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\w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w Merib-baal|strong="H4807"\w*. \w Merib-baal|strong="H4807"\w* \w became|strong="H3205"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w father|strong="H3205"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Micah|strong="H4318"\w*.


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\w The|strong="H1121"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Micah|strong="H4318"\w*: \w Pithon|strong="H6377"\w*, \w Melech|strong="H4429"\w*, \w Tarea|strong="H8390"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ahaz|strong="H0271"\w*.


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\w Ahaz|strong="H0271"\w* \w became|strong="H3205"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w father|strong="H3205"\w* \w of|strong="H3205"\w* \w Jehoaddah|strong="H3085"\w*. \w Jehoaddah|strong="H3085"\w* \w became|strong="H3205"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w father|strong="H3205"\w* \w of|strong="H3205"\w* \w Alemeth|strong="H5964"\w*, \w Azmaveth|strong="H5820"\w*, \w and|strong="H0853"\w* \w Zimri|strong="H2174"\w*. \w Zimri|strong="H2174"\w* \w became|strong="H3205"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w father|strong="H3205"\w* \w of|strong="H3205"\w* \w Moza|strong="H4162"\w*.


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\w Moza|strong="H4162"\w* \w became|strong="H3205"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w father|strong="H3205"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Binea|strong="H1150"\w*. Raphah \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H0501"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w Eleasah|strong="H0501"\w* \w his|strong="H0501"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Azel|strong="H0682"\w* \w his|strong="H0501"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*.


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\w Azel|strong="H0682"\w* \w had|strong="H1121"\w* \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, \w whose|strong="H1121"\w* \w names|strong="H8034"\w* \w are|strong="H0428"\w* \w these|strong="H0428"\w*: \w Azrikam|strong="H5840"\w*, \w Bocheru|strong="H1074"\w*, \w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w*, \w Sheariah|strong="H8187"\w*, \w Obadiah|strong="H5662"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hanan|strong="H2605"\w*. \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H0428"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Azel|strong="H0682"\w*.


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\w The|strong="H0251"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Eshek|strong="H6232"\w* \w his|strong="H1121"\w* \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*: \w Ulam|strong="H0198"\w* \w his|strong="H1121"\w* \w firstborn|strong="H1060"\w*, \w Jeush|strong="H3266"\w* \w the|strong="H0251"\w* \w second|strong="H8145"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Eliphelet|strong="H0467"\w* \w the|strong="H0251"\w* \w third|strong="H7992"\w*.


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\w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ulam|strong="H0198"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w mighty|strong="H1368"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* valour, \w archers|strong="H7198"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w many|strong="H7235"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w grandsons|strong="H1121"\w*, \w one|strong="H0376"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w*. \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H0428"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*.<pb/>


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\w So|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w listed|strong="H3187"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w genealogies|strong="H3187"\w*; \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w behold|strong="H2009"\w*,<n>“Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.</n> \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w carried|strong="H1540"\w* \w away|strong="H1540"\w* \w captive|strong="H1540"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* disobedience.


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Now \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w first|strong="H7223"\w* \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w their|strong="H0834"\w* \w possessions|strong="H0272"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w their|strong="H0834"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w temple|strong="H5411"\w* \w servants|strong="H5411"\w*.


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\w In|strong="H3427"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w there|strong="H3427"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*:


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\w Uthai|strong="H5793"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ammihud|strong="H5989"\w*, \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Omri|strong="H6018"\w*, \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Imri|strong="H0566"\w*, \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Bani|strong="H1137"\w*, \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Perez|strong="H6557"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.


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\w Of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w Shilonites|strong="H7888"\w*: \w Asaiah|strong="H6222"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w firstborn|strong="H1060"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H4480"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*.


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\w Of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zerah|strong="H2226"\w*: \w Jeuel|strong="H3262"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H4480"\w* \w brothers|strong="H0251"\w*, \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w ninety|strong="H8673"\w*.


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\w Of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*: \w Sallu|strong="H5543"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Meshullam|strong="H4918"\w*, \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hodaviah|strong="H1938"\w*, \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hassenuah|strong="H5574"\w*;


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\w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ibneiah|strong="H2997"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jeroham|strong="H3395"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Elah|strong="H0425"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Uzzi|strong="H5813"\w*, \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Michri|strong="H4381"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Meshullam|strong="H4918"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shephatiah|strong="H8203"\w*, \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Reuel|strong="H7467"\w*, \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ibnijah|strong="H2998"\w*;


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\w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w brothers|strong="H0251"\w*, \w according|strong="H0376"\w* \w to|strong="H0376"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w generations|strong="H8435"\w*, \w nine|strong="H8672"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* fifty-six. \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H0428"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w were|strong="H0428"\w* \w heads|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w fathers’|strong="H0001"\w* \w households|strong="H1004"\w* \w by|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w fathers’|strong="H0001"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Of|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*: \w Jedaiah|strong="H3048"\w*, \w Jehoiarib|strong="H3080"\w*, \w Jachin|strong="H3199"\w*,


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\w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Azariah|strong="H5838"\w* \w the|strong="H6659"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hilkiah|strong="H2518"\w*, \w the|strong="H6659"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Meshullam|strong="H4918"\w*, \w the|strong="H6659"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w*, \w the|strong="H6659"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Meraioth|strong="H4812"\w*, \w the|strong="H6659"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ahitub|strong="H0285"\w*, \w the|strong="H6659"\w* \w ruler|strong="H5057"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w God’s|strong="H0430"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*;


