\id 2KI
\h 2 Kings 
\toc3 2KI 
\toc2 2 Kings 
\toc1 2 Kings 
\mt1 2 Kings  
\c 1
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\v 1 After \w the|strong="H3478"\w* \w death|strong="H4194"\w* \w of|strong="H4194"\w* Ahab, \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* \w rebelled|strong="H6586"\w* \w against|strong="H6586"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.   
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\v 2 \w Now|strong="H2088"\w* Ahaziah \w had|strong="H7971"\w* \w fallen|strong="H5307"\w* \w through|strong="H1157"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* \w lattice|strong="H7639"\w* \w of|strong="H4397"\w* \w his|strong="H7971"\w* \w upper|strong="H5944"\w* \w room|strong="H5944"\w* \w in|strong="H3212"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* injured \w himself|strong="H1157"\w*. \w So|strong="H7971"\w* \w he|strong="H7971"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* instructed \w them|strong="H7971"\w*: “\w Go|strong="H3212"\w* \w inquire|strong="H1875"\w* \w of|strong="H4397"\w* \w Baal-zebub|strong="H1176"\w*, \w the|strong="H7971"\w* \w god|strong="H7971"\w* \w of|strong="H4397"\w* \w Ekron|strong="H6138"\w*, whether \w I|strong="H2088"\w* \w will|strong="H5307"\w* \w recover|strong="H2421"\w* \w from|strong="H7971"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w injury|strong="H2483"\w*.”   
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\v 3 \w But|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w Tishbite|strong="H8664"\w*, “\w Go|strong="H1980"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w ask|strong="H1875"\w* \w them|strong="H5927"\w*, ‘\w Is|strong="H3068"\w* \w it|strong="H1696"\w* \w because|strong="H1097"\w* \w there|strong="H5927"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H1097"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H1696"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* \w on|strong="H1980"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w way|strong="H1980"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w inquire|strong="H1875"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Baal-zebub|strong="H1176"\w*, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w god|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ekron|strong="H6138"\w*?’   
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\v 4 \w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w* \w this|strong="H3651"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: ‘\w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w get|strong="H3212"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w bed|strong="H4296"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* lying. \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w surely|strong="H4191"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*.’” \w So|strong="H3651"\w* Elijah \w departed|strong="H3212"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w When|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* king, \w he|strong="H4397"\w* \w asked|strong="H4100"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w*, “\w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w have|strong="H2088"\w* \w you|strong="H7725"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w*?”   
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\v 6 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w replied|strong="H1696"\w*, “\w A|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H4191"\w* \w came|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* \w us|strong="H7725"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w*, ‘\w Go|strong="H3212"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w tell|strong="H1696"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H3651"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: \w Is|strong="H3068"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* \w sending|strong="H7971"\w* \w these|strong="H1696"\w* \w men|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w inquire|strong="H1875"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Baal-zebub|strong="H1176"\w*, \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w god|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ekron|strong="H6138"\w*? \w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w get|strong="H3212"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w bed|strong="H4296"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* lying. \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w surely|strong="H4191"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*.’”   
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\v 7 \w The|strong="H5927"\w* king \w asked|strong="H4100"\w* \w them|strong="H5927"\w*, “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w sort|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* man \w came|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* \w you|strong="H4100"\w* \w and|strong="H4941"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w* \w these|strong="H1696"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H4100"\w*?”   
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\v 8 “\w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w hairy|strong="H8181"\w* \w man|strong="H1167"\w*,” \w they|strong="H1931"\w* answered, “\w with|strong="H4975"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w leather|strong="H5785"\w* belt around \w his|strong="H1931"\w* \w waist|strong="H4975"\w*.” “\w It|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* Elijah \w the|strong="H1931"\w* \w Tishbite|strong="H8664"\w*,” said \w the|strong="H1931"\w* king.   
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\v 9 \w Then|strong="H1696"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Ahaziah \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H1696"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w captain|strong="H8269"\w* \w with|strong="H1696"\w* \w his|strong="H7971"\w* \w company|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w* \w men|strong="H7218"\w*. \w So|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w captain|strong="H8269"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H1696"\w*, \w who|strong="H3427"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w sitting|strong="H3427"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w top|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w*, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, “\w Man|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w God|strong="H7971"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* declares, ‘\w Come|strong="H5927"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w*!’”   
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\v 10 \w Elijah|strong="H1696"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w captain|strong="H8269"\w*, “If \w I|strong="H4480"\w* am \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H6030"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w God|strong="H8064"\w*, \w may|strong="H4480"\w* fire \w come|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* \w and|strong="H6030"\w* consume \w you|strong="H4480"\w* \w and|strong="H6030"\w* \w your|strong="H4480"\w* \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w* \w men|strong="H8269"\w*.” \w And|strong="H6030"\w* fire \w came|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* \w and|strong="H6030"\w* consumed \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w captain|strong="H8269"\w* \w and|strong="H6030"\w* \w his|strong="H4480"\w* \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w* \w men|strong="H8269"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w So|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H1696"\w* another \w captain|strong="H8269"\w* \w with|strong="H1696"\w* \w his|strong="H7971"\w* \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w* \w men|strong="H8269"\w*. \w And|strong="H6030"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w captain|strong="H8269"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H1696"\w*, “\w Man|strong="H6030"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w God|strong="H7971"\w*, \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* declares, ‘\w Come|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w at|strong="H4428"\w* \w once|strong="H7725"\w*!’”   
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\v 12 \w Again|strong="H1696"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H1696"\w* \w replied|strong="H6030"\w*, “If \w I|strong="H4480"\w* am \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H6030"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w God|strong="H8064"\w*, \w may|strong="H4480"\w* fire \w come|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* \w and|strong="H6030"\w* consume \w you|strong="H4480"\w* \w and|strong="H6030"\w* \w your|strong="H4480"\w* \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w* men.” \w And|strong="H6030"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* fire \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w God|strong="H8064"\w* \w came|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* \w and|strong="H6030"\w* consumed \w the|strong="H4480"\w* captain \w and|strong="H6030"\w* \w his|strong="H4480"\w* \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w* men.   
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\v 13 \w So|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H5921"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w third|strong="H7992"\w* \w captain|strong="H8269"\w* \w with|strong="H1696"\w* \w his|strong="H7971"\w* \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w* \w men|strong="H5650"\w*. \w And|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w third|strong="H7992"\w* \w captain|strong="H8269"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, \w fell|strong="H5927"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H7971"\w* \w knees|strong="H1290"\w* \w before|strong="H5048"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H1696"\w*, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w begged|strong="H2603"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, “\w Man|strong="H5315"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w God|strong="H7971"\w*, \w may|strong="H4994"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w life|strong="H5315"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w lives|strong="H5315"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w these|strong="H1696"\w* \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w yours|strong="H5650"\w* \w please|strong="H4994"\w* \w be|strong="H5315"\w* \w precious|strong="H3365"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w Behold|strong="H2009"\w*, fire \w has|strong="H5869"\w* \w come|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* \w and|strong="H8064"\w* consumed \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w first|strong="H7223"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w*, \w with|strong="H3381"\w* \w all|strong="H4480"\w* \w their|strong="H4480"\w* \w men|strong="H8269"\w*. \w But|strong="H2009"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w may|strong="H5315"\w* \w my|strong="H4480"\w* \w life|strong="H5315"\w* \w be|strong="H5315"\w* \w precious|strong="H3365"\w* \w in|strong="H5315"\w* \w your|strong="H4480"\w* \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*.”   
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\v 15 \w Then|strong="H6965"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H1696"\w*, “\w Go|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*. \w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H1696"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*.” \w So|strong="H6965"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H1696"\w* \w got|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w went|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w And|strong="H3478"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H1696"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* King Ahaziah, “\w This|strong="H3651"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: \w Is|strong="H3068"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* really \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w inquire|strong="H1875"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w His|strong="H3068"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w*? \w Is|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w why|strong="H3651"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w inquire|strong="H1875"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Baal-zebub|strong="H1176"\w*, \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w god|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Ekron|strong="H6138"\w*? \w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w get|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w bed|strong="H4296"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* \w lying|strong="H1697"\w*. \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w surely|strong="H4191"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*.”   
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\v 17 \w So|strong="H1961"\w* Ahaziah \w died|strong="H4191"\w* according \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H1696"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w*. \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w since|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w Jehoram|strong="H3088"\w* \w succeeded|strong="H8478"\w* \w him|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w second|strong="H8147"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoram|strong="H3088"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w over|strong="H4427"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.   
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\v 18 \w As|strong="H1697"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Ahaziah, \w along|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H6213"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w accomplishments|strong="H6213"\w*, \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Book|strong="H5612"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*?   
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\v 1 Shortly \w before|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w took|strong="H5927"\w* Elijah \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w whirlwind|strong="H5591"\w*, Elijah \w and|strong="H3068"\w* Elisha \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w way|strong="H3212"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w*,   
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\v 2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* Elijah said \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H3427"\w*, “\w Please|strong="H4994"\w* \w stay|strong="H3427"\w* \w here|strong="H6311"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w* \w on|strong="H3427"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w*.” \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H3427"\w* replied, “\w As|strong="H5704"\w* \w surely|strong="H3588"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w lives|strong="H5315"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w yourself|strong="H5315"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w leave|strong="H5800"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.” \w So|strong="H7971"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w went|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w* \w came|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* Elisha \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w said|strong="H3318"\w*, “\w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* master \w away|strong="H3947"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w*?” “\w Yes|strong="H3588"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w*,” \w he|strong="H3588"\w* replied. “\w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3045"\w* speak \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*.”   
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\v 4 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* Elijah said \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H3427"\w*, “\w Please|strong="H4994"\w* \w stay|strong="H3427"\w* \w here|strong="H6311"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w* \w on|strong="H3427"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w*.” \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H3427"\w* replied, “\w As|strong="H5315"\w* \w surely|strong="H3588"\w* \w as|strong="H5315"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w lives|strong="H5315"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w as|strong="H5315"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w yourself|strong="H5315"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w leave|strong="H5800"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.” \w So|strong="H7971"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w went|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w* \w came|strong="H5066"\w* \w up|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* Elisha \w and|strong="H1121"\w* said, “\w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* master \w away|strong="H3947"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w*?” “\w Yes|strong="H3588"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w*,” \w he|strong="H3588"\w* replied. “\w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3045"\w* speak \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*.”   
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\v 6 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* Elijah said \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H3427"\w*, “\w Please|strong="H4994"\w* \w stay|strong="H3427"\w* \w here|strong="H6311"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w* \w on|strong="H3427"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*.” \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H3427"\w* replied, “\w As|strong="H5315"\w* \w surely|strong="H3588"\w* \w as|strong="H5315"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w lives|strong="H5315"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w as|strong="H5315"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w yourself|strong="H5315"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w leave|strong="H5800"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.” \w So|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w on|strong="H3427"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w Then|strong="H1980"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* company \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w went|strong="H1980"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w distance|strong="H7350"\w*, \w facing|strong="H5921"\w* Elijah \w and|strong="H1121"\w* Elisha \w as|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w And|strong="H8147"\w* Elijah \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w his|strong="H3947"\w* cloak, \w rolled|strong="H5674"\w* \w it|strong="H5221"\w* \w up|strong="H3947"\w*, \w and|strong="H8147"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w waters|strong="H4325"\w*, \w which|strong="H4325"\w* \w parted|strong="H2673"\w* \w to|strong="H4325"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* right \w and|strong="H8147"\w* \w to|strong="H4325"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w left|strong="H5674"\w*, \w so|strong="H3947"\w* \w that|strong="H4325"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w of|strong="H4325"\w* \w them|strong="H5221"\w* \w crossed|strong="H5674"\w* \w over|strong="H5674"\w* \w on|strong="H5674"\w* \w dry|strong="H2724"\w* \w ground|strong="H2724"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w After|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H4100"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w crossed|strong="H5674"\w* \w over|strong="H5674"\w*, Elijah \w said|strong="H6310"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* Elisha, “\w Tell|strong="H4994"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w*, \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w can|strong="H4100"\w* \w I|strong="H2962"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w before|strong="H2962"\w* \w I|strong="H2962"\w* \w am|strong="H1961"\w* \w taken|strong="H3947"\w* \w away|strong="H3947"\w* \w from|strong="H3947"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w*?” “\w Please|strong="H4994"\w*, \w let|strong="H4994"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w* inherit \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w double|strong="H8147"\w* \w portion|strong="H6310"\w* \w of|strong="H7307"\w* \w your|strong="H3947"\w* \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w*,” Elisha replied.   
