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\w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* judgement \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w judged|strong="H8199"\w*; \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w feared|strong="H3372"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w in|strong="H0430"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w justice|strong="H4941"\w*.<pb/>


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\w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.


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\w These|strong="H0428"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* \w whom|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w*: \w Azariah|strong="H5838"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w*, \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*;


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\w Elihoreph|strong="H0456"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ahijah|strong="H0281"\w*, \w the|strong="H2142"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shisha|strong="H7894"\w*, \w scribes|strong="H5608"\w*; \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w the|strong="H2142"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ahilud|strong="H0286"\w*, \w the|strong="H2142"\w* \w recorder|strong="H2142"\w*;


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\w Benaiah|strong="H1141"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w army|strong="H6635"\w*; \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Abiathar|strong="H0054"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*;


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\w Azariah|strong="H5838"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w officers|strong="H5324"\w*; \w Zabud|strong="H2071"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w chief|strong="H3548"\w* minister, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w friend|strong="H7463"\w*;


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\w Ahishar|strong="H0301"\w* \w was|strong="H1004"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w household|strong="H1004"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Adoniram|strong="H0141"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Abda|strong="H5653"\w* \w was|strong="H1004"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* subject \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w forced|strong="H4522"\w* labour.<pb/>


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\w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w twelve|strong="H6240"\w* \w officers|strong="H5324"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w provided|strong="H3557"\w* \w food|strong="H1004"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w household|strong="H1004"\w*. \w Each|strong="H0259"\w* \w man|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* make provision \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w*.


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\w These|strong="H0428"\w* \w are|strong="H0428"\w* their \w names|strong="H8034"\w*: Ben Hur, \w in|strong="H8034"\w* \w the|strong="H8034"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w country|strong="H2022"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*;


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Ben Deker, \w in|strong="H1128"\w* \w Makaz|strong="H4739"\w*, \w in|strong="H1128"\w* \w Shaalbim|strong="H8169"\w*, Beth Shemesh, \w and|strong="H1053"\w* Elon Beth Hanan;


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Ben Hesed, \w in|strong="H0776"\w* \w Arubboth|strong="H0700"\w* (\w Socoh|strong="H7755"\w* \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w Hepher|strong="H2660"\w* belonged \w to|strong="H0776"\w* \w him|strong="H3605"\w*);


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Ben Abinadab, \w in|strong="H0802"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* height \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w Dor|strong="H1756"\w* (\w he|strong="H8010"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w Taphath|strong="H2955"\w*, \w Solomon’s|strong="H8010"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w*, \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*);


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\w Baana|strong="H1195"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ahilud|strong="H0286"\w*, \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w Taanach|strong="H8590"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Megiddo|strong="H4023"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* Beth Shean \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w beside|strong="H0681"\w* \w Zarethan|strong="H6891"\w*, \w beneath|strong="H8478"\w* \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*, \w from|strong="H1121"\w* Beth Shean \w to|strong="H5704"\w* Abel Meholah, \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w far|strong="H5704"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w beyond|strong="H5676"\w* \w Jokmeam|strong="H3361"\w*;


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Ben Geber, \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ramoth|strong="H7433"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* (\w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jair|strong="H2971"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*, \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*, belonged \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w him|strong="H1121"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* region \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Argob, \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w Bashan|strong="H1316"\w*, \w sixty|strong="H8346"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w with|strong="H1280"\w* \w walls|strong="H2346"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* \w bars|strong="H1280"\w*, belonged \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w him|strong="H1121"\w*);


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\w Ahinadab|strong="H0292"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Iddo|strong="H5714"\w*, \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w Mahanaim|strong="H4266"\w*;


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\w Ahimaaz|strong="H0290"\w*, \w in|strong="H0802"\w* \w Naphtali|strong="H5321"\w* (\w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w Basemath|strong="H1315"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w as|strong="H1571"\w* \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*);


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\w Baana|strong="H1195"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hushai|strong="H2365"\w*, \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w Asher|strong="H0836"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Bealoth|strong="H1175"\w*;


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\w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w the|strong="H3092"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Paruah|strong="H6515"\w*, \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w Issachar|strong="H3485"\w*;


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\w Shimei|strong="H8096"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ela|strong="H0414"\w*, \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*;


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\w Geber|strong="H1398"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Uri|strong="H0221"\w*, \w in|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*, \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w country|strong="H0776"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Sihon|strong="H5511"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w Amorites|strong="H0567"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Og|strong="H5747"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Bashan|strong="H1316"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w only|strong="H0259"\w* officer \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w in|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w numerous|strong="H7230"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w sand|strong="H2344"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w multitude|strong="H7230"\w*, \w eating|strong="H0398"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w drinking|strong="H8354"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* making merry.


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Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the River to the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt. They brought tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.


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Solomon’s provision for one day was thirty cors<n>1 cor is the same as a homer, or about 55.9 U. S. gallons (liquid) or 211 litres or 6 bushels</n> of fine flour, sixty measures of meal,


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ten head of fat cattle, twenty head of cattle out of the pastures, and one hundred sheep, in addition to deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened fowl.


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For he had dominion over all on this side the River, from Tiphsah even to Gaza, over all the kings on this side the River; and he had peace on all sides around him.


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Judah and Israel lived safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.


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Those officers provided food for King Solomon, and for all who came to King Solomon’s table, every man in his month. They let nothing be lacking.


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They also brought barley and straw for the horses and swift steeds to the place where the officers were, each man according to his duty.


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God gave Solomon abundant wisdom, understanding, and breadth of mind like the sand that is on the seashore.


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For he was wiser than all men—wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and his fame was in all the nations all around.


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He spoke of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon even to the hyssop that grows out of the wall; he also spoke of animals, of birds, of creeping things, and of fish.


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People of all nations came to hear the wisdom of Solomon, sent by all kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom.<pb/>


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Hiram king \w of|strong="H0776"\w* Tyre sent \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w servants|strong="H5647"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*, \w for|strong="H0776"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* heard \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* anointed \w him|strong="H0853"\w* king \w in|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w place|strong="H1961"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* father, \w and|strong="H0776"\w* Hiram \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w always|strong="H3117"\w* loved \w David|strong="H3117"\w*.


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“You know that David my father could not build a house \w for|strong="H1241"\w* \w the|strong="H0905"\w* name \w of|strong="H6629"\w* \w the|strong="H0905"\w* <font size=-1>LORD</font> his God because \w of|strong="H6629"\w* \w the|strong="H0905"\w* wars which \w were|strong="H6629"\w* around him on every side, until \w the|strong="H0905"\w* <font size=-1>LORD</font> put his enemies under \w the|strong="H0905"\w* soles \w of|strong="H6629"\w* his feet.


