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\BibleBook{The First Book of Kings}

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\BibleMainTitle{The First Book of Kings }
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\chapterNumber{1}Now|strong="H3117" King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" was|strong="H1732" old|strong="H2204" and|strong="H0935" advanced|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" years|strong="H3117"; and|strong="H0935" they|strong="H3117" covered|strong="H3680" him|strong="H0935" with|strong="H0935" clothes|strong="H0899", but|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3117" couldn’t|strong="H3808" keep|strong="H3680" warm. 
\verseNumber{2}Therefore|strong="H1961" his|strong="H1961" servants|strong="H5650" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H6440", “Let|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" young|strong="H5291" virgin|strong="H1330" be|strong="H1961" sought|strong="H1245" for|strong="H4428" my|strong="H1961" lord|strong="H0113" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428". Let|strong="H1961" her|strong="H1961" stand|strong="H5975" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428", and|strong="H4428" cherish|strong="H2436" him|strong="H6440"; and|strong="H4428" let|strong="H1961" her|strong="H1961" lie|strong="H7901" in|strong="H4428" your|strong="H6440" bosom|strong="H2436", that|strong="H0559" my|strong="H1961" lord|strong="H0113" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" may|strong="H1961" keep|strong="H2552" warm|strong="H2552".” 
\verseNumber{3}So|strong="H0935" they|strong="H0935" sought|strong="H1245" for|strong="H3605" a|strong="H4672" beautiful|strong="H3303" young|strong="H5291" lady|strong="H5291" throughout|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" borders|strong="H1366" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H0935" found|strong="H4672" Abishag|strong="H0049" the|strong="H3605" Shunammite|strong="H7767", and|strong="H0935" brought|strong="H0935" her|strong="H3605" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{4}The|strong="H5704" young|strong="H5291" lady|strong="H5291" was|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" beautiful|strong="H3303"; and|strong="H4428" she|strong="H3808" cherished the|strong="H5704" king|strong="H4428", and|strong="H4428" served|strong="H8334" him|strong="H3045"; but|strong="H3808" the|strong="H5704" king|strong="H4428" didn’t|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" her|strong="H1961" intimately. 
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\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H0559" Adonijah|strong="H0138" the|strong="H0559" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Haggith|strong="H2294" exalted himself|strong="H6440", saying|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H0376" be|strong="H1121" king|strong="H4427".” Then|strong="H0559" he|strong="H6213" prepared|strong="H6213" him|strong="H6440" chariots|strong="H7393" and|strong="H1121" horsemen|strong="H6571", and|strong="H1121" fifty|strong="H2572" men|strong="H0376" to|strong="H0559" run|strong="H7323" before|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{6}His|strong="H3808" father|strong="H0001" had|strong="H0001" not|strong="H3808" displeased him|strong="H3205" at|strong="H3117" any|strong="H1571" time|strong="H3117" in|strong="H3117" saying|strong="H0559", “Why|strong="H4069" have|strong="H0001" you|strong="H3117" done|strong="H6213" so|strong="H6213"?” and|strong="H3117" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" also|strong="H1571" a|strong="H3205" very|strong="H3966" handsome|strong="H8389" man; and|strong="H3117" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" born|strong="H3205" after|strong="H0310" Absalom|strong="H0053". 
\verseNumber{7}He|strong="H0310" conferred|strong="H1697" with|strong="H5973" Joab|strong="H3097" the|strong="H0310" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zeruiah|strong="H6870" and|strong="H1121" with|strong="H5973" Abiathar|strong="H0054" the|strong="H0310" priest|strong="H3548"; and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H0310" followed|strong="H0310" Adonijah|strong="H0138" and|strong="H1121" helped|strong="H5826" him|strong="H0310". 
\verseNumber{8}But|strong="H3808" Zadok|strong="H6659" the|strong="H0834" priest|strong="H3548", Benaiah|strong="H1141" the|strong="H0834" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jehoiada|strong="H3077", Nathan|strong="H5416" the|strong="H0834" prophet|strong="H5030", Shimei|strong="H8096", Rei|strong="H7472", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0834" mighty|strong="H1368" men|strong="H1368" who|strong="H0834" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" David|strong="H1732", were|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" with|strong="H5973" Adonijah|strong="H0138". 
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\verseNumber{9}Adonijah|strong="H0138" killed sheep|strong="H6629", cattle|strong="H1241", and|strong="H1121" fatlings|strong="H4806" by|strong="H7121" the|strong="H3605" stone|strong="H0068" of|strong="H1121" Zoheleth|strong="H2120", which|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" beside|strong="H0681" En Rogel; and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H0834" called|strong="H7121" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" brothers|strong="H0251", the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" sons|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063", the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" servants|strong="H5650"; 
\verseNumber{10}but|strong="H3808" he|strong="H8010" didn’t|strong="H3808" call|strong="H7121" Nathan|strong="H5416" the|strong="H0853" prophet|strong="H5030", and|strong="H0251" Benaiah|strong="H1141", and|strong="H0251" the|strong="H0853" mighty|strong="H1368" men|strong="H1368", and|strong="H0251" Solomon|strong="H8010" his|strong="H7121" brother|strong="H0251". 
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\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H0559" Nathan|strong="H5416" spoke|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Bathsheba|strong="H1339" the|strong="H0559" mother|strong="H0517" of|strong="H1121" Solomon|strong="H8010", saying|strong="H0559", “Haven’t|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3588" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" Adonijah|strong="H0138" the|strong="H0559" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Haggith|strong="H2294" reigns|strong="H4427", and|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732" our|strong="H3588" lord|strong="H0113" doesn’t|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" it|strong="H3588"? 
\verseNumber{12}Now|strong="H6258" therefore|strong="H6258" come|strong="H4994", please|strong="H4994" let|strong="H4994" me|strong="H4994" give|strong="H3289" you|strong="H0853" counsel|strong="H6098", that|strong="H5315" you|strong="H0853" may|strong="H4994" save|strong="H4422" your|strong="H4994" own|strong="H5315" life|strong="H5315" and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H4994" son|strong="H1121" Solomon’s|strong="H8010" life|strong="H5315". 
\verseNumber{13}Go|strong="H0935" in|strong="H3427" to|strong="H0413" King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732", and|strong="H1121" tell|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0413", ‘Didn’t|strong="H3808" you|strong="H0859", my|strong="H5921" lord|strong="H0113" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428", swear|strong="H7650" to|strong="H0413" your|strong="H5921" servant|strong="H0519", saying|strong="H0559", “Assuredly Solomon|strong="H8010" your|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" shall|strong="H1121" reign|strong="H4427" after|strong="H0310" me|strong="H0413", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H1931" shall|strong="H1121" sit|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5921" throne|strong="H3678"?” Why|strong="H4069" then|strong="H0935" does|strong="H3808" Adonijah|strong="H0138" reign|strong="H4427"?’ 
\verseNumber{14}Behold|strong="H2009",\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{1:14  }“Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.} while|strong="H5750" you|strong="H5973" are|strong="H1697" still|strong="H5750" talking|strong="H1696" there|strong="H8033" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428", I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H4428" also|strong="H0853" come|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" after|strong="H0310" you|strong="H5973" and|strong="H0935" confirm|strong="H4390" your|strong="H0935" words|strong="H1697".” 
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\verseNumber{15}Bathsheba|strong="H1339" went|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" in|strong="H0935" his|strong="H0935" room|strong="H2315". The|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" was|strong="H4428" very|strong="H3966" old|strong="H2204"; and|strong="H0935" Abishag|strong="H0049" the|strong="H0853" Shunammite|strong="H7767" was|strong="H4428" serving|strong="H8334" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{16}Bathsheba|strong="H1339" bowed|strong="H7812" and|strong="H4428" showed respect to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428". The|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559", “What|strong="H4100" would|strong="H0559" you|strong="H4100" like?” 
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\verseNumber{17}She|strong="H1931" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H5921", “My|strong="H3068" lord|strong="H3068", you|strong="H0859" swore|strong="H7650" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{1:17  }When rendered in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS, “LORD” or “GOD” is the translation of God’s Proper Name. } your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{1:17  The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).} to|strong="H0559" your|strong="H3068" servant|strong="H0519", ‘Assuredly Solomon|strong="H8010" your|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121" shall|strong="H1121" reign|strong="H4427" after|strong="H0310" me|strong="H5921", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H1931" shall|strong="H1121" sit|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" my|strong="H3068" throne|strong="H3678".’ 
\verseNumber{18}Now|strong="H6258", behold|strong="H2009", Adonijah|strong="H0138" reigns|strong="H4427"; and|strong="H4428" you|strong="H3045", my|strong="H3045" lord|strong="H0113" the|strong="H3045" king|strong="H4428", don’t|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" it|strong="H3045". 
\verseNumber{19}He|strong="H3808" has|strong="H6635" slain cattle|strong="H7794" and|strong="H1121" fatlings|strong="H4806" and|strong="H1121" sheep|strong="H6629" in|strong="H4428" abundance|strong="H7230", and|strong="H1121" has|strong="H6635" called|strong="H7121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", Abiathar|strong="H0054" the|strong="H3605" priest|strong="H3548", and|strong="H1121" Joab|strong="H3097" the|strong="H3605" captain|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H6635"; but|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3808" hasn’t|strong="H3808" called|strong="H7121" Solomon|strong="H8010" your|strong="H3605" servant|strong="H5650". 
\verseNumber{20}You|strong="H0859", my|strong="H3605" lord|strong="H0113" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", the|strong="H3605" eyes|strong="H5869" of|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" are|strong="H3478" on|strong="H5921" you|strong="H0859", that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H0859" should|strong="H4310" tell|strong="H5046" them|strong="H5921" who|strong="H4310" will|strong="H4310" sit|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" throne|strong="H3678" of|strong="H4428" my|strong="H3605" lord|strong="H0113" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" after|strong="H0310" him|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{21}Otherwise it|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" happen|strong="H1961", when|strong="H1961" my|strong="H1961" lord|strong="H0113" the|strong="H0589" king|strong="H4428" sleeps|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H1961" fathers|strong="H0001", that|strong="H1961" I|strong="H0589" and|strong="H1121" my|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121" Solomon|strong="H8010" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" considered|strong="H1961" criminals|strong="H2400".” 
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\verseNumber{22}Behold|strong="H2009", while|strong="H5750" she|strong="H5973" was|strong="H4428" still|strong="H5750" talking|strong="H1696" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H0935" king|strong="H4428", Nathan|strong="H5416" the|strong="H0935" prophet|strong="H5030" came|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935". 
\verseNumber{23}They|strong="H5921" told|strong="H5046" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428", saying|strong="H0559", “Behold|strong="H2009", Nathan|strong="H5416" the|strong="H0559" prophet|strong="H5030"!” 
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When|strong="H0935" he|strong="H5921" had|strong="H4428" come|strong="H0935" in|strong="H5921" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428", he|strong="H5921" bowed|strong="H7812" himself|strong="H7812" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" with|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" face|strong="H6440" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" ground|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{24}Nathan|strong="H5416" said|strong="H0559", “My|strong="H5921" lord|strong="H0113", King|strong="H4428", have|strong="H0859" you|strong="H0859" said|strong="H0559", ‘Adonijah|strong="H0138" shall|strong="H1931" reign|strong="H4427" after|strong="H0310" me|strong="H5921", and|strong="H4428" he|strong="H1931" shall|strong="H1931" sit|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5921" throne|strong="H3678"?’ 
\verseNumber{25}For|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" has|strong="H6635" gone|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" today|strong="H3117", and|strong="H1121" has|strong="H6635" slain cattle|strong="H7794", fatlings|strong="H4806", and|strong="H1121" sheep|strong="H6629" in|strong="H4428" abundance|strong="H7230", and|strong="H1121" has|strong="H6635" called|strong="H7121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" sons|strong="H1121", the|strong="H3605" captains|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H6635", and|strong="H1121" Abiathar|strong="H0054" the|strong="H3605" priest|strong="H3548". Behold|strong="H2009", they|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3117" eating|strong="H0398" and|strong="H1121" drinking|strong="H8354" before|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440", and|strong="H1121" saying|strong="H0559", ‘Long|strong="H3117" live|strong="H2421" King|strong="H4428" Adonijah|strong="H0138"!’ 
\verseNumber{26}But|strong="H3808" he|strong="H8010" hasn’t|strong="H3808" called|strong="H7121" me|strong="H7121", even|strong="H3808" me|strong="H7121" your|strong="H3808" servant|strong="H5650", Zadok|strong="H6659" the|strong="H0589" priest|strong="H3548", Benaiah|strong="H1141" the|strong="H0589" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jehoiada|strong="H3077", and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3808" servant|strong="H5650" Solomon|strong="H8010". 
\verseNumber{27}Was|strong="H1961" this|strong="H2088" thing|strong="H1697" done|strong="H1961" by|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5921" lord|strong="H0113" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428", and|strong="H4428" you|strong="H0518" haven’t|strong="H3808" shown|strong="H3045" to|strong="H1961" your|strong="H5921" servants|strong="H5650" who|strong="H4310" should|strong="H0518" sit|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" throne|strong="H3678" of|strong="H4428" my|strong="H5921" lord|strong="H0113" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" after|strong="H0310" him|strong="H5921"?” 
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\verseNumber{28}Then|strong="H6030" King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" answered|strong="H0559", “Call|strong="H7121" Bathsheba|strong="H1339" in|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0559" me|strong="H6440".” She|strong="H7121" came|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0559" king’s|strong="H4428" presence|strong="H6440" and|strong="H0935" stood|strong="H5975" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{29}The|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" vowed|strong="H7650" and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “As|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H5315", who|strong="H0834" has|strong="H3068" redeemed|strong="H6299" my|strong="H3605" soul|strong="H5315" out|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" adversity|strong="H6869", 
\verseNumber{30}most certainly|strong="H3588" as|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" swore|strong="H7650" to|strong="H0559" you|strong="H0834" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068", the|strong="H0559" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", saying|strong="H0559", ‘Assuredly Solomon|strong="H8010" your|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121" shall|strong="H1121" reign|strong="H4427" after|strong="H0310" me|strong="H5921", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H1121" sit|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" my|strong="H3068" throne|strong="H3678" in|strong="H3427" my|strong="H3068" place|strong="H8478";’ I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" most certainly|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2088" today|strong="H3117".” 
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\verseNumber{31}Then|strong="H0559" Bathsheba|strong="H1339" bowed|strong="H7812" with|strong="H0776" her|strong="H0559" face|strong="H0639" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" earth|strong="H0776" and|strong="H0776" showed respect to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428", and|strong="H0776" said|strong="H0559", “Let my|strong="H1732" lord|strong="H0113" King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" live|strong="H2421" forever|strong="H5769"!” 
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\verseNumber{32}King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559", “Call|strong="H7121" to|strong="H0559" me|strong="H6440" Zadok|strong="H6659" the|strong="H0559" priest|strong="H3548", Nathan|strong="H5416" the|strong="H0559" prophet|strong="H5030", and|strong="H1121" Benaiah|strong="H1141" the|strong="H0559" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jehoiada|strong="H3077".” They|strong="H0559" came|strong="H0935" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{33}The|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413", “Take|strong="H3947" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" servants|strong="H5650" of|strong="H1121" your|strong="H5921" lord|strong="H0113", and|strong="H1121" cause|strong="H7392" Solomon|strong="H8010" my|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" to|strong="H0413" ride|strong="H7392" on|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5921" own|strong="H5973" mule|strong="H6506", and|strong="H1121" bring|strong="H3381" him|strong="H0413" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H0413" Gihon|strong="H1521". 
\verseNumber{34}Let Zadok|strong="H6659" the|strong="H0853" priest|strong="H3548" and|strong="H3478" Nathan|strong="H5416" the|strong="H0853" prophet|strong="H5030" anoint|strong="H4886" him|strong="H5921" there|strong="H8033" king|strong="H4428" over|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478". Blow|strong="H8628" the|strong="H0853" shofar, and|strong="H3478" say|strong="H0559", ‘Long live|strong="H2421" King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010"!’ 
\verseNumber{35}Then|strong="H1961" come|strong="H0935" up|strong="H5927" after|strong="H0310" him|strong="H5921", and|strong="H0935" he|strong="H1931" shall|strong="H3478" come|strong="H0935" and|strong="H0935" sit|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5921" throne|strong="H3678"; for|strong="H5921" he|strong="H1931" shall|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4427" in|strong="H3427" my|strong="H5921" place|strong="H8478". I|strong="H6680" have|strong="H1961" appointed|strong="H6680" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0935" be|strong="H1961" prince|strong="H5057" over|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H0935" over|strong="H5921" Judah|strong="H3063".” 
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\verseNumber{36}Benaiah|strong="H1141" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jehoiada|strong="H3077" answered|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428", and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559", “Amen|strong="H0543". May|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068", the|strong="H0853" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1121" my|strong="H3068" lord|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428", say|strong="H0559" so|strong="H3651". 
\verseNumber{37}As|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" been|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5973" my|strong="H3068" lord|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428", even|strong="H3651" so|strong="H3651" may|strong="H1961" he|strong="H0834" be|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5973" Solomon|strong="H8010", and|strong="H3068" make|strong="H1431" his|strong="H3068" throne|strong="H3678" greater|strong="H1431" than|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" throne|strong="H3678" of|strong="H4428" my|strong="H3068" lord|strong="H3068" King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732".” 
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\verseNumber{38}So|strong="H3381" Zadok|strong="H6659" the|strong="H0853" priest|strong="H3548", Nathan|strong="H5416" the|strong="H0853" prophet|strong="H5030", Benaiah|strong="H1141" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jehoiada|strong="H3077", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" Cherethites and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" Pelethites|strong="H6432" went|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" and|strong="H1121" had|strong="H1732" Solomon|strong="H8010" ride|strong="H7392" on|strong="H5921" King|strong="H4428" David’s|strong="H1732" mule|strong="H6506", and|strong="H1121" brought|strong="H3381" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3381" Gihon|strong="H1521". 
\verseNumber{39}Zadok|strong="H6659" the|strong="H3605" priest|strong="H3548" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3605" horn|strong="H7161" of|strong="H4428" oil|strong="H8081" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" Tent|strong="H0168", and|strong="H4428" anointed|strong="H4886" Solomon|strong="H8010". They|strong="H0559" blew|strong="H8628" the|strong="H3605" shofar; and|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" said|strong="H0559", “Long live|strong="H2421" King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010"!” 
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\verseNumber{40}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" came|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" after|strong="H0310" him|strong="H0310", and|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" piped with|strong="H0776" pipes, and|strong="H0776" rejoiced|strong="H8056" with|strong="H0776" great|strong="H1419" joy|strong="H8057", so|strong="H5927" that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776" shook|strong="H1234" with|strong="H0776" their|strong="H3605" sound|strong="H6963". 
\verseNumber{41}Adonijah|strong="H0138" and|strong="H0398" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" guests|strong="H7121" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H0853" heard|strong="H8085" it|strong="H7121" as|strong="H0834" they|strong="H1992" had|strong="H0834" finished|strong="H3615" eating|strong="H0398". When|strong="H0834" Joab|strong="H3097" heard|strong="H8085" the|strong="H3605" sound|strong="H6963" of|strong="H6963" the|strong="H3605" shofar, he|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559", “Why|strong="H4069" is|strong="H0834" this|strong="H0834" noise|strong="H6963" of|strong="H6963" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H7151" being in|strong="H8085" an|strong="H3615" uproar|strong="H1993"?” 
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\verseNumber{42}While|strong="H5750" he|strong="H3588" yet|strong="H5750" spoke|strong="H1696", behold|strong="H2009", Jonathan|strong="H3129" the|strong="H0559" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Abiathar|strong="H0054" the|strong="H0559" priest|strong="H3548" came|strong="H0935"; and|strong="H1121" Adonijah|strong="H0138" said|strong="H0559", “Come|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935"; for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859" are|strong="H0376" a|strong="H3588" worthy|strong="H2428" man|strong="H0376", and|strong="H1121" bring|strong="H0935" good|strong="H2896" news|strong="H1319".” 
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\verseNumber{43}Jonathan|strong="H3129" answered|strong="H0559" Adonijah|strong="H0138", “Most|strong="H4428" certainly our|strong="H0113" lord|strong="H0113" King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" has|strong="H4428" made Solomon|strong="H8010" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{44}The|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" has|strong="H4428" sent|strong="H7971" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H5921" Zadok|strong="H6659" the|strong="H0853" priest|strong="H3548", Nathan|strong="H5416" the|strong="H0853" prophet|strong="H5030", Benaiah|strong="H1141" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jehoiada|strong="H3077", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" Cherethites|strong="H3774" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" Pelethites|strong="H6432"; and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H5921" have|strong="H1121" caused|strong="H0854" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" ride|strong="H7392" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" king’s|strong="H4428" mule|strong="H6506". 
\verseNumber{45}Zadok|strong="H6659" the|strong="H0853" priest|strong="H3548" and|strong="H4428" Nathan|strong="H5416" the|strong="H0853" prophet|strong="H5030" have|strong="H0834" anointed|strong="H4886" him|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" in|strong="H8085" Gihon|strong="H1521". They|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" come|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" from|strong="H8085" there|strong="H8033" rejoicing|strong="H8056", so|strong="H5927" that|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H7151" rang again. This|strong="H1931" is|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" noise|strong="H6963" that|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" heard|strong="H8085". 
\verseNumber{46}Also|strong="H1571", Solomon|strong="H8010" sits|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" throne|strong="H3678" of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5921" kingdom|strong="H4410". 
\verseNumber{47}Moreover|strong="H1571" the|strong="H0853" king’s|strong="H4428" servants|strong="H5650" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0559" bless|strong="H1288" our|strong="H5921" lord|strong="H0113" King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732", saying|strong="H0559", ‘May|strong="H0430" your|strong="H5921" God|strong="H0430" make|strong="H1431" the|strong="H0853" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010" better|strong="H3190" than|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" name|strong="H8034", and|strong="H0935" make|strong="H1431" his|strong="H5921" throne|strong="H3678" greater|strong="H1431" than|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" throne|strong="H3678";’ and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" bowed|strong="H7812" himself|strong="H7812" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" bed|strong="H4904". 
\verseNumber{48}Also|strong="H1571" thus|strong="H3602" said|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428", ‘Blessed|strong="H1288" be|strong="H1571" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068", the|strong="H0559" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", who|strong="H0834" has|strong="H3068" given|strong="H5414" one|strong="H0834" to|strong="H0559" sit|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5414" throne|strong="H3678" today|strong="H3117", my|strong="H5414" eyes|strong="H5869" even|strong="H1571" seeing|strong="H7200" it|strong="H5414".’” 
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\verseNumber{49}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" guests|strong="H7121" of|strong="H0376" Adonijah|strong="H0138" were|strong="H0834" afraid|strong="H2729", and|strong="H6965" rose|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965", and|strong="H6965" each|strong="H0376" man|strong="H0376" went|strong="H6965" his|strong="H3605" way|strong="H1870". 
\verseNumber{50}Adonijah|strong="H0138" was|strong="H8010" afraid|strong="H3372" because|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" Solomon|strong="H8010"; and|strong="H6965" he|strong="H8010" arose|strong="H6965", and|strong="H6965" went|strong="H6965", and|strong="H6965" hung onto the|strong="H6440" horns|strong="H7161" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" altar|strong="H4196". 
\verseNumber{51}Solomon|strong="H8010" was|strong="H4428" told|strong="H5046", “Behold|strong="H2009", Adonijah|strong="H0138" fears|strong="H3372" King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010"; for|strong="H3117", behold|strong="H2009", he|strong="H0518" is|strong="H3117" hanging onto the|strong="H0853" horns|strong="H7161" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" altar|strong="H4196", saying|strong="H0559", ‘Let|strong="H5046" King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010" swear|strong="H7650" to|strong="H0559" me|strong="H5046" first|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" he|strong="H0518" will|strong="H4428" not|strong="H0518" kill|strong="H4191" his|strong="H0518" servant|strong="H5650" with|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" sword|strong="H2719".’” 
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\verseNumber{52}Solomon|strong="H8010" said|strong="H0559", “If|strong="H0518" he|strong="H0518" shows himself|strong="H3808" a|strong="H1961" worthy|strong="H2428" man|strong="H1121", not|strong="H3808" a|strong="H1961" hair|strong="H8185" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H1961" shall|strong="H1121" fall|strong="H5307" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" earth|strong="H0776"; but|strong="H0518" if|strong="H0518" wickedness|strong="H7451" is|strong="H0776" found|strong="H4672" in|strong="H0776" him|strong="H4672", he|strong="H0518" shall|strong="H1121" die|strong="H4191".” 
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\verseNumber{53}So|strong="H7971" King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010" sent|strong="H7971", and|strong="H0935" they|strong="H5921" brought|strong="H0935" him|strong="H5921" down|strong="H3381" from|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0559" altar|strong="H4196". He|strong="H8010" came|strong="H0935" and|strong="H0935" bowed|strong="H7812" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H0559" King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010"; and|strong="H0935" Solomon|strong="H8010" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H5921", “Go|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0559" your|strong="H5921" house|strong="H1004".” 
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\chapterNumber{2}Now|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732" came|strong="H7126" near|strong="H7126" that|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" should|strong="H0559" die|strong="H4191"; and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3117" commanded|strong="H6680" Solomon|strong="H8010" his|strong="H1732" son|strong="H1121", saying|strong="H0559", 
\verseNumber{2}“I|strong="H0595" am|strong="H0595" going|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3605" way|strong="H1870" of|strong="H0776" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776". You|strong="H3605" be|strong="H1961" strong|strong="H2388" therefore|strong="H1961", and|strong="H1980" show|strong="H2388" yourself a|strong="H1961" man|strong="H0376"; 
\verseNumber{3}and|strong="H3068" keep|strong="H8104" the|strong="H3605" instruction|strong="H8451" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430", to|strong="H3068" walk|strong="H1870" in|strong="H0430" his|strong="H3605" ways|strong="H1870", to|strong="H3068" keep|strong="H8104" his|strong="H3605" statutes|strong="H2708", his|strong="H3605" commandments|strong="H4687", his|strong="H3605" ordinances|strong="H4941", and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3605" testimonies|strong="H5715", according|strong="H4941" to|strong="H3068" that|strong="H0834" which|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3605" Torah of|strong="H0430" Moses|strong="H4872", that|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" may|strong="H0430" prosper in|strong="H0430" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" do|strong="H6213" and|strong="H3068" wherever|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" turn|strong="H6437" yourself|strong="H8033". 
\verseNumber{4}Then|strong="H6965" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" may|strong="H0376" establish|strong="H6965" his|strong="H3605" word|strong="H1697" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" spoke|strong="H1696" concerning|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5315", saying|strong="H0559", ‘If|strong="H0518" your|strong="H3068" children|strong="H1121" are|strong="H0834" careful|strong="H8104" of|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3605" way|strong="H1870", to|strong="H0559" walk|strong="H1870" before|strong="H6440" me|strong="H5315" in|strong="H5921" truth|strong="H0571" with|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" heart|strong="H3824" and|strong="H1121" with|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" soul|strong="H5315", there|strong="H3068" shall|strong="H1121" not|strong="H3808" fail|strong="H3772" you|strong="H0834",’ he|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559", ‘a|strong="H3772" man|strong="H0376" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" throne|strong="H3678" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478".’ 
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\verseNumber{5}“Moreover|strong="H1571" you|strong="H0859" know|strong="H3045" also|strong="H1571" what|strong="H0834" Joab|strong="H3097" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zeruiah|strong="H6870" did|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H5414", even|strong="H1571" what|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H0853" two|strong="H8147" captains|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", to|strong="H3478" Abner|strong="H0074" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ner|strong="H5369" and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3478" Amasa|strong="H6021" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jether|strong="H3500", whom|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" killed|strong="H2026", and|strong="H1121" shed|strong="H7760" the|strong="H0853" blood|strong="H1818" of|strong="H1121" war|strong="H4421" in|strong="H3478" peace|strong="H7965", and|strong="H1121" put|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" blood|strong="H1818" of|strong="H1121" war|strong="H4421" on|strong="H7760" his|strong="H5414" sash that|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" around his|strong="H5414" waist|strong="H4975" and|strong="H1121" in|strong="H3478" his|strong="H5414" sandals|strong="H5275" that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" on|strong="H7760" his|strong="H5414" feet|strong="H7272". 
\verseNumber{6}Do|strong="H6213" therefore according to|strong="H3381" your|strong="H3808" wisdom|strong="H2451", and|strong="H2451" don’t|strong="H3808" let|strong="H3381" his|strong="H3808" grey head|strong="H7872" go|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" Sheol|strong="H7585"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{2:6  }Sheol is the place of the dead.} in|strong="H7585" peace|strong="H7965". 
\verseNumber{7}But|strong="H3588" show|strong="H6213" kindness|strong="H2617" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H6440" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Barzillai|strong="H1271" the|strong="H6440" Gileadite|strong="H1569", and|strong="H1121" let|strong="H1961" them|strong="H0413" be|strong="H1961" amongst those|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" eat|strong="H0398" at|strong="H0413" your|strong="H6440" table|strong="H7979"; for|strong="H3588" so|strong="H3651" they|strong="H3588" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413" when|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" fled|strong="H1272" from|strong="H6440" Absalom|strong="H0053" your|strong="H6440" brother|strong="H0251". 
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\verseNumber{8}“Behold|strong="H2009", there|strong="H2009" is|strong="H3068" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H0518" Shimei|strong="H8096" the|strong="H0559" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Gera|strong="H1617", the|strong="H0559" Benjamite|strong="H1145" of|strong="H1121" Bahurim|strong="H0980", who|strong="H1931" cursed|strong="H7043" me|strong="H5973" with|strong="H5973" a|strong="H0518" grievous curse|strong="H7045" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" day|strong="H3117" when|strong="H3117" I|strong="H0518" went|strong="H3381" to|strong="H0559" Mahanaim|strong="H4266"; but|strong="H0518" he|strong="H1931" came|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H0559" meet|strong="H7125" me|strong="H5973" at|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" Jordan|strong="H3383", and|strong="H1121" I|strong="H0518" swore|strong="H7650" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H5973" by|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068", saying|strong="H0559", ‘I|strong="H0518" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H0518" put|strong="H4191" you|strong="H0518" to|strong="H0559" death|strong="H4191" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H0559" sword|strong="H2719".’ 
\verseNumber{9}Now|strong="H6258" therefore|strong="H6258" don’t|strong="H0408" hold him|strong="H0853" guiltless, for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859" are|strong="H0834" a|strong="H3588" wise|strong="H2450" man|strong="H0376"; and|strong="H0376" you|strong="H0859" will|strong="H0834" know|strong="H3045" what|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0859" ought to|strong="H3381" do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3381" him|strong="H0853", and|strong="H0376" you|strong="H0859" shall|strong="H0376" bring|strong="H3381" his|strong="H0834" grey head|strong="H7872" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" Sheol|strong="H7585"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{2:9  }Sheol is the place of the dead.} with|strong="H3045" blood|strong="H1818".” 
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\verseNumber{10}David|strong="H1732" slept|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H1732" fathers|strong="H0001", and|strong="H1732" was|strong="H1732" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H6912" David’s|strong="H1732" city|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{11}The|strong="H0834" days|strong="H3117" that|strong="H0834" David|strong="H1732" reigned|strong="H4427" over|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478" were|strong="H0834" forty|strong="H0705" years|strong="H8141"; he|strong="H0834" reigned|strong="H4427" seven|strong="H7651" years|strong="H8141" in|strong="H5921" Hebron|strong="H2275", and|strong="H3478" he|strong="H0834" reigned|strong="H4427" thirty-three|strong="H7969" years|strong="H8141" in|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{12}Solomon|strong="H8010" sat|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" David|strong="H1732" his|strong="H5921" father’s|strong="H0001" throne|strong="H3678"; and|strong="H4428" his|strong="H5921" kingdom|strong="H4428" was|strong="H1732" firmly|strong="H3559" established|strong="H3559". 
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\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="H0935" Adonijah|strong="H0138" the|strong="H0559" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Haggith|strong="H2294" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" Bathsheba|strong="H1339" the|strong="H0559" mother|strong="H0517" of|strong="H1121" Solomon|strong="H8010". She|strong="H0517" said|strong="H0559", “Do|strong="H0935" you|strong="H0935" come|strong="H0935" peaceably|strong="H7965"?” 
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He|strong="H8010" said|strong="H0559", “Peaceably|strong="H7965". 
\verseNumber{14}He|strong="H0559" said|strong="H0559" moreover|strong="H1696", I|strong="H1697" have|strong="H1697" something|strong="H1697" to|strong="H0413" tell|strong="H0559" you|strong="H0413".” 
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She said|strong="H0559", “Say|strong="H0559" on|strong="H0413".” 
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\verseNumber{15}He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H0859" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" kingdom|strong="H4410" was|strong="H1961" mine, and|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" set|strong="H7760" their|strong="H3605" faces|strong="H6440" on|strong="H5921" me|strong="H6440", that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3068" reign|strong="H4427". However, the|strong="H3605" kingdom|strong="H4410" is|strong="H3068" turned|strong="H5437" around|strong="H5437", and|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" become|strong="H1961" my|strong="H3605" brother’s|strong="H0251"; for|strong="H3588" it|strong="H7760" was|strong="H1961" his|strong="H3605" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{16}Now|strong="H6258" I|strong="H0595" ask|strong="H7592" one|strong="H0259" petition|strong="H7596" of|strong="H6440" you|strong="H6440". Don’t|strong="H0408" deny me|strong="H0413".” 
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She|strong="H7596" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “Say|strong="H0559" on|strong="H0413".” 
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\verseNumber{17}He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “Please|strong="H4994" speak|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" Solomon|strong="H8010" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" (for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4428" not|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H0559" you|strong="H3588" ‘no’), that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" give|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" Abishag|strong="H0049" the|strong="H0853" Shunammite|strong="H7767" as|strong="H3588" wife|strong="H0802".” 
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\verseNumber{18}Bathsheba|strong="H1339" said|strong="H0559", “All right|strong="H2896". I|strong="H0595" will|strong="H4428" speak|strong="H1696" for|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428".” 
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\verseNumber{19}Bathsheba|strong="H1339" therefore went|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010", to|strong="H0413" speak|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413" for|strong="H5921" Adonijah|strong="H0138". The|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" rose|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" to|strong="H0413" meet|strong="H7125" her|strong="H0413" and|strong="H0935" bowed|strong="H7812" himself|strong="H7812" to|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413", and|strong="H0935" sat|strong="H3427" down|strong="H7812" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" throne|strong="H3678" and|strong="H0935" caused|strong="H6965" a|strong="H7760" throne|strong="H3678" to|strong="H0413" be|strong="H0517" set|strong="H7760" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" king’s|strong="H4428" mother|strong="H0517"; and|strong="H0935" she|strong="H0517" sat|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" right|strong="H3225" hand|strong="H3225". 
\verseNumber{20}Then|strong="H0853" she|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H0595" ask|strong="H7592" one|strong="H0259" small|strong="H6996" petition|strong="H7596" of|strong="H4428" you|strong="H3588"; don’t|strong="H0408" deny me|strong="H6440".” 
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The|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" her|strong="H7592", “Ask|strong="H7592" on|strong="H0259", my|strong="H7725" mother|strong="H0517", for|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0595" will|strong="H4428" not|strong="H3808" deny you|strong="H3588".” 
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\verseNumber{21}She said|strong="H0559", “Let|strong="H5414" Abishag|strong="H0049" the|strong="H0853" Shunammite|strong="H7767" be|strong="H5414" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0559" Adonijah|strong="H0138" your|strong="H5414" brother|strong="H0251" as|strong="H5414" wife|strong="H0802".” 
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\verseNumber{22}King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010" answered|strong="H0559" his|strong="H3588" mother|strong="H0517", “Why|strong="H4100" do|strong="H4100" you|strong="H0859" ask|strong="H7592" Abishag|strong="H0049" the|strong="H0853" Shunammite|strong="H7767" for|strong="H3588" Adonijah|strong="H0138"? Ask|strong="H7592" for|strong="H3588" him|strong="H0853" the|strong="H0853" kingdom|strong="H4410" also|strong="H0853", for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" my|strong="H3588" elder|strong="H1419" brother|strong="H0251"; even|strong="H3588" for|strong="H3588" him|strong="H0853", and|strong="H1121" for|strong="H3588" Abiathar|strong="H0054" the|strong="H0853" priest|strong="H3548", and|strong="H1121" for|strong="H3588" Joab|strong="H3097" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zeruiah|strong="H6870".” 
\verseNumber{23}Then|strong="H1696" King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010" swore|strong="H7650" by|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068", saying|strong="H0559", “God|strong="H0430" do|strong="H6213" so|strong="H6213" to|strong="H0559" me|strong="H5315", and|strong="H3068" more|strong="H3254" also|strong="H3068", if|strong="H3588" Adonijah|strong="H0138" has|strong="H3068" not|strong="H2088" spoken|strong="H1696" this|strong="H2088" word|strong="H1697" against|strong="H1696" his|strong="H3068" own|strong="H5315" life|strong="H5315". 
\verseNumber{24}Now|strong="H6258" therefore|strong="H6258" as|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" LORD|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H2416", who|strong="H0834" has|strong="H3068" established|strong="H3559" me|strong="H5921" and|strong="H3068" set|strong="H3559" me|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" my|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001" David’s|strong="H1732" throne|strong="H3678", and|strong="H3068" who|strong="H0834" has|strong="H3068" made|strong="H6213" me|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3588" house|strong="H1004" as|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" promised|strong="H1696", surely|strong="H3588" Adonijah|strong="H0138" shall|strong="H3068" be|strong="H4191" put|strong="H4191" to|strong="H1696" death|strong="H4191" today|strong="H3117".” 
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\verseNumber{25}King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010" sent|strong="H7971" Benaiah|strong="H1141" the|strong="H7971" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jehoiada|strong="H3077"; and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H8010" fell|strong="H6293" on|strong="H3027" him|strong="H7971", so|strong="H7971" that|strong="H3027" he|strong="H8010" died|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{26}To|strong="H0559" Abiathar|strong="H0054" the|strong="H3605" priest|strong="H3548" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559", “Go to|strong="H0559" Anathoth|strong="H6068", to|strong="H0559" your|strong="H3605" own|strong="H0376" fields|strong="H7704", for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859" are|strong="H0834" worthy of|strong="H4428" death|strong="H4191". But|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" at|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2088" time|strong="H3117" put|strong="H4191" you|strong="H0859" to|strong="H0559" death|strong="H4191", because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859" bore|strong="H5375" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H0136"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{2:26  }The word translated “Lord” (mixed case) is “Adonai.”} GOD’s ark|strong="H0727" before|strong="H6440" David|strong="H1732" my|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001", and|strong="H4428" because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859" were|strong="H0834" afflicted|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" in|strong="H5921" which|strong="H0834" my|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" was|strong="H0834" afflicted|strong="H5921".” 
\verseNumber{27}So|strong="H1961" Solomon|strong="H8010" thrust Abiathar|strong="H0054" out|strong="H1644" from|strong="H5921" being|strong="H1961" priest|strong="H3548" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068", that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" might|strong="H3068" fulfil the|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" word|strong="H1697" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" spoke|strong="H1696" concerning|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Eli|strong="H5941" in|strong="H5921" Shiloh|strong="H7887". 
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\verseNumber{28}This|strong="H3588" news|strong="H8052" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" Joab|strong="H3097"; for|strong="H3588" Joab|strong="H3097" had|strong="H3068" followed|strong="H0310" Adonijah|strong="H0138", although|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" didn’t|strong="H3808" follow|strong="H0310" Absalom|strong="H0053". Joab|strong="H3097" fled|strong="H5127" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3588" LORD’s|strong="H3068" Tent|strong="H0168", and|strong="H0935" held|strong="H2388" onto|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3588" horns|strong="H7161" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" altar|strong="H4196". 
\verseNumber{29}King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010" was|strong="H3068" told|strong="H5046", “Joab|strong="H3097" has|strong="H3068" fled|strong="H5127" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" Tent|strong="H0168"; and|strong="H1121" behold|strong="H2009", he|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" by|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" altar|strong="H4196".” Then|strong="H2009" Solomon|strong="H8010" sent|strong="H7971" Benaiah|strong="H1141" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jehoiada|strong="H3077", saying|strong="H0559", “Go|strong="H7971", fall|strong="H6293" on|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413".” 
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\verseNumber{30}Benaiah|strong="H1141" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" Tent|strong="H0168", and|strong="H0935" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “The|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" says|strong="H0559", ‘Come|strong="H0935" out|strong="H3318"!’” 
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He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “No|strong="H3808"; but|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" die|strong="H4191" here|strong="H6311".” 
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Benaiah|strong="H1141" brought|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" word|strong="H1697" again|strong="H7725", saying|strong="H0559", “This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H1697" Joab|strong="H3097" said|strong="H0559", and|strong="H0935" this|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" how|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" answered|strong="H0559" me|strong="H0413".” 
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\verseNumber{31}The|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H5921", “Do|strong="H6213" as|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" has|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559", and|strong="H4428" fall|strong="H6293" on|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921", and|strong="H4428" bury|strong="H6912" him|strong="H5921", that|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" may|strong="H0834" take|strong="H5493" away|strong="H5493" the|strong="H0559" blood|strong="H1818", which|strong="H0834" Joab|strong="H3097" shed|strong="H8210" without|strong="H2600" cause|strong="H2600", from|strong="H5493" me|strong="H5921" and|strong="H4428" from|strong="H5493" my|strong="H5921" father’s|strong="H0001" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{32}The|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" return|strong="H7725" his|strong="H5921" blood|strong="H1818" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" own|strong="H0376" head|strong="H7218", because|strong="H5921" he|strong="H0834" fell|strong="H6293" on|strong="H5921" two|strong="H8147" men|strong="H0376" more|strong="H4480" righteous|strong="H6662" and|strong="H1121" better|strong="H2896" than|strong="H4480" he|strong="H0834", and|strong="H1121" killed|strong="H2026" them|strong="H0853" with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" sword|strong="H2719", and|strong="H1121" my|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001" David|strong="H1732" didn’t|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" it|strong="H5921": Abner|strong="H0074" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ner|strong="H5369", captain|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" army|strong="H6635" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H1121" Amasa|strong="H6021" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jether|strong="H3500", captain|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" army|strong="H6635" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063". 
\verseNumber{33}So|strong="H1961" their|strong="H3068" blood|strong="H1818" will|strong="H3068" return|strong="H7725" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" head|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1004" Joab|strong="H3097" and|strong="H3068" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" head|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1004" his|strong="H3068" offspring|strong="H2233"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{2:33  }or, seed} forever|strong="H5769". But|strong="H1961" for|strong="H1004" David|strong="H1732", for|strong="H1004" his|strong="H3068" offspring|strong="H2233", for|strong="H1004" his|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H3068" for|strong="H1004" his|strong="H3068" throne|strong="H3678", there|strong="H1961" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" peace|strong="H7965" forever|strong="H5769" from|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3068" LORD|strong="H3068".” 
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\verseNumber{34}Then|strong="H5927" Benaiah|strong="H1141" the|strong="H5927" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jehoiada|strong="H3077" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" and|strong="H1121" fell|strong="H6293" on|strong="H1004" him|strong="H6912", and|strong="H1121" killed|strong="H4191" him|strong="H6912"; and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H1004" was|strong="H1004" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H1004" his|strong="H4191" own house|strong="H1004" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5927" wilderness|strong="H4057". 
\verseNumber{35}The|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" put|strong="H5414" Benaiah|strong="H1141" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jehoiada|strong="H3077" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5414" place|strong="H8478" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" army|strong="H6635"; and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" put|strong="H5414" Zadok|strong="H6659" the|strong="H0853" priest|strong="H3548" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" place|strong="H8478" of|strong="H1121" Abiathar|strong="H0054". 
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\verseNumber{36}The|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" sent|strong="H7971" and|strong="H4428" called|strong="H7121" for|strong="H7121" Shimei|strong="H8096", and|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H7971", “Build|strong="H1129" yourself|strong="H8033" a|strong="H1129" house|strong="H1004" in|strong="H3427" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", and|strong="H4428" live|strong="H3427" there|strong="H8033", and|strong="H4428" don’t|strong="H3808" go|strong="H3318" anywhere|strong="H0575" else|strong="H3808". 
\verseNumber{37}For|strong="H3588" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" day|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3588" go|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" and|strong="H3117" pass|strong="H5674" over|strong="H7218" the|strong="H0853" brook|strong="H5158" Kidron|strong="H6939", know|strong="H3045" for|strong="H3588" certain|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" surely|strong="H3588" die|strong="H4191". Your|strong="H3045" blood|strong="H1818" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" on|strong="H3117" your|strong="H3045" own|strong="H1961" head|strong="H7218".” 
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\verseNumber{38}Shimei|strong="H8096" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428", “What|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" say|strong="H0559" is|strong="H0834" good|strong="H2896". As|strong="H0834" my|strong="H0834" lord|strong="H0113" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" has|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559", so|strong="H3651" will|strong="H0834" your|strong="H0834" servant|strong="H5650" do|strong="H6213".” Shimei|strong="H8096" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" many|strong="H7227" days|strong="H3117". 
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\verseNumber{39}At|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" end|strong="H7093" of|strong="H1121" three|strong="H7969" years|strong="H8141", two|strong="H8147" of|strong="H1121" Shimei’s slaves|strong="H5650" ran|strong="H1272" away|strong="H1272" to|strong="H0413" Achish|strong="H0397", son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Maacah|strong="H4601", king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Gath|strong="H1661". They|strong="H0559" told|strong="H5046" Shimei|strong="H8096", saying|strong="H0559", “Behold|strong="H2009", your|strong="H1961" slaves|strong="H5650" are|strong="H1121" in|strong="H8141" Gath|strong="H1661".” 
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\verseNumber{40}Shimei|strong="H8096" arose|strong="H6965", saddled|strong="H2280" his|strong="H0935" donkey|strong="H2543", and|strong="H0935" went|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" Gath|strong="H1661" to|strong="H0413" Achish|strong="H0397" to|strong="H0413" seek|strong="H1245" his|strong="H0935" slaves|strong="H5650"; and|strong="H0935" Shimei|strong="H8096" went|strong="H0935" and|strong="H0935" brought|strong="H0935" his|strong="H0935" slaves|strong="H5650" from|strong="H0935" Gath|strong="H1661". 
\verseNumber{41}Solomon|strong="H8010" was|strong="H3389" told|strong="H5046" that|strong="H3588" Shimei|strong="H8096" had|strong="H8010" gone|strong="H1980" from|strong="H7725" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" to|strong="H1980" Gath|strong="H1661", and|strong="H1980" had|strong="H8010" come|strong="H1980" again|strong="H7725". 
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\verseNumber{42}The|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" sent|strong="H7971" and|strong="H1980" called|strong="H7121" for|strong="H3588" Shimei|strong="H8096", and|strong="H1980" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “Didn’t|strong="H3808" I|strong="H3588" adjure|strong="H7650" you|strong="H3588" by|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" and|strong="H1980" warn|strong="H5749" you|strong="H3588", saying|strong="H0559", ‘Know|strong="H3045" for|strong="H3588" certain|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0559" day|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3588" go|strong="H1980" out|strong="H3318" and|strong="H1980" walk|strong="H1980" anywhere|strong="H0575" else|strong="H3808", you|strong="H3588" shall|strong="H3068" surely|strong="H3588" die|strong="H4191"?’ You|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413", ‘The|strong="H0559" saying|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3045" heard|strong="H8085" is|strong="H3068" good|strong="H2896".’ 
\verseNumber{43}Why|strong="H4069" then|strong="H0853" have|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" kept|strong="H8104" the|strong="H0853" oath|strong="H7621" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" commandment|strong="H4687" that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" instructed|strong="H6680" you|strong="H0834" with|strong="H3068"?” 