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\v 10 “\w You|strong="H3947"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w requested|strong="H7592"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w difficult|strong="H7185"\w* \w thing|strong="H3651"\w*,” \w said|strong="H3651"\w* Elijah. “\w Nevertheless|strong="H3651"\w*, \w if|strong="H7200"\w* \w you|strong="H3947"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H3651"\w* \w am|strong="H1961"\w* \w taken|strong="H3947"\w* \w from|strong="H3947"\w* \w you|strong="H3947"\w*, \w it|strong="H3651"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* yours. \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w if|strong="H7200"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w*, \w then|strong="H1961"\w* \w it|strong="H3651"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w so|strong="H3651"\w*.”   
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\v 11 \w As|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w walking|strong="H1980"\w* \w along|strong="H1980"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w talking|strong="H1696"\w* \w together|strong="H8147"\w*, \w suddenly|strong="H2009"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w chariot|strong="H7393"\w* \w of|strong="H7393"\w* fire \w with|strong="H1980"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w of|strong="H7393"\w* fire \w appeared|strong="H1961"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w separated|strong="H6504"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w of|strong="H7393"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H1696"\w* \w went|strong="H1980"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w into|strong="H1980"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w whirlwind|strong="H5591"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w As|strong="H2388"\w* Elisha \w watched|strong="H7200"\w*, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w cried|strong="H6817"\w* \w out|strong="H2388"\w*, “\w My|strong="H7200"\w* father, \w my|strong="H7200"\w* father, \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w horsemen|strong="H6571"\w* \w of|strong="H7393"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*!” \w And|strong="H3478"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* Elijah \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w more|strong="H5750"\w*. \w So|strong="H3808"\w* taking \w hold|strong="H2388"\w* \w of|strong="H7393"\w* \w his|strong="H7200"\w* \w own|strong="H2388"\w* clothes, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w tore|strong="H7167"\w* \w them|strong="H7200"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w Elisha|strong="H7725"\w* also \w picked|strong="H7311"\w* \w up|strong="H7311"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* cloak \w that|strong="H5307"\w* had \w fallen|strong="H5307"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* Elijah, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w went|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w bank|strong="H8193"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* cloak \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Elijah \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w fallen|strong="H5307"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w waters|strong="H4325"\w*. “\w Where|strong="H5921"\w* \w now|strong="H2008"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Elijah?” \w he|strong="H1931"\w* asked. \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w when|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w waters|strong="H4325"\w*, \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w parted|strong="H2673"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w right|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w left|strong="H5674"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* Elisha \w crossed|strong="H5674"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w When|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* watching \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w what|strong="H7200"\w* \w had|strong="H1121"\w* happened, \w they|strong="H5921"\w* said, “\w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Elijah \w rests|strong="H5117"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* Elisha.” \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w went|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w bowed|strong="H7812"\w* \w down|strong="H7812"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* ground \w before|strong="H5048"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 16 “\w Look|strong="H2009"\w* \w now|strong="H4994"\w*,” \w they|strong="H3068"\w* said \w to|strong="H3212"\w* Elisha, “\w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w have|strong="H3426"\w* \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w* \w valiant|strong="H2428"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w*. \w Please|strong="H4994"\w* \w let|strong="H7971"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w search|strong="H1245"\w* \w for|strong="H7971"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* master. \w Perhaps|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w Spirit|strong="H7307"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w taken|strong="H5375"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w put|strong="H7971"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w valleys|strong="H1516"\w*.” “\w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w*,” Elisha replied.   
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\v 17 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w pressed|strong="H6484"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w point|strong="H5704"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* embarrassment, \w he|strong="H3117"\w* said, “\w Send|strong="H7971"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w*.” \w And|strong="H7971"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w* men, \w who|strong="H4672"\w* \w searched|strong="H1245"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w find|strong="H4672"\w* Elijah.   
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\v 18 \w When|strong="H7725"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H7725"\w*, \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w staying|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w*, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* said \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w*, “Didn’t \w I|strong="H3808"\w* tell \w you|strong="H7725"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w*?”   
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\v 19 \w Then|strong="H2009"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w men|strong="H7451"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* said \w to|strong="H4325"\w* Elisha, “\w Please|strong="H4994"\w* \w note|strong="H2009"\w*, \w our|strong="H7200"\w* lord, \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*’s \w location|strong="H4186"\w* \w is|strong="H2896"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w*, \w as|strong="H5892"\w* \w you|strong="H7200"\w* \w can|strong="H7200"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w*. \w But|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w is|strong="H2896"\w* \w bad|strong="H7451"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* land \w is|strong="H2896"\w* \w unfruitful|strong="H7921"\w*.”   
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\v 20 “\w Bring|strong="H3947"\w* \w me|strong="H7760"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w new|strong="H2319"\w* bowl,” \w he|strong="H8033"\w* replied, “\w and|strong="H8033"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w some|strong="H8033"\w* \w salt|strong="H4417"\w* \w in|strong="H8033"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w*.” \w So|strong="H3947"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w brought|strong="H3947"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w* \w to|strong="H8033"\w* \w him|strong="H7760"\w*,   
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\v 21 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* Elisha \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w spring|strong="H4161"\w*, \w cast|strong="H7993"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w salt|strong="H4417"\w* \w into|strong="H3318"\w* \w it|strong="H8033"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H3318"\w*, “\w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: ‘\w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w healed|strong="H7495"\w* \w this|strong="H3541"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*. \w No|strong="H3808"\w* \w longer|strong="H5750"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w it|strong="H8033"\w* \w cause|strong="H3318"\w* \w death|strong="H4194"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w unfruitfulness|strong="H7921"\w*.’”   
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\v 22 \w And|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* \w there|strong="H2088"\w* \w have|strong="H3117"\w* been healthy \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, according \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* \w by|strong="H3117"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H5704"\w*.   
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\v 23 \w From|strong="H4480"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*, Elisha \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w*, \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w as|strong="H5927"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* walking \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w road|strong="H1870"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* group \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w boys|strong="H5288"\w* \w came|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* jeered \w at|strong="H5927"\w* \w him|strong="H3318"\w*, chanting, “\w Go|strong="H3318"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, \w you|strong="H4480"\w* \w baldhead|strong="H7142"\w*! \w Go|strong="H3318"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, \w you|strong="H4480"\w* \w baldhead|strong="H7142"\w*!”   
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\v 24 \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w turned|strong="H6437"\w* \w around|strong="H6437"\w*, \w looked|strong="H7200"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w called|strong="H8034"\w* down \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w curse|strong="H7043"\w* \w on|strong="H7200"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. Suddenly \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w female|strong="H8147"\w* \w bears|strong="H1677"\w* \w came|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w woods|strong="H3293"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* mauled \w forty-two|strong="H8147"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w boys|strong="H3206"\w*.   
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\v 25 \w And|strong="H7725"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H7725"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w on|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Carmel|strong="H3760"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*.   
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\v 1 \w In|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w eighteenth|strong="H8083"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w*’s \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w Jehoram|strong="H3088"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ahab \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H8147"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w twelve|strong="H8147"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.   
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\v 2 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w but|strong="H7535"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* father \w and|strong="H3068"\w* mother \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*. \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w removed|strong="H5493"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* sacred \w pillar|strong="H4676"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* father \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w Nevertheless|strong="H7535"\w*, \w he|strong="H4480"\w* \w clung|strong="H1692"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* \w that|strong="H3478"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nebat|strong="H5028"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* caused \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w commit|strong="H2398"\w*; \w he|strong="H4480"\w* \w did|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w turn|strong="H5493"\w* \w away|strong="H5493"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w them|strong="H1692"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w Now|strong="H1961"\w* \w Mesha|strong="H4338"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w sheep|strong="H5349"\w* \w breeder|strong="H5349"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w he|strong="H3478"\w* \w would|strong="H3478"\w* \w render|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* thousand \w lambs|strong="H3733"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w wool|strong="H6785"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* thousand \w rams|strong="H3733"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w after|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w death|strong="H4194"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Ahab, \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* \w rebelled|strong="H6586"\w* \w against|strong="H6586"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w So|strong="H3318"\w* \w at|strong="H3478"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jehoram|strong="H3088"\w* \w set|strong="H6485"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* mobilized \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w And|strong="H3063"\w* \w he|strong="H7971"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* message \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*: “\w The|strong="H7971"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* \w has|strong="H4428"\w* \w rebelled|strong="H6586"\w* \w against|strong="H5927"\w* \w me|strong="H7971"\w*. \w Will|strong="H4428"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w with|strong="H3212"\w* \w me|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w fight|strong="H4421"\w* \w against|strong="H5927"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*?” “\w I|strong="H3644"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w*,” replied \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w*. “\w I|strong="H3644"\w* am \w as|strong="H3644"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w*, \w my|strong="H7971"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w your|strong="H7971"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w my|strong="H7971"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w your|strong="H7971"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*.”   
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\v 8 \w Then|strong="H2088"\w* \w he|strong="H2088"\w* asked, “\w Which|strong="H2088"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w shall|strong="H2088"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w go|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w*?” “\w By|strong="H1870"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w of|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* \w Desert|strong="H4057"\w* \w of|strong="H1870"\w* Edom,” replied Joram.   
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\v 9 \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Edom \w set|strong="H5437"\w* \w out|strong="H3212"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w after|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* traveled \w a|strong="H3068"\w* roundabout \w route|strong="H1870"\w* \w for|strong="H3117"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w for|strong="H3117"\w* \w their|strong="H1961"\w* \w army|strong="H4264"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w for|strong="H3117"\w* \w their|strong="H1961"\w* \w animals|strong="H1961"\w*.   
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\v 10 “Alas,” \w said|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, “\w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w summoned|strong="H7121"\w* \w these|strong="H7121"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w into|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*!”   
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\v 11 \w But|strong="H6030"\w* \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w asked|strong="H1875"\w*, “\w Is|strong="H3068"\w* \w there|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H5030"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w here|strong="H6311"\w*? Let \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \w inquire|strong="H1875"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w through|strong="H3027"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*.” \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w one|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w*, “Elisha \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shaphat|strong="H8202"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w here|strong="H6311"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* used \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w pour|strong="H3332"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Elijah.”   
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\v 12 \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* affirmed, “\w The|strong="H3068"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H3381"\w*.” \w So|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Edom \w went|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w him|strong="H3381"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w Elisha|strong="H7121"\w*, \w however|strong="H3588"\w*, \w said|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w each|strong="H5414"\w* \w other|strong="H7121"\w*? \w Go|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* father \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* mother!” “\w No|strong="H5414"\w*,” replied \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, “\w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w summoned|strong="H7121"\w* \w these|strong="H7121"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w into|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*.”   
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\v 14 \w Then|strong="H5375"\w* Elisha said, “\w As|strong="H3068"\w* \w surely|strong="H3588"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hosts|strong="H6635"\w* \w lives|strong="H2416"\w*, \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w whom|strong="H6440"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w stand|strong="H5975"\w*, \w were|strong="H3063"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w regard|strong="H5027"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w presence|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w look|strong="H7200"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w or|strong="H7200"\w* \w acknowledge|strong="H7200"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w*, \w bring|strong="H3947"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* harpist.” \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w while|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* harpist \w played|strong="H5059"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w upon|strong="H5921"\w* Elisha   
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\v 16 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* said, “\w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H2088"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: ‘Dig \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w valley|strong="H5158"\w* \w full|strong="H1356"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w ditches|strong="H1356"\w*.’   