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\w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w now|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* <font size=-1>LORD</font> \w my|strong="H3605"\w* God \w has|strong="H1961"\w* given \w me|strong="H1961"\w* \w rest|strong="H1961"\w* \w on|strong="H1961"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w side|strong="H5439"\w*. \w There|strong="H1961"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w no|strong="H3605"\w* enemy \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w no|strong="H3605"\w* evil occurrence.


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Behold, \w I|strong="H5704"\w* intend \w to|strong="H5704"\w* build \w a|strong="H5704"\w* house \w for|strong="H8478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* name \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* <font size=-1>LORD</font> \w my|strong="H3605"\w* God, \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* <font size=-1>LORD</font> spoke \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w David|strong="H3117"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* father, saying, ‘\w Your|strong="H3605"\w* son, whom \w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w set|strong="H3427"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* throne \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w* \w shall|strong="H3478"\w* build \w the|strong="H3605"\w* house \w for|strong="H8478"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* name.’


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\w Now|strong="H1961"\w* \w therefore|strong="H1961"\w* command \w that|strong="H1961"\w* cedar trees \w be|strong="H1961"\w* cut \w for|strong="H8010"\w* \w me|strong="H1961"\w* \w out|strong="H8147"\w* \w of|strong="H0505"\w* Lebanon. \w My|strong="H1961"\w* servants \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w with|strong="H8147"\w* \w your|strong="H1961"\w* servants; \w and|strong="H8010"\w* \w I|strong="H8147"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w give|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H1961"\w* wages \w for|strong="H8010"\w* \w your|strong="H1961"\w* servants according \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w all|strong="H0505"\w* \w that|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H1961"\w* say. \w For|strong="H8010"\w* \w you|strong="H1961"\w* know \w that|strong="H1961"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w is|strong="H1961"\w* nobody amongst us who knows how \w to|strong="H1961"\w* cut timber \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* Sidonians.”<pb/>


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\w When|strong="H0376"\w* Hiram heard \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*, \w he|strong="H3808"\w* rejoiced greatly, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0413"\w*, “Blessed \w is|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* <font size=-1>LORD</font> today, \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w has|strong="H0376"\w* given \w to|strong="H0413"\w* David \w a|strong="H3808"\w* wise son \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w rule|strong="H1697"\w* \w over|strong="H0413"\w* \w this|strong="H0428"\w* great \w people|strong="H0376"\w*.”


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Hiram sent \w to|strong="H0413"\w* Solomon, saying, “\w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* heard \w the|strong="H0834"\w* message \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* sent \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*. \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w do|strong="H0935"\w* \w all|strong="H0376"\w* \w your|strong="H0834"\w* desire \w concerning|strong="H0413"\w* timber \w of|strong="H0376"\w* cedar, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w concerning|strong="H0413"\w* cypress timber.


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\w My|strong="H5414"\w* servants \w will|strong="H0430"\w* \w bring|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w down|strong="H5414"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* Lebanon \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*. \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0430"\w* \w make|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w into|strong="H5921"\w* rafts \w to|strong="H5921"\w* go \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w place|strong="H5414"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* specify \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w*, \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w will|strong="H0430"\w* \w cause|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w be|strong="H3820"\w* broken \w up|strong="H5921"\w* \w there|strong="H0834"\w*, \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0430"\w* \w receive|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*. \w You|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0430"\w* accomplish \w my|strong="H5414"\w* desire, \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w giving|strong="H5414"\w* food \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* household.”<pb/>


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So Hiram gave \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* cedar timber \w and|strong="H1121"\w* cypress timber according \w to|strong="H4714"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* desire.


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Solomon \w gave|strong="H1961"\w* Hiram twenty thousand cors<n>20,000 cors would be about 120,000 bushels or about 4.2 megalitres of wheat, which would weigh about 3,270 metric tonnes.</n> \w of|strong="H1121"\w* wheat \w for|strong="H3605"\w* food \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* household, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* twenty cors<n>20 cors is about 1,100 gallons or about 4220 litres.</n> \w of|strong="H1121"\w* pure oil. Solomon \w gave|strong="H1961"\w* \w this|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* Hiram year \w by|strong="H1961"\w* year.


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\w The|strong="H1961"\w* <font size=-1>LORD</font> \w gave|strong="H1961"\w* Solomon wisdom, \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H1696"\w* \w promised|strong="H1696"\w* \w him|strong="H1696"\w*. \w There|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* peace between Hiram \w and|strong="H1696"\w* Solomon, \w and|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* two \w of|strong="H0505"\w* \w them|strong="H1961"\w* \w made|strong="H1696"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* treaty together.<pb/>


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\w King|strong="H5921"\w* Solomon raised \w a|strong="H4480"\w* levy \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w all|strong="H5704"\w* Israel; \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* levy \w was|strong="H0834"\w* thirty thousand men.


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\w He|strong="H0834"\w* sent \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* Lebanon, ten thousand \w a|strong="H8085"\w* month \w by|strong="H0935"\w* courses: \w for|strong="H0776"\w* \w a|strong="H8085"\w* month \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* Lebanon, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* two months \w at|strong="H4428"\w* \w home|strong="H0776"\w*; \w and|strong="H0935"\w* Adoniram \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w over|strong="H0853"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H5971"\w* \w subject|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* forced labour.


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\w I|strong="H3478"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w dwell|strong="H7931"\w* amongst \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w forsake|strong="H5800"\w* \w my|strong="H8432"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w It|strong="H5414"\w* \w shall|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w*, \w if|strong="H0518"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w command|strong="H6680"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w walk|strong="H1980"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w ways|strong="H1870"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w right|strong="H3477"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w statutes|strong="H2708"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w*, \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w sure|strong="H0539"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w for|strong="H1004"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*.


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\w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w afflict|strong="H6031"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w offspring|strong="H2233"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w for|strong="H4616"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w*, \w but|strong="H0389"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w forever|strong="H3117"\w*.’”<pb/>


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\w Therefore|strong="H1961"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w sought|strong="H1245"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w kill|strong="H4191"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w*, \w but|strong="H1961"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w fled|strong="H1272"\w* \w into|strong="H0413"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Shishak|strong="H7895"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w death|strong="H4191"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*.<pb/>


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Now \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*, \w and|strong="H1697"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, \w and|strong="H1697"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w*, aren’t \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*?


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\w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \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 was|strong="H0834"\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 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 Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w make|strong="H3588"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w*.