\verseNumber{44}The|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" moreover to|strong="H0413" Shimei|strong="H8096", “You|strong="H0859" know|strong="H3045" in|strong="H0413" your|strong="H3068" heart|strong="H3824" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" wickedness|strong="H7451" that|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0859" did|strong="H6213" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732" my|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001". Therefore|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" return|strong="H7725" your|strong="H3068" wickedness|strong="H7451" on|strong="H0413" your|strong="H3068" own head|strong="H7218". 
\verseNumber{45}But|strong="H1961" King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" blessed|strong="H1288", and|strong="H3068" David’s|strong="H1732" throne|strong="H3678" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" established|strong="H3559" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" LORD|strong="H3068" forever|strong="H5769".” 
\verseNumber{46}So|strong="H3318" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" commanded|strong="H6680" Benaiah|strong="H1141" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jehoiada|strong="H3077"; and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H8010" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318", and|strong="H1121" fell|strong="H3318" on|strong="H3027" him|strong="H0853", so|strong="H3318" that|strong="H3027" he|strong="H8010" died|strong="H4191". The|strong="H0853" kingdom|strong="H4467" was|strong="H4428" established|strong="H3559" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" Solomon|strong="H8010". 
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\chapterNumber{3}Solomon|strong="H8010" made|strong="H1129" a|strong="H3947" marriage|strong="H2859" alliance|strong="H2859" with|strong="H0854" Pharaoh|strong="H6547" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Egypt|strong="H4714". He|strong="H5704" took|strong="H3947" Pharaoh’s|strong="H6547" daughter|strong="H1323" and|strong="H0935" brought|strong="H0935" her|strong="H0413" into|strong="H0413" David’s|strong="H1732" city|strong="H5892" until|strong="H5704" he|strong="H5704" had|strong="H3068" finished|strong="H3615" building|strong="H1129" his|strong="H3947" own house|strong="H1004", the|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" wall|strong="H2346" around|strong="H5439" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{2}However|strong="H7535", the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" sacrificed|strong="H2076" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" high|strong="H1116" places|strong="H1116", because|strong="H3588" there|strong="H1992" was|strong="H8034" not|strong="H3808" yet|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" house|strong="H1004" built|strong="H1129" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" LORD’s|strong="H3068" name|strong="H8034". 
\verseNumber{3}Solomon|strong="H8010" loved|strong="H0157" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068", walking in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" statutes|strong="H2708" of|strong="H3068" David|strong="H1732" his|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001", except|strong="H7535" that|strong="H1931" he|strong="H1931" sacrificed|strong="H2076" and|strong="H3068" burnt|strong="H6999" incense|strong="H6999" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" high|strong="H1116" places|strong="H1116". 
\verseNumber{4}The|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" went|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5921" Gibeon|strong="H1391" to|strong="H5921" sacrifice|strong="H2076" there|strong="H8033", for|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1931" the|strong="H5921" great|strong="H1419" high|strong="H1116" place|strong="H1116". Solomon|strong="H8010" offered|strong="H5927" a|strong="H3588" thousand|strong="H0505" burnt|strong="H5930" offerings|strong="H5930" on|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3588" altar|strong="H4196". 
\verseNumber{5}In|strong="H0413" Gibeon|strong="H1391", the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" appeared|strong="H7200" to|strong="H0413" Solomon|strong="H8010" in|strong="H0413" a|strong="H5414" dream|strong="H2472" by|strong="H0413" night|strong="H3915"; and|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430" said|strong="H0559", “Ask|strong="H7592" for|strong="H0413" what|strong="H4100" I|strong="H5414" should|strong="H4100" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414".” 
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\verseNumber{6}Solomon|strong="H8010" said|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H0859" have|strong="H0834" shown|strong="H5973" to|strong="H0559" your|strong="H5414" servant|strong="H5650" David|strong="H1732" my|strong="H8104" father|strong="H0001" great|strong="H1419" loving kindness|strong="H2617", because|strong="H5921" he|strong="H0834" walked|strong="H1980" before|strong="H6440" you|strong="H0859" in|strong="H3427" truth|strong="H0571", in|strong="H3427" righteousness|strong="H6666", and|strong="H1980" in|strong="H3427" uprightness|strong="H3483" of|strong="H1121" heart|strong="H3824" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H0859". You|strong="H0859" have|strong="H0834" kept|strong="H8104" for|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5414" this|strong="H2088" great|strong="H1419" loving kindness|strong="H2617", that|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0859" have|strong="H0834" given|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" son|strong="H1121" to|strong="H0559" sit|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H8104" throne|strong="H3678", as|strong="H0834" it|strong="H5414" is|strong="H0834" today|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{7}Now|strong="H6258", LORD|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430", you|strong="H0859" have|strong="H0001" made|strong="H3045" your|strong="H3068" servant|strong="H5650" king|strong="H4427" instead|strong="H8478" of|strong="H0430" David|strong="H1732" my|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001". I|strong="H0595" am|strong="H0595" just|strong="H6258" a|strong="H0935" little|strong="H6996" child|strong="H5288". I|strong="H0595" don’t|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" how|strong="H3045" to|strong="H0935" go|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" or|strong="H3808" come|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935". 
\verseNumber{8}Your|strong="H0834" servant|strong="H5650" is|strong="H0834" amongst your|strong="H0834" people|strong="H5971" which|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" chosen|strong="H0977", a|strong="H0834" great|strong="H7227" people|strong="H5971", that|strong="H0834" can’t|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" numbered|strong="H5608" or|strong="H3808" counted|strong="H5608" for|strong="H3808" multitude|strong="H7230". 
\verseNumber{9}Give|strong="H5414" your|strong="H5414" servant|strong="H5650" therefore|strong="H3588" an|strong="H5414" understanding|strong="H0995" heart|strong="H3820" to|strong="H3201" judge|strong="H8199" your|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971", that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" may|strong="H4310" discern|strong="H0995" between|strong="H0996" good|strong="H2896" and|strong="H5650" evil|strong="H7451"; for|strong="H3588" who|strong="H4310" is|strong="H2088" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3201" judge|strong="H8199" this|strong="H2088" great|strong="H3515" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H5650" yours|strong="H5414"?” 
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\verseNumber{10}This|strong="H2088" request|strong="H1697" pleased|strong="H3190" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H0136", that|strong="H3588" Solomon|strong="H8010" had|strong="H8010" asked|strong="H7592" this|strong="H2088" thing|strong="H1697". 
\verseNumber{11}God|strong="H0430" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “Because|strong="H3282" you|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" asked|strong="H7592" this|strong="H2088" thing|strong="H1697", and|strong="H0430" have|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" asked|strong="H7592" for|strong="H0413" yourself|strong="H5315" long|strong="H3117" life|strong="H5315", nor|strong="H3808" have|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" asked|strong="H7592" for|strong="H0413" riches|strong="H6239" for|strong="H0413" yourself|strong="H5315", nor|strong="H3808" have|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" asked|strong="H7592" for|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" life|strong="H5315" of|strong="H0430" your|strong="H0834" enemies|strong="H0341", but|strong="H3808" have|strong="H0834" asked|strong="H7592" for|strong="H0413" yourself|strong="H5315" understanding|strong="H0995" to|strong="H0413" discern|strong="H0995" justice|strong="H4941", 
\verseNumber{12}behold|strong="H2009", I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H1961" done|strong="H6213" according|strong="H0310" to|strong="H1961" your|strong="H5414" word|strong="H1697". Behold|strong="H2009", I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H1961" given|strong="H5414" you|strong="H0834" a|strong="H1961" wise|strong="H2450" and|strong="H6965" understanding|strong="H0995" heart|strong="H3820", so|strong="H6213" that|strong="H0834" there|strong="H2009" has|strong="H0834" been|strong="H1961" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" like|strong="H3644" you|strong="H0834" before|strong="H6440" you|strong="H0834", and|strong="H6965" after|strong="H0310" you|strong="H0834" none|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1961" arise|strong="H6965" like|strong="H3644" you|strong="H0834". 
\verseNumber{13}I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H1961" also|strong="H1571" given|strong="H5414" you|strong="H0834" that|strong="H0834" which|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" have|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" asked|strong="H7592", both|strong="H1571" riches|strong="H6239" and|strong="H4428" honour, so|strong="H1961" that|strong="H0834" there|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" any|strong="H3605" amongst the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" like|strong="H3644" you|strong="H0834" for|strong="H3117" all|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3605" days|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{14}If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" walk|strong="H1980" in|strong="H1980" my|strong="H8104" ways|strong="H1870", to|strong="H1980" keep|strong="H8104" my|strong="H8104" statutes|strong="H2706" and|strong="H1980" my|strong="H8104" commandments|strong="H4687", as|strong="H0834" your|strong="H0834" father|strong="H0001" David|strong="H1732" walked|strong="H1980", then|strong="H1980" I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" lengthen|strong="H0748" your|strong="H0834" days|strong="H3117".” 
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\verseNumber{15}Solomon|strong="H8010" awoke|strong="H3364"; and|strong="H0935" behold|strong="H2009", it|strong="H6213" was|strong="H3389" a|strong="H0935" dream|strong="H2472". Then|strong="H2009" he|strong="H6213" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H0935" stood|strong="H5975" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" ark|strong="H0727" of|strong="H0727" the|strong="H3605" LORD’s covenant|strong="H1285", and|strong="H0935" offered|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" burnt|strong="H5930" offerings|strong="H8002", offered|strong="H5927" peace|strong="H8002" offerings|strong="H8002", and|strong="H0935" made|strong="H6213" a|strong="H0935" feast|strong="H4960" for|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" servants|strong="H5650". 
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\verseNumber{16}Then|strong="H0227" two|strong="H8147" women|strong="H0802" who|strong="H4428" were|strong="H0802" prostitutes|strong="H2185" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428", and|strong="H0935" stood|strong="H5975" before|strong="H6440" him|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{17}The|strong="H0559" one|strong="H0259" woman|strong="H0802" said|strong="H0559", “Oh, my|strong="H0559" lord|strong="H0113", I|strong="H0589" and|strong="H1004" this|strong="H2063" woman|strong="H0802" dwell|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" one|strong="H0259" house|strong="H1004". I|strong="H0589" delivered|strong="H3205" a|strong="H3205" child|strong="H3205" with|strong="H5973" her|strong="H0802" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0559" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{18}The|strong="H3205" third|strong="H7992" day|strong="H3117" after|strong="H1961" I|strong="H3117" delivered|strong="H3205", this|strong="H2063" woman|strong="H0802" delivered|strong="H3205" also|strong="H1571". We|strong="H0587" were|strong="H1961" together|strong="H3162". There|strong="H0369" was|strong="H0369" no|strong="H0369" stranger with|strong="H0854" us|strong="H3117" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3205" house|strong="H1004", just|strong="H1571" us|strong="H3117" two|strong="H8147" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3205" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{19}This|strong="H2063" woman’s|strong="H0802" child|strong="H1121" died|strong="H4191" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" night|strong="H3915", because|strong="H5921" she|strong="H0834" lay|strong="H7901" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{20}She|strong="H7901" arose|strong="H6965" at|strong="H4191" midnight, and|strong="H1121" took|strong="H3947" my|strong="H3947" son|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" beside|strong="H0681" me|strong="H3947" while your|strong="H3947" servant|strong="H0519" slept|strong="H7901", and|strong="H1121" laid|strong="H7901" it|strong="H3947" in|strong="H4191" her|strong="H3947" bosom|strong="H2436", and|strong="H1121" laid|strong="H7901" her|strong="H3947" dead|strong="H4191" child|strong="H1121" in|strong="H4191" my|strong="H3947" bosom|strong="H2436". 
\verseNumber{21}When|strong="H1961" I|strong="H0834" rose|strong="H6965" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" morning|strong="H1242" to|strong="H0413" nurse|strong="H3243" my|strong="H1961" child|strong="H1121", behold|strong="H2009", he|strong="H0834" was|strong="H1961" dead|strong="H4191"; but|strong="H3808" when|strong="H1961" I|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" looked|strong="H2009" at|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" morning|strong="H1242", behold|strong="H2009", it|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" my|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121" whom|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" bore|strong="H3205".” 
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\verseNumber{22}The|strong="H0559" other|strong="H0312" woman|strong="H0802" said|strong="H0559", “No|strong="H3808"! But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0559" living|strong="H2416" one|strong="H3808" is|strong="H4428" my|strong="H3588" son|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" dead|strong="H4191" one|strong="H3808" is|strong="H4428" your|strong="H6440" son|strong="H1121".” 
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The|strong="H0559" first|strong="H6440" one|strong="H3808" said|strong="H0559", “No|strong="H3808"! But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0559" dead|strong="H4191" one|strong="H3808" is|strong="H4428" your|strong="H6440" son|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" living|strong="H2416" one|strong="H3808" is|strong="H4428" my|strong="H3588" son|strong="H1121".” They|strong="H3588" argued like|strong="H3808" this|strong="H2063" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428". 
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\verseNumber{23}Then|strong="H2088" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559", “One|strong="H2088" says|strong="H0559", ‘This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" my|strong="H3588" son|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" lives|strong="H2416", and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3588" son|strong="H1121" is|strong="H2088" the|strong="H0559" dead|strong="H4191";’ and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" other|strong="H2088" says|strong="H0559", ‘No|strong="H3808"! But|strong="H3588" your|strong="H3588" son|strong="H1121" is|strong="H2088" the|strong="H0559" dead|strong="H4191" one|strong="H2088", and|strong="H1121" my|strong="H3588" son|strong="H1121" is|strong="H2088" the|strong="H0559" living|strong="H2416" one|strong="H2088".’” 
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\verseNumber{24}The|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559", “Get|strong="H3947" me|strong="H6440" a|strong="H3947" sword|strong="H2719".” So|strong="H3947" they|strong="H0559" brought|strong="H0935" a|strong="H3947" sword|strong="H2719" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428". 
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\verseNumber{25}The|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559", “Divide|strong="H1504" the|strong="H0853" living|strong="H2416" child|strong="H3206" in|strong="H4428" two|strong="H8147", and|strong="H4428" give|strong="H5414" half|strong="H2677" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" one|strong="H0259", and|strong="H4428" half|strong="H2677" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" other|strong="H0259".” 
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\verseNumber{26}Then|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" woman|strong="H0802" whose|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" living|strong="H2416" child|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1961" spoke|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428", for|strong="H3588" her|strong="H0413" heart yearned over|strong="H5921" her|strong="H0413" son|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" she|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559", “Oh, my|strong="H5414" lord|strong="H0113", give|strong="H5414" her|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" living|strong="H2416" child|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" in|strong="H5921" no|strong="H3808" way|strong="H2063" kill|strong="H4191" him|strong="H0413"!” 
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But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" other|strong="H3205" said|strong="H0559", “He|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1961" neither|strong="H3808" mine nor|strong="H3808" yours|strong="H5414". Divide|strong="H1504" him|strong="H0413".” 
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\verseNumber{27}Then|strong="H6030" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" answered|strong="H0559", “Give|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" first woman the|strong="H0853" living|strong="H2416" child|strong="H3205", and|strong="H4428" definitely do not|strong="H3808" kill|strong="H4191" him|strong="H5414". She|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" his|strong="H5414" mother|strong="H0517".” 
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\verseNumber{28}All|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" heard|strong="H8085" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" judgement which|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" had|strong="H0834" judged|strong="H8199"; and|strong="H3478" they|strong="H0834" feared|strong="H3372" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", for|strong="H3588" they|strong="H0834" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" wisdom|strong="H2451" of|strong="H4428" God|strong="H0430" was|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0430" him|strong="H0853" to|strong="H3478" do|strong="H6213" justice|strong="H4941". 
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\chapterNumber{4}King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010" was|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4428" over|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{2}These|strong="H0428" were|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" princes|strong="H8269" whom|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834": Azariah|strong="H5838" the|strong="H0834" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zadok|strong="H6659", the|strong="H0834" priest|strong="H3548"; 
\verseNumber{3}Elihoreph|strong="H0456" and|strong="H1121" Ahijah|strong="H0281", the|strong="H2142" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shisha|strong="H7894", scribes|strong="H5608"; Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" the|strong="H2142" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ahilud|strong="H0286", the|strong="H2142" recorder|strong="H2142"; 
\verseNumber{4}Benaiah|strong="H1141" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jehoiada|strong="H3077" was|strong="H1121" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" army|strong="H6635"; Zadok|strong="H6659" and|strong="H1121" Abiathar|strong="H0054" were|strong="H1121" priests|strong="H3548"; 
\verseNumber{5}Azariah|strong="H5838" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Nathan|strong="H5416" was|strong="H4428" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" officers|strong="H5324"; Zabud|strong="H2071" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Nathan|strong="H5416" was|strong="H4428" chief|strong="H3548" minister, the|strong="H5921" king’s|strong="H4428" friend|strong="H7463"; 
\verseNumber{6}Ahishar|strong="H0301" was|strong="H1004" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" household|strong="H1004"; and|strong="H1121" Adoniram|strong="H0141" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Abda|strong="H5653" was|strong="H1004" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" men|strong="H1121" subject to|strong="H5921" forced|strong="H4522" labour. 
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\verseNumber{7}Solomon|strong="H8010" had|strong="H1961" twelve|strong="H6240" officers|strong="H5324" over|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478", who|strong="H3605" provided|strong="H3557" food|strong="H1004" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H3478" his|strong="H3605" household|strong="H1004". Each|strong="H0259" man|strong="H3605" had|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" make provision for|strong="H5921" a|strong="H1961" month|strong="H2320" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" year|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{8}These|strong="H0428" are|strong="H0428" their names|strong="H8034": Ben Hur, in|strong="H8034" the|strong="H8034" hill|strong="H2022" country|strong="H2022" of|strong="H2022" Ephraim|strong="H0669"; 
\verseNumber{9}Ben Deker, in|strong="H1128" Makaz|strong="H4739", in|strong="H1128" Shaalbim|strong="H8169", Beth Shemesh, and|strong="H1053" Elon Beth Hanan; 
\verseNumber{10}Ben Hesed, in|strong="H0776" Arubboth|strong="H0700" (Socoh|strong="H7755" and|strong="H0776" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" Hepher|strong="H2660" belonged to|strong="H0776" him|strong="H3605"); 
\verseNumber{11}Ben Abinadab, in|strong="H0802" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" height of|strong="H1323" Dor|strong="H1756" (he|strong="H8010" had|strong="H1961" Taphath|strong="H2955", Solomon’s|strong="H8010" daughter|strong="H1323", as|strong="H1961" wife|strong="H0802"); 
\verseNumber{12}Baana|strong="H1195" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ahilud|strong="H0286", in|strong="H1121" Taanach|strong="H8590" and|strong="H1121" Megiddo|strong="H4023", and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" Beth Shean which|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" beside|strong="H0681" Zarethan|strong="H6891", beneath|strong="H8478" Jezreel|strong="H3157", from|strong="H1121" Beth Shean to|strong="H5704" Abel Meholah, as|strong="H0834" far|strong="H5704" as|strong="H0834" beyond|strong="H5676" Jokmeam|strong="H3361"; 
\verseNumber{13}Ben Geber, in|strong="H1121" Ramoth|strong="H7433" Gilead|strong="H1568" (the|strong="H0834" towns|strong="H5892" of|strong="H1121" Jair|strong="H2971" the|strong="H0834" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Manasseh|strong="H4519", which|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" in|strong="H1121" Gilead|strong="H1568", belonged to|strong="H1121" him|strong="H1121"; and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0834" region of|strong="H1121" Argob, which|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" in|strong="H1121" Bashan|strong="H1316", sixty|strong="H8346" great|strong="H1419" cities|strong="H5892" with|strong="H1280" walls|strong="H2346" and|strong="H1121" bronze|strong="H5178" bars|strong="H1280", belonged to|strong="H1121" him|strong="H1121"); 
\verseNumber{14}Ahinadab|strong="H0292" the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Iddo|strong="H5714", in|strong="H1121" Mahanaim|strong="H4266"; 
\verseNumber{15}Ahimaaz|strong="H0290", in|strong="H0802" Naphtali|strong="H5321" (he|strong="H1931" also|strong="H1571" took|strong="H3947" Basemath|strong="H1315" the|strong="H0853" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1323" Solomon|strong="H8010" as|strong="H1571" wife|strong="H0802"); 
\verseNumber{16}Baana|strong="H1195" the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hushai|strong="H2365", in|strong="H1121" Asher|strong="H0836" and|strong="H1121" Bealoth|strong="H1175"; 
\verseNumber{17}Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" the|strong="H3092" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Paruah|strong="H6515", in|strong="H1121" Issachar|strong="H3485"; 
\verseNumber{18}Shimei|strong="H8096" the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ela|strong="H0414", in|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144"; 
\verseNumber{19}Geber|strong="H1398" the|strong="H0834" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Uri|strong="H0221", in|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0834" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H1121" Gilead|strong="H1568", the|strong="H0834" country|strong="H0776" of|strong="H1121" Sihon|strong="H5511" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0834" Amorites|strong="H0567" and|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Og|strong="H5747" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Bashan|strong="H1316"; and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" only|strong="H0259" officer who|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0834" land|strong="H0776". 
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\verseNumber{20}Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3063" Israel|strong="H3478" were|strong="H0834" numerous|strong="H7230" as|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" sand|strong="H2344" which|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" sea|strong="H3220" in|strong="H5921" multitude|strong="H7230", eating|strong="H0398" and|strong="H3063" drinking|strong="H8354" and|strong="H3063" making merry. 
\verseNumber{21}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. 
\verseNumber{22}Solomon’s provision for one day was thirty cors\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{4:22  }1 cor is the same as a homer, or about 55.9 U. S. gallons (liquid) or 211 litres or 6 bushels} of fine flour, sixty measures of meal, 
\verseNumber{23}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. 
\verseNumber{24}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. 
\verseNumber{25}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. 
\verseNumber{26}Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen. 
\verseNumber{27}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. 
\verseNumber{28}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. 
\verseNumber{29}God gave Solomon abundant wisdom, understanding, and breadth of mind like the sand that is on the seashore. 
\verseNumber{30}Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt. 
\verseNumber{31}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. 
\verseNumber{32}He spoke three thousand proverbs, and his songs numbered one thousand and five. 
\verseNumber{33}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. 
\verseNumber{34}People of all nations came to hear the wisdom of Solomon, sent by all kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom. 
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\chapterNumber{5}Hiram king of|strong="H0776" Tyre sent his|strong="H3605" servants|strong="H5647" to|strong="H5704" Solomon|strong="H8010", for|strong="H0776" he|strong="H5704" had|strong="H1961" heard that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3117" had|strong="H1961" anointed him|strong="H0853" king in|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" place|strong="H1961" of|strong="H0776" his|strong="H3605" father, and|strong="H0776" Hiram had|strong="H1961" always|strong="H3117" loved David|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{2}Solomon|strong="H8010" sent to|strong="H1961" Hiram, saying, 
\verseNumber{3}“You know that David my father could not build a house for|strong="H1241" the|strong="H0905" name of|strong="H6629" the|strong="H0905" LORD his God because of|strong="H6629" the|strong="H0905" wars which were|strong="H6629" around him on every side, until the|strong="H0905" LORD put his enemies under the|strong="H0905" soles of|strong="H6629" his feet. 
\verseNumber{4}But|strong="H3588" now|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" LORD my|strong="H3605" God has|strong="H1961" given me|strong="H1961" rest|strong="H1961" on|strong="H1961" every|strong="H3605" side|strong="H5439". There|strong="H1961" is|strong="H1931" no|strong="H3605" enemy and|strong="H4428" no|strong="H3605" evil occurrence. 
\verseNumber{5}Behold, I|strong="H5704" intend to|strong="H5704" build a|strong="H5704" house for|strong="H8478" the|strong="H3605" name of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3605" LORD my|strong="H3605" God, as|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" LORD spoke to|strong="H5704" David|strong="H3117" my|strong="H3605" father, saying, ‘Your|strong="H3605" son, whom I|strong="H5704" will|strong="H3478" set|strong="H3427" on|strong="H3117" your|strong="H3605" throne in|strong="H3427" your|strong="H3605" place|strong="H8478" shall|strong="H3478" build the|strong="H3605" house for|strong="H8478" my|strong="H3605" name.’ 
\verseNumber{6}Now|strong="H1961" therefore|strong="H1961" command that|strong="H1961" cedar trees be|strong="H1961" cut for|strong="H8010" me|strong="H1961" out|strong="H8147" of|strong="H0505" Lebanon. My|strong="H1961" servants will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" with|strong="H8147" your|strong="H1961" servants; and|strong="H8010" I|strong="H8147" will|strong="H1961" give|strong="H1961" you|strong="H1961" wages for|strong="H8010" your|strong="H1961" servants according to|strong="H1961" all|strong="H0505" that|strong="H1961" you|strong="H1961" say. For|strong="H8010" you|strong="H1961" know that|strong="H1961" there|strong="H1961" is|strong="H1961" nobody amongst us who knows how to|strong="H1961" cut timber like|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" Sidonians.” 
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\verseNumber{7}When|strong="H0376" Hiram heard the|strong="H3605" words|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010", he|strong="H3808" rejoiced greatly, and|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0413", “Blessed is|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3605" LORD today, who|strong="H3605" has|strong="H0376" given to|strong="H0413" David a|strong="H3808" wise son to|strong="H0413" rule|strong="H1697" over|strong="H0413" this|strong="H0428" great people|strong="H0376".” 
\verseNumber{8}Hiram sent to|strong="H0413" Solomon, saying, “I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H1961" heard the|strong="H0834" message which|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" have|strong="H1961" sent to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413". I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H1961" do|strong="H0935" all|strong="H0376" your|strong="H0834" desire concerning|strong="H0413" timber of|strong="H0376" cedar, and|strong="H0935" concerning|strong="H0413" cypress timber. 
\verseNumber{9}My|strong="H5414" servants will|strong="H0430" bring|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" down|strong="H5414" from|strong="H5921" Lebanon to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" sea|strong="H3220". I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0430" make|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" into|strong="H5921" rafts to|strong="H5921" go by|strong="H5921" sea|strong="H3220" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" place|strong="H5414" that|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" specify to|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5414", and|strong="H0430" will|strong="H0430" cause|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H3820" broken up|strong="H5921" there|strong="H0834", and|strong="H0430" you|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0430" receive|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414". You|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0430" accomplish my|strong="H5414" desire, in|strong="H5921" giving|strong="H5414" food for|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5414" household.” 
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\verseNumber{10}So Hiram gave Solomon|strong="H8010" cedar timber and|strong="H1121" cypress timber according to|strong="H4714" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" desire. 
\verseNumber{11}Solomon gave|strong="H1961" Hiram twenty thousand cors\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{5:11  }20,000 cors would be about 120,000 bushels or about 4.2 megalitres of wheat, which would weigh about 3,270 metric tonnes.} of|strong="H1121" wheat for|strong="H3605" food to|strong="H1961" his|strong="H3605" household, and|strong="H1121" twenty cors\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{5:11  20 cors is about 1,100 gallons or about 4220 litres.} of|strong="H1121" pure oil. Solomon gave|strong="H1961" this|strong="H3605" to|strong="H1961" Hiram year by|strong="H1961" year. 
\verseNumber{12}The|strong="H1961" LORD gave|strong="H1961" Solomon wisdom, as|strong="H1961" he|strong="H1696" promised|strong="H1696" him|strong="H1696". There|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" peace between Hiram and|strong="H1696" Solomon, and|strong="H1696" the|strong="H1961" two of|strong="H0505" them|strong="H1961" made|strong="H1696" a|strong="H1961" treaty together. 
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\verseNumber{13}King|strong="H5921" Solomon raised a|strong="H4480" levy out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H4480" all|strong="H5704" Israel; and|strong="H6086" the|strong="H0834" levy was|strong="H0834" thirty thousand men. 
\verseNumber{14}He|strong="H0834" sent them|strong="H0853" to|strong="H0935" Lebanon, ten thousand a|strong="H8085" month by|strong="H0935" courses: for|strong="H0776" a|strong="H8085" month they|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0935" Lebanon, and|strong="H0935" two months at|strong="H4428" home|strong="H0776"; and|strong="H0935" Adoniram was|strong="H0834" over|strong="H0853" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H5971" subject|strong="H8085" to|strong="H0935" forced labour. 
\verseNumber{15}Solomon|strong="H8010" had|strong="H1961" seventy thousand who|strong="H3605" bore burdens, and|strong="H4428" eighty thousand who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1961" stone cutters in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" mountains, 
\verseNumber{16}besides Solomon’s|strong="H8010" chief officers who|strong="H0559" were over|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" work: three thousand and|strong="H7971" three hundred who|strong="H0559" ruled over|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" people who|strong="H0559" laboured in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" work. 
\verseNumber{17}The|strong="H0853" king commanded, and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H0834" cut out|strong="H3045" large|strong="H1004" stones, costly stones, to|strong="H5704" lay|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" foundation of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" with|strong="H1004" worked|strong="H5704" stone|strong="H0834". 
\verseNumber{18}Solomon’s builders and|strong="H3068" Hiram’s builders and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" Gebalites cut them|strong="H5117", and|strong="H3068" prepared the|strong="H3068" timber and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" stones to|strong="H0369" build the|strong="H3068" house. 
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\chapterNumber{6}In|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" four|strong="H0702" hundred|strong="H3967" and|strong="H1121" eightieth|strong="H8084" year|strong="H8141" after|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" had|strong="H3068" come|strong="H1961" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H1121" Egypt|strong="H4714", in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" fourth|strong="H7243" year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H1121" Solomon’s|strong="H8010" reign|strong="H4427" over|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478", in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" month|strong="H2320" Ziv|strong="H2099", which|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" second|strong="H8145" month|strong="H2320", he|strong="H1931" began|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" build|strong="H1129" the|strong="H5921" LORD’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{2}The|strong="H0834" house|strong="H1004" which|strong="H0834" King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010" built|strong="H1129" for|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0834" LORD|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1129" length|strong="H0753" of|strong="H4428" sixty|strong="H8346" cubits|strong="H0520",\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{6:2  }A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimetres.} and|strong="H3068" its width|strong="H7341" twenty|strong="H6242", and|strong="H3068" its height|strong="H6967" thirty|strong="H7970" cubits|strong="H0520". 
\verseNumber{3}The|strong="H6440" porch|strong="H0197" in|strong="H5921" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6440" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6440" house|strong="H1004" had a|strong="H5921" length|strong="H0753" of|strong="H1004" twenty|strong="H6242" cubits|strong="H0520", which|strong="H1004" was|strong="H1004" along|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" width|strong="H7341" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6440" house|strong="H1004". Ten|strong="H6235" cubits|strong="H0520" was|strong="H1004" its|strong="H5921" width|strong="H7341" in|strong="H5921" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6440" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{4}He|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213" windows|strong="H2474" of|strong="H1004" fixed lattice work for|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6213" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{5}Against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" wall|strong="H7023" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004", he|strong="H6213" built|strong="H1129" floors all|strong="H5439" around|strong="H5439", against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" walls|strong="H7023" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" all|strong="H5439" around|strong="H5439", both|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" temple|strong="H1004" and|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" inner|strong="H1687" sanctuary|strong="H1687"; and|strong="H1004" he|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213" side|strong="H6763" rooms|strong="H1004" all|strong="H5439" around|strong="H5439". 
\verseNumber{6}The|strong="H3588" lowest|strong="H8481" floor|strong="H8484" was|strong="H1004" five|strong="H2568" cubits|strong="H0520" wide|strong="H7341", and|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3588" middle|strong="H8484" was|strong="H1004" six|strong="H8337" cubits|strong="H0520" wide|strong="H7341", and|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3588" third|strong="H7992" was|strong="H1004" seven|strong="H7651" cubits|strong="H0520" wide|strong="H7341"; for|strong="H3588" on|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3588" outside|strong="H2351" he|strong="H3588" made|strong="H5414" offsets|strong="H4052" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3588" wall|strong="H7023" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3588" house|strong="H1004" all|strong="H5439" around|strong="H5439", that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" beams should|strong="H3588" not|strong="H1115" be|strong="H1004" inserted|strong="H5414" into|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3588" walls|strong="H7023" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3588" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{7}The|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004", when|strong="H8085" it|strong="H1129" was|strong="H1004" under|strong="H1004" construction|strong="H1129", was|strong="H1004" built|strong="H1129" of|strong="H1004" stone|strong="H0068" prepared|strong="H8003" at|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" quarry; and|strong="H1004" no|strong="H3808" hammer|strong="H4717" or|strong="H3808" axe|strong="H1631" or|strong="H3808" any|strong="H3605" tool|strong="H3627" of|strong="H1004" iron|strong="H1270" was|strong="H1004" heard|strong="H8085" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" while|strong="H1004" it|strong="H1129" was|strong="H1004" under|strong="H1004" construction|strong="H1129". 
\verseNumber{8}The|strong="H5921" door|strong="H6607" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" middle|strong="H8484" side|strong="H3802" rooms|strong="H1004" was|strong="H1004" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" right|strong="H3233" side|strong="H3802" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" house|strong="H1004". They|strong="H5921" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" by|strong="H5921" winding|strong="H3883" stairs|strong="H3883" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H5921" middle|strong="H8484" floor|strong="H8484", and|strong="H1004" out|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" middle|strong="H8484" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H5921" third|strong="H7992". 
\verseNumber{9}So|strong="H0853" he|strong="H0853" built|strong="H1129" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" and|strong="H1004" finished|strong="H3615" it|strong="H1129"; and|strong="H1004" he|strong="H0853" covered|strong="H5603" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" with|strong="H1004" beams and|strong="H1004" planks|strong="H7713" of|strong="H1004" cedar. 
\verseNumber{10}He|strong="H0853" built|strong="H1129" the|strong="H3605" floors all|strong="H3605" along|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004", each|strong="H3605" five|strong="H2568" cubits|strong="H0520" high|strong="H6967"; and|strong="H1004" they|strong="H5921" rested on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" with|strong="H1004" timbers|strong="H6086" of|strong="H1004" cedar|strong="H0730". 
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\verseNumber{11}The|strong="H0559" LORD’s|strong="H3068" word|strong="H1697" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H0413" Solomon|strong="H8010", saying|strong="H0559", 
\verseNumber{12}“Concerning|strong="H0413" this|strong="H2088" house|strong="H1004" which|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0859" are|strong="H0834" building|strong="H1129", if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H0859" will|strong="H0834" walk in|strong="H0413" my|strong="H3605" statutes|strong="H2708", and|strong="H6965" execute my|strong="H3605" ordinances|strong="H4941", and|strong="H6965" keep|strong="H8104" all|strong="H3605" my|strong="H3605" commandments|strong="H4687" to|strong="H0413" walk in|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413", then|strong="H6965" I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" establish|strong="H6965" my|strong="H3605" word|strong="H1697" with|strong="H0854" you|strong="H0859", which|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" spoke|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732" your|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001". 
\verseNumber{13}I|strong="H3478" will|strong="H3478" dwell|strong="H7931" amongst the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H1121" will|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" forsake|strong="H5800" my|strong="H8432" people|strong="H5971" Israel|strong="H3478".” 
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\verseNumber{14}So|strong="H0853" Solomon|strong="H8010" built|strong="H1129" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" and|strong="H1004" finished|strong="H3615" it|strong="H1129". 
\verseNumber{15}He|strong="H5704" built|strong="H1129" the|strong="H0853" walls|strong="H7023" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" within|strong="H1004" with|strong="H1004" boards|strong="H6763" of|strong="H1004" cedar|strong="H0730"; from|strong="H5704" the|strong="H0853" floor|strong="H7172" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H0853" walls|strong="H7023" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" ceiling|strong="H7023", he|strong="H5704" covered them|strong="H0853" on|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" inside|strong="H1004" with|strong="H1004" wood|strong="H6086". He|strong="H5704" covered the|strong="H0853" floor|strong="H7172" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" with|strong="H1004" cypress|strong="H1265" boards|strong="H6763". 
\verseNumber{16}He|strong="H5704" built|strong="H1129" twenty|strong="H6242" cubits|strong="H0520" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" back|strong="H1004" part|strong="H3411" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" with|strong="H1004" boards|strong="H6763" of|strong="H1004" cedar|strong="H0730" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H0853" floor|strong="H7172" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H0853" ceiling|strong="H7023". He|strong="H5704" built|strong="H1129" this|strong="H6944" within|strong="H1004", for|strong="H1004" an|strong="H1129" inner|strong="H1687" sanctuary|strong="H6944", even|strong="H5704" for|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" most|strong="H6944" holy|strong="H6944" place|strong="H6944". 
\verseNumber{17}In|strong="H1004" front of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H1961" temple|strong="H1004" sanctuary|strong="H1004" was|strong="H1961" forty|strong="H0705" cubits|strong="H0520" long. 
\verseNumber{18}There|strong="H0369" was|strong="H0369" cedar|strong="H0730" on|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" within|strong="H6441", carved|strong="H4734" with|strong="H0413" buds and|strong="H1004" open flowers. All|strong="H3605" was|strong="H0369" cedar|strong="H0730". No|strong="H0369" stone|strong="H0068" was|strong="H0369" visible|strong="H7200". 
\verseNumber{19}He|strong="H8033" prepared|strong="H3559" an|strong="H5414" inner|strong="H1687" sanctuary|strong="H1687" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" middle|strong="H8432" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" within|strong="H8432", to|strong="H3068" set|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" ark|strong="H0727" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" covenant|strong="H1285" there|strong="H8033". 
\verseNumber{20}Within the|strong="H6440" inner|strong="H1687" sanctuary|strong="H1687" was|strong="H0753" twenty|strong="H6242" cubits|strong="H0520" in|strong="H0520" length|strong="H0753", and|strong="H2091" twenty|strong="H6242" cubits|strong="H0520" in|strong="H0520" width|strong="H7341", and|strong="H2091" twenty|strong="H6242" cubits|strong="H0520" in|strong="H0520" its|strong="H6440" height|strong="H6967". He|strong="H1687" overlaid|strong="H6823" it|strong="H6440" with|strong="H6823" pure|strong="H5462" gold|strong="H2091". He|strong="H1687" covered the|strong="H6440" altar|strong="H4196" with|strong="H6823" cedar|strong="H0730". 
\verseNumber{21}So|strong="H5674" Solomon|strong="H8010" overlaid|strong="H6823" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" within|strong="H6441" with|strong="H1004" pure|strong="H5462" gold|strong="H2091". He|strong="H8010" drew chains|strong="H7572" of|strong="H1004" gold|strong="H2091" across|strong="H5674" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0853" inner|strong="H1687" sanctuary|strong="H1687", and|strong="H1004" he|strong="H8010" overlaid|strong="H6823" it|strong="H6440" with|strong="H1004" gold|strong="H2091". 
\verseNumber{22}He|strong="H0834" overlaid|strong="H6823" the|strong="H3605" whole|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" with|strong="H1004" gold|strong="H2091", until|strong="H5704" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" was|strong="H0834" finished|strong="H8552". He|strong="H0834" also|strong="H0853" overlaid|strong="H6823" the|strong="H3605" whole|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196" that|strong="H0834" belonged to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" inner|strong="H1687" sanctuary|strong="H1687" with|strong="H1004" gold|strong="H2091". 
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\verseNumber{23}In|strong="H0520" the|strong="H6213" inner|strong="H1687" sanctuary|strong="H1687" he|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213" two|strong="H8147" cherubim|strong="H3742"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{6:23  }“Cherubim” is plural of “cherub”, an angelic being.} of|strong="H6086" olive|strong="H8081" wood|strong="H6086", each|strong="H8147" ten|strong="H6235" cubits|strong="H0520" high|strong="H6967". 
\verseNumber{24}Five|strong="H2568" cubits|strong="H0520" was|strong="H0259" the|strong="H5704" length of|strong="H0259" one|strong="H0259" wing|strong="H3671" of|strong="H0259" the|strong="H5704" cherub|strong="H3742", and|strong="H3742" five|strong="H2568" cubits|strong="H0520" was|strong="H0259" the|strong="H5704" length of|strong="H0259" the|strong="H5704" other|strong="H0259" wing|strong="H3671" of|strong="H0259" the|strong="H5704" cherub|strong="H3742". From|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" tip of|strong="H0259" one|strong="H0259" wing|strong="H3671" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" tip of|strong="H0259" the|strong="H5704" other|strong="H0259" was|strong="H0259" ten|strong="H6235" cubits|strong="H0520". 
\verseNumber{25}The|strong="H8147" other|strong="H0259" cherub|strong="H3742" was|strong="H0259" ten|strong="H6235" cubits|strong="H0520". Both|strong="H8147" the|strong="H8147" cherubim|strong="H3742" were|strong="H3742" of|strong="H0259" one|strong="H0259" measure|strong="H0520" and|strong="H3742" one|strong="H0259" form|strong="H7095". 
\verseNumber{26}One|strong="H0259" cherub|strong="H3742" was|strong="H0259" ten|strong="H6235" cubits|strong="H0520" high|strong="H6967", and|strong="H3742" so|strong="H3651" was|strong="H0259" the|strong="H3651" other|strong="H0259" cherub|strong="H3742". 
\verseNumber{27}He|strong="H5414" set|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" cherubim|strong="H3742" within|strong="H8432" the|strong="H0853" inner|strong="H6442" house|strong="H1004". The|strong="H0853" wings|strong="H3671" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" cherubim|strong="H3742" were|strong="H3742" stretched|strong="H6566" out|strong="H0413", so|strong="H5414" that|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" wing|strong="H3671" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" one|strong="H0259" touched|strong="H5060" the|strong="H0853" one|strong="H0259" wall|strong="H7023" and|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" wing|strong="H3671" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" other|strong="H0259" cherub|strong="H3742" touched|strong="H5060" the|strong="H0853" other|strong="H0259" wall|strong="H7023"; and|strong="H1004" their|strong="H5414" wings|strong="H3671" touched|strong="H5060" one|strong="H0259" another|strong="H0259" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" middle|strong="H8432" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{28}He|strong="H0853" overlaid|strong="H6823" the|strong="H0853" cherubim|strong="H3742" with|strong="H6823" gold|strong="H2091". 
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\verseNumber{29}He|strong="H0853" carved|strong="H6603" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" walls|strong="H7023" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" around|strong="H4524" with|strong="H1004" carved|strong="H6603" figures of|strong="H1004" cherubim|strong="H3742", palm|strong="H8561" trees|strong="H8561", and|strong="H1004" open|strong="H6440" flowers, inside|strong="H1004" and|strong="H1004" outside|strong="H2435". 
\verseNumber{30}He|strong="H0853" overlaid|strong="H6823" the|strong="H0853" floor|strong="H7172" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" with|strong="H1004" gold|strong="H2091", inside|strong="H1004" and|strong="H1004" outside|strong="H2435". 
\verseNumber{31}For|strong="H6086" the|strong="H0853" entrance|strong="H6607" of|strong="H6086" the|strong="H0853" inner|strong="H1687" sanctuary|strong="H1687", he|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213" doors|strong="H1817" of|strong="H6086" olive|strong="H8081" wood|strong="H6086". The|strong="H0853" lintel and|strong="H6086" door|strong="H1817" posts|strong="H4201" were a|strong="H8081" fifth|strong="H2549" part|strong="H2549" of|strong="H6086" the|strong="H0853" wall. 
\verseNumber{32}So|strong="H5921" he|strong="H0853" made|strong="H6086" two|strong="H8147" doors|strong="H1817" of|strong="H5921" olive|strong="H8081" wood|strong="H6086"; and|strong="H6086" he|strong="H0853" carved|strong="H4734" on|strong="H5921" them|strong="H0853" carvings|strong="H4734" of|strong="H5921" cherubim|strong="H3742", palm|strong="H8561" trees|strong="H6086", and|strong="H6086" open flowers, and|strong="H6086" overlaid|strong="H6823" them|strong="H0853" with|strong="H5921" gold|strong="H2091". He|strong="H0853" spread|strong="H7286" the|strong="H0853" gold|strong="H2091" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" cherubim|strong="H3742" and|strong="H6086" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" palm|strong="H8561" trees|strong="H6086". 
\verseNumber{33}He|strong="H3651" also|strong="H0853" made|strong="H6213" the|strong="H0853" entrance|strong="H6607" of|strong="H6086" the|strong="H0853" temple|strong="H1964" door|strong="H6607" posts|strong="H4201" of|strong="H6086" olive|strong="H8081" wood|strong="H6086", out|strong="H6213" of|strong="H6086" a|strong="H3651" fourth|strong="H7243" part of|strong="H6086" the|strong="H0853" wall, 
\verseNumber{34}and|strong="H6086" two|strong="H8147" doors|strong="H1817" of|strong="H6086" cypress|strong="H1265" wood|strong="H6086". The|strong="H8147" two|strong="H8147" leaves|strong="H1817" of|strong="H6086" the|strong="H8147" one|strong="H0259" door|strong="H1817" were|strong="H8147" folding|strong="H1550", and|strong="H6086" the|strong="H8147" two|strong="H8147" leaves|strong="H1817" of|strong="H6086" the|strong="H8147" other|strong="H0259" door|strong="H1817" were|strong="H8147" folding|strong="H1550". 
\verseNumber{35}He|strong="H5921" carved|strong="H2707" cherubim|strong="H3742", palm|strong="H8561" trees|strong="H8561", and|strong="H2091" open flowers; and|strong="H2091" he|strong="H5921" overlaid|strong="H6823" them|strong="H5921" with|strong="H5921" gold|strong="H2091" fitted on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" engraved|strong="H2707" work. 
\verseNumber{36}He|strong="H0853" built|strong="H1129" the|strong="H0853" inner|strong="H6442" court|strong="H2691" with|strong="H1129" three|strong="H7969" courses of|strong="H2905" cut|strong="H1496" stone|strong="H1496" and|strong="H0853" a|strong="H1129" course of|strong="H2905" cedar|strong="H0730" beams|strong="H3773". 
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\verseNumber{37}The|strong="H3068" foundation|strong="H3245" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3068" LORD’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004" was|strong="H3068" laid|strong="H3245" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3068" fourth|strong="H7243" year|strong="H8141", in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3068" month|strong="H3391" Ziv|strong="H2099". 
\verseNumber{38}In|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3605" eleventh|strong="H6240" year|strong="H8141", in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3605" month|strong="H2320" Bul|strong="H0945", which|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" the|strong="H3605" eighth|strong="H8066" month|strong="H2320", the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" was|strong="H1931" finished|strong="H3615" throughout|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" its|strong="H3605" parts|strong="H1697" and|strong="H1004" according|strong="H4941" to|strong="H1697" all|strong="H3605" its|strong="H3605" specifications. So|strong="H1697" he|strong="H1931" spent|strong="H3615" seven|strong="H7651" years|strong="H8141" building|strong="H1129" it|strong="H1931". 
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\chapterNumber{7}Solomon|strong="H8010" was|strong="H1004" building|strong="H1129" his|strong="H3605" own house|strong="H1004" thirteen|strong="H6240" years|strong="H8141", and|strong="H1004" he|strong="H8010" finished|strong="H3615" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{2}For|strong="H5921" he|strong="H0853" built|strong="H1129" the|strong="H0853" House|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" Forest|strong="H3293" of|strong="H1004" Lebanon|strong="H3844". Its|strong="H0853" length|strong="H0753" was|strong="H1004" one|strong="H3967" hundred|strong="H3967" cubits|strong="H0520",\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{7:2  }A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimetres.} its|strong="H0853" width|strong="H7341" fifty|strong="H2572" cubits|strong="H0520", and|strong="H3967" its|strong="H0853" height|strong="H6967" thirty|strong="H7970" cubits|strong="H0520", on|strong="H5921" four|strong="H0702" rows|strong="H2905" of|strong="H1004" cedar|strong="H0730" pillars|strong="H5982", with|strong="H1004" cedar|strong="H0730" beams|strong="H3773" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" pillars|strong="H5982". 
