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\w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w chains|strong="H8333"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w inner|strong="H1687"\w* \w sanctuary|strong="H1687"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w tops|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H7218"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w pillars|strong="H5982"\w*; \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w one|strong="H6213"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w pomegranates|strong="H7416"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w chains|strong="H8333"\w*.


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\w Then|strong="H6213"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* an \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w of|strong="H4196"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w*, \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w*<n>A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters.</n> \w long|strong="H0753"\w*, \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w* \w wide|strong="H7341"\w*, \w and|strong="H4196"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w* \w high|strong="H6967"\w*.


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\w Also|strong="H0853"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w molten|strong="H3332"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*<n>or, pool, or, reservoir</n> \w of|strong="H3220"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w* \w from|strong="H0413"\w* \w brim|strong="H8193"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w brim|strong="H8193"\w*. \w It|strong="H5437"\w* \w was|strong="H3220"\w* \w round|strong="H5439"\w*, \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w* \w high|strong="H6967"\w*, \w and|strong="H3220"\w* \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w circumference|strong="H5437"\w*.


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\w It|strong="H2388"\w* \w was|strong="H8193"\w* \w a|strong="H2388"\w* \w handbreadth|strong="H2947"\w* \w thick|strong="H5672"\w*. Its \w brim|strong="H8193"\w* \w was|strong="H8193"\w* \w made|strong="H2388"\w* \w like|strong="H7799"\w* \w the|strong="H2388"\w* \w brim|strong="H8193"\w* \w of|strong="H4639"\w* \w a|strong="H2388"\w* \w cup|strong="H3563"\w*, \w like|strong="H7799"\w* \w the|strong="H2388"\w* \w flower|strong="H6525"\w* \w of|strong="H4639"\w* \w a|strong="H2388"\w* \w lily|strong="H7799"\w*. \w It|strong="H2388"\w* \w received|strong="H2388"\w* \w and|strong="H2388"\w* \w held|strong="H2388"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w baths|strong="H1324"\w*.<n>A bath is about 5.6 U. S. gallons or 21.1 liters, so 3,000 baths is about 16,800 gallons or 63.3 kiloliters.</n>


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\w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* lamp stands \w of|strong="H4941"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w according|strong="H4941"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w ordinance|strong="H4941"\w* concerning \w them|strong="H5414"\w*; \w and|strong="H4941"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w set|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w temple|strong="H1964"\w*, \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w on|strong="H2091"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w right|strong="H3225"\w* \w hand|strong="H3225"\w* \w and|strong="H4941"\w* \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w on|strong="H2091"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w left|strong="H8040"\w*.


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\w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w also|strong="H6213"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w tables|strong="H7979"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w placed|strong="H3240"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \w in|strong="H2091"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w temple|strong="H1964"\w*, \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w on|strong="H2091"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w right|strong="H3225"\w* \w side|strong="H3225"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w on|strong="H2091"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w left|strong="H8040"\w*. \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w one|strong="H3225"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w basins|strong="H4219"\w* \w of|strong="H4219"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*.


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Furthermore \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w court|strong="H2691"\w* \w of|strong="H3548"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w court|strong="H2691"\w*, \w and|strong="H3548"\w* \w doors|strong="H1817"\w* \w for|strong="H3548"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w court|strong="H2691"\w*, \w and|strong="H3548"\w* \w overlaid|strong="H6823"\w* \w their|strong="H6823"\w* \w doors|strong="H1817"\w* \w with|strong="H6823"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w*.


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\w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w offered|strong="H2076"\w* \w a|strong="H2076"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w twenty-two|strong="H8147"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* head \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w cattle|strong="H1241"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w a|strong="H2076"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*. \w So|strong="H0853"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w dedicated|strong="H2596"\w* \w God’s|strong="H0430"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.


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\w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w*, \w according|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* positions; \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w instruments|strong="H3627"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w music|strong="H7892"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w*, \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w give|strong="H3034"\w* \w thanks|strong="H3034"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w*, \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w praised|strong="H1984"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* ministry, saying “\w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* loving \w kindness|strong="H2617"\w* \w endures|strong="H5769"\w* \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*.” \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w sounded|strong="H2690"\w* shofars<n>or, trumpets</n> \w before|strong="H5048"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*; \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w*.<pb/>


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Moreover \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w middle|strong="H8432"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w court|strong="H2691"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w holy|strong="H6942"\w*; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* offered \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w burnt|strong="H5930"\w* \w offerings|strong="H8002"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w fat|strong="H2459"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w peace|strong="H8002"\w* \w offerings|strong="H8002"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w able|strong="H3201"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* receive \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w burnt|strong="H5930"\w* \w offering|strong="H4503"\w*, \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w meal|strong="H4503"\w* \w offering|strong="H4503"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w fat|strong="H2459"\w*.<pb/>


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\w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w held|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w feast|strong="H2282"\w* \w at|strong="H3478"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w for|strong="H3605"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w*, \w a|strong="H0935"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w assembly|strong="H6951"\w*, \w from|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w entrance|strong="H0935"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w Hamath|strong="H2574"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w brook|strong="H5158"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.<pb/>


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\w On|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w eighth|strong="H8066"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w held|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w solemn|strong="H6116"\w* \w assembly|strong="H6116"\w*; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w kept|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w dedication|strong="H2598"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w feast|strong="H2282"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*.