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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 yet|strong="H5750"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\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="H6440"\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 and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*;


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\w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w they|strong="H0559"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*), \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w assembly|strong="H6951"\w* \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,


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“\w Your|strong="H5414"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w made|strong="H5414"\w* \w our|strong="H5414"\w* \w yoke|strong="H5923"\w* \w difficult|strong="H7186"\w*. \w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w therefore|strong="H6258"\w* \w make|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w hard|strong="H7186"\w* \w service|strong="H5656"\w* \w of|strong="H0001"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, \w and|strong="H0001"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w heavy|strong="H3515"\w* \w yoke|strong="H5923"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w*, \w lighter|strong="H7043"\w*, \w and|strong="H0001"\w* \w we|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*, “Depart \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, \w then|strong="H0559"\w* \w come|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*.” <pb/>\w So|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* departed.<pb/>


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\w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w* \w took|strong="H0853"\w* \w counsel|strong="H3289"\w* \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w old|strong="H2205"\w* \w men|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w his|strong="H7725"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w while|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* yet \w lived|strong="H2416"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w What|strong="H0834"\w* \w counsel|strong="H3289"\w* \w do|strong="H2088"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w give|strong="H7725"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w answer|strong="H7725"\w* \w these|strong="H2088"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*?”<pb/>


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\w They|strong="H0518"\w* \w replied|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w If|strong="H0518"\w* \w you|strong="H0518"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w answer|strong="H6030"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w*, \w then|strong="H6030"\w* \w they|strong="H0518"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w forever|strong="H3117"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w But|strong="H5800"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w abandoned|strong="H5800"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w* \w of|strong="H2205"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w old|strong="H2205"\w* \w men|strong="H2205"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w given|strong="H3289"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w*, \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w took|strong="H0853"\w* \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w* \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w young|strong="H3206"\w* \w men|strong="H2205"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w grown|strong="H1431"\w* \w up|strong="H5975"\w* \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w*, \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w*.


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\w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w counsel|strong="H3289"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w*, \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w we|strong="H0834"\w* \w may|strong="H0834"\w* \w answer|strong="H7725"\w* \w these|strong="H2088"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w Make|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w yoke|strong="H5923"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w lighter|strong="H7043"\w*?’”<pb/>


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\w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w young|strong="H3206"\w* \w men|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w grown|strong="H1431"\w* \w up|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w Tell|strong="H0559"\w* \w these|strong="H2088"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w Your|strong="H5921"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w made|strong="H3513"\w* \w our|strong="H5921"\w* \w yoke|strong="H5923"\w* \w heavy|strong="H3513"\w*, \w but|strong="H0859"\w* \w make|strong="H1431"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w lighter|strong="H7043"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* us’— \w tell|strong="H0559"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*, ‘\w My|strong="H5921"\w* \w little|strong="H6995"\w* \w finger|strong="H6995"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w thicker|strong="H5666"\w* \w than|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w waist|strong="H4975"\w*.


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\w Now|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 but|strong="H6258"\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 So|strong="H0834"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w third|strong="H7992"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w asked|strong="H0559"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Come|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w third|strong="H7992"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.”


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\w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* roughly, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w abandoned|strong="H5800"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w old|strong="H2205"\w* \w men|strong="H5971"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w given|strong="H3289"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w*,


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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 according|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\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 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="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 So|strong="H4616"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w didn’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* \w brought|strong="H1961"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w*, \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w might|strong="H4616"\w* \w establish|strong="H6965"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w*, \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w Ahijah|strong="H0281"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Shilonite|strong="H7888"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nebat|strong="H5028"\w*.


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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="H0413"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\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 have|strong="H1121"\w* \w we|strong="H3588"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*? \w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w don’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w an|strong="H7200"\w* \w inheritance|strong="H5159"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jesse|strong="H3448"\w*. \w To|strong="H0413"\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="H0413"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* own \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w David|strong="H1732"\w*.” \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* departed \w to|strong="H0413"\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="H1121"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w go|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* \w against|strong="H5973"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w brothers|strong="H0251"\w*, \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w Everyone|strong="H0376"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\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 from|strong="H7725"\w* \w me|strong="H7725"\w*.”’” \w So|strong="H3541"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w listened|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w way|strong="H1697"\w*, \w according|strong="H0376"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\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 Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w his|strong="H7725"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*, “\w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.


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\w If|strong="H0518"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w goes|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w offer|strong="H5927"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w then|strong="H2088"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w lord|strong="H3068"\w*, \w even|strong="H0518"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*; \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H0518"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w kill|strong="H2026"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.”


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\w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w took|strong="H5927"\w* \w counsel|strong="H3289"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w calves|strong="H5695"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*; \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w It|strong="H6213"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w too|strong="H7227"\w* \w much|strong="H7227"\w* \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w go|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. \w Look|strong="H2009"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w behold|strong="H2009"\w* \w your|strong="H0834"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*, \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w brought|strong="H5927"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w out|strong="H0413"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*!”


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\w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, “\w Now|strong="H4994"\w* \w intercede|strong="H6419"\w* \w for|strong="H1157"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* favour \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w pray|strong="H6419"\w* \w for|strong="H1157"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*, \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w may|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w restored|strong="H7725"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w*.” <pb/>\w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w interceded|strong="H6419"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w restored|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w became|strong="H1961"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w it|strong="H7725"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Then|strong="H0559"\w* \w he|strong="H0559"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, “Come \w home|strong="H1004"\w* \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w eaten|strong="H0398"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w drank|strong="H8354"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w of|strong="H0001"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*, “\w Eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*,” \w your|strong="H0834"\w* \w body|strong="H5038"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w tomb|strong="H6913"\w* \w of|strong="H0001"\w* \w your|strong="H0834"\w* \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*.’”<pb/>


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\w After|strong="H0310"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w eaten|strong="H0398"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w drank|strong="H8354"\w*, \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w saddled|strong="H2280"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w donkey|strong="H2543"\w* \w for|strong="H3899"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w whom|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w brought|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w*.


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\w Behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w passed|strong="H5674"\w* \w by|strong="H1870"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w body|strong="H5038"\w* \w thrown|strong="H7993"\w* \w on|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w path|strong="H1870"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w lion|strong="H0738"\w* \w standing|strong="H5975"\w* \w by|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w body|strong="H5038"\w*; \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w told|strong="H1696"\w* \w it|strong="H7200"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w where|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w old|strong="H2205"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w*.


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\w When|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w brought|strong="H7725"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w*, \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w It|strong="H5414"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w disobedient|strong="H4784"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w*. \w Therefore|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w lion|strong="H0738"\w*, \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* mauled \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* slain \w him|strong="H5414"\w*, \w according|strong="H6310"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w*.”


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\w He|strong="H0853"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w his|strong="H0413"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Saddle|strong="H2280"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w donkey|strong="H2543"\w* \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*,” \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H0559"\w* \w saddled|strong="H2280"\w* \w it|strong="H1696"\w*.


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\w He|strong="H3808"\w* went \w and|strong="H0398"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w his|strong="H3808"\w* \w body|strong="H5038"\w* \w thrown|strong="H7993"\w* \w on|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w path|strong="H1870"\w*, \w and|strong="H0398"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w donkey|strong="H2543"\w* \w and|strong="H0398"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w lion|strong="H0738"\w* \w standing|strong="H5975"\w* \w by|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w body|strong="H5038"\w*. \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w lion|strong="H0738"\w* \w had|strong="H0853"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w eaten|strong="H0398"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w body|strong="H5038"\w* \w nor|strong="H3808"\w* mauled \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w donkey|strong="H2543"\w*.