\verseNumber{3}It|strong="H5921" was|strong="H0834" covered|strong="H5603" with|strong="H5921" cedar|strong="H0730" above|strong="H5921" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" forty-five|strong="H0705" beams that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" pillars|strong="H5982", fifteen|strong="H6240" in|strong="H5921" a|strong="H0834" row|strong="H2905". 
\verseNumber{4}There were|strong="H7969" beams in|strong="H0413" three|strong="H7969" rows|strong="H2905", and|strong="H6471" window|strong="H4237" was|strong="H4237" facing window|strong="H4237" in|strong="H0413" three|strong="H7969" ranks|strong="H6471". 
\verseNumber{5}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" doors|strong="H6607" and|strong="H3605" posts|strong="H4201" were|strong="H7969" made|strong="H3605" square|strong="H7251" with|strong="H0413" beams; and|strong="H3605" window|strong="H4237" was|strong="H3605" facing window|strong="H4237" in|strong="H0413" three|strong="H7969" ranks|strong="H6471". 
\verseNumber{6}He|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213" the|strong="H0853" hall|strong="H0197" of|strong="H6440" pillars|strong="H5982". Its|strong="H0853" length|strong="H0753" was|strong="H0753" fifty|strong="H2572" cubits|strong="H0520" and|strong="H6440" its|strong="H0853" width|strong="H7341" thirty|strong="H7970" cubits|strong="H0520", with|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5921" porch|strong="H0197" before|strong="H6440" them|strong="H0853", and|strong="H6440" pillars|strong="H5982" and|strong="H6440" a|strong="H5921" threshold|strong="H5646" before|strong="H6440" them|strong="H0853". 
\verseNumber{7}He|strong="H0834" made|strong="H6213" the|strong="H0834" porch|strong="H0197" of|strong="H3678" the|strong="H0834" throne|strong="H3678" where|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" to|strong="H5704" judge|strong="H8199", even|strong="H5704" the|strong="H0834" porch|strong="H0197" of|strong="H3678" judgement; and|strong="H4941" it|strong="H8033" was|strong="H0834" covered|strong="H5603" with|strong="H8033" cedar|strong="H0730" from|strong="H5704" floor|strong="H7172" to|strong="H5704" floor|strong="H7172". 
\verseNumber{8}His|strong="H3947" house|strong="H1004" where|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" was|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" dwell|strong="H3427", the|strong="H0834" other|strong="H0312" court|strong="H2691" within|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0834" porch|strong="H0197", was|strong="H1961" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0834" same|strong="H2088" construction. He|strong="H0834" made|strong="H6213" also|strong="H2088" a|strong="H1961" house|strong="H1004" for|strong="H1004" Pharaoh’s|strong="H6547" daughter|strong="H1323" (whom|strong="H0834" Solomon|strong="H8010" had|strong="H0834" taken|strong="H3947" as|strong="H0834" wife), like|strong="H1961" this|strong="H2088" porch|strong="H0197". 
\verseNumber{9}All|strong="H3605" these|strong="H0428" were|strong="H0428" of|strong="H1004" costly|strong="H3368" stones|strong="H0068", even|strong="H5704" of|strong="H1004" stone|strong="H0068" cut|strong="H1496" according to|strong="H5704" measure, sawed|strong="H1641" with|strong="H1004" saws|strong="H4050", inside|strong="H1004" and|strong="H1004" outside|strong="H2351", even|strong="H5704" from|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" foundation|strong="H4527" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" coping|strong="H2947", and|strong="H1004" so|strong="H5704" on|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" outside|strong="H2351" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" great|strong="H1419" court|strong="H2691". 
\verseNumber{10}The|strong="H3245" foundation|strong="H3245" was|strong="H0068" of|strong="H0068" costly|strong="H3368" stones|strong="H0068", even great|strong="H1419" stones|strong="H0068", stones|strong="H0068" of|strong="H0068" ten|strong="H6235" cubits|strong="H0520" and|strong="H1419" stones|strong="H0068" of|strong="H0068" eight|strong="H8083" cubits|strong="H0520". 
\verseNumber{11}Above|strong="H4605" were|strong="H4605" costly|strong="H3368" stones|strong="H0068", even cut|strong="H1496" stone|strong="H0068", according to|strong="H0068" measure, and|strong="H0068" cedar|strong="H0730" wood. 
\verseNumber{12}The|strong="H3068" great|strong="H1419" court|strong="H2691" around|strong="H5439" had|strong="H3068" three|strong="H7969" courses|strong="H5439" of|strong="H1004" cut|strong="H1496" stone|strong="H1496" with|strong="H1004" a|strong="H3068" course of|strong="H1004" cedar|strong="H0730" beams|strong="H3773", like|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3068" inner|strong="H6442" court|strong="H2691" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3068" LORD’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" porch|strong="H0197" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004". 
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\verseNumber{13}King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010" sent|strong="H7971" and|strong="H4428" brought|strong="H3947" Hiram|strong="H2438" out|strong="H7971" of|strong="H4428" Tyre|strong="H6865". 
\verseNumber{14}He|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" a|strong="H0935" widow|strong="H0490" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Naphtali|strong="H5321", and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" was|strong="H1931" a|strong="H0935" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" Tyre|strong="H6876", a|strong="H0935" worker|strong="H4399" in|strong="H0935" bronze|strong="H5178"; and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" filled|strong="H4390" with|strong="H4390" wisdom|strong="H2451" and|strong="H1121" understanding|strong="H8394" and|strong="H1121" skill|strong="H2451" to|strong="H0413" work|strong="H4399" all|strong="H3605" works|strong="H6213" in|strong="H0935" bronze|strong="H5178". He|strong="H1931" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010" and|strong="H1121" performed|strong="H4399" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" work|strong="H4399". 
\verseNumber{15}For|strong="H0259" he|strong="H0853" fashioned the|strong="H0853" two|strong="H8147" pillars|strong="H5982" of|strong="H5982" bronze|strong="H5178", eighteen|strong="H6240" cubits|strong="H0520" high|strong="H6967" apiece|strong="H0259"; and|strong="H5437" a|strong="H0259" line|strong="H2339" of|strong="H5982" twelve|strong="H6240" cubits|strong="H0520" encircled|strong="H5437" either of|strong="H5982" them|strong="H0853". 
\verseNumber{16}He|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213" two|strong="H8147" capitals|strong="H3805" of|strong="H7218" molten|strong="H3332" bronze|strong="H5178" to|strong="H5921" set|strong="H5414" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" tops|strong="H7218" of|strong="H7218" the|strong="H5921" pillars|strong="H5982". The|strong="H5921" height|strong="H6967" of|strong="H7218" the|strong="H5921" one|strong="H0259" capital|strong="H3805" was|strong="H0259" five|strong="H2568" cubits|strong="H0520", and|strong="H7218" the|strong="H5921" height|strong="H6967" of|strong="H7218" the|strong="H5921" other|strong="H0259" capital|strong="H3805" was|strong="H0259" five|strong="H2568" cubits|strong="H0520". 
\verseNumber{17}There|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" nets|strong="H7639" of|strong="H7218" checker work|strong="H4639" and|strong="H7218" wreaths|strong="H1434" of|strong="H7218" chain work|strong="H4639" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" capitals|strong="H3805" which|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="H7218" the|strong="H0834" pillars|strong="H5982": seven|strong="H7651" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" one|strong="H0259" capital|strong="H3805", and|strong="H7218" seven|strong="H7651" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" other|strong="H0259" capital|strong="H3805". 
\verseNumber{18}So|strong="H3651" he|strong="H0834" made|strong="H6213" the|strong="H0853" pillars|strong="H5982"; and|strong="H7218" there|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" two|strong="H8147" rows|strong="H2905" of|strong="H7218" pomegranates|strong="H7416" around|strong="H5439" the|strong="H0853" one|strong="H0259" network|strong="H7639", to|strong="H5921" cover|strong="H3680" the|strong="H0853" capitals|strong="H3805" that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="H7218" the|strong="H0853" pillars|strong="H5982"; and|strong="H7218" he|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213" so|strong="H3651" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" other|strong="H0259" capital|strong="H3805". 
\verseNumber{19}The|strong="H0834" capitals|strong="H3805" that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="H7218" the|strong="H0834" pillars|strong="H5982" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" porch|strong="H0197" were|strong="H0834" of|strong="H7218" lily|strong="H7799" work|strong="H4639", four|strong="H0702" cubits|strong="H0520". 
\verseNumber{20}There|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" capitals|strong="H3805" above|strong="H5921" also|strong="H1571" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" two|strong="H8147" pillars|strong="H5982", close|strong="H5980" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" belly|strong="H0990" which|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" beside|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" network|strong="H7639". There|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" two|strong="H8147" hundred|strong="H3967" pomegranates|strong="H7416" in|strong="H5921" rows|strong="H2905" around|strong="H5439" the|strong="H0834" other|strong="H8145" capital|strong="H3805". 
\verseNumber{21}He|strong="H0853" set|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" the|strong="H0853" pillars|strong="H5982" at|strong="H6965" the|strong="H0853" porch|strong="H0197" of|strong="H8034" the|strong="H0853" temple|strong="H1964". He|strong="H0853" set|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" the|strong="H0853" right|strong="H3233" pillar|strong="H5982" and|strong="H6965" called|strong="H7121" its|strong="H0853" name|strong="H8034" Jachin|strong="H3199"; and|strong="H6965" he|strong="H0853" set|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" the|strong="H0853" left|strong="H8042" pillar|strong="H5982" and|strong="H6965" called|strong="H7121" its|strong="H0853" name|strong="H8034" Boaz|strong="H1162". 
\verseNumber{22}On|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" tops|strong="H7218" of|strong="H7218" the|strong="H5921" pillars|strong="H5982" was|strong="H7218" lily|strong="H7799" work|strong="H4399". So|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" work|strong="H4399" of|strong="H7218" the|strong="H5921" pillars|strong="H5982" was|strong="H7218" finished|strong="H8552". 
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\verseNumber{23}He|strong="H5704" made|strong="H6213" the|strong="H0853" molten sea|strong="H3220" ten|strong="H6235" cubits|strong="H0520" from|strong="H5704" brim|strong="H8193" to|strong="H5704" brim|strong="H8193", round|strong="H5439" in|strong="H0520" shape. Its|strong="H0853" height|strong="H6967" was|strong="H3220" five|strong="H2568" cubits|strong="H0520"; and|strong="H3220" a|strong="H5704" line of|strong="H3220" thirty|strong="H7970" cubits|strong="H0520" encircled|strong="H5437" it|strong="H5704". 
\verseNumber{24}Under|strong="H8478" its|strong="H0853" brim|strong="H8193" around|strong="H5439" there|strong="H8478" were|strong="H8193" buds which encircled|strong="H5437" it|strong="H5437" for|strong="H8478" ten|strong="H6235" cubits|strong="H0520", encircling|strong="H5437" the|strong="H0853" sea|strong="H3220". The|strong="H0853" buds were|strong="H8193" in|strong="H0520" two|strong="H8147" rows|strong="H2905", cast|strong="H3332" when it|strong="H5437" was|strong="H3220" cast|strong="H3332". 
\verseNumber{25}It|strong="H5921" stood|strong="H5975" on|strong="H5921" twelve|strong="H6240" oxen|strong="H1241", three|strong="H7969" looking towards the|strong="H3605" north|strong="H6828", and|strong="H1004" three|strong="H7969" looking towards the|strong="H3605" west|strong="H3220", and|strong="H1004" three|strong="H7969" looking towards the|strong="H3605" south|strong="H5045", and|strong="H1004" three|strong="H7969" looking towards the|strong="H3605" east|strong="H4217"; and|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" sea|strong="H3220" was|strong="H1004" set|strong="H5975" on|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921" above|strong="H5921", and|strong="H1004" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" hindquarters|strong="H0268" were|strong="H1241" inward|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{26}It was|strong="H8193" a hand width thick|strong="H5672". Its brim|strong="H8193" was|strong="H8193" worked like|strong="H7799" the|strong="H3557" brim|strong="H8193" of|strong="H4639" a cup|strong="H3563", like|strong="H7799" the|strong="H3557" flower|strong="H6525" of|strong="H4639" a lily|strong="H7799". It held|strong="H3557" two|strong="H3557" thousand|strong="H0505" baths|strong="H1324". 
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\verseNumber{27}He|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213" the|strong="H0853" ten|strong="H6235" bases of|strong="H0259" bronze|strong="H5178". The|strong="H0853" length|strong="H0753" of|strong="H0259" one|strong="H0259" base|strong="H0753" was|strong="H0259" four|strong="H0702" cubits|strong="H0520", four|strong="H0702" cubits|strong="H0520" its|strong="H0853" width|strong="H7341", and|strong="H0753" three|strong="H7969" cubits|strong="H0520" its|strong="H0853" height|strong="H6967". 
\verseNumber{28}The|strong="H0996" work|strong="H4639" of|strong="H4639" the|strong="H0996" bases was|strong="H2088" like|strong="H4350" this|strong="H2088": they|strong="H1992" had|strong="H4350" panels; and|strong="H2088" there|strong="H2088" were|strong="H1992" panels between|strong="H0996" the|strong="H0996" ledges; 
\verseNumber{29}and|strong="H1241" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" panels that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" between|strong="H0996" the|strong="H0834" ledges were|strong="H0834" lions|strong="H0738", oxen|strong="H1241", and|strong="H1241" cherubim|strong="H3742"; and|strong="H1241" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" ledges there|strong="H8478" was|strong="H0834" a|strong="H0834" pedestal|strong="H3653" above|strong="H5921"; and|strong="H1241" beneath|strong="H8478" the|strong="H0834" lions|strong="H0738" and|strong="H1241" oxen|strong="H1241" were|strong="H0834" wreaths|strong="H3914" of|strong="H5921" hanging|strong="H4174" work|strong="H4639". 
\verseNumber{30}Every|strong="H0376" base had|strong="H0376" four|strong="H0702" bronze|strong="H5178" wheels|strong="H0212" and|strong="H0376" axles|strong="H5633" of|strong="H0376" bronze|strong="H5178"; and|strong="H0376" its|strong="H8478" four|strong="H0702" feet|strong="H6471" had|strong="H0376" supports|strong="H3802". The|strong="H8478" supports|strong="H3802" were|strong="H0376" cast beneath|strong="H8478" the|strong="H8478" basin|strong="H3595", with|strong="H0376" wreaths|strong="H3914" at|strong="H0376" the|strong="H8478" side|strong="H3802" of|strong="H0376" each|strong="H0376". 
\verseNumber{31}Its|strong="H5921" opening|strong="H6310" within|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" capital|strong="H3805" and|strong="H1004" above|strong="H5921" was|strong="H1004" a|strong="H5921" cubit|strong="H0520". Its|strong="H5921" opening|strong="H6310" was|strong="H1004" round|strong="H5696" like|strong="H3808" the|strong="H5921" work|strong="H4639" of|strong="H1004" a|strong="H5921" pedestal|strong="H3653", a|strong="H5921" cubit|strong="H0520" and|strong="H1004" a|strong="H5921" half|strong="H2677"; and|strong="H1004" also|strong="H1571" on|strong="H5921" its|strong="H5921" opening|strong="H6310" were|strong="H1571" engravings|strong="H4734", and|strong="H1004" their|strong="H5921" panels were|strong="H1571" square|strong="H7251", not|strong="H3808" round|strong="H5696". 
\verseNumber{32}The|strong="H8478" four|strong="H0702" wheels|strong="H0212" were|strong="H0212" underneath|strong="H8478" the|strong="H8478" panels; and|strong="H3027" the|strong="H8478" axles|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H8478" wheels|strong="H0212" were|strong="H0212" in|strong="H0520" the|strong="H8478" base. The|strong="H8478" height|strong="H6967" of|strong="H3027" a|strong="H0259" wheel|strong="H0212" was|strong="H0259" a|strong="H0259" cubit|strong="H0520" and|strong="H3027" half|strong="H2677" a|strong="H0259" cubit|strong="H0520". 
\verseNumber{33}The|strong="H3605" work|strong="H4639" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" wheels|strong="H0212" was|strong="H3027" like|strong="H4818" the|strong="H3605" work|strong="H4639" of|strong="H3027" a|strong="H3605" chariot|strong="H4818" wheel|strong="H0212". Their|strong="H3605" axles|strong="H3027", their|strong="H3605" rims|strong="H1354", their|strong="H3605" spokes|strong="H2839", and|strong="H3027" their|strong="H3605" hubs|strong="H2840" were|strong="H0212" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3027" cast|strong="H3332" metal. 
\verseNumber{34}There were|strong="H0702" four|strong="H0702" supports|strong="H3802" at|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" four|strong="H0702" corners|strong="H6438" of|strong="H4480" each|strong="H0259" base. Its|strong="H4350" supports|strong="H3802" were|strong="H0702" of|strong="H4480" the|strong="H0413" base itself. 
\verseNumber{35}In|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" base there was|strong="H3027" a|strong="H4480" round|strong="H5439" band|strong="H7218" half|strong="H2677" a|strong="H4480" cubit|strong="H0520" high|strong="H6967"; and|strong="H3027" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" base its|strong="H5921" supports and|strong="H3027" its|strong="H5921" panels were|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" same|strong="H4480". 
\verseNumber{36}On|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" plates|strong="H3871" of|strong="H0376" its|strong="H5921" supports and|strong="H3027" on|strong="H5921" its|strong="H5921" panels, he|strong="H5921" engraved|strong="H6605" cherubim|strong="H3742", lions|strong="H0738", and|strong="H3027" palm|strong="H8561" trees|strong="H8561", each|strong="H0376" in|strong="H5921" its|strong="H5921" space|strong="H4626", with|strong="H5921" wreaths|strong="H3914" all|strong="H5439" around|strong="H5439". 
\verseNumber{37}He|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" ten|strong="H6235" bases in|strong="H3605" this|strong="H2063" way|strong="H2063": all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3605" them|strong="H0853" had|strong="H0853" one|strong="H0259" casting|strong="H4165", one|strong="H0259" measure, and|strong="H0853" one|strong="H0259" form|strong="H7095". 
\verseNumber{38}He|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213" ten|strong="H6235" basins|strong="H3595" of|strong="H5921" bronze|strong="H5178". One|strong="H0259" basin|strong="H3595" contained forty|strong="H0705" baths|strong="H1324".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{7:38  }1 bath is one tenth of a cor, or about 5.6 U. S. gallons or 21 litres, so 40 baths was about 224 gallons or 840 litres.} Every|strong="H0259" basin|strong="H3595" measured four|strong="H0702" cubits|strong="H0520". One|strong="H0259" basin|strong="H3595" was|strong="H0259" on|strong="H5921" every|strong="H0259" one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" ten|strong="H6235" bases. 
\verseNumber{39}He|strong="H5414" set|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" bases, five|strong="H2568" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" right|strong="H3225" side|strong="H3802" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" and|strong="H1004" five|strong="H2568" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" left|strong="H8040" side|strong="H3802" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004". He|strong="H5414" set|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" sea|strong="H3220" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" right|strong="H3225" side|strong="H3802" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" eastward|strong="H6924" and|strong="H1004" towards the|strong="H0853" south|strong="H5045". 
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\verseNumber{40}Hiram|strong="H2438" made|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" pots, the|strong="H3605" shovels|strong="H3257", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" basins|strong="H4219". So|strong="H6213" Hiram|strong="H2438" finished|strong="H3615" doing|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" work|strong="H4399" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" worked|strong="H4399" for|strong="H1004" King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" LORD’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004": 
\verseNumber{41}the|strong="H0853" two|strong="H8147" pillars|strong="H5982"; the|strong="H0853" two|strong="H8147" bowls|strong="H1543" of|strong="H7218" the|strong="H0853" capitals|strong="H3805" that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="H7218" the|strong="H0853" pillars|strong="H5982"; the|strong="H0853" two|strong="H8147" networks|strong="H7639" to|strong="H5921" cover|strong="H3680" the|strong="H0853" two|strong="H8147" bowls|strong="H1543" of|strong="H7218" the|strong="H0853" capitals|strong="H3805" that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="H7218" the|strong="H0853" pillars|strong="H5982"; 
\verseNumber{42}the|strong="H0853" four|strong="H0702" hundred|strong="H3967" pomegranates|strong="H7416" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" two|strong="H8147" networks|strong="H7639"; two|strong="H8147" rows|strong="H2905" of|strong="H6440" pomegranates|strong="H7416" for|strong="H5921" each|strong="H0259" network|strong="H7639", to|strong="H5921" cover|strong="H3680" the|strong="H0853" two|strong="H8147" bowls|strong="H1543" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0853" capitals|strong="H3805" that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" pillars|strong="H5982"; 
\verseNumber{43}the|strong="H0853" ten|strong="H6235" bases; the|strong="H0853" ten|strong="H6235" basins|strong="H3595" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" bases; 
\verseNumber{44}the|strong="H0853" one|strong="H0259" sea|strong="H3220"; the|strong="H0853" twelve|strong="H6240" oxen|strong="H1241" under|strong="H8478" the|strong="H0853" sea|strong="H3220"; 
\verseNumber{45}the|strong="H3605" pots|strong="H5518"; the|strong="H3605" shovels|strong="H3257"; and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" basins|strong="H4219". All|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4428" these|strong="H0428" vessels|strong="H3627", which|strong="H0834" Hiram|strong="H2438" made|strong="H6213" for|strong="H1004" King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" LORD’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004", were|strong="H0834" of|strong="H4428" burnished bronze|strong="H5178". 
\verseNumber{46}The|strong="H0996" king|strong="H4428" cast|strong="H3332" them in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0996" plain|strong="H3603" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0996" Jordan|strong="H3383", in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0996" clay|strong="H4568" ground|strong="H0127" between|strong="H0996" Succoth|strong="H5523" and|strong="H4428" Zarethan|strong="H6891". 
\verseNumber{47}Solomon|strong="H8010" left|strong="H3240" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" vessels|strong="H3627" unweighed|strong="H7230", because|strong="H7230" there|strong="H7230" were|strong="H3627" so|strong="H3808" many|strong="H7230" of|strong="H3627" them|strong="H0853". The|strong="H3605" weight|strong="H4948" of|strong="H3627" the|strong="H3605" bronze|strong="H5178" could not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" determined. 
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\verseNumber{48}Solomon|strong="H8010" made|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" vessels|strong="H3627" that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" LORD’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004": the|strong="H3605" golden|strong="H2091" altar|strong="H4196" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" table|strong="H7979" that|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" show|strong="H6213" bread|strong="H3899" was|strong="H0834" on|strong="H5921", of|strong="H1004" gold|strong="H2091"; 
\verseNumber{49}and|strong="H2091" the|strong="H0853" lamp|strong="H5216" stands, five|strong="H2568" on|strong="H2091" the|strong="H0853" right|strong="H3225" side|strong="H3225" and|strong="H2091" five|strong="H2568" on|strong="H2091" the|strong="H0853" left|strong="H8040", in|strong="H6440" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0853" inner|strong="H1687" sanctuary|strong="H1687", of|strong="H6440" pure|strong="H5462" gold|strong="H2091"; and|strong="H2091" the|strong="H0853" flowers|strong="H6525", the|strong="H0853" lamps|strong="H5216", and|strong="H2091" the|strong="H0853" tongs|strong="H4457", of|strong="H6440" gold|strong="H2091"; 
\verseNumber{50}the|strong="H5462" cups, the|strong="H5462" snuffers|strong="H4212", the|strong="H5462" basins|strong="H4219", the|strong="H5462" spoons|strong="H3709", and|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5462" fire pans|strong="H3709", of|strong="H1004" pure|strong="H5462" gold|strong="H2091"; and|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5462" hinges|strong="H6596", both for|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5462" doors|strong="H1817" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5462" inner|strong="H6442" house|strong="H1004", the|strong="H5462" most|strong="H6944" holy|strong="H6944" place|strong="H6944", and|strong="H1004" for|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5462" doors|strong="H1817" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5462" house|strong="H1004", of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5462" temple|strong="H1004", of|strong="H1004" gold|strong="H2091". 
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\verseNumber{51}Thus all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" work|strong="H4399" that|strong="H0834" King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010" did|strong="H6213" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" LORD’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004" was|strong="H0834" finished|strong="H7999". Solomon|strong="H8010" brought|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H6944" which|strong="H0834" David|strong="H1732" his|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" had|strong="H3068" dedicated|strong="H6944"—the|strong="H3605" silver|strong="H3701", the|strong="H3605" gold|strong="H2091", and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" vessels|strong="H3627"—and|strong="H0935" put|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" treasuries|strong="H0214" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" LORD’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004". 
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\chapterNumber{8}Then|strong="H0227" Solomon|strong="H8010" assembled|strong="H6950" the|strong="H3605" elders|strong="H2205" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" with|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" heads|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H4294", the|strong="H3605" princes|strong="H5387" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" fathers’|strong="H0001" households|strong="H0001" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", to|strong="H0413" King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010" in|strong="H0413" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", to|strong="H0413" bring|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3605" ark|strong="H0727" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" LORD’s|strong="H3068" covenant|strong="H1285" out|strong="H0413" of|strong="H1121" David’s|strong="H1732" city|strong="H5892", which|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" Zion|strong="H6726". 
\verseNumber{2}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" assembled|strong="H6950" themselves|strong="H6950" to|strong="H0413" King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010" at|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" feast|strong="H2282" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" month|strong="H2320" Ethanim|strong="H0388", which|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" the|strong="H3605" seventh|strong="H7637" month|strong="H2320". 
\verseNumber{3}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" elders|strong="H2205" of|strong="H2205" Israel|strong="H3478" came|strong="H0935", and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" picked|strong="H5375" up|strong="H5375" the|strong="H3605" ark|strong="H0727". 
\verseNumber{4}They|strong="H0834" brought|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3605" LORD’s|strong="H3068" ark|strong="H0727", the|strong="H3605" Tent|strong="H0168" of|strong="H3068" Meeting|strong="H4150", and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" holy|strong="H6944" vessels|strong="H3627" that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Tent|strong="H0168". The|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Levites|strong="H3881" brought|strong="H5927" these|strong="H3605" up|strong="H5927". 
\verseNumber{5}King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010" and|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" congregation|strong="H5712" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" assembled|strong="H3259" to|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921", were|strong="H0834" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H5921" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" ark|strong="H0727", sacrificing|strong="H2076" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H3478" cattle|strong="H1241" that|strong="H0834" could not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" counted|strong="H5608" or|strong="H3808" numbered|strong="H5608" for|strong="H5921" multitude|strong="H7230". 
\verseNumber{6}The|strong="H0853" priests|strong="H3548" brought|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" ark|strong="H0727" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" covenant|strong="H1285" to|strong="H0413" its|strong="H0853" place|strong="H4725", into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" inner|strong="H1687" sanctuary|strong="H6944" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004", to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" most|strong="H6944" holy|strong="H6944" place|strong="H4725", even|strong="H0853" under|strong="H8478" the|strong="H0853" cherubim’s wings|strong="H3671". 
\verseNumber{7}For|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" cherubim|strong="H3742" spread|strong="H6566" their|strong="H5921" wings|strong="H3671" out|strong="H5921" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" place|strong="H4725" of|strong="H0727" the|strong="H5921" ark|strong="H0727", and|strong="H4725" the|strong="H5921" cherubim|strong="H3742" covered the|strong="H5921" ark|strong="H0727" and|strong="H4725" its|strong="H5921" poles|strong="H0905" above|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{8}The|strong="H6440" poles|strong="H0905" were|strong="H1961" so|strong="H4480" long|strong="H5704" that|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6440" ends|strong="H7218" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6440" poles|strong="H0905" were|strong="H1961" seen|strong="H7200" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H6440" holy|strong="H6944" place|strong="H6944" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" inner|strong="H1687" sanctuary|strong="H6944", but|strong="H3808" they|strong="H8033" were|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" seen|strong="H7200" outside|strong="H2351". They|strong="H8033" are|strong="H3117" there|strong="H8033" to|strong="H5704" this|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{9}There|strong="H8033" was|strong="H0369" nothing|strong="H0369" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0834" ark|strong="H0727" except|strong="H7535" the|strong="H0834" two|strong="H8147" stone|strong="H0068" tablets|strong="H3871" which|strong="H0834" Moses|strong="H4872" put|strong="H3318" there|strong="H8033" at|strong="H3478" Horeb|strong="H2722", when|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" LORD|strong="H3068" made|strong="H3772" a|strong="H3772" covenant with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H0834" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", when|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" came|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0834" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H1121" Egypt|strong="H4714". 
\verseNumber{10}It|strong="H1961" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" pass|strong="H1961", when|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" priests|strong="H3548" had|strong="H3068" come|strong="H1961" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" holy|strong="H6944" place|strong="H6944", that|strong="H4480" the|strong="H0853" cloud|strong="H6051" filled|strong="H4390" the|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004", 
\verseNumber{11}so|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" priests|strong="H3548" could|strong="H3201" not|strong="H3808" stand|strong="H5975" to|strong="H3068" minister|strong="H8334" by|strong="H3068" reason of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" cloud|strong="H6051"; for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" glory|strong="H3519" filled|strong="H4390" the|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004". 
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\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H0227" Solomon|strong="H8010" said|strong="H0559", “The|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" would|strong="H3068" dwell|strong="H7931" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" thick|strong="H6205" darkness|strong="H6205". 
\verseNumber{13}I have|strong="H1129" surely|strong="H1129" built|strong="H1129" you|strong="H3427" a|strong="H1129" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" habitation|strong="H2073", a|strong="H1129" place|strong="H4349" for|strong="H1004" you|strong="H3427" to|strong="H1004" dwell|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" forever|strong="H5769".” 
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\verseNumber{14}The|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" turned|strong="H5437" his|strong="H3605" face|strong="H6440" around|strong="H5437" and|strong="H3478" blessed|strong="H1288" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" assembly|strong="H6951" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478"; and|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" assembly|strong="H6951" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" stood|strong="H5975". 
\verseNumber{15}He|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559", “Blessed|strong="H1288" is|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068", the|strong="H0559" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478", who|strong="H0834" spoke|strong="H1696" with|strong="H0854" his|strong="H3068" mouth|strong="H6310" to|strong="H0559" David|strong="H1732" your|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001", and|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" with|strong="H0854" his|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027" fulfilled|strong="H4390" it|strong="H0834", saying|strong="H0559", 
\verseNumber{16}‘Since|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" brought|strong="H3318" my|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" Israel|strong="H3478" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1004" Egypt|strong="H4714", I|strong="H0834" chose|strong="H0977" no|strong="H3808" city|strong="H5892" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1004" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H1961" build|strong="H1129" a|strong="H1961" house|strong="H1004", that|strong="H0834" my|strong="H3605" name|strong="H8034" might|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1961" there|strong="H8033"; but|strong="H3808" I|strong="H0834" chose|strong="H0977" David|strong="H1732" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" over|strong="H5921" my|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" Israel|strong="H3478".’ 
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\verseNumber{17}“Now|strong="H1961" it|strong="H1961" was|strong="H8034" in|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3068" heart|strong="H3824" of|strong="H1004" David|strong="H1732" my|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001" to|strong="H1961" build|strong="H1129" a|strong="H1961" house|strong="H1004" for|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3068" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3068" LORD|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{18}But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732" my|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001", ‘Whereas it|strong="H3588" was|strong="H8034" in|strong="H0413" your|strong="H3068" heart|strong="H3824" to|strong="H0413" build|strong="H1129" a|strong="H1961" house|strong="H1004" for|strong="H3588" my|strong="H3068" name|strong="H8034", you|strong="H0834" did|strong="H0834" well|strong="H2895" that|strong="H0834" it|strong="H3588" was|strong="H8034" in|strong="H0413" your|strong="H3068" heart|strong="H3824". 
\verseNumber{19}Nevertheless|strong="H3588", you|strong="H0859" shall|strong="H1121" not|strong="H3808" build|strong="H1129" the|strong="H3588" house|strong="H1004"; but|strong="H3588" your|strong="H0518" son|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1931" shall|strong="H1121" come|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1121" your|strong="H0518" body, he|strong="H1931" shall|strong="H1121" build|strong="H1129" the|strong="H3588" house|strong="H1004" for|strong="H3588" my|strong="H3318" name|strong="H8034".’ 
\verseNumber{20}The|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" established|strong="H6965" his|strong="H5921" word|strong="H1697" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" spoke|strong="H1696"; for|strong="H5921" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" risen|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0853" place|strong="H8478" of|strong="H1004" David|strong="H1732" my|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001", and|strong="H6965" I|strong="H0834" sit|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" throne|strong="H3678" of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478", as|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" promised|strong="H1696", and|strong="H6965" have|strong="H0834" built|strong="H1129" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068", the|strong="H0853" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{21}There|strong="H8033" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" set|strong="H7760" a|strong="H3772" place|strong="H4725" for|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0853" ark|strong="H0727", in|strong="H3068" which|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" covenant|strong="H1285", which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" made|strong="H3772" with|strong="H5973" our|strong="H3068" fathers|strong="H0001" when|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" brought|strong="H3318" them|strong="H0853" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0853" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" Egypt|strong="H4714".” 
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\verseNumber{22}Solomon|strong="H8010" stood|strong="H5975" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" LORD’s|strong="H3068" altar|strong="H4196" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" presence|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" assembly|strong="H6951" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H3068" spread|strong="H6566" out|strong="H6440" his|strong="H3605" hands|strong="H3709" towards heaven|strong="H8064"; 
\verseNumber{23}and|strong="H1980" he|strong="H0430" said|strong="H0559", “LORD|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0776" Israel|strong="H3478", there|strong="H0369" is|strong="H0369" no|strong="H0369" God|strong="H0430" like|strong="H3644" you|strong="H3605", in|strong="H5921" heaven|strong="H8064" above|strong="H5921", or|strong="H0369" on|strong="H5921" earth|strong="H0776" beneath|strong="H8478"; who|strong="H3605" keeps|strong="H8104" covenant|strong="H1285" and|strong="H1980" loving kindness|strong="H2617" with|strong="H1980" your|strong="H3068" servants|strong="H5650" who|strong="H3605" walk|strong="H1980" before|strong="H6440" you|strong="H3605" with|strong="H1980" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" heart|strong="H3820"; 
\verseNumber{24}who|strong="H0834" has|strong="H0834" kept|strong="H8104" with|strong="H4390" your|strong="H0834" servant|strong="H5650" David|strong="H1732" my|strong="H8104" father|strong="H0001" that|strong="H0834" which|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" promised|strong="H1696" him|strong="H0853". Yes, you|strong="H0834" spoke|strong="H1696" with|strong="H4390" your|strong="H0834" mouth|strong="H6310", and|strong="H3027" have|strong="H0834" fulfilled|strong="H4390" it|strong="H8104" with|strong="H4390" your|strong="H0834" hand|strong="H3027", as|strong="H0834" it|strong="H8104" is|strong="H0834" today|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{25}Now|strong="H6258" therefore|strong="H6258", may|strong="H0430" LORD|strong="H3068", the|strong="H0853" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", keep|strong="H8104" with|strong="H1980" your|strong="H3068" servant|strong="H5650" David|strong="H1732" my|strong="H8104" father|strong="H0001" that|strong="H0834" which|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" promised|strong="H1696" him|strong="H5921", saying|strong="H0559", ‘There|strong="H3427" shall|strong="H1121" not|strong="H3808" fail|strong="H3772" from|strong="H5921" you|strong="H0834" a|strong="H3772" man|strong="H0376" in|strong="H3427" my|strong="H8104" sight|strong="H6440" to|strong="H0559" sit|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" throne|strong="H3678" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", if|strong="H0518" only|strong="H7535" your|strong="H3068" children|strong="H1121" take|strong="H8104" heed|strong="H8104" to|strong="H0559" their|strong="H3068" way|strong="H1870", to|strong="H0559" walk|strong="H1980" before|strong="H6440" me|strong="H6440" as|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" walked|strong="H1980" before|strong="H6440" me|strong="H6440".’ 
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\verseNumber{26}“Now|strong="H6258" therefore|strong="H6258", God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478", please|strong="H4994" let|strong="H4994" your|strong="H0834" word|strong="H1697" be|strong="H1697" verified|strong="H0539", which|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" spoke|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" your|strong="H0834" servant|strong="H5650" David|strong="H1732" my|strong="H1732" father|strong="H0001". 
\verseNumber{27}But|strong="H3588" will|strong="H0430" God|strong="H0430" in|strong="H3427" very|strong="H2088" deed dwell|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" earth|strong="H0776"? Behold|strong="H2009", heaven|strong="H8064" and|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0834" heaven|strong="H8064" of|strong="H0776" heavens|strong="H8064" can’t|strong="H3808" contain|strong="H3557" you|strong="H0834"; how|strong="H0834" much|strong="H0637" less|strong="H0637" this|strong="H2088" house|strong="H1004" that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" built|strong="H1129"! 
\verseNumber{28}Yet|strong="H3068" have|strong="H0834" respect|strong="H6437" for|strong="H0413" the|strong="H6440" prayer|strong="H8605" of|strong="H0430" your|strong="H3068" servant|strong="H5650" and|strong="H3068" for|strong="H0413" his|strong="H3068" supplication|strong="H8467", LORD|strong="H3068" my|strong="H8085" God|strong="H0430", to|strong="H0413" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H6440" cry|strong="H7440" and|strong="H3068" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H6440" prayer|strong="H8605" which|strong="H0834" your|strong="H3068" servant|strong="H5650" prays|strong="H6419" before|strong="H6440" you|strong="H0834" today|strong="H3117"; 
\verseNumber{29}that|strong="H0834" your|strong="H0834" eyes|strong="H5869" may|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" open|strong="H6605" towards this|strong="H2088" house|strong="H1004" night|strong="H3915" and|strong="H1004" day|strong="H3117", even towards the|strong="H0559" place|strong="H4725" of|strong="H1004" which|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" have|strong="H1961" said|strong="H0559", ‘My|strong="H8085" name|strong="H8034" shall|strong="H1004" be|strong="H1961" there|strong="H8033";’ to|strong="H0413" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" prayer|strong="H8605" which|strong="H0834" your|strong="H0834" servant|strong="H5650" prays|strong="H6419" towards this|strong="H2088" place|strong="H4725". 
\verseNumber{30}Listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0834" supplication|strong="H8467" of|strong="H3427" your|strong="H0834" servant|strong="H5650", and|strong="H3478" of|strong="H3427" your|strong="H0834" people|strong="H5971" Israel|strong="H3478", when|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" pray|strong="H6419" towards this|strong="H2088" place|strong="H4725". Yes, hear|strong="H8085" in|strong="H3427" heaven|strong="H8064", your|strong="H0834" dwelling|strong="H3427" place|strong="H4725"; and|strong="H3478" when|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0859" hear|strong="H8085", forgive|strong="H5545". 
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\verseNumber{31}“If|strong="H0834" a|strong="H0935" man|strong="H0376" sins|strong="H2398" against|strong="H6440" his|strong="H0834" neighbour, and|strong="H0935" an|strong="H0935" oath|strong="H0423" is|strong="H0834" laid|strong="H6440" on|strong="H0935" him|strong="H0853" to|strong="H0935" cause him|strong="H0853" to|strong="H0935" swear, and|strong="H0935" he|strong="H0834" comes|strong="H0935" and|strong="H0935" swears before|strong="H6440" your|strong="H0834" altar|strong="H4196" in|strong="H0935" this|strong="H2088" house|strong="H1004", 
\verseNumber{32}then|strong="H0853" hear|strong="H8085" in|strong="H8085" heaven|strong="H8064", and|strong="H8064" act|strong="H7561", and|strong="H8064" judge|strong="H8199" your|strong="H5414" servants|strong="H5650", condemning|strong="H7561" the|strong="H0853" wicked|strong="H7563", to|strong="H8085" bring|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5414" way|strong="H1870" on|strong="H1870" his|strong="H5414" own head|strong="H7218", and|strong="H8064" justifying|strong="H6663" the|strong="H0853" righteous|strong="H6662", to|strong="H8085" give|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" according to|strong="H8085" his|strong="H5414" righteousness|strong="H6666". 
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\verseNumber{33}“When|strong="H0834" your|strong="H0834" people|strong="H5971" Israel|strong="H3478" are|strong="H0834" struck|strong="H5062" down|strong="H5062" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0853" enemy|strong="H0341" because|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" sinned|strong="H2398" against|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0834", if|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" turn|strong="H7725" again|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0834" and|strong="H3478" confess|strong="H3034" your|strong="H0834" name|strong="H8034", and|strong="H3478" pray|strong="H6419" and|strong="H3478" make|strong="H7725" supplication|strong="H6419" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0413" this|strong="H2088" house|strong="H1004", 
\verseNumber{34}then|strong="H0859" hear|strong="H8085" in|strong="H0413" heaven|strong="H8064", and|strong="H3478" forgive|strong="H5545" the|strong="H0834" sin|strong="H2403" of|strong="H0001" your|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H3478" bring|strong="H7725" them|strong="H0413" again|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0834" land|strong="H0127" which|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0859" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0413" their|strong="H5414" fathers|strong="H0001". 
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\verseNumber{35}“When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" sky|strong="H8064" is|strong="H2088" shut|strong="H6113" up|strong="H0853" and|strong="H7725" there|strong="H1961" is|strong="H2088" no|strong="H3808" rain|strong="H4306" because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" sinned|strong="H2398" against|strong="H0413" you|strong="H3588", if|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" pray|strong="H6419" towards this|strong="H2088" place|strong="H4725" and|strong="H7725" confess|strong="H3034" your|strong="H7725" name|strong="H8034", and|strong="H7725" turn|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" their|strong="H3588" sin|strong="H2398" when|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" afflict|strong="H6031" them|strong="H0413", 
\verseNumber{36}then|strong="H0853" hear|strong="H8085" in|strong="H5921" heaven|strong="H8064", and|strong="H3478" forgive|strong="H5545" the|strong="H0853" sin|strong="H2403" of|strong="H0776" your|strong="H5414" servants|strong="H5650", and|strong="H3478" of|strong="H0776" your|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971" Israel|strong="H3478", when|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859" teach|strong="H3384" them|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" good|strong="H2896" way|strong="H1870" in|strong="H5921" which|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" should|strong="H3588" walk|strong="H1870"; and|strong="H3478" send|strong="H5414" rain|strong="H4306" on|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5414" land|strong="H0776" which|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0859" have|strong="H0834" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971" for|strong="H3588" an|strong="H5414" inheritance|strong="H5159". 
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\verseNumber{37}“If|strong="H3588" there|strong="H1961" is|strong="H0776" famine|strong="H7458" in|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776", if|strong="H3588" there|strong="H1961" is|strong="H0776" pestilence|strong="H1698", if|strong="H3588" there|strong="H1961" is|strong="H0776" blight|strong="H7711", mildew|strong="H3420", locust|strong="H0697" or|strong="H5061" caterpillar|strong="H2625"; if|strong="H3588" their|strong="H3605" enemy|strong="H0341" besieges them|strong="H1961" in|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" their|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H8179", whatever|strong="H3605" plague|strong="H1698", whatever|strong="H3605" sickness|strong="H4245" there|strong="H1961" is|strong="H0776", 
\verseNumber{38}whatever|strong="H0834" prayer|strong="H8605" and|strong="H3478" supplication|strong="H8467" is|strong="H0834" made|strong="H3045" by|strong="H0413" any|strong="H3605" man|strong="H0376", or|strong="H0120" by|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" Israel|strong="H3478", who|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H3478" each|strong="H0376" know|strong="H3045" the|strong="H3605" plague|strong="H5061" of|strong="H1004" his|strong="H3605" own|strong="H1961" heart|strong="H3824", and|strong="H3478" spread|strong="H6566" out|strong="H3045" his|strong="H3605" hands|strong="H3709" towards this|strong="H2088" house|strong="H1004", 
\verseNumber{39}then|strong="H0853" hear|strong="H8085" in|strong="H3427" heaven|strong="H8064", your|strong="H3605" dwelling|strong="H3427" place|strong="H4349", and|strong="H1121" forgive|strong="H5545", and|strong="H1121" act|strong="H6213", and|strong="H1121" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H8085" every|strong="H3605" man|strong="H0376" according|strong="H0376" to|strong="H8085" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" ways|strong="H1870", whose|strong="H0834" heart|strong="H3824" you|strong="H0859" know|strong="H3045" (for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859", even|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859" only|strong="H0905", know|strong="H3045" the|strong="H3605" hearts|strong="H3824" of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" men|strong="H0376"); 
\verseNumber{40}that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H1992" may|strong="H0834" fear|strong="H3372" you|strong="H0834" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" days|strong="H3117" that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H1992" live|strong="H2416" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0127" which|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" our|strong="H3605" fathers|strong="H0001". 
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\verseNumber{41}“Moreover|strong="H1571", concerning|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0834" foreigner|strong="H5237", who|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" of|strong="H0776" your|strong="H0834" people|strong="H5971" Israel|strong="H3478", when|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" comes|strong="H0935" out|strong="H0413" of|strong="H0776" a|strong="H0935" far|strong="H7350" country|strong="H0776" for|strong="H0413" your|strong="H0834" name’s|strong="H8034" sake|strong="H4616" 
\verseNumber{42}(for|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" shall|strong="H1004" hear|strong="H8085" of|strong="H1004" your|strong="H5186" great|strong="H1419" name|strong="H8034" and|strong="H0935" of|strong="H1004" your|strong="H5186" mighty|strong="H2389" hand|strong="H3027" and|strong="H0935" of|strong="H1004" your|strong="H5186" outstretched|strong="H5186" arm|strong="H2220"), when|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" comes|strong="H0935" and|strong="H0935" prays|strong="H6419" towards this|strong="H2088" house|strong="H1004", 
\verseNumber{43}hear|strong="H8085" in|strong="H3427" heaven|strong="H8064", your|strong="H3605" dwelling|strong="H3427" place|strong="H4349", and|strong="H3478" do|strong="H6213" according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" foreigner|strong="H5237" calls|strong="H7121" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0859" for|strong="H3588"; that|strong="H0834" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" peoples|strong="H5971" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776" may|strong="H0776" know|strong="H3045" your|strong="H3605" name|strong="H8034", to|strong="H0413" fear|strong="H3372" you|strong="H0859", as|strong="H0834" do|strong="H6213" your|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H3478" that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" may|strong="H0776" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H0834" this|strong="H2088" house|strong="H1004" which|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" built|strong="H1129" is|strong="H0834" called|strong="H7121" by|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3605" name|strong="H8034". 
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\verseNumber{44}“If|strong="H3588" your|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" go|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H0413" battle|strong="H4421" against|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3068" enemy|strong="H0341", by|strong="H5921" whatever|strong="H0834" way|strong="H1870" you|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H3068" send|strong="H7971" them|strong="H0413", and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H0834" pray|strong="H6419" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0834" LORD|strong="H3068" towards the|strong="H0834" city|strong="H5892" which|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" chosen|strong="H0977", and|strong="H3068" towards the|strong="H0834" house|strong="H1004" which|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" built|strong="H1129" for|strong="H3588" your|strong="H3068" name|strong="H8034", 
\verseNumber{45}then|strong="H0853" hear|strong="H8085" in|strong="H8085" heaven|strong="H8064" their|strong="H8085" prayer|strong="H8605" and|strong="H8064" their|strong="H8085" supplication|strong="H8467", and|strong="H8064" maintain their|strong="H8085" cause|strong="H4941". 
