from|strong="H5493" their|strong="H5921" service|strong="H5656", because|strong="H3588" their|strong="H5921" brothers|strong="H0251" the|strong="H5921" Levites|strong="H3881" prepared|strong="H3559" for|strong="H3588" them|strong="H5921". 
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\verseNumber{16}So|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" service|strong="H5656" of|strong="H4428" Yahweh|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" prepared|strong="H3559" the|strong="H3605" same|strong="H1931" day|strong="H3117", to|strong="H5921" keep|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" Passover|strong="H6453", and|strong="H3068" to|strong="H5921" offer|strong="H5927" burnt|strong="H5930" offerings|strong="H6453" on|strong="H5921" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" altar|strong="H4196", according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" commandment|strong="H4687" of|strong="H4428" King|strong="H4428" Josiah|strong="H2977". 
\verseNumber{17}The|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" who|strong="H1931" were|strong="H3478" present|strong="H4672" kept|strong="H6213" the|strong="H0853" Passover|strong="H6453" at|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3117" time|strong="H6256", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" feast|strong="H2282" of|strong="H1121" unleavened|strong="H4682" bread|strong="H4682" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{18}There|strong="H3427" was|strong="H0834" no|strong="H3808" Passover|strong="H6453" like|strong="H3644" that|strong="H0834" kept|strong="H6213" in|strong="H3427" Israel|strong="H3478" from|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H4428" Samuel|strong="H8050" the|strong="H3605" prophet|strong="H5030", nor|strong="H3808" did|strong="H6213" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" keep|strong="H6213" such|strong="H0834" a|strong="H4672" Passover|strong="H6453" as|strong="H0834" Josiah|strong="H2977" kept|strong="H6213"—with|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548", the|strong="H3605" Levites|strong="H3881", and|strong="H3063" all|strong="H3605" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3063" Israel|strong="H3478" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" present|strong="H4672", and|strong="H3063" the|strong="H3605" inhabitants|strong="H3427" of|strong="H4428" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{19}This|strong="H2088" Passover|strong="H6453" was|strong="H2088" kept|strong="H6213" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H6213" eighteenth|strong="H6240" year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H8141" the|strong="H6213" reign|strong="H4438" of|strong="H8141" Josiah|strong="H2977". 
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\verseNumber{20}After|strong="H0310" all|strong="H3605" this|strong="H2063", when|strong="H0834" Josiah|strong="H2977" had|strong="H0834" prepared|strong="H3559" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004", Neco|strong="H5224" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Egypt|strong="H4714" went|strong="H3318" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5921" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5921" Carchemish|strong="H3751" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" Euphrates|strong="H6578", and|strong="H4428" Josiah|strong="H2977" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" against|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{21}But|strong="H3588" he|strong="H0834" sent|strong="H7971" ambassadors|strong="H4397" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", saying|strong="H0559", “What|strong="H4100" have|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" to|strong="H0413" do|strong="H0408" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H0859", you|strong="H0859" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063"? I|strong="H0834" come not|strong="H3808" against|strong="H5921" you|strong="H0859" today|strong="H3117", but|strong="H3588" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" house|strong="H1004" with|strong="H5973" which|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" war|strong="H4421". God|strong="H0430" has|strong="H0430" commanded|strong="H0559" me|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" make|strong="H3588" haste. Beware that|strong="H0834" it|strong="H5921" is|strong="H0834" God|strong="H0430" who|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H0413", that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" destroy|strong="H7843" you|strong="H0859".” 
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\verseNumber{22}Nevertheless|strong="H3588" Josiah|strong="H2977" would|strong="H1697" not|strong="H3808" turn|strong="H5437" his|strong="H8085" face|strong="H6440" from|strong="H4480" him|strong="H0413", but|strong="H3588" disguised|strong="H2664" himself|strong="H6440", that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" might fight|strong="H3898" with|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", and|strong="H0935" didn’t|strong="H3808" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H6440" words|strong="H1697" of|strong="H0430" Neco|strong="H5224" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H6440" mouth|strong="H6310" of|strong="H0430" God|strong="H0430", and|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" fight|strong="H3898" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H6440" valley|strong="H1237" of|strong="H0430" Megiddo|strong="H4023". 