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\w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w took|strong="H5375"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w body|strong="H5038"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w laid|strong="H5375"\w* \w it|strong="H7725"\w* \w on|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w donkey|strong="H2543"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* \w it|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w*. \w He|strong="H0430"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w old|strong="H2205"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w mourn|strong="H5594"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w bury|strong="H6912"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*.


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\w He|strong="H0853"\w* laid \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w body|strong="H5038"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* own \w grave|strong="H6913"\w*; \w and|strong="H0251"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w mourned|strong="H5594"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, saying, “\w Alas|strong="H1945"\w*, \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*!”<pb/>


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\w After|strong="H0310"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w spoke|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w his|strong="H0834"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w am|strong="H1961"\w* \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*, \w bury|strong="H6912"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w tomb|strong="H6913"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w*. \w Lay|strong="H1121"\w* \w my|strong="H1961"\w* \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* \w beside|strong="H0681"\w* \w his|strong="H0834"\w* \w bones|strong="H6106"\w*.


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\w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w saying|strong="H1697"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w cried|strong="H7121"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w high|strong="H1116"\w* \w places|strong="H1116"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w surely|strong="H3588"\w* \w happen|strong="H1961"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w After|strong="H0310"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w thing|strong="H1697"\w*, \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w didn’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w his|strong="H7725"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w high|strong="H1116"\w* \w places|strong="H1116"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* amongst \w all|strong="H7098"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*. Whoever wanted \w to|strong="H7725"\w*, \w he|strong="H0310"\w* consecrated \w him|strong="H0853"\w*, \w that|strong="H1697"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* might \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w high|strong="H1116"\w* \w places|strong="H1116"\w*.


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\w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* \w became|strong="H1961"\w* \w sin|strong="H2403"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w*, \w even|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w cut|strong="H3582"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w off|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w destroy|strong="H8045"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w off|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w surface|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w earth|strong="H0127"\w*.<pb/>


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\w At|strong="H1121"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w Abijah|strong="H0029"\w* \w the|strong="H3379"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* became \w sick|strong="H2470"\w*.


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\w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*, “\w Please|strong="H4994"\w* \w get|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* disguise \w yourself|strong="H0859"\w*, \w so|strong="H1980"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w won’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* recognised \w as|strong="H3588"\w* \w Jeroboam’s|strong="H3379"\w* \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*. \w Go|strong="H1980"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w Shiloh|strong="H7887"\w*. \w Behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w Ahijah|strong="H0281"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*, \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w would|strong="H0559"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.


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\w Take|strong="H3947"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H5046"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w loaves|strong="H3899"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*, \w some|strong="H3027"\w* \w cakes|strong="H5350"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w jar|strong="H1228"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w honey|strong="H1706"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w go|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w you|strong="H5046"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w child|strong="H5288"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w Jeroboam’s|strong="H3379"\w* \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w so|strong="H3651"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w Shiloh|strong="H7887"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* Ahijah’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w*. \w Now|strong="H3588"\w* \w Ahijah|strong="H0281"\w* \w could|strong="H3201"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w his|strong="H0935"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w were|strong="H0802"\w* \w set|strong="H6965"\w* \w by|strong="H0935"\w* \w reason|strong="H3651"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w his|strong="H0935"\w* \w age|strong="H0935"\w*.


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\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 Ahijah|strong="H0281"\w*, “\w Behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w Jeroboam’s|strong="H3379"\w* \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w coming|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* enquire \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w concerning|strong="H0413"\w* \w her|strong="H0413"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w sick|strong="H2470"\w*. \w Tell|strong="H0559"\w* \w her|strong="H0413"\w* \w such|strong="H2088"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w such|strong="H2088"\w*; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w*, \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w she|strong="H1931"\w* \w comes|strong="H0935"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w*, \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w she|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* pretend \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w another|strong="H2088"\w* \w woman|strong="H0802"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w So|strong="H7971"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w Ahijah|strong="H0281"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w sound|strong="H6963"\w* \w of|strong="H6963"\w* \w her|strong="H0413"\w* \w feet|strong="H7272"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w she|strong="H4100"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w door|strong="H6607"\w*, \w he|strong="H0853"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Come|strong="H0935"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w*, \w Jeroboam’s|strong="H3379"\w* \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*! \w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* pretend \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w another|strong="H2088"\w*? \w For|strong="H0413"\w* \w I|strong="H0595"\w* \w am|strong="H0595"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* heavy \w news|strong="H6963"\w*.


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\w He|strong="H3389"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* forty-one \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. \w His|strong="H8034"\w* \w mother’s|strong="H0517"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w Maacah|strong="H4601"\w* \w the|strong="H8034"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w Abishalom|strong="H0053"\w*.


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\w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* \w into|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w things|strong="H6944"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w dedicated|strong="H6944"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w things|strong="H6944"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* himself \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w dedicated|strong="H6944"\w*: \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w utensils|strong="H3627"\w*.<pb/>


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\w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w began|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*, \w as|strong="H1961"\w* soon \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w throne|strong="H3678"\w*, \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w attacked|strong="H5221"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Baasha|strong="H1201"\w*. \w He|strong="H3808"\w* \w didn’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w leave|strong="H7604"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* single \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* urinates \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w wall|strong="H7023"\w*<n>or, male</n> amongst \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w relatives|strong="H1350"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w friends|strong="H7453"\w*.


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\w Now|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Elah|strong="H0425"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, aren’t \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*?<pb/>


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\w In|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* twenty-seventh \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Asa|strong="H0609"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w Zimri|strong="H2174"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Tirzah|strong="H8656"\w*. \w Now|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w encamped|strong="H2583"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w Gibbethon|strong="H1405"\w*, \w which|strong="H0834"\w* belonged \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*.


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\w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w encamped|strong="H2583"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Zimri|strong="H2174"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w conspired|strong="H7194"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*. \w Therefore|strong="H1571"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w made|strong="H7194"\w* \w Omri|strong="H6018"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w captain|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H6635"\w*, \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w camp|strong="H4264"\w*.


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\w Omri|strong="H6018"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w Gibbethon|strong="H1405"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* besieged \w Tirzah|strong="H8656"\w*.


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\w Now|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Zimri|strong="H2174"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w treason|strong="H7195"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w committed|strong="H5921"\w*, aren’t \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*?<pb/>


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\w Then|strong="H0227"\w* \w the|strong="H0310"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w divided|strong="H2505"\w* \w into|strong="H1961"\w* \w two|strong="H2677"\w* \w parts|strong="H2677"\w*: \w half|strong="H2677"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0310"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w followed|strong="H0310"\w* \w Tibni|strong="H8402"\w* \w the|strong="H0310"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ginath|strong="H1527"\w*, \w to|strong="H1961"\w* make \w him|strong="H0310"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w half|strong="H2677"\w* \w followed|strong="H0310"\w* \w Omri|strong="H6018"\w*.