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\w On|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w twenty-third|strong="H6242"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w seventh|strong="H7637"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w*, \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w away|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w tents|strong="H0168"\w*, \w joyful|strong="H8056"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w glad|strong="H8056"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* goodness \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w shown|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.<pb/>


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Thus \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w finished|strong="H3615"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*; \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* successfully \w completed|strong="H3615"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w into|strong="H0935"\w* \w Solomon’s|strong="H8010"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* own \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Then|strong="H2088"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w* \w appeared|strong="H7200"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w I|strong="H7200"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w prayer|strong="H8605"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w chosen|strong="H0977"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w for|strong="H0413"\w* myself \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w a|strong="H7200"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\w*.<pb/>


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“\w If|strong="H0518"\w* \w I|strong="H0518"\w* \w shut|strong="H6113"\w* \w up|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w* \w so|strong="H7971"\w* \w that|strong="H3808"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w is|strong="H0776"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w rain|strong="H4306"\w*, \w or|strong="H0518"\w* \w if|strong="H0518"\w* \w I|strong="H0518"\w* \w command|strong="H6680"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w locust|strong="H2284"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w devour|strong="H0398"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, \w or|strong="H0518"\w* \w if|strong="H0518"\w* \w I|strong="H0518"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w pestilence|strong="H1698"\w* \w among|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*,


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\w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w my|strong="H1961"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w open|strong="H6605"\w* \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w my|strong="H1961"\w* \w ears|strong="H0241"\w* \w attentive|strong="H5869"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w prayer|strong="H8605"\w* \w that|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w made|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H4725"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w*.


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\w For|strong="H1004"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w chosen|strong="H0977"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w made|strong="H1961"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w holy|strong="H6942"\w*, \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w may|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*; \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w perpetually|strong="H5769"\w*.<pb/>


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“\w As|strong="H0834"\w* \w for|strong="H4941"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w*, \w if|strong="H0518"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w walk|strong="H1980"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w walked|strong="H1980"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w according|strong="H4941"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w statutes|strong="H2706"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w ordinances|strong="H4941"\w*,


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\w then|strong="H6965"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w establish|strong="H6965"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w your|strong="H0834"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4438"\w*, \w according|strong="H0376"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w covenanted|strong="H3772"\w* \w with|strong="H0376"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w your|strong="H0834"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w There|strong="H0834"\w* \w shall|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w fail|strong="H3772"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w a|strong="H3772"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w ruler|strong="H4910"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.’<pb/>


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\w But|strong="H0518"\w* \w if|strong="H0518"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* \w away|strong="H7725"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w forsake|strong="H5800"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w statutes|strong="H2708"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w set|strong="H5414"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w go|strong="H1980"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* \w other|strong="H0312"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w worship|strong="H7812"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*,


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\w then|strong="H2088"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w pluck|strong="H5428"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w up|strong="H5921"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* roots \w out|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H0127"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*; \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w made|strong="H5414"\w* \w holy|strong="H6942"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w*, \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w cast|strong="H7993"\w* \w out|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w sight|strong="H6440"\w*, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w make|strong="H5414"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H5414"\w* \w proverb|strong="H4912"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w a|strong="H5414"\w* \w byword|strong="H4912"\w* \w among|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w peoples|strong="H5971"\w*.


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\w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w so|strong="H6213"\w* high, \w everyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w passes|strong="H5674"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w astonished|strong="H8074"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*?’


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\w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w shall|strong="H3068"\w* \w answer|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w Because|strong="H5921"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w abandoned|strong="H5800"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w took|strong="H3318"\w* \w other|strong="H0312"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*, \w worshiped|strong="H7812"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w served|strong="H5647"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w*. \w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w*.’”<pb/>


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\w At|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w end|strong="H7093"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w own|strong="H1961"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*,


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\w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w Huram|strong="H2361"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w caused|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* went \w to|strong="H5921"\w* Hamath Zobah, \w and|strong="H2388"\w* \w prevailed|strong="H2388"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*.


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\w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w queen|strong="H4436"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Sheba|strong="H7614"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w desire|strong="H2656"\w*, \w whatever|strong="H0834"\w* \w she|strong="H1931"\w* \w asked|strong="H7592"\w*, more \w than|strong="H4428"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w she|strong="H1931"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*. \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w she|strong="H1931"\w* \w turned|strong="H2015"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* own \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, \w she|strong="H1931"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*.<pb/>


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\w in|strong="H0935"\w* addition \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* which \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w traders|strong="H5503"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w merchants|strong="H5503"\w* \w brought|strong="H0935"\w*. \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Arabia|strong="H6152"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w governors|strong="H6346"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w country|strong="H0776"\w* \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*.


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\w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w two|strong="H3967"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* large \w shields|strong="H6793"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* beaten \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*. \w Six|strong="H8337"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* shekels<n>A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.32 Troy ounces, so 600 shekels was about 6 kilograms or about 192 Troy ounces.</n> \w of|strong="H4428"\w* beaten \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* large \w shield|strong="H6793"\w*.


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\w He|strong="H5414"\w* \w made|strong="H5414"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w shields|strong="H4043"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* beaten \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*. \w Three|strong="H7969"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* shekels<n>A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.32 Troy ounces, so 300 shekels was about 3 kilograms or about 96 Troy ounces.</n> \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w shield|strong="H4043"\w*. \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w House|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Forest|strong="H3293"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w*.


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Moreover \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H4428"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w ivory|strong="H8127"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w overlaid|strong="H6823"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w* \w with|strong="H6823"\w* \w pure|strong="H2889"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*.


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\w There|strong="H2088"\w* \w were|strong="H3027"\w* \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w steps|strong="H4609"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w throne|strong="H3678"\w*, \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H5921"\w* \w footstool|strong="H3534"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, \w which|strong="H2088"\w* \w were|strong="H3027"\w* \w fastened|strong="H0270"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w throne|strong="H3678"\w*, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* armrests \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w either|strong="H2088"\w* \w side|strong="H2088"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w seat|strong="H3678"\w*, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w lions|strong="H0738"\w* \w standing|strong="H5975"\w* \w beside|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* armrests.


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\w Twelve|strong="H6240"\w* \w lions|strong="H0738"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w one|strong="H2088"\w* \w side|strong="H2088"\w* \w and|strong="H8033"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H2088"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w steps|strong="H4609"\w*. \w There|strong="H8033"\w* \w was|strong="H2088"\w* \w nothing|strong="H3808"\w* \w like|strong="H3651"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H2088"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w*.