\verseNumber{23}The|strong="H0559" archers|strong="H3384" shot|strong="H3384" at|strong="H4428" King|strong="H4428" Josiah|strong="H2977"; and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" his|strong="H3588" servants|strong="H5650", “Take me|strong="H5650" away|strong="H5674", because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am seriously wounded|strong="H2470"!” 
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\verseNumber{24}So|strong="H4480" his|strong="H3605" servants|strong="H5650" took|strong="H4191" him|strong="H5921" out|strong="H4480" of|strong="H0001" the|strong="H3605" chariot|strong="H4818", and|strong="H3063" put|strong="H4191" him|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" second|strong="H4932" chariot|strong="H4818" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834", and|strong="H3063" brought him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H4191" Jerusalem|strong="H3389"; and|strong="H3063" he|strong="H0834" died|strong="H4191", and|strong="H3063" was|strong="H0834" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" tombs|strong="H6913" of|strong="H0001" his|strong="H3605" fathers|strong="H0001". All|strong="H3605" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3063" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" mourned|strong="H0056" for|strong="H5921" Josiah|strong="H2977". 
\verseNumber{25}Jeremiah|strong="H3414" lamented for|strong="H5921" Josiah|strong="H2977", and|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" singing|strong="H7891" men|strong="H3605" and|strong="H3478" singing|strong="H7891" women|strong="H6969" spoke|strong="H0559" of|strong="H3117" Josiah|strong="H2977" in|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3605" lamentations|strong="H7015" to|strong="H0559" this|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117"; and|strong="H3478" they|strong="H3117" made|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" an|strong="H5414" ordinance|strong="H2706" in|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478". Behold|strong="H2005", they|strong="H3117" are|strong="H3117" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" lamentations|strong="H7015". 
\verseNumber{26}Now the|strong="H3068" rest|strong="H3499" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" acts|strong="H1697" of|strong="H3068" Josiah|strong="H2977" and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" good deeds|strong="H1697", according to|strong="H3068" that|strong="H1697" which|strong="H1697" is|strong="H3068" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H3068" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" law|strong="H8451", 
\verseNumber{27}and|strong="H3063" his|strong="H5921" acts|strong="H1697", first|strong="H7223" and|strong="H3063" last|strong="H0314", behold|strong="H2005", they|strong="H5921" are|strong="H3478" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" book|strong="H5612" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3063" Judah|strong="H3063". 
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\chapterNumber{36}Then|strong="H3947" 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" made|strong="H3947" him|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4427" in|strong="H0776" his|strong="H3947" father’s|strong="H0001" place|strong="H8478" in|strong="H0776" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{2}Joahaz|strong="H3099" was|strong="H1121" 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". 
\verseNumber{3}The|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Egypt|strong="H4714" removed|strong="H5493" him|strong="H0853" from|strong="H5493" office at|strong="H4428" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", and|strong="H3967" fined|strong="H6064" the|strong="H0853" land|strong="H0776" one|strong="H0776" hundred|strong="H3967" talents|strong="H3603" of|strong="H4428" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H3967" a|strong="H0776" talent|strong="H3603"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{36:3  }A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces} of|strong="H4428" gold|strong="H2091". 
\verseNumber{4}The|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Egypt|strong="H4714" made|strong="H5437" Eliakim|strong="H0471" his|strong="H5921" brother|strong="H0251" king|strong="H4428" over|strong="H5921" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H0935" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", and|strong="H0935" changed|strong="H5437" his|strong="H5921" name|strong="H8034" to|strong="H0935" Jehoiakim|strong="H3079". Neco|strong="H5224" took|strong="H3947" Joahaz|strong="H3099" his|strong="H5921" brother|strong="H0251", and|strong="H0935" carried|strong="H0935" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0935" Egypt|strong="H4714". 
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\verseNumber{5}Jehoiakim|strong="H3079" was|strong="H3068" twenty-five|strong="H2568" 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" eleven|strong="H6240" years|strong="H8141" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". He|strong="H0430" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3068" which|strong="H5869" was|strong="H3068" evil|strong="H7451" in|strong="H8141" Yahweh|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" God’s|strong="H0430" sight|strong="H5869". 
\verseNumber{6}Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894" came|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" against|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921", and|strong="H4428" bound|strong="H0631" him|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" fetters|strong="H5178" to|strong="H5921" carry|strong="H5927" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" Babylon|strong="H0894". 