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\w But|strong="H2388"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w followed|strong="H0310"\w* \w Omri|strong="H6018"\w* \w prevailed|strong="H2388"\w* \w against|strong="H0854"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w followed|strong="H0310"\w* \w Tibni|strong="H8402"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ginath|strong="H1527"\w*; \w so|strong="H0834"\w* \w Tibni|strong="H8402"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Omri|strong="H6018"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w*.


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\w In|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* thirty-first \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Asa|strong="H0609"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w Omri|strong="H6018"\w* began \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w twelve|strong="H6240"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*. \w He|strong="H5921"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Tirzah|strong="H8656"\w*.


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\w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w bought|strong="H7069"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w Shemer|strong="H8106"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* two \w talents|strong="H3603"\w*<n>A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds.</n> \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*; \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w*, \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w*, \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, \w after|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w Shemer|strong="H8106"\w*, \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w owner|strong="H0113"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w*.


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\w Omri|strong="H6018"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* dealt \w wickedly|strong="H7451"\w* \w above|strong="H6440"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*.


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\w For|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* walked \w in|strong="H0430"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nebat|strong="H5028"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w in|strong="H0430"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w sins|strong="H2398"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w made|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*, \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w provoke|strong="H3707"\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="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w anger|strong="H3707"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w vanities|strong="H1892"\w*.


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\w Now|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Omri|strong="H6018"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w might|strong="H1369"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* showed, aren’t \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*?


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So \w Omri|strong="H6018"\w* \w slept|strong="H7901"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w his|strong="H8478"\w* \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w in|strong="H6912"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w his|strong="H8478"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H6912"\w* \w his|strong="H8478"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w*.<pb/>


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\w In|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* thirty-eighth \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Asa|strong="H0609"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Omri|strong="H6018"\w* began \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Omri|strong="H6018"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w twenty-two|strong="H8147"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.


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\w As|strong="H1961"\w* \w if|strong="H7043"\w* \w it|strong="H1961"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w light|strong="H7043"\w* \w thing|strong="H7043"\w* \w for|strong="H4428"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* walk \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nebat|strong="H5028"\w*, \w he|strong="H0853"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* \w Jezebel|strong="H0348"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ethbaal|strong="H0856"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Sidonians|strong="H6722"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w went|strong="H1961"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w served|strong="H5647"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* worshipped \w him|strong="H0853"\w*.


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\w You|strong="H6680"\w* shall \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w from|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w brook|strong="H5158"\w*. \w I|strong="H6680"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w ravens|strong="H6158"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* feed \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*.”


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\w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w went|strong="H6440"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w according|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w*, \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w went|strong="H6440"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w brook|strong="H5158"\w* \w Cherith|strong="H3747"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*.


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\w After|strong="H7093"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w while|strong="H1961"\w*, \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w brook|strong="H5158"\w* \w dried|strong="H3001"\w* \w up|strong="H3001"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w rain|strong="H1653"\w* \w in|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w*.<pb/>


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\w She|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w As|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w lives|strong="H2416"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* don’t \w have|strong="H3426"\w* \w anything|strong="H0398"\w* baked, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w only|strong="H0518"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* handful \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w meal|strong="H7058"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w jar|strong="H3537"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w little|strong="H4592"\w* \w oil|strong="H8081"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w jar|strong="H3537"\w*. \w Behold|strong="H2005"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w gathering|strong="H7197"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w sticks|strong="H6086"\w*, \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w may|strong="H0430"\w* \w go|strong="H0935"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* bake \w it|strong="H0518"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w me|strong="H0935"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3588"\w* \w may|strong="H0430"\w* \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w it|strong="H0518"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w her|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w Don’t|strong="H0408"\w* \w be|strong="H0408"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w*. \w Go|strong="H3318"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w as|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H0935"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*; \w but|strong="H0389"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w a|strong="H0935"\w* \w little|strong="H6996"\w* \w cake|strong="H5692"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w* \w it|strong="H8033"\w* \w first|strong="H7223"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* \w it|strong="H8033"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w afterward|strong="H0314"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w some|strong="H8033"\w* \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H0935"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w your|strong="H0935"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*.


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\w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w says|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w jar|strong="H3537"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w meal|strong="H7058"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w run|strong="H2637"\w* \w out|strong="H6440"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w jar|strong="H3537"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w oil|strong="H8081"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w fail|strong="H3615"\w*, \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w* \w sends|strong="H5414"\w* \w rain|strong="H1653"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w earth|strong="H0127"\w*.’”<pb/>


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\w The|strong="H0834"\w* \w jar|strong="H3537"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w meal|strong="H7058"\w* \w didn’t|strong="H3808"\w* run \w out|strong="H3027"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w jar|strong="H3537"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w oil|strong="H8081"\w* \w didn’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w fail|strong="H3615"\w*, \w according|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w*, \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w*.<pb/>


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\w After|strong="H0310"\w* \w these|strong="H0428"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w*, \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w woman|strong="H0802"\w*, \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w mistress|strong="H1172"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w became|strong="H1961"\w* \w sick|strong="H2470"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H1961"\w* \w sickness|strong="H2483"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w so|strong="H1961"\w* \w severe|strong="H2389"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w breath|strong="H5397"\w* \w left|strong="H3498"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w him|strong="H0310"\w*.


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\w She|strong="H4100"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w*, “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w have|strong="H0376"\w* \w I|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H0935"\w*, \w you|strong="H0935"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*? \w You|strong="H0935"\w* \w have|strong="H0376"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* \w my|strong="H0935"\w* \w sin|strong="H5771"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* memory, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w kill|strong="H4191"\w* \w my|strong="H0935"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*!”<pb/>


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\w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w her|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w Give|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*.” \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w out|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w her|strong="H0413"\w* \w bosom|strong="H2436"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w carried|strong="H5927"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w into|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w room|strong="H5944"\w* \w where|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w stayed|strong="H3427"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w laid|strong="H7901"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* own \w bed|strong="H4296"\w*.


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\w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w cried|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* brought \w evil|strong="H7489"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w widow|strong="H0490"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w whom|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w am|strong="H0589"\w* \w staying|strong="H1481"\w*, \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w killing|strong="H4191"\w* \w her|strong="H0413"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*?”<pb/>


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\w He|strong="H0430"\w* \w stretched|strong="H4058"\w* \w himself|strong="H5315"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w child|strong="H3206"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w times|strong="H6471"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w cried|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\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 <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w please|strong="H4994"\w* \w let|strong="H4994"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w child’s|strong="H3206"\w* \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* \w come|strong="H7725"\w* \w into|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w* \w listened|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w*; \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w child|strong="H3206"\w* \w came|strong="H7725"\w* \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w revived|strong="H7725"\w*.