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\w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon’s|strong="H8010"\w* drinking \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w* \w were|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w House|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Forest|strong="H3293"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w* \w were|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w pure|strong="H5462"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*. \w Silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w was|strong="H0369"\w* \w not|strong="H0369"\w* \w considered|strong="H2803"\w* \w valuable|strong="H3972"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*.


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\w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w ships|strong="H0591"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w went|strong="H1980"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w Tarshish|strong="H8659"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w Huram’s|strong="H2361"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*. \w Once|strong="H0259"\w* \w every|strong="H0259"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w ships|strong="H0591"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Tarshish|strong="H8659"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w bringing|strong="H0935"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, \w ivory|strong="H8143"\w*, \w apes|strong="H6971"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w peacocks|strong="H8500"\w*.<pb/>


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\w So|strong="H1431"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* exceeded \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* \w in|strong="H0776"\w* \w riches|strong="H6239"\w* \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w*.


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\w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* \w sought|strong="H1245"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w presence|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w*, \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H0430"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*.


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\w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w stalls|strong="H0723"\w* \w for|strong="H4428"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\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* stationed \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w chariot|strong="H4818"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\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 They|strong="H3605"\w* \w brought|strong="H3318"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w for|strong="H0776"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w lands|strong="H0776"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w forty|strong="H0705"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.


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\w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w slept|strong="H7901"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H1732"\w* \w was|strong="H1732"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w in|strong="H6912"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H6912"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w*.<pb/>


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\w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nebat|strong="H5028"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* (\w for|strong="H4714"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H8085"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w where|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w fled|strong="H1272"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w presence|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*), \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w out|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.


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\w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w whereas|strong="H6258"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* burdened \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H5921"\w* \w heavy|strong="H3515"\w* \w yoke|strong="H5923"\w*, \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w will|strong="H0589"\w* \w add|strong="H3254"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w yoke|strong="H5923"\w*. \w My|strong="H5921"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w chastised|strong="H3256"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w whips|strong="H7752"\w*, \w but|strong="H6258"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w will|strong="H0589"\w* \w chastise|strong="H3256"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w scorpions|strong="H6137"\w*.’”<pb/>


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\w and|strong="H0001"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w after|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w* \w of|strong="H0001"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w young|strong="H3206"\w* \w men|strong="H3206"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w My|strong="H5921"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w made|strong="H3513"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w yoke|strong="H5923"\w* \w heavy|strong="H3513"\w*, \w but|strong="H1696"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w will|strong="H0589"\w* \w add|strong="H3254"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*. \w My|strong="H5921"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w chastised|strong="H3256"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w whips|strong="H7752"\w*, \w but|strong="H1696"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w will|strong="H0589"\w* \w chastise|strong="H3256"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w scorpions|strong="H6137"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w didn’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w portion|strong="H2506"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w we|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H0376"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*? \w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w don’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H0376"\w* \w an|strong="H7200"\w* \w inheritance|strong="H5159"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jesse|strong="H3448"\w*! \w Every|strong="H3605"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w tents|strong="H0168"\w*, \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*! \w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w own|strong="H0376"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w David|strong="H1732"\w*.” \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* departed \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w tents|strong="H0168"\w*.<pb/>


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‘\w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w shall|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w go|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, \w nor|strong="H3808"\w* \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* \w against|strong="H0413"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w brothers|strong="H0251"\w*! \w Every|strong="H0376"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*.”’” \w So|strong="H3541"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w listened|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w going|strong="H5927"\w* \w against|strong="H0413"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w*.<pb/>


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She \w bore|strong="H3205"\w* \w him|strong="H3205"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*: \w Jeush|strong="H3266"\w*, \w Shemariah|strong="H8114"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zaham|strong="H2093"\w*.


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\w He|strong="H5414"\w* dealt \w wisely|strong="H0995"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* dispersed \w some|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w throughout|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w lands|strong="H0776"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*, \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w fortified|strong="H4694"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*. \w He|strong="H5414"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w food|strong="H4202"\w* \w in|strong="H0776"\w* \w abundance|strong="H7230"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H5414"\w* \w sought|strong="H7592"\w* \w many|strong="H7230"\w* \w wives|strong="H0802"\w* \w for|strong="H0776"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*.<pb/>


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\w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w took|strong="H3920"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w fortified|strong="H4694"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* belonged \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.


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


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\w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* which \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w didn’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w set|strong="H3559"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w seek|strong="H1875"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w*.<pb/>


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


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Ought \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*, \w even|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w salt|strong="H4417"\w*?


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


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


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“\w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w intend|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w withstand|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*. \w You|strong="H0859"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w a|strong="H0834"\w* \w great|strong="H7227"\w* \w multitude|strong="H1995"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w golden|strong="H2091"\w* \w calves|strong="H5695"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w for|strong="H3027"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w*.


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\w Haven’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w driven|strong="H5080"\w* \w out|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Aaron|strong="H0175"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w for|strong="H0776"\w* \w yourselves|strong="H3027"\w* \w according|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* ways \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w peoples|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w lands|strong="H0776"\w*? \w Whoever|strong="H3605"\w* \w comes|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* consecrate \w himself|strong="H3027"\w* \w with|strong="H4390"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w young|strong="H1121"\w* \w bull|strong="H6499"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w rams|strong="H0352"\w* \w may|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*.<pb/>


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“\w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w for|strong="H0430"\w* us, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w we|strong="H0587"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* forsaken \w him|strong="H0430"\w*. \w We|strong="H0587"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w serving|strong="H8334"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Aaron|strong="H0175"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w* \w in|strong="H0430"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w work|strong="H4399"\w*.