\verseNumber{46}If|strong="H3588" they|strong="H0834" sin|strong="H2398" against|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0834" (for|strong="H3588" there|strong="H0369" is|strong="H0369" no|strong="H3808" man|strong="H0120" who|strong="H0834" doesn’t|strong="H3808" sin|strong="H2398"), and|strong="H0776" you|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" angry|strong="H0599" with|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413" and|strong="H0776" deliver|strong="H5414" them|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H6440" enemy|strong="H0341", so|strong="H5414" that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" carry them|strong="H0413" away|strong="H7617" captive|strong="H7617" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H6440" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H6440" enemy|strong="H0341", far|strong="H7350" off|strong="H7350" or|strong="H0176" near|strong="H7138"; 
\verseNumber{47}yet if|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" repent|strong="H7725" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" land|strong="H0776" where|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" carried|strong="H7617" captive|strong="H7617", and|strong="H0776" turn|strong="H7725" again|strong="H7725", and|strong="H0776" make|strong="H7725" supplication to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" those|strong="H0834" who|strong="H0834" carried|strong="H7617" them|strong="H0413" captive|strong="H7617", saying|strong="H0559", ‘We|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" sinned|strong="H2398" and|strong="H0776" have|strong="H0834" done|strong="H2398" perversely; we|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" dealt wickedly|strong="H7561",’ 
\verseNumber{48}if|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0834" with|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" heart|strong="H3824" and|strong="H0776" with|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" soul|strong="H5315" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" their|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H0341" who|strong="H0834" carried|strong="H7617" them|strong="H0413" captive|strong="H7617", and|strong="H0776" pray|strong="H6419" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0834" towards their|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" which|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0413" their|strong="H3605" fathers|strong="H0001", the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" which|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" chosen|strong="H0977" and|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" which|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" built|strong="H1129" for|strong="H0413" your|strong="H3605" name|strong="H8034", 
\verseNumber{49}then|strong="H0853" hear|strong="H8085" their|strong="H8085" prayer|strong="H8605" and|strong="H8064" their|strong="H8085" supplication|strong="H8467" in|strong="H3427" heaven|strong="H8064", your|strong="H8085" dwelling|strong="H3427" place|strong="H4349", and|strong="H8064" maintain their|strong="H8085" cause|strong="H4941"; 
\verseNumber{50}and|strong="H6440" forgive|strong="H5545" your|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" sinned|strong="H2398" against|strong="H6440" you|strong="H0834", and|strong="H6440" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" transgressions|strong="H6588" in|strong="H5414" which|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" transgressed|strong="H6586" against|strong="H6440" you|strong="H0834"; and|strong="H6440" give|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" compassion|strong="H7355" before|strong="H6440" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H0834" carried|strong="H7617" them|strong="H5414" captive|strong="H7617", that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" may|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" compassion|strong="H7355" on|strong="H7355" them|strong="H5414" 
\verseNumber{51}(for|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H0834" your|strong="H0834" people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H4714" your|strong="H0834" inheritance|strong="H5159", which|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" brought|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H8432" Egypt|strong="H4714", from|strong="H3318" the|strong="H0834" middle|strong="H8432" of|strong="H8432" the|strong="H0834" iron|strong="H1270" furnace|strong="H3564"); 
\verseNumber{52}that|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3605" eyes|strong="H5869" may|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" open|strong="H6605" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" supplication|strong="H8467" of|strong="H5869" your|strong="H3605" servant|strong="H5650" and|strong="H3478" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" supplication|strong="H8467" of|strong="H5869" your|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" Israel|strong="H3478", to|strong="H0413" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413" whenever|strong="H3605" they|strong="H5971" cry|strong="H7121" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{53}For|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859" separated|strong="H0914" them|strong="H0853" from|strong="H3318" amongst all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" peoples|strong="H5971" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776" to|strong="H1696" be|strong="H3027" your|strong="H3605" inheritance|strong="H5159", as|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0859" spoke|strong="H1696" by|strong="H3027" Moses|strong="H4872" your|strong="H3605" servant|strong="H5650", when|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859" brought|strong="H3318" our|strong="H3605" fathers|strong="H0001" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H0776" Egypt|strong="H4714", Lord|strong="H0136" GOD|strong="H0136".” 
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\verseNumber{54}It|strong="H5921" was|strong="H1961" so|strong="H1961", that|strong="H3605" when|strong="H1961" Solomon|strong="H8010" had|strong="H3068" finished|strong="H3615" praying|strong="H6419" all|strong="H3605" this|strong="H2063" prayer|strong="H8605" and|strong="H6965" supplication|strong="H8467" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068", he|strong="H3068" arose|strong="H6965" from|strong="H5921" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" LORD’s|strong="H3068" altar|strong="H4196", from|strong="H5921" kneeling|strong="H3766" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" knees|strong="H1290" with|strong="H0413" his|strong="H3605" hands|strong="H3709" spread|strong="H6566" out|strong="H6440" towards heaven|strong="H8064". 
\verseNumber{55}He|strong="H0853" stood|strong="H5975" and|strong="H3478" blessed|strong="H1288" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" assembly|strong="H6951" of|strong="H6963" Israel|strong="H3478" with|strong="H3478" a|strong="H5975" loud|strong="H1419" voice|strong="H6963", saying|strong="H0559", 
\verseNumber{56}“Blessed|strong="H1288" be|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068", who|strong="H0834" has|strong="H3068" given|strong="H5414" rest|strong="H4496" to|strong="H1696" his|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" Israel|strong="H3478", according|strong="H3027" to|strong="H1696" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" promised|strong="H1696". There|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" failed|strong="H5307" one|strong="H0259" word|strong="H1697" of|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" good|strong="H2896" promise|strong="H1697", which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" promised|strong="H1696" by|strong="H3027" Moses|strong="H4872" his|strong="H3605" servant|strong="H5650". 
\verseNumber{57}May|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0834" LORD|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430" be|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5973" us|strong="H0834" as|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" was|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5973" our|strong="H3068" fathers|strong="H0001". Let|strong="H0408" him|strong="H5973" not|strong="H0408" leave|strong="H5800" us|strong="H0834" or|strong="H0408" forsake|strong="H5203" us|strong="H0834", 
\verseNumber{58}that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" may|strong="H0834" incline|strong="H5186" our|strong="H3605" hearts|strong="H3824" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", to|strong="H0413" walk|strong="H1870" in|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" ways|strong="H1870", and|strong="H4941" to|strong="H0413" keep|strong="H8104" his|strong="H3605" commandments|strong="H4687", his|strong="H3605" statutes|strong="H2706", and|strong="H4941" his|strong="H3605" ordinances|strong="H4941", which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" commanded|strong="H6680" our|strong="H3605" fathers|strong="H0001". 
\verseNumber{59}Let|strong="H1961" these|strong="H0428" my|strong="H3068" words|strong="H1697", with|strong="H0413" which|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H1961" made|strong="H6213" supplication before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" LORD|strong="H3068", be|strong="H1961" near|strong="H7126" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H6440" LORD|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430" day|strong="H3117" and|strong="H3068" night|strong="H3915", that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" may|strong="H1961" maintain the|strong="H6440" cause|strong="H4941" of|strong="H0430" his|strong="H3068" servant|strong="H5650" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" cause|strong="H4941" of|strong="H0430" his|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" Israel|strong="H3478", as|strong="H0834" every|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" requires|strong="H1697"; 
\verseNumber{60}that|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" peoples|strong="H5971" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776" may|strong="H0776" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" himself|strong="H1931" is|strong="H0369" God|strong="H0430". There|strong="H0369" is|strong="H0369" no|strong="H0369" one|strong="H0369" else|strong="H5750". 
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\verseNumber{61}“Let|strong="H1961" your|strong="H3068" heart|strong="H3824" therefore|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" perfect|strong="H8003" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H3068" LORD|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430", to|strong="H1961" walk in|strong="H0430" his|strong="H8104" statutes|strong="H2706", and|strong="H3068" to|strong="H1961" keep|strong="H8104" his|strong="H8104" commandments|strong="H4687", as|strong="H1961" it|strong="H1961" is|strong="H3068" today|strong="H3117".” 
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\verseNumber{62}The|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H6440", offered|strong="H2076" sacrifice|strong="H2077" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{63}Solomon|strong="H8010" offered|strong="H2076" for|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" sacrifice|strong="H2077" of|strong="H1121" peace|strong="H8002" offerings|strong="H8002", which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" offered|strong="H2076" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068", twenty|strong="H6242" two|strong="H8147" thousand|strong="H0505" head of|strong="H1121" cattle|strong="H1241" and|strong="H1121" one|strong="H3605" hundred|strong="H3967" and|strong="H1121" twenty|strong="H6242" thousand|strong="H0505" sheep|strong="H6629". So|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" dedicated|strong="H2596" the|strong="H3605" LORD’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{64}The|strong="H0853" same|strong="H1931" day|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" made|strong="H6213" the|strong="H0853" middle|strong="H8432" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" court|strong="H2691" holy|strong="H6942" that|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004"; for|strong="H3588" there|strong="H8033" he|strong="H0834" offered the|strong="H0853" burnt|strong="H5930" offering|strong="H4503", the|strong="H0853" meal|strong="H4503" offering|strong="H4503", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" fat|strong="H2459" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" peace|strong="H8002" offerings|strong="H8002", because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" bronze|strong="H5178" altar|strong="H4196" that|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" was|strong="H0834" too little|strong="H6996" to|strong="H3068" receive the|strong="H0853" burnt|strong="H5930" offering|strong="H4503", the|strong="H0853" meal|strong="H4503" offering|strong="H4503", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" fat|strong="H2459" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" peace|strong="H8002" offerings|strong="H8002". 
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\verseNumber{65}So|strong="H6213" Solomon|strong="H8010" held|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" feast|strong="H2282" at|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3605" time|strong="H6256", and|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H0853", a|strong="H0935" great|strong="H1419" assembly|strong="H6951", from|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" entrance|strong="H0935" of|strong="H0430" Hamath|strong="H2574" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" brook|strong="H5158" of|strong="H0430" Egypt|strong="H4714", before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430", seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117" and|strong="H0935" seven|strong="H7651" more|strong="H1419" days|strong="H3117", even|strong="H5704" fourteen|strong="H6240" days|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{66}On|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" eighth|strong="H8066" day|strong="H3117" he|strong="H0834" sent|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" away|strong="H7971"; and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H0834" blessed|strong="H1288" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", and|strong="H3068" went to|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3605" tents|strong="H0168" joyful|strong="H8056" and|strong="H3068" glad|strong="H8056" in|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3605" hearts|strong="H3820" for|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" goodness that|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" shown|strong="H6213" to|strong="H5921" David|strong="H1732" his|strong="H3605" servant|strong="H5650", and|strong="H3068" to|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478" his|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971". 
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\chapterNumber{9}When|strong="H1961" Solomon|strong="H8010" had|strong="H3068" finished|strong="H3615" the|strong="H3605" building|strong="H1129" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" LORD’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004", the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" Solomon’s|strong="H8010" desire|strong="H2654" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" was|strong="H1961" pleased|strong="H2654" to|strong="H1961" do|strong="H6213", 
\verseNumber{2}The|strong="H0834" LORD|strong="H3068" appeared|strong="H7200" to|strong="H0413" Solomon|strong="H8010" the|strong="H0834" second|strong="H8145" time|strong="H8145", as|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H3068" appeared|strong="H7200" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413" at|strong="H0413" Gibeon|strong="H1391". 
\verseNumber{3}The|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H1961" heard|strong="H8085" your|strong="H3068" prayer|strong="H8605" and|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" supplication|strong="H8467" that|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" have|strong="H1961" made|strong="H7760" before|strong="H6440" me|strong="H0413". I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H1961" made|strong="H7760" this|strong="H2088" house|strong="H1004" holy|strong="H6942", which|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" have|strong="H1961" built|strong="H1129", to|strong="H0413" put|strong="H7760" my|strong="H3605" name|strong="H8034" there|strong="H8033" forever|strong="H5769"; and|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3605" eyes|strong="H5869" and|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3605" heart|strong="H3820" shall|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" there|strong="H8033" perpetually|strong="H5769". 
\verseNumber{4}As|strong="H0834" for|strong="H4941" you|strong="H0859", if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H0859" will|strong="H0834" walk|strong="H1980" before|strong="H6440" me|strong="H6440" as|strong="H0834" David|strong="H1732" your|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" walked|strong="H1980", in|strong="H1980" integrity|strong="H8537" of|strong="H0001" heart|strong="H3824" and|strong="H1980" in|strong="H1980" uprightness|strong="H3476", to|strong="H1980" do|strong="H6213" according|strong="H4941" to|strong="H1980" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" commanded|strong="H6680" you|strong="H0859", and|strong="H1980" will|strong="H0834" keep|strong="H8104" my|strong="H3605" statutes|strong="H2706" and|strong="H1980" my|strong="H3605" ordinances|strong="H4941", 
\verseNumber{5}then|strong="H6965" I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" establish|strong="H6965" the|strong="H0853" throne|strong="H3678" of|strong="H0376" your|strong="H5921" kingdom|strong="H4467" over|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478" forever|strong="H5769", as|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" promised|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0559" David|strong="H1732" your|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001", saying|strong="H0559", ‘There|strong="H5769" shall|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" fail|strong="H3772" from|strong="H5921" you|strong="H0834" a|strong="H3772" man|strong="H0376" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" throne|strong="H3678" of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478".’ 
\verseNumber{6}But|strong="H0518" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H0859" turn|strong="H7725" away|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" following|strong="H0310" me|strong="H5414", you|strong="H0859" or|strong="H0518" your|strong="H5414" children|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1980" not|strong="H3808" keep|strong="H8104" my|strong="H8104" commandments|strong="H4687" and|strong="H1980" my|strong="H8104" statutes|strong="H2708" which|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" set|strong="H5414" before|strong="H6440" you|strong="H0859", but|strong="H0518" go|strong="H1980" and|strong="H1980" serve|strong="H5647" other|strong="H0312" gods|strong="H0430" and|strong="H1980" worship|strong="H7812" them|strong="H5414", 
\verseNumber{7}then|strong="H1961" I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H1961" cut|strong="H3772" off|strong="H3772" Israel|strong="H3478" out|strong="H7971" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0127" which|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H1961" given|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414"; and|strong="H3478" I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H1961" cast|strong="H5414" this|strong="H0834" house|strong="H1004", which|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H1961" made|strong="H3772" holy|strong="H6942" for|strong="H5921" my|strong="H3605" name|strong="H8034", out|strong="H7971" of|strong="H1004" my|strong="H3605" sight|strong="H6440"; and|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" proverb|strong="H4912" and|strong="H3478" a|strong="H1961" byword|strong="H4912" amongst all|strong="H3605" peoples|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{8}Though this|strong="H2088" house|strong="H1004" is|strong="H3068" so|strong="H6213" high, yet|strong="H3068" everyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" passes|strong="H5674" by|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" astonished|strong="H8074" and|strong="H3068" hiss|strong="H8319"; and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" say|strong="H0559", ‘Why|strong="H4100" has|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2088" to|strong="H0559" this|strong="H2088" land|strong="H0776" and|strong="H3068" to|strong="H0559" this|strong="H2088" house|strong="H1004"?’ 
\verseNumber{9}and|strong="H0935" they|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" answer|strong="H0559", ‘Because|strong="H5921" they|strong="H0834" abandoned|strong="H5800" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430", who|strong="H0834" brought|strong="H0935" their|strong="H3605" fathers|strong="H0001" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" Egypt|strong="H4714", and|strong="H0935" embraced other|strong="H0312" gods|strong="H0430", and|strong="H0935" worshipped them|strong="H0853", and|strong="H0935" served|strong="H5647" them|strong="H0853". Therefore|strong="H3651" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" this|strong="H2063" evil|strong="H7451" on|strong="H5921" them|strong="H0853".’” 
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\verseNumber{10}At|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" end|strong="H7097" of|strong="H4428" twenty|strong="H6242" years|strong="H8141", in|strong="H8141" which|strong="H0834" Solomon|strong="H8010" had|strong="H3068" built|strong="H1129" the|strong="H0853" two|strong="H8147" houses|strong="H1004", the|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" king’s|strong="H4428" house|strong="H1004" 
\verseNumber{11}(now|strong="H5414" Hiram|strong="H2438" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Tyre|strong="H6865" had|strong="H8010" furnished Solomon|strong="H8010" with|strong="H0776" cedar|strong="H0730" trees|strong="H6086" and|strong="H0776" cypress|strong="H1265" trees|strong="H6086", and|strong="H0776" with|strong="H0776" gold|strong="H2091", according to|strong="H5414" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" desire|strong="H2656"), King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010" gave|strong="H5414" Hiram|strong="H2438" twenty|strong="H6242" cities|strong="H5892" in|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H4428" Galilee|strong="H1551". 
\verseNumber{12}Hiram|strong="H2438" came|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H5869" Tyre|strong="H6865" to|strong="H5414" see|strong="H7200" the|strong="H0853" cities|strong="H5892" which|strong="H0834" Solomon|strong="H8010" had|strong="H0834" given|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414"; and|strong="H5869" they|strong="H0834" didn’t|strong="H3808" please him|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{13}He|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559", “What|strong="H4100" cities|strong="H5892" are|strong="H0834" these|strong="H0428" which|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" given|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414", my|strong="H5414" brother|strong="H0251"?” He|strong="H0834" called|strong="H7121" them|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0559" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" Cabul|strong="H3521"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{9:13  }“Cabul” sounds like Hebrew for “good-for-nothing”.} to|strong="H0559" this|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{14}Hiram|strong="H2438" sent|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" the|strong="H7971" king|strong="H4428" one|strong="H4428" hundred|strong="H3967" and|strong="H3967" twenty|strong="H6242" talents|strong="H3603"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{9:14  }A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces, so 120 talents is about 3.6 metric tonnes} of|strong="H4428" gold|strong="H2091". 
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\verseNumber{15}This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" reason|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" forced|strong="H4522" labour which|strong="H0834" King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010" conscripted|strong="H5927": to|strong="H3068" build|strong="H1129" the|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004", his|strong="H3068" own house|strong="H1004", Millo|strong="H4407", Jerusalem’s|strong="H3389" wall|strong="H2346", Hazor|strong="H2674", Megiddo|strong="H4023", and|strong="H3068" Gezer|strong="H1507". 
\verseNumber{16}Pharaoh|strong="H6547" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Egypt|strong="H4714" had|strong="H8010" gone|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927", taken|strong="H3920" Gezer|strong="H1507", burnt|strong="H5927" it|strong="H5414" with|strong="H8313" fire|strong="H0784", killed|strong="H2026" the|strong="H0853" Canaanites|strong="H3669" who|strong="H3427" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892", and|strong="H4428" given|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" for|strong="H4714" a|strong="H5414" wedding gift|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5414" daughter|strong="H1323", Solomon’s|strong="H8010" wife|strong="H0802". 
\verseNumber{17}Solomon|strong="H8010" built|strong="H1129" in|strong="H1129" the|strong="H0853" land Gezer|strong="H1507", Beth Horon the|strong="H0853" lower|strong="H8481", 
\verseNumber{18}Baalath|strong="H1191", Tamar|strong="H8559" in|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0853" wilderness|strong="H4057", 
\verseNumber{19}all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" storage|strong="H4543" cities|strong="H5892" that|strong="H0834" Solomon|strong="H8010" had|strong="H0834", the|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" for|strong="H0776" his|strong="H3605" chariots|strong="H7393", the|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" for|strong="H0776" his|strong="H3605" horsemen|strong="H6571", and|strong="H0776" that|strong="H0834" which|strong="H0834" Solomon|strong="H8010" desired to|strong="H1961" build|strong="H1129" for|strong="H0776" his|strong="H3605" pleasure in|strong="H0776" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", and|strong="H0776" in|strong="H0776" Lebanon|strong="H3844", and|strong="H0776" in|strong="H0776" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" his|strong="H3605" dominion|strong="H4475". 
\verseNumber{20}As|strong="H0834" for|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" left|strong="H3498" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Amorites|strong="H0567", the|strong="H3605" Hittites|strong="H2850", the|strong="H3605" Perizzites|strong="H6522", the|strong="H3605" Hivites|strong="H2340", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Jebusites|strong="H2983", who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478"— 
\verseNumber{21}their|strong="H0310" children|strong="H1121" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" left|strong="H3498" after|strong="H0310" them|strong="H0310" in|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0834" land|strong="H0776", whom|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" were|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" utterly to|strong="H5704" destroy|strong="H2763"—of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H0310" Solomon|strong="H8010" raised|strong="H5927" a|strong="H0834" levy of|strong="H1121" bondservants to|strong="H5704" this|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{22}But|strong="H3588" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" Solomon|strong="H8010" made|strong="H5414" no|strong="H3808" bondservants; but|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3588" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" war|strong="H4421", his|strong="H5414" servants|strong="H5650", his|strong="H5414" princes|strong="H8269", his|strong="H5414" captains|strong="H8269", and|strong="H1121" rulers|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5414" chariots|strong="H7393" and|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5414" horsemen|strong="H6571". 
\verseNumber{23}These|strong="H0428" were|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" five|strong="H2568" hundred|strong="H3967" and|strong="H3967" fifty|strong="H2572" chief|strong="H8269" officers|strong="H8269" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" over|strong="H5921" Solomon’s|strong="H8010" work|strong="H4399", who|strong="H0834" ruled over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0834" laboured in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" work|strong="H4399". 
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\verseNumber{24}But|strong="H0389" Pharaoh’s|strong="H6547" daughter|strong="H1323" came|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" out|strong="H0413" of|strong="H1004" David’s|strong="H1732" city|strong="H5892" to|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413" house|strong="H1004" which|strong="H0834" Solomon had|strong="H0834" built|strong="H1129" for|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413". Then|strong="H0227" he|strong="H0834" built|strong="H1129" Millo|strong="H4407". 
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\verseNumber{25}Solomon|strong="H8010" offered|strong="H5927" burnt|strong="H5930" offerings|strong="H8002" and|strong="H3068" peace|strong="H8002" offerings|strong="H8002" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" altar|strong="H4196" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" built|strong="H1129" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" three|strong="H7969" times|strong="H6471" per year|strong="H8141", burning|strong="H6999" incense|strong="H6999" with|strong="H0854" them|strong="H0853" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" altar|strong="H4196" that|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068". So|strong="H5927" he|strong="H0834" finished|strong="H7999" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004". 
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\verseNumber{26}King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010" made|strong="H6213" a|strong="H0834" fleet|strong="H0590" of|strong="H4428" ships|strong="H0590" in|strong="H5921" Ezion Geber, which|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" beside|strong="H5921" Eloth|strong="H0359", on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" shore|strong="H8193" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0834" Sea|strong="H3220" of|strong="H4428" Suf, in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H4428" Edom|strong="H0123". 
\verseNumber{27}Hiram|strong="H2438" sent|strong="H7971" in|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" fleet|strong="H0590" his|strong="H7971" servants|strong="H5650", sailors who|strong="H0376" had|strong="H8010" knowledge|strong="H3045" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" sea|strong="H3220", with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H0853" servants|strong="H5650" of|strong="H0376" Solomon|strong="H8010". 
\verseNumber{28}They|strong="H8033" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" Ophir|strong="H0211", and|strong="H0935" fetched from|strong="H0935" there|strong="H8033" gold|strong="H2091", four|strong="H0702" hundred|strong="H3967" and|strong="H0935" twenty|strong="H6242" talents|strong="H3603",\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{9:28  }A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces, so 420 talents is about 12.6 metric tonnes} and|strong="H0935" brought|strong="H0935" it|strong="H8033" to|strong="H0413" King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010". 
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\chapterNumber{10}When|strong="H8085" the|strong="H0853" queen|strong="H4436" of|strong="H3068" Sheba|strong="H7614" heard|strong="H8085" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" fame|strong="H8034" of|strong="H3068" Solomon|strong="H8010" concerning|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" name|strong="H8034", she came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" test|strong="H5254" him|strong="H0853" with|strong="H3068" hard questions|strong="H2420". 
\verseNumber{2}She|strong="H0834" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" with|strong="H5973" a|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" great|strong="H3966" caravan, with|strong="H5973" camels|strong="H1581" that|strong="H0834" bore|strong="H5375" spices|strong="H1314", very|strong="H3966" much|strong="H7227" gold|strong="H2091", and|strong="H0935" precious|strong="H3368" stones|strong="H0068"; and|strong="H0935" when|strong="H1961" she|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" Solomon|strong="H8010", she|strong="H0834" talked|strong="H1696" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H0413" about|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" was|strong="H1961" in|strong="H0935" her|strong="H3605" heart|strong="H3824". 
\verseNumber{3}Solomon|strong="H8010" answered|strong="H5046" all|strong="H3605" her|strong="H3605" questions|strong="H1697". There|strong="H1961" wasn’t anything|strong="H3605" hidden|strong="H5956" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" didn’t|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H5046" her|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{4}When|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" queen|strong="H4436" of|strong="H1004" Sheba|strong="H7614" had|strong="H0834" seen|strong="H7200" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" wisdom|strong="H2451" of|strong="H1004" Solomon|strong="H8010", the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" built|strong="H1129", 
\verseNumber{5}the|strong="H0834" food|strong="H3978" of|strong="H1004" his|strong="H3068" table|strong="H7979", the|strong="H0834" sitting of|strong="H1004" his|strong="H3068" servants|strong="H5650", the|strong="H0834" attendance|strong="H4612" of|strong="H1004" his|strong="H3068" officials|strong="H5650", their|strong="H3068" clothing, his|strong="H3068" cup bearers, and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" ascent|strong="H5927" by|strong="H3068" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0834" LORD’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004", there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" no|strong="H3808" more|strong="H5750" spirit|strong="H7307" in|strong="H3068" her|strong="H1961". 
\verseNumber{6}She|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428", “It|strong="H5921" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" true|strong="H0571" report|strong="H1697" that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" heard|strong="H8085" in|strong="H5921" my|strong="H8085" own|strong="H1961" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H4428" your|strong="H5921" acts|strong="H1697" and|strong="H0776" of|strong="H4428" your|strong="H5921" wisdom|strong="H2451". 
\verseNumber{7}However|strong="H8085", I|strong="H0834" didn’t|strong="H3808" believe|strong="H0539" the|strong="H0834" words|strong="H1697" until|strong="H5704" I|strong="H0834" came|strong="H0935" and|strong="H0935" my|strong="H8085" eyes|strong="H5869" had|strong="H0834" seen|strong="H7200" it|strong="H5704". Behold|strong="H2009", not|strong="H3808" even|strong="H5704" half|strong="H2677" was|strong="H0834" told|strong="H5046" me|strong="H0413"! Your|strong="H0834" wisdom|strong="H2451" and|strong="H0935" prosperity|strong="H2896" exceed|strong="H3254" the|strong="H0834" fame which|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" heard|strong="H8085". 
\verseNumber{8}Happy|strong="H0835" are|strong="H0428" your|strong="H8085" men|strong="H0376", happy|strong="H0835" are|strong="H0428" these|strong="H0428" your|strong="H8085" servants|strong="H5650" who|strong="H0376" stand|strong="H5975" continually|strong="H8548" before|strong="H6440" you|strong="H6440", who|strong="H0376" hear|strong="H8085" your|strong="H8085" wisdom|strong="H2451". 
\verseNumber{9}Blessed|strong="H1288" is|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430", who|strong="H0834" delighted in|strong="H5921" you|strong="H0834", to|strong="H1961" set|strong="H7760" you|strong="H0834" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" throne|strong="H3678" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478". Because|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" loved Israel|strong="H3478" forever|strong="H5769", therefore|strong="H3068" he|strong="H0834" made|strong="H6213" you|strong="H0834" king|strong="H4428", to|strong="H1961" do|strong="H6213" justice|strong="H4941" and|strong="H3068" righteousness|strong="H6666".” 
\verseNumber{10}She|strong="H1931" gave|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0834" king|strong="H4428" one|strong="H3808" hundred|strong="H3967" and|strong="H0935" twenty|strong="H6242" talents|strong="H3603" of|strong="H4428" gold|strong="H2091", and|strong="H0935" a|strong="H5414" very|strong="H3966" great|strong="H3966" quantity|strong="H7230" of|strong="H4428" spices|strong="H1314", and|strong="H0935" precious|strong="H3368" stones|strong="H0068". Never|strong="H3808" again|strong="H5750" was|strong="H0834" there|strong="H7230" such|strong="H0834" an|strong="H5414" abundance|strong="H7230" of|strong="H4428" spices|strong="H1314" as|strong="H0834" these|strong="H1931" which|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" queen|strong="H4436" of|strong="H4428" Sheba|strong="H7614" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0935" King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010". 
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\verseNumber{11}The|strong="H0834" fleet|strong="H0590" of|strong="H6086" Hiram|strong="H2438" that|strong="H0834" brought|strong="H0935" gold|strong="H2091" from|strong="H0935" Ophir|strong="H0211" also|strong="H1571" brought|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" from|strong="H0935" Ophir|strong="H0211" great|strong="H3966" quantities of|strong="H6086" almug|strong="H0484" trees|strong="H6086"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{10:11  }possibly an Indian sandalwood, with nice grain and a pleasant scent, and good for woodworking} and|strong="H0935" precious|strong="H3368" stones|strong="H0068". 
\verseNumber{12}The|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" made|strong="H6213" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" almug|strong="H0484" trees|strong="H6086" pillars for|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004" and|strong="H0935" for|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" king’s|strong="H4428" house|strong="H1004", harps|strong="H3658" also|strong="H3068" and|strong="H0935" stringed instruments for|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" singers|strong="H7891"; no|strong="H3808" such|strong="H2088" almug|strong="H0484" trees|strong="H6086" came|strong="H0935" or|strong="H3808" were|strong="H3117" seen|strong="H7200" to|strong="H0935" this|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117". 
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\verseNumber{13}King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" queen|strong="H4436" of|strong="H4428" Sheba|strong="H7614" all|strong="H3605" her|strong="H3605" desire|strong="H2656", whatever|strong="H0834" she|strong="H1931" asked|strong="H7592", in|strong="H0776" addition to|strong="H5414" that|strong="H0834" which|strong="H0834" Solomon|strong="H8010" gave|strong="H5414" her|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3605" royal|strong="H4428" bounty|strong="H3027". So|strong="H5414" she|strong="H1931" turned|strong="H6437" and|strong="H0776" went to|strong="H5414" her|strong="H3605" own land|strong="H0776", she|strong="H1931" and|strong="H0776" her|strong="H3605" servants|strong="H5650". 
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\verseNumber{14}Now|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0834" weight|strong="H4948" of|strong="H8141" gold|strong="H2091" that|strong="H0834" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" Solomon|strong="H8010" in|strong="H8141" one|strong="H0259" year|strong="H8141" was|strong="H1961" six|strong="H8337" hundred|strong="H3967" and|strong="H0935" sixty-six talents|strong="H3603"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{10:14  }A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces, so 666 talents is about 20 metric tonnes} of|strong="H8141" gold|strong="H2091", 
\verseNumber{15}in|strong="H0776" addition to|strong="H0376" that|strong="H3605" which the|strong="H3605" traders|strong="H7402" brought, and|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" traffic of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" merchants|strong="H7402", and|strong="H0776" of|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" mixed people|strong="H0376", and|strong="H0776" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" governors|strong="H6346" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" country|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{16}King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010" made|strong="H6213" two|strong="H3967" hundred|strong="H3967" bucklers of|strong="H4428" beaten gold|strong="H2091"; six|strong="H8337" hundred|strong="H3967" shekels\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{10:16  }A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.32 Troy ounces, so 600 shekels is about 6 kilograms or 13.2 pounds or 192 Troy ounces.} of|strong="H4428" gold|strong="H2091" went|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5921" one|strong="H0259" buckler. 
\verseNumber{17}He|strong="H5414" made|strong="H5414" three|strong="H7969" hundred|strong="H3967" shields|strong="H4043" of|strong="H4428" beaten gold|strong="H2091"; three|strong="H7969" minas|strong="H4488"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{10:17  }A mina is about 600 grams or 1.3 U. S. pounds.} of|strong="H4428" gold|strong="H2091" went|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5921" one|strong="H0259" shield|strong="H4043"; and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" put|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" House|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" Forest|strong="H3293" of|strong="H4428" Lebanon|strong="H3844". 
\verseNumber{18}Moreover the|strong="H6213" king|strong="H4428" made|strong="H6213" a|strong="H4428" great|strong="H1419" throne|strong="H3678" of|strong="H4428" ivory|strong="H8127", and|strong="H4428" overlaid|strong="H6823" it|strong="H6213" with|strong="H6823" the|strong="H6213" finest gold|strong="H2091". 
\verseNumber{19}There|strong="H2088" were|strong="H3027" six|strong="H8337" steps|strong="H4609" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" throne|strong="H3678", and|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0413" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0413" throne|strong="H3678" was|strong="H4725" round|strong="H5696" behind|strong="H0310"; and|strong="H3027" there|strong="H2088" were|strong="H3027" armrests|strong="H7675" on|strong="H0413" either|strong="H2088" side|strong="H2088" by|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0413" place|strong="H4725" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0413" seat|strong="H3678", and|strong="H3027" two|strong="H8147" lions|strong="H0738" standing|strong="H5975" beside|strong="H0681" the|strong="H0413" armrests|strong="H7675". 
\verseNumber{20}Twelve|strong="H6240" lions|strong="H0738" stood|strong="H5975" there|strong="H8033" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" one|strong="H2088" side|strong="H2088" and|strong="H8033" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H2088" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" six|strong="H8337" steps|strong="H4609". Nothing|strong="H3808" like|strong="H3651" it|strong="H5921" was|strong="H2088" made|strong="H6213" in|strong="H5921" any|strong="H3605" kingdom|strong="H4467". 
\verseNumber{21}All|strong="H3605" King|strong="H4428" Solomon’s|strong="H8010" drinking vessels|strong="H3627" were|strong="H3117" of|strong="H4428" gold|strong="H2091", and|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" vessels|strong="H3627" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" House|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Forest|strong="H3293" of|strong="H4428" Lebanon|strong="H3844" were|strong="H3117" of|strong="H4428" pure|strong="H5462" gold|strong="H2091". None|strong="H0369" were|strong="H3117" of|strong="H4428" silver|strong="H3701", because|strong="H3117" it|strong="H3808" was|strong="H0369" considered|strong="H2803" of|strong="H4428" little value|strong="H2803" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010". 
\verseNumber{22}For|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" had|strong="H4428" a|strong="H3588" fleet|strong="H0590" of|strong="H4428" ships|strong="H0590" of|strong="H4428" Tarshish|strong="H8659" at|strong="H4428" sea|strong="H3220" with|strong="H5973" Hiram’s|strong="H2438" fleet|strong="H0590". Once|strong="H0259" every|strong="H0259" three|strong="H7969" years|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3588" fleet|strong="H0590" of|strong="H4428" Tarshish|strong="H8659" came|strong="H0935" bringing|strong="H0935" gold|strong="H2091", silver|strong="H3701", ivory|strong="H8143", apes|strong="H6971", and|strong="H0935" peacocks|strong="H8500". 
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\verseNumber{23}So|strong="H1431" King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010" exceeded all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776" in|strong="H0776" riches|strong="H6239" and|strong="H0776" in|strong="H0776" wisdom|strong="H2451". 
\verseNumber{24}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776" sought|strong="H1245" the|strong="H3605" presence|strong="H6440" of|strong="H0776" Solomon|strong="H8010" to|strong="H8085" hear|strong="H8085" his|strong="H3605" wisdom|strong="H2451" which|strong="H0834" God|strong="H0430" had|strong="H0834" put|strong="H5414" in|strong="H0430" his|strong="H3605" heart|strong="H3820". 
\verseNumber{25}Year|strong="H8141" after|strong="H1992" year|strong="H8141", every|strong="H0376" man|strong="H0376" brought|strong="H0935" his|strong="H0376" tribute|strong="H4503", vessels|strong="H3627" of|strong="H0376" silver|strong="H3701", vessels|strong="H3627" of|strong="H0376" gold|strong="H2091", clothing|strong="H3627", armour, spices|strong="H1314", horses|strong="H5483", and|strong="H0935" mules|strong="H6505". 
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\verseNumber{26}Solomon|strong="H8010" gathered|strong="H0622" together|strong="H0622" chariots|strong="H7393" and|strong="H3967" horsemen|strong="H6571". He|strong="H8010" had|strong="H1961" one|strong="H1961" thousand|strong="H0505" and|strong="H3967" four|strong="H0702" hundred|strong="H3967" chariots|strong="H7393" and|strong="H3967" twelve|strong="H6240" thousand|strong="H0505" horsemen|strong="H6571". He|strong="H8010" kept them|strong="H1961" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H1961" chariot|strong="H7393" cities|strong="H5892" and|strong="H3967" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4428" at|strong="H4428" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{27}The|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" made|strong="H5414" silver|strong="H3701" as|strong="H0834" common as|strong="H0834" stones|strong="H0068" in|strong="H4428" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", and|strong="H4428" cedars|strong="H0730" as|strong="H0834" common as|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" sycamore|strong="H8256" trees|strong="H8256" that|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" lowland|strong="H8219". 
\verseNumber{28}The|strong="H0834" horses|strong="H5483" which|strong="H0834" Solomon|strong="H8010" had|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" brought|strong="H3947" out of|strong="H4428" Egypt|strong="H4714". The|strong="H0834" king’s|strong="H4428" merchants|strong="H5503" received|strong="H3947" them|strong="H3947" in|strong="H4428" droves, each drove at|strong="H4428" a|strong="H3947" price|strong="H4242". 
\verseNumber{29}A|strong="H5927" chariot|strong="H4818" was|strong="H4428" imported from|strong="H3318" Egypt|strong="H4714" for|strong="H3027" six|strong="H8337" hundred|strong="H3967" shekels|strong="H3701"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{10:29  }A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces.} of|strong="H4428" silver|strong="H3701", and|strong="H3967" a|strong="H5927" horse|strong="H5483" for|strong="H3027" one|strong="H3605" hundred|strong="H3967" and|strong="H3967" fifty|strong="H2572" shekels|strong="H3701"; and|strong="H3967" so|strong="H3651" they|strong="H3651" exported|strong="H3318" them|strong="H3318" to|strong="H4714" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Hittites|strong="H2850" and|strong="H3967" to|strong="H4714" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Syria|strong="H0758". 
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\chapterNumber{11}Now|strong="H7227" King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010" loved|strong="H0157" many|strong="H7227" foreign|strong="H5237" women|strong="H0802", together with|strong="H0802" the|strong="H0853" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H4428" Pharaoh|strong="H6547": women|strong="H0802" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" Moabites|strong="H4125", Ammonites|strong="H5984", Edomites|strong="H0130", Sidonians|strong="H6722", and|strong="H4428" Hittites|strong="H2850", 
\verseNumber{2}of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" nations|strong="H1471" concerning|strong="H0413" which|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", “You|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H1121" not|strong="H3808" go|strong="H0935" amongst them|strong="H0413", neither|strong="H3808" shall|strong="H1121" they|strong="H1992" come|strong="H0935" amongst you|strong="H0834", for|strong="H0413" surely|strong="H0403" they|strong="H1992" will|strong="H3068" turn|strong="H5186" away|strong="H5186" your|strong="H3068" heart|strong="H3824" after|strong="H0310" their|strong="H3068" gods|strong="H0430".” Solomon|strong="H8010" joined|strong="H1692" to|strong="H0413" these|strong="H1992" in|strong="H0935" love|strong="H0160". 
\verseNumber{3}He|strong="H0853" had|strong="H1961" seven|strong="H7651" hundred|strong="H3967" wives|strong="H0802", princesses|strong="H8282", and|strong="H3967" three|strong="H7969" hundred|strong="H3967" concubines|strong="H6370". His|strong="H1961" wives|strong="H0802" turned|strong="H5186" his|strong="H1961" heart|strong="H3820" away|strong="H5186". 
\verseNumber{4}When|strong="H1961" Solomon|strong="H8010" was|strong="H1961" old|strong="H2209", his|strong="H3068" wives|strong="H0802" turned|strong="H5186" away|strong="H5186" his|strong="H3068" heart|strong="H3824" after|strong="H0310" other|strong="H0312" gods|strong="H0430"; and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" heart|strong="H3824" was|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" perfect|strong="H8003" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430", as|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" heart|strong="H3824" of|strong="H0430" David|strong="H1732" his|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001" was|strong="H1961". 
\verseNumber{5}For|strong="H0430" Solomon|strong="H8010" went after|strong="H0310" Ashtoreth the|strong="H0310" goddess|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0310" Sidonians|strong="H6722", and|strong="H0430" after|strong="H0310" Milcom|strong="H4445" the|strong="H0310" abomination|strong="H8251" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0310" Ammonites|strong="H5984". 
\verseNumber{6}Solomon|strong="H8010" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3068" which|strong="H5869" was|strong="H3068" evil|strong="H7451" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" LORD’s|strong="H3068" sight|strong="H5869", and|strong="H3068" didn’t|strong="H3808" go fully|strong="H4390" after|strong="H0310" the|strong="H3068" LORD|strong="H3068", as|strong="H3068" David|strong="H1732" his|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001" did|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="H0227" Solomon|strong="H8010" built|strong="H1129" a|strong="H1129" high|strong="H1116" place|strong="H1116" for|strong="H5921" Chemosh|strong="H3645" the|strong="H6440" abomination|strong="H8251" of|strong="H1121" Moab|strong="H4124", on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" mountain|strong="H2022" that|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" before|strong="H6440" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", and|strong="H1121" for|strong="H5921" Molech|strong="H4432" the|strong="H6440" abomination|strong="H8251" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983". 
\verseNumber{8}So|strong="H3651" he|strong="H3651" did|strong="H6213" for|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" foreign|strong="H5237" wives|strong="H0802", who|strong="H3605" burnt|strong="H6999" incense|strong="H6999" and|strong="H0430" sacrificed|strong="H2076" to|strong="H0430" their|strong="H3605" gods|strong="H0430". 
\verseNumber{9}The|strong="H3588" LORD|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" angry|strong="H0599" with|strong="H5973" Solomon|strong="H8010", because|strong="H3588" his|strong="H3068" heart|strong="H3824" was|strong="H3068" turned|strong="H5186" away|strong="H5186" from|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3588" LORD|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3588" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478", who|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" appeared|strong="H7200" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413" twice|strong="H6471", 
\verseNumber{10}and|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" him|strong="H0413" concerning|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2088" thing|strong="H1697", that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" should|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" go after|strong="H0310" other|strong="H0312" gods|strong="H0430"; but|strong="H3808" he|strong="H0834" didn’t|strong="H3808" keep|strong="H8104" that|strong="H0834" which|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680". 
\verseNumber{11}Therefore|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" Solomon|strong="H8010", “Because|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2063" is|strong="H0834" done|strong="H1961" by|strong="H5921" you|strong="H0834", and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H0834" have|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" kept|strong="H8104" my|strong="H8104" covenant|strong="H1285" and|strong="H3068" my|strong="H8104" statutes|strong="H2708", which|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H1961" commanded|strong="H6680" you|strong="H0834", I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" surely|strong="H5414" tear|strong="H7167" the|strong="H0853" kingdom|strong="H4467" from|strong="H5921" you|strong="H0834", and|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0559" your|strong="H3068" servant|strong="H5650". 
\verseNumber{12}Nevertheless|strong="H0389", I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1121" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" it|strong="H6213" in|strong="H3117" your|strong="H3808" days|strong="H3117", for|strong="H4616" David|strong="H1732" your|strong="H3808" father’s|strong="H0001" sake|strong="H4616"; but|strong="H0389" I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1121" tear|strong="H7167" it|strong="H6213" out|strong="H6213" of|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3808" son’s|strong="H1121" hand|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{13}However|strong="H7535", I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" tear|strong="H7167" away|strong="H7167" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" kingdom|strong="H4467"; but|strong="H7535" I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" give|strong="H5414" one|strong="H0259" tribe|strong="H7626" to|strong="H5414" your|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121", for|strong="H4616" David|strong="H1732" my|strong="H3605" servant’s|strong="H5650" sake|strong="H4616", and|strong="H1121" for|strong="H4616" Jerusalem’s|strong="H3389" sake|strong="H4616" which|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" chosen|strong="H0977".” 
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\verseNumber{14}The|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" raised|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" an|strong="H6965" adversary|strong="H7854" to|strong="H3068" Solomon|strong="H8010": Hadad|strong="H1908" the|strong="H0853" Edomite|strong="H0130". He|strong="H1931" was|strong="H3068" one|strong="H1931" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" king’s|strong="H4428" offspring|strong="H2233" in|strong="H3068" Edom|strong="H0123". 
\verseNumber{15}For|strong="H3605" when|strong="H1961" David|strong="H1732" was|strong="H1961" in|strong="H6912" Edom|strong="H0123", and|strong="H1732" Joab|strong="H3097" the|strong="H3605" captain|strong="H8269" of|strong="H8269" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H6635" had|strong="H1961" gone|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H1961" bury|strong="H6912" the|strong="H3605" slain|strong="H5221", and|strong="H1732" had|strong="H1961" struck|strong="H5221" every|strong="H3605" male|strong="H2145" in|strong="H6912" Edom|strong="H0123" 
\verseNumber{16}(for|strong="H3588" Joab|strong="H3097" and|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" remained|strong="H3427" there|strong="H8033" six|strong="H8337" months|strong="H2320", until|strong="H5704" he|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3478" cut|strong="H3772" off|strong="H3772" every|strong="H3605" male|strong="H2145" in|strong="H3427" Edom|strong="H0123"), 
\verseNumber{17}Hadad|strong="H1908" fled|strong="H1272", he|strong="H1931" and|strong="H0935" certain|strong="H0376" Edomites|strong="H0130" of|strong="H0376" his|strong="H0376" father’s|strong="H0001" servants|strong="H5650" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H0854", to|strong="H0935" go|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0935" Egypt|strong="H4714", when|strong="H0935" Hadad|strong="H1908" was|strong="H1931" still a|strong="H0935" little|strong="H6996" child|strong="H5288". 
\verseNumber{18}They|strong="H0376" arose|strong="H6965" out|strong="H0413" of|strong="H4428" Midian|strong="H4080" and|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" Paran|strong="H6290"; and|strong="H0935" they|strong="H0376" took|strong="H3947" men|strong="H0376" with|strong="H5973" them|strong="H0413" out|strong="H0413" of|strong="H4428" Paran|strong="H6290", and|strong="H0935" they|strong="H0376" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" Egypt|strong="H4714", to|strong="H0413" Pharaoh|strong="H6547" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Egypt|strong="H4714", who|strong="H0376" gave|strong="H5414" him|strong="H0413" a|strong="H3947" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H0935" appointed|strong="H5414" him|strong="H0413" food|strong="H3899", and|strong="H0935" gave|strong="H5414" him|strong="H0413" land|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{19}Hadad|strong="H1908" found|strong="H4672" great|strong="H3966" favour in|strong="H0802" the|strong="H0853" sight|strong="H5869" of|strong="H5869" Pharaoh|strong="H6547", so|strong="H5414" that|strong="H5869" he|strong="H5414" gave|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" as|strong="H5414" wife|strong="H0802" the|strong="H0853" sister|strong="H0269" of|strong="H5869" his|strong="H5414" own|strong="H5869" wife|strong="H0802", the|strong="H0853" sister|strong="H0269" of|strong="H5869" Tahpenes|strong="H8472" the|strong="H0853" queen|strong="H1377". 
\verseNumber{20}The|strong="H0853" sister|strong="H0269" of|strong="H1121" Tahpenes|strong="H8472" bore|strong="H3205" him|strong="H3205" Genubath|strong="H1592" his|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121", whom Tahpenes|strong="H8472" weaned|strong="H1580" in|strong="H1004" Pharaoh’s|strong="H6547" house|strong="H1004"; and|strong="H1121" Genubath|strong="H1592" was|strong="H1961" in|strong="H1004" Pharaoh’s|strong="H6547" house|strong="H1004" amongst the|strong="H0853" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Pharaoh|strong="H6547". 