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\w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Adaiah|strong="H5718"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jeroham|strong="H3395"\w*, \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Pashhur|strong="H6583"\w*, \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Malchijah|strong="H4441"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Maasai|strong="H4640"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Adiel|strong="H5717"\w*, \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jahzerah|strong="H3170"\w*, \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Meshullam|strong="H4918"\w*, \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Meshillemith, \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Immer|strong="H0564"\w*;


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\w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w their|strong="H4399"\w* \w brothers|strong="H0251"\w*, \w heads|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w their|strong="H4399"\w* \w fathers’|strong="H0001"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w*, \w one|strong="H1368"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w sixty|strong="H8346"\w*; \w they|strong="H0430"\w* \w were|strong="H2428"\w* \w very|strong="H2428"\w* \w able|strong="H2428"\w* \w men|strong="H1368"\w* \w for|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H0251"\w* \w work|strong="H4399"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H0251"\w* \w service|strong="H5656"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w God’s|strong="H0430"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w*: \w Shemaiah|strong="H8098"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hasshub|strong="H2815"\w*, \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Azrikam|strong="H5840"\w*, \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hashabiah|strong="H2811"\w*, \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Merari|strong="H4847"\w*;


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\w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Bakbakkar|strong="H1230"\w*, \w Heresh|strong="H2792"\w*, \w Galal|strong="H1559"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Mattaniah|strong="H4983"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Mica|strong="H4316"\w*, \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zichri|strong="H2147"\w*, \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Asaph|strong="H0623"\w*,


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\w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Obadiah|strong="H5662"\w* \w the|strong="H8098"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shemaiah|strong="H8098"\w*, \w the|strong="H8098"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Galal|strong="H1559"\w*, \w the|strong="H8098"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jeduthun|strong="H3038"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Berechiah|strong="H1296"\w* \w the|strong="H8098"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Asa|strong="H0609"\w*, \w the|strong="H8098"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Elkanah|strong="H0511"\w*, \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H8098"\w* villages \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H8098"\w* \w Netophathites|strong="H5200"\w*.<pb/>


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\w The|strong="H0251"\w* \w gatekeepers|strong="H7778"\w*: \w Shallum|strong="H7967"\w*, \w Akkub|strong="H6126"\w*, \w Talmon|strong="H2929"\w*, \w Ahiman|strong="H0289"\w*, \w and|strong="H7218"\w* their \w brothers|strong="H0251"\w* (\w Shallum|strong="H7967"\w* \w was|strong="H7218"\w* \w the|strong="H0251"\w* \w chief|strong="H7218"\w*),


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\w who|strong="H1121"\w* previously served \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w eastward|strong="H4217"\w*. \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w gatekeepers|strong="H7778"\w* \w for|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3878"\w*.


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\w Zechariah|strong="H2148"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Meshelemiah|strong="H4920"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w gatekeeper|strong="H7778"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w door|strong="H6607"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w Tent|strong="H0168"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Meeting|strong="H4150"\w*.


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\w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Whoever|strong="H3605"\w* \w strikes|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jebusites|strong="H2983"\w* \w first|strong="H7223"\w* \w shall|strong="H1121"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w chief|strong="H7218"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w captain|strong="H8269"\w*.” \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zeruiah|strong="H6870"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w first|strong="H7223"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w made|strong="H1961"\w* \w chief|strong="H7218"\w*.


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\w Then|strong="H6030"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* Spirit \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* Amasai, \w who|strong="H0430"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* chief \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* thirty, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w he|strong="H0518"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w We|strong="H0518"\w* \w are|strong="H0430"\w* yours, \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* side, \w you|strong="H0518"\w* son \w of|strong="H0430"\w* Jesse. \w Peace|strong="H7965"\w*, \w peace|strong="H7965"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H0518"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w helpers|strong="H5826"\w*; \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w helps|strong="H5826"\w* \w you|strong="H0518"\w*.” \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w received|strong="H0935"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w made|strong="H1961"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* captains \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* band.<pb/>


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Some \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Manasseh \w also|strong="H0853"\w* joined \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w came|strong="H3847"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* Philistines \w against|strong="H5973"\w* Saul \w to|strong="H5414"\w* battle, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* didn’t \w help|strong="H5826"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* lords \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* Philistines \w sent|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w away|strong="H5973"\w* \w after|strong="H3588"\w* consultation, saying, “\w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H0430"\w* desert \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w master|strong="H5414"\w* Saul \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* jeopardy \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w our|strong="H5414"\w* \w heads|strong="H7218"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w As|strong="H0935"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* Ziklag, \w some|strong="H4480"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w joined|strong="H5307"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*: Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* Zillethai, \w captains|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H7218"\w* thousands \w who|strong="H4421"\w* \w were|strong="H6430"\w* \w of|strong="H7218"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*.


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\w They|strong="H0834"\w* helped David \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w band|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H7218"\w* raiders, \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w all|strong="H0505"\w* mighty \w men|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H7218"\w* valour \w and|strong="H7218"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w captains|strong="H7218"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* army.


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\w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* day \w to|strong="H1961"\w* day \w men|strong="H1368"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w help|strong="H5826"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w until|strong="H5921"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w great|strong="H1368"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w*, \w like|strong="H1961"\w* God’s \w army|strong="H2428"\w*.<pb/>


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These \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* numbers \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* heads \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* \w who|strong="H0430"\w* \w were|strong="H3117"\w* armed \w for|strong="H3588"\w* war, \w who|strong="H0430"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* Hebron \w to|strong="H0935"\w* turn \w the|strong="H5921"\w* kingdom \w of|strong="H0430"\w* Saul \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w according|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* <font size=-1>LORD</font>’s word.