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\w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w burn|strong="H6999"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w* \w every|strong="H1242"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w every|strong="H1242"\w* \w evening|strong="H6153"\w* \w burnt|strong="H5930"\w* \w offerings|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w sweet|strong="H5561"\w* \w incense|strong="H7004"\w*. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* set \w the|strong="H0853"\w* show \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* order \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w pure|strong="H2889"\w* \w table|strong="H7979"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w care|strong="H4931"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w lamp|strong="H5216"\w* stand \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w its|strong="H0853"\w* \w lamps|strong="H5216"\w*, \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w burn|strong="H6999"\w* \w every|strong="H1242"\w* \w evening|strong="H6153"\w*; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H0587"\w* \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* instruction \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w have|strong="H0859"\w* forsaken \w him|strong="H5921"\w*.


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\w Behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* shofars<n>or, trumpets</n> \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w alarm|strong="H8643"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w sound|strong="H7321"\w* \w an|strong="H3588"\w* \w alarm|strong="H8643"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*. \w Children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w don’t|strong="H0408"\w* \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w prosper|strong="H6743"\w*.”<pb/>


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


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\w When|strong="H3068"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w looked|strong="H6437"\w* \w back|strong="H0268"\w*, \w behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w behind|strong="H0268"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w*; \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w cried|strong="H6817"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w sounded|strong="H2690"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* shofars<n>or, trumpets</n>.


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


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


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


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Thus \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* brought \w under|strong="H5921"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w prevailed|strong="H0553"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w relied|strong="H8172"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*.


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


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\w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w didn’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w recover|strong="H6113"\w* \w strength|strong="H3581"\w* \w again|strong="H5750"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Abijah|strong="H0029"\w*. \w The|strong="H3068"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w* \w struck|strong="H5062"\w* \w him|strong="H4191"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*.


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


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


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


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Asa did \w that|strong="H4196"\w* which was good \w and|strong="H4196"\w* right \w in|strong="H7665"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* <font size=-1>LORD</font> \w his|strong="H5493"\w* God’s eyes,


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


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\w and|strong="H3063"\w* commanded \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* seek \w the|strong="H3605"\w* <font size=-1>LORD</font>, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* God \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* fathers, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* obey \w his|strong="H3605"\w* law \w and|strong="H3063"\w* command.


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


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\w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w fortified|strong="H1129"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H0430"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* quiet, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* no war \w in|strong="H0430"\w* \w those|strong="H0428"\w* years, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w given|strong="H5117"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w* \w rest|strong="H5117"\w*.


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\w For|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3063"\w* said \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, “Let’s build \w these|strong="H0428"\w* cities \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w make|strong="H5375"\w* walls around \w them|strong="H5375"\w*, \w with|strong="H3605"\w* \w towers|strong="H5375"\w*, gates, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* bars. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* land \w is|strong="H3605"\w* yet before us, \w because|strong="H3605"\w* \w we|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* sought \w the|strong="H3605"\w* <font size=-1>LORD</font> \w our|strong="H3605"\w* God. \w We|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* sought \w him|strong="H3605"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w he|strong="H3063"\w* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* given us \w rest|strong="H1961"\w* \w on|strong="H1961"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* side.” \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H0428"\w* built \w and|strong="H3063"\w* prospered.<pb/>


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


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


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


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\w So|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w* \w struck|strong="H5307"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Ethiopians|strong="H3569"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Asa|strong="H0609"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* Judah; \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Ethiopians|strong="H3569"\w* fled.


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Asa \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* people \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* pursued \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w Gerar|strong="H1642"\w*. \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Ethiopians \w fell|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* could \w not|strong="H1961"\w* recover \w themselves|strong="H5921"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H5221"\w* \w before|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w before|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* army. Judah’s army \w carried|strong="H5921"\w* \w away|strong="H3605"\w* \w very|strong="H7227"\w* \w much|strong="H7227"\w* \w booty|strong="H0962"\w*.


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\w They|strong="H1571"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w all|strong="H7230"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* cities \w around|strong="H7725"\w* Gerar, \w for|strong="H3389"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* fear \w of|strong="H0168"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* <font size=-1>LORD</font> \w came|strong="H7725"\w* \w on|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w*. \w They|strong="H1571"\w* plundered \w all|strong="H7230"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* cities, \w for|strong="H3389"\w* \w there|strong="H7230"\w* \w was|strong="H3389"\w* \w much|strong="H7230"\w* plunder \w in|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w*.


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


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


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\w He|strong="H0518"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w meet|strong="H6440"\w* \w Asa|strong="H0609"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w*, “\w Hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*, \w Asa|strong="H0609"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*! \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H0518"\w* \w while|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H0518"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w*; \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w if|strong="H0518"\w* \w you|strong="H0518"\w* \w seek|strong="H1875"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w*, \w he|strong="H0518"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H0518"\w*; \w but|strong="H0518"\w* \w if|strong="H0518"\w* \w you|strong="H0518"\w* \w forsake|strong="H5800"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w*, \w he|strong="H0518"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w forsake|strong="H5800"\w* \w you|strong="H0518"\w*.


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


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\w But|strong="H1245"\w* \w when|strong="H7725"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w distress|strong="H6862"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w turned|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w sought|strong="H1245"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w he|strong="H0430"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.


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


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


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


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\w When|strong="H0834"\w* \w Asa|strong="H0609"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w these|strong="H0428"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w prophecy|strong="H5016"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w Oded|strong="H5752"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w*, \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w took|strong="H2388"\w* \w courage|strong="H2388"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w put|strong="H2388"\w* \w away|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w abominations|strong="H8251"\w* \w out|strong="H2388"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w out|strong="H2388"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w taken|strong="H3920"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w country|strong="H2022"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*; \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w renewed|strong="H2318"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w porch|strong="H0197"\w*.


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\w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w gathered|strong="H6908"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w lived|strong="H1481"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w out|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*, \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w Simeon|strong="H8095"\w*; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w came|strong="H5307"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w out|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w abundance|strong="H7230"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*.


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So \w they|strong="H2320"\w* \w gathered|strong="H6908"\w* \w themselves|strong="H6908"\w* \w together|strong="H6908"\w* \w at|strong="H6908"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H6908"\w* \w third|strong="H7992"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w*, \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H6908"\w* fifteenth \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H8141"\w* \w Asa’s|strong="H0609"\w* \w reign|strong="H4438"\w*.