\verseNumber{21}When|strong="H3588" Hadad|strong="H1908" heard|strong="H8085" in|strong="H0413" Egypt|strong="H4714" that|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732" slept|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H8085" fathers|strong="H0001", and|strong="H0776" that|strong="H3588" Joab|strong="H3097" the|strong="H0559" captain|strong="H8269" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0559" army|strong="H6635" was|strong="H0776" dead|strong="H4191", Hadad|strong="H1908" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Pharaoh|strong="H6547", “Let|strong="H7971" me|strong="H0413" depart, that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" may|strong="H0776" go|strong="H7971" to|strong="H0413" my|strong="H8085" own|strong="H5973" country|strong="H0776".” 
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\verseNumber{22}Then|strong="H7971" Pharaoh|strong="H6547" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “But|strong="H3588" what|strong="H4100" have|strong="H0776" you|strong="H0859" lacked|strong="H2638" with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H0413", that|strong="H3588" behold|strong="H2005", you|strong="H0859" seek|strong="H1245" to|strong="H0413" go|strong="H7971" to|strong="H0413" your|strong="H3588" own|strong="H5973" country|strong="H0776"?” 
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He|strong="H3588" answered|strong="H0559", “Nothing|strong="H3808", however only let|strong="H7971" me|strong="H0413" depart.” 
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\verseNumber{23}God|strong="H0430" raised|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" an|strong="H6965" adversary|strong="H7854" to|strong="H0430" him|strong="H0853", Rezon|strong="H7331" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Eliada|strong="H0450", who|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" fled|strong="H1272" from|strong="H1121" his|strong="H0834" lord|strong="H0113", Hadadezer|strong="H1909" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Zobah|strong="H6678". 
\verseNumber{24}He|strong="H1732" gathered|strong="H6908" men|strong="H0376" to|strong="H1961" himself|strong="H3427", and|strong="H0376" became|strong="H1961" captain|strong="H8269" over|strong="H5921" a|strong="H1961" troop|strong="H1416", when|strong="H1961" David|strong="H1732" killed|strong="H2026" them|strong="H0853" of|strong="H0376" Zobah. They|strong="H5921" went|strong="H0376" to|strong="H1961" Damascus|strong="H1834" and|strong="H0376" lived|strong="H3427" there|strong="H1961", and|strong="H0376" reigned|strong="H4427" in|strong="H3427" Damascus|strong="H1834". 
\verseNumber{25}He|strong="H0834" was|strong="H1961" an|strong="H1961" adversary|strong="H7854" to|strong="H1961" Israel|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" Solomon|strong="H8010", in|strong="H5921" addition|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" mischief of|strong="H3117" Hadad|strong="H1908". He|strong="H0834" abhorred|strong="H6973" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H3478" reigned|strong="H4427" over|strong="H5921" Syria|strong="H0758". 
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\verseNumber{26}Jeroboam|strong="H3379" the|strong="H4480" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Nebat|strong="H5028", an|strong="H4480" Ephraimite|strong="H0673" of|strong="H1121" Zeredah|strong="H6868", a|strong="H4480" servant|strong="H5650" of|strong="H1121" Solomon|strong="H8010", whose|strong="H1121" mother’s|strong="H0517" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Zeruah|strong="H6871", a|strong="H4480" widow|strong="H0490", also|strong="H8010" lifted|strong="H7311" up|strong="H7311" his|strong="H3027" hand|strong="H3027" against|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{27}This|strong="H2088" was|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" reason|strong="H1697" why|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" lifted|strong="H7311" up|strong="H7311" his|strong="H1732" hand|strong="H3027" against|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428": Solomon|strong="H8010" built|strong="H1129" Millo|strong="H4407", and|strong="H3027" repaired the|strong="H0853" breach|strong="H6556" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H1732" father|strong="H0001" David’s|strong="H1732" city|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{28}The|strong="H3605" man|strong="H0376" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" was|strong="H1931" a|strong="H3588" mighty|strong="H1368" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1004" valour; and|strong="H1004" Solomon|strong="H8010" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3605" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H0376" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" industrious, and|strong="H1004" he|strong="H1931" put|strong="H6485" him|strong="H0853" in|strong="H1004" charge|strong="H6485" of|strong="H1004" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" labour of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Joseph|strong="H3130". 
\verseNumber{29}At|strong="H1961" that|strong="H1931" time|strong="H6256", when|strong="H1961" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1870" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", the|strong="H0853" prophet|strong="H5030" Ahijah|strong="H0281" the|strong="H0853" Shilonite|strong="H7888" found|strong="H4672" him|strong="H0853" on|strong="H1870" the|strong="H0853" way|strong="H1870". Now|strong="H1961" Ahijah|strong="H0281" had|strong="H1961" clad himself|strong="H1931" with|strong="H3389" a|strong="H1961" new|strong="H2319" garment|strong="H8008"; and|strong="H3389" the|strong="H0853" two|strong="H8147" of|strong="H1870" them|strong="H0853" were|strong="H1961" alone|strong="H0905" in|strong="H1870" the|strong="H0853" field|strong="H7704". 
\verseNumber{30}Ahijah|strong="H0281" took|strong="H8610" the|strong="H0834" new|strong="H2319" garment|strong="H8008" that|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" on|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921", and|strong="H7167" tore|strong="H7167" it|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" twelve|strong="H6240" pieces|strong="H7168". 
\verseNumber{31}He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" Jeroboam|strong="H3379", “Take|strong="H3947" ten|strong="H6235" pieces|strong="H7168"; for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068", the|strong="H0853" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478", says|strong="H0559", ‘Behold|strong="H2005", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" tear|strong="H7167" the|strong="H0853" kingdom|strong="H4467" out|strong="H3027" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H0430" Solomon|strong="H8010" and|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" ten|strong="H6235" tribes|strong="H7626" to|strong="H0559" you|strong="H3588" 
\verseNumber{32}(but|strong="H1961" he|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H3478" have|strong="H1961" one|strong="H0259" tribe|strong="H7626", for|strong="H4616" my|strong="H3605" servant|strong="H5650" David’s|strong="H1732" sake|strong="H4616" and|strong="H3478" for|strong="H4616" Jerusalem’s|strong="H3389" sake|strong="H4616", the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" which|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H1961" chosen|strong="H0977" out|strong="H3605" of|strong="H7626" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H7626" Israel|strong="H3478"), 
\verseNumber{33}because|strong="H3282" they|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" forsaken me|strong="H3808", and|strong="H1980" have|strong="H0834" worshipped Ashtoreth the|strong="H0834" goddess|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0834" Sidonians|strong="H6722", Chemosh|strong="H3645" the|strong="H0834" god|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1121" Moab|strong="H4124", and|strong="H1980" Milcom|strong="H4445" the|strong="H0834" god|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0834" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983". They|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" walked|strong="H1980" in|strong="H1980" my|strong="H1732" ways|strong="H1870", to|strong="H1980" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H0834" which|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" right|strong="H3477" in|strong="H1980" my|strong="H1732" eyes|strong="H5869", and|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" keep|strong="H6213" my|strong="H1732" statutes|strong="H2708" and|strong="H1980" my|strong="H1732" ordinances|strong="H4941", as|strong="H0834" David|strong="H1732" his|strong="H1732" father|strong="H0001" did|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{34}“‘However, I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" take|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3605" whole|strong="H3605" kingdom|strong="H4467" out|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3117" his|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027", but|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" make|strong="H7896" him|strong="H0853" prince|strong="H5387" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" his|strong="H3605" life|strong="H3117" for|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732" my|strong="H3605" servant’s|strong="H5650" sake|strong="H4616" whom|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" chose|strong="H0977", who|strong="H0834" kept|strong="H8104" my|strong="H3605" commandments|strong="H4687" and|strong="H3027" my|strong="H3605" statutes|strong="H2708", 
\verseNumber{35}but|strong="H3947" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1121" take|strong="H3947" the|strong="H0853" kingdom|strong="H4410" out|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5414" son’s|strong="H1121" hand|strong="H3027" and|strong="H1121" will|strong="H1121" give|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414", even|strong="H0853" ten|strong="H6235" tribes|strong="H7626". 
\verseNumber{36}I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H1961" give|strong="H5414" one|strong="H0259" tribe|strong="H7626" to|strong="H1961" his|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121", that|strong="H0834" David|strong="H1732" my|strong="H3605" servant|strong="H5650" may|strong="H1961" have|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" lamp|strong="H5216" always|strong="H3117" before|strong="H6440" me|strong="H5414" in|strong="H3117" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" which|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H1961" chosen|strong="H0977" for|strong="H4616" myself to|strong="H1961" put|strong="H5414" my|strong="H3605" name|strong="H8034" there|strong="H8033". 
\verseNumber{37}I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H1961" take|strong="H3947" you|strong="H0834", and|strong="H3478" you|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H3478" reign|strong="H4427" according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" your|strong="H3605" soul|strong="H5315" desires|strong="H0183", and|strong="H3478" shall|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4428" over|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{38}It|strong="H5414" shall|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1961", if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H0834" will|strong="H1961" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1980" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" command|strong="H6680" you|strong="H0834", and|strong="H1980" will|strong="H1961" walk|strong="H1980" in|strong="H1980" my|strong="H3605" ways|strong="H1870", and|strong="H1980" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H0834" which|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" right|strong="H3477" in|strong="H1980" my|strong="H3605" eyes|strong="H5869", to|strong="H1980" keep|strong="H8104" my|strong="H3605" statutes|strong="H2708" and|strong="H1980" my|strong="H3605" commandments|strong="H4687", as|strong="H0834" David|strong="H1732" my|strong="H3605" servant|strong="H5650" did|strong="H6213", that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H0834", and|strong="H1980" will|strong="H1961" build|strong="H1129" you|strong="H0834" a|strong="H1961" sure|strong="H0539" house|strong="H1004", as|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" built|strong="H1129" for|strong="H1004" David|strong="H1732", and|strong="H1980" will|strong="H1961" give|strong="H5414" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H1980" you|strong="H0834". 
\verseNumber{39}I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3808" afflict|strong="H6031" the|strong="H3605" offspring|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3117" David|strong="H1732" for|strong="H4616" this|strong="H2063", but|strong="H0389" not|strong="H3808" forever|strong="H3117".’” 
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\verseNumber{40}Therefore|strong="H1961" Solomon|strong="H8010" sought|strong="H1245" to|strong="H0413" kill|strong="H4191" Jeroboam|strong="H3379", but|strong="H1961" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" arose|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" fled|strong="H1272" into|strong="H0413" Egypt|strong="H4714", to|strong="H0413" Shishak|strong="H7895" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Egypt|strong="H4714", and|strong="H6965" was|strong="H1961" in|strong="H0413" Egypt|strong="H4714" until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H0853" death|strong="H4191" of|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010". 
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\verseNumber{41}Now the|strong="H3605" rest|strong="H3499" of|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" acts|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1697" Solomon|strong="H8010", and|strong="H1697" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213", and|strong="H1697" his|strong="H3605" wisdom|strong="H2451", aren’t they|strong="H1992" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" book|strong="H5612" of|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" acts|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1697" Solomon|strong="H8010"? 
\verseNumber{42}The|strong="H3605" time|strong="H3117" that|strong="H0834" Solomon|strong="H8010" reigned|strong="H4427" in|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" over|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" was|strong="H0834" forty|strong="H0705" years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{43}Solomon|strong="H8010" slept|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H1732" fathers|strong="H0001", and|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1732" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H6912" his|strong="H1732" father|strong="H0001" David’s|strong="H1732" city|strong="H5892"; and|strong="H1121" Rehoboam|strong="H7346" his|strong="H1732" son|strong="H1121" reigned|strong="H4427" in|strong="H6912" his|strong="H1732" place|strong="H8478". 
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\chapterNumber{12}Rehoboam|strong="H7346" went|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" Shechem|strong="H7927", for|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" had|strong="H3478" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" Shechem|strong="H7927" to|strong="H0935" make|strong="H3588" him|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4427". 
\verseNumber{2}When|strong="H1961" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" the|strong="H6440" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Nebat|strong="H5028" heard|strong="H8085" of|strong="H1121" it|strong="H1931" (for|strong="H4714" he|strong="H0834" was|strong="H1961" yet|strong="H5750" in|strong="H3427" Egypt|strong="H4714", where|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" fled|strong="H1272" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" presence|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010", and|strong="H1121" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Egypt|strong="H4714"; 
\verseNumber{3}and|strong="H0935" they|strong="H0559" sent|strong="H7971" and|strong="H0935" called|strong="H7121" him|strong="H0413"), Jeroboam|strong="H3379" and|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" assembly|strong="H6951" of|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" came|strong="H0935", and|strong="H0935" spoke|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" Rehoboam|strong="H7346", saying|strong="H0559", 
\verseNumber{4}“Your|strong="H5414" father|strong="H0001" made|strong="H5414" our|strong="H5414" yoke|strong="H5923" difficult|strong="H7186". Now|strong="H6258" therefore|strong="H6258" make|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" hard|strong="H7186" service|strong="H5656" of|strong="H0001" your|strong="H5414" father|strong="H0001", and|strong="H0001" his|strong="H5414" heavy|strong="H3515" yoke|strong="H5923" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" put|strong="H5414" on|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5414", lighter|strong="H7043", and|strong="H0001" we|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" serve|strong="H5647" you|strong="H0859".” 
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\verseNumber{5}He|strong="H3117" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413", “Depart for|strong="H0413" three|strong="H7969" days|strong="H3117", then|strong="H0559" come|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413".” 
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So|strong="H7725" the|strong="H0559" people|strong="H5971" departed. 
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\verseNumber{6}King|strong="H4428" Rehoboam|strong="H7346" took|strong="H0853" counsel|strong="H3289" with|strong="H0854" the|strong="H0853" old|strong="H2205" men|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" stood|strong="H5975" before|strong="H6440" Solomon|strong="H8010" his|strong="H7725" father|strong="H0001" while|strong="H1961" he|strong="H0834" yet lived|strong="H2416", saying|strong="H0559", “What|strong="H0834" counsel|strong="H3289" do|strong="H2088" you|strong="H0859" give|strong="H7725" me|strong="H6440" to|strong="H0559" answer|strong="H7725" these|strong="H2088" people|strong="H5971"?” 
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\verseNumber{7}They|strong="H0518" replied|strong="H0559", “If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H0518" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" servant|strong="H5650" to|strong="H0413" this|strong="H2088" people|strong="H5971" today|strong="H3117", and|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1961" serve|strong="H5647" them|strong="H0413", and|strong="H3117" answer|strong="H6030" them|strong="H0413" with|strong="H0413" good|strong="H2896" words|strong="H1697", then|strong="H6030" they|strong="H0518" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" your|strong="H3605" servants|strong="H5650" forever|strong="H3117".” 
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\verseNumber{8}But|strong="H5800" he|strong="H0834" abandoned|strong="H5800" the|strong="H0853" counsel|strong="H6098" of|strong="H2205" the|strong="H0853" old|strong="H2205" men|strong="H2205" which|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" given|strong="H3289" him|strong="H0853", and|strong="H6440" took|strong="H0853" counsel|strong="H6098" with|strong="H0854" the|strong="H0853" young|strong="H3206" men|strong="H2205" who|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" grown|strong="H1431" up|strong="H5975" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H0853", who|strong="H0834" stood|strong="H5975" before|strong="H6440" him|strong="H0853". 
\verseNumber{9}He|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413", “What|strong="H4100" counsel|strong="H3289" do|strong="H4100" you|strong="H0859" give|strong="H5414", that|strong="H0834" we|strong="H0834" may|strong="H0834" answer|strong="H7725" these|strong="H2088" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" spoken|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413", saying|strong="H0559", ‘Make|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" yoke|strong="H5923" that|strong="H0834" your|strong="H5414" father|strong="H0001" put|strong="H5414" on|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5414" lighter|strong="H7043"?’” 
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\verseNumber{10}The|strong="H0853" young|strong="H3206" men|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" grown|strong="H1431" up|strong="H5921" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H0413" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “Tell|strong="H0559" these|strong="H2088" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0834" spoke|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0859", saying|strong="H0559", ‘Your|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001" made|strong="H3513" our|strong="H5921" yoke|strong="H5923" heavy|strong="H3513", but|strong="H0859" make|strong="H1431" it|strong="H5921" lighter|strong="H7043" to|strong="H0413" us’— tell|strong="H0559" them|strong="H0413", ‘My|strong="H5921" little|strong="H6995" finger|strong="H6995" is|strong="H0834" thicker|strong="H5666" than|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5921" father’s|strong="H0001" waist|strong="H4975". 
\verseNumber{11}Now|strong="H6258" my|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001" burdened you|strong="H5921" with|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5921" heavy|strong="H3515" yoke|strong="H5923", but|strong="H6258" I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H0589" add|strong="H3254" to|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" yoke|strong="H5923". My|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001" chastised|strong="H3256" you|strong="H5921" with|strong="H5921" whips|strong="H7752", but|strong="H6258" I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H0589" chastise|strong="H3256" you|strong="H5921" with|strong="H5921" scorpions|strong="H6137".’” 
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\verseNumber{12}So|strong="H0834" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" and|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" Rehoboam|strong="H7346" the|strong="H3605" third|strong="H7992" day|strong="H3117", as|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" asked|strong="H0559", saying|strong="H0559", “Come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413" again|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3605" third|strong="H7992" day|strong="H3117".” 
\verseNumber{13}The|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" answered|strong="H6030" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" roughly, and|strong="H4428" abandoned|strong="H5800" the|strong="H0853" counsel|strong="H6098" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" old|strong="H2205" men|strong="H5971" which|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" given|strong="H3289" him|strong="H0853", 
\verseNumber{14}and|strong="H0001" spoke|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413" according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" counsel|strong="H6098" of|strong="H0001" the|strong="H0853" young|strong="H3206" men|strong="H3206", saying|strong="H0559", “My|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001" made|strong="H3513" your|strong="H5921" yoke|strong="H5923" heavy|strong="H3513", but|strong="H1696" I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H0589" add|strong="H3254" to|strong="H0413" your|strong="H5921" yoke|strong="H5923". My|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001" chastised|strong="H3256" you|strong="H5921" with|strong="H0413" whips|strong="H7752", but|strong="H1696" I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H0589" chastise|strong="H3256" you|strong="H5921" with|strong="H0413" scorpions|strong="H6137".” 
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\verseNumber{15}So|strong="H4616" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" didn’t|strong="H3808" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971"; for|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" thing|strong="H1697" brought|strong="H1961" about|strong="H1961" from|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068", that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" might|strong="H4616" establish|strong="H6965" his|strong="H3068" word|strong="H1697", which|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" spoke|strong="H1696" by|strong="H3027" Ahijah|strong="H0281" the|strong="H0853" Shilonite|strong="H7888" to|strong="H0413" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Nebat|strong="H5028". 
\verseNumber{16}When|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" didn’t|strong="H3808" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413", the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" answered|strong="H0559" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", saying|strong="H0559", “What|strong="H4100" portion|strong="H2506" have|strong="H1121" we|strong="H3588" in|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732"? We|strong="H3588" don’t|strong="H3808" have|strong="H1121" an|strong="H7200" inheritance|strong="H5159" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jesse|strong="H3448". To|strong="H0413" your|strong="H3605" tents|strong="H0168", Israel|strong="H3478"! Now|strong="H6258" see|strong="H7200" to|strong="H0413" your|strong="H3605" own house|strong="H1004", David|strong="H1732".” So|strong="H3808" Israel|strong="H3478" departed to|strong="H0413" their|strong="H3605" tents|strong="H0168". 
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\verseNumber{17}But|strong="H5921" as|strong="H1121" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" who|strong="H1121" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5921" cities|strong="H5892" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063", Rehoboam|strong="H7346" reigned|strong="H4427" over|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H0853" King|strong="H4428" Rehoboam|strong="H7346" sent|strong="H7971" Adoram|strong="H0151", who|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" subject to|strong="H4191" forced|strong="H4522" labour; and|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" stoned|strong="H7275" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H4191" death|strong="H4191" with|strong="H5921" stones|strong="H0068". King|strong="H4428" Rehoboam|strong="H7346" hurried|strong="H5127" to|strong="H4191" get|strong="H5927" himself up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H4191" his|strong="H3605" chariot|strong="H4818", to|strong="H4191" flee|strong="H5127" to|strong="H4191" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{19}So|strong="H2088" Israel|strong="H3478" rebelled|strong="H6586" against|strong="H6586" David’s|strong="H1732" house|strong="H1004" to|strong="H5704" this|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117". 
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\verseNumber{20}When|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" had|strong="H1961" returned|strong="H7725", they|strong="H3588" sent|strong="H7971" and|strong="H3063" called|strong="H7121" him|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" congregation|strong="H5712", and|strong="H3063" made|strong="H1961" him|strong="H0413" king|strong="H4427" over|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478". There|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" followed|strong="H0310" David’s|strong="H1732" house|strong="H1004", except|strong="H2108" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1004" Judah|strong="H3063" only|strong="H0905". 
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\verseNumber{21}When|strong="H0935" Rehoboam|strong="H7346" had|strong="H3478" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", he|strong="H6213" assembled|strong="H6950" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" tribe|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144", a|strong="H0935" hundred|strong="H3967" and|strong="H1121" eighty|strong="H8084" thousand|strong="H0505" chosen men|strong="H0970" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3478" warriors|strong="H4421", to|strong="H0935" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5973" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", to|strong="H0935" bring|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" kingdom|strong="H4410" again|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0935" Rehoboam|strong="H7346" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Solomon|strong="H8010". 
\verseNumber{22}But|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0559" word|strong="H1697" of|strong="H0376" God|strong="H0430" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H0413" Shemaiah|strong="H8098" the|strong="H0559" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" God|strong="H0430", saying|strong="H0559", 
\verseNumber{23}“Speak|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Rehoboam|strong="H7346" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Solomon|strong="H8010", king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144", and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" rest|strong="H3499" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971", saying|strong="H0559", 
\verseNumber{24}‘The|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" says|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H3588" shall|strong="H1121" not|strong="H3808" go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" or|strong="H3808" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5973" your|strong="H3068" brothers|strong="H0251", the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478". Everyone|strong="H0376" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0559" his|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004"; for|strong="H3588" this|strong="H2088" thing|strong="H1697" is|strong="H3068" from|strong="H7725" me|strong="H7725".”’” So|strong="H3541" they|strong="H3588" listened|strong="H8085" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" word|strong="H1697", and|strong="H1121" returned|strong="H7725" and|strong="H1121" went|strong="H5927" their|strong="H3068" way|strong="H1697", according|strong="H0376" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" word|strong="H1697". 
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\verseNumber{25}Then|strong="H3318" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" built|strong="H1129" Shechem|strong="H7927" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0853" hill|strong="H2022" country|strong="H2022" of|strong="H3427" Ephraim|strong="H0669", and|strong="H8033" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" it|strong="H8033"; and|strong="H8033" he|strong="H8033" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" from|strong="H3318" there|strong="H8033" and|strong="H8033" built|strong="H1129" Penuel|strong="H6439". 
\verseNumber{26}Jeroboam|strong="H3379" said|strong="H0559" in|strong="H1004" his|strong="H7725" heart|strong="H3820", “Now|strong="H6258" the|strong="H0559" kingdom|strong="H4467" will|strong="H1004" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0559" David’s|strong="H1732" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{27}If|strong="H0518" this|strong="H2088" people|strong="H5971" goes|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0413" offer|strong="H5927" sacrifices|strong="H2077" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" LORD’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004" at|strong="H0413" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", then|strong="H2088" the|strong="H0413" heart|strong="H3820" of|strong="H4428" this|strong="H2088" people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H3068" turn|strong="H7725" again|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" their|strong="H3068" lord|strong="H3068", even|strong="H0518" to|strong="H0413" Rehoboam|strong="H7346" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063"; and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H0518" will|strong="H3068" kill|strong="H2026" me|strong="H0413", and|strong="H3068" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" Rehoboam|strong="H7346" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063".” 
\verseNumber{28}So|strong="H6213" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" took|strong="H5927" counsel|strong="H3289", and|strong="H3478" made|strong="H6213" two|strong="H8147" calves|strong="H5695" of|strong="H4428" gold|strong="H2091"; and|strong="H3478" he|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413", “It|strong="H6213" is|strong="H0834" too|strong="H7227" much|strong="H7227" for|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0834" to|strong="H0413" go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0413" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". Look|strong="H2009" and|strong="H3478" behold|strong="H2009" your|strong="H0834" gods|strong="H0430", Israel|strong="H3478", which|strong="H0834" brought|strong="H5927" you|strong="H0834" up|strong="H5927" out|strong="H0413" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H4428" Egypt|strong="H4714"!” 
\verseNumber{29}He|strong="H5414" set|strong="H7760" the|strong="H0853" one|strong="H0259" in|strong="H5414" Bethel|strong="H1008", and|strong="H0853" the|strong="H0853" other|strong="H0259" he|strong="H5414" put|strong="H5414" in|strong="H5414" Dan|strong="H1835". 
\verseNumber{30}This|strong="H2088" thing|strong="H1697" became|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" sin|strong="H2403", for|strong="H0259" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H5971" went|strong="H6440" even|strong="H5704" as|strong="H5704" far|strong="H5704" as|strong="H5704" Dan|strong="H1835" to|strong="H5704" worship before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" one|strong="H0259" there|strong="H1961". 
\verseNumber{31}He|strong="H0834" made|strong="H6213" houses|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" high|strong="H1116" places|strong="H1116", and|strong="H1121" made|strong="H6213" priests|strong="H3548" from|strong="H1121" amongst all|strong="H7098" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971", who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3878". 
\verseNumber{32}Jeroboam|strong="H3379" ordained a|strong="H2076" feast|strong="H2282" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" eighth|strong="H8066" month|strong="H2320", on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" fifteenth day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" month|strong="H2320", like|strong="H3651" the|strong="H0853" feast|strong="H2282" that|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" in|strong="H5921" Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H3063" he|strong="H0834" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" altar|strong="H4196". He|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213" so|strong="H3651" in|strong="H5921" Bethel|strong="H1008", sacrificing|strong="H2076" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" calves|strong="H5695" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" made|strong="H6213", and|strong="H3063" he|strong="H0834" placed|strong="H5975" in|strong="H5921" Bethel|strong="H1008" the|strong="H0853" priests|strong="H3548" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" high|strong="H1116" places|strong="H1116" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" made|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{33}He|strong="H0834" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" altar|strong="H4196" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" made|strong="H6213" in|strong="H5921" Bethel|strong="H1008" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" fifteenth day|strong="H3117" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" eighth|strong="H8066" month|strong="H2320", even|strong="H6213" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" month|strong="H2320" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" devised|strong="H0908" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5921" own heart; and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H0834" ordained a|strong="H0834" feast|strong="H2282" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H1121" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" altar|strong="H4196" to|strong="H5921" burn|strong="H6999" incense|strong="H6999". 
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\chapterNumber{13}Behold|strong="H2009", a|strong="H0935" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" God|strong="H0430" came|strong="H0935" out|strong="H5921" of|strong="H0376" Judah|strong="H3063" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" LORD’s|strong="H3068" word|strong="H1697" to|strong="H0413" Bethel|strong="H1008"; and|strong="H0935" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" was|strong="H3068" standing|strong="H5975" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196" to|strong="H0413" burn|strong="H6999" incense|strong="H6999". 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H3068" cried|strong="H7121" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" altar|strong="H4196" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" word|strong="H1697", and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559", “Altar|strong="H4196"! Altar|strong="H4196"! the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" says|strong="H0559": ‘Behold|strong="H2009", a|strong="H3205" son|strong="H1121" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H8034" born|strong="H3205" to|strong="H0559" David’s|strong="H1732" house|strong="H1004", Josiah|strong="H2977" by|strong="H5921" name|strong="H8034". On|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921" he|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" sacrifice|strong="H2076" the|strong="H0853" priests|strong="H3548" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" high|strong="H1116" places|strong="H1116" who|strong="H3068" burn|strong="H8313" incense|strong="H6999" on|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" burn|strong="H8313" men’s|strong="H0120" bones|strong="H6106" on|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921".’” 
\verseNumber{3}He|strong="H0834" gave|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" sign|strong="H4159" the|strong="H0559" same|strong="H1931" day|strong="H3117", saying|strong="H0559", “This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0559" sign|strong="H4159" which|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" spoken|strong="H1696": Behold|strong="H2009", the|strong="H0559" altar|strong="H4196" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" split|strong="H7167" apart|strong="H7167", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" ashes|strong="H1880" that|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" poured|strong="H8210" out|strong="H8210".” 
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\verseNumber{4}When|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" heard|strong="H8085" the|strong="H0853" saying|strong="H0559" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H4428" God|strong="H0430", which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" cried|strong="H7121" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" altar|strong="H4196" in|strong="H5921" Bethel|strong="H1008", Jeroboam|strong="H3379" put|strong="H7971" out|strong="H7971" his|strong="H5921" hand|strong="H3027" from|strong="H7725" the|strong="H0853" altar|strong="H4196", saying|strong="H0559", “Seize|strong="H8610" him|strong="H0413"!” His|strong="H5921" hand|strong="H3027", which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" put|strong="H7971" out|strong="H7971" against|strong="H5921" him|strong="H0413", dried|strong="H3001" up|strong="H3001", so|strong="H7971" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" could|strong="H3201" not|strong="H3808" draw|strong="H7725" it|strong="H5921" back|strong="H7725" again|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" himself|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{5}The|strong="H0834" altar|strong="H4196" was|strong="H0834" also|strong="H3068" split|strong="H7167" apart|strong="H7167", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0834" ashes|strong="H1880" poured|strong="H8210" out|strong="H4480" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H0834" altar|strong="H4196", according|strong="H4480" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0834" sign|strong="H4159" which|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" God|strong="H0430" had|strong="H3068" given|strong="H5414" by|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0834" LORD’s|strong="H3068" word|strong="H1697". 
\verseNumber{6}The|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" answered|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H4428" God|strong="H0430", “Now|strong="H4994" intercede|strong="H6419" for|strong="H1157" the|strong="H0853" favour of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430", and|strong="H3068" pray|strong="H6419" for|strong="H1157" me|strong="H0413", that|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027" may|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" restored|strong="H7725" me|strong="H0413" again|strong="H7725".” 
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The|strong="H0853" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H4428" God|strong="H0430" interceded|strong="H6419" with|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" king’s|strong="H4428" hand|strong="H3027" was|strong="H1961" restored|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413" again|strong="H7725", and|strong="H3068" became|strong="H1961" as|strong="H1961" it|strong="H7725" was|strong="H1961" before|strong="H6440". 
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\verseNumber{7}The|strong="H0413" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H4428" God|strong="H0430", “Come|strong="H0935" home|strong="H1004" with|strong="H0854" me|strong="H0413" and|strong="H0935" refresh|strong="H5582" yourself|strong="H0413", and|strong="H0935" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H0430" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" reward|strong="H4991".” 
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\verseNumber{8}The|strong="H0853" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H4428" God|strong="H0430" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428", “Even|strong="H3808" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H5414" gave|strong="H5414" me|strong="H0413" half|strong="H2677" of|strong="H4428" your|strong="H5414" house|strong="H1004", I|strong="H0518" would|strong="H0559" not|strong="H3808" go|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H5414", neither|strong="H3808" would|strong="H0559" I|strong="H0518" eat|strong="H0398" bread|strong="H3899" nor|strong="H3808" drink|strong="H8354" water|strong="H4325" in|strong="H0935" this|strong="H2088" place|strong="H4725"; 
\verseNumber{9}for|strong="H3588" so|strong="H3651" was|strong="H0834" it|strong="H3588" commanded|strong="H6680" me|strong="H7725" by|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" word|strong="H1697", saying|strong="H0559", ‘You|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H3068" eat|strong="H0398" no|strong="H3808" bread|strong="H3899", drink|strong="H8354" no|strong="H3808" water|strong="H4325", and|strong="H1980" don’t|strong="H3808" return|strong="H7725" by|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" way|strong="H1870" that|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" came|strong="H1980".’” 
\verseNumber{10}So|strong="H3808" he|strong="H0834" went|strong="H0935" another|strong="H0312" way|strong="H1870", and|strong="H0935" didn’t|strong="H3808" return|strong="H7725" by|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0834" way|strong="H1870" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" Bethel|strong="H1008". 
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\verseNumber{11}Now|strong="H3117" an|strong="H0935" old|strong="H1121" prophet|strong="H5030" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Bethel|strong="H1008", and|strong="H1121" one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" came|strong="H0935" and|strong="H1121" told|strong="H1696" him|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" works|strong="H4639" that|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" God|strong="H0430" had|strong="H0834" done|strong="H6213" that|strong="H0834" day|strong="H3117" in|strong="H3427" Bethel|strong="H1008". They|strong="H0834" also|strong="H0853" told|strong="H1696" their|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" the|strong="H3605" words|strong="H1697" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" spoken|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428". 
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\verseNumber{12}Their|strong="H7200" father|strong="H0001" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413", “Which|strong="H0834" way|strong="H1870" did|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" go|strong="H1980"?” Now|strong="H2088" his|strong="H0834" sons|strong="H1121" had|strong="H0834" seen|strong="H7200" which|strong="H0834" way|strong="H1870" the|strong="H0853" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" God|strong="H0430" went|strong="H1980", who|strong="H0834" came|strong="H0935" from|strong="H0935" Judah|strong="H3063". 
\verseNumber{13}He|strong="H5921" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H5921" sons|strong="H1121", “Saddle|strong="H2280" the|strong="H0559" donkey|strong="H2543" for|strong="H5921" me|strong="H0413".” So|strong="H5921" they|strong="H5921" saddled|strong="H2280" the|strong="H0559" donkey|strong="H2543" for|strong="H5921" him|strong="H0413"; and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H5921" rode|strong="H7392" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{14}He|strong="H0834" went|strong="H0935" after|strong="H0310" the|strong="H0559" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" God|strong="H0430", and|strong="H0935" found|strong="H4672" him|strong="H0413" sitting|strong="H3427" under|strong="H8478" an|strong="H0935" oak|strong="H0424". He|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “Are|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0859" the|strong="H0559" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" God|strong="H0430" who|strong="H0834" came|strong="H0935" from|strong="H0935" Judah|strong="H3063"?” 
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He|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H0589".” 
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\verseNumber{15}Then|strong="H0559" he|strong="H0559" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “Come home|strong="H1004" with|strong="H0854" me|strong="H0413" and|strong="H1004" eat|strong="H0398" bread|strong="H3899".” 
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\verseNumber{16}He|strong="H3808" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3201" may|strong="H7725" not|strong="H3808" return|strong="H7725" with|strong="H0854" you|strong="H7725", nor|strong="H3808" go|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" with|strong="H0854" you|strong="H7725". I|strong="H3201" will|strong="H4325" not|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H0398" bread|strong="H3899" or|strong="H3808" drink|strong="H8354" water|strong="H4325" with|strong="H0854" you|strong="H7725" in|strong="H0935" this|strong="H2088" place|strong="H4725". 
\verseNumber{17}For|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588" was|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413" by|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0834" LORD’s|strong="H3068" word|strong="H1697", ‘You|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H3068" eat|strong="H0398" no|strong="H3808" bread|strong="H3899" or|strong="H3808" drink|strong="H8354" water|strong="H4325" there|strong="H8033", and|strong="H1980" don’t|strong="H3808" turn|strong="H7725" again|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" go|strong="H1980" by|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0834" way|strong="H1870" that|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" came|strong="H1980".’” 
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\verseNumber{18}He|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “I|strong="H0589" also|strong="H1571" am|strong="H0589" a|strong="H3644" prophet|strong="H5030" as|strong="H1697" you|strong="H7725" are|strong="H1697"; and|strong="H3068" an|strong="H0559" angel|strong="H4397" spoke|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413" by|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" LORD’s|strong="H3068" word|strong="H1697", saying|strong="H0559", ‘Bring|strong="H7725" him|strong="H0413" back|strong="H7725" with|strong="H0854" you|strong="H7725" into|strong="H0413" your|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004", that|strong="H1697" he|strong="H3068" may|strong="H3068" eat|strong="H0398" bread|strong="H3899" and|strong="H3068" drink|strong="H8354" water|strong="H4325".’” He|strong="H3068" lied|strong="H3584" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413". 
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\verseNumber{19}So|strong="H7725" he|strong="H1004" went|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H0854", ate|strong="H0398" bread|strong="H3899" in|strong="H1004" his|strong="H7725" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H7725" drank|strong="H8354" water|strong="H4325". 
\verseNumber{20}As|strong="H0834" they|strong="H1992" sat|strong="H3427" at|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0834" table|strong="H7979", the|strong="H0834" LORD’s|strong="H3068" word|strong="H1697" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0834" prophet|strong="H5030" who|strong="H0834" brought|strong="H7725" him|strong="H0413" back|strong="H7725"; 
\verseNumber{21}and|strong="H0935" he|strong="H0834" cried|strong="H7121" out|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" God|strong="H0430" who|strong="H0834" came|strong="H0935" from|strong="H0935" Judah|strong="H3063", saying|strong="H0559", “The|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" says|strong="H0559", ‘Because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" been|strong="H0834" disobedient|strong="H4784" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" word|strong="H6310", and|strong="H0935" have|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" kept|strong="H8104" the|strong="H0853" commandment|strong="H4687" which|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430" commanded|strong="H6680" you|strong="H0834", 
\verseNumber{22}but|strong="H3808" came|strong="H0935" back|strong="H7725", and|strong="H0935" have|strong="H0834" eaten|strong="H0398" bread|strong="H3899" and|strong="H0935" drank|strong="H8354" water|strong="H4325" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0834" place|strong="H4725" of|strong="H0001" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0834", “Eat|strong="H0398" no|strong="H3808" bread|strong="H3899", and|strong="H0935" drink|strong="H8354" no|strong="H3808" water|strong="H4325",” your|strong="H0834" body|strong="H5038" will|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0834" tomb|strong="H6913" of|strong="H0001" your|strong="H0834" fathers|strong="H0001".’” 
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\verseNumber{23}After|strong="H0310" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" eaten|strong="H0398" bread|strong="H3899" and|strong="H7725" after|strong="H0310" he|strong="H0834" drank|strong="H8354", he|strong="H0834" saddled|strong="H2280" the|strong="H0834" donkey|strong="H2543" for|strong="H3899" the|strong="H0834" prophet|strong="H5030" whom|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" brought|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725". 
\verseNumber{24}When|strong="H1961" he had|strong="H1961" gone|strong="H1961", a|strong="H1961" lion|strong="H0738" met|strong="H4672" him|strong="H4672" by|strong="H1870" the|strong="H1961" way|strong="H1870" and|strong="H1870" killed|strong="H4191" him|strong="H4672". His|strong="H1961" body|strong="H5038" was|strong="H1961" thrown|strong="H7993" on|strong="H1870" the|strong="H1961" path|strong="H1870", and|strong="H1870" the|strong="H1961" donkey|strong="H2543" stood|strong="H5975" by|strong="H1870" it|strong="H1961". The|strong="H1961" lion|strong="H0738" also stood|strong="H5975" by|strong="H1870" the|strong="H1961" body|strong="H5038". 
\verseNumber{25}Behold|strong="H2009", men|strong="H0376" passed|strong="H5674" by|strong="H1870" and|strong="H0935" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H0853" body|strong="H5038" thrown|strong="H7993" on|strong="H1870" the|strong="H0853" path|strong="H1870", and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" lion|strong="H0738" standing|strong="H5975" by|strong="H1870" the|strong="H0853" body|strong="H5038"; and|strong="H0935" they|strong="H0834" came|strong="H0935" and|strong="H0935" told|strong="H1696" it|strong="H7200" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" old|strong="H2205" prophet|strong="H5030" lived|strong="H3427". 
\verseNumber{26}When|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" prophet|strong="H5030" who|strong="H0834" brought|strong="H7725" him|strong="H5414" back|strong="H7725" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H0853" way|strong="H1870" heard|strong="H8085" of|strong="H0376" it|strong="H5414", he|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559", “It|strong="H5414" is|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" God|strong="H0430" who|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" disobedient|strong="H4784" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" word|strong="H1697". Therefore|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" delivered|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" lion|strong="H0738", which|strong="H0834" has|strong="H3068" mauled him|strong="H5414" and|strong="H3068" slain him|strong="H5414", according|strong="H6310" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" word|strong="H1697" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" spoke|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H5414".” 
\verseNumber{27}He|strong="H0853" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H0413" sons|strong="H1121", saying|strong="H0559", “Saddle|strong="H2280" the|strong="H0853" donkey|strong="H2543" for|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413",” and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H0559" saddled|strong="H2280" it|strong="H1696". 
\verseNumber{28}He|strong="H3808" went and|strong="H0398" found|strong="H4672" his|strong="H3808" body|strong="H5038" thrown|strong="H7993" on|strong="H1870" the|strong="H0853" path|strong="H1870", and|strong="H0398" the|strong="H0853" donkey|strong="H2543" and|strong="H0398" the|strong="H0853" lion|strong="H0738" standing|strong="H5975" by|strong="H1870" the|strong="H0853" body|strong="H5038". The|strong="H0853" lion|strong="H0738" had|strong="H0853" not|strong="H3808" eaten|strong="H0398" the|strong="H0853" body|strong="H5038" nor|strong="H3808" mauled the|strong="H0853" donkey|strong="H2543". 
\verseNumber{29}The|strong="H0853" prophet|strong="H5030" took|strong="H5375" up|strong="H5375" the|strong="H0853" body|strong="H5038" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" God|strong="H0430", and|strong="H0935" laid|strong="H5375" it|strong="H7725" on|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" donkey|strong="H2543", and|strong="H0935" brought|strong="H0935" it|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725". He|strong="H0430" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" old|strong="H2205" prophet|strong="H5030" to|strong="H0413" mourn|strong="H5594", and|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" bury|strong="H6912" him|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{30}He|strong="H0853" laid his|strong="H5921" body|strong="H5038" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" own grave|strong="H6913"; and|strong="H0251" they|strong="H5921" mourned|strong="H5594" over|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921", saying, “Alas|strong="H1945", my|strong="H5921" brother|strong="H0251"!” 
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\verseNumber{31}After|strong="H0310" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" buried|strong="H6912" him|strong="H0413", he|strong="H0834" spoke|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H0834" sons|strong="H1121", saying|strong="H0559", “When|strong="H1961" I|strong="H0834" am|strong="H1961" dead|strong="H4191", bury|strong="H6912" me|strong="H0413" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" tomb|strong="H6913" in|strong="H0413" which|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" God|strong="H0430" is|strong="H0834" buried|strong="H6912". Lay|strong="H1121" my|strong="H1961" bones|strong="H6106" beside|strong="H0681" his|strong="H0834" bones|strong="H6106". 
\verseNumber{32}For|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" saying|strong="H1697" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" cried|strong="H7121" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" LORD’s|strong="H3068" word|strong="H1697" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196" in|strong="H5921" Bethel|strong="H1008", and|strong="H3068" against|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" houses|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" high|strong="H1116" places|strong="H1116" which|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" of|strong="H1004" Samaria|strong="H8111", will|strong="H3068" surely|strong="H3588" happen|strong="H1961".” 
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\verseNumber{33}After|strong="H0310" this|strong="H2088" thing|strong="H1697", Jeroboam|strong="H3379" didn’t|strong="H3808" turn|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" his|strong="H7725" evil|strong="H7451" way|strong="H1870", but|strong="H3808" again|strong="H7725" made|strong="H6213" priests|strong="H3548" of|strong="H1697" the|strong="H0853" high|strong="H1116" places|strong="H1116" from|strong="H7725" amongst all|strong="H7098" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971". Whoever wanted to|strong="H7725", he|strong="H0310" consecrated him|strong="H0853", that|strong="H1697" there|strong="H1961" might be|strong="H1961" priests|strong="H3548" of|strong="H1697" the|strong="H0853" high|strong="H1116" places|strong="H1116". 
\verseNumber{34}This|strong="H2088" thing|strong="H1697" became|strong="H1961" sin|strong="H2403" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6440" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Jeroboam|strong="H3379", even|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1961" cut|strong="H3582" it|strong="H5921" off|strong="H5921" and|strong="H1004" to|strong="H1961" destroy|strong="H8045" it|strong="H5921" from|strong="H5921" off|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" surface|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6440" earth|strong="H0127". 
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\chapterNumber{14}At|strong="H1121" that|strong="H1931" time|strong="H6256" Abijah|strong="H0029" the|strong="H3379" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" became sick|strong="H2470". 
\verseNumber{2}Jeroboam|strong="H3379" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" his|strong="H5921" wife|strong="H0802", “Please|strong="H4994" get|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" and|strong="H1980" disguise yourself|strong="H0859", so|strong="H1980" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859" won’t|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" recognised as|strong="H3588" Jeroboam’s|strong="H3379" wife|strong="H0802". Go|strong="H1980" to|strong="H0559" Shiloh|strong="H7887". Behold|strong="H2009", Ahijah|strong="H0281" the|strong="H0559" prophet|strong="H5030" is|strong="H2088" there|strong="H8033", who|strong="H1931" said|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" would|strong="H0559" be|strong="H3808" king|strong="H4428" over|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2088" people|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{3}Take|strong="H3947" with|strong="H0413" you|strong="H5046" ten|strong="H6235" loaves|strong="H3899" of|strong="H3027" bread|strong="H3899", some|strong="H3027" cakes|strong="H5350", and|strong="H0935" a|strong="H1961" jar|strong="H1228" of|strong="H3027" honey|strong="H1706", and|strong="H0935" go|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413". He|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1961" tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="H5046" what|strong="H4100" will|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0413" child|strong="H5288".” 
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\verseNumber{4}Jeroboam’s|strong="H3379" wife|strong="H0802" did|strong="H6213" so|strong="H3651", and|strong="H0935" arose|strong="H6965" and|strong="H0935" went|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" Shiloh|strong="H7887", and|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" Ahijah’s house|strong="H1004". Now|strong="H3588" Ahijah|strong="H0281" could|strong="H3201" not|strong="H3808" see|strong="H7200", for|strong="H3588" his|strong="H0935" eyes|strong="H5869" were|strong="H0802" set|strong="H6965" by|strong="H0935" reason|strong="H3651" of|strong="H1004" his|strong="H0935" age|strong="H0935". 
\verseNumber{5}The|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Ahijah|strong="H0281", “Behold|strong="H2009", Jeroboam’s|strong="H3379" wife|strong="H0802" is|strong="H3068" coming|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" enquire of|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3588" concerning|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413" son|strong="H1121", for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" sick|strong="H2470". Tell|strong="H0559" her|strong="H0413" such|strong="H2088" and|strong="H1121" such|strong="H2088"; for|strong="H3588" it|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961", when|strong="H3588" she|strong="H1931" comes|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935", that|strong="H3588" she|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3068" pretend to|strong="H0413" be|strong="H1961" another|strong="H2088" woman|strong="H0802".” 
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\verseNumber{6}So|strong="H7971" when|strong="H1961" Ahijah|strong="H0281" heard|strong="H8085" the|strong="H0853" sound|strong="H6963" of|strong="H6963" her|strong="H0413" feet|strong="H7272" as|strong="H1961" she|strong="H4100" came|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" at|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" door|strong="H6607", he|strong="H0853" said|strong="H0559", “Come|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935", Jeroboam’s|strong="H3379" wife|strong="H0802"! Why|strong="H4100" do|strong="H4100" you|strong="H0859" pretend to|strong="H0413" be|strong="H1961" another|strong="H2088"? For|strong="H0413" I|strong="H0595" am|strong="H0595" sent|strong="H7971" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0859" with|strong="H0413" heavy news|strong="H6963". 