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\w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w child|strong="H3206"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w brought|strong="H3947"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w out|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w room|strong="H1004"\w* \w into|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w mother|strong="H0517"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Behold|strong="H7200"\w*, \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w lives|strong="H2416"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w*, “\w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w are|strong="H0376"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w truth|strong="H0571"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w After|strong="H5921"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w*, \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w third|strong="H7992"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Go|strong="H1961"\w*, \w show|strong="H7200"\w* \w yourself|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w*; \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w send|strong="H5414"\w* \w rain|strong="H4306"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w earth|strong="H0127"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w went|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w show|strong="H7200"\w* \w himself|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w*. \w The|strong="H0413"\w* \w famine|strong="H7458"\w* \w was|strong="H7458"\w* \w severe|strong="H2389"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*.


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\w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w Obadiah|strong="H5662"\w*, \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w household|strong="H1004"\w*. (\w Now|strong="H1961"\w* \w Obadiah|strong="H5662"\w* feared \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w* \w greatly|strong="H3966"\w*;


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\w for|strong="H4325"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w Jezebel|strong="H0348"\w* \w cut|strong="H3772"\w* \w off|strong="H3772"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*, \w Obadiah|strong="H5662"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w one|strong="H0376"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w hid|strong="H2244"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w cave|strong="H4631"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* fed \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*.)


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\w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Obadiah|strong="H5662"\w*, “Go \w through|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w springs|strong="H4599"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*, \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* brooks. \w Perhaps|strong="H0194"\w* \w we|strong="H3605"\w* \w may|strong="H0776"\w* \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w grass|strong="H2682"\w* \w and|strong="H0776"\w* save \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w mules|strong="H6505"\w* \w alive|strong="H2421"\w*, \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w we|strong="H3605"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* lose \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w animals|strong="H0929"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w So|strong="H1980"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w divided|strong="H2505"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w between|strong="H5674"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w pass|strong="H5674"\w* \w throughout|strong="H1980"\w* \w it|strong="H1980"\w*. \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w went|strong="H1980"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w by|strong="H1870"\w* \w himself|strong="H0905"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w Obadiah|strong="H5662"\w* \w went|strong="H1980"\w* \w another|strong="H0259"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w by|strong="H1870"\w* \w himself|strong="H0905"\w*.


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\w As|strong="H1961"\w* \w Obadiah|strong="H5662"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w*, \w behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w met|strong="H7125"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*. \w He|strong="H5921"\w* recognised \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w*, \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Is|strong="H2088"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w*, \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w*?”<pb/>


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\w He|strong="H0559"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w* \w him|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w It|strong="H2009"\w* \w is|strong="H2009"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w*. \w Go|strong="H2009"\w*, \w tell|strong="H0559"\w* \w your|strong="H0559"\w* \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*, ‘\w Behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w is|strong="H2009"\w* \w here|strong="H2009"\w*!’”<pb/>


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\w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w How|strong="H4100"\w* \w have|strong="H5650"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w*, \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w would|strong="H4100"\w* \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w into|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w*, \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w kill|strong="H4191"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w*?


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\w As|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w lives|strong="H2416"\w*, \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w is|strong="H0369"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* \w or|strong="H0518"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w* \w where|strong="H0834"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w lord|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*. \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w is|strong="H0369"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w here|strong="H8033"\w*,’ \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w took|strong="H0853"\w* \w an|strong="H7650"\w* \w oath|strong="H7650"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w didn’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*.


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\w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w Go|strong="H2009"\w*, \w tell|strong="H0559"\w* \w your|strong="H0559"\w* \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*, “\w Behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w is|strong="H2009"\w* \w here|strong="H2009"\w*.”’


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\w It|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w happen|strong="H1961"\w*, \w as|strong="H0834"\w* soon \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* leave \w you|strong="H0834"\w*, \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w Spirit|strong="H7307"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w carry|strong="H5375"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w don’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w where|strong="H0834"\w*; \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w so|strong="H1961"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w can’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*, \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w kill|strong="H2026"\w* \w me|strong="H5046"\w*. \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w*, \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w feared|strong="H3372"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w youth|strong="H5271"\w*.


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Wasn’t \w it|strong="H6213"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w lord|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w when|strong="H0834"\w* \w Jezebel|strong="H0348"\w* \w killed|strong="H2026"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*, \w how|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w hid|strong="H2244"\w* \w one|strong="H0376"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H0834"\w* \w cave|strong="H4631"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* fed \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*?


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\w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w Go|strong="H2009"\w*, \w tell|strong="H0559"\w* \w your|strong="H2026"\w* \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*, “\w Behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w is|strong="H2009"\w* \w here|strong="H2009"\w*”.’ \w He|strong="H0559"\w* \w will|strong="H0859"\w* \w kill|strong="H2026"\w* \w me|strong="H0859"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w As|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Hosts|strong="H6635"\w* \w lives|strong="H2416"\w*, \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w whom|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w stand|strong="H5975"\w*, \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w surely|strong="H3588"\w* \w show|strong="H7200"\w* myself \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w*.”


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So \w Obadiah|strong="H5662"\w* \w went|strong="H7125"\w* \w to|strong="H5046"\w* \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w*, \w and|strong="H5046"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w him|strong="H5046"\w*; \w and|strong="H5046"\w* \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w went|strong="H7125"\w* \w to|strong="H5046"\w* \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w*.<pb/>


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\w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w*, \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w Is|strong="H2088"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w*, \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w troubler|strong="H5916"\w* \w of|strong="H0559"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*?”<pb/>


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\w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H0001"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w troubled|strong="H5916"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w have|strong="H0001"\w* forsaken \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w have|strong="H0001"\w* \w followed|strong="H0310"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Baals|strong="H1168"\w*.


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\w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w therefore|strong="H6258"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w gather|strong="H6908"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Carmel|strong="H3760"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Asherah|strong="H0842"\w*, \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w Jezebel’s|strong="H0348"\w* \w table|strong="H7979"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w So|strong="H7971"\w* \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w gathered|strong="H6908"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w together|strong="H6908"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Carmel|strong="H3760"\w*.


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\w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w came|strong="H5066"\w* \w near|strong="H5066"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w How|strong="H4970"\w* \w long|strong="H5704"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* waver \w between|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* sides? \w If|strong="H0518"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w follow|strong="H0310"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*; \w but|strong="H0518"\w* \w if|strong="H0518"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*, \w then|strong="H6030"\w* \w follow|strong="H0310"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*.” <pb/>\w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w didn’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w say|strong="H0559"\w* \w a|strong="H0518"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Then|strong="H0559"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, “\w I|strong="H0589"\w*, even \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w only|strong="H0905"\w*, \w am|strong="H0589"\w* \w left|strong="H3498"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w*; \w but|strong="H0376"\w* Baal’s \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w are|strong="H0376"\w* \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*.