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\v 17 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*, ‘\w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w rain|strong="H1653"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w valley|strong="H5158"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* \w with|strong="H4390"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w*—\w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w cattle|strong="H4735"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* animals.’   
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\v 18 \w This|strong="H2063"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* simple matter \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w Moabites|strong="H4124"\w* \w into|strong="H3027"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.   
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\v 19 \w And|strong="H6086"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w shall|strong="H5892"\w* \w attack|strong="H5221"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w fortified|strong="H4013"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* importance. \w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w shall|strong="H5892"\w* \w cut|strong="H5640"\w* \w down|strong="H5307"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w tree|strong="H6086"\w*, \w stop|strong="H5640"\w* \w up|strong="H5640"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w spring|strong="H4599"\w*, \w and|strong="H6086"\w* ruin \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w field|strong="H2513"\w* \w with|strong="H5892"\w* stones.”   
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\v 20 \w The|strong="H4390"\w* next \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*, \w at|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H4390"\w* \w time|strong="H1961"\w* \w of|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H4390"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="H4503"\w*, \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w suddenly|strong="H2009"\w* \w flowed|strong="H4325"\w* \w from|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H4390"\w* \w direction|strong="H1870"\w* \w of|strong="H1870"\w* Edom \w and|strong="H1242"\w* \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* \w the|strong="H4390"\w* land.   
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\v 21 \w Now|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Moabites|strong="H4124"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w come|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*. \w So|strong="H5927"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* could bear arms, young \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w old|strong="H4605"\w*, \w were|strong="H4428"\w* \w summoned|strong="H6817"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w stationed|strong="H5975"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w*.   
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\v 22 \w When|strong="H7200"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w got|strong="H7925"\w* \w up|strong="H7200"\w* \w early|strong="H7925"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sun|strong="H8121"\w* \w was|strong="H4325"\w* shining \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*, \w and|strong="H7925"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w looked|strong="H7200"\w* \w as|strong="H4325"\w* red \w as|strong="H4325"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Moabites|strong="H4124"\w* \w across|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w way|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 23 “\w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*!” \w they|strong="H5221"\w* exclaimed. “\w The|strong="H5221"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w have|strong="H4428"\w* clashed swords \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w slaughtered|strong="H5221"\w* \w one|strong="H2088"\w* \w another|strong="H7453"\w*. \w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w plunder|strong="H7998"\w*, \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*!”   
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\v 24 \w But|strong="H5221"\w* \w when|strong="H5127"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Moabites|strong="H4124"\w* \w came|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w rose|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w attacked|strong="H5221"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w they|strong="H3478"\w* \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w*. \w So|strong="H6965"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* invaded \w their|strong="H6440"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w down|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Moabites|strong="H4124"\w*.   
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\v 25 \w They|strong="H5704"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H2040"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*, \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w each|strong="H3605"\w* \w man|strong="H2896"\w* \w threw|strong="H7993"\w* stones \w on|strong="H5307"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w field|strong="H2513"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w it|strong="H5704"\w* \w was|strong="H5892"\w* \w covered|strong="H4390"\w*. \w They|strong="H5704"\w* \w stopped|strong="H5640"\w* \w up|strong="H5640"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w spring|strong="H4599"\w* \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w cut|strong="H5640"\w* \w down|strong="H5307"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w tree|strong="H6086"\w*. \w Only|strong="H5704"\w* \w Kir-haraseth|strong="H7025"\w* \w was|strong="H5892"\w* \w left|strong="H7604"\w* \w with|strong="H4390"\w* stones \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w place|strong="H3605"\w*, \w but|strong="H5221"\w* \w men|strong="H3605"\w* \w with|strong="H4390"\w* slings \w surrounded|strong="H5437"\w* \w it|strong="H5704"\w* \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w attacked|strong="H5221"\w* \w it|strong="H5704"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w well|strong="H2896"\w*.   
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\v 26 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w too|strong="H4480"\w* \w fierce|strong="H2388"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w him|strong="H7200"\w*, \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w with|strong="H4428"\w* \w him|strong="H7200"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w swordsmen|strong="H8025"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w break|strong="H1234"\w* \w through|strong="H4480"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Edom, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w could|strong="H3201"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w prevail|strong="H3201"\w*.   
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\v 27 \w So|strong="H3947"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w his|strong="H3947"\w* \w firstborn|strong="H1060"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* succeed \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w offered|strong="H5927"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w burnt|strong="H5930"\w* \w offering|strong="H5930"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* city \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*. \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* fury \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w*, \w so|strong="H3947"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w withdrew|strong="H7725"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w their|strong="H3947"\w* \w own|strong="H1961"\w* land.   
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\v 1 \w Now|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* wife \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w one|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w cried|strong="H6817"\w* \w out|strong="H3947"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* Elisha, “\w Your|strong="H3068"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, \w my|strong="H3068"\w* husband, \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w feared|strong="H3372"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w now|strong="H1961"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w creditor|strong="H5383"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w coming|strong="H5030"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w slaves|strong="H5650"\w*!”   
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\v 2 “\w How|strong="H4100"\w* \w can|strong="H4100"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w help|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*?” \w asked|strong="H4100"\w* Elisha. “\w Tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w me|strong="H5046"\w*, \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3426"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*?” \w She|strong="H3588"\w* \w answered|strong="H5046"\w*, “\w Your|strong="H3605"\w* \w servant|strong="H8198"\w* \w has|strong="H4100"\w* \w nothing|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* jar \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w oil|strong="H8081"\w*.”   
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\v 3 “\w Go|strong="H3212"\w*,” said Elisha, “\w borrow|strong="H7592"\w* \w empty|strong="H7386"\w* \w jars|strong="H3627"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w neighbors|strong="H7934"\w*. \w Do|strong="H3605"\w* \w not|strong="H3212"\w* gather \w just|strong="H3605"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w few|strong="H4591"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w Then|strong="H3605"\w* \w go|strong="H5265"\w* inside, \w shut|strong="H5462"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w door|strong="H1817"\w* \w behind|strong="H1157"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w pour|strong="H3332"\w* oil \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H3605"\w* \w jars|strong="H3627"\w*, \w setting|strong="H5265"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w full|strong="H4392"\w* \w ones|strong="H1121"\w* \w aside|strong="H5265"\w*.”   
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\v 5 \w So|strong="H5066"\w* \w she|strong="H1931"\w* left \w him|strong="H1931"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w after|strong="H1992"\w* \w she|strong="H1931"\w* \w had|strong="H1121"\w* \w shut|strong="H5462"\w* \w the|strong="H5462"\w* \w door|strong="H1817"\w* \w behind|strong="H1157"\w* \w her|strong="H5462"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w her|strong="H5462"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, \w they|strong="H1992"\w* kept \w bringing|strong="H5066"\w* jars \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w her|strong="H5462"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w she|strong="H1931"\w* kept pouring.   
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\v 6 \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w all|strong="H5750"\w* \w the|strong="H4390"\w* \w jars|strong="H3627"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w full|strong="H4390"\w*, \w she|strong="H3627"\w* said \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w her|strong="H4390"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, “\w Bring|strong="H5066"\w* \w me|strong="H5975"\w* \w another|strong="H5750"\w*.” \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H1121"\w* replied, “\w There|strong="H1961"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w no|strong="H5975"\w* \w more|strong="H5750"\w* \w jars|strong="H3627"\w*.” \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H4390"\w* \w oil|strong="H8081"\w* \w stopped|strong="H5975"\w* \w flowing|strong="H3627"\w*.   
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\v 7 She \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w the|strong="H5046"\w* \w man|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w God|strong="H7999"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H1121"\w* said, “\w Go|strong="H3212"\w*, \w sell|strong="H4376"\w* \w the|strong="H5046"\w* \w oil|strong="H8081"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w pay|strong="H7999"\w* \w your|strong="H5046"\w* \w debt|strong="H5386"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H5046"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H5046"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w can|strong="H1121"\w* \w live|strong="H2421"\w* \w on|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H5046"\w* \w remainder|strong="H3498"\w*.”   
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\v 8 \w One|strong="H1961"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* Elisha \w went|strong="H5674"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w Shunem|strong="H7766"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w prominent|strong="H1419"\w* woman \w who|strong="H5493"\w* \w lived|strong="H1961"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w persuaded|strong="H2388"\w* \w him|strong="H2388"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w meal|strong="H3899"\w*. \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w whenever|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w would|strong="H5493"\w* \w pass|strong="H5674"\w* \w by|strong="H5674"\w*, \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w would|strong="H5493"\w* \w stop|strong="H5493"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w eat|strong="H3899"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w Then|strong="H2009"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* woman said \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w her|strong="H5921"\w* husband, “\w Behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w now|strong="H4994"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w one|strong="H6918"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* often \w comes|strong="H5674"\w* \w our|strong="H5921"\w* \w way|strong="H5674"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w holy|strong="H6918"\w* \w man|strong="H5674"\w* \w of|strong="H6918"\w* God.   
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\v 10 \w Please|strong="H4994"\w* \w let|strong="H4994"\w* \w us|strong="H4994"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w small|strong="H6996"\w* \w room|strong="H5944"\w* upstairs \w and|strong="H8033"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w bed|strong="H4296"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w table|strong="H7979"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w chair|strong="H3678"\w*, \w and|strong="H8033"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lamp \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w him|strong="H6213"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w comes|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w us|strong="H4994"\w*, \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w can|strong="H6213"\w* stay \w there|strong="H8033"\w*.”   
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\v 11 \w One|strong="H1961"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* Elisha \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* visit \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w went|strong="H5493"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w his|strong="H5493"\w* \w upper|strong="H5944"\w* \w room|strong="H5944"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w lie|strong="H7901"\w* \w down|strong="H7901"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w And|strong="H6440"\w* \w he|strong="H7121"\w* \w said|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w Gehazi|strong="H1522"\w* \w his|strong="H7121"\w* \w servant|strong="H5288"\w*, “\w Call|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Shunammite|strong="H7767"\w* woman.” \w And|strong="H6440"\w* \w when|strong="H5975"\w* \w he|strong="H7121"\w* had \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w her|strong="H7121"\w*, \w she|strong="H7121"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*,   
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\v 13 \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H3427"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w Gehazi|strong="H4994"\w*, “\w Now|strong="H4994"\w* \w tell|strong="H1696"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w*, ‘\w Look|strong="H2009"\w*, \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H3426"\w* gone \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* trouble \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w us|strong="H4994"\w*. \w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w can|strong="H4100"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*? \w Can|strong="H4100"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w on|strong="H3427"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* behalf \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w or|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w commander|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H6635"\w*?’” “\w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w have|strong="H3426"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w home|strong="H8432"\w* \w among|strong="H8432"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w own|strong="H5971"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*,” \w she|strong="H2063"\w* \w replied|strong="H1696"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w asked|strong="H4100"\w*, “\w Then|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w should|strong="H4100"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w her|strong="H6213"\w*?” “Well, \w she|strong="H4100"\w* \w has|strong="H4100"\w* \w no|strong="H6213"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*,” \w Gehazi|strong="H1522"\w* replied, “\w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w her|strong="H6213"\w* husband \w is|strong="H4100"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w*.”   
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\v 15 “\w Call|strong="H7121"\w* \w her|strong="H7121"\w*,” \w said|strong="H7121"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H7121"\w*. \w So|strong="H7121"\w* Gehazi \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w her|strong="H7121"\w*, \w and|strong="H5975"\w* \w she|strong="H7121"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w in|strong="H5975"\w* \w the|strong="H7121"\w* \w doorway|strong="H6607"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w And|strong="H1121"\w* Elisha declared, “\w At|strong="H1121"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w next|strong="H2416"\w* \w year|strong="H6256"\w*, \w you|strong="H6256"\w* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* hold \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H2088"\w* arms.” “No, \w my|strong="H2088"\w* lord,” \w she|strong="H6256"\w* said. “\w Do|strong="H2088"\w* \w not|strong="H2088"\w* \w lie|strong="H3576"\w* \w to|strong="H6256"\w* \w your|strong="H2088"\w* \w maidservant|strong="H8198"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* God.”   