\verseNumber{7}Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019" also|strong="H3068" carried|strong="H0935" some of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0935" vessels|strong="H3627" of|strong="H1004" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004" to|strong="H0935" Babylon|strong="H0894", and|strong="H0935" put|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" in|strong="H0935" his|strong="H5414" temple|strong="H1004" at|strong="H3068" Babylon|strong="H0894". 
\verseNumber{8}Now|strong="H2005" the|strong="H0834" rest|strong="H3499" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0834" acts|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1121" Jehoiakim|strong="H3079", and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5921" abominations|strong="H8441" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213", and|strong="H1121" that|strong="H0834" which|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" found|strong="H4672" in|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921", behold|strong="H2005", they|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" book|strong="H5612" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0834" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063"; and|strong="H1121" Jehoiachin|strong="H3078" his|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" reigned|strong="H4427" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" place|strong="H8478". 
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\verseNumber{9}Jehoiachin|strong="H3078" was|strong="H3068" eight|strong="H8083" years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" began to|strong="H3068" reign|strong="H4427", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3117" reigned|strong="H4427" three|strong="H7969" months|strong="H2320" and|strong="H1121" ten|strong="H6235" days|strong="H3117" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". He|strong="H3117" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3117" which|strong="H5869" was|strong="H3068" evil|strong="H7451" in|strong="H8141" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" sight|strong="H5869". 
\verseNumber{10}At|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" return|strong="H0935" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" year|strong="H8141", King|strong="H4428" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019" sent|strong="H7971" and|strong="H0935" brought|strong="H0935" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0935" Babylon|strong="H0894", with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H0853" valuable|strong="H2532" vessels|strong="H3627" of|strong="H4428" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H0935" made|strong="H3627" Zedekiah|strong="H6667" his|strong="H5921" brother|strong="H0251" king|strong="H4428" over|strong="H5921" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H0935" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
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\verseNumber{11}Zedekiah|strong="H6667" was|strong="H0259" 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". 
\verseNumber{12}He|strong="H0430" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3068" which|strong="H5869" was|strong="H3068" evil|strong="H7451" in|strong="H0430" Yahweh|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" God’s|strong="H0430" sight|strong="H5869". He|strong="H0430" didn’t|strong="H3808" humble|strong="H3665" himself|strong="H3665" before|strong="H6440" Jeremiah|strong="H3414" the|strong="H6440" prophet|strong="H5030" speaking from|strong="H6440" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" mouth|strong="H6310". 
\verseNumber{13}He|strong="H0834" also|strong="H1571" rebelled|strong="H4775" against|strong="H0413" King|strong="H4428" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019", who|strong="H0834" had|strong="H3068" made|strong="H0553" him|strong="H0413" swear|strong="H7650" by|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430"; but|strong="H1571" he|strong="H0834" stiffened|strong="H7185" his|strong="H3068" neck|strong="H6203", and|strong="H3068" hardened|strong="H7185" his|strong="H3068" heart|strong="H3824" against|strong="H0413" turning|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H0853" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{14}Moreover|strong="H1571" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" chiefs|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" trespassed very|strong="H1571" greatly|strong="H7235" after all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" abominations|strong="H8441" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" nations|strong="H1471"; and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H0834" polluted Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H3068" made|strong="H2930" holy|strong="H6942" in|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
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\verseNumber{15}Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H5921" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" their|strong="H3068" fathers|strong="H0001", sent|strong="H7971" to|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921" by|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" messengers|strong="H4397", rising|strong="H7925" up|strong="H7925" early|strong="H7925" and|strong="H3068" sending|strong="H7971", because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3068" compassion|strong="H2550" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H3068" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" dwelling|strong="H4583" place|strong="H3027"; 
\verseNumber{16}but|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3068" mocked|strong="H3931" the|strong="H3068" messengers|strong="H4397" of|strong="H0430" God|strong="H0430", despised|strong="H0959" his|strong="H3068" words|strong="H1697", and|strong="H3068" scoffed at|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" prophets|strong="H5030", until|strong="H5704" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" wrath|strong="H2534" arose|strong="H5927" against|strong="H5927" his|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971", until|strong="H5704" there|strong="H0369" was|strong="H0369" no|strong="H0369" remedy|strong="H4832". 