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\w The|strong="H5921"\w* children \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Judah \w who|strong="H3068"\w* bore shield \w and|strong="H0935"\w* spear \w were|strong="H0428"\w* six thousand \w and|strong="H0935"\w* eight hundred, \w armed|strong="H2502"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w war|strong="H6635"\w*.


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\w Of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Simeon, mighty \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* valour \w for|strong="H6635"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w war|strong="H6635"\w*: seven \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w one|strong="H1121"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w*.


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\w Of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Levi: four \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* six \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w*.


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Jehoiada \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* leader \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* household \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Aaron; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w with|strong="H4480"\w* \w him|strong="H4480"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w three|strong="H0702"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* seven \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w*,


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\w and|strong="H3967"\w* Zadok, \w a|strong="H7651"\w* young man mighty \w of|strong="H0505"\w* valour, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w of|strong="H0505"\w* \w his|strong="H5973"\w* father’s house twenty-two captains.


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\w Of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H6659"\w* \w children|strong="H5288"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* Benjamin, Saul’s relatives: three thousand, \w for|strong="H1004"\w* until then, \w the|strong="H6659"\w* greatest part \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w them|strong="H0001"\w* \w had|strong="H0001"\w* kept \w their|strong="H5288"\w* allegiance \w to|strong="H0001"\w* Saul’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.


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\w Of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ephraim: twenty \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* eight hundred, mighty \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* valour, famous \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w their|strong="H4480"\w* fathers’ \w houses|strong="H1004"\w*.


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\w Of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* half-tribe \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Manasseh: eighteen \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w*, \w who|strong="H0376"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* mentioned \w by|strong="H8034"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w*, \w to|strong="H0376"\w* come \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w make|strong="H8034"\w* David king.


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\w Of|strong="H4294"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* children \w of|strong="H4294"\w* Issachar, men \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* understanding \w of|strong="H4294"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* times, \w to|strong="H0935"\w* know \w what|strong="H0834"\w* Israel ought \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w do|strong="H0935"\w*, \w their|strong="H0935"\w* heads \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w two|strong="H2677"\w* hundred; \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w all|strong="H0505"\w* \w their|strong="H0935"\w* brothers \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w at|strong="H1732"\w* \w their|strong="H0935"\w* command.


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\w Of|strong="H1121"\w* Zebulun, \w such|strong="H3605"\w* \w as|strong="H1121"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* able \w to|strong="H5921"\w* go \w out|strong="H3045"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* army, \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w could|strong="H4100"\w* \w set|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* battle \w in|strong="H5921"\w* array \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w kinds|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* instruments \w of|strong="H1121"\w* war: fifty thousand \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w could|strong="H4100"\w* \w command|strong="H6310"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H3045"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* double heart.


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\w Of|strong="H3627"\w* Naphtali: \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* captains, \w and|strong="H3318"\w* \w with|strong="H3627"\w* \w them|strong="H3318"\w* \w with|strong="H3627"\w* shield \w and|strong="H3318"\w* spear thirty-seven \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w*.


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\w Of|strong="H8269"\w* \w the|strong="H5973"\w* Danites \w who|strong="H8269"\w* could set \w the|strong="H5973"\w* battle \w in|strong="H8269"\w* array: twenty-eight \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w and|strong="H8269"\w* six hundred.


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\w Of|strong="H4480"\w* Asher, such as \w were|strong="H4421"\w* able \w to|strong="H4480"\w* go \w out|strong="H4480"\w* \w in|strong="H4421"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w army|strong="H4421"\w*, \w who|strong="H4421"\w* could set \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* \w in|strong="H4421"\w* \w array|strong="H4421"\w*: forty \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w*.


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\w On|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* other side \w of|strong="H6635"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* Jordan, \w of|strong="H6635"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* Reubenites, \w the|strong="H3318"\w* Gadites, \w and|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H6635"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* half-tribe \w of|strong="H6635"\w* Manasseh, \w with|strong="H4421"\w* \w all|strong="H0505"\w* kinds \w of|strong="H6635"\w* instruments \w of|strong="H6635"\w* \w war|strong="H4421"\w* \w for|strong="H6635"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*: one hundred \w and|strong="H3318"\w* twenty \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w*.<pb/>


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\w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H3383"\w* \w men|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H7626"\w* \w war|strong="H4421"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* could order \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* \w array|strong="H6635"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* came \w with|strong="H3627"\w* \w a|strong="H4480"\w* perfect heart \w to|strong="H4480"\w* Hebron \w to|strong="H4480"\w* make David king \w over|strong="H4480"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israel|strong="H4421"\w*; \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* rest \w also|strong="H4519"\w* \w of|strong="H7626"\w* \w Israel|strong="H4421"\w* \w were|strong="H3383"\w* \w of|strong="H7626"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* heart \w to|strong="H4480"\w* make David king.


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\w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w there|strong="H3605"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* three days, eating \w and|strong="H0935"\w* drinking; \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* brothers \w had|strong="H3478"\w* supplied provisions \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w*.


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\w Moreover|strong="H1961"\w* \w those|strong="H3588"\w* \w who|strong="H0251"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w near|strong="H5973"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w them|strong="H0398"\w*, \w as|strong="H1961"\w* far \w as|strong="H1961"\w* Issachar, Zebulun, \w and|strong="H0398"\w* Naphtali, \w brought|strong="H1961"\w* bread \w on|strong="H3117"\w* donkeys, \w on|strong="H3117"\w* camels, \w on|strong="H3117"\w* mules, \w and|strong="H0398"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* oxen: supplies \w of|strong="H3117"\w* flour, cakes \w of|strong="H3117"\w* figs, clusters \w of|strong="H3117"\w* raisins, wine, oil, cattle, \w and|strong="H0398"\w* sheep \w in|strong="H3117"\w* abundance; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* joy \w in|strong="H3117"\w* Israel.<pb/>


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\w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w consulted|strong="H3289"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w thousands|strong="H0505"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w hundreds|strong="H3967"\w*, even \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w leader|strong="H5057"\w*.