\verseNumber{7}Go, tell|strong="H0559" Jeroboam|strong="H3379", ‘The|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068", the|strong="H0559" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478", says|strong="H0559": “Because|strong="H5921" I|strong="H0834" exalted|strong="H7311" you|strong="H0834" from|strong="H5921" amongst the|strong="H0559" people|strong="H5971", and|strong="H3068" made|strong="H5414" you|strong="H0834" prince|strong="H5057" over|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971" Israel|strong="H3478", 
\verseNumber{8}and|strong="H1980" tore|strong="H7167" the|strong="H3605" kingdom|strong="H4467" away|strong="H1980" from|strong="H1980" David’s|strong="H1732" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H1980" gave|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" you|strong="H0834"; and|strong="H1980" yet|strong="H7535" you|strong="H0834" have|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" been|strong="H1961" as|strong="H0834" my|strong="H3605" servant|strong="H5650" David|strong="H1732", who|strong="H0834" kept|strong="H8104" my|strong="H3605" commandments|strong="H4687", and|strong="H1980" who|strong="H0834" followed|strong="H0310" me|strong="H5414" with|strong="H1980" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" heart|strong="H3824", to|strong="H1980" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H0834" only|strong="H7535" which|strong="H0834" was|strong="H1961" right|strong="H3477" in|strong="H1980" my|strong="H3605" eyes|strong="H5869", 
\verseNumber{9}but|strong="H1961" have|strong="H1961" done|strong="H6213" evil|strong="H7489" above|strong="H6440" all|strong="H3605" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" before|strong="H6440" you|strong="H0834", and|strong="H0430" have|strong="H1961" gone|strong="H1961" and|strong="H0430" made|strong="H6213" for|strong="H3605" yourself other|strong="H0312" gods|strong="H0430", molten images|strong="H4541", to|strong="H1961" provoke|strong="H3707" me|strong="H6440" to|strong="H1961" anger|strong="H3707", and|strong="H0430" have|strong="H1961" cast|strong="H7993" me|strong="H6440" behind|strong="H0310" your|strong="H3605" back|strong="H0310", 
\verseNumber{10}therefore|strong="H3651", behold|strong="H2005", I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" bring|strong="H0935" evil|strong="H7451" on|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0834" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Jeroboam|strong="H3379", and|strong="H0935" will|strong="H0834" cut|strong="H3772" off|strong="H3772" from|strong="H0935" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" everyone who|strong="H0834" urinates on|strong="H0413" a|strong="H3772" wall|strong="H7023",\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{14:10  }or, male} he|strong="H0834" who|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" shut|strong="H6113" up|strong="H5704" and|strong="H0935" he|strong="H0834" who|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" left|strong="H5800" at|strong="H0413" large|strong="H1004" in|strong="H0935" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H0935" will|strong="H0834" utterly|strong="H8552" sweep away|strong="H0310" the|strong="H0834" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Jeroboam|strong="H3379", as|strong="H0834" a|strong="H3772" man sweeps away|strong="H0310" dung|strong="H1557" until|strong="H5704" it|strong="H3651" is|strong="H0834" all|strong="H5704" gone|strong="H0935". 
\verseNumber{11}The|strong="H3588" dogs|strong="H3611" will|strong="H3068" eat|strong="H0398" he|strong="H3588" who|strong="H3068" belongs to|strong="H1696" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" who|strong="H3068" dies|strong="H4191" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" city|strong="H5892"; and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" birds|strong="H5775" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" sky|strong="H8064" will|strong="H3068" eat|strong="H0398" he|strong="H3588" who|strong="H3068" dies|strong="H4191" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" field|strong="H7704", for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" LORD|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" spoken|strong="H1696" it|strong="H3588".”’ 
\verseNumber{12}Arise|strong="H6965" therefore|strong="H0859", and|strong="H0935" go|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" your|strong="H0935" house|strong="H1004". When|strong="H0935" your|strong="H0935" feet|strong="H7272" enter|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0935" city|strong="H5892", the|strong="H0935" child|strong="H3206" will|strong="H1004" die|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{13}All|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" will|strong="H3068" mourn|strong="H5594" for|strong="H3588" him|strong="H0413" and|strong="H0935" bury|strong="H6912" him|strong="H0413"; for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" only|strong="H0905" of|strong="H1004" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" will|strong="H3068" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" grave|strong="H6913", because|strong="H3588" in|strong="H0935" him|strong="H0413" there|strong="H2088" is|strong="H3068" found|strong="H4672" some|strong="H3605" good|strong="H2896" thing|strong="H1697" towards the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478", in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Jeroboam|strong="H3379". 
\verseNumber{14}Moreover|strong="H1571" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" raise|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" a|strong="H3772" king|strong="H4428" for|strong="H5921" himself|strong="H3117" over|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478" who|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" cut|strong="H3772" off|strong="H3772" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" Jeroboam|strong="H3379". This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" day|strong="H3117"! What|strong="H4100"? Even|strong="H1571" now|strong="H6258". 
\verseNumber{15}For|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" strike|strong="H5221" Israel|strong="H3478", as|strong="H0834" a|strong="H5414" reed|strong="H7070" is|strong="H0834" shaken|strong="H5110" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" water|strong="H4325"; and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" root|strong="H5428" up|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478" out|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3068" this|strong="H2063" good|strong="H2896" land|strong="H0127" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3068" fathers|strong="H0001", and|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" scatter|strong="H2219" them|strong="H5414" beyond|strong="H5676" the|strong="H0853" River|strong="H5104",\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{14:15  }That is, the Euphrates.} because|strong="H5921" they|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" made|strong="H6213" their|strong="H3068" Asherah|strong="H0842" poles, provoking|strong="H3707" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" to|strong="H5921" anger|strong="H3707". 
\verseNumber{16}He|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" give|strong="H5414" Israel|strong="H3478" up|strong="H5414" because|strong="H0834" of|strong="H1558" the|strong="H0853" sins|strong="H2398" of|strong="H1558" Jeroboam|strong="H3379", which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" has|strong="H0834" sinned|strong="H2398", and|strong="H3478" with|strong="H3478" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" has|strong="H0834" made|strong="H5414" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" sin|strong="H2398".” 
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\verseNumber{17}Jeroboam’s|strong="H3379" wife|strong="H0802" arose|strong="H6965" and|strong="H0935" departed|strong="H0935", and|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" Tirzah|strong="H8656". As|strong="H0935" she|strong="H1931" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0935" threshold of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0935" house|strong="H1004", the|strong="H0935" child|strong="H5288" died|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{18}All|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" buried|strong="H6912" him|strong="H0853" and|strong="H3068" mourned|strong="H5594" for|strong="H3027" him|strong="H0853", according|strong="H3027" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3605" LORD’s|strong="H3068" word|strong="H1697", which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" spoke|strong="H1696" by|strong="H3027" his|strong="H3605" servant|strong="H5650" Ahijah|strong="H0281" the|strong="H3605" prophet|strong="H5030". 
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\verseNumber{19}The|strong="H0834" rest|strong="H3499" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0834" acts|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" Jeroboam|strong="H3379", how|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" fought|strong="H3898" and|strong="H3478" how|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" reigned|strong="H4427", behold|strong="H2009", they|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" book|strong="H5612" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0834" chronicles|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0834" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{20}The|strong="H0834" days|strong="H3117" which|strong="H0834" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" reigned|strong="H4427" were|strong="H0834" twenty|strong="H6242" two|strong="H8147" years|strong="H8141"; then|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" slept|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H0834" fathers|strong="H0001", and|strong="H1121" Nadab|strong="H5070" his|strong="H0834" son|strong="H1121" reigned|strong="H4427" in|strong="H8141" his|strong="H0834" place|strong="H8478". 
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\verseNumber{21}Rehoboam|strong="H7346" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Solomon|strong="H8010" reigned|strong="H4427" in|strong="H8141" Judah|strong="H3063". Rehoboam|strong="H7346" was|strong="H8034" forty-one years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" began to|strong="H3068" reign|strong="H4427", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H0834" reigned|strong="H4427" seventeen|strong="H6240" years|strong="H8141" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" which|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" chosen|strong="H0977" out|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", to|strong="H3068" put|strong="H7760" his|strong="H3605" name|strong="H8034" there|strong="H8033". His|strong="H3605" mother’s|strong="H0517" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Naamah|strong="H5279" the|strong="H3605" Ammonitess|strong="H5985". 
\verseNumber{22}Judah|strong="H3063" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H0834" which|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" evil|strong="H7451" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" LORD’s|strong="H3068" sight|strong="H5869", and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H0834" provoked|strong="H7065" him|strong="H0853" to|strong="H3068" jealousy|strong="H7065" with|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3605" sins|strong="H2398" which|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" committed|strong="H2398", above all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" their|strong="H3605" fathers|strong="H0001" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{23}For|strong="H5921" they|strong="H1992" also|strong="H1571" built|strong="H1129" for|strong="H5921" themselves|strong="H1992" high|strong="H1116" places|strong="H1116", sacred pillars|strong="H4676", and|strong="H6086" Asherah|strong="H0842" poles on|strong="H5921" every|strong="H3605" high|strong="H1116" hill|strong="H1389" and|strong="H6086" under|strong="H8478" every|strong="H3605" green|strong="H7488" tree|strong="H6086". 
\verseNumber{24}There|strong="H1961" were|strong="H0834" also|strong="H1571" sodomites|strong="H6945" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776". They|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213" according to|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" abominations|strong="H8441" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" nations|strong="H1471" which|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" drove|strong="H3423" out|strong="H3423" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478". 
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\verseNumber{25}In|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" fifth|strong="H2549" year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H4428" King|strong="H4428" Rehoboam|strong="H7346", Shishak|strong="H7895" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Egypt|strong="H4714" came|strong="H1961" up|strong="H5927" against|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389"; 
\verseNumber{26}and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H0834" took|strong="H3947" away|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3605" treasures|strong="H0214" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" LORD’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" treasures|strong="H0214" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" house|strong="H1004". He|strong="H0834" even|strong="H0853" took|strong="H3947" away|strong="H3947" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4428" it|strong="H6213", including|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" gold|strong="H2091" shields|strong="H4043" which|strong="H0834" Solomon|strong="H8010" had|strong="H3068" made|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{27}King|strong="H4428" Rehoboam|strong="H7346" made|strong="H6213" shields|strong="H4043" of|strong="H4428" bronze|strong="H5178" in|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" place|strong="H8478", and|strong="H3027" committed|strong="H6213" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" hands|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" captains|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" guard|strong="H8104", who|strong="H8104" kept|strong="H8104" the|strong="H5921" door|strong="H6607" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" king’s|strong="H4428" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{28}It|strong="H7725" was|strong="H1961" so|strong="H1961", that|strong="H3068" as|strong="H1961" often|strong="H1767" as|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0413" king|strong="H4428" went|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" LORD’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004", the|strong="H0413" guard|strong="H7323" bore|strong="H5375" them|strong="H0413", and|strong="H0935" brought|strong="H0935" them|strong="H0413" back|strong="H7725" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" guard|strong="H7323" room|strong="H1004". 
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\verseNumber{29}Now|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" rest|strong="H3499" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" acts|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" Rehoboam|strong="H7346", and|strong="H3063" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213", aren’t they|strong="H1992" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" book|strong="H5612" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" chronicles|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063"? 
\verseNumber{30}There|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" war|strong="H4421" between|strong="H0996" Rehoboam|strong="H7346" and|strong="H3117" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" continually|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{31}Rehoboam|strong="H7346" slept|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H1732" fathers|strong="H0001", and|strong="H1121" was|strong="H8034" buried|strong="H6912" with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H1732" fathers|strong="H0001" in|strong="H6912" David’s|strong="H1732" city|strong="H5892". His|strong="H1732" mother’s|strong="H0517" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Naamah|strong="H5279" the|strong="H8478" Ammonitess|strong="H5985". Abijam|strong="H0038" his|strong="H1732" son|strong="H1121" reigned|strong="H4427" in|strong="H6912" his|strong="H1732" place|strong="H8478". 
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\chapterNumber{15}Now in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" eighteenth|strong="H6240" year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H1121" King|strong="H4428" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Nebat|strong="H5028", Abijam|strong="H0038" began to|strong="H5921" reign|strong="H4427" over|strong="H5921" Judah|strong="H3063". 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H3389" reigned|strong="H4427" three|strong="H7969" years|strong="H8141" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". His|strong="H8034" mother’s|strong="H0517" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Maacah|strong="H4601" the|strong="H8034" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1323" Abishalom|strong="H0053". 
\verseNumber{3}He|strong="H0834" walked in|strong="H0430" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" sins|strong="H2403" of|strong="H0430" his|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001", which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" before|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440"; and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3605" heart|strong="H3824" was|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" perfect|strong="H8003" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430", as|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" heart|strong="H3824" of|strong="H0430" David|strong="H1732" his|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001". 
\verseNumber{4}Nevertheless|strong="H3588" for|strong="H3588" David’s|strong="H1732" sake|strong="H4616", the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" his|strong="H5414" God|strong="H0430" gave|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" a|strong="H3588" lamp|strong="H5216" in|strong="H0430" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", to|strong="H3068" set|strong="H5414" up|strong="H6965" his|strong="H5414" son|strong="H1121" after|strong="H0310" him|strong="H5414" and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3068" establish|strong="H6965" Jerusalem|strong="H3389"; 
\verseNumber{5}because|strong="H0834" David|strong="H1732" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H0834" which|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" right|strong="H3477" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" LORD’s|strong="H3068" eyes|strong="H5869", and|strong="H3068" didn’t|strong="H3808" turn|strong="H5493" away|strong="H5493" from|strong="H5493" anything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" commanded|strong="H6680" him|strong="H0853" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3605" life|strong="H3117", except|strong="H7535" only|strong="H7535" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" matter|strong="H1697" of|strong="H3068" Uriah|strong="H0223" the|strong="H3605" Hittite|strong="H2850". 
\verseNumber{6}Now|strong="H1961" there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" war|strong="H4421" between|strong="H0996" Rehoboam|strong="H7346" and|strong="H3117" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" his|strong="H3605" life|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{7}The|strong="H3605" rest|strong="H3499" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" acts|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" Abijam|strong="H0038", and|strong="H3063" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213", aren’t they|strong="H1992" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" book|strong="H5612" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" chronicles|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063"? There|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" war|strong="H4421" between|strong="H0996" Abijam|strong="H0038" and|strong="H3063" Jeroboam|strong="H3379". 
\verseNumber{8}Abijam|strong="H0038" slept|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H1732" fathers|strong="H0001", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H8478" buried|strong="H6912" him|strong="H0853" in|strong="H6912" David’s|strong="H1732" city|strong="H5892"; and|strong="H1121" Asa|strong="H0609" his|strong="H1732" son|strong="H1121" reigned|strong="H4427" in|strong="H6912" his|strong="H1732" place|strong="H8478". 
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\verseNumber{9}In|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3379" twentieth|strong="H6242" year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H4428" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", Asa|strong="H0609" began to|strong="H3478" reign|strong="H4427" over|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063". 
\verseNumber{10}He|strong="H3389" reigned|strong="H4427" forty-one years|strong="H8141" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". His|strong="H8034" mother’s|strong="H0517" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Maacah|strong="H4601" the|strong="H8034" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1323" Abishalom|strong="H0053". 
\verseNumber{11}Asa|strong="H0609" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3068" which|strong="H5869" was|strong="H3068" right|strong="H3477" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" LORD’s|strong="H3068" eyes|strong="H5869", as|strong="H3068" David|strong="H1732" his|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001" did|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{12}He|strong="H0834" put|strong="H5493" away|strong="H5493" the|strong="H3605" sodomites|strong="H6945" out|strong="H4480" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776", and|strong="H0776" removed|strong="H5493" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" idols|strong="H1544" that|strong="H0834" his|strong="H3605" fathers|strong="H0001" had|strong="H0834" made|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{13}He|strong="H0834" also|strong="H1571" removed|strong="H5493" Maacah|strong="H4601" his|strong="H0834" mother|strong="H0517" from|strong="H5493" being|strong="H3772" queen|strong="H1377", because|strong="H0834" she|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" made|strong="H6213" an|strong="H3772" abominable image|strong="H4656" for|strong="H1571" an|strong="H3772" Asherah|strong="H0842". Asa|strong="H0609" cut|strong="H3772" down|strong="H3772" her|strong="H3772" image|strong="H4656" and|strong="H0853" burnt|strong="H8313" it|strong="H6213" at|strong="H1571" the|strong="H0853" brook|strong="H5158" Kidron|strong="H6939". 
\verseNumber{14}But|strong="H7535" the|strong="H3605" high|strong="H1116" places|strong="H1116" were|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" taken|strong="H5493" away|strong="H5493". Nevertheless the|strong="H3605" heart|strong="H3824" of|strong="H3068" Asa|strong="H0609" was|strong="H1961" perfect|strong="H8003" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" days|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{15}He|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" things|strong="H6944" that|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001" had|strong="H3068" dedicated|strong="H6944", and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" things|strong="H6944" that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" himself had|strong="H3068" dedicated|strong="H6944": silver|strong="H3701", gold|strong="H2091", and|strong="H0935" utensils|strong="H3627". 
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\verseNumber{16}There|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" war|strong="H4421" between|strong="H0996" Asa|strong="H0609" and|strong="H3478" Baasha|strong="H1201" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" days|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{17}Baasha|strong="H1201" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" went|strong="H3318" up|strong="H5927" against|strong="H5921" Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H0935" built|strong="H1129" Ramah|strong="H7414", that|strong="H3478" he|strong="H5414" might|strong="H3478" not|strong="H1115" allow|strong="H5414" anyone to|strong="H0935" go|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" or|strong="H1115" come|strong="H0935" in|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0935" Asa|strong="H0609" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063". 
\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H3947" Asa|strong="H0609" took|strong="H3947" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" gold|strong="H2091" that|strong="H3605" was|strong="H3068" left|strong="H3498" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" treasures|strong="H0214" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" LORD’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" treasures|strong="H0214" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H1121" delivered|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" servants|strong="H5650". Then|strong="H3947" King|strong="H4428" Asa|strong="H0609" sent|strong="H7971" them|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" Ben Hadad, the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Tabrimmon|strong="H2886", the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hezion|strong="H2383", king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Syria|strong="H0758", who|strong="H3605" lived|strong="H3427" at|strong="H0413" Damascus|strong="H1834", saying|strong="H0559", 
\verseNumber{19}“Let|strong="H7971" there|strong="H2009" be|strong="H3478" a|strong="H7971" treaty|strong="H1285" between|strong="H0996" me|strong="H7971" and|strong="H3478" you|strong="H7971", like|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3478" between|strong="H0996" my|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001" and|strong="H3478" your|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001". Behold|strong="H2009", I|strong="H2009" have|strong="H0001" sent|strong="H7971" to|strong="H5921" you|strong="H7971" a|strong="H7971" present|strong="H7810" of|strong="H4428" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H3478" gold|strong="H2091". Go|strong="H5927", break|strong="H6565" your|strong="H5921" treaty|strong="H1285" with|strong="H0854" Baasha|strong="H1201" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", that|strong="H3478" he|strong="H0853" may|strong="H3478" depart|strong="H5927" from|strong="H5921" me|strong="H7971".” 
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\verseNumber{20}Ben Hadad listened|strong="H8085" to|strong="H0413" King|strong="H4428" Asa|strong="H0609", and|strong="H3478" sent|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3605" captains|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3605" armies|strong="H2428" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H3478" struck|strong="H5221" Ijon|strong="H5859", and|strong="H3478" Dan|strong="H1835", and|strong="H3478" Abel|strong="H0062" Beth Maacah, and|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" Chinneroth|strong="H3672", with|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H4428" Naphtali|strong="H5321". 
\verseNumber{21}When|strong="H1961" Baasha|strong="H1201" heard|strong="H8085" of|strong="H3427" it|strong="H1961", he|strong="H0853" stopped|strong="H2308" building|strong="H1129" Ramah|strong="H7414", and|strong="H8085" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Tirzah|strong="H8656". 
\verseNumber{22}Then|strong="H0853" King|strong="H4428" Asa|strong="H0609" made|strong="H3605" a|strong="H1129" proclamation|strong="H8085" to|strong="H0369" all|strong="H3605" Judah|strong="H3063". No|strong="H0369" one|strong="H0369" was|strong="H0369" exempted. They|strong="H0834" carried|strong="H5375" away|strong="H5375" the|strong="H3605" stones|strong="H0068" of|strong="H4428" Ramah|strong="H7414", and|strong="H3063" its|strong="H3605" timber|strong="H6086", with|strong="H3605" which|strong="H0834" Baasha|strong="H1201" had|strong="H0834" built|strong="H1129"; and|strong="H3063" King|strong="H4428" Asa|strong="H0609" used|strong="H3605" it|strong="H5375" to|strong="H0369" build|strong="H1129" Geba|strong="H1387" of|strong="H4428" Benjamin|strong="H1144", and|strong="H3063" Mizpah|strong="H4709". 
\verseNumber{23}Now|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" rest|strong="H3499" of|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" acts|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" Asa|strong="H0609", and|strong="H3063" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" might|strong="H1369", and|strong="H3063" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213", and|strong="H3063" the|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" built|strong="H1129", aren’t they|strong="H1992" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" book|strong="H5612" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" chronicles|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063"? But|strong="H7535" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" time|strong="H6256" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3605" old|strong="H2209" age|strong="H3117" he|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" diseased in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" feet|strong="H7272". 
\verseNumber{24}Asa|strong="H0609" slept|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H1732" fathers|strong="H0001", and|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1732" buried|strong="H6912" with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H1732" fathers|strong="H0001" in|strong="H6912" his|strong="H1732" father|strong="H0001" David’s|strong="H1732" city|strong="H5892"; and|strong="H1121" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" his|strong="H1732" son|strong="H1121" reigned|strong="H4427" in|strong="H6912" his|strong="H1732" place|strong="H8478". 
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\verseNumber{25}Nadab|strong="H5070" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" began to|strong="H5921" reign|strong="H4427" over|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" second|strong="H8147" year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H1121" Asa|strong="H0609" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063"; and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H5921" reigned|strong="H4427" over|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478" two|strong="H8147" years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{26}He|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H0834" which|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" evil|strong="H7451" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" sight|strong="H5869", and|strong="H3068" walked in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" way|strong="H1870" of|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001", and|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" sin|strong="H2398" with|strong="H3068" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" made|strong="H6213" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3068" sin|strong="H2398". 
\verseNumber{27}Baasha|strong="H1201" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ahijah|strong="H0281", of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" Issachar|strong="H3485", conspired|strong="H7194" against|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921"; and|strong="H1121" Baasha|strong="H1201" struck|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5921" at|strong="H5921" Gibbethon|strong="H1405", which|strong="H0834" belonged to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" Philistines|strong="H6430"; for|strong="H5921" Nadab|strong="H5070" and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" were|strong="H0834" besieging|strong="H5921" Gibbethon|strong="H1405". 
\verseNumber{28}Even in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H8478" third|strong="H7969" year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H4428" Asa|strong="H0609" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063", Baasha|strong="H1201" killed|strong="H4191" him|strong="H4191" and|strong="H3063" reigned|strong="H4427" in|strong="H8141" his|strong="H8478" place|strong="H8478". 
\verseNumber{29}As|strong="H0834" soon as|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" was|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4427", he|strong="H0834" struck|strong="H5221" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Jeroboam|strong="H3379". He|strong="H0834" didn’t|strong="H3808" leave|strong="H7604" to|strong="H5704" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" any|strong="H3605" who|strong="H0834" breathed|strong="H5397", until|strong="H5704" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H3068" destroyed|strong="H8045" him|strong="H5221", according|strong="H3027" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" saying|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068", which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" spoke|strong="H1696" by|strong="H3027" his|strong="H3605" servant|strong="H5650" Ahijah|strong="H0281" the|strong="H3605" Shilonite|strong="H7888"; 
\verseNumber{30}for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" sins|strong="H2398" of|strong="H0430" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" sinned|strong="H2398", and|strong="H3068" with|strong="H3068" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" made|strong="H0834" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H5921" sin|strong="H2398", because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H0430" his|strong="H5921" provocation with|strong="H3068" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" provoked|strong="H3707" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068", the|strong="H0853" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478", to|strong="H5921" anger|strong="H3707". 
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\verseNumber{31}Now|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" rest|strong="H3499" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" acts|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" Nadab|strong="H5070", and|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213", aren’t they|strong="H1992" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" book|strong="H5612" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" chronicles|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478"? 
\verseNumber{32}There|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" war|strong="H4421" between|strong="H0996" Asa|strong="H0609" and|strong="H3478" Baasha|strong="H1201" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" days|strong="H3117". 
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\verseNumber{33}In|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" third|strong="H7969" year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H1121" Asa|strong="H0609" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063", Baasha|strong="H1201" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ahijah|strong="H0281" began to|strong="H5921" reign|strong="H4427" over|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" in|strong="H5921" Tirzah|strong="H8656" for|strong="H5921" twenty-four|strong="H0702" years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{34}He|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H0834" which|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" evil|strong="H7451" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" sight|strong="H5869", and|strong="H3068" walked in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" way|strong="H1870" of|strong="H3068" Jeroboam|strong="H3379", and|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" sin|strong="H2398" with|strong="H3068" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" made|strong="H6213" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3068" sin|strong="H2398". 
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\chapterNumber{16}The|strong="H0559" LORD’s|strong="H3068" word|strong="H1697" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H0413" Jehu|strong="H3058" the|strong="H0559" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hanani|strong="H2607" against|strong="H5921" Baasha|strong="H1201", saying|strong="H0559", 
\verseNumber{2}“Because|strong="H5921" I|strong="H0834" exalted|strong="H7311" you|strong="H0834" out|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4480" the|strong="H0853" dust|strong="H6083" and|strong="H3478" made|strong="H5414" you|strong="H0834" prince|strong="H5057" over|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H3478" you|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" walked in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" way|strong="H1870" of|strong="H4480" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" and|strong="H3478" have|strong="H0834" made|strong="H5414" my|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H5921" sin|strong="H2398", to|strong="H5921" provoke|strong="H3707" me|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" anger|strong="H3707" with|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5414" sins|strong="H2398", 
\verseNumber{3}behold|strong="H2005", I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H1004" utterly sweep away|strong="H0310" Baasha|strong="H1201" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5414" house|strong="H1004"; and|strong="H1121" I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H1004" make|strong="H5414" your|strong="H5414" house|strong="H1004" like|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Nebat|strong="H5028". 
\verseNumber{4}The|strong="H0398" dogs|strong="H3611" will|strong="H8064" eat|strong="H0398" Baasha’s|strong="H1201" descendants who|strong="H1201" die|strong="H4191" in|strong="H4191" the|strong="H0398" city|strong="H5892"; and|strong="H0398" he|strong="H8064" who|strong="H1201" dies|strong="H4191" of|strong="H7704" his|strong="H0398" in|strong="H4191" the|strong="H0398" field|strong="H7704", the|strong="H0398" birds|strong="H5775" of|strong="H7704" the|strong="H0398" sky|strong="H8064" will|strong="H8064" eat|strong="H0398".” 
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\verseNumber{5}Now|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0834" rest|strong="H3499" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0834" acts|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" Baasha|strong="H1201", and|strong="H3478" what|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213", and|strong="H3478" his|strong="H5921" might|strong="H1369", aren’t they|strong="H1992" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" book|strong="H5612" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0834" chronicles|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0834" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478"? 
\verseNumber{6}Baasha|strong="H1201" slept|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H8478" fathers|strong="H0001", and|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H6912" Tirzah|strong="H8656"; and|strong="H1121" Elah|strong="H0425" his|strong="H8478" son|strong="H1121" reigned|strong="H4427" in|strong="H6912" his|strong="H8478" place|strong="H8478". 
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\verseNumber{7}Moreover|strong="H1571" the|strong="H3605" LORD’s|strong="H3068" word|strong="H1697" came|strong="H1961" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" prophet|strong="H5030" Jehu|strong="H3058" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hanani|strong="H2607" against|strong="H5921" Baasha|strong="H1201" and|strong="H1121" against|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004", both|strong="H1571" because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" evil|strong="H7451" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" LORD’s|strong="H3068" sight|strong="H5869", to|strong="H0413" provoke|strong="H3707" him|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" anger|strong="H3707" with|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" work|strong="H4639" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" hands|strong="H3027", in|strong="H5921" being|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" Jeroboam|strong="H3379", and|strong="H1121" because|strong="H5921" he|strong="H0834" struck|strong="H5221" him|strong="H0413". 
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\verseNumber{8}In|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" twenty-sixth year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H1121" Asa|strong="H0609" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063", Elah|strong="H0425" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Baasha|strong="H1201" began to|strong="H5921" reign|strong="H4427" over|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478" in|strong="H5921" Tirzah|strong="H8656" for|strong="H5921" two years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{9}His|strong="H5921" servant|strong="H5650" Zimri|strong="H2174", captain|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1004" half|strong="H4276" his|strong="H5921" chariots|strong="H7393", conspired|strong="H7194" against|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921". Now he|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" in|strong="H5921" Tirzah|strong="H8656", drinking|strong="H8354" himself|strong="H1931" drunk|strong="H8354" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Arza|strong="H0777", who|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" household|strong="H1004" in|strong="H5921" Tirzah|strong="H8656"; 
\verseNumber{10}and|strong="H0935" Zimri|strong="H2174" went|strong="H0935" in|strong="H8141" and|strong="H0935" struck|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5221" and|strong="H0935" killed|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5221" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H0935" twenty-seventh year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H4428" Asa|strong="H0609" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H0935" reigned|strong="H4427" in|strong="H8141" his|strong="H0935" place|strong="H8478". 
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\verseNumber{11}When|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3808" began|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" reign|strong="H4427", as|strong="H1961" soon as|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3808" sat|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" throne|strong="H3678", he|strong="H3808" attacked|strong="H5221" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Baasha|strong="H1201". He|strong="H3808" didn’t|strong="H3808" leave|strong="H7604" him|strong="H5921" a|strong="H1961" single one|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" urinates on|strong="H5921" a|strong="H1961" wall|strong="H7023"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{16:11  }or, male} amongst his|strong="H3605" relatives|strong="H1350" or|strong="H3808" his|strong="H3605" friends|strong="H7453". 
\verseNumber{12}Thus Zimri|strong="H2174" destroyed|strong="H8045" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Baasha|strong="H1201", according|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" LORD’s|strong="H3068" word|strong="H1697" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" spoke|strong="H1696" against|strong="H0413" Baasha|strong="H1201" by|strong="H3027" Jehu|strong="H3058" the|strong="H3605" prophet|strong="H5030", 
\verseNumber{13}for|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" sins|strong="H2398" of|strong="H1121" Baasha|strong="H1201", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" sins|strong="H2398" of|strong="H1121" Elah|strong="H0425" his|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121", which|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" sinned|strong="H2398" and|strong="H1121" with|strong="H0413" which|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" made|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H0413" sin|strong="H2398", to|strong="H0413" provoke|strong="H3707" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", to|strong="H0413" anger|strong="H3707" with|strong="H0413" their|strong="H3605" vanities|strong="H1892". 
\verseNumber{14}Now|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" rest|strong="H3499" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" acts|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" Elah|strong="H0425", and|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213", aren’t they|strong="H1992" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" book|strong="H5612" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" chronicles|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478"? 
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\verseNumber{15}In|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" twenty-seventh year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H4428" Asa|strong="H0609" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063", Zimri|strong="H2174" reigned|strong="H4427" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117" in|strong="H5921" Tirzah|strong="H8656". Now|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0834" people|strong="H5971" were|strong="H0834" encamped|strong="H2583" against|strong="H5921" Gibbethon|strong="H1405", which|strong="H0834" belonged to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" Philistines|strong="H6430". 
\verseNumber{16}The|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3478" encamped|strong="H2583" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3605" Zimri|strong="H2174" had|strong="H3478" conspired|strong="H7194", and|strong="H3478" had|strong="H3478" also|strong="H1571" killed|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428". Therefore|strong="H1571" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" made|strong="H7194" Omri|strong="H6018", the|strong="H3605" captain|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H6635", king|strong="H4428" over|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" camp|strong="H4264". 
\verseNumber{17}Omri|strong="H6018" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" from|strong="H5921" Gibbethon|strong="H1405", and|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5921", and|strong="H3478" they|strong="H5921" besieged Tirzah|strong="H8656". 
\verseNumber{18}When|strong="H3588" Zimri|strong="H2174" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892" was|strong="H1961" taken|strong="H3920", he|strong="H3588" went|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" fortified|strong="H0759" part|strong="H5921" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" king’s|strong="H4428" house|strong="H1004" and|strong="H0935" burnt|strong="H8313" the|strong="H0853" king’s|strong="H4428" house|strong="H1004" over|strong="H5921" him|strong="H0413" with|strong="H0413" fire|strong="H0784", and|strong="H0935" died|strong="H4191", 
\verseNumber{19}for|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" sins|strong="H2398" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" sinned|strong="H2398" in|strong="H5921" doing|strong="H6213" that|strong="H0834" which|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" evil|strong="H7451" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" sight|strong="H5869", in|strong="H5921" walking in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" way|strong="H1870" of|strong="H3068" Jeroboam|strong="H3379", and|strong="H3068" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" sin|strong="H2398" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213" to|strong="H5921" make|strong="H6213" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H5921" sin|strong="H2398". 
\verseNumber{20}Now|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0834" rest|strong="H3499" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0834" acts|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" Zimri|strong="H2174", and|strong="H3478" his|strong="H5921" treason|strong="H7195" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" committed|strong="H5921", aren’t they|strong="H1992" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" book|strong="H5612" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0834" chronicles|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0834" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478"? 
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\verseNumber{21}Then|strong="H0227" the|strong="H0310" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" were|strong="H1961" divided|strong="H2505" into|strong="H1961" two|strong="H2677" parts|strong="H2677": half|strong="H2677" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0310" people|strong="H5971" followed|strong="H0310" Tibni|strong="H8402" the|strong="H0310" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ginath|strong="H1527", to|strong="H1961" make him|strong="H0310" king|strong="H4427", and|strong="H1121" half|strong="H2677" followed|strong="H0310" Omri|strong="H6018". 
\verseNumber{22}But|strong="H2388" the|strong="H0834" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0834" followed|strong="H0310" Omri|strong="H6018" prevailed|strong="H2388" against|strong="H0854" the|strong="H0834" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0834" followed|strong="H0310" Tibni|strong="H8402" the|strong="H0834" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ginath|strong="H1527"; so|strong="H0834" Tibni|strong="H8402" died|strong="H4191", and|strong="H1121" Omri|strong="H6018" reigned|strong="H4427". 
\verseNumber{23}In|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" thirty-first year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H4428" Asa|strong="H0609" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063", Omri|strong="H6018" began to|strong="H5921" reign|strong="H4427" over|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478" for|strong="H5921" twelve|strong="H6240" years|strong="H8141". He|strong="H5921" reigned|strong="H4427" six|strong="H8337" years|strong="H8141" in|strong="H5921" Tirzah|strong="H8656". 
\verseNumber{24}He|strong="H0834" bought|strong="H7069" the|strong="H0853" hill|strong="H2022" Samaria|strong="H8111" of|strong="H2022" Shemer|strong="H8106" for|strong="H5921" two talents|strong="H3603"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{16:24  }A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds.} of|strong="H2022" silver|strong="H3701"; and|strong="H3701" he|strong="H0834" built|strong="H1129" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" hill|strong="H2022", and|strong="H3701" called|strong="H7121" the|strong="H0853" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H2022" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" built|strong="H1129", Samaria|strong="H8111", after|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H2022" Shemer|strong="H8106", the|strong="H0853" owner|strong="H0113" of|strong="H2022" the|strong="H0853" hill|strong="H2022". 
\verseNumber{25}Omri|strong="H6018" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H0834" which|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" evil|strong="H7451" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" LORD’s|strong="H3068" sight|strong="H5869", and|strong="H3068" dealt wickedly|strong="H7451" above|strong="H6440" all|strong="H3605" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" before|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{26}For|strong="H3605" he|strong="H0834" walked in|strong="H0430" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" way|strong="H1870" of|strong="H1121" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Nebat|strong="H5028", and|strong="H1121" in|strong="H0430" his|strong="H3605" sins|strong="H2398" with|strong="H3068" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" made|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3068" sin|strong="H2398", to|strong="H3068" provoke|strong="H3707" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", to|strong="H3068" anger|strong="H3707" with|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3605" vanities|strong="H1892". 
\verseNumber{27}Now|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0834" rest|strong="H3499" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0834" acts|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" Omri|strong="H6018" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213", and|strong="H3478" his|strong="H5921" might|strong="H1369" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" showed, aren’t they|strong="H1992" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" book|strong="H5612" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0834" chronicles|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0834" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478"? 
\verseNumber{28}So Omri|strong="H6018" slept|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H8478" fathers|strong="H0001", and|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H6912" Samaria|strong="H8111"; and|strong="H1121" Ahab|strong="H0256" his|strong="H8478" son|strong="H1121" reigned|strong="H4427" in|strong="H6912" his|strong="H8478" place|strong="H8478". 
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\verseNumber{29}In|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" thirty-eighth year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H1121" Asa|strong="H0609" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063", Ahab|strong="H0256" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Omri|strong="H6018" began to|strong="H5921" reign|strong="H4427" over|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478". Ahab|strong="H0256" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Omri|strong="H6018" reigned|strong="H4427" over|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478" in|strong="H5921" Samaria|strong="H8111" twenty-two|strong="H8147" years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{30}Ahab|strong="H0256" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Omri|strong="H6018" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H0834" which|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" evil|strong="H7451" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" LORD’s|strong="H3068" sight|strong="H5869" above|strong="H6440" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" before|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{31}As|strong="H1961" if|strong="H7043" it|strong="H1961" had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" light|strong="H7043" thing|strong="H7043" for|strong="H4428" him|strong="H0853" to|strong="H1961" walk in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" sins|strong="H2403" of|strong="H1121" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Nebat|strong="H5028", he|strong="H0853" took|strong="H3947" as|strong="H1961" wife|strong="H0802" Jezebel|strong="H0348" the|strong="H0853" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" Ethbaal|strong="H0856" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" Sidonians|strong="H6722", and|strong="H1121" went|strong="H1961" and|strong="H1121" served|strong="H5647" Baal|strong="H1168" and|strong="H1121" worshipped him|strong="H0853". 
\verseNumber{32}He|strong="H0834" raised|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" an|strong="H1129" altar|strong="H4196" for|strong="H1004" Baal|strong="H1168" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0834" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Baal|strong="H1168", which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" built|strong="H1129" in|strong="H1004" Samaria|strong="H8111". 
\verseNumber{33}Ahab|strong="H0256" made|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" Asherah|strong="H0842"; and|strong="H3068" Ahab|strong="H0256" did|strong="H6213" more|strong="H3254" yet|strong="H3254" to|strong="H1961" provoke|strong="H3707" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", to|strong="H1961" anger|strong="H3707" than|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" before|strong="H6440" him|strong="H0853". 
\verseNumber{34}In|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" days|strong="H3117" Hiel|strong="H2419" the|strong="H0853" Bethelite|strong="H1017" built|strong="H1129" Jericho|strong="H3405". He|strong="H0834" laid|strong="H3245" its|strong="H0853" foundation|strong="H3245" with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" loss of|strong="H1121" Abiram|strong="H0048" his|strong="H3068" firstborn|strong="H1060", and|strong="H1121" set|strong="H5324" up|strong="H5324" its|strong="H0853" gates|strong="H1817" with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" loss of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3068" youngest|strong="H6810" son|strong="H1121" Segub|strong="H7687", according|strong="H3027" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" word|strong="H1697", which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" spoke|strong="H1696" by|strong="H3027" Joshua|strong="H3091" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Nun|strong="H5126". 
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\chapterNumber{17}Elijah|strong="H0452" the|strong="H0559" Tishbite, who|strong="H0834" was|strong="H1961" one|strong="H0428" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0559" settlers|strong="H8453" of|strong="H0430" Gilead|strong="H1568", said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Ahab|strong="H0256", “As|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068", the|strong="H0559" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478", lives|strong="H2416", before|strong="H6440" whom|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" stand|strong="H5975", there|strong="H1961" shall|strong="H3068" not|strong="H0518" be|strong="H1961" dew|strong="H2919" nor|strong="H0518" rain|strong="H4306" these|strong="H0428" years|strong="H8141", but|strong="H3588" according|strong="H6310" to|strong="H0413" my|strong="H3068" word|strong="H1697".” 
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\verseNumber{2}Then|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0559" LORD’s|strong="H3068" word|strong="H1697" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", saying|strong="H0559", 
\verseNumber{3}“Go away|strong="H6437" from|strong="H5921" here|strong="H2088", turn|strong="H6437" eastward|strong="H6924", and|strong="H6440" hide|strong="H5641" yourself|strong="H5921" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" brook|strong="H5158" Cherith|strong="H3747", that|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" Jordan|strong="H3383". 
\verseNumber{4}You|strong="H6680" shall drink|strong="H8354" from|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" brook|strong="H5158". I|strong="H6680" have|strong="H1961" commanded|strong="H6680" the|strong="H0853" ravens|strong="H6158" to|strong="H1961" feed you|strong="H6680" there|strong="H8033".” 
\verseNumber{5}So|strong="H6213" he|strong="H0834" went|strong="H6440" and|strong="H3068" did|strong="H6213" according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" LORD’s|strong="H3068" word|strong="H1697", for|strong="H5921" he|strong="H0834" went|strong="H6440" and|strong="H3068" lived|strong="H3427" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" brook|strong="H5158" Cherith|strong="H3747" that|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" Jordan|strong="H3383". 
\verseNumber{6}The|strong="H0935" ravens|strong="H6158" brought|strong="H0935" him|strong="H0935" bread|strong="H3899" and|strong="H0935" meat|strong="H1320" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0935" morning|strong="H1242", and|strong="H0935" bread|strong="H3899" and|strong="H0935" meat|strong="H1320" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0935" evening|strong="H6153"; and|strong="H0935" he|strong="H4480" drank|strong="H8354" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H0935" brook|strong="H5158". 
\verseNumber{7}After|strong="H7093" a|strong="H1961" while|strong="H1961", the|strong="H3588" brook|strong="H5158" dried|strong="H3001" up|strong="H3001", because|strong="H3588" there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" no|strong="H3808" rain|strong="H1653" in|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3588" land|strong="H0776". 
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\verseNumber{8}The|strong="H0559" LORD’s|strong="H3068" word|strong="H1697" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", saying|strong="H0559", 
\verseNumber{9}“Arise|strong="H6965", go|strong="H6965" to|strong="H8033" Zarephath|strong="H6886", which|strong="H0834" belongs to|strong="H8033" Sidon|strong="H6721", and|strong="H6965" stay|strong="H3427" there|strong="H8033". Behold|strong="H2009", I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" commanded|strong="H6680" a|strong="H0834" widow|strong="H0490" there|strong="H8033" to|strong="H8033" sustain|strong="H3557" you|strong="H0834".” 
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\verseNumber{10}So|strong="H3947" he|strong="H8033" arose|strong="H6965" and|strong="H0935" went|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" Zarephath|strong="H6886"; and|strong="H0935" when|strong="H0935" he|strong="H8033" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" gate|strong="H6607" of|strong="H3627" the|strong="H0559" city|strong="H5892", behold|strong="H2009", a|strong="H3947" widow|strong="H0490" was|strong="H0802" there|strong="H8033" gathering|strong="H7197" sticks|strong="H6086". He|strong="H8033" called|strong="H7121" to|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413" and|strong="H0935" said|strong="H0559", “Please|strong="H4994" get|strong="H3947" me|strong="H0413" a|strong="H3947" little|strong="H4592" water|strong="H4325" in|strong="H0935" a|strong="H3947" jar|strong="H3627", that|strong="H7121" I|strong="H2009" may|strong="H4994" drink|strong="H8354".” 
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\verseNumber{11}As|strong="H7121" she|strong="H7121" was|strong="H3027" going to|strong="H0413" get|strong="H3947" it|strong="H7121", he|strong="H0559" called|strong="H7121" to|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413" and|strong="H3027" said|strong="H0559", “Please|strong="H4994" bring|strong="H3947" me|strong="H0413" a|strong="H3947" morsel|strong="H6595" of|strong="H3027" bread|strong="H3899" in|strong="H0413" your|strong="H3947" hand|strong="H3027".” 
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\verseNumber{12}She|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “As|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430" lives|strong="H2416", I|strong="H3588" don’t have|strong="H3426" anything|strong="H0398" baked, but|strong="H3588" only|strong="H0518" a|strong="H3588" handful of|strong="H1121" meal|strong="H7058" in|strong="H0935" a|strong="H3588" jar|strong="H3537" and|strong="H1121" a|strong="H3588" little|strong="H4592" oil|strong="H8081" in|strong="H0935" a|strong="H3588" jar|strong="H3537". Behold|strong="H2005", I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" gathering|strong="H7197" two|strong="H8147" sticks|strong="H6086", that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" may|strong="H0430" go|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" and|strong="H1121" bake it|strong="H0518" for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H0935" and|strong="H1121" my|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121", that|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" may|strong="H0430" eat|strong="H0398" it|strong="H0518", and|strong="H1121" die|strong="H4191".” 
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\verseNumber{13}Elijah|strong="H0452" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413", “Don’t|strong="H0408" be|strong="H0408" afraid|strong="H3372". Go|strong="H3318" and|strong="H1121" do|strong="H6213" as|strong="H1697" you|strong="H0935" have|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559"; but|strong="H0389" make|strong="H6213" me|strong="H0413" a|strong="H0935" little|strong="H6996" cake|strong="H5692" from|strong="H0935" it|strong="H8033" first|strong="H7223", and|strong="H1121" bring|strong="H0935" it|strong="H8033" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413", and|strong="H1121" afterward|strong="H0314" make|strong="H6213" some|strong="H8033" for|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0935" and|strong="H1121" for|strong="H0413" your|strong="H0935" son|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{14}For|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068", the|strong="H0559" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478", says|strong="H0559", ‘The|strong="H0559" jar|strong="H3537" of|strong="H0430" meal|strong="H7058" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" run|strong="H2637" out|strong="H6440", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" jar|strong="H3537" of|strong="H0430" oil|strong="H8081" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" fail|strong="H3615", until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H0559" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" sends|strong="H5414" rain|strong="H1653" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" earth|strong="H0127".’” 
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\verseNumber{15}She|strong="H1931" went|strong="H1004" and|strong="H1004" did|strong="H6213" according to|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" saying|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1004" Elijah|strong="H0452"; and|strong="H1004" she|strong="H1931", he|strong="H1931", and|strong="H1004" her|strong="H0398" household|strong="H1004" ate|strong="H0398" many days|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{16}The|strong="H0834" jar|strong="H3537" of|strong="H3068" meal|strong="H7058" didn’t|strong="H3808" run out|strong="H3027" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0834" jar|strong="H3537" of|strong="H3068" oil|strong="H8081" didn’t|strong="H3808" fail|strong="H3615", according|strong="H3027" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H0834" LORD’s|strong="H3068" word|strong="H1697", which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" spoke|strong="H1696" by|strong="H3027" Elijah|strong="H0452". 
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\verseNumber{17}After|strong="H0310" these|strong="H0428" things|strong="H1697", the|strong="H0834" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0834" woman|strong="H0802", the|strong="H0834" mistress|strong="H1172" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0834" house|strong="H1004", became|strong="H1961" sick|strong="H2470"; and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H1961" sickness|strong="H2483" was|strong="H1961" so|strong="H1961" severe|strong="H2389" that|strong="H0834" there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" no|strong="H3808" breath|strong="H5397" left|strong="H3498" in|strong="H1004" him|strong="H0310". 
\verseNumber{18}She|strong="H4100" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Elijah|strong="H0452", “What|strong="H4100" have|strong="H0376" I|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" do|strong="H4100" with|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0935", you|strong="H0935" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" God|strong="H0430"? You|strong="H0935" have|strong="H0376" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" bring|strong="H0935" my|strong="H0935" sin|strong="H5771" to|strong="H0413" memory, and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H0413" kill|strong="H4191" my|strong="H0935" son|strong="H1121"!” 