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\verseNumber{17}Therefore he|strong="H3808" brought|strong="H5927" on|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Chaldeans|strong="H3778", who|strong="H3605" killed|strong="H2026" their|strong="H3605" young|strong="H0970" men|strong="H0970" with|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" sword|strong="H2719" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" their|strong="H3605" sanctuary|strong="H4720", and|strong="H3027" had|strong="H4428" no|strong="H3808" compassion|strong="H2550" on|strong="H5921" young|strong="H0970" man|strong="H2205" or|strong="H3808" virgin|strong="H1330", old|strong="H2205" man|strong="H2205" or|strong="H3808" infirm|strong="H3486". He|strong="H3808" gave|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" all|strong="H3605" into|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{18}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" vessels|strong="H3627" of|strong="H4428" God’s|strong="H0430" house|strong="H1004", great|strong="H1419" and|strong="H0935" small|strong="H6996", and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" treasures|strong="H0214" of|strong="H4428" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" treasures|strong="H0214" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H0935" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3605" princes|strong="H8269", all|strong="H3605" these|strong="H3605" he|strong="H0430" brought|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" Babylon|strong="H0894". 
\verseNumber{19}They|strong="H3605" burned|strong="H8313" God’s|strong="H0430" house|strong="H1004", broke|strong="H5422" down|strong="H5422" the|strong="H3605" wall|strong="H2346" of|strong="H1004" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", burned|strong="H8313" all|strong="H3605" its|strong="H3605" palaces|strong="H0759" with|strong="H1004" fire|strong="H0784", and|strong="H0430" destroyed|strong="H7843" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1004" its|strong="H3605" valuable|strong="H4261" vessels|strong="H3627". 
\verseNumber{20}He|strong="H5704" carried|strong="H1540" those|strong="H4480" who|strong="H1121" had|strong="H1961" escaped|strong="H7611" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H0413" sword|strong="H2719" away|strong="H1540" to|strong="H0413" Babylon|strong="H0894", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H5704" were|strong="H1961" servants|strong="H5650" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H1961" sons|strong="H1121" until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H0413" reign|strong="H4438" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0413" kingdom|strong="H4438" of|strong="H1121" Persia|strong="H6539", 
\verseNumber{21}to|strong="H5704" fulfill|strong="H4390" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" word|strong="H1697" by|strong="H3068" Jeremiah’s|strong="H3414" mouth|strong="H6310", until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" had|strong="H3068" enjoyed|strong="H7521" its|strong="H3605" Sabbaths|strong="H7676". As|strong="H5704" long|strong="H5704" as|strong="H5704" it|strong="H5704" lay desolate|strong="H8074", it|strong="H5704" kept Sabbath|strong="H7676", to|strong="H5704" fulfill|strong="H4390" seventy|strong="H7657" years|strong="H8141". 
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\verseNumber{22}Now|strong="H1571" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3605" first|strong="H0259" year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H4428" Cyrus|strong="H3566" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Persia|strong="H6539", that|strong="H3605" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" word|strong="H1697" by|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" mouth|strong="H6310" of|strong="H4428" Jeremiah|strong="H3414" might|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1571" accomplished|strong="H3615", Yahweh|strong="H3068" stirred|strong="H5782" up|strong="H5782" the|strong="H3605" spirit|strong="H7307" of|strong="H4428" Cyrus|strong="H3566" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Persia|strong="H6539", so|strong="H1571" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3068" made|strong="H3605" a|strong="H0259" proclamation|strong="H6963" throughout|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" kingdom|strong="H4438", and|strong="H3068" put|strong="H3615" it|strong="H3068" also|strong="H1571" in|strong="H8141" writing|strong="H4385", saying|strong="H0559", 
\verseNumber{23}“Cyrus|strong="H3566" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Persia|strong="H6539" says|strong="H0559", ‘Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H4428" heaven|strong="H8064", has|strong="H3068" given|strong="H5414" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" kingdoms|strong="H4467" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776" to|strong="H0559" me|strong="H5414"; and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H0834" has|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H0559" me|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0559" build|strong="H1129" him|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" house|strong="H1004" in|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", which|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" in|strong="H5921" Judah|strong="H3063". Whoever|strong="H3605" there|strong="H5927" is|strong="H0834" among|strong="H5973" you|strong="H0834" of|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971", Yahweh|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" be|strong="H3068" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3068" let|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927".’” 
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