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\w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w assembly|strong="H6951"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, “\w If|strong="H0518"\w* \w it|strong="H0518"\w* \w seems|strong="H3605"\w* \w good|strong="H2895"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H0518"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w if|strong="H0518"\w* \w it|strong="H0518"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, let’s \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w word|strong="H0559"\w* \w everywhere|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w brothers|strong="H0251"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* \w left|strong="H7604"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w with|strong="H5973"\w* whom \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H0776"\w* \w pasture|strong="H4054"\w* \w lands|strong="H4054"\w*, \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H0518"\w* \w may|strong="H0776"\w* \w gather|strong="H6908"\w* \w themselves|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w us|strong="H0413"\w*.


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\w Also|strong="H0853"\w*, let’s \w bring|strong="H5437"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w our|strong="H0430"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w back|strong="H5437"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w us|strong="H0413"\w* again, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3588"\w* \w didn’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w seek|strong="H1875"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w assembly|strong="H6951"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w would|strong="H0559"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w so|strong="H3651"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* \w was|strong="H1697"\w* \w right|strong="H3474"\w* \w in|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.


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\w So|strong="H4480"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w assembled|strong="H6950"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w together|strong="H6950"\w*, \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Shihor|strong="H7883"\w* \w River|strong="H5704"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w even|strong="H5704"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w entrance|strong="H0935"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w Hamath|strong="H2574"\w*, \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* \w God’s|strong="H0430"\w* \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w Kiriath|strong="H7157"\w* Jearim.<pb/>


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\w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Baalah|strong="H1173"\w*, \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w*, \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Kiriath|strong="H7157"\w* Jearim, \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w belonged|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w bring|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w sits|strong="H3427"\w* \w above|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w cherubim|strong="H3742"\w*, \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Name|strong="H8034"\w*.


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\w Elishama|strong="H0476"\w*, \w Beeliada|strong="H1182"\w*, \w and|strong="H0476"\w* \w Eliphelet|strong="H0467"\w*.<pb/>


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\w David|strong="H1732"\w* enquired \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Shall|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w go|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*? \w Will|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*?” <pb/>\w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w*, “\w Go|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w*; \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w David|strong="H1732"\w* enquired \w again|strong="H5750"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*; \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, “\w You|strong="H5921"\w* \w shall|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w go|strong="H0935"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*. \w Turn|strong="H5437"\w* \w away|strong="H0310"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w opposite|strong="H4136"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* mulberry \w trees|strong="H1057"\w*.


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\w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* himself \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* \w in|strong="H0430"\w* \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*; \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w prepared|strong="H3559"\w* \w a|strong="H5186"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w for|strong="H1004"\w* \w God’s|strong="H0430"\w* \w ark|strong="H0727"\w*, \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w pitched|strong="H5186"\w* \w a|strong="H5186"\w* \w tent|strong="H0168"\w* \w for|strong="H1004"\w* \w it|strong="H5186"\w*.


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\w Then|strong="H0227"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w No|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* ought \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w carry|strong="H5375"\w* \w God’s|strong="H0430"\w* \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w*. \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w chosen|strong="H0977"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w carry|strong="H5375"\w* \w God’s|strong="H0430"\w* \w ark|strong="H0727"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w minister|strong="H8334"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w* \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w Let|strong="H1523"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w glad|strong="H8056"\w*, <pb/>\w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w let|strong="H1523"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* \w rejoice|strong="H1523"\w*! <pb/>\w Let|strong="H1523"\w* \w them|strong="H0776"\w* \w say|strong="H0559"\w* amongst \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*, “\w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w* \w reigns|strong="H4427"\w*!”<pb/>


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Oh \w give|strong="H3034"\w* \w thanks|strong="H3034"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w*, <pb/>\w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* loving \w kindness|strong="H2617"\w* \w endures|strong="H5769"\w* \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*.<pb/>


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


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\w Now|strong="H6258"\w*, \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w*, \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H5650"\w* \w promised|strong="H1696"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w thing|strong="H2063"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*.


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\w He|strong="H1732"\w* \w defeated|strong="H5221"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*; \w and|strong="H5650"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Moabites|strong="H4124"\w* \w became|strong="H1961"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w and|strong="H5650"\w* \w brought|strong="H5375"\w* \w tribute|strong="H4503"\w*.<pb/>


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\w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w defeated|strong="H5221"\w* \w Hadadezer|strong="H1909"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Zobah|strong="H6678"\w*, towards \w Hamath|strong="H2574"\w*, \w as|strong="H3027"\w* \w he|strong="H1732"\w* went \w to|strong="H3027"\w* \w establish|strong="H5324"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* dominion \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w river|strong="H5104"\w* \w Euphrates|strong="H6578"\w*.


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\w When|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0935"\w* Syrians \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w help|strong="H5826"\w* \w Hadadezer|strong="H1909"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Zobah|strong="H6678"\w*, \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w twenty-two|strong="H8147"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0935"\w* Syrians.