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\v 17 \w But|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w woman|strong="H3205"\w* \w did|strong="H6256"\w* \w conceive|strong="H2029"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w at|strong="H1121"\w* \w that|strong="H1121"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w next|strong="H2416"\w* \w year|strong="H2416"\w* \w she|strong="H6256"\w* \w gave|strong="H3205"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w just|strong="H1696"\w* \w as|strong="H1121"\w* Elisha \w had|strong="H3205"\w* \w told|strong="H1696"\w* \w her|strong="H3205"\w*.   
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\v 18 \w And|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w child|strong="H3206"\w* \w grew|strong="H1431"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w one|strong="H1961"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w his|strong="H1961"\w* father, who \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w with|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* harvesters.   
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\v 19 “\w My|strong="H5375"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w*! \w My|strong="H5375"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w*!” he complained \w to|strong="H5375"\w* \w his|strong="H5375"\w* father. \w So|strong="H5375"\w* \w his|strong="H5375"\w* father told \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w servant|strong="H5288"\w*, “\w Carry|strong="H5375"\w* \w him|strong="H5375"\w* \w to|strong="H5375"\w* \w his|strong="H5375"\w* mother.”   
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\v 20 \w After|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* servant \w had|strong="H3427"\w* \w picked|strong="H5375"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w and|strong="H3427"\w* \w carried|strong="H5375"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w his|strong="H5375"\w* mother, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* boy \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w her|strong="H5375"\w* \w lap|strong="H1290"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w noon|strong="H6672"\w*, \w and|strong="H3427"\w* \w then|strong="H5375"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*.   
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\v 21 \w And|strong="H3318"\w* \w she|strong="H5921"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w and|strong="H3318"\w* \w laid|strong="H7901"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w bed|strong="H4296"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* man \w of|strong="H5921"\w* God. \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w she|strong="H5921"\w* \w shut|strong="H5462"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* door \w and|strong="H3318"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w*.   
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\v 22 \w And|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* woman \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w her|strong="H7971"\w* husband \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w said|strong="H7121"\w*, “\w Please|strong="H4994"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w* \w one|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w servants|strong="H5288"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w one|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* donkeys, \w that|strong="H5288"\w* \w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w may|strong="H4994"\w* \w go|strong="H7971"\w* \w quickly|strong="H7323"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w man|strong="H5288"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w God|strong="H7971"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w*.”   
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\v 23 “\w Why|strong="H4069"\w* \w would|strong="H1980"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w go|strong="H1980"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w him|strong="H3117"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w*?” \w he|strong="H3117"\w* replied. “\w It|strong="H3808"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w New|strong="H2320"\w* \w Moon|strong="H2320"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="H7676"\w*.” “Everything \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \w all|strong="H3117"\w* right,” \w she|strong="H2320"\w* said.   
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\v 24 \w Then|strong="H3588"\w* \w she|strong="H3588"\w* \w saddled|strong="H2280"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* donkey \w and|strong="H3212"\w* told \w her|strong="H3588"\w* \w servant|strong="H5288"\w*, “\w Drive|strong="H5090"\w* onward; do \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w slow|strong="H6113"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w pace|strong="H7392"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w me|strong="H6113"\w* \w unless|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* tell \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.”   
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\v 25 \w So|strong="H1961"\w* she set \w out|strong="H7200"\w* \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w man|strong="H5288"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* God \w at|strong="H7200"\w* \w Mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Carmel|strong="H3760"\w*. \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w man|strong="H5288"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* God \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w her|strong="H7200"\w* \w at|strong="H7200"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* distance, \w he|strong="H2009"\w* said \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w his|strong="H7200"\w* \w servant|strong="H5288"\w* \w Gehazi|strong="H1522"\w*, “\w Look|strong="H7200"\w*, \w there|strong="H2009"\w* \w is|strong="H2009"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w Shunammite|strong="H7767"\w* woman.   
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\v 26 \w Please|strong="H4994"\w* \w run|strong="H7323"\w* \w out|strong="H7323"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w to|strong="H7323"\w* \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* \w her|strong="H7125"\w* \w and|strong="H7965"\w* ask, ‘\w Are|strong="H3206"\w* \w you|strong="H6258"\w* all right? \w Is|strong="H3206"\w* \w your|strong="H4994"\w* husband all right? \w Is|strong="H3206"\w* \w your|strong="H4994"\w* \w child|strong="H3206"\w* all right?’” \w And|strong="H7965"\w* she answered, “Everything \w is|strong="H3206"\w* all right.”   
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\v 27 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w she|strong="H3588"\w* reached \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w man|strong="H5315"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w*, \w she|strong="H3588"\w* clung \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*. \w Gehazi|strong="H1522"\w* \w came|strong="H5066"\w* \w over|strong="H4480"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w push|strong="H1920"\w* \w her|strong="H5046"\w* \w away|strong="H4480"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w man|strong="H5315"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* said, “\w Leave|strong="H4480"\w* \w her|strong="H5046"\w* \w alone|strong="H7503"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w her|strong="H5046"\w* \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w deep|strong="H2388"\w* distress, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w hidden|strong="H5956"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w me|strong="H5315"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w me|strong="H5315"\w*.”   
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\v 28 \w Then|strong="H3808"\w* \w she|strong="H3808"\w* said, “\w Did|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w ask|strong="H7592"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w for|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w my|strong="H3808"\w* lord? Didn’t \w I|strong="H3808"\w* say, ‘Do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w deceive|strong="H7952"\w* \w me|strong="H7592"\w*?’”   
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\v 29 \w So|strong="H3947"\w* Elisha \w said|strong="H6030"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w Gehazi|strong="H1522"\w*, “Tie \w up|strong="H7760"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* garment, \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w my|strong="H7760"\w* \w staff|strong="H4938"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, \w and|strong="H6030"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w*! \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w meet|strong="H6440"\w* \w anyone|strong="H3588"\w*, \w do|strong="H3027"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w greet|strong="H1288"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*, \w and|strong="H6030"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w anyone|strong="H3588"\w* greets \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w do|strong="H3027"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w answer|strong="H6030"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*. \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* \w lay|strong="H7760"\w* \w my|strong="H7760"\w* \w staff|strong="H4938"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w boy|strong="H5288"\w*’s \w face|strong="H6440"\w*.”   
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\v 30 \w And|strong="H6965"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* mother \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w boy|strong="H5288"\w* said, “\w As|strong="H3068"\w* \w surely|strong="H6965"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w lives|strong="H5315"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5800"\w* \w yourself|strong="H5315"\w* \w live|strong="H2416"\w*, \w I|strong="H5315"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3212"\w* \w leave|strong="H5800"\w* \w you|strong="H5800"\w*.” \w So|strong="H6965"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w got|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w followed|strong="H3212"\w* \w her|strong="H5800"\w*.   
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\v 31 \w Gehazi|strong="H1522"\w* \w went|strong="H5674"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w ahead|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H6963"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w laid|strong="H7760"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w staff|strong="H4938"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w boy|strong="H5288"\w*’s \w face|strong="H6440"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w there|strong="H7725"\w* \w was|strong="H5288"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w sound|strong="H6963"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w response|strong="H7182"\w*. \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w went|strong="H5674"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H7725"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*, “\w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w boy|strong="H5288"\w* \w has|strong="H5674"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* awakened.”   
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\v 32 \w When|strong="H7901"\w* Elisha \w reached|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w there|strong="H2009"\w* \w was|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w boy|strong="H5288"\w* \w lying|strong="H7901"\w* \w dead|strong="H4191"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w bed|strong="H4296"\w*.   
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\v 33 So \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w went|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w*, \w closed|strong="H5462"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w door|strong="H1817"\w* \w behind|strong="H1157"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H8147"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w prayed|strong="H6419"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 34 \w Then|strong="H5927"\w* Elisha \w got|strong="H5927"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w bed|strong="H7901"\w* \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w lay|strong="H7901"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w boy|strong="H3206"\w*, \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*, \w eye|strong="H5869"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w eye|strong="H5869"\w*, \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w hand|strong="H3709"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w hand|strong="H3709"\w*. \w As|strong="H5927"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w stretched|strong="H1457"\w* himself \w out|strong="H5921"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w boy|strong="H3206"\w*’s \w body|strong="H1320"\w* \w became|strong="H2552"\w* \w warm|strong="H2552"\w*.   
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\v 35 \w Elisha|strong="H7725"\w* \w turned|strong="H7725"\w* \w away|strong="H7725"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* paced \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w forth|strong="H5927"\w* \w across|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w room|strong="H1004"\w*. \w Then|strong="H7725"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w got|strong="H5927"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* bed \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w stretched|strong="H1457"\w* himself \w out|strong="H5921"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w boy|strong="H5288"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w boy|strong="H5288"\w* \w sneezed|strong="H2237"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w times|strong="H6471"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w opened|strong="H6491"\w* \w his|strong="H7725"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*.   
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\v 36 \w Elisha|strong="H7121"\w* \w summoned|strong="H7121"\w* \w Gehazi|strong="H1522"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w said|strong="H7121"\w*, “\w Call|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w Shunammite|strong="H7767"\w* woman.” \w So|strong="H7121"\w* \w he|strong="H7121"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w her|strong="H5375"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w she|strong="H7121"\w* \w came|strong="H1522"\w*. \w Then|strong="H5375"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H7121"\w* \w said|strong="H7121"\w*, “\w Pick|strong="H5375"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w your|strong="H5375"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*.”   
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\v 37 \w She|strong="H5921"\w* \w came|strong="H3318"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w*, \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5375"\w* \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w bowed|strong="H7812"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* ground. \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w she|strong="H5921"\w* \w picked|strong="H5375"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w her|strong="H5375"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w*.   
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\v 38 \w When|strong="H7725"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H7725"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w*, \w there|strong="H3427"\w* \w was|strong="H5288"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w famine|strong="H7458"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w*. \w As|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w sitting|strong="H3427"\w* \w at|strong="H3427"\w* \w his|strong="H7725"\w* feet, \w he|strong="H6440"\w* said \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w his|strong="H7725"\w* \w attendant|strong="H5288"\w*, “\w Put|strong="H7725"\w* \w on|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w large|strong="H1419"\w* \w pot|strong="H5518"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w boil|strong="H1310"\w* some \w stew|strong="H5138"\w* \w for|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*.”   
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\v 39 \w One|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H7704"\w* \w them|strong="H3318"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w gather|strong="H3950"\w* herbs, \w and|strong="H7704"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w wild|strong="H7704"\w* \w vine|strong="H1612"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w which|strong="H7704"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w gathered|strong="H3950"\w* \w as|strong="H3588"\w* \w many|strong="H3808"\w* \w wild|strong="H7704"\w* \w gourds|strong="H6498"\w* \w as|strong="H3588"\w* \w his|strong="H3045"\w* garment \w could|strong="H3045"\w* \w hold|strong="H4672"\w*. \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w came|strong="H3318"\w* \w back|strong="H3045"\w* \w and|strong="H7704"\w* cut \w them|strong="H3318"\w* \w up|strong="H3318"\w* \w into|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w pot|strong="H5518"\w* \w of|strong="H7704"\w* \w stew|strong="H5138"\w*, \w though|strong="H3588"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* \w what|strong="H3045"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H4672"\w*.   