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\verseNumber{19}He|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413", “Give|strong="H5414" me|strong="H0413" your|strong="H5414" son|strong="H1121".” He|strong="H0834" took|strong="H3947" him|strong="H0413" out|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1121" her|strong="H0413" bosom|strong="H2436", and|strong="H1121" carried|strong="H5927" him|strong="H0413" up|strong="H5927" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" room|strong="H5944" where|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" stayed|strong="H3427", and|strong="H1121" laid|strong="H7901" him|strong="H0413" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5414" own bed|strong="H4296". 
\verseNumber{20}He|strong="H0834" cried|strong="H7121" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559", “LORD|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430", have|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" also|strong="H1571" brought evil|strong="H7489" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" widow|strong="H0490" with|strong="H5973" whom|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H0589" staying|strong="H1481", by|strong="H5921" killing|strong="H4191" her|strong="H0413" son|strong="H1121"?” 
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\verseNumber{21}He|strong="H0430" stretched|strong="H4058" himself|strong="H5315" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" child|strong="H3206" three|strong="H7969" times|strong="H6471", and|strong="H3068" cried|strong="H7121" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “LORD|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430", please|strong="H4994" let|strong="H4994" this|strong="H2088" child’s|strong="H3206" soul|strong="H5315" come|strong="H7725" into|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413" again|strong="H7725".” 
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\verseNumber{22}The|strong="H5921" LORD|strong="H3068" listened|strong="H8085" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H5921" voice|strong="H6963" of|strong="H3068" Elijah|strong="H0452"; and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" soul|strong="H5315" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" child|strong="H3206" came|strong="H7725" into|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921" again|strong="H7725", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" revived|strong="H7725". 
\verseNumber{23}Elijah|strong="H0452" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H0853" child|strong="H3206" and|strong="H1121" brought|strong="H3947" him|strong="H5414" down|strong="H3381" out|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" room|strong="H1004" into|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H1121" delivered|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0559" his|strong="H5414" mother|strong="H0517"; and|strong="H1121" Elijah|strong="H0452" said|strong="H0559", “Behold|strong="H7200", your|strong="H5414" son|strong="H1121" lives|strong="H2416".” 
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\verseNumber{24}The|strong="H0559" woman|strong="H0802" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Elijah|strong="H0452", “Now|strong="H6258" I|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859" are|strong="H0376" a|strong="H3588" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" God|strong="H0430", and|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0559" LORD’s|strong="H3068" word|strong="H1697" in|strong="H0413" your|strong="H3068" mouth|strong="H6310" is|strong="H3068" truth|strong="H0571".” 
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\chapterNumber{18}After|strong="H5921" many|strong="H7227" days|strong="H3117", the|strong="H0559" LORD’s|strong="H3068" word|strong="H1697" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H0413" Elijah|strong="H0452", in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" third|strong="H7992" year|strong="H8141", saying|strong="H0559", “Go|strong="H1961", show|strong="H7200" yourself|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" Ahab|strong="H0256"; and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" send|strong="H5414" rain|strong="H4306" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" earth|strong="H0127".” 
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\verseNumber{2}Elijah|strong="H0452" went|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" show|strong="H7200" himself|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" Ahab|strong="H0256". The|strong="H0413" famine|strong="H7458" was|strong="H7458" severe|strong="H2389" in|strong="H0413" Samaria|strong="H8111". 
\verseNumber{3}Ahab|strong="H0256" called|strong="H7121" Obadiah|strong="H5662", who|strong="H0834" was|strong="H1961" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" household|strong="H1004". (Now|strong="H1961" Obadiah|strong="H5662" feared the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" greatly|strong="H3966"; 
\verseNumber{4}for|strong="H4325" when|strong="H1961" Jezebel|strong="H0348" cut|strong="H3772" off|strong="H3772" the|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" prophets|strong="H5030", Obadiah|strong="H5662" took|strong="H3947" one|strong="H0376" hundred|strong="H3967" prophets|strong="H5030", and|strong="H3068" hid|strong="H2244" them|strong="H0853" fifty|strong="H2572" to|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" cave|strong="H4631", and|strong="H3068" fed them|strong="H0853" with|strong="H3068" bread|strong="H3899" and|strong="H3068" water|strong="H4325".) 
\verseNumber{5}Ahab|strong="H0256" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Obadiah|strong="H5662", “Go through|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776", to|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" springs|strong="H4599" of|strong="H0776" water|strong="H4325", and|strong="H0776" to|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" brooks. Perhaps|strong="H0194" we|strong="H3605" may|strong="H0776" find|strong="H4672" grass|strong="H2682" and|strong="H0776" save the|strong="H3605" horses|strong="H5483" and|strong="H0776" mules|strong="H6505" alive|strong="H2421", that|strong="H3605" we|strong="H3605" not|strong="H3808" lose all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" animals|strong="H0929".” 
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\verseNumber{6}So|strong="H1980" they|strong="H1992" divided|strong="H2505" the|strong="H0853" land|strong="H0776" between|strong="H5674" them|strong="H1992" to|strong="H1980" pass|strong="H5674" throughout|strong="H1980" it|strong="H1980". Ahab|strong="H0256" went|strong="H1980" one|strong="H0259" way|strong="H1870" by|strong="H1870" himself|strong="H0905", and|strong="H1980" Obadiah|strong="H5662" went|strong="H1980" another|strong="H0259" way|strong="H1870" by|strong="H1870" himself|strong="H0905". 
\verseNumber{7}As|strong="H1961" Obadiah|strong="H5662" was|strong="H1961" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" way|strong="H1870", behold|strong="H2009", Elijah|strong="H0452" met|strong="H7125" him|strong="H5921". He|strong="H5921" recognised him|strong="H5921", and|strong="H6440" fell|strong="H5307" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" face|strong="H6440", and|strong="H6440" said|strong="H0559", “Is|strong="H2088" it|strong="H5921" you|strong="H0859", my|strong="H5921" lord|strong="H0113" Elijah|strong="H0452"?” 
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\verseNumber{8}He|strong="H0559" answered|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0559", “It|strong="H2009" is|strong="H2009" I|strong="H0589". Go|strong="H2009", tell|strong="H0559" your|strong="H0559" lord|strong="H0113", ‘Behold|strong="H2009", Elijah|strong="H0452" is|strong="H2009" here|strong="H2009"!’” 
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\verseNumber{9}He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “How|strong="H4100" have|strong="H5650" I|strong="H3588" sinned|strong="H2398", that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859" would|strong="H4100" deliver|strong="H5414" your|strong="H5414" servant|strong="H5650" into|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3027" Ahab|strong="H0256", to|strong="H0559" kill|strong="H4191" me|strong="H5414"? 
\verseNumber{10}As|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430" lives|strong="H2416", there|strong="H8033" is|strong="H0369" no|strong="H3808" nation|strong="H1471" or|strong="H0518" kingdom|strong="H4467" where|strong="H0834" my|strong="H3068" lord|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" sent|strong="H7971" to|strong="H0559" seek|strong="H1245" you|strong="H0834". When|strong="H3588" they|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559", ‘He|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0369" not|strong="H3808" here|strong="H8033",’ he|strong="H0834" took|strong="H0853" an|strong="H7650" oath|strong="H7650" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0853" kingdom|strong="H4467" and|strong="H3068" nation|strong="H1471" that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" didn’t|strong="H3808" find|strong="H4672" you|strong="H0834". 
\verseNumber{11}Now|strong="H6258" you|strong="H0859" say|strong="H0559", ‘Go|strong="H2009", tell|strong="H0559" your|strong="H0559" lord|strong="H0113", “Behold|strong="H2009", Elijah|strong="H0452" is|strong="H2009" here|strong="H2009".”’ 
\verseNumber{12}It|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" happen|strong="H1961", as|strong="H0834" soon as|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0589" leave you|strong="H0834", that|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" Spirit|strong="H7307" will|strong="H3068" carry|strong="H5375" you|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0589" don’t|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" where|strong="H0834"; and|strong="H0935" so|strong="H1961" when|strong="H1961" I|strong="H0589" come|strong="H0935" and|strong="H0935" tell|strong="H5046" Ahab|strong="H0256", and|strong="H0935" he|strong="H0834" can’t|strong="H3808" find|strong="H4672" you|strong="H0834", he|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" kill|strong="H2026" me|strong="H5046". But|strong="H3808" I|strong="H0589", your|strong="H3068" servant|strong="H5650", have|strong="H1961" feared|strong="H3372" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" from|strong="H0935" my|strong="H3068" youth|strong="H5271". 
\verseNumber{13}Wasn’t it|strong="H6213" told|strong="H5046" my|strong="H3068" lord|strong="H3068" what|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213" when|strong="H0834" Jezebel|strong="H0348" killed|strong="H2026" the|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" prophets|strong="H5030", how|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" hid|strong="H2244" one|strong="H0376" hundred|strong="H3967" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" prophets|strong="H5030" with|strong="H3068" fifty|strong="H2572" to|strong="H3068" a|strong="H0834" cave|strong="H4631", and|strong="H3068" fed them|strong="H0853" with|strong="H3068" bread|strong="H3899" and|strong="H3068" water|strong="H4325"? 
\verseNumber{14}Now|strong="H6258" you|strong="H0859" say|strong="H0559", ‘Go|strong="H2009", tell|strong="H0559" your|strong="H2026" lord|strong="H0113", “Behold|strong="H2009", Elijah|strong="H0452" is|strong="H2009" here|strong="H2009"”.’ He|strong="H0559" will|strong="H0859" kill|strong="H2026" me|strong="H0859".” 
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\verseNumber{15}Elijah|strong="H0452" said|strong="H0559", “As|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" Hosts|strong="H6635" lives|strong="H2416", before|strong="H6440" whom|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" stand|strong="H5975", I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" surely|strong="H3588" show|strong="H7200" myself to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413" today|strong="H3117".” 
\verseNumber{16}So Obadiah|strong="H5662" went|strong="H7125" to|strong="H5046" meet|strong="H7125" Ahab|strong="H0256", and|strong="H5046" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5046"; and|strong="H5046" Ahab|strong="H0256" went|strong="H7125" to|strong="H5046" meet|strong="H7125" Elijah|strong="H0452". 
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\verseNumber{17}When|strong="H1961" Ahab|strong="H0256" saw|strong="H7200" Elijah|strong="H0452", Ahab|strong="H0256" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “Is|strong="H2088" that|strong="H7200" you|strong="H0859", you|strong="H0859" troubler|strong="H5916" of|strong="H0559" Israel|strong="H3478"?” 
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\verseNumber{18}He|strong="H3588" answered|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H0001" not|strong="H3808" troubled|strong="H5916" Israel|strong="H3478", but|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859" and|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" father’s|strong="H0001" house|strong="H1004", in|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859" have|strong="H0001" forsaken the|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" commandments|strong="H4687" and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H0859" have|strong="H0001" followed|strong="H0310" the|strong="H0853" Baals|strong="H1168". 
\verseNumber{19}Now|strong="H6258" therefore|strong="H6258" send|strong="H7971", and|strong="H3478" gather|strong="H6908" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H0413" Mount|strong="H2022" Carmel|strong="H3760", and|strong="H3478" four|strong="H0702" hundred|strong="H3967" and|strong="H3478" fifty|strong="H2572" of|strong="H2022" the|strong="H3605" prophets|strong="H5030" of|strong="H2022" Baal|strong="H1168", and|strong="H3478" four|strong="H0702" hundred|strong="H3967" of|strong="H2022" the|strong="H3605" prophets|strong="H5030" of|strong="H2022" the|strong="H3605" Asherah|strong="H0842", who|strong="H3605" eat|strong="H0398" at|strong="H0413" Jezebel’s|strong="H0348" table|strong="H7979".” 
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\verseNumber{20}So|strong="H7971" Ahab|strong="H0256" sent|strong="H7971" to|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H1121" gathered|strong="H6908" the|strong="H3605" prophets|strong="H5030" together|strong="H6908" to|strong="H0413" Mount|strong="H2022" Carmel|strong="H3760". 
\verseNumber{21}Elijah|strong="H0452" came|strong="H5066" near|strong="H5066" to|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971", and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “How|strong="H4970" long|strong="H5704" will|strong="H3068" you|strong="H0859" waver between|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" two|strong="H8147" sides? If|strong="H0518" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430", follow|strong="H0310" him|strong="H0413"; but|strong="H0518" if|strong="H0518" Baal|strong="H1168", then|strong="H6030" follow|strong="H0310" him|strong="H0413".” 
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The|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" didn’t|strong="H3808" say|strong="H0559" a|strong="H0518" word|strong="H1697". 
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\verseNumber{22}Then|strong="H0559" Elijah|strong="H0452" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" people|strong="H5971", “I|strong="H0589", even I|strong="H0589" only|strong="H0905", am|strong="H0589" left|strong="H3498" as|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3068" prophet|strong="H5030" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068"; but|strong="H0376" Baal’s prophets|strong="H5030" are|strong="H0376" four|strong="H0702" hundred|strong="H3967" and|strong="H3068" fifty|strong="H2572" men|strong="H0376". 
\verseNumber{23}Let|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" therefore give|strong="H5414" us|strong="H5414" two|strong="H8147" bulls|strong="H6499"; and|strong="H6086" let|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" choose|strong="H0977" one|strong="H0259" bull|strong="H6499" for|strong="H5921" themselves|strong="H1992", and|strong="H6086" cut|strong="H5408" it|strong="H7760" in|strong="H5921" pieces|strong="H5408", and|strong="H6086" lay|strong="H5414" it|strong="H7760" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" wood|strong="H6086", and|strong="H6086" put|strong="H5414" no|strong="H3808" fire|strong="H0784" under|strong="H5921"; and|strong="H6086" I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H5414" dress the|strong="H0853" other|strong="H0259" bull|strong="H6499", and|strong="H6086" lay|strong="H5414" it|strong="H7760" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" wood|strong="H6086", and|strong="H6086" put|strong="H5414" no|strong="H3808" fire|strong="H0784" under|strong="H5921" it|strong="H7760". 
\verseNumber{24}You|strong="H0834" call|strong="H7121" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H0430" your|strong="H3068" god|strong="H0430", and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H3068" call|strong="H7121" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" LORD’s|strong="H3068" name|strong="H8034". The|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" who|strong="H0834" answers|strong="H0559" by|strong="H3068" fire|strong="H0784", let|strong="H1961" him|strong="H7121" be|strong="H1961" God|strong="H0430".” 
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All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" answered|strong="H0559", “What|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" say|strong="H0559" is|strong="H0834" good|strong="H2896".” 
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\verseNumber{25}Elijah|strong="H0452" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" prophets|strong="H5030" of|strong="H0430" Baal|strong="H1168", “Choose|strong="H0977" one|strong="H0259" bull|strong="H6499" for|strong="H3588" yourselves|strong="H0859", and|strong="H0430" dress it|strong="H7760" first|strong="H7223", for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859" are|strong="H5030" many|strong="H7227"; and|strong="H0430" call|strong="H7121" on|strong="H0259" the|strong="H0559" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H0430" your|strong="H7760" god|strong="H0430", but|strong="H3588" put|strong="H7760" no|strong="H3808" fire|strong="H0784" under it|strong="H7760".” 
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\verseNumber{26}They|strong="H0834" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H0853" bull|strong="H6499" which|strong="H0834" was|strong="H8034" given|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414", and|strong="H6963" they|strong="H0834" dressed it|strong="H5414", and|strong="H6963" called|strong="H7121" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H6963" Baal|strong="H1168" from|strong="H5921" morning|strong="H1242" even|strong="H5704" until|strong="H5704" noon|strong="H6672", saying|strong="H0559", “Baal|strong="H1168", hear|strong="H6963" us|strong="H5414"!” But|strong="H0369" there|strong="H0369" was|strong="H8034" no|strong="H0369" voice|strong="H6963", and|strong="H6963" nobody answered|strong="H0559". They|strong="H0834" leapt about|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" altar|strong="H4196" which|strong="H0834" was|strong="H8034" made|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{27}At|strong="H0430" noon|strong="H6672", Elijah|strong="H0452" mocked|strong="H2048" them|strong="H7121", and|strong="H0430" said|strong="H0559", “Cry|strong="H7121" aloud, for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" a|strong="H1961" god|strong="H0430". Either|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" deep|strong="H1419" in|strong="H0430" thought|strong="H0559", or|strong="H7879" he|strong="H1931" has|strong="H0430" gone|strong="H1961" somewhere, or|strong="H7879" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" on|strong="H1870" a|strong="H1961" journey|strong="H1870", or|strong="H7879" perhaps|strong="H0194" he|strong="H1931" sleeps and|strong="H0430" must be|strong="H1961" awakened|strong="H3364".” 
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\verseNumber{28}They|strong="H5921" cried|strong="H7121" aloud, and|strong="H1419" cut|strong="H1413" themselves|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" way|strong="H4941" with|strong="H5921" knives|strong="H2719" and|strong="H1419" lances|strong="H7420" until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5921" blood|strong="H1818" gushed|strong="H8210" out|strong="H8210" on|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{29}When|strong="H1961" midday was|strong="H0369" past, they|strong="H5704" prophesied|strong="H5012" until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" time|strong="H1961" of|strong="H6963" the|strong="H5704" evening offering|strong="H4503"; but|strong="H1961" there|strong="H0369" was|strong="H0369" no|strong="H0369" voice|strong="H6963", no|strong="H0369" answer|strong="H6030", and|strong="H6963" nobody paid|strong="H7182" attention|strong="H7182". 
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\verseNumber{30}Elijah|strong="H0452" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971", “Come|strong="H5066" near|strong="H5066" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413"!”; and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" came|strong="H5066" near|strong="H5066" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413". He|strong="H3068" repaired|strong="H7495" the|strong="H3605" LORD’s|strong="H3068" altar|strong="H4196" that|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3605" thrown|strong="H2040" down|strong="H2040". 
\verseNumber{31}Elijah|strong="H0452" took|strong="H3947" twelve|strong="H6240" stones|strong="H0068", according|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" number|strong="H4557" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jacob|strong="H3290", to|strong="H0413" whom|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0559" LORD’s|strong="H3068" word|strong="H1697" came|strong="H1961", saying|strong="H0559", “Israel|strong="H3478" shall|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1961" your|strong="H3068" name|strong="H8034".” 
\verseNumber{32}With|strong="H0854" the|strong="H3068" stones|strong="H0068" he|strong="H6213" built|strong="H1129" an|strong="H1129" altar|strong="H4196" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" LORD’s|strong="H3068" name|strong="H8034". He|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213" a|strong="H1129" trench around|strong="H5439" the|strong="H3068" altar|strong="H4196" large|strong="H1004" enough|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" contain two|strong="H1004" seahs|strong="H5429"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{18:32  }1 seah is about 7 litres or 1.9 gallons or 0.8 pecks} of|strong="H1004" seed|strong="H2233". 
\verseNumber{33}He|strong="H0853" put|strong="H7760" the|strong="H0853" wood|strong="H6086" in|strong="H5921" order, and|strong="H6086" cut|strong="H5408" the|strong="H0853" bull|strong="H6499" in|strong="H5921" pieces|strong="H5408" and|strong="H6086" laid|strong="H7760" it|strong="H7760" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" wood|strong="H6086". He|strong="H0853" said, “Fill four jars with|strong="H5921" water, and|strong="H6086" pour it|strong="H7760" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" burnt offering and|strong="H6086" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" wood|strong="H6086".” 
\verseNumber{34}He|strong="H5921" said|strong="H0559", “Do|strong="H8138" it|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5921" second|strong="H8138" time|strong="H8138";” and|strong="H6086" they|strong="H5921" did|strong="H8027" it|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" second|strong="H8138" time|strong="H8138". He|strong="H5921" said|strong="H0559", “Do|strong="H8138" it|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5921" third|strong="H8027" time|strong="H8138";” and|strong="H6086" they|strong="H5921" did|strong="H8027" it|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" third|strong="H8027" time|strong="H8138". 
\verseNumber{35}The|strong="H0853" water|strong="H4325" ran around|strong="H5439" the|strong="H0853" altar|strong="H4196"; and|strong="H4196" he|strong="H0853" also|strong="H1571" filled|strong="H4390" the|strong="H0853" trench with|strong="H4390" water|strong="H4325". 
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\verseNumber{36}At|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" time|strong="H3117" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3605" evening offering|strong="H4503", Elijah|strong="H0452" the|strong="H3605" prophet|strong="H5030" came|strong="H1961" near|strong="H5066" and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “LORD|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" Abraham|strong="H0085", of|strong="H0430" Isaac|strong="H3327", and|strong="H3068" of|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478", let|strong="H1961" it|strong="H3588" be|strong="H1961" known|strong="H3045" today|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859" are|strong="H3117" God|strong="H0430" in|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H0589" your|strong="H3068" servant|strong="H5650", and|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0589" have|strong="H1961" done|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" these|strong="H0428" things|strong="H1697" at|strong="H3478" your|strong="H3068" word|strong="H1697". 
\verseNumber{37}Hear me|strong="H5437", LORD|strong="H3068", hear me|strong="H5437", that|strong="H3588" this|strong="H2088" people|strong="H5971" may|strong="H0430" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859", LORD|strong="H3068", are|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430", and|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859" have|strong="H3045" turned|strong="H5437" their|strong="H3068" heart|strong="H3820" back|strong="H0322" again|strong="H0322".” 
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\verseNumber{38}Then|strong="H0853" the|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" fire|strong="H0784" fell|strong="H5307" and|strong="H3068" consumed|strong="H0398" the|strong="H0853" burnt|strong="H5930" offering|strong="H3068", the|strong="H0853" wood|strong="H6086", the|strong="H0853" stones|strong="H0068", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" dust|strong="H6083"; and|strong="H3068" it|strong="H0398" licked|strong="H3897" up|strong="H0853" the|strong="H0853" water|strong="H4325" that|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" trench. 
\verseNumber{39}When|strong="H7200" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" saw|strong="H7200" it|strong="H1931", they|strong="H5921" fell|strong="H5307" on|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3605" faces|strong="H6440". They|strong="H5921" said|strong="H0559", “The|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068", he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430"! the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068", he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430"!” 
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\verseNumber{40}Elijah|strong="H0452" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413", “Seize|strong="H8610" the|strong="H0853" prophets|strong="H5030" of|strong="H0376" Baal|strong="H1168"! Don’t|strong="H0408" let|strong="H0408" one|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" them|strong="H0413" escape|strong="H4422"!” 
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They|strong="H1992" seized|strong="H8610" them|strong="H0413"; and|strong="H0376" Elijah|strong="H0452" brought|strong="H3381" them|strong="H0413" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" brook|strong="H5158" Kishon|strong="H7028", and|strong="H0376" killed|strong="H7819" them|strong="H0413" there|strong="H8033". 
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\verseNumber{41}Elijah|strong="H0452" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" Ahab|strong="H0256", “Get|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927", eat|strong="H0398" and|strong="H0398" drink|strong="H8354"; for|strong="H3588" there|strong="H5927" is|strong="H6963" the|strong="H0559" sound|strong="H6963" of|strong="H6963" abundance|strong="H1995" of|strong="H6963" rain|strong="H1653".” 
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\verseNumber{42}So|strong="H5927" Ahab|strong="H0256" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0413" eat|strong="H0398" and|strong="H0776" to|strong="H0413" drink|strong="H8354". Elijah|strong="H0452" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H6440" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="H0776" Carmel|strong="H3760"; and|strong="H0776" he|strong="H0256" bowed himself|strong="H8354" down|strong="H1457" on|strong="H0413" the|strong="H6440" earth|strong="H0776", and|strong="H0776" put|strong="H7760" his|strong="H7760" face|strong="H6440" between|strong="H0996" his|strong="H7760" knees|strong="H1290". 
\verseNumber{43}He|strong="H0559" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H7725" servant|strong="H5288", “Go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" now|strong="H4994" and|strong="H7725" look|strong="H5027" towards the|strong="H0559" sea|strong="H3220".” 
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He|strong="H0559" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" and|strong="H7725" looked|strong="H5027", then|strong="H0559" said|strong="H0559", “There|strong="H0369" is|strong="H0369" nothing|strong="H0369".” 
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He|strong="H0559" said|strong="H0559", “Go|strong="H5927" again|strong="H7725"” seven|strong="H7651" times|strong="H6471". 
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\verseNumber{44}On|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" seventh|strong="H7637" time|strong="H1961", he|strong="H3808" said|strong="H0559", “Behold|strong="H2009", a|strong="H1961" small|strong="H6996" cloud|strong="H5645", like|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" man’s|strong="H0376" hand|strong="H3709", is|strong="H0376" rising|strong="H5927" out|strong="H0413" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0559" sea|strong="H3220".” 
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He|strong="H3808" said|strong="H0559", “Go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927", tell|strong="H0559" Ahab|strong="H0256", ‘Get|strong="H5927" ready|strong="H0631" and|strong="H0376" go|strong="H5927" down|strong="H3381", so|strong="H1961" that|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" rain|strong="H1653" doesn’t|strong="H3808" stop|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3808".’” 
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\verseNumber{45}In|strong="H1419" a|strong="H1961" little while|strong="H5704", the|strong="H3541" sky|strong="H8064" grew|strong="H6937" black|strong="H6937" with|strong="H8064" clouds|strong="H5645" and|strong="H8064" wind|strong="H7307", and|strong="H8064" there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" great|strong="H1419" rain|strong="H1653". Ahab|strong="H0256" rode|strong="H7392", and|strong="H8064" went|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" Jezreel|strong="H3157". 
\verseNumber{46}The|strong="H6440" LORD’s|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027" was|strong="H1961" on|strong="H0413" Elijah|strong="H0452"; and|strong="H0935" he|strong="H5704" tucked his|strong="H3068" cloak into|strong="H0413" his|strong="H3068" belt and|strong="H0935" ran|strong="H7323" before|strong="H6440" Ahab|strong="H0256" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H6440" entrance|strong="H0935" of|strong="H3068" Jezreel|strong="H3157". 
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\chapterNumber{19}Ahab|strong="H0256" told|strong="H5046" Jezebel|strong="H0348" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" Elijah|strong="H0452" had|strong="H0834" done|strong="H6213", and|strong="H2719" how|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" killed|strong="H2026" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" prophets|strong="H5030" with|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" sword|strong="H2719". 
\verseNumber{2}Then|strong="H0853" Jezebel|strong="H0348" sent|strong="H7971" a|strong="H3588" messenger|strong="H4397" to|strong="H0413" Elijah|strong="H0452", saying|strong="H0559", “So|strong="H6213" let|strong="H7971" the|strong="H0853" gods|strong="H0430" do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413", and|strong="H0430" more|strong="H3254" also|strong="H3541", if|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" don’t make|strong="H7760" your|strong="H7760" life|strong="H5315" as|strong="H5315" the|strong="H0853" life|strong="H5315" of|strong="H0430" one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H0430" them|strong="H0413" by|strong="H0413" tomorrow|strong="H4279" about|strong="H0413" this|strong="H3541" time|strong="H6256"!” 
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\verseNumber{3}When|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H0834", he|strong="H0834" arose|strong="H6965" and|strong="H0935" ran for|strong="H0413" his|strong="H0834" life|strong="H5315", and|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" Beersheba|strong="H0884", which|strong="H0834" belongs to|strong="H0413" Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H0935" left|strong="H3240" his|strong="H0834" servant|strong="H5288" there|strong="H8033". 
\verseNumber{4}But|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" himself|strong="H1931" went|strong="H1980" a|strong="H3947" day’s|strong="H3117" journey|strong="H1870" into|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" wilderness|strong="H4057", and|strong="H1980" came|strong="H0935" and|strong="H1980" sat|strong="H3427" down|strong="H3427" under|strong="H8478" a|strong="H3947" juniper|strong="H7574" tree|strong="H7574". Then|strong="H1980" he|strong="H1931" requested|strong="H7592" for|strong="H3588" himself|strong="H1931" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" might|strong="H3068" die|strong="H4191", and|strong="H1980" said|strong="H0559", “It|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" enough|strong="H7227". Now|strong="H6258", O|strong="H3068" LORD|strong="H3068", take|strong="H3947" away|strong="H1980" my|strong="H3068" life|strong="H5315"; for|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0595" am|strong="H0595" not|strong="H3808" better|strong="H2896" than|strong="H3808" my|strong="H3068" fathers|strong="H0001".” 
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\verseNumber{5}He|strong="H0559" lay|strong="H7901" down|strong="H7901" and|strong="H6965" slept|strong="H7901" under|strong="H8478" a|strong="H2088" juniper|strong="H7574" tree|strong="H7574"; and|strong="H6965" behold|strong="H2009", an|strong="H6965" angel|strong="H4397" touched|strong="H5060" him|strong="H0398", and|strong="H6965" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0398", “Arise|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" eat|strong="H0398"!” 
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\verseNumber{6}He|strong="H7725" looked|strong="H5027", and|strong="H7725" behold|strong="H2009", there|strong="H2009" was|strong="H4325" at|strong="H0398" his|strong="H7725" head|strong="H4763" a|strong="H7725" cake|strong="H5692" baked on|strong="H5027" the|strong="H0398" coals, and|strong="H7725" a|strong="H7725" jar|strong="H6835" of|strong="H4325" water|strong="H4325". He|strong="H7725" ate|strong="H0398" and|strong="H7725" drank|strong="H8354", and|strong="H7725" lay|strong="H7901" down|strong="H7901" again|strong="H7725". 
\verseNumber{7}The|strong="H0559" LORD’s|strong="H3068" angel|strong="H4397" came|strong="H5060" again|strong="H7725" the|strong="H0559" second|strong="H8145" time|strong="H8145", and|strong="H6965" touched|strong="H5060" him|strong="H7725", and|strong="H6965" said|strong="H0559", “Arise|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" eat|strong="H0398", because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0559" journey|strong="H1870" is|strong="H3068" too|strong="H4480" great|strong="H7227" for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588".” 
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\verseNumber{8}He|strong="H1931" arose|strong="H6965", and|strong="H6965" ate|strong="H0398" and|strong="H6965" drank|strong="H8354", and|strong="H6965" went|strong="H6965" in|strong="H0430" the|strong="H5704" strength|strong="H3581" of|strong="H0430" that|strong="H3117" food|strong="H0398" forty|strong="H0705" days|strong="H3117" and|strong="H6965" forty|strong="H0705" nights|strong="H3915" to|strong="H5704" Horeb|strong="H2722", God’s|strong="H0430" Mountain|strong="H2022". 
\verseNumber{9}He|strong="H8033" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" a|strong="H0935" cave|strong="H4631" there|strong="H8033", and|strong="H0935" camped there|strong="H8033"; and|strong="H0935" behold|strong="H2009", the|strong="H0559" LORD’s|strong="H3068" word|strong="H1697" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", and|strong="H0935" he|strong="H8033" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “What|strong="H4100" are|strong="H4100" you|strong="H0935" doing here|strong="H6311", Elijah|strong="H0452"?” 
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\verseNumber{10}He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H0589" have|strong="H1121" been|strong="H7065" very|strong="H7065" jealous|strong="H7065" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068", the|strong="H0853" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1121" Hosts|strong="H6635"; for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" have|strong="H1121" forsaken your|strong="H3068" covenant|strong="H1285", thrown|strong="H2040" down|strong="H2040" your|strong="H3068" altars|strong="H4196", and|strong="H1121" killed|strong="H2026" your|strong="H3068" prophets|strong="H5030" with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" sword|strong="H2719". I|strong="H0589", even|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0589" only|strong="H0905", am|strong="H0589" left|strong="H3498"; and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3588" seek|strong="H1245" my|strong="H3068" life|strong="H5315", to|strong="H0559" take|strong="H3947" it|strong="H3588" away|strong="H3947".” 
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\verseNumber{11}He|strong="H0310" said|strong="H0559", “Go|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" and|strong="H3068" stand|strong="H5975" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" mountain|strong="H2022" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068".” 
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Behold|strong="H2009", the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" passed|strong="H5674" by|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3318" great|strong="H1419" and|strong="H3068" strong|strong="H2389" wind|strong="H7307" tore|strong="H6561" the|strong="H0559" mountains|strong="H2022" and|strong="H3068" broke|strong="H7665" in|strong="H3068" pieces|strong="H7665" the|strong="H0559" rocks|strong="H5553" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068"; but|strong="H3808" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" wind|strong="H7307". After|strong="H0310" the|strong="H0559" wind|strong="H7307" there|strong="H2009" was|strong="H3068" an|strong="H6440" earthquake|strong="H7494"; but|strong="H3808" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" earthquake|strong="H7494". 
\verseNumber{12}After|strong="H0310" the|strong="H3068" earthquake|strong="H7494" a|strong="H3808" fire|strong="H0784" passed|strong="H0310"; but|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3068" LORD|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" fire|strong="H0784". After|strong="H0310" the|strong="H3068" fire|strong="H0784", there|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3808" still|strong="H1827" small voice|strong="H6963". 
\verseNumber{13}When|strong="H1961" Elijah|strong="H0452" heard|strong="H8085" it|strong="H1961", he|strong="H3318" wrapped|strong="H3874" his|strong="H8085" face|strong="H6440" in|strong="H0413" his|strong="H8085" mantle|strong="H0155", went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318", and|strong="H6963" stood|strong="H5975" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" entrance|strong="H6607" of|strong="H6963" the|strong="H0559" cave|strong="H4631". Behold|strong="H2009", a|strong="H1961" voice|strong="H6963" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", and|strong="H6963" said|strong="H0559", “What|strong="H4100" are|strong="H4100" you|strong="H6440" doing|strong="H3318" here|strong="H6311", Elijah|strong="H0452"?” 
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\verseNumber{14}He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H0589" have|strong="H1121" been|strong="H7065" very|strong="H7065" jealous|strong="H7065" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068", the|strong="H0853" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1121" Hosts|strong="H6635"; for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" have|strong="H1121" forsaken your|strong="H3068" covenant|strong="H1285", thrown|strong="H2040" down|strong="H2040" your|strong="H3068" altars|strong="H4196", and|strong="H1121" killed|strong="H2026" your|strong="H3068" prophets|strong="H5030" with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" sword|strong="H2719". I|strong="H0589", even|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0589" only|strong="H0905", am|strong="H0589" left|strong="H3498"; and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3588" seek|strong="H1245" my|strong="H3068" life|strong="H5315", to|strong="H0559" take|strong="H3947" it|strong="H3588" away|strong="H3947".” 
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\verseNumber{15}The|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “Go|strong="H0935", return|strong="H7725" on|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3068" way|strong="H1870" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" wilderness|strong="H4057" of|strong="H4428" Damascus|strong="H1834". When|strong="H0935" you|strong="H5921" arrive|strong="H0935", anoint|strong="H4886" Hazael|strong="H2371" to|strong="H0413" be|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428" over|strong="H5921" Syria|strong="H0758". 
\verseNumber{16}Anoint|strong="H4886" Jehu|strong="H3058" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Nimshi|strong="H5250" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H1121" king|strong="H4428" over|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478"; and|strong="H1121" anoint|strong="H4886" Elisha|strong="H0477" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shaphat|strong="H8202" of|strong="H1121" Abel Meholah to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H1121" prophet|strong="H5030" in|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" place|strong="H8478". 
\verseNumber{17}He|strong="H2719" who escapes|strong="H4422" from|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" sword|strong="H2719" of|strong="H2719" Hazael|strong="H2371", Jehu|strong="H3058" will|strong="H1961" kill|strong="H4191"; and|strong="H2719" he|strong="H2719" who escapes|strong="H4422" from|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" sword|strong="H2719" of|strong="H2719" Jehu|strong="H3058", Elisha|strong="H0477" will|strong="H1961" kill|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{18}Yet|strong="H3808" I|strong="H0834" reserved|strong="H7604" seven|strong="H7651" thousand|strong="H0505" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478", all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" knees|strong="H1290" of|strong="H6310" which|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" bowed|strong="H3766" to|strong="H3478" Baal|strong="H1168", and|strong="H3478" every|strong="H3605" mouth|strong="H6310" which|strong="H0834" has|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" kissed|strong="H5401" him|strong="H3605".” 
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\verseNumber{19}So|strong="H5674" he|strong="H1931" departed from|strong="H6440" there|strong="H8033" and|strong="H1121" found|strong="H4672" Elisha|strong="H0477" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shaphat|strong="H8202", who|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" ploughing with|strong="H0413" twelve|strong="H6240" yoke|strong="H6776" of|strong="H1121" oxen before|strong="H6440" him|strong="H0413", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H1931" with|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" twelfth. Elijah|strong="H0452" went|strong="H0413" over|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413" and|strong="H1121" put his|strong="H6440" mantle|strong="H0155" on|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{20}Elisha|strong="H0559" left|strong="H5800" the|strong="H0853" oxen|strong="H1241" and|strong="H7725" ran|strong="H7323" after|strong="H0310" Elijah|strong="H0452", and|strong="H7725" said|strong="H0559", “Let|strong="H4994" me|strong="H4994" please|strong="H4994" kiss my|strong="H7725" father|strong="H0001" and|strong="H7725" my|strong="H7725" mother|strong="H0517", and|strong="H7725" then|strong="H0853" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4100" follow|strong="H0310" you|strong="H3588".” 
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He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0853", “Go|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" again|strong="H7725"; for|strong="H3588" what|strong="H4100" have|strong="H0001" I|strong="H3588" done|strong="H6213" to|strong="H0559" you|strong="H3588"?” 
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\verseNumber{21}He|strong="H0310" returned|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" following|strong="H0310" him|strong="H5414", and|strong="H6965" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H0853" yoke|strong="H6776" of|strong="H3627" oxen|strong="H1241", killed them|strong="H5414", and|strong="H6965" boiled|strong="H1310" their|strong="H5414" meat|strong="H1320" with|strong="H3627" the|strong="H0853" oxen’s equipment|strong="H3627", and|strong="H6965" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971"; and|strong="H6965" they|strong="H0310" ate|strong="H0398". Then|strong="H6965" he|strong="H0310" arose|strong="H6965", and|strong="H6965" went|strong="H7725" after|strong="H0310" Elijah|strong="H0452", and|strong="H6965" served|strong="H8334" him|strong="H5414". 
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\chapterNumber{20}Ben Hadad the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Syria|strong="H0758" gathered|strong="H6908" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2426" together|strong="H6908"; and|strong="H4428" there|strong="H5927" were|strong="H4428" thirty-two kings|strong="H4428" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H5921", with|strong="H0854" horses|strong="H5483" and|strong="H4428" chariots|strong="H7393". He|strong="H0853" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" and|strong="H4428" besieged Samaria|strong="H8111", and|strong="H4428" fought|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H7971" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" city|strong="H5892" to|strong="H0413" Ahab|strong="H0256" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3478" said|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “Ben Hadad says, 
\verseNumber{3}‘Your|strong="H0559" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H0559" gold|strong="H2091" are|strong="H1992" mine. Your|strong="H0559" wives|strong="H0802" also|strong="H3541" and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H0559" children|strong="H1121", even|strong="H3541" the|strong="H0559" best|strong="H2896", are|strong="H1992" mine.’” 
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\verseNumber{4}The|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" answered|strong="H0559", “It|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" according to|strong="H0559" your|strong="H3605" saying|strong="H0559", my|strong="H3605" lord|strong="H0113", O|strong="H0589" king|strong="H4428". I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H0589" yours, and|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0589" have|strong="H0834".” 
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\verseNumber{5}The|strong="H0559" messengers|strong="H4397" came|strong="H0413" again|strong="H7725" and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559", “Ben Hadad says|strong="H0559", ‘I|strong="H3588" sent|strong="H7971" indeed|strong="H3588" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H3588", saying|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H3588" shall|strong="H1121" deliver|strong="H5414" me|strong="H0413" your|strong="H5414" silver|strong="H3701", your|strong="H5414" gold|strong="H2091", your|strong="H5414" wives|strong="H0802", and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H5414" children|strong="H1121"; 
\verseNumber{6}but|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" send|strong="H7971" my|strong="H3605" servants|strong="H5650" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H3588" tomorrow|strong="H4279" about|strong="H1961" this|strong="H3588" time|strong="H6256", and|strong="H3027" they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" search|strong="H2664" your|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" houses|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" your|strong="H3605" servants|strong="H5650". Whatever|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3027" pleasant|strong="H4261" in|strong="H0413" your|strong="H3605" eyes|strong="H5869", they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" put|strong="H7760" it|strong="H7760" in|strong="H0413" their|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027", and|strong="H3027" take|strong="H3947" it|strong="H7760" away|strong="H7971".”’” 
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\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="H2088" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" called|strong="H7121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" elders|strong="H2205" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776", and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559", “Please|strong="H4994" notice|strong="H3045" how|strong="H3588" this|strong="H2088" man|strong="H2205" seeks|strong="H1245" mischief; for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" sent|strong="H7971" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413" for|strong="H3588" my|strong="H3605" wives|strong="H0802", and|strong="H1121" for|strong="H3588" my|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" for|strong="H3588" my|strong="H3605" silver|strong="H3701", and|strong="H1121" for|strong="H3588" my|strong="H3605" gold|strong="H2091"; and|strong="H1121" I|strong="H3588" didn’t|strong="H3808" deny|strong="H4513" him|strong="H0413".” 
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\verseNumber{8}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" elders|strong="H2205" and|strong="H8085" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “Don’t|strong="H0408" listen|strong="H8085", and|strong="H8085" don’t|strong="H0408" consent|strong="H0014".” 
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\verseNumber{9}Therefore|strong="H7971" he|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" messengers|strong="H4397" of|strong="H4428" Ben Hadad, “Tell|strong="H0559" my|strong="H3605" lord|strong="H0113" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", ‘All|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" sent|strong="H7971" for|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" your|strong="H3605" servant|strong="H5650" at|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" first|strong="H7223" I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" do|strong="H6213", but|strong="H3808" this|strong="H2088" thing|strong="H1697" I|strong="H0834" cannot|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213".’” 
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The|strong="H3605" messengers|strong="H4397" departed and|strong="H4428" brought|strong="H7725" him|strong="H0413" back|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3605" message|strong="H1697". 
\verseNumber{10}Ben Hadad sent|strong="H7971" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", and|strong="H0430" said|strong="H0559", “The|strong="H3605" gods|strong="H0430" do|strong="H6213" so|strong="H6213" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413", and|strong="H0430" more|strong="H3254" also|strong="H3541", if|strong="H0518" the|strong="H3605" dust|strong="H6083" of|strong="H0430" Samaria|strong="H8111" will|strong="H0430" be|strong="H0430" enough|strong="H6213" for|strong="H0413" handfuls|strong="H8168" for|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0834" follow|strong="H7272" me|strong="H0413".” 
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\verseNumber{11}The|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" answered|strong="H0559", “Tell|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0559", ‘Don’t|strong="H0408" let|strong="H0408" him|strong="H0559" who|strong="H3478" puts on|strong="H2296" his|strong="H3478" armour brag like|strong="H3478" he|strong="H0559" who|strong="H3478" takes it|strong="H1696" off|strong="H4428".’” 
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\verseNumber{12}When|strong="H1961" Ben Hadad heard|strong="H8085" this|strong="H2088" message|strong="H1697" as|strong="H1697" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" drinking|strong="H8354", he|strong="H1931" and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" kings|strong="H4428" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" pavilions, he|strong="H1931" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H5921" servants|strong="H5650", “Prepare|strong="H7760" to|strong="H0413" attack!” So|strong="H1961" they|strong="H5921" prepared to|strong="H0413" attack the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892". 
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\verseNumber{13}Behold|strong="H2009", a|strong="H3588" prophet|strong="H5030" came|strong="H5066" near|strong="H5066" to|strong="H0413" Ahab|strong="H0256" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “The|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" says|strong="H0559", ‘Have|strong="H3045" you|strong="H3588" seen|strong="H7200" all|strong="H3605" this|strong="H2088" great|strong="H1419" multitude|strong="H1995"? Behold|strong="H2009", I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H3068" deliver|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" into|strong="H0413" your|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027" today|strong="H3117". Then|strong="H2009" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H0589" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068".’” 
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\verseNumber{14}Ahab|strong="H0256" said|strong="H0559", “By|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H4310"?” 
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He|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “The|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" says|strong="H0559", ‘By|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" young|strong="H5288" men|strong="H5288" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" princes|strong="H8269" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" provinces|strong="H4082".’” 
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Then|strong="H0859" he|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “Who|strong="H4310" shall|strong="H3068" begin|strong="H0631" the|strong="H0559" battle|strong="H4421"?” 
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He|strong="H3068" answered|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H0859".” 
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\verseNumber{15}Then|strong="H1961" he|strong="H0310" mustered|strong="H6485" the|strong="H3605" young|strong="H5288" men|strong="H5288" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" princes|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" provinces|strong="H4082", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H0310" were|strong="H1961" two|strong="H8147" hundred|strong="H3967" and|strong="H1121" thirty-two. After|strong="H0310" them|strong="H0853", he|strong="H0310" mustered|strong="H6485" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971", even|strong="H0853" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", being|strong="H1961" seven|strong="H7651" thousand|strong="H0505". 
\verseNumber{16}They|strong="H1931" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" at|strong="H4428" noon|strong="H6672". But|strong="H4428" Ben Hadad was|strong="H1931" drinking|strong="H8354" himself|strong="H1931" drunk|strong="H8354" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" pavilions, he|strong="H1931" and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" kings|strong="H4428", the|strong="H0853" thirty-two kings|strong="H4428" who|strong="H1931" helped|strong="H5826" him|strong="H0853". 
\verseNumber{17}The|strong="H0559" young|strong="H5288" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0559" princes|strong="H8269" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0559" provinces|strong="H4082" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" first|strong="H7223"; and|strong="H7971" Ben Hadad sent|strong="H7971" out|strong="H3318", and|strong="H7971" they|strong="H0376" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H7971", saying|strong="H0559", “Men|strong="H0376" are|strong="H0376" coming|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" from|strong="H3318" Samaria|strong="H8111".” 
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\verseNumber{18}He|strong="H0518" said|strong="H0559", “If|strong="H0518" they|strong="H0518" have|strong="H0518" come|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" for|strong="H0518" peace|strong="H7965", take|strong="H3318" them|strong="H3318" alive|strong="H2416"; or|strong="H0518" if|strong="H0518" they|strong="H0518" have|strong="H0518" come|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" for|strong="H0518" war|strong="H4421", take|strong="H3318" them|strong="H3318" alive|strong="H2416".” 
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\verseNumber{19}So|strong="H4480" these|strong="H0428" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H8269" the|strong="H0834" city|strong="H5892", the|strong="H0834" young|strong="H5288" men|strong="H5288" of|strong="H8269" the|strong="H0834" princes|strong="H8269" of|strong="H8269" the|strong="H0834" provinces|strong="H4082", and|strong="H5288" the|strong="H0834" army|strong="H2428" which|strong="H0834" followed|strong="H0310" them|strong="H0310". 
\verseNumber{20}They|strong="H5921" each|strong="H0376" killed|strong="H5221" his|strong="H5921" man|strong="H0376". The|strong="H5921" Syrians fled|strong="H5127", and|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478" pursued|strong="H7291" them|strong="H5921". Ben Hadad the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Syria|strong="H0758" escaped|strong="H4422" on|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5221" horse|strong="H5483" with|strong="H5921" horsemen|strong="H6571". 
\verseNumber{21}The|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" and|strong="H3478" struck|strong="H5221" the|strong="H0853" horses|strong="H5483" and|strong="H3478" chariots|strong="H7393", and|strong="H3478" killed|strong="H5221" the|strong="H0853" Syrians with|strong="H3478" a|strong="H5221" great|strong="H1419" slaughter|strong="H4347". 
\verseNumber{22}The|strong="H0853" prophet|strong="H5030" came|strong="H5927" near|strong="H5066" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3478" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “Go|strong="H5927", strengthen|strong="H2388" yourself|strong="H0413", and|strong="H3478" plan|strong="H5927" what|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" must|strong="H0853" do|strong="H6213", for|strong="H3588" at|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" return|strong="H8666" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" year|strong="H8141", the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Syria|strong="H0758" will|strong="H0834" come|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" against|strong="H5921" you|strong="H0834".” 