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\w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w dedicated|strong="H6942"\w* \w these|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w*, \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w carried|strong="H5375"\w* \w away|strong="H5375"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*: \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w Edom|strong="H0123"\w*, \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*, \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w*, \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w Amalek|strong="H6002"\w*.<pb/>


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\w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w garrisons|strong="H5333"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w Edom|strong="H0123"\w*; \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Edomites|strong="H0123"\w* \w became|strong="H1961"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H7760"\w* \w victory|strong="H3467"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w wherever|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w went|strong="H1980"\w*.<pb/>


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\w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* executed \w justice|strong="H4941"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.


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\w After|strong="H0310"\w* \w this|strong="H3651"\w*, \w Nahash|strong="H5176"\w* \w the|strong="H0310"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0310"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H1961"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H1961"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w*.


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\w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H0776"\w* \w show|strong="H6213"\w* \w kindness|strong="H2617"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Hanun|strong="H2586"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nahash|strong="H5176"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* showed \w kindness|strong="H2617"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*.” <pb/>\w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w comfort|strong="H5162"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w concerning|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w*. \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w into|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Hanun|strong="H2586"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w comfort|strong="H5162"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*.


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


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


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


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


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


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


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\w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w May|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w* \w make|strong="H3254"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w times|strong="H6471"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w many|strong="H4100"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w*. \w But|strong="H3808"\w*, \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w lord|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, aren’t \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w lord’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*? \w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w does|strong="H4100"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w lord|strong="H3068"\w* \w require|strong="H1245"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w thing|strong="H2063"\w*? \w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w cause|strong="H0819"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w guilt|strong="H0819"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*?”<pb/>


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


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


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


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


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


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\w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Gad|strong="H1410"\w*, \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w seer|strong="H2374"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,


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“Go \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w offer|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w things|strong="H7969"\w*. \w Choose|strong="H0977"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*, \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w may|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*.”’”<pb/>


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\w So|strong="H3541"\w* \w Gad|strong="H1410"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w Take|strong="H0935"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* choice:


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\w either|strong="H0518"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w famine|strong="H7458"\w*; \w or|strong="H0518"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w months|strong="H2320"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w be|strong="H1697"\w* consumed \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* foes, \w while|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w* \w overtakes|strong="H5381"\w* \w you|strong="H0518"\w*; \w or|strong="H0518"\w* \w else|strong="H3605"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w*, \w even|strong="H0518"\w* \w pestilence|strong="H1698"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* \w destroying|strong="H7843"\w* \w throughout|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w borders|strong="H1366"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w therefore|strong="H6258"\w* \w consider|strong="H7200"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w answer|strong="H7725"\w* \w I|strong="H0518"\w* \w shall|strong="H3068"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w me|strong="H7971"\w*.’”<pb/>


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\w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Gad|strong="H1410"\w*, “\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w distress|strong="H6862"\w*. \w Let|strong="H4994"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w fall|strong="H5307"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w pray|strong="H4994"\w*, \w into|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w mercies|strong="H7356"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w great|strong="H3966"\w*. \w Don’t|strong="H0408"\w* \w let|strong="H4994"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* \w into|strong="H0413"\w* \w man’s|strong="H0120"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w* \w sent|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H5414"\w* \w pestilence|strong="H1698"\w* \w on|strong="H5307"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w seventy|strong="H7657"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w fell|strong="H5307"\w*.


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\w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w an|strong="H7200"\w* \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*. \w As|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H0430"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w*, \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H0430"\w* \w relented|strong="H5162"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w disaster|strong="H7451"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w destroying|strong="H7843"\w* \w angel|strong="H4397"\w*, “\w It|strong="H5921"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w enough|strong="H7227"\w*. \w Now|strong="H6258"\w* withdraw \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.” \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w standing|strong="H5975"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w threshing|strong="H1637"\w* \w floor|strong="H1637"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w Ornan|strong="H0771"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w Jebusite|strong="H2983"\w*.


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\w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w lifted|strong="H5375"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* \w standing|strong="H5975"\w* \w between|strong="H0996"\w* \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w*, having \w a|strong="H7200"\w* \w drawn|strong="H8025"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w stretched|strong="H5186"\w* \w out|strong="H5186"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. <pb/>\w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w elders|strong="H2205"\w*, \w clothed|strong="H3680"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w sackcloth|strong="H8242"\w*, \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w faces|strong="H6440"\w*.


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\w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, “\w Isn’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w commanded|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w counted|strong="H4487"\w*? \w It|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w even|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* very wickedly; \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w these|strong="H0428"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*, \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*? \w Please|strong="H4994"\w* \w let|strong="H4994"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, \w O|strong="H4994"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w against|strong="H0413"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w against|strong="H0413"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*; \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w against|strong="H0413"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w should|strong="H4100"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w plagued|strong="H4046"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w Then|strong="H6965"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* \w commanded|strong="H0559"\w* \w Gad|strong="H1410"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w tell|strong="H0559"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w go|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w raise|strong="H6965"\w* \w an|strong="H3588"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w* \w on|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w threshing|strong="H1637"\w* \w floor|strong="H1637"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Ornan|strong="H0771"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w Jebusite|strong="H2983"\w*.


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\w May|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w discretion|strong="H7922"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w understanding|strong="H0998"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w charge|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w so|strong="H5414"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w may|strong="H0430"\w* \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w law|strong="H8451"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.


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


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\w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w iron|strong="H1270"\w*, \w there|strong="H0369"\w* \w is|strong="H0369"\w* \w no|strong="H0369"\w* \w number|strong="H4557"\w*. \w Arise|strong="H6965"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w doing|strong="H6213"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w may|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H5973"\w*.”<pb/>


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“\w Isn’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*? \w Hasn’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w rest|strong="H5117"\w* \w on|strong="H5117"\w* \w every|strong="H5439"\w* \w side|strong="H5439"\w*? \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w into|strong="H0776"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*; \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w subdued|strong="H3533"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.