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\v 40 \w And|strong="H4194"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w poured|strong="H3332"\w* \w it|strong="H1961"\w* \w out|strong="H3332"\w* \w for|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w men|strong="H1992"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* eat, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* tasted \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w stew|strong="H5138"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w cried|strong="H6817"\w* \w out|strong="H3332"\w*, “\w There|strong="H1961"\w* \w is|strong="H1961"\w* \w death|strong="H4194"\w* \w in|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w pot|strong="H5518"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* man \w of|strong="H4194"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w*!” \w And|strong="H4194"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w could|strong="H3201"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* eat \w it|strong="H1961"\w*.   
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\v 41 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* Elisha \w said|strong="H1697"\w*, “\w Get|strong="H3947"\w* \w some|strong="H1697"\w* \w flour|strong="H7058"\w*.” \w He|strong="H3808"\w* \w threw|strong="H7993"\w* \w it|strong="H1961"\w* \w into|strong="H3332"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w pot|strong="H5518"\w* \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w*, “\w Pour|strong="H3332"\w* \w it|strong="H1961"\w* \w out|strong="H7993"\w* \w for|strong="H7451"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* eat.” \w And|strong="H5971"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w nothing|strong="H3808"\w* \w harmful|strong="H7451"\w* \w in|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w pot|strong="H5518"\w*.   
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\v 42 \w Now|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* man \w from|strong="H3899"\w* \w Baal-shalishah|strong="H1190"\w* \w came|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* man \w of|strong="H5971"\w* \w God|strong="H5414"\w* \w with|strong="H5971"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w sack|strong="H6861"\w* \w of|strong="H5971"\w* \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w loaves|strong="H3899"\w* \w of|strong="H5971"\w* \w barley|strong="H8184"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* \w from|strong="H3899"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w first|strong="H1061"\w* \w ripe|strong="H1061"\w* \w grain|strong="H3899"\w*. “\w Give|strong="H5414"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w eat|strong="H3899"\w*,” said Elisha.   
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\v 43 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w servant|strong="H8334"\w* \w asked|strong="H4100"\w*, “\w How|strong="H4100"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w set|strong="H5414"\w* twenty loaves \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w men|strong="H5971"\w*?” “\w Give|strong="H5414"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* eat,” said Elisha, “\w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: ‘\w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* eat \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w some|strong="H3498"\w* \w left|strong="H3498"\w* \w over|strong="H5414"\w*.’”   
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\v 44 \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w set|strong="H5414"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* ate \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w some|strong="H1697"\w* \w left|strong="H3498"\w* \w over|strong="H5414"\w*, according \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 1 \w Now|strong="H1961"\w* \w Naaman|strong="H5283"\w*, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w commander|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Aram, \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w man|strong="H1368"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H5375"\w* \w master|strong="H8269"\w*’s \w sight|strong="H6440"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* highly regarded, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w through|strong="H3588"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w victory|strong="H8668"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* Aram. \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w mighty|strong="H1368"\w* \w man|strong="H1368"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w valor|strong="H2428"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w leper|strong="H6879"\w*.   
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\v 2 \w At|strong="H3478"\w* \w this|strong="H6440"\w* \w time|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* Arameans \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w gone|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w bands|strong="H1416"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w taken|strong="H7617"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w young|strong="H5291"\w* \w girl|strong="H5291"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w she|strong="H6440"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w serving|strong="H3318"\w* \w Naaman|strong="H5283"\w*’s wife.   
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\v 3 \w She|strong="H6440"\w* said \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w her|strong="H6440"\w* \w mistress|strong="H1404"\w*, “If only \w my|strong="H6440"\w* master would go \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w who|strong="H5030"\w* \w is|strong="H6440"\w* \w in|strong="H6440"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, \w he|strong="H6440"\w* would cure \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w his|strong="H6440"\w* \w leprosy|strong="H6883"\w*.”   
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\v 4 \w And|strong="H3478"\w* Naaman \w went|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w his|strong="H5046"\w* master \w what|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H5046"\w* \w girl|strong="H5291"\w* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H5046"\w* land \w of|strong="H1696"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w*.   
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\v 5 “\w Go|strong="H3212"\w* \w now|strong="H3947"\w*,” said \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Aram, “\w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w I|strong="H3478"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w with|strong="H3212"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w letter|strong="H5612"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.” \w So|strong="H3947"\w* Naaman \w departed|strong="H3212"\w*, \w taking|strong="H3947"\w* \w with|strong="H3212"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w talents|strong="H3603"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, \w six|strong="H8337"\w* thousand \w shekels|strong="H3701"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w sets|strong="H2487"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* clothing.   
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\v 6 \w And|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* \w letter|strong="H5612"\w* \w that|strong="H3478"\w* \w he|strong="H7971"\w* \w took|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* stated: “\w With|strong="H4428"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w letter|strong="H5612"\w* \w I|strong="H2009"\w* am \w sending|strong="H7971"\w* \w my|strong="H7971"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Naaman|strong="H5283"\w*, \w so|strong="H7971"\w* \w that|strong="H3478"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w may|strong="H3478"\w* cure \w him|strong="H7971"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H7971"\w* \w leprosy|strong="H6883"\w*.”   
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\v 7 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w read|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w letter|strong="H5612"\w*, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w tore|strong="H7167"\w* \w his|strong="H7121"\w* clothes \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w asked|strong="H7971"\w*, “\w Am|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w God|strong="H7971"\w*, \w killing|strong="H4191"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* giving \w life|strong="H2421"\w*, \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w man|strong="H4191"\w* expects \w me|strong="H4994"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* cure \w a|strong="H3068"\w* leper? \w Surely|strong="H4191"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w can|strong="H7200"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* seeking \w a|strong="H3068"\w* quarrel \w with|strong="H3045"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w*!”   
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\v 8 \w Now|strong="H4994"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* Elisha \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w man|strong="H3045"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w God|strong="H7971"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w torn|strong="H7167"\w* \w his|strong="H7971"\w* clothes, \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* message \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*: “\w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w torn|strong="H7167"\w* \w your|strong="H8085"\w* clothes? \w Please|strong="H4994"\w* \w let|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w man|strong="H3045"\w* \w come|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H3426"\w* \w is|strong="H3426"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.”   
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\v 9 \w So|strong="H5975"\w* \w Naaman|strong="H5283"\w* came \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w his|strong="H5975"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w at|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5975"\w* \w door|strong="H6607"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* Elisha’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w Then|strong="H1980"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H7725"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w messenger|strong="H4397"\w*, \w who|strong="H4397"\w* said, “\w Go|strong="H1980"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w wash|strong="H7364"\w* yourself \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w times|strong="H6471"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w your|strong="H7725"\w* \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* \w will|strong="H1320"\w* \w be|strong="H1320"\w* \w restored|strong="H7725"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w will|strong="H1320"\w* \w be|strong="H1320"\w* \w clean|strong="H2891"\w*.”   
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\v 11 \w But|strong="H2009"\w* \w Naaman|strong="H5283"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w away|strong="H3212"\w* \w angry|strong="H7107"\w*, saying, “\w I|strong="H2009"\w* thought \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w surely|strong="H3318"\w* \w come|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w*, \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w call|strong="H7121"\w* \w on|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w wave|strong="H5130"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w over|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* spot \w to|strong="H3318"\w* cure \w my|strong="H3068"\w* leprosy.   
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\v 12 \w Are|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Abanah \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w Pharpar|strong="H6554"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w rivers|strong="H5104"\w* \w of|strong="H4325"\w* \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w*, \w better|strong="H2896"\w* \w than|strong="H2896"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* \w of|strong="H4325"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*? Could \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3478"\w* \w washed|strong="H7364"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w them|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w been|strong="H3605"\w* \w cleansed|strong="H2891"\w*?” \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w turned|strong="H6437"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w away|strong="H3212"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w rage|strong="H2534"\w*.   
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\v 13 Naaman’s \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, \w however|strong="H3588"\w*, \w approached|strong="H5066"\w* \w him|strong="H6213"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w*, “\w My|strong="H6213"\w* father, \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w had|strong="H3588"\w* \w told|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w some|strong="H1697"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w thing|strong="H1697"\w*, \w would|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H5650"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w*? \w How|strong="H3588"\w* \w much|strong="H1697"\w* \w more|strong="H1419"\w*, \w then|strong="H1696"\w*, \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w tells|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, ‘\w Wash|strong="H7364"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w cleansed|strong="H2891"\w*’?”   
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\v 14 \w So|strong="H7725"\w* Naaman \w went|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w dipped|strong="H2881"\w* \w himself|strong="H2881"\w* \w in|strong="H1320"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w times|strong="H6471"\w*, according \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w man|strong="H5288"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* God, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w his|strong="H7725"\w* \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* \w was|strong="H1697"\w* \w restored|strong="H7725"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w became|strong="H1697"\w* \w like|strong="H3381"\w* \w that|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w little|strong="H6996"\w* \w child|strong="H5288"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w he|strong="H7725"\w* \w was|strong="H1697"\w* \w clean|strong="H2891"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w Then|strong="H2009"\w* Naaman \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w attendants|strong="H5650"\w* \w went|strong="H3478"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w man|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* God, \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w declared|strong="H3045"\w*, “\w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w sure|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H2009"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w no|strong="H3605"\w* God \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* earth \w except|strong="H3588"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w So|strong="H3947"\w* \w please|strong="H4994"\w* \w accept|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w gift|strong="H1293"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*.”   
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\v 16 \w But|strong="H3947"\w* Elisha replied, “\w As|strong="H3068"\w* surely \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w lives|strong="H2416"\w*, \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w whom|strong="H6440"\w* \w I|strong="H6440"\w* \w stand|strong="H5975"\w*, \w I|strong="H6440"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H6440"\w* \w accept|strong="H3947"\w* \w it|strong="H6440"\w*.” \w And|strong="H3068"\w* although Naaman \w urged|strong="H6484"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w accept|strong="H3947"\w* \w it|strong="H6440"\w*, \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w refused|strong="H3985"\w*.   
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\v 17 “\w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w*,” said \w Naaman|strong="H5283"\w*, “\w please|strong="H4994"\w* \w let|strong="H4994"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w*, \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, \w be|strong="H5750"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w much|strong="H6213"\w* soil \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w pair|strong="H6776"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w mules|strong="H6505"\w* \w can|strong="H5650"\w* \w carry|strong="H6213"\w*. \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w again|strong="H5750"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w burnt|strong="H5930"\w* \w offering|strong="H5930"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w any|strong="H5750"\w* \w other|strong="H5750"\w* \w god|strong="H3068"\w* \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 18 \w Yet|strong="H3068"\w* \w may|strong="H4994"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w forgive|strong="H5545"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w one|strong="H2088"\w* \w thing|strong="H1697"\w*: \w When|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* master goes \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Rimmon|strong="H7417"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w worship|strong="H7812"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w leans|strong="H8172"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w arm|strong="H3027"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w bow|strong="H7812"\w* \w down|strong="H7812"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Rimmon|strong="H7417"\w*, \w may|strong="H4994"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w forgive|strong="H5545"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w matter|strong="H1697"\w*.”   
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\v 19 “\w Go|strong="H3212"\w* \w in|strong="H3212"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*,” said Elisha. But after Naaman had traveled \w a|strong="H3068"\w* short \w distance|strong="H3530"\w*,   
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\v 20 \w Gehazi|strong="H1522"\w*, \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w servant|strong="H5288"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Elisha \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w man|strong="H5288"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, said, “\w Look|strong="H2009"\w*, \w my|strong="H3068"\w* master \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w spared|strong="H2820"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* Aramean, \w Naaman|strong="H5283"\w*, \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w not|strong="H2088"\w* accepting \w what|strong="H2088"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w brought|strong="H3947"\w*. \w As|strong="H3068"\w* \w surely|strong="H3588"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w lives|strong="H2416"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w run|strong="H7323"\w* \w after|strong="H3588"\w* \w him|strong="H3027"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w get|strong="H3947"\w* \w something|strong="H3972"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w him|strong="H3027"\w*.”   