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\w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w swore|strong="H7650"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w loud|strong="H1419"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*, \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w shouting|strong="H8643"\w*, \w with|strong="H3068"\w* shofars<n>or, trumpets</n>, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* cornets.


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\w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w fear|strong="H6343"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w* \w fell|strong="H5921"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kingdoms|strong="H4467"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w lands|strong="H0776"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w around|strong="H5439"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w so|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w made|strong="H1961"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* war \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w*.


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\w Some|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H0935"\w* \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w presents|strong="H4503"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w for|strong="H4480"\w* \w tribute|strong="H4503"\w*. \w The|strong="H0935"\w* Arabians \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* \w him|strong="H0935"\w* \w flocks|strong="H6629"\w*: \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w rams|strong="H0352"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w male|strong="H8495"\w* \w goats|strong="H8495"\w*.


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\w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w grew|strong="H1980"\w* great \w exceedingly|strong="H4605"\w*; \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w fortresses|strong="H1003"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w store|strong="H4543"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.


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\w He|strong="H0376"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w works|strong="H4399"\w* \w in|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*; \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w war|strong="H4421"\w*, \w mighty|strong="H1368"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w valor|strong="H2428"\w*, \w in|strong="H0376"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.


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\w This|strong="H0428"\w* \w was|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H5973"\w* numbering \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w them|strong="H0001"\w* according \w to|strong="H0001"\w* \w their|strong="H5973"\w* \w fathers’|strong="H0001"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w*: \w From|strong="H5973"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w the|strong="H5973"\w* \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w thousands|strong="H0505"\w*: Adnah \w the|strong="H5973"\w* \w captain|strong="H8269"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w him|strong="H5973"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w mighty|strong="H1368"\w* \w men|strong="H1368"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w valor|strong="H2428"\w*;


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\w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w next|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jehohanan|strong="H3076"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w captain|strong="H8269"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w two|strong="H3967"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w eighty|strong="H8084"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w*;


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\w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w next|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w Amasiah|strong="H6007"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zichri|strong="H2147"\w*, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w willingly|strong="H5068"\w* \w offered|strong="H5068"\w* \w himself|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w two|strong="H3967"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w mighty|strong="H1368"\w* \w men|strong="H1368"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w valor|strong="H2428"\w*.


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\w From|strong="H4480"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*: \w Eliada|strong="H0450"\w*, \w a|strong="H4480"\w* \w mighty|strong="H1368"\w* \w man|strong="H1368"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w valor|strong="H2428"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w him|strong="H5973"\w* \w two|strong="H4480"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w armed|strong="H4043"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w bow|strong="H7198"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w shield|strong="H4043"\w*;


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\w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w next|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jehozabad|strong="H3075"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w one|strong="H3027"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w eighty|strong="H8084"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* ready \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w prepared|strong="H3027"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w war|strong="H6635"\w*.


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\w These|strong="H0428"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w those|strong="H0428"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* waited \w on|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w in|strong="H4428"\w* addition \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w those|strong="H0428"\w* \w whom|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w fortified|strong="H4013"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w throughout|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Now|strong="H1961"\w* \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w riches|strong="H6239"\w* \w and|strong="H6239"\w* \w honor|strong="H3519"\w* \w in|strong="H1961"\w* \w abundance|strong="H7230"\w*; \w and|strong="H6239"\w* \w he|strong="H0256"\w* \w allied|strong="H2859"\w* himself \w with|strong="H1961"\w* \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w*.


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\w After|strong="H7093"\w* \w some|strong="H7093"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*. \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* killed \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* \w and|strong="H6629"\w* \w cattle|strong="H1241"\w* \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w abundance|strong="H7230"\w*, \w and|strong="H6629"\w* \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, \w and|strong="H6629"\w* \w moved|strong="H5496"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w go|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Ramoth|strong="H7433"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*.


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\w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, “\w Will|strong="H4428"\w* \w you|strong="H5973"\w* go \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Ramoth|strong="H7433"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*?” <pb/>\w He|strong="H0256"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w I|strong="H0559"\w* am \w as|strong="H3644"\w* \w you|strong="H5973"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w my|strong="H0559"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w as|strong="H3644"\w* \w your|strong="H0413"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*. We \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w be|strong="H3478"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H5973"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w war|strong="H4421"\w*.”


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\w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, “\w Please|strong="H4994"\w* \w inquire|strong="H1875"\w* \w first|strong="H3117"\w* \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w gathered|strong="H6908"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w together|strong="H6908"\w*, \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w Shall|strong="H3478"\w* \w we|strong="H0518"\w* \w go|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Ramoth|strong="H7433"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*, \w or|strong="H0518"\w* \w shall|strong="H3478"\w* \w I|strong="H0518"\w* forbear?” <pb/>\w They|strong="H0518"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Go|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w will|strong="H0430"\w* \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w into|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w But|strong="H0369"\w* \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “Isn’t \w there|strong="H0369"\w* \w here|strong="H6311"\w* \w a|strong="H5750"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w* \w besides|strong="H5750"\w*, \w that|strong="H3068"\w* we \w may|strong="H3068"\w* \w inquire|strong="H1875"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w*?”<pb/>


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\w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w*, “\w There|strong="H0369"\w* \w is|strong="H0369"\w* \w yet|strong="H5750"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w whom|strong="H0259"\w* \w we|strong="H3588"\w* \w may|strong="H0376"\w* \w inquire|strong="H1875"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w*; \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w hate|strong="H8130"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w never|strong="H0369"\w* \w prophesies|strong="H5012"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w concerning|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w always|strong="H3117"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H0369"\w* \w Micaiah|strong="H4321"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Imla|strong="H3229"\w*.” <pb/>\w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Don’t|strong="H0408"\w* \w let|strong="H0408"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w say|strong="H0559"\w* \w so|strong="H3651"\w*.”<pb/>