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\w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w set|strong="H5414"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w heart|strong="H3824"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w follow|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*. \w Arise|strong="H6965"\w* \w therefore|strong="H6258"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w sanctuary|strong="H4720"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w holy|strong="H6944"\w* \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w into|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w be|strong="H8034"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w for|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w*.”<pb/>


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


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David said, “\w Of|strong="H1004"\w* \w these|strong="H0428"\w*, \w twenty-four|strong="H0702"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w were|strong="H0428"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w oversee|strong="H5329"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w work|strong="H4399"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w were|strong="H0428"\w* \w officers|strong="H7860"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w judges|strong="H8199"\w*,


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\w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* doorkeepers, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w praised|strong="H1984"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w instruments|strong="H3627"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* giving \w praise|strong="H1984"\w*.”<pb/>


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


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\w The|strong="H1121"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ladan|strong="H3936"\w*: \w Jehiel|strong="H3171"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w chief|strong="H7218"\w*, \w Zetham|strong="H2241"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joel|strong="H3100"\w*, \w three|strong="H7969"\w*.


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\w The|strong="H1121"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shimei|strong="H8096"\w*: \w Shelomoth|strong="H8013"\w*, \w Haziel|strong="H2381"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Haran|strong="H2039"\w*, \w three|strong="H7969"\w*. \w These|strong="H0428"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w heads|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w fathers’|strong="H0001"\w* \w households|strong="H0001"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ladan|strong="H3936"\w*.


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\w The|strong="H1121"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shimei|strong="H8096"\w*: \w Jahath|strong="H3189"\w*, \w Zina|strong="H2126"\w*, \w Jeush|strong="H3266"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Beriah|strong="H1283"\w*. \w These|strong="H0428"\w* \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shimei|strong="H8096"\w*.


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\w Jahath|strong="H3189"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w chief|strong="H7218"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zizah|strong="H2125"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w second|strong="H8145"\w*; \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w Jeush|strong="H3266"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Beriah|strong="H1283"\w* \w didn’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w many|strong="H7235"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*; \w therefore|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w became|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w fathers’|strong="H0001"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* reckoning.<pb/>


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\w But|strong="H0376"\w* \w as|strong="H0376"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w named|strong="H7121"\w* amongst \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3878"\w*.


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\w The|strong="H4872"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*: \w Gershom|strong="H1647"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Eliezer|strong="H0461"\w*.


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\w The|strong="H1121"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Gershom|strong="H1647"\w*: \w Shebuel|strong="H7619"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w chief|strong="H7218"\w*.


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\w The|strong="H1961"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Eliezer|strong="H0461"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w Rehabiah|strong="H7345"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w chief|strong="H7218"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Eliezer|strong="H0461"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w other|strong="H0312"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Rehabiah|strong="H7345"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w very|strong="H4605"\w* \w many|strong="H7235"\w*.


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\w The|strong="H1121"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Izhar|strong="H3324"\w*: \w Shelomith|strong="H8019"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w chief|strong="H7218"\w*.


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\w The|strong="H1121"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w*: \w Jeriah|strong="H3404"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w chief|strong="H7218"\w*, \w Amariah|strong="H0568"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w second|strong="H8145"\w*, \w Jahaziel|strong="H3166"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w third|strong="H7992"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jekameam|strong="H3360"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w fourth|strong="H7243"\w*.


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\w The|strong="H1121"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Uzziel|strong="H5816"\w*: \w Micah|strong="H4318"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w chief|strong="H7218"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Isshiah|strong="H3449"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w second|strong="H8145"\w*.<pb/>


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\w The|strong="H0499"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Merari|strong="H4847"\w*: \w Mahli|strong="H4249"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Mushi|strong="H4187"\w*. \w The|strong="H0499"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Mahli|strong="H4249"\w*: \w Eleazar|strong="H0499"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Kish|strong="H7027"\w*.


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\w Eleazar|strong="H0499"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* \w only|strong="H0518"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H5375"\w* \w relatives|strong="H0251"\w*, \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Kish|strong="H7027"\w*, \w took|strong="H5375"\w* \w them|strong="H5375"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* wives.


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\w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w incense|strong="H7004"\w*, \w refined|strong="H2212"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w weight|strong="H4948"\w*; \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* plans \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w chariot|strong="H4818"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w cherubim|strong="H3742"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w spread|strong="H6566"\w* \w out|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* cover \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w*.


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“\w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w this|strong="H3068"\w*”, \w David|strong="H3027"\w* said, “\w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H3605"\w* \w made|strong="H4399"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w understand|strong="H7919"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w writing|strong="H3791"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, \w even|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w works|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H3068"\w* \w pattern|strong="H8403"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, “\w Be|strong="H3808"\w* \w strong|strong="H2388"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w courageous|strong="H0553"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w*. \w Don’t|strong="H0408"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w*, \w nor|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w dismayed|strong="H2865"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w even|strong="H5704"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w fail|strong="H3615"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w nor|strong="H3808"\w* \w forsake|strong="H5800"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w work|strong="H4399"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w service|strong="H5656"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w finished|strong="H3615"\w*.