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\v 21 \w So|strong="H7200"\w* \w Gehazi|strong="H1522"\w* \w pursued|strong="H7291"\w* \w Naaman|strong="H5283"\w*. \w And|strong="H7200"\w* \w when|strong="H7200"\w* \w Naaman|strong="H5283"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w running|strong="H7323"\w* \w toward|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w he|strong="H5921"\w* got \w down|strong="H5307"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w chariot|strong="H4818"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H7200"\w* asked, “\w Is|strong="H5307"\w* everything \w all|strong="H7200"\w* right?”   
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\v 22 “Everything \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w all|strong="H5414"\w* \w right|strong="H2009"\w*,” \w Gehazi|strong="H4994"\w* replied. “\w My|strong="H5414"\w* \w master|strong="H5414"\w* \w has|strong="H2088"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* say, ‘\w Look|strong="H2009"\w*, \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w young|strong="H5288"\w* \w men|strong="H5288"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w just|strong="H2088"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w come|strong="H4994"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w country|strong="H2022"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ephraim. \w Please|strong="H4994"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w talent|strong="H3603"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w sets|strong="H2487"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* clothing.’”   
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\v 23 \w But|strong="H3947"\w* \w Naaman|strong="H5283"\w* insisted, “\w Please|strong="H2974"\w*, \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w talents|strong="H3603"\w*.” \w And|strong="H3701"\w* \w he|strong="H5414"\w* \w urged|strong="H6555"\w* Gehazi \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w accept|strong="H3947"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*. \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w he|strong="H5414"\w* \w tied|strong="H5414"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w talents|strong="H3603"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w in|strong="H6440"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w bags|strong="H2754"\w* \w along|strong="H6440"\w* \w with|strong="H6440"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w sets|strong="H2487"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* clothing \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w his|strong="H5375"\w* \w servants|strong="H5288"\w*, \w who|strong="H5288"\w* \w carried|strong="H5375"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w ahead|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* Gehazi.   
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\v 24 \w When|strong="H7971"\w* Gehazi \w came|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w hill|strong="H6076"\w*, \w he|strong="H1004"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* gifts \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* servants \w and|strong="H7971"\w* stored \w them|strong="H7971"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*. \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w he|strong="H1004"\w* \w dismissed|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w men|strong="H6485"\w*, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w they|strong="H3027"\w* \w departed|strong="H3212"\w*.   
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\v 25 \w When|strong="H1980"\w* \w Gehazi|strong="H1522"\w* \w went|strong="H1980"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w before|strong="H3808"\w* \w his|strong="H3808"\w* master, Elisha asked \w him|strong="H5975"\w*, “\w Gehazi|strong="H1522"\w*, \w where|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H5650"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w been|strong="H3808"\w*?” “\w Your|strong="H3808"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w did|strong="H5650"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w go|strong="H1980"\w* anywhere,” \w he|strong="H1931"\w* replied.   
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\v 26 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* Elisha questioned \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, “\w Did|strong="H5650"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w my|strong="H3947"\w* \w spirit|strong="H3820"\w* \w go|strong="H1980"\w* \w with|strong="H1980"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w when|strong="H6256"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w man|strong="H3820"\w* \w got|strong="H3947"\w* \w down|strong="H1980"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3947"\w* \w chariot|strong="H4818"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*? \w Is|strong="H3820"\w* \w this|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w accept|strong="H3947"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* clothing, \w olive|strong="H2132"\w* \w groves|strong="H2132"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w vineyards|strong="H3754"\w*, \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w oxen|strong="H1241"\w*, \w menservants|strong="H5650"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w maidservants|strong="H8198"\w*?   
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\v 27 Therefore, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w leprosy|strong="H6883"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w Naaman|strong="H5283"\w* \w will|strong="H2233"\w* \w cling|strong="H1692"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w and|strong="H5769"\w* \w your|strong="H6440"\w* \w descendants|strong="H2233"\w* \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*!” \w And|strong="H5769"\w* \w as|strong="H6440"\w* Gehazi \w left|strong="H3318"\w* \w his|strong="H6440"\w* \w presence|strong="H6440"\w*, \w he|strong="H3318"\w* \w was|strong="H6440"\w* \w leprous|strong="H6879"\w*—\w as|strong="H6440"\w* white \w as|strong="H6440"\w* \w snow|strong="H7950"\w*.   
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\v 1 \w Now|strong="H4994"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* said \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H3427"\w*, “\w Please|strong="H4994"\w* \w take|strong="H1121"\w* \w note|strong="H2009"\w* \w that|strong="H5030"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w meet|strong="H6440"\w* \w with|strong="H3427"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w is|strong="H2009"\w* \w too|strong="H4480"\w* \w small|strong="H6862"\w* \w for|strong="H6440"\w* \w us|strong="H4994"\w*.   
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\v 2 \w Please|strong="H4994"\w* \w let|strong="H4994"\w* \w us|strong="H4994"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*, \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w each|strong="H3947"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w us|strong="H4994"\w* \w can|strong="H6213"\w* \w get|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* log \w so|strong="H6213"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w can|strong="H6213"\w* \w build|strong="H6213"\w* ourselves \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*.” “\w Go|strong="H3212"\w*,” said \w Elisha|strong="H3427"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w Then|strong="H5650"\w* one \w of|strong="H5650"\w* \w them|strong="H4994"\w* said, “\w Please|strong="H4994"\w* \w come|strong="H3212"\w* \w with|strong="H3212"\w* \w your|strong="H4994"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*.” “\w I|strong="H5650"\w* \w will|strong="H5650"\w* \w come|strong="H3212"\w*,” \w he|strong="H3212"\w* replied.   
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\v 4 So Elisha \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w with|strong="H3212"\w* them, \w and|strong="H3212"\w* when they \w came|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H3212"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*, they began \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w cut|strong="H1504"\w* \w down|strong="H1504"\w* some \w trees|strong="H6086"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w As|strong="H1961"\w* \w one|strong="H1931"\w* \w of|strong="H4325"\w* \w them|strong="H5307"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* cutting \w down|strong="H5307"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* tree, \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w iron|strong="H1270"\w* \w axe|strong="H1270"\w* \w head|strong="H1270"\w* \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* \w into|strong="H5307"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*. “Oh, \w my|strong="H1961"\w* master,” \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w cried|strong="H6817"\w* \w out|strong="H6817"\w*, “\w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w borrowed|strong="H7592"\w*!”   
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\v 6 “\w Where|strong="H8033"\w* \w did|strong="H7200"\w* \w it|strong="H7200"\w* \w fall|strong="H5307"\w*?” asked \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w man|strong="H7200"\w* \w of|strong="H6086"\w* God. \w And|strong="H6086"\w* \w when|strong="H7200"\w* \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w showed|strong="H7200"\w* \w him|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w*, \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w man|strong="H7200"\w* \w of|strong="H6086"\w* God \w cut|strong="H7094"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w stick|strong="H6086"\w*, \w threw|strong="H7993"\w* \w it|strong="H7200"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*, \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w made|strong="H6086"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w iron|strong="H1270"\w* \w float|strong="H6687"\w*.   
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\v 7 “\w Lift|strong="H7311"\w* \w it|strong="H7971"\w* \w out|strong="H7971"\w*,” \w he|strong="H3027"\w* said, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* man \w reached|strong="H7971"\w* \w out|strong="H7971"\w* \w his|strong="H7971"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w it|strong="H7971"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w Now|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Aram \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w at|strong="H3478"\w* \w war|strong="H3898"\w* \w against|strong="H3898"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w After|strong="H1961"\w* consulting \w with|strong="H3898"\w* \w his|strong="H3478"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, \w he|strong="H3478"\w* said, “\w My|strong="H1961"\w* \w camp|strong="H8466"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w such|strong="H6423"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w such|strong="H6423"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w*.”   
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\v 9 \w Then|strong="H2088"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w man|strong="H2088"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w God|strong="H7971"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* word \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: “\w Be|strong="H3478"\w* \w careful|strong="H8104"\w* \w not|strong="H2088"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w pass|strong="H5674"\w* \w by|strong="H5674"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* Arameans \w are|strong="H3478"\w* \w going|strong="H5674"\w* \w down|strong="H7971"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*.”   
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\v 10 \w So|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* word \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* man \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* pointed \w out|strong="H7971"\w*. \w Time|strong="H8147"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w again|strong="H7971"\w* Elisha \w warned|strong="H2094"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w so|strong="H7971"\w* \w that|strong="H3478"\w* \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w on|strong="H7971"\w* \w his|strong="H8104"\w* \w guard|strong="H8104"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w such|strong="H3808"\w* \w places|strong="H4725"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w For|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w reason|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Aram \w became|strong="H1697"\w* \w enraged|strong="H5590"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w his|strong="H7121"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w demand|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, “\w Tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w me|strong="H5046"\w*, \w which|strong="H7945"\w* \w one|strong="H2088"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w us|strong="H5046"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w side|strong="H2088"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*?”   
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\v 12 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H5046"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w replied|strong="H1696"\w*, “\w No|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w*, \w my|strong="H5046"\w* lord \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*. \w For|strong="H3588"\w* Elisha, \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w tells|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* very \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* \w bedroom|strong="H2315"\w*.”   
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\v 13 \w So|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* king said, “\w Go|strong="H3212"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w where|strong="H2009"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w*, \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w may|strong="H1931"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w men|strong="H3947"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w capture|strong="H3947"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w*.” \w On|strong="H7200"\w* \w receiving|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w report|strong="H5046"\w*, “Elisha \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w in|strong="H3212"\w* \w Dothan|strong="H1886"\w*,”   
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\v 14 \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* Aram \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*, \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w*, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w great|strong="H3515"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w*. \w They|strong="H8033"\w* \w went|strong="H5892"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w surrounded|strong="H5362"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w When|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w servant|strong="H5288"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w man|strong="H5288"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* God \w got|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w early|strong="H7925"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w morning|strong="H7925"\w*, \w behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w an|strong="H6213"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w* \w with|strong="H6213"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* \w had|strong="H2428"\w* \w surrounded|strong="H5437"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*. \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* asked Elisha, “Oh, \w my|strong="H6965"\w* master, \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w are|strong="H5892"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*?”   
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\v 16 “Do \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w be|strong="H3372"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w*,” Elisha answered, “\w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w those|strong="H3588"\w* \w who|strong="H7227"\w* \w are|strong="H7227"\w* \w with|strong="H7227"\w* \w us|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H7227"\w* \w more|strong="H7227"\w* \w than|strong="H3588"\w* \w those|strong="H3588"\w* \w who|strong="H7227"\w* \w are|strong="H7227"\w* \w with|strong="H7227"\w* \w them|strong="H3588"\w*.”   
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\v 17 \w Then|strong="H2009"\w* Elisha \w prayed|strong="H6419"\w*, “\w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w please|strong="H4994"\w* \w open|strong="H6491"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w may|strong="H4994"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w*.” \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w opened|strong="H6491"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w young|strong="H5288"\w* \w man|strong="H5288"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w hills|strong="H2022"\w* \w were|strong="H5869"\w* \w full|strong="H4390"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* fire \w all|strong="H5439"\w* \w around|strong="H5439"\w* Elisha.   
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\v 18 \w As|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* Arameans \w came|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w against|strong="H1697"\w* \w him|strong="H5221"\w*, Elisha \w prayed|strong="H6419"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, “\w Please|strong="H4994"\w* \w strike|strong="H5221"\w* \w these|strong="H2088"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w blindness|strong="H5575"\w*.” \w So|strong="H1697"\w* \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w them|strong="H5221"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w blindness|strong="H5575"\w*, according \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Elisha.   
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\v 19 \w And|strong="H3212"\w* Elisha told \w them|strong="H1870"\w*, “\w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H1870"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w*, \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H1870"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*. \w Follow|strong="H3212"\w* \w me|strong="H3808"\w*, \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w I|strong="H2088"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* \w take|strong="H3212"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H1870"\w* \w man|strong="H2088"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H5892"\w* \w seeking|strong="H1245"\w*.” \w And|strong="H3212"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w led|strong="H3212"\w* \w them|strong="H1870"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*.   