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\w You|strong="H0834"\w* \w call|strong="H7121"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w god|strong="H0430"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w call|strong="H7121"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w answers|strong="H0559"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*, \w let|strong="H1961"\w* \w him|strong="H7121"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.” <pb/>\w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w What|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w say|strong="H0559"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*, “\w Choose|strong="H0977"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w bull|strong="H6499"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w yourselves|strong="H0859"\w*, \w and|strong="H0430"\w* dress \w it|strong="H7760"\w* \w first|strong="H7223"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w are|strong="H5030"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w*; \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w call|strong="H7121"\w* \w on|strong="H0259"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w your|strong="H7760"\w* \w god|strong="H0430"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* under \w it|strong="H7760"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w bull|strong="H6499"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*, \w and|strong="H6963"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* dressed \w it|strong="H5414"\w*, \w and|strong="H6963"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w of|strong="H6963"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* \w even|strong="H5704"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w noon|strong="H6672"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*, \w hear|strong="H6963"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w*!” \w But|strong="H0369"\w* \w there|strong="H0369"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w no|strong="H0369"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*, \w and|strong="H6963"\w* nobody \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*. \w They|strong="H0834"\w* leapt \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w*.<pb/>


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\w At|strong="H0430"\w* \w noon|strong="H6672"\w*, \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w mocked|strong="H2048"\w* \w them|strong="H7121"\w*, \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Cry|strong="H7121"\w* aloud, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w god|strong="H0430"\w*. \w Either|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w deep|strong="H1419"\w* \w in|strong="H0430"\w* \w thought|strong="H0559"\w*, \w or|strong="H7879"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w has|strong="H0430"\w* \w gone|strong="H1961"\w* somewhere, \w or|strong="H7879"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w on|strong="H1870"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w journey|strong="H1870"\w*, \w or|strong="H7879"\w* \w perhaps|strong="H0194"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* sleeps \w and|strong="H0430"\w* must \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w awakened|strong="H3364"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w When|strong="H1961"\w* midday \w was|strong="H0369"\w* past, \w they|strong="H5704"\w* \w prophesied|strong="H5012"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w time|strong="H1961"\w* \w of|strong="H6963"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* evening \w offering|strong="H4503"\w*; \w but|strong="H1961"\w* \w there|strong="H0369"\w* \w was|strong="H0369"\w* \w no|strong="H0369"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*, \w no|strong="H0369"\w* \w answer|strong="H6030"\w*, \w and|strong="H6963"\w* nobody \w paid|strong="H7182"\w* \w attention|strong="H7182"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, “\w Come|strong="H5066"\w* \w near|strong="H5066"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*!”; \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w came|strong="H5066"\w* \w near|strong="H5066"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w repaired|strong="H7495"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H3605"\w* \w thrown|strong="H2040"\w* \w down|strong="H2040"\w*.


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\w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w twelve|strong="H6240"\w* \w stones|strong="H0068"\w*, \w according|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w number|strong="H4557"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*, \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w whom|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w shall|strong="H1121"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w*.”


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\w With|strong="H0854"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w stones|strong="H0068"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w an|strong="H1129"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w*. \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H1129"\w* trench \w around|strong="H5439"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w large|strong="H1004"\w* \w enough|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* contain \w two|strong="H1004"\w* \w seahs|strong="H5429"\w*<n>1 seah is about 7 litres or 1.9 gallons or 0.8 pecks</n> \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w seed|strong="H2233"\w*.


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\w He|strong="H0853"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w wood|strong="H6086"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* order, \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w cut|strong="H5408"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w bull|strong="H6499"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w pieces|strong="H5408"\w* \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w laid|strong="H7760"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w wood|strong="H6086"\w*. \w He|strong="H0853"\w* said, “Fill four jars \w with|strong="H5921"\w* water, \w and|strong="H6086"\w* pour \w it|strong="H7760"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* burnt offering \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w wood|strong="H6086"\w*.”


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\w He|strong="H5921"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Do|strong="H8138"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H5921"\w* \w second|strong="H8138"\w* \w time|strong="H8138"\w*;” \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w did|strong="H8027"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w second|strong="H8138"\w* \w time|strong="H8138"\w*. \w He|strong="H5921"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Do|strong="H8138"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H5921"\w* \w third|strong="H8027"\w* \w time|strong="H8138"\w*;” \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w did|strong="H8027"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w third|strong="H8027"\w* \w time|strong="H8138"\w*.


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\w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* ran \w around|strong="H5439"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*; \w and|strong="H4196"\w* \w he|strong="H0853"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* trench \w with|strong="H4390"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*.<pb/>


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Hear \w me|strong="H5437"\w*, \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w*, hear \w me|strong="H5437"\w*, \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w may|strong="H0430"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w*, \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w*, \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* \w turned|strong="H5437"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w back|strong="H0322"\w* \w again|strong="H0322"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w consumed|strong="H0398"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w burnt|strong="H5930"\w* \w offering|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w wood|strong="H6086"\w*, \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w stones|strong="H0068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w dust|strong="H6083"\w*; \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w it|strong="H0398"\w* \w licked|strong="H3897"\w* \w up|strong="H0853"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* trench.


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\w When|strong="H7200"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w*, \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w faces|strong="H6440"\w*. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w*, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*! \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w*, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*!”<pb/>


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\w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w Seize|strong="H8610"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*! \w Don’t|strong="H0408"\w* \w let|strong="H0408"\w* \w one|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w escape|strong="H4422"\w*!” <pb/>\w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w seized|strong="H8610"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*; \w and|strong="H0376"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w brought|strong="H3381"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w brook|strong="H5158"\w* \w Kishon|strong="H7028"\w*, \w and|strong="H0376"\w* \w killed|strong="H7819"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w*, “\w Get|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w and|strong="H0398"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w*; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H5927"\w* \w is|strong="H6963"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w sound|strong="H6963"\w* \w of|strong="H6963"\w* \w abundance|strong="H1995"\w* \w of|strong="H6963"\w* \w rain|strong="H1653"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w So|strong="H5927"\w* \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w*. \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w top|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w Carmel|strong="H3760"\w*; \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w he|strong="H0256"\w* bowed \w himself|strong="H8354"\w* \w down|strong="H1457"\w* \w on|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w his|strong="H7760"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w* \w between|strong="H0996"\w* \w his|strong="H7760"\w* \w knees|strong="H1290"\w*.