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


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


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\w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Chenaanah|strong="H3668"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* himself \w horns|strong="H7161"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w iron|strong="H1270"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w With|strong="H3068"\w* \w these|strong="H0428"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w* \w shall|strong="H1121"\w* \w push|strong="H5055"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* Syrians, \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H0428"\w* \w consumed|strong="H3615"\w*.’”<pb/>


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\w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w prophesied|strong="H5012"\w* \w so|strong="H3651"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Go|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w Ramoth|strong="H7433"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w prosper|strong="H6743"\w*; \w for|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w into|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.”<pb/>


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


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\w Micaiah|strong="H4321"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w As|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w* \w lives|strong="H2416"\w*, \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w say|strong="H0559"\w* \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w says|strong="H0559"\w*.”<pb/>


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


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\w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w How|strong="H4100"\w* \w many|strong="H4100"\w* \w times|strong="H6471"\w* \w shall|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w adjure|strong="H7650"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w nothing|strong="H3808"\w* \w but|strong="H7535"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w truth|strong="H0571"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w*?”<pb/>


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\w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w scattered|strong="H6327"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w*, \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w shepherd|strong="H7462"\w*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w These|strong="H0428"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w master|strong="H0113"\w*. \w Let|strong="H3808"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w each|strong="H0376"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*.’”<pb/>


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\w Micaiah|strong="H0559"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w*: \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w* \w sitting|strong="H3427"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w throne|strong="H3678"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* \w standing|strong="H5975"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w right|strong="H3225"\w* \w hand|strong="H3225"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w left|strong="H8040"\w*.


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\w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* entice \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w may|strong="H3068"\w* \w go|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* \w at|strong="H3478"\w* \w Ramoth|strong="H7433"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*?’ \w One|strong="H2088"\w* \w spoke|strong="H0559"\w* \w saying|strong="H0559"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w way|strong="H2088"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w another|strong="H2088"\w* \w saying|strong="H0559"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w way|strong="H2088"\w*.


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\w A|strong="H3318"\w* \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* \w came|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w*, \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* entice \w him|strong="H0413"\w*.’ <pb/>“\w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, ‘\w How|strong="H4100"\w*?’<pb/>


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


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“\w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w therefore|strong="H6258"\w*, \w behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H5414"\w* \w lying|strong="H8267"\w* \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w these|strong="H0428"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*; \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w concerning|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w Then|strong="H1696"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Chenaanah|strong="H3668"\w* \w came|strong="H5066"\w* \w near|strong="H5066"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w Micaiah|strong="H4321"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w cheek|strong="H3895"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Which|strong="H2088"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* did \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w Spirit|strong="H7307"\w* \w go|strong="H5066"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*?”<pb/>


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


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


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


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\w Micaiah|strong="H4321"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w If|strong="H0518"\w* \w you|strong="H0518"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H7725"\w*.” \w He|strong="H0518"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Listen|strong="H8085"\w*, \w you|strong="H0518"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H0518"\w*!”<pb/>


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\w So|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Ramoth|strong="H7433"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*.


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


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


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\w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w*, \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w It|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*!” \w Therefore|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w turned|strong="H5437"\w* \w around|strong="H5437"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*. \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w cried|strong="H2199"\w* \w out|strong="H4480"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w* \w helped|strong="H5826"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*; \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w moved|strong="H5496"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* depart \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*.


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


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


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


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\w Behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w Amariah|strong="H0568"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w chief|strong="H7218"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w matters|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zebadiah|strong="H2069"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w ruler|strong="H5057"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w matters|strong="H1697"\w*. \w Also|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w* \w shall|strong="H3548"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w officers|strong="H7860"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*. \w Deal|strong="H6213"\w* courageously, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w may|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w*.”<pb/>


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


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


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\w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* alarmed, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w set|strong="H5414"\w* \w himself|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w seek|strong="H1875"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w proclaimed|strong="H7121"\w* \w a|strong="H5414"\w* \w fast|strong="H6685"\w* \w throughout|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.


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\w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w gathered|strong="H6908"\w* \w themselves|strong="H6908"\w* \w together|strong="H6908"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* help \w from|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w out|strong="H1245"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w*.<pb/>


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\w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, \w aren’t|strong="H0369"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w in|strong="H0430"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*? \w Aren’t|strong="H0369"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w ruler|strong="H4910"\w* \w over|strong="H3027"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kingdoms|strong="H4467"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*? \w Power|strong="H3027"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w might|strong="H1369"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* \w in|strong="H0430"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, \w so|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H0369"\w* \w is|strong="H0369"\w* \w able|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* withstand \w you|strong="H0859"\w*.


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\w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w Spirit|strong="H7307"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w came|strong="H3847"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w Zechariah|strong="H2148"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w above|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w*, “\w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w says|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* disobey \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w*, \w so|strong="H3541"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w can’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w prosper|strong="H6743"\w*? \w Because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* forsaken \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w*, \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* forsaken \w you|strong="H0859"\w*.’”<pb/>


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\w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w conspired|strong="H7194"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w stoned|strong="H7275"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w stones|strong="H0068"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w commandment|strong="H4687"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w court|strong="H2691"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.


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\w Thus|strong="H4191"\w* \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w didn’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w remember|strong="H2142"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w kindness|strong="H2617"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w killed|strong="H2026"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*. \w When|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*, \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w May|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w* \w look|strong="H7200"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w it|strong="H7200"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* repay \w it|strong="H7200"\w*.”<pb/>


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


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\w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* Syrians \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w small|strong="H4705"\w* company \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*; \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w* \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w great|strong="H3966"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w* \w into|strong="H0935"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* forsaken \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*. \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* executed \w judgment|strong="H8201"\w* \w on|strong="H0935"\w* \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w*.<pb/>


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


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


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


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\w Amaziah|strong="H0558"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w twenty-five|strong="H2568"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* \w when|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H3389"\w* began \w to|strong="H3389"\w* \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H3389"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w twenty-nine|strong="H8672"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. \w His|strong="H0558"\w* \w mother’s|strong="H0517"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w Jehoaddan|strong="H3086"\w*, \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.