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\v 20 \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* entered \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, Elisha said, “\w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w open|strong="H6491"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* these men \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w may|strong="H1961"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w*.” \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w opened|strong="H6491"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w looked|strong="H7200"\w* around \w and|strong="H3068"\w* discovered \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*.   
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\v 21 \w And|strong="H3478"\w* \w when|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w them|strong="H5221"\w*, \w he|strong="H5221"\w* asked Elisha, “\w My|strong="H7200"\w* father, \w shall|strong="H3478"\w* \w I|strong="H7200"\w* \w kill|strong="H5221"\w* \w them|strong="H5221"\w*? \w Shall|strong="H3478"\w* \w I|strong="H7200"\w* \w kill|strong="H5221"\w* \w them|strong="H5221"\w*?”   
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\v 22 “Do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w kill|strong="H5221"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w*,” \w he|strong="H3808"\w* replied. “Would \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w kill|strong="H5221"\w* those \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w have|strong="H3808"\w* \w captured|strong="H7617"\w* \w with|strong="H6440"\w* \w your|strong="H7760"\w* \w own|strong="H6440"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w bow|strong="H7198"\w*? \w Set|strong="H7760"\w* \w food|strong="H3899"\w* \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w*, \w that|strong="H4325"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w may|strong="H4325"\w* \w eat|strong="H3899"\w* \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w then|strong="H7760"\w* return \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w their|strong="H7760"\w* master.”   
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\v 23 \w So|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* king \w prepared|strong="H3739"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w feast|strong="H3740"\w* \w for|strong="H7971"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w after|strong="H1992"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* finished eating \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w drinking|strong="H8354"\w*, \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w away|strong="H7971"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* returned \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w their|strong="H1992"\w* master. \w And|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* Aramean \w raiders|strong="H1416"\w* \w did|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w come|strong="H3212"\w* \w into|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* land \w of|strong="H1416"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w again|strong="H5750"\w*.   
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\v 24 \w Some|strong="H3605"\w* \w time|strong="H1961"\w* \w later|strong="H1961"\w*, \w Ben-hadad|strong="H1130"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Aram \w assembled|strong="H6908"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w entire|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H4264"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w marched|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w besiege|strong="H6696"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*.   
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\v 25 \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w there|strong="H2009"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w famine|strong="H7458"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*. \w Indeed|strong="H2009"\w*, \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w besieged|strong="H6696"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* city \w so|strong="H1961"\w* \w long|strong="H5704"\w* \w that|strong="H5704"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w donkey|strong="H2543"\w*’s \w head|strong="H7218"\w* \w sold|strong="H1961"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w eighty|strong="H8084"\w* \w shekels|strong="H3701"\w* \w of|strong="H7218"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* quarter \w cab|strong="H6894"\w* \w of|strong="H7218"\w* dove’s dung \w sold|strong="H1961"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w shekels|strong="H3701"\w* \w of|strong="H7218"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*.   
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\v 26 \w As|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w passing|strong="H5674"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* woman \w cried|strong="H6817"\w* \w out|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, “\w Help|strong="H3467"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*, \w my|strong="H5921"\w* lord \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*!”   
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\v 27 \w He|strong="H3068"\w* answered, “If \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w does|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H4480"\w* \w help|strong="H3467"\w* \w you|strong="H4480"\w*, \w where|strong="H4480"\w* can \w I|strong="H4480"\w* find \w help|strong="H3467"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H4480"\w*? \w From|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w threshing|strong="H1637"\w* \w floor|strong="H1637"\w* \w or|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w winepress|strong="H3342"\w*?”   
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\v 28 \w Then|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w asked|strong="H4100"\w* \w her|strong="H5414"\w*, “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* matter?” \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w she|strong="H2063"\w* answered, “\w This|strong="H2063"\w* woman said \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w*, ‘\w Give|strong="H5414"\w* \w up|strong="H5414"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w may|strong="H4428"\w* eat \w him|strong="H5414"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w tomorrow|strong="H4279"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* eat \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*.’   
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\v 29 \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w boiled|strong="H1310"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* ate \w him|strong="H5414"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* next \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* said \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w her|strong="H5414"\w*, ‘\w Give|strong="H5414"\w* \w up|strong="H5414"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w may|strong="H1121"\w* eat \w him|strong="H5414"\w*.’ \w But|strong="H3117"\w* she \w had|strong="H5414"\w* \w hidden|strong="H2244"\w* \w her|strong="H5414"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*.”   
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\v 30 \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w woman|strong="H1004"\w*, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w tore|strong="H7167"\w* \w his|strong="H8085"\w* clothes. \w And|strong="H4428"\w* \w as|strong="H1697"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w passed|strong="H5674"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sackcloth|strong="H8242"\w* \w under|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H8085"\w* clothes \w next|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w his|strong="H8085"\w* \w skin|strong="H1320"\w*.   
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\v 31 \w He|strong="H3117"\w* announced, “\w May|strong="H6213"\w* God \w punish|strong="H6213"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w ever|strong="H3117"\w* \w so|strong="H6213"\w* severely, \w if|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Elisha \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shaphat|strong="H8202"\w* \w remains|strong="H5975"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* shoulders \w through|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H6213"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*!”   
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\v 32 \w Now|strong="H3588"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H3427"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w sitting|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w his|strong="H7971"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w sitting|strong="H3427"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*. \w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H6440"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w messenger|strong="H4397"\w* \w ahead|strong="H6440"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* arrived, \w Elisha|strong="H3427"\w* said \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w elders|strong="H2205"\w*, “\w Do|strong="H2088"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w how|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w murderer|strong="H7523"\w* \w has|strong="H3588"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* someone \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w cut|strong="H7272"\w* \w off|strong="H5493"\w* \w my|strong="H7200"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w*? \w Look|strong="H7200"\w*, \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w messenger|strong="H4397"\w* \w comes|strong="H6440"\w*, \w shut|strong="H5462"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w door|strong="H1817"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w keep|strong="H3427"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \w out|strong="H7971"\w*. \w Is|strong="H2088"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w sound|strong="H6963"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H7971"\w* \w master|strong="H3427"\w*’s \w footsteps|strong="H7272"\w* behind \w him|strong="H6440"\w*?”   
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\v 33 \w While|strong="H5750"\w* Elisha \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w still|strong="H5750"\w* \w speaking|strong="H1696"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w them|strong="H3381"\w*, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w messenger|strong="H4397"\w* \w came|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w him|strong="H5973"\w*. \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* king \w said|strong="H1696"\w*, “\w This|strong="H2063"\w* \w calamity|strong="H7451"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w from|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. \w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w wait|strong="H3176"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w any|strong="H5750"\w* \w longer|strong="H5750"\w*?”   
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\v 1 \w Then|strong="H8085"\w* Elisha \w said|strong="H1697"\w*, “\w Hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*! \w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: ‘\w About|strong="H1697"\w* \w this|strong="H3541"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w tomorrow|strong="H4279"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* seah \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w fine|strong="H5560"\w* \w flour|strong="H5560"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* sell \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w shekel|strong="H8255"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* two \w seahs|strong="H5429"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w barley|strong="H8184"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* sell \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w shekel|strong="H8255"\w*.’”   
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\v 2 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w officer|strong="H7991"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w whose|strong="H8033"\w* \w arm|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w leaned|strong="H8172"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w man|strong="H2088"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, “\w Look|strong="H7200"\w*, \w even|strong="H3808"\w* \w if|strong="H2005"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* windows \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, \w could|strong="H2088"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w really|strong="H2088"\w* \w happen|strong="H1961"\w*?” “\w You|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w own|strong="H1961"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*,” \w replied|strong="H6030"\w* Elisha, “\w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* eat \w any|strong="H6213"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*.”   
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\v 3 \w Now|strong="H1961"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* four men \w with|strong="H3427"\w* leprosy \w at|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w entrance|strong="H6607"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w city|strong="H8179"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*, \w and|strong="H3427"\w* \w they|strong="H5704"\w* said \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w one|strong="H1961"\w* \w another|strong="H7453"\w*, “\w Why|strong="H4100"\w* just \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* \w here|strong="H6311"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*?   
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\v 4 If \w we|strong="H3068"\w* say, ‘\w Let|strong="H6258"\w* \w us|strong="H2421"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w into|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H8033"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*,’ \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w from|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H8033"\w* \w famine|strong="H7458"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H8033"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*; \w but|strong="H6258"\w* if \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* \w here|strong="H6311"\w*, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* \w also|strong="H4191"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*. \w So|strong="H4191"\w* \w come|strong="H3212"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w*, \w let|strong="H6258"\w* \w us|strong="H2421"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w over|strong="H5307"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w the|strong="H8033"\w* \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H8033"\w* Arameans. If \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w let|strong="H6258"\w* \w us|strong="H2421"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w*, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w*; if \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w kill|strong="H4191"\w* \w us|strong="H2421"\w*, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*.”   
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\v 5 \w So|strong="H6965"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w* \w at|strong="H4264"\w* \w twilight|strong="H5399"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w went|strong="H6965"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* \w of|strong="H4264"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* Arameans. \w But|strong="H2009"\w* \w when|strong="H5704"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* came \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w outskirts|strong="H7097"\w* \w of|strong="H4264"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w camp|strong="H4264"\w*, \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w was|strong="H4264"\w* \w not|strong="H6965"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* man \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w be|strong="H4264"\w* found.   
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\v 6 \w For|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Lord \w had|strong="H3478"\w* caused \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Arameans \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sound|strong="H6963"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w*, \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w*, \w so|strong="H8085"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w said|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w one|strong="H4428"\w* another, “\w Look|strong="H2009"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w must|strong="H3478"\w* \w have|strong="H3478"\w* \w hired|strong="H7936"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Hittites|strong="H2850"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w Egyptians|strong="H4714"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* attack \w us|strong="H5921"\w*.”   
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\v 7 Thus \w the|strong="H6965"\w* Arameans \w had|strong="H4264"\w* \w arisen|strong="H6965"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* \w at|strong="H4264"\w* \w twilight|strong="H5399"\w*, abandoning \w their|strong="H5800"\w* \w tents|strong="H4264"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w donkeys|strong="H2543"\w*. \w The|strong="H6965"\w* \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* intact, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w they|strong="H1931"\w* \w had|strong="H4264"\w* \w run|strong="H5127"\w* \w for|strong="H5315"\w* \w their|strong="H5800"\w* \w lives|strong="H5315"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w When|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w lepers|strong="H6879"\w* \w reached|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w edge|strong="H7097"\w* \w of|strong="H4264"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w camp|strong="H4264"\w*, \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w into|strong="H3212"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* tent \w to|strong="H5704"\w* eat \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w*. \w Then|strong="H5375"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w carried|strong="H5375"\w* \w off|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, \w and|strong="H3701"\w* clothing, \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w hid|strong="H2934"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w*. \w On|strong="H2091"\w* \w returning|strong="H7725"\w*, \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w entered|strong="H5704"\w* another tent, \w carried|strong="H5375"\w* \w off|strong="H5375"\w* \w some|strong="H8033"\w* items \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*, \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w hid|strong="H2934"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w Finally|strong="H5704"\w*, \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w said|strong="H3651"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w one|strong="H2088"\w* \w another|strong="H7453"\w*, “\w We|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w doing|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w right|strong="H3651"\w*. \w Today|strong="H3117"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* good \w news|strong="H1309"\w*. \w If|strong="H3651"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w silent|strong="H2814"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w wait|strong="H2442"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* light, \w our|strong="H6213"\w* \w sin|strong="H5771"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w overtake|strong="H4672"\w* \w us|strong="H5046"\w*. \w Now|strong="H6258"\w*, \w therefore|strong="H3651"\w*, \w let|strong="H6258"\w* \w us|strong="H5046"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s \w household|strong="H1004"\w*.”   