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\verseNumber{23}The|strong="H0559" servants|strong="H5650" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Syria|strong="H0758" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “Their|strong="H1992" god|strong="H0430" is|strong="H0430" a|strong="H0518" god|strong="H0430" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" hills|strong="H2022"; therefore|strong="H3651" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1992" stronger|strong="H2388" than|strong="H4480" we|strong="H0518". But|strong="H0518" let’s fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5921" them|strong="H0413" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" plain|strong="H4334", and|strong="H0430" surely|strong="H0518" we|strong="H0518" will|strong="H0430" be|strong="H3808" stronger|strong="H2388" than|strong="H4480" they|strong="H1992". 
\verseNumber{24}Do|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2088" thing|strong="H1697": take|strong="H5493" the|strong="H0853" kings|strong="H4428" away|strong="H5493", every|strong="H0376" man|strong="H0376" out|strong="H4725" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H7760" place|strong="H4725", and|strong="H4428" put|strong="H7760" captains|strong="H6346" in|strong="H4428" their|strong="H7760" place|strong="H4725". 
\verseNumber{25}Muster|strong="H4487" an|strong="H2388" army|strong="H2428" like|strong="H3651" the|strong="H0853" army|strong="H2428" that|strong="H8085" you|strong="H0859" have|strong="H0859" lost|strong="H5307", horse|strong="H5483" for|strong="H0518" horse|strong="H5483" and|strong="H6963" chariot|strong="H7393" for|strong="H0518" chariot|strong="H7393". We|strong="H0518" will|strong="H3808" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H3898" them|strong="H1992" in|strong="H8085" the|strong="H0853" plain|strong="H4334", and|strong="H6963" surely|strong="H0518" we|strong="H0518" will|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" stronger|strong="H2388" than|strong="H3808" they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1992".” 
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He|strong="H0518" listened|strong="H8085" to|strong="H8085" their|strong="H1992" voice|strong="H6963" and|strong="H6963" did|strong="H6213" so|strong="H3651". 
\verseNumber{26}At|strong="H3478" the|strong="H0853" return|strong="H8666" of|strong="H8141" the|strong="H0853" year|strong="H8141", Ben Hadad mustered|strong="H6485" the|strong="H0853" Syrians and|strong="H3478" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H1961" Aphek|strong="H0663" to|strong="H1961" fight|strong="H4421" against|strong="H5973" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{27}The|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" were|strong="H3478" mustered|strong="H6485" and|strong="H1121" given|strong="H4390" provisions, and|strong="H1121" went|strong="H7125" against|strong="H7125" them|strong="H0853". The|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" encamped|strong="H2583" before|strong="H5048" them|strong="H0853" like|strong="H0776" two|strong="H8147" little|strong="H2835" flocks|strong="H2835" of|strong="H1121" young|strong="H1121" goats|strong="H5795", but the|strong="H0853" Syrians filled|strong="H4390" the|strong="H0853" country|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{28}A|strong="H3588" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H4428" God|strong="H0430" came|strong="H5066" near|strong="H5066" and|strong="H3068" spoke|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “The|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" says|strong="H0559", ‘Because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" Syrians have|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559", “The|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" is|strong="H0834" a|strong="H3588" god|strong="H0430" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" hills|strong="H2022", but|strong="H3588" he|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" a|strong="H3588" god|strong="H0430" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" valleys|strong="H6010",” therefore|strong="H3068" I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H3068" deliver|strong="H5414" all|strong="H3605" this|strong="H2088" great|strong="H1419" multitude|strong="H1995" into|strong="H0413" your|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027", and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H0589" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068".’” 
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\verseNumber{29}They|strong="H3117" encamped|strong="H2583" opposite|strong="H5227" each|strong="H0259" other|strong="H0259" for|strong="H3117" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117". Then|strong="H1961" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" seventh|strong="H7637" day|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" battle|strong="H4421" was|strong="H1961" joined|strong="H7126"; and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" killed|strong="H5221" one|strong="H0259" hundred|strong="H3967" thousand|strong="H0505" footmen|strong="H7273" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" Syrians in|strong="H2583" one|strong="H0259" day|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{30}But|strong="H0376" the|strong="H5921" rest|strong="H3498" fled|strong="H5127" to|strong="H0413" Aphek|strong="H0663", into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892"; and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H5921" wall|strong="H2346" fell|strong="H5307" on|strong="H5921" twenty-seven thousand|strong="H0505" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0376" were|strong="H0376" left|strong="H3498". Ben Hadad fled|strong="H5127" and|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892", into|strong="H0413" an|strong="H0935" inner|strong="H2315" room|strong="H2315". 
\verseNumber{31}His|strong="H7760" servants|strong="H5650" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “See|strong="H2009" now|strong="H4994", we|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5650" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" are|strong="H1992" merciful kings|strong="H4428". Please|strong="H4994" let|strong="H4994" us|strong="H4994" put|strong="H7760" sackcloth|strong="H8242" on|strong="H0413" our|strong="H3588" bodies and|strong="H3478" ropes|strong="H2256" on|strong="H0413" our|strong="H3588" heads|strong="H7218", and|strong="H3478" go|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478". Maybe|strong="H0194" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4428" save|strong="H5315" your|strong="H7760" life|strong="H5315".” 
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\verseNumber{32}So|strong="H0935" they|strong="H0559" put|strong="H0935" sackcloth|strong="H8242" on|strong="H0413" their|strong="H0935" bodies and|strong="H0935" ropes|strong="H2256" on|strong="H0413" their|strong="H0935" heads|strong="H7218", and|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H0935" said|strong="H0559", “Your|strong="H0935" servant|strong="H5650" Ben Hadad says|strong="H0559", ‘Please|strong="H4994" let|strong="H4994" me|strong="H0413" live|strong="H2421".’” 
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He|strong="H1931" said|strong="H0559", “Is|strong="H1931" he|strong="H1931" still|strong="H5750" alive|strong="H2416"? He|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" my|strong="H0935" brother|strong="H0251".” 
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\verseNumber{33}Now|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0559" men|strong="H0376" observed diligently and|strong="H0935" hurried|strong="H4116" to|strong="H0413" take|strong="H3947" this|strong="H0935" phrase; and|strong="H0935" they|strong="H5921" said|strong="H0559", “Your|strong="H5921" brother|strong="H0251" Ben Hadad.” 
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Then|strong="H3318" he|strong="H4480" said|strong="H0559", “Go|strong="H3318", bring|strong="H0935" him|strong="H0413".” 
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Then|strong="H3318" Ben Hadad came|strong="H0935" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413"; and|strong="H0935" he|strong="H4480" caused him|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" come|strong="H0935" up|strong="H5927" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" chariot|strong="H4818". 
\verseNumber{34}Ben Hadad said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “The|strong="H0853" cities|strong="H5892" which|strong="H0834" my|strong="H7760" father|strong="H0001" took|strong="H3947" from|strong="H7725" your|strong="H7760" father|strong="H0001" I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H0834" restore|strong="H7725". You|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H0834" make|strong="H7760" streets|strong="H2351" for|strong="H0413" yourself|strong="H0413" in|strong="H0413" Damascus|strong="H1834", as|strong="H0834" my|strong="H7760" father|strong="H0001" made|strong="H3772" in|strong="H0413" Samaria|strong="H8111".” 
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“I|strong="H0589"”, said|strong="H0559" Ahab|strong="H0559", “will|strong="H0834" let|strong="H7971" you|strong="H0834" go|strong="H7971" with|strong="H0413" this|strong="H0834" covenant|strong="H1285".” So|strong="H3947" he|strong="H0834" made|strong="H3772" a|strong="H3947" covenant|strong="H1285" with|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413" and|strong="H7725" let|strong="H7971" him|strong="H0413" go|strong="H7971". 
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\verseNumber{35}A|strong="H5221" certain|strong="H0259" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" prophets|strong="H5030" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H3068" fellow|strong="H0376" by|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" LORD’s|strong="H3068" word|strong="H1697", “Please|strong="H4994" strike|strong="H5221" me|strong="H0413"!” 
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The|strong="H0559" man|strong="H0376" refused|strong="H3985" to|strong="H0413" strike|strong="H5221" him|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{36}Then|strong="H1980" he|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0853", “Because|strong="H3282" you|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" obeyed|strong="H8085" the|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" voice|strong="H6963", behold|strong="H2005", as|strong="H0834" soon as|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" departed|strong="H1980" from|strong="H1980" me|strong="H6963", a|strong="H8085" lion|strong="H0738" will|strong="H3068" kill|strong="H5221" you|strong="H0834".” As|strong="H0834" soon as|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H3068" departed|strong="H1980" from|strong="H1980" him|strong="H0853", a|strong="H8085" lion|strong="H0738" found|strong="H4672" him|strong="H0853" and|strong="H1980" killed|strong="H5221" him|strong="H0853". 
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\verseNumber{37}Then|strong="H0559" he|strong="H0376" found|strong="H4672" another|strong="H0312" man|strong="H0376", and|strong="H0376" said|strong="H0559", “Please|strong="H4994" strike|strong="H5221" me|strong="H4994".” 
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The|strong="H0559" man|strong="H0376" struck|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5221" and|strong="H0376" wounded|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5221". 
\verseNumber{38}So|strong="H5975" the|strong="H5921" prophet|strong="H5030" departed and|strong="H4428" waited|strong="H5975" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" way|strong="H1870", and|strong="H4428" disguised|strong="H2664" himself with|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" headband over|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" eyes|strong="H5869". 
\verseNumber{39}As|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" passed|strong="H5674" by|strong="H0413", he|strong="H1931" cried|strong="H6817" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428", and|strong="H0935" he|strong="H1931" said|strong="H0559", “Your|strong="H8104" servant|strong="H5650" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" middle|strong="H7130" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" battle|strong="H4421"; and|strong="H0935" behold|strong="H2009", a|strong="H1961" man|strong="H0376" came|strong="H0935" over|strong="H0413" and|strong="H0935" brought|strong="H0935" a|strong="H1961" man|strong="H0376" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413", and|strong="H0935" said|strong="H0559", ‘Guard|strong="H8104" this|strong="H2088" man|strong="H0376"! If|strong="H0518" by|strong="H0413" any|strong="H0376" means|strong="H0518" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H2088" missing|strong="H6485", then|strong="H1961" your|strong="H8104" life|strong="H5315" shall|strong="H0376" be|strong="H1961" for|strong="H8478" his|strong="H8104" life|strong="H5315", or|strong="H0176" else|strong="H0176" you|strong="H0518" shall|strong="H0376" pay|strong="H8254" a|strong="H1961" talent|strong="H3603"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{20:39  }A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds} of|strong="H4428" silver|strong="H3701".’ 
\verseNumber{40}As|strong="H1961" your|strong="H1961" servant|strong="H5650" was|strong="H0369" busy here|strong="H2008" and|strong="H3478" there|strong="H0369", he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H0369" gone|strong="H0369".” 
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The|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “So|strong="H3651" shall|strong="H3478" your|strong="H1961" judgement be|strong="H1961". You|strong="H0859" yourself|strong="H0859" have|strong="H1961" decided|strong="H0559" it|strong="H1931".” 
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\verseNumber{41}He|strong="H1931" hurried|strong="H4116", and|strong="H3478" took|strong="H5493" the|strong="H0853" headband away|strong="H5493" from|strong="H5493" his|strong="H5921" eyes|strong="H5869"; and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" recognised that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H3478" one|strong="H1931" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" prophets|strong="H5030". 
\verseNumber{42}He|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “The|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" says|strong="H0559", ‘Because|strong="H3282" you|strong="H7971" have|strong="H1961" let|strong="H7971" go|strong="H7971" out|strong="H7971" of|strong="H0376" your|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" man|strong="H0376" whom I|strong="H3541" had|strong="H3068" devoted|strong="H2764" to|strong="H0413" destruction, therefore|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" life|strong="H5315" will|strong="H3068" take|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" place|strong="H8478" of|strong="H0376" his|strong="H3068" life|strong="H5315", and|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" take|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" place|strong="H8478" of|strong="H0376" his|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971".’” 
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\verseNumber{43}The|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" went|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" his|strong="H5921" house|strong="H1004" sullen|strong="H5620" and|strong="H0935" angry, and|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" Samaria|strong="H8111". 
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\chapterNumber{21}After|strong="H0310" these|strong="H0428" things|strong="H1697", Naboth|strong="H5022" the|strong="H0834" Jezreelite|strong="H3158" had|strong="H0834" a|strong="H1961" vineyard|strong="H3754" which|strong="H0834" was|strong="H1961" in|strong="H4428" Jezreel|strong="H3157", next to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0834" palace|strong="H1964" of|strong="H4428" Ahab|strong="H0256" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Samaria|strong="H8111". 
\verseNumber{2}Ahab|strong="H0256" spoke|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" Naboth|strong="H5022", saying|strong="H0559", “Give|strong="H5414" me|strong="H0413" your|strong="H5414" vineyard|strong="H3754", that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" may|strong="H1961" have|strong="H1961" it|strong="H5414" for|strong="H3588" a|strong="H1961" garden|strong="H1588" of|strong="H1004" herbs, because|strong="H3588" it|strong="H5414" is|strong="H2088" near|strong="H7138" my|strong="H5414" house|strong="H1004"; and|strong="H1004" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H3588" for|strong="H3588" it|strong="H5414" a|strong="H1961" better|strong="H2896" vineyard|strong="H3754" than|strong="H4480" it|strong="H5414". Or|strong="H0518", if|strong="H0518" it|strong="H5414" seems|strong="H5869" good|strong="H2896" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H3588", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H3588" its|strong="H5414" worth in|strong="H0413" money|strong="H3701".” 
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\verseNumber{3}Naboth|strong="H5022" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Ahab|strong="H0256", “May|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" forbid|strong="H2486" me|strong="H0413", that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H5414" should|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" inheritance|strong="H5159" of|strong="H3068" my|strong="H5414" fathers|strong="H0001" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H5414"!” 
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\verseNumber{4}Ahab|strong="H0256" came|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0413" his|strong="H5414" house|strong="H1004" sullen|strong="H5620" and|strong="H0935" angry because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" word|strong="H1697" which|strong="H0834" Naboth|strong="H5022" the|strong="H0853" Jezreelite|strong="H3158" had|strong="H0834" spoken|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", for|strong="H5921" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" inheritance|strong="H5159" of|strong="H1004" my|strong="H5414" fathers|strong="H0001".” He|strong="H0834" laid|strong="H7901" himself|strong="H6440" down|strong="H7901" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5414" bed|strong="H4296", and|strong="H0935" turned|strong="H5437" away|strong="H5437" his|strong="H5414" face|strong="H6440", and|strong="H0935" would|strong="H0559" eat|strong="H0398" no|strong="H3808" bread|strong="H3899". 
\verseNumber{5}But|strong="H0369" Jezebel|strong="H0348" his|strong="H0935" wife|strong="H0802" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", and|strong="H0935" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “Why|strong="H4100" is|strong="H0369" your|strong="H0935" spirit|strong="H7307" so|strong="H0935" sad that|strong="H2088" you|strong="H0935" eat|strong="H0398" no|strong="H0369" bread|strong="H3899"?” 
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\verseNumber{6}He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413", “Because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" spoke|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" Naboth|strong="H5022" the|strong="H0853" Jezreelite|strong="H3158", and|strong="H3701" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", ‘Give|strong="H5414" me|strong="H0413" your|strong="H5414" vineyard|strong="H3754" for|strong="H3588" money|strong="H3701"; or|strong="H0176" else|strong="H0176", if|strong="H0518" it|strong="H5414" pleases|strong="H2655" you|strong="H0859", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5414" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H0859" another|strong="H3808" vineyard|strong="H3754" for|strong="H3588" it|strong="H5414".’ He|strong="H3588" answered|strong="H0559", ‘I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5414" not|strong="H3808" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H0859" my|strong="H5414" vineyard|strong="H3754".’” 
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\verseNumber{7}Jezebel|strong="H0348" his|strong="H5414" wife|strong="H0802" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “Do|strong="H6213" you|strong="H0859" now|strong="H6258" govern the|strong="H0853" kingdom|strong="H4410" of|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478"? Arise|strong="H6965", and|strong="H6965" eat|strong="H0398" bread|strong="H3899", and|strong="H6965" let|strong="H5414" your|strong="H5414" heart|strong="H3820" be|strong="H3820" merry|strong="H3190". I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H3478" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H0859" the|strong="H0853" vineyard|strong="H3754" of|strong="H5921" Naboth|strong="H5022" the|strong="H0853" Jezreelite|strong="H3158".” 
\verseNumber{8}So|strong="H7971" she|strong="H0834" wrote|strong="H3789" letters|strong="H5612" in|strong="H3427" Ahab’s|strong="H0256" name|strong="H8034" and|strong="H7971" sealed|strong="H2856" them|strong="H0413" with|strong="H0854" his|strong="H0834" seal|strong="H2368", and|strong="H7971" sent|strong="H7971" the|strong="H0834" letters|strong="H5612" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0834" elders|strong="H2205" and|strong="H7971" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0834" nobles|strong="H2715" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" in|strong="H3427" his|strong="H0834" city|strong="H5892", who|strong="H0834" lived|strong="H3427" with|strong="H0854" Naboth|strong="H5022". 
\verseNumber{9}She|strong="H7121" wrote|strong="H3789" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0853" letters|strong="H5612", saying|strong="H0559", “Proclaim|strong="H7121" a|strong="H7121" fast|strong="H6685", and|strong="H7218" set|strong="H3427" Naboth|strong="H5022" on|strong="H3427" high amongst the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{10}Set|strong="H3427" two|strong="H8147" men|strong="H0376", wicked|strong="H1100" fellows|strong="H0376", before|strong="H5048" him|strong="H4191", and|strong="H1121" let them|strong="H3318" testify against|strong="H5048" him|strong="H4191", saying|strong="H0559", ‘You|strong="H1288" cursed|strong="H1288" God|strong="H0430" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428"!’ Then|strong="H3318" carry|strong="H3318" him|strong="H4191" out|strong="H3318", and|strong="H1121" stone|strong="H5619" him|strong="H4191" to|strong="H0559" death|strong="H4191".” 
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\verseNumber{11}The|strong="H0834" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" his|strong="H0834" city|strong="H5892", even|strong="H6213" the|strong="H0834" elders|strong="H2205" and|strong="H7971" the|strong="H0834" nobles|strong="H2715" who|strong="H0834" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" his|strong="H0834" city|strong="H5892", did|strong="H6213" as|strong="H0834" Jezebel|strong="H0348" had|strong="H0834" instructed them|strong="H0413" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0834" letters|strong="H5612" which|strong="H0834" she|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" written|strong="H3789" and|strong="H7971" sent|strong="H7971" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{12}They|strong="H5971" proclaimed|strong="H7121" a|strong="H7121" fast|strong="H6685", and|strong="H7218" set|strong="H3427" Naboth|strong="H5022" on|strong="H3427" high amongst the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{13}The|strong="H0853" two|strong="H8147" men|strong="H0376", the|strong="H0853" wicked|strong="H1100" fellows|strong="H0376", came|strong="H0935" in|strong="H3427" and|strong="H1121" sat|strong="H3427" before|strong="H5048" him|strong="H0853". The|strong="H0853" wicked|strong="H1100" fellows|strong="H0376" testified|strong="H5749" against|strong="H5048" him|strong="H0853", even|strong="H0853" against|strong="H5048" Naboth|strong="H5022", in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0853" presence|strong="H5048" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971", saying|strong="H0559", “Naboth|strong="H5022" cursed|strong="H1288" God|strong="H0430" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428"!” Then|strong="H3318" they|strong="H0376" carried|strong="H0935" him|strong="H0853" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892" and|strong="H1121" stoned|strong="H5619" him|strong="H0853" to|strong="H0559" death|strong="H4191" with|strong="H0935" stones|strong="H0068". 
\verseNumber{14}Then|strong="H7971" they|strong="H0559" sent|strong="H7971" to|strong="H0413" Jezebel|strong="H0348", saying|strong="H0559", “Naboth|strong="H5022" has been stoned|strong="H5619" and|strong="H7971" is|strong="H7971" dead|strong="H4191".” 
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\verseNumber{15}When|strong="H3588" Jezebel|strong="H0348" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H0834" Naboth|strong="H5022" had|strong="H0834" been|strong="H1961" stoned|strong="H5619" and|strong="H6965" was|strong="H0369" dead|strong="H4191", Jezebel|strong="H0348" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Ahab|strong="H0256", “Arise|strong="H6965", take|strong="H3423" possession|strong="H3423" of|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" vineyard|strong="H3754" of|strong="H0559" Naboth|strong="H5022" the|strong="H0853" Jezreelite|strong="H3158", which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" refused|strong="H3985" to|strong="H0413" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H0834" for|strong="H3588" money|strong="H3701"; for|strong="H3588" Naboth|strong="H5022" is|strong="H0369" not|strong="H0369" alive|strong="H2416", but|strong="H3588" dead|strong="H4191".” 
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\verseNumber{16}When|strong="H3588" Ahab|strong="H0256" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" Naboth|strong="H5022" was|strong="H1961" dead|strong="H4191", Ahab|strong="H0256" rose|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" to|strong="H0413" go|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3588" vineyard|strong="H3754" of|strong="H8085" Naboth|strong="H5022" the|strong="H3588" Jezreelite|strong="H3158", to|strong="H0413" take|strong="H3423" possession|strong="H3423" of|strong="H8085" it|strong="H3588". 
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\verseNumber{17}The|strong="H0559" LORD’s|strong="H3068" word|strong="H1697" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H0413" Elijah|strong="H0452" the|strong="H0559" Tishbite, saying|strong="H0559", 
\verseNumber{18}“Arise|strong="H6965", go|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" meet|strong="H7125" Ahab|strong="H0256" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", who|strong="H0834" dwells in|strong="H3478" Samaria|strong="H8111". Behold|strong="H2009", he|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H0834" vineyard|strong="H3754" of|strong="H4428" Naboth|strong="H5022", where|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" has|strong="H0834" gone|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" take|strong="H3423" possession|strong="H3423" of|strong="H4428" it|strong="H3381". 
\verseNumber{19}You|strong="H0859" shall|strong="H3068" speak|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", saying|strong="H0559", ‘The|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" says|strong="H0559", “Have|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0859" killed|strong="H7523" and|strong="H3068" also|strong="H1571" taken|strong="H3423" possession|strong="H3423"?”’ You|strong="H0859" shall|strong="H3068" speak|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", saying|strong="H0559", ‘The|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" says|strong="H0559", “In|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H0834" dogs|strong="H3611" licked|strong="H3952" the|strong="H0853" blood|strong="H1818" of|strong="H3068" Naboth|strong="H5022", dogs|strong="H3611" will|strong="H3068" lick|strong="H3952" your|strong="H3068" blood|strong="H1818", even|strong="H1571" yours|strong="H0859".”’” 
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\verseNumber{20}Ahab|strong="H0256" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Elijah|strong="H0452", “Have|strong="H5869" you|strong="H6213" found|strong="H4672" me|strong="H0413", my|strong="H3068" enemy|strong="H0341"?” 
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He|strong="H6213" answered|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3282" have|strong="H5869" found|strong="H4672" you|strong="H6213", because|strong="H3282" you|strong="H6213" have|strong="H5869" sold|strong="H4376" yourself|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3068" which|strong="H5869" is|strong="H3068" evil|strong="H7451" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" LORD’s|strong="H3068" sight|strong="H5869". 
\verseNumber{21}Behold|strong="H2005", I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H3478" bring|strong="H0935" evil|strong="H7451" on|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0935", and|strong="H0935" will|strong="H3478" utterly sweep you|strong="H0935" away|strong="H0310" and|strong="H0935" will|strong="H3478" cut|strong="H3772" off|strong="H3772" from|strong="H0935" Ahab|strong="H0256" everyone who|strong="H3478" urinates against|strong="H0413" a|strong="H3772" wall|strong="H7023",\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{21:21  }or, male } and|strong="H0935" him|strong="H0413" who|strong="H3478" is|strong="H3478" shut|strong="H6113" up|strong="H0935" and|strong="H0935" him|strong="H0413" who|strong="H3478" is|strong="H3478" left|strong="H5800" at|strong="H0413" large in|strong="H0935" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{22}I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" make|strong="H5414" your|strong="H5414" house|strong="H1004" like|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Nebat|strong="H5028", and|strong="H1121" like|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" Baasha|strong="H1201" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ahijah|strong="H0281", for|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" provocation with|strong="H0413" which|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" provoked|strong="H3707" me|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" anger|strong="H3707", and|strong="H1121" have|strong="H0834" made|strong="H5414" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H0413" sin|strong="H2398".” 
\verseNumber{23}The|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" also|strong="H1571" spoke|strong="H1696" of|strong="H3068" Jezebel|strong="H0348", saying|strong="H0559", “The|strong="H0853" dogs|strong="H3611" will|strong="H3068" eat|strong="H0398" Jezebel|strong="H0348" by|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" rampart of|strong="H3068" Jezreel|strong="H3157". 
\verseNumber{24}The|strong="H0398" dogs|strong="H3611" will|strong="H8064" eat|strong="H0398" he|strong="H0256" who dies|strong="H4191" of|strong="H7704" Ahab|strong="H0256" in|strong="H4191" the|strong="H0398" city|strong="H5892"; and|strong="H0398" the|strong="H0398" birds|strong="H5775" of|strong="H7704" the|strong="H0398" sky|strong="H8064" will|strong="H8064" eat|strong="H0398" he|strong="H0256" who dies|strong="H4191" in|strong="H4191" the|strong="H0398" field|strong="H7704".” 
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\verseNumber{25}But|strong="H7535" there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" like|strong="H1961" Ahab|strong="H0256", who|strong="H0834" sold|strong="H4376" himself|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1961" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H0834" which|strong="H0834" was|strong="H1961" evil|strong="H7451" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" sight|strong="H5869", whom|strong="H0834" Jezebel|strong="H0348" his|strong="H3068" wife|strong="H0802" stirred|strong="H5496" up|strong="H0853". 
\verseNumber{26}He|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213" very|strong="H3966" abominably|strong="H8581" in|strong="H3068" following|strong="H0310" idols|strong="H1544", according|strong="H0310" to|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" Amorites|strong="H0567" did|strong="H6213", whom|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" cast|strong="H3423" out|strong="H3423" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478". 
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\verseNumber{27}When|strong="H1961" Ahab|strong="H0256" heard|strong="H8085" those|strong="H0428" words|strong="H1697", he|strong="H0853" tore|strong="H7167" his|strong="H5921" clothes|strong="H0899", put|strong="H7760" sackcloth|strong="H8242" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" body|strong="H1320", fasted|strong="H6684", lay|strong="H7901" in|strong="H5921" sackcloth|strong="H8242", and|strong="H1980" went|strong="H1980" about|strong="H1961" despondently|strong="H0328". 
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\verseNumber{28}The|strong="H0559" LORD’s|strong="H3068" word|strong="H1697" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H0413" Elijah|strong="H0452" the|strong="H0559" Tishbite, saying|strong="H0559", 
\verseNumber{29}“See|strong="H7200" how|strong="H3588" Ahab|strong="H0256" humbles himself|strong="H3665" before|strong="H6440" me|strong="H6440"? Because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" humbles himself|strong="H3665" before|strong="H6440" me|strong="H6440", I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1004" not|strong="H3808" bring|strong="H0935" the|strong="H6440" evil|strong="H7451" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" days|strong="H3117"; but|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1004" bring|strong="H0935" the|strong="H6440" evil|strong="H7451" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" house|strong="H1004" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" son’s|strong="H1121" day|strong="H3117".” 
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\chapterNumber{22}They|strong="H8141" continued three|strong="H7969" years|strong="H8141" without|strong="H0369" war|strong="H4421" between|strong="H0996" Syria|strong="H0758" and|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{2}In|strong="H8141" the|strong="H0413" third|strong="H7992" year|strong="H8141", Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" the|strong="H0413" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" came|strong="H1961" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{3}The|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H3947" servants|strong="H5650", “You|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" Ramoth|strong="H7433" Gilead|strong="H1568" is|strong="H3027" ours, and|strong="H3478" we|strong="H0587" do|strong="H3027" nothing|strong="H2814", and|strong="H3478" don’t take|strong="H3947" it|strong="H3588" out|strong="H3045" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Syria|strong="H0758"?” 
\verseNumber{4}He|strong="H0559" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092", “Will|strong="H4428" you|strong="H0413" go with|strong="H0854" me|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" battle|strong="H4421" to|strong="H0413" Ramoth|strong="H7433" Gilead|strong="H1568"?” 
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Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", “I|strong="H0559" am as|strong="H3644" you|strong="H0413" are|strong="H3478", my|strong="H0854" people|strong="H5971" as|strong="H3644" your|strong="H0413" people|strong="H5971", my|strong="H0854" horses|strong="H5483" as|strong="H3644" your|strong="H0413" horses|strong="H5483".” 
\verseNumber{5}Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", “Please|strong="H4994" enquire first|strong="H3117" for|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" LORD’s|strong="H3068" word|strong="H1697".” 
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\verseNumber{6}Then|strong="H0853" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" gathered|strong="H6908" the|strong="H0853" prophets|strong="H5030" together|strong="H6908", about|strong="H5921" four|strong="H0702" hundred|strong="H3967" men|strong="H0376", and|strong="H3478" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413", “Should|strong="H0376" I|strong="H0518" go|strong="H5927" against|strong="H5921" Ramoth|strong="H7433" Gilead|strong="H1568" to|strong="H0413" battle|strong="H4421", or|strong="H0518" should|strong="H0376" I|strong="H0518" refrain|strong="H2308"?” 
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They|strong="H0518" said|strong="H0559", “Go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927"; for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H0136" will|strong="H4428" deliver|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428".” 
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\verseNumber{7}But|strong="H0369" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" said|strong="H0559", “Isn’t there|strong="H0369" here|strong="H6311" a|strong="H5750" prophet|strong="H5030" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068", that|strong="H3068" we may|strong="H3068" enquire of|strong="H3068" him|strong="H0853"?” 
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\verseNumber{8}The|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092", “There|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" yet|strong="H5750" one|strong="H0259" man|strong="H0376" by|strong="H5921" whom|strong="H0259" we|strong="H3588" may|strong="H0376" enquire of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068", Micaiah|strong="H4321" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Imlah|strong="H3229"; but|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0589" hate|strong="H8130" him|strong="H0413", for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" does|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" prophesy|strong="H5012" good|strong="H2896" concerning|strong="H5921" me|strong="H0413", but|strong="H3588" evil|strong="H7451".” 
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Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" said|strong="H0559", “Don’t|strong="H0408" let|strong="H0408" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" say|strong="H0559" so|strong="H3651".” 
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\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" called|strong="H7121" an|strong="H7121" officer|strong="H5631", and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559", “Quickly|strong="H4116" get Micaiah|strong="H4321" the|strong="H0559" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Imlah|strong="H3229".” 
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\verseNumber{10}Now the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3063" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" were|strong="H3478" sitting|strong="H3427" each|strong="H0376" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" throne|strong="H3678", arrayed|strong="H3847" in|strong="H3427" their|strong="H3605" robes|strong="H0899", in|strong="H3427" an|strong="H6440" open|strong="H6440" place|strong="H3605" at|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" entrance|strong="H6607" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" gate|strong="H8179" of|strong="H4428" Samaria|strong="H8111"; and|strong="H3063" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" prophets|strong="H5030" were|strong="H3478" prophesying|strong="H5012" before|strong="H6440" them|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{11}Zedekiah|strong="H6667" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Chenaanah|strong="H3668" made|strong="H6213" himself horns|strong="H7161" of|strong="H1121" iron|strong="H1270", and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559", “The|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" says|strong="H0559", ‘With|strong="H3068" these|strong="H0428" you|strong="H5704" will|strong="H3068" push|strong="H5055" the|strong="H0853" Syrians, until|strong="H5704" they|strong="H3068" are|strong="H0428" consumed|strong="H3615".’” 
\verseNumber{12}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" prophets|strong="H5030" prophesied|strong="H5012" so|strong="H3651", saying|strong="H0559", “Go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0559" Ramoth|strong="H7433" Gilead|strong="H1568" and|strong="H3068" prosper|strong="H6743"; for|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" deliver|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" into|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428".” 
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\verseNumber{13}The|strong="H0559" messenger|strong="H4397" who|strong="H0834" went|strong="H1980" to|strong="H0413" call|strong="H7121" Micaiah|strong="H4321" spoke|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", saying|strong="H0559", “See|strong="H2009" now|strong="H4994", the|strong="H0559" prophets|strong="H5030" declare|strong="H1696" good|strong="H2896" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" with|strong="H1980" one|strong="H0259" mouth|strong="H6310". Please|strong="H4994" let|strong="H4994" your|strong="H0834" word|strong="H1697" be|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0559" word|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H4428" them|strong="H0413", and|strong="H1980" speak|strong="H1696" good|strong="H2896".” 
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\verseNumber{14}Micaiah|strong="H4321" said|strong="H0559", “As|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H2416", what|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" says|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413", that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" speak|strong="H1696".” 
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\verseNumber{15}When|strong="H0518" he|strong="H0518" had|strong="H3068" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428", the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “Micaiah|strong="H4321", shall|strong="H3068" we|strong="H0518" go|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" Ramoth|strong="H7433" Gilead|strong="H1568" to|strong="H0413" battle|strong="H4421", or|strong="H0518" shall|strong="H3068" we|strong="H0518" forbear?” 
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He|strong="H0518" answered|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0413", “Go|strong="H0935" up|strong="H5927" and|strong="H0935" prosper|strong="H6743"; and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" deliver|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428".” 
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\verseNumber{16}The|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “How|strong="H4100" many|strong="H4100" times|strong="H6471" do|strong="H4100" I|strong="H0589" have|strong="H0834" to|strong="H0413" adjure|strong="H7650" you|strong="H0834" that|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" speak|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413" nothing|strong="H3808" but|strong="H7535" the|strong="H0559" truth|strong="H0571" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" LORD’s|strong="H3068" name|strong="H8034"?” 
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\verseNumber{17}He|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H0834" saw|strong="H7200" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" scattered|strong="H6327" on|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" mountains|strong="H2022", as|strong="H0834" sheep|strong="H6629" that|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" no|strong="H3808" shepherd|strong="H7462". The|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", ‘These|strong="H0428" have|strong="H0834" no|strong="H3808" master|strong="H0113". Let|strong="H3808" them|strong="H0413" each|strong="H0376" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" in|strong="H0413" peace|strong="H7965".’” 
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\verseNumber{18}The|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092", “Didn’t|strong="H3808" I|strong="H3588" tell|strong="H0559" you|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" would|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" prophesy|strong="H5012" good|strong="H2896" concerning|strong="H5921" me|strong="H0413", but|strong="H3588" evil|strong="H7451"?” 
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\verseNumber{19}Micaiah|strong="H0559" said|strong="H0559", “Therefore|strong="H3651" hear|strong="H8085" the|strong="H3605" LORD’s|strong="H3068" word|strong="H1697". I|strong="H1697" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" sitting|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" throne|strong="H3678", and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H6635" of|strong="H3068" heaven|strong="H8064" standing|strong="H5975" by|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" right|strong="H3225" hand|strong="H3225" and|strong="H3068" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" left|strong="H8040". 
\verseNumber{20}The|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", ‘Who|strong="H4310" will|strong="H3068" entice Ahab|strong="H0256", that|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" may|strong="H3068" go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" and|strong="H3068" fall|strong="H5307" at|strong="H3068" Ramoth|strong="H7433" Gilead|strong="H1568"?’ One|strong="H2088" said|strong="H0559" one|strong="H2088" thing|strong="H2088", and|strong="H3068" another|strong="H2088" said|strong="H0559" another|strong="H2088". 
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\verseNumber{21}A|strong="H3318" spirit|strong="H7307" came|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" and|strong="H3068" stood|strong="H5975" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", ‘I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H3068" entice him|strong="H0413".’ 
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\verseNumber{22}The|strong="H3605" LORD said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H3605", ‘How|strong="H6213"?’ 
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He|strong="H3651" said|strong="H0559", ‘I|strong="H3651" will|strong="H1961" go|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" and|strong="H6310" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" lying|strong="H8267" spirit|strong="H7307" in|strong="H1571" the|strong="H3605" mouth|strong="H6310" of|strong="H7307" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" prophets|strong="H5030".’ 
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He|strong="H3651" said|strong="H0559", ‘You|strong="H3605" will|strong="H1961" entice him|strong="H3605", and|strong="H6310" will|strong="H1961" also|strong="H1571" prevail|strong="H3201". Go|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" and|strong="H6310" do|strong="H6213" so|strong="H3651".’ 
\verseNumber{23}Now|strong="H6258" therefore|strong="H6258", behold|strong="H2009", the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" put|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" lying|strong="H8267" spirit|strong="H7307" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" mouth|strong="H6310" of|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" these|strong="H0428" your|strong="H3068" prophets|strong="H5030"; and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" spoken|strong="H1696" evil|strong="H7451" concerning|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5414".” 
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\verseNumber{24}Then|strong="H1696" Zedekiah|strong="H6667" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Chenaanah|strong="H3668" came|strong="H5066" near|strong="H5066" and|strong="H1121" struck|strong="H5221" Micaiah|strong="H4321" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" cheek|strong="H3895", and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559", “Which|strong="H2088" way|strong="H2088" did the|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" Spirit|strong="H7307" go|strong="H5066" from|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0559" speak|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0559" you|strong="H5921"?” 
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\verseNumber{25}Micaiah|strong="H4321" said|strong="H0559", “Behold|strong="H2005", you|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" see|strong="H7200" on|strong="H3117" that|strong="H0834" day|strong="H3117" when|strong="H3117" you|strong="H0834" go|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0935" an|strong="H7200" inner|strong="H2315" room|strong="H2315" to|strong="H0559" hide|strong="H2247" yourself.” 
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\verseNumber{26}The|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" said|strong="H0559", “Take|strong="H3947" Micaiah|strong="H4321", and|strong="H1121" carry|strong="H3947" him|strong="H0413" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" Amon|strong="H0526" the|strong="H0853" governor|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892" and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H0413" Joash|strong="H3101" the|strong="H0853" king’s|strong="H4428" son|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{27}Say|strong="H0559", ‘The|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" says|strong="H0559", “Put|strong="H7760" this|strong="H2088" fellow in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" prison|strong="H3608", and|strong="H0935" feed|strong="H0398" him|strong="H0853" with|strong="H1004" bread|strong="H3899" of|strong="H4428" affliction and|strong="H0935" with|strong="H1004" water|strong="H4325" of|strong="H4428" affliction, until|strong="H5704" I|strong="H5704" come|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" peace|strong="H7965".”’” 
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\verseNumber{28}Micaiah|strong="H4321" said|strong="H0559", “If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H0518" return|strong="H7725" at|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3068" peace|strong="H7965", the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" spoken|strong="H1696" by|strong="H3068" me|strong="H7725".” He|strong="H0518" said|strong="H0559", “Listen|strong="H8085", all|strong="H3605" you|strong="H0518" people|strong="H5971"!” 
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\verseNumber{29}So|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5927" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3063" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" the|strong="H5927" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3478" Ramoth|strong="H7433" Gilead|strong="H1568". 
\verseNumber{30}The|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092", “I|strong="H0559" will|strong="H3478" disguise|strong="H2664" myself and|strong="H0935" go|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" battle|strong="H4421", but|strong="H0859" you|strong="H0859" put|strong="H3847" on|strong="H0413" your|strong="H0935" robes|strong="H0899".” The|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" disguised|strong="H2664" himself|strong="H0413" and|strong="H0935" went|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" battle|strong="H4421". 
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\verseNumber{31}Now|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Syria|strong="H0758" had|strong="H0834" commanded|strong="H6680" the|strong="H0853" thirty-two captains|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H0834" chariots|strong="H7393", saying|strong="H0559", “Don’t|strong="H3808" fight|strong="H3898" with|strong="H0854" small|strong="H6996" nor|strong="H3808" great|strong="H1419", except|strong="H0518" only|strong="H0905" with|strong="H0854" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478".” 
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\verseNumber{32}When|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" captains|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" chariots|strong="H7393" saw|strong="H7200" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092", they|strong="H1992" said|strong="H0559", “Surely|strong="H0389" that|strong="H7200" is|strong="H1931" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478"!” and|strong="H3478" they|strong="H1992" came|strong="H1961" over|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0559" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921". Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" cried|strong="H2199" out|strong="H2199". 
\verseNumber{33}When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" captains|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3588" chariots|strong="H7393" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" it|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", they|strong="H3588" turned|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" pursuing|strong="H0310" him|strong="H0310". 
\verseNumber{34}A|strong="H3588" certain|strong="H0376" man|strong="H0376" drew|strong="H4900" his|strong="H0376" bow|strong="H7198" at|strong="H3478" random|strong="H8537", and|strong="H3478" struck|strong="H5221" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" between|strong="H0996" the|strong="H0853" joints of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" armour. Therefore|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" driver|strong="H7395" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H0376" chariot|strong="H7395", “Turn|strong="H2015" around|strong="H3027", and|strong="H3478" carry|strong="H3318" me|strong="H4480" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" battle, for|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am severely wounded|strong="H5221".” 
\verseNumber{35}The|strong="H0413" battle|strong="H4421" increased that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117". The|strong="H0413" king|strong="H4428" was|strong="H1961" propped|strong="H5975" up|strong="H5927" in|strong="H0413" his|strong="H1961" chariot|strong="H4818" facing the|strong="H0413" Syrians, and|strong="H4428" died|strong="H4191" at|strong="H0413" evening|strong="H6153". The|strong="H0413" blood|strong="H1818" ran|strong="H3332" out|strong="H3332" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0413" wound|strong="H4347" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" bottom|strong="H2436" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0413" chariot|strong="H4818". 
\verseNumber{36}A|strong="H0935" cry|strong="H7440" went|strong="H0935" throughout|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" army|strong="H4264" about|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" going|strong="H0935" down of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0559" sun|strong="H8121", saying|strong="H0559", “Every|strong="H0376" man|strong="H0376" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H0376" city|strong="H5892", and|strong="H0935" every|strong="H0376" man|strong="H0376" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H0376" country|strong="H0776"!” 
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\verseNumber{37}So|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" died|strong="H4191", and|strong="H0935" was|strong="H4428" brought|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" Samaria|strong="H8111"; and|strong="H0935" they|strong="H0935" buried|strong="H6912" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" in|strong="H0935" Samaria|strong="H8111". 
\verseNumber{38}They|strong="H0834" washed|strong="H7364" the|strong="H0853" chariot|strong="H7393" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" pool|strong="H1295" of|strong="H3068" Samaria|strong="H8111"; and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" dogs|strong="H3611" licked|strong="H3952" up|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" blood|strong="H1818" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" prostitutes|strong="H2185" washed|strong="H7364" themselves|strong="H1696", according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" word|strong="H1697" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" spoke|strong="H1696". 
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\verseNumber{39}Now|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" rest|strong="H3499" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" acts|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" Ahab|strong="H0256", and|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213", and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" ivory|strong="H8127" house|strong="H1004" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" built|strong="H1129", and|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" built|strong="H1129", aren’t they|strong="H1992" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" book|strong="H5612" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" chronicles|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478"? 
\verseNumber{40}So Ahab|strong="H0256" slept|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H8478" fathers|strong="H0001"; and|strong="H1121" Ahaziah|strong="H0274" his|strong="H8478" son|strong="H1121" reigned|strong="H4427" in|strong="H1121" his|strong="H8478" place|strong="H8478". 
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\verseNumber{41}Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Asa|strong="H0609" began to|strong="H5921" reign|strong="H4427" over|strong="H5921" Judah|strong="H3063" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" fourth|strong="H0702" year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H1121" Ahab|strong="H0256" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{42}Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" was|strong="H8034" thirty-five years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3389" began to|strong="H3389" reign|strong="H4427"; and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3389" reigned|strong="H4427" twenty-five|strong="H2568" years|strong="H8141" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". His|strong="H3092" mother’s|strong="H0517" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Azubah|strong="H5806" the|strong="H8034" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" Shilhi|strong="H7977". 
\verseNumber{43}He|strong="H6213" walked in|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" way|strong="H1870" of|strong="H3068" Asa|strong="H0609" his|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001". He|strong="H6213" didn’t|strong="H3808" turn|strong="H5493" away|strong="H5493" from|strong="H4480" it|strong="H6213", doing|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3605" which|strong="H5869" was|strong="H3068" right|strong="H3477" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" LORD’s|strong="H3068" eyes|strong="H5869". However, the|strong="H3605" high places|strong="H3605" were|strong="H5869" not|strong="H3808" taken|strong="H5493" away|strong="H5493". The|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3808" still sacrificed and|strong="H3068" burnt incense on|strong="H1870" the|strong="H3605" high places|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{44}Jehoshaphat made|strong="H2076" peace with|strong="H2076" the|strong="H5493" king of|strong="H1116" Israel|strong="H5971". 
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\verseNumber{45}Now the|strong="H5973" rest of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5973" acts of|strong="H4428" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092", and|strong="H3478" his|strong="H3478" might|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3478" he|strong="H3478" showed, and|strong="H3478" how he|strong="H3478" fought, aren’t they|strong="H4428" written in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5973" book of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5973" chronicles of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5973" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah? 
\verseNumber{46}The|strong="H0834" remnant of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0834" sodomites, that|strong="H0834" remained in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H5921" father Asa, he|strong="H0834" put away out|strong="H5921" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0834" land. 
\verseNumber{47}There|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" no|strong="H4480" king in|strong="H0776" Edom. A|strong="H4480" deputy ruled. 
\verseNumber{48}Jehoshaphat made ships of|strong="H4428" Tarshish to|strong="H0369" go to|strong="H0369" Ophir for|strong="H4428" gold, but|strong="H0369" they|strong="H0369" didn’t go, for|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5324" ships wrecked at|strong="H4428" Ezion Geber. 
\verseNumber{49}Then|strong="H1980" Ahaziah the|strong="H3588" son of|strong="H0591" Ahab said to|strong="H1980" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092", “Let|strong="H1980" my|strong="H3588" servants go|strong="H1980" with|strong="H1980" your|strong="H3588" servants in|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3588" ships|strong="H0591".” But|strong="H3588" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" would|strong="H1980" not|strong="H3808". 
\verseNumber{50}Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" slept with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H3808" fathers, and|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" buried with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H3808" fathers in|strong="H0413" his|strong="H3808" father David’s city. Jehoram his|strong="H3808" son|strong="H1121" reigned in|strong="H0413" his|strong="H3808" place. 
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\verseNumber{51}Ahaziah the|strong="H8478" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ahab began to|strong="H0001" reign|strong="H4427" over Israel in|strong="H6912" Samaria in|strong="H6912" the|strong="H8478" seventeenth year of|strong="H1121" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" king|strong="H4427" of|strong="H1121" Judah, and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H1732" reigned|strong="H4427" two years over Israel. 
\verseNumber{52}He|strong="H5921" did that|strong="H8141" which was|strong="H3478" evil in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" LORD’s sight, and|strong="H1121" walked in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" way|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5921" father, and|strong="H1121" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" way|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5921" mother, and|strong="H1121" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" way|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1121" Jeroboam the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Nebat, in|strong="H5921" which he|strong="H5921" made Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H5921" sin. 
\verseNumber{53}He|strong="H0834" served Baal and|strong="H1121" worshipped him|strong="H0853", and|strong="H1121" provoked the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068", the|strong="H0853" God|strong="H3068" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", to|strong="H3068" anger in|strong="H3068" all the|strong="H0853" ways|strong="H1870" that|strong="H0834" his|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" so|strong="H6213". 
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