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\w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w which|strong="H5869"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w right|strong="H3477"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, \w but|strong="H7535"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w perfect|strong="H8003"\w* \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*.


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


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\w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w didn’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w put|strong="H4191"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w death|strong="H4191"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H0834"\w* \w according|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* Torah \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*, \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* \w shall|strong="H1121"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w*, \w neither|strong="H3808"\w* \w shall|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*; \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w every|strong="H0376"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w shall|strong="H1121"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w own|strong="H0376"\w* \w sin|strong="H2399"\w*.”<pb/>


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Moreover \w Amaziah|strong="H0558"\w* \w gathered|strong="H6908"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w together|strong="H6908"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w ordered|strong="H6485"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w* according \w to|strong="H0001"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w fathers’|strong="H0001"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w*, \w under|strong="H1004"\w* \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w thousands|strong="H0505"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w hundreds|strong="H3967"\w*, \w even|strong="H0853"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*. \w He|strong="H0853"\w* \w counted|strong="H6485"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w upward|strong="H4605"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w there|strong="H4672"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* chosen \w men|strong="H0970"\w*, able \w to|strong="H0001"\w* \w go|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H0001"\w* \w war|strong="H6635"\w*, \w who|strong="H3605"\w* could \w handle|strong="H0270"\w* \w spear|strong="H7420"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w shield|strong="H6793"\w*.


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


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\w A|strong="H3588"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w don’t|strong="H0408"\w* \w let|strong="H0408"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w go|strong="H0935"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H0369"\w* \w not|strong="H0369"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*.


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


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\w Amaziah|strong="H0558"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, “\w But|strong="H0376"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w shall|strong="H3068"\w* \w we|strong="H0834"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w talents|strong="H3603"\w*<n>A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds</n> \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* army \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*?” <pb/>\w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* able \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w much|strong="H7235"\w* \w more|strong="H7235"\w* \w than|strong="H7235"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w Then|strong="H0935"\w* \w Amaziah|strong="H0558"\w* \w separated|strong="H0914"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*, \w the|strong="H0834"\w* army \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w out|strong="H0413"\w* \w of|strong="H4725"\w* \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*, \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w go|strong="H0935"\w* \w home|strong="H4725"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w*. \w Therefore|strong="H0834"\w* \w their|strong="H7725"\w* \w anger|strong="H0639"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w greatly|strong="H3966"\w* \w kindled|strong="H2734"\w* \w against|strong="H0413"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w home|strong="H4725"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w fierce|strong="H2750"\w* \w anger|strong="H0639"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Therefore|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w anger|strong="H0639"\w* \w burned|strong="H2734"\w* \w against|strong="H0413"\w* \w Amaziah|strong="H0558"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w a|strong="H7971"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w sought|strong="H1875"\w* \w after|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w delivered|strong="H5337"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* own \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w out|strong="H7971"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*?”<pb/>


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


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


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\w So|strong="H5927"\w* \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Amaziah|strong="H0558"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w looked|strong="H7200"\w* \w one|strong="H1931"\w* another \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w* \w at|strong="H3478"\w* Beth Shemesh, \w which|strong="H0834"\w* belongs \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.


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\w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w defeated|strong="H5062"\w* \w by|strong="H3478"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; \w so|strong="H6440"\w* \w every|strong="H0376"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w his|strong="H0376"\w* \w tent|strong="H0168"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w took|strong="H8610"\w* \w Amaziah|strong="H0558"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoahaz|strong="H3059"\w*, \w at|strong="H3478"\w* Beth Shemesh \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w broke|strong="H6555"\w* \w down|strong="H6555"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* corner \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*, \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w*.<n>A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters, so 400 cubits is about 200 yards or 184 meters.</n>


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\w Amaziah|strong="H0558"\w* \w the|strong="H0310"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w*, \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w lived|strong="H2421"\w* \w for|strong="H4191"\w* \w fifteen|strong="H6240"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w the|strong="H0310"\w* \w death|strong="H4191"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w*, \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoahaz|strong="H3059"\w*, \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.


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\w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w brought|strong="H5375"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w City|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H0001"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.<pb/>


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\w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w Uzziah|strong="H5818"\w*, \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w sixteen|strong="H6240"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w made|strong="H3605"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w Amaziah|strong="H0558"\w*.


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\w He|strong="H3117"\w* set \w himself|strong="H3117"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w seek|strong="H1875"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w in|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w Zechariah|strong="H2148"\w*, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w understanding|strong="H0995"\w* \w in|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w vision|strong="H7200"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*; \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w long|strong="H3117"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w sought|strong="H1875"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w*, \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w made|strong="H1961"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w* \w prosper|strong="H6743"\w*.<pb/>


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\w He|strong="H0853"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w and|strong="H6430"\w* \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* \w against|strong="H3898"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*, \w and|strong="H6430"\w* \w broke|strong="H6555"\w* \w down|strong="H6555"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* \w of|strong="H2346"\w* \w Gath|strong="H1661"\w*, \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* \w of|strong="H2346"\w* \w Jabneh|strong="H2996"\w*, \w and|strong="H6430"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* \w of|strong="H2346"\w* \w Ashdod|strong="H0795"\w*; \w and|strong="H6430"\w* \w he|strong="H0853"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H1129"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* country \w of|strong="H2346"\w* \w Ashdod|strong="H0795"\w*, \w and|strong="H6430"\w* among \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*.


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\w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w helped|strong="H5826"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*, \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Arabians \w who|strong="H3427"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* Gur Baal, \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Meunim|strong="H4586"\w*.


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\w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w Ammonites|strong="H5984"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w tribute|strong="H4503"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w Uzziah|strong="H5818"\w*. \w His|strong="H5414"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w spread|strong="H5414"\w* abroad \w even|strong="H5704"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w entrance|strong="H0935"\w* \w of|strong="H8034"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* grew \w exceedingly|strong="H4605"\w* \w strong|strong="H2388"\w*.