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\v 10 \w So|strong="H7121"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w went|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H6963"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w out|strong="H8033"\w* \w to|strong="H8033"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w gatekeepers|strong="H7778"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w saying|strong="H6963"\w*, “\w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w went|strong="H5892"\w* \w to|strong="H8033"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* Aramean \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* \w and|strong="H6963"\w* no \w one|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H5892"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*—\w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* trace—\w only|strong="H3588"\w* tethered \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w and|strong="H6963"\w* \w donkeys|strong="H2543"\w*, \w and|strong="H6963"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w tents|strong="H4264"\w* \w were|strong="H1992"\w* intact.”   
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\v 11 \w The|strong="H7121"\w* \w gatekeepers|strong="H7778"\w* \w shouted|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H7121"\w* news, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w it|strong="H7121"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w reported|strong="H5046"\w* \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H7121"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s \w household|strong="H1004"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w got|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w said|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w his|strong="H3045"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, “\w Let|strong="H4994"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w* \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w what|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* Arameans \w have|strong="H3045"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w us|strong="H4994"\w*. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H5892"\w* starving, \w so|strong="H6213"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* \w left|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w hide|strong="H2247"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w*, thinking, ‘\w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w come|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w take|strong="H8610"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \w alive|strong="H2416"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* enter \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.’”   
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\v 13 \w But|strong="H7200"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H5650"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w replied|strong="H6030"\w*, “\w Please|strong="H4994"\w*, \w have|strong="H5650"\w* scouts \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w of|strong="H5650"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w remain|strong="H7604"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* city. \w Their|strong="H3605"\w* plight \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H3478"\w* \w no|strong="H4480"\w* worse \w than|strong="H4480"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* \w left|strong="H7604"\w* \w here|strong="H2009"\w*. \w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w can|strong="H5650"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w here|strong="H2009"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* doomed. \w So|strong="H4480"\w* \w let|strong="H7971"\w* \w us|strong="H4994"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w find|strong="H3947"\w* \w out|strong="H7971"\w*.”   
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\v 14 \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* scouts \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* \w with|strong="H3212"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w* \w after|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* Aramean \w army|strong="H4264"\w*, saying, “\w Go|strong="H3212"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w*.”   
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\v 15 \w And|strong="H7725"\w* \w they|strong="H5704"\w* tracked \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w far|strong="H5704"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w indeed|strong="H2009"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w littered|strong="H7993"\w* \w with|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w clothing|strong="H3627"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w equipment|strong="H3627"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Arameans \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w thrown|strong="H7993"\w* \w off|strong="H7993"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w haste|strong="H2648"\w*. \w So|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* scouts \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* plundered \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* Arameans. \w It|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w then|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* seah \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w fine|strong="H5560"\w* \w flour|strong="H5560"\w* \w sold|strong="H3318"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w shekel|strong="H8255"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* two \w seahs|strong="H5429"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w barley|strong="H8184"\w* \w sold|strong="H3318"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w shekel|strong="H8255"\w*, according \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w Now|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w appointed|strong="H6485"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w officer|strong="H7991"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w whose|strong="H8179"\w* \w arm|strong="H3027"\w* \w he|strong="H3027"\w* \w leaned|strong="H8172"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w charge|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*, \w but|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w trampled|strong="H7429"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w gateway|strong="H8179"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w he|strong="H3027"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*, \w just|strong="H1696"\w* \w as|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w man|strong="H4191"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w God|strong="H3027"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* foretold \w when|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w come|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 18 \w It|strong="H1961"\w* \w happened|strong="H1961"\w* \w just|strong="H1696"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w man|strong="H8179"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* God \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w told|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*: “\w About|strong="H1961"\w* \w this|strong="H1696"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w tomorrow|strong="H4279"\w* \w at|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, two \w seahs|strong="H5429"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w barley|strong="H8184"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* sell \w for|strong="H4428"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w shekel|strong="H8255"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* seah \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w fine|strong="H5560"\w* \w flour|strong="H5560"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* sell \w for|strong="H4428"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w shekel|strong="H8255"\w*.”   
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\v 19 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w officer|strong="H7991"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w man|strong="H2088"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, “\w Look|strong="H7200"\w*, \w even|strong="H3808"\w* \w if|strong="H2005"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* windows \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, \w could|strong="H2088"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w really|strong="H2088"\w* \w happen|strong="H1961"\w*?” \w So|strong="H6213"\w* Elisha \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w replied|strong="H6030"\w*, “\w You|strong="H6213"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w own|strong="H1961"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* eat \w any|strong="H6213"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w*!”   
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\v 20 \w And|strong="H5971"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w is|strong="H3651"\w* just \w what|strong="H3651"\w* \w happened|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w him|strong="H4191"\w*. \w The|strong="H1961"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w trampled|strong="H7429"\w* \w him|strong="H4191"\w* \w in|strong="H4191"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w gateway|strong="H8179"\w*, \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w he|strong="H3651"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*.   
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\v 1 \w Now|strong="H3588"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H7121"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w woman|strong="H1004"\w* \w whose|strong="H1121"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w restored|strong="H2421"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w life|strong="H2421"\w*, “\w Arise|strong="H6965"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w household|strong="H1004"\w*; \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w live|strong="H2421"\w* \w as|strong="H1571"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w foreigner|strong="H1121"\w* wherever \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w can|strong="H1004"\w*. \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w decreed|strong="H1696"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* seven-year \w famine|strong="H7458"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w come|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* land.”   
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\v 2 \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w woman|strong="H1004"\w* \w had|strong="H6430"\w* \w proceeded|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w as|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* man \w of|strong="H1004"\w* God \w had|strong="H6430"\w* \w instructed|strong="H1697"\w*. \w And|strong="H6965"\w* \w she|strong="H1931"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w her|strong="H6213"\w* \w household|strong="H1004"\w* \w lived|strong="H1481"\w* \w as|strong="H1697"\w* \w foreigners|strong="H1481"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* land \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w At|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w end|strong="H7097"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w woman|strong="H1004"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w land|strong="H7704"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*, she \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w appeal|strong="H6817"\w* \w for|strong="H1004"\w* \w her|strong="H7725"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w her|strong="H7725"\w* \w land|strong="H7704"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w Now|strong="H4994"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w been|strong="H3605"\w* \w speaking|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w Gehazi|strong="H1522"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w servant|strong="H5288"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w man|strong="H5288"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* God, \w saying|strong="H1696"\w*, “\w Please|strong="H4994"\w* \w relate|strong="H5608"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w things|strong="H1419"\w* Elisha \w has|strong="H4428"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*.”   
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\v 5 \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w Gehazi|strong="H1522"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w telling|strong="H5608"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w how|strong="H2009"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H2421"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w brought|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w dead|strong="H4191"\w* \w back|strong="H1004"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w life|strong="H2421"\w*. \w Just|strong="H2088"\w* \w then|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w woman|strong="H2088"\w* \w whose|strong="H1121"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H2421"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w revived|strong="H2421"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w appeal|strong="H6817"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w her|strong="H5921"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w her|strong="H5921"\w* \w land|strong="H7704"\w*. \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w Gehazi|strong="H1522"\w* said, “\w My|strong="H5921"\w* lord \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w woman|strong="H2088"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H2421"\w* \w restored|strong="H2421"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w life|strong="H2421"\w*.”   
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\v 6 \w When|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w asked|strong="H7592"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* woman, \w she|strong="H5704"\w* confirmed \w it|strong="H5414"\w*. \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w appointed|strong="H5414"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w an|strong="H5414"\w* \w officer|strong="H5631"\w*, saying, “\w Restore|strong="H7725"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H3117"\w* hers, \w along|strong="H5704"\w* \w with|strong="H3117"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* proceeds \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w she|strong="H5704"\w* \w left|strong="H5800"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w country|strong="H7704"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w*.”   
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\v 7 \w Then|strong="H4428"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H5704"\w* \w came|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w* \w while|strong="H5704"\w* \w Ben-hadad|strong="H1130"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Aram \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w sick|strong="H2470"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w*, “\w The|strong="H5704"\w* man \w of|strong="H4428"\w* God \w has|strong="H4428"\w* come \w here|strong="H2008"\w*.”   
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\v 8 \w So|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* said \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w*, “\w Take|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w gift|strong="H4503"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w man|strong="H2088"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w inquire|strong="H1875"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w through|strong="H3027"\w* \w him|strong="H3027"\w*, ‘\w Will|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H2088"\w* \w recover|strong="H2421"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w illness|strong="H2483"\w*?’”   
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\v 9 \w So|strong="H3947"\w* \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H2421"\w*, \w taking|strong="H3947"\w* \w with|strong="H6440"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w gift|strong="H4503"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* forty \w camel|strong="H1581"\w* \w loads|strong="H4853"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w good|strong="H2898"\w* \w thing|strong="H2088"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w*. \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* said, “\w Your|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ben-hadad|strong="H1130"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Aram \w has|strong="H4428"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w ask|strong="H4428"\w*, ‘\w Will|strong="H4428"\w* \w I|strong="H2088"\w* \w recover|strong="H2421"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w illness|strong="H2483"\w*?’”   
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\v 10 \w Elisha|strong="H2421"\w* answered, “\w Go|strong="H3212"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w tell|strong="H7200"\w* \w him|strong="H7200"\w*, ‘\w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w surely|strong="H4191"\w* \w recover|strong="H2421"\w*.’ \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w shown|strong="H7200"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* fact \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*.”   
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\v 11 \w Elisha|strong="H5704"\w* \w fixed|strong="H5975"\w* \w his|strong="H7760"\w* \w gaze|strong="H6440"\w* \w steadily|strong="H7760"\w* \w on|strong="H7760"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w Hazael|strong="H7760"\w* became uncomfortable. \w Then|strong="H5975"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w man|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* God began \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w weep|strong="H1058"\w*.   
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\v 12 “\w Why|strong="H4069"\w* \w is|strong="H3478"\w* \w my|strong="H3045"\w* lord \w weeping|strong="H1058"\w*?” \w asked|strong="H7971"\w* \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w*. “\w Because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w*,” Elisha replied. “\w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w set|strong="H7971"\w* fire \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w their|strong="H3588"\w* \w fortresses|strong="H4013"\w*, \w kill|strong="H2026"\w* \w their|strong="H3588"\w* \w young|strong="H1121"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w with|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, \w dash|strong="H7376"\w* \w their|strong="H3588"\w* \w little|strong="H5768"\w* \w ones|strong="H5768"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w pieces|strong="H7376"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w rip|strong="H1234"\w* \w open|strong="H1234"\w* \w their|strong="H3588"\w* \w pregnant|strong="H2030"\w* \w women|strong="H2030"\w*.”   
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\v 13 “\w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w how|strong="H4100"\w* \w could|strong="H2088"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* mere \w dog|strong="H3611"\w*, \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w such|strong="H2088"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* monstrous \w thing|strong="H1697"\w*?” \w said|strong="H1697"\w* \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w*. \w And|strong="H3068"\w* Elisha \w answered|strong="H1697"\w*, “\w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w shown|strong="H7200"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1697"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* Aram.”   
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\v 14 So Hazael left \w Elisha|strong="H2421"\w* \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w his|strong="H2421"\w* master, \w who|strong="H4100"\w* \w asked|strong="H4100"\w* \w him|strong="H2421"\w*, “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w did|strong="H4100"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H2421"\w* say \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w you|strong="H4100"\w*?” \w And|strong="H3212"\w* \w he|strong="H3212"\w* replied, “\w He|strong="H3212"\w* told \w me|strong="H2421"\w* \w that|strong="H3212"\w* \w you|strong="H4100"\w* \w would|strong="H4100"\w* \w surely|strong="H2421"\w* \w recover|strong="H2421"\w*.”   
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\v 15 \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w next|strong="H4283"\w* \w day|strong="H4283"\w* \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* thick \w cloth|strong="H4346"\w*, \w dipped|strong="H2881"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*, \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w spread|strong="