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\w He|strong="H0559"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w his|strong="H7725"\w* \w servant|strong="H5288"\w*, “\w Go|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w now|strong="H4994"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w look|strong="H5027"\w* towards \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*.” <pb/>\w He|strong="H0559"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w looked|strong="H5027"\w*, \w then|strong="H0559"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w There|strong="H0369"\w* \w is|strong="H0369"\w* \w nothing|strong="H0369"\w*.” <pb/>\w He|strong="H0559"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Go|strong="H5927"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w*” \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w times|strong="H6471"\w*.<pb/>


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\w On|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w seventh|strong="H7637"\w* \w time|strong="H1961"\w*, \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w small|strong="H6996"\w* \w cloud|strong="H5645"\w*, \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w man’s|strong="H0376"\w* \w hand|strong="H3709"\w*, \w is|strong="H0376"\w* \w rising|strong="H5927"\w* \w out|strong="H0413"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*.” <pb/>\w He|strong="H3808"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Go|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, \w tell|strong="H0559"\w* \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w*, ‘\w Get|strong="H5927"\w* \w ready|strong="H0631"\w* \w and|strong="H0376"\w* \w go|strong="H5927"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w*, \w so|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w rain|strong="H1653"\w* \w doesn’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w stop|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w*.’”<pb/>


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\w In|strong="H1419"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* little \w while|strong="H5704"\w*, \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w* \w grew|strong="H6937"\w* \w black|strong="H6937"\w* \w with|strong="H8064"\w* \w clouds|strong="H5645"\w* \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w*, \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w rain|strong="H1653"\w*. \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w rode|strong="H7392"\w*, \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w went|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*.


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\w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w on|strong="H0413"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w*; \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* tucked \w his|strong="H3068"\w* cloak \w into|strong="H0413"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* belt \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w ran|strong="H7323"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w entrance|strong="H0935"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w Jezebel|strong="H0348"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*, \w and|strong="H2719"\w* \w how|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w killed|strong="H2026"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w with|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*.


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\w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w himself|strong="H1931"\w* \w went|strong="H1980"\w* \w a|strong="H3947"\w* \w day’s|strong="H3117"\w* \w journey|strong="H1870"\w* \w into|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* \w down|strong="H3427"\w* \w under|strong="H8478"\w* \w a|strong="H3947"\w* \w juniper|strong="H7574"\w* \w tree|strong="H7574"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1980"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w requested|strong="H7592"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w himself|strong="H1931"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w might|strong="H3068"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w It|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w enough|strong="H7227"\w*. \w Now|strong="H6258"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w*, \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w away|strong="H1980"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w life|strong="H5315"\w*; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H0595"\w* \w am|strong="H0595"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w better|strong="H2896"\w* \w than|strong="H3808"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w He|strong="H0559"\w* \w lay|strong="H7901"\w* \w down|strong="H7901"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w slept|strong="H7901"\w* \w under|strong="H8478"\w* \w a|strong="H2088"\w* \w juniper|strong="H7574"\w* \w tree|strong="H7574"\w*; \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w an|strong="H6965"\w* \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* \w touched|strong="H5060"\w* \w him|strong="H0398"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w him|strong="H0398"\w*, “\w Arise|strong="H6965"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*!”<pb/>


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\w He|strong="H7725"\w* \w looked|strong="H5027"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w there|strong="H2009"\w* \w was|strong="H4325"\w* \w at|strong="H0398"\w* \w his|strong="H7725"\w* \w head|strong="H4763"\w* \w a|strong="H7725"\w* \w cake|strong="H5692"\w* baked \w on|strong="H5027"\w* \w the|strong="H0398"\w* coals, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w a|strong="H7725"\w* \w jar|strong="H6835"\w* \w of|strong="H4325"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*. \w He|strong="H7725"\w* \w ate|strong="H0398"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w drank|strong="H8354"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w lay|strong="H7901"\w* \w down|strong="H7901"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w*.


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\w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* \w came|strong="H5060"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w second|strong="H8145"\w* \w time|strong="H8145"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w touched|strong="H5060"\w* \w him|strong="H7725"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Arise|strong="H6965"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w journey|strong="H1870"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w too|strong="H4480"\w* \w great|strong="H7227"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w ate|strong="H0398"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w drank|strong="H8354"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w went|strong="H6965"\w* \w in|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w strength|strong="H3581"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w food|strong="H0398"\w* \w forty|strong="H0705"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w forty|strong="H0705"\w* \w nights|strong="H3915"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Horeb|strong="H2722"\w*, \w God’s|strong="H0430"\w* \w Mountain|strong="H2022"\w*.


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\w He|strong="H8033"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w a|strong="H0935"\w* \w cave|strong="H4631"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* camped \w there|strong="H8033"\w*; \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H0935"\w* doing \w here|strong="H6311"\w*, \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w*?”<pb/>


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\w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w been|strong="H7065"\w* \w very|strong="H7065"\w* \w jealous|strong="H7065"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \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="H1121"\w* \w Hosts|strong="H6635"\w*; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* forsaken \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w*, \w thrown|strong="H2040"\w* \w down|strong="H2040"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w altars|strong="H4196"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w killed|strong="H2026"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*. \w I|strong="H0589"\w*, \w even|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w only|strong="H0905"\w*, \w am|strong="H0589"\w* \w left|strong="H3498"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w life|strong="H5315"\w*, \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w away|strong="H3947"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w After|strong="H0310"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w earthquake|strong="H7494"\w* \w a|strong="H3808"\w* \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* \w passed|strong="H0310"\w*; \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*. \w After|strong="H0310"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*, \w there|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3808"\w* \w still|strong="H1827"\w* small \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*.


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\w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w it|strong="H1961"\w*, \w he|strong="H3318"\w* \w wrapped|strong="H3874"\w* \w his|strong="H8085"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w his|strong="H8085"\w* \w mantle|strong="H0155"\w*, \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w*, \w and|strong="H6963"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w entrance|strong="H6607"\w* \w of|strong="H6963"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w cave|strong="H4631"\w*. \w Behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, \w and|strong="H6963"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w doing|strong="H3318"\w* \w here|strong="H6311"\w*, \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w*?”<pb/>


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\w The|strong="H0853"\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 Go|strong="H0935"\w*, \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w*. \w When|strong="H0935"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w arrive|strong="H0935"\w*, \w anoint|strong="H4886"\w* \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w*.


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\w He|strong="H2719"\w* who \w escapes|strong="H4422"\w* \w from|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w of|strong="H2719"\w* \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w*, \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w kill|strong="H4191"\w*; \w and|strong="H2719"\w* \w he|strong="H2719"\w* who \w escapes|strong="H4422"\w* \w from|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w of|strong="H2719"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w*, \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w kill|strong="H4191"\w*.


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\w Yet|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w reserved|strong="H7604"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w knees|strong="H1290"\w* \w of|strong="H6310"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w bowed|strong="H3766"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w has|strong="H0834"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w kissed|strong="H5401"\w* \w him|strong="H3605"\w*.”<pb/>


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