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


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\w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w towers|strong="H4026"\w* \w in|strong="H1129"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*, \w and|strong="H2022"\w* dug \w out|strong="H2672"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w cisterns|strong="H0953"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w much|strong="H7227"\w* \w livestock|strong="H4735"\w*, both \w in|strong="H1129"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* lowlands \w and|strong="H2022"\w* \w in|strong="H1129"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w plains|strong="H4334"\w*. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w farmers|strong="H0406"\w* \w and|strong="H2022"\w* vineyard keepers \w in|strong="H1129"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w* \w and|strong="H2022"\w* \w in|strong="H1129"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* fruitful \w fields|strong="H0127"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w loved|strong="H0157"\w* farming.


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\w Moreover|strong="H1961"\w* \w Uzziah|strong="H5818"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w an|strong="H1961"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* fighting \w men|strong="H8269"\w* \w who|strong="H4428"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w war|strong="H4421"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w bands|strong="H1416"\w*, \w according|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w number|strong="H4557"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* reckoning \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jeiel|strong="H3273"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w scribe|strong="H5608"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w Maaseiah|strong="H4641"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w officer|strong="H8269"\w*, \w under|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hananiah|strong="H2608"\w*, \w one|strong="H1961"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w captains|strong="H8269"\w*.


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


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


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\w Uzziah|strong="H5818"\w* \w prepared|strong="H3559"\w* \w for|strong="H3605"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*, even \w for|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H6635"\w*, \w shields|strong="H4043"\w*, \w spears|strong="H7420"\w*, \w helmets|strong="H3553"\w*, coats \w of|strong="H3605"\w* mail, \w bows|strong="H7198"\w*, \w and|strong="H0068"\w* \w stones|strong="H0068"\w* \w for|strong="H3605"\w* slinging.


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\w In|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w devices|strong="H2810"\w*, \w invented|strong="H4284"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w skillful|strong="H2803"\w* \w men|strong="H1419"\w*, \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w towers|strong="H4026"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* battlements, \w with|strong="H5921"\w* which \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w shoot|strong="H3384"\w* \w arrows|strong="H2678"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w stones|strong="H0068"\w*. \w His|strong="H5921"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w spread|strong="H3318"\w* \w far|strong="H5704"\w* abroad, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w marvelously|strong="H6381"\w* \w helped|strong="H5826"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w strong|strong="H2388"\w*.<pb/>


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\w But|strong="H0935"\w* \w when|strong="H0935"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w strong|strong="H2393"\w*, \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w lifted|strong="H0935"\w* \w up|strong="H5704"\w*, \w so|strong="H0935"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* did \w corruptly|strong="H7843"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* trespassed \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w into|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w temple|strong="H1964"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w burn|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H7004"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w incense|strong="H7004"\w*.


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\w Azariah|strong="H5838"\w* \w the|strong="H0935"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w him|strong="H0310"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w him|strong="H0310"\w* \w eighty|strong="H8084"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0935"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w*, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w valiant|strong="H2428"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w*.


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\w They|strong="H3588"\w* resisted \w Uzziah|strong="H5818"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, “\w It|strong="H5921"\w* \w isn’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w Uzziah|strong="H5818"\w*, \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w burn|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Aaron|strong="H0175"\w*, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w consecrated|strong="H6942"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w burn|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H6999"\w*. \w Go|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w sanctuary|strong="H4720"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* trespassed. \w It|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w honor|strong="H3519"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w Then|strong="H3068"\w* \w Uzziah|strong="H5818"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* angry. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H5921"\w* \w censer|strong="H4730"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w burn|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H7004"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w while|strong="H5973"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* angry \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w leprosy|strong="H6883"\w* \w broke|strong="H2224"\w* \w out|strong="H6440"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w forehead|strong="H4696"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w beside|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w incense|strong="H7004"\w*.


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\w Azariah|strong="H5838"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w chief|strong="H7218"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w looked|strong="H6437"\w* \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w leprous|strong="H6879"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w forehead|strong="H4696"\w*; \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* thrust \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w quickly|strong="H1765"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*. \w Indeed|strong="H3588"\w*, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w himself|strong="H1931"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w hurried|strong="H1765"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w go|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w struck|strong="H5060"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*.


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\w Uzziah|strong="H5818"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w leper|strong="H6879"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w death|strong="H4194"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w separate|strong="H2669"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w being|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w leper|strong="H6879"\w*; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w cut|strong="H1504"\w* \w off|strong="H5921"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*. \w Jotham|strong="H3147"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w judging|strong="H8199"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w*.<pb/>


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Now \w the|strong="H1697"\w* \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1697"\w* \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Uzziah|strong="H5818"\w*, \w first|strong="H7223"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w last|strong="H0314"\w*, \w Isaiah|strong="H3470"\w* \w the|strong="H1697"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w*, \w the|strong="H1697"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Amoz|strong="H0531"\w*, \w wrote|strong="H3789"\w*.


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\w So|strong="H0834"\w* \w Uzziah|strong="H5818"\w* \w slept|strong="H7901"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w his|strong="H0834"\w* \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w his|strong="H0834"\w* \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w burial|strong="H6900"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* belonged \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w leper|strong="H6879"\w*.” \w Jotham|strong="H3147"\w* \w his|strong="H0834"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H0834"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w*.<pb/>


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\w He|strong="H3389"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w twenty-five|strong="H2568"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H3389"\w* \w began|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w sixteen|strong="H6240"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.


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\w Therefore|strong="H1571"\w* \w the|strong="H0935"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w into|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0935"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0935"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w carried|strong="H7617"\w* \w away|strong="H7617"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H5414"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* multitude \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w captives|strong="H7633"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w*. \w He|strong="H0430"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* \w into|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0935"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0935"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H5414"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w slaughter|strong="H4347"\w*.


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