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\w Behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w there|strong="H2009"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w divisions|strong="H4256"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w* \w for|strong="H1004"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w service|strong="H5656"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w God’s|strong="H0430"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*. \w Every|strong="H3605"\w* \w willing|strong="H5081"\w* \w man|strong="H5081"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w has|strong="H0430"\w* \w skill|strong="H2451"\w* \w for|strong="H1004"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w kind|strong="H5656"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w service|strong="H5656"\w* \w shall|strong="H3548"\w* \w be|strong="H1697"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H0430"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w kinds|strong="H4399"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w work|strong="H4399"\w*. \w Also|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H0430"\w* \w be|strong="H1697"\w* \w entirely|strong="H3605"\w* \w at|strong="H1004"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w command|strong="H1697"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w assembly|strong="H6951"\w*, “\w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w whom|strong="H0259"\w* \w alone|strong="H0259"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w chosen|strong="H0977"\w*, \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w yet|strong="H3588"\w* \w young|strong="H5288"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w tender|strong="H7390"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w work|strong="H4399"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w*; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* palace \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w man|strong="H0120"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.


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Now \w I|strong="H3559"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* \w prepared|strong="H3559"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w might|strong="H3581"\w* \w for|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w for|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w for|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* \w for|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w*, \w iron|strong="H1270"\w* \w for|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w iron|strong="H1270"\w*, \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w wood|strong="H6086"\w* \w for|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w wood|strong="H6086"\w*, \w also|strong="H0430"\w* \w onyx|strong="H7718"\w* \w stones|strong="H0068"\w*, \w stones|strong="H0068"\w* \w to|strong="H0430"\w* \w be|strong="H0430"\w* \w set|strong="H3559"\w*, \w stones|strong="H0068"\w* \w for|strong="H1004"\w* \w inlaid|strong="H4394"\w* \w work|strong="H7553"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w various|strong="H7553"\w* colours, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w kinds|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w precious|strong="H3368"\w* \w stones|strong="H0068"\w*, \w and|strong="H0430"\w* marble \w stones|strong="H0068"\w* \w in|strong="H0430"\w* \w abundance|strong="H7230"\w*.


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\w In|strong="H0430"\w* addition, \w because|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H3426"\w* \w set|strong="H5414"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* affection \w on|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w since|strong="H5750"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H3426"\w* \w a|strong="H5414"\w* \w treasure|strong="H5459"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* own \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w over|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w above|strong="H4605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H3426"\w* \w prepared|strong="H3559"\w* \w for|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w holy|strong="H6944"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*:


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\w even|strong="H7651"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w talents|strong="H3603"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*,<n>A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces, so 3000 talents is about 90 metric tonnes</n> \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H1004"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Ophir|strong="H0211"\w*, \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w talents|strong="H3603"\w*<n>about 210 metric tonnes</n> \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w refined|strong="H2212"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w which|strong="H1004"\w* \w to|strong="H1004"\w* \w overlay|strong="H2902"\w* \w the|strong="H1004"\w* \w walls|strong="H7023"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H1004"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w*;


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\w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w for|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w for|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w for|strong="H3027"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w kinds|strong="H4399"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w work|strong="H4399"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* \w made|strong="H4399"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* artisans. \w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w then|strong="H3068"\w* offers \w willingly|strong="H5068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* consecrate \w himself|strong="H3027"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w*?”<pb/>


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


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\w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w firmly|strong="H2388"\w* \w established|strong="H2388"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4438"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w*<n>When rendered in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS, “<font size=-1>LORD</font>” or “GOD” is the translation of God’s Proper Name.</n> \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*<n>The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).</n> \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w made|strong="H2388"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w exceedingly|strong="H4605"\w* \w great|strong="H1431"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w assembly|strong="H6951"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w him|strong="H5973"\w*, \w went|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w high|strong="H1116"\w* \w place|strong="H1116"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\w*; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w God’s|strong="H0430"\w* \w Tent|strong="H0168"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w Meeting|strong="H4150"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*, \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w in|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*.


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


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Moreover \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w Bezalel|strong="H1212"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Uri|strong="H0221"\w*, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hur|strong="H2354"\w*, \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w there|strong="H3068"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w tabernacle|strong="H4908"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w assembly|strong="H6951"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w seeking|strong="H1875"\w* counsel \w there|strong="H3068"\w*.


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\w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w*, \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Tent|strong="H0168"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Meeting|strong="H4150"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w offered|strong="H5927"\w* \w one|strong="H0834"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w burnt|strong="H5930"\w* \w offerings|strong="H3068"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*.<pb/>


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


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


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\w Now|strong="H6258"\w*, \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w let|strong="H6258"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w promise|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w be|strong="H1697"\w* \w established|strong="H0539"\w*; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w have|strong="H0001"\w* made \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w like|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w dust|strong="H6083"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* multitude.


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


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


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


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


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\w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w gathered|strong="H0622"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w horsemen|strong="H6571"\w*. \w He|strong="H8010"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w one|strong="H1961"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w twelve|strong="H6240"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w horsemen|strong="H6571"\w* \w that|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H8010"\w* \w placed|strong="H3240"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w chariot|strong="H7393"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w at|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.


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


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


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


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Now \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* decided \w to|strong="H5921"\w* build \w a|strong="H5921"\w* house \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* <font size=-1>LORD</font>’s name, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w a|strong="H5921"\w* house \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* kingdom.


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


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


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Behold,<n>“Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.</n> \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w am|strong="H0589"\w* \w about|strong="H1004"\w* \w to|strong="H0430"\w* \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* name \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* <font size=-1>LORD</font> \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w to|strong="H0430"\w* dedicate \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H0430"\w* \w him|strong="H3605"\w*, \w to|strong="H0430"\w* burn \w before|strong="H0430"\w* \w him|strong="H3605"\w* incense \w of|strong="H1004"\w* sweet spices, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* continual show bread, \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* burnt \w offerings|strong="H3588"\w* morning \w and|strong="H0430"\w* evening, \w on|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Sabbaths, \w on|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* new moons, \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w on|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w set|strong="H0834"\w* feasts \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* <font size=-1>LORD</font> \w our|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*. \w This|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w an|strong="H1129"\w* ordinance forever \w to|strong="H0430"\w* Israel.<pb/>


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


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


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


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


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


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


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\w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w Huram|strong="H2361"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Tyre \w answered|strong="H0559"\w* \w in|strong="H0430"\w* writing, \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w sent|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* Solomon, “\w Because|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w* loves \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w*, \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w over|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*.”


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\w Huram|strong="H2361"\w* continued, “Blessed \w be|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H3045"\w* <font size=-1>LORD</font>, \w the|strong="H3045"\w* \w God|strong="H7971"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* Israel, \w who|strong="H0376"\w* \w made|strong="H3045"\w* heaven \w and|strong="H7971"\w* earth, \w who|strong="H0376"\w* \w has|strong="H0376"\w* given \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w David|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H3045"\w* king \w a|strong="H7971"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w son|strong="H2450"\w*, \w endowed|strong="H3045"\w* \w with|strong="H3045"\w* discretion \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w understanding|strong="H0998"\w*, \w who|strong="H0376"\w* \w would|strong="H0376"\w* build \w a|strong="H7971"\w* house \w for|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H3045"\w* <font size=-1>LORD</font> \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w a|strong="H7971"\w* house \w for|strong="H7971"\w* \w his|strong="H7971"\w* kingdom.<pb/>


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


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


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


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


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


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


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\w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w began|strong="H2490"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w on|strong="H7200"\w* \w Mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Moriah|strong="H4179"\w*, \w where|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w* \w appeared|strong="H7200"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w prepared|strong="H3559"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w appointed|strong="H3559"\w*, \w on|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w threshing|strong="H1637"\w* \w floor|strong="H1637"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Ornan|strong="H0771"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Jebusite|strong="H2983"\w*.


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


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


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


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


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


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\w He|strong="H0853"\w* \w also|strong="H0853"\w* \w overlaid|strong="H2645"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w beams|strong="H6982"\w*, \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w thresholds|strong="H5592"\w*, \w its|strong="H0853"\w* \w walls|strong="H7023"\w*, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w its|strong="H0853"\w* \w doors|strong="H1817"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w engraved|strong="H6605"\w* \w cherubim|strong="H3742"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w walls|strong="H7023"\w*.<pb/>


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\w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w most|strong="H6944"\w* \w holy|strong="H6944"\w* \w place|strong="H6944"\w*. \w Its|strong="H0853"\w* \w length|strong="H0753"\w*, \w according|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w width|strong="H7341"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w was|strong="H1004"\w* \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w its|strong="H0853"\w* \w width|strong="H7341"\w* \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w*; \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w overlaid|strong="H2645"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* fine \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, amounting \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w talents|strong="H3603"\w*.<n>A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces, so 600 talents is about 18 metric tonnes</n>


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\w The|strong="H5944"\w* \w weight|strong="H4948"\w* \w of|strong="H8255"\w* \w the|strong="H5944"\w* \w nails|strong="H4548"\w* \w was|strong="H4948"\w* \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w* \w shekels|strong="H8255"\w*<n>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.</n> \w of|strong="H8255"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*. He \w overlaid|strong="H2645"\w* \w the|strong="H5944"\w* \w upper|strong="H5944"\w* \w rooms|strong="H5944"\w* \w with|strong="H2091"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*.<pb/>


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\w In|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w most|strong="H6944"\w* \w holy|strong="H6944"\w* \w place|strong="H6944"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w cherubim|strong="H3742"\w* \w by|strong="H2091"\w* carving, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w they|strong="H6213"\w* \w overlaid|strong="H6823"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*.


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\w The|strong="H5060"\w* \w wings|strong="H3671"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5060"\w* \w cherubim|strong="H3742"\w* \w were|strong="H3742"\w* \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w* \w long|strong="H0753"\w*: \w the|strong="H5060"\w* \w wing|strong="H3671"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5060"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w was|strong="H0259"\w* \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w*, \w reaching|strong="H5060"\w* \w to|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5060"\w* \w wall|strong="H7023"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5060"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*; \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5060"\w* \w other|strong="H0312"\w* \w wing|strong="H3671"\w* \w was|strong="H0259"\w* \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w*, \w reaching|strong="H5060"\w* \w to|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5060"\w* \w wing|strong="H3671"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5060"\w* \w other|strong="H0312"\w* \w cherub|strong="H3742"\w*.


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\w The|strong="H5060"\w* \w wing|strong="H3671"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5060"\w* \w other|strong="H0312"\w* \w cherub|strong="H3742"\w* \w was|strong="H0259"\w* \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w*, \w reaching|strong="H5060"\w* \w to|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5060"\w* \w wall|strong="H7023"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5060"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*; \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5060"\w* \w other|strong="H0312"\w* \w wing|strong="H3671"\w* \w was|strong="H0259"\w* \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w*, joining \w to|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5060"\w* \w wing|strong="H3671"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5060"\w* \w other|strong="H0312"\w* \w cherub|strong="H3742"\w*.


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\w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w wings|strong="H3671"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w these|strong="H0428"\w* \w cherubim|strong="H3742"\w* \w spread|strong="H6566"\w* \w themselves|strong="H1992"\w* \w out|strong="H6440"\w* \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w*. \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H1992"\w* \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w their|strong="H1992"\w* \w faces|strong="H6440"\w* \w were|strong="H0428"\w* towards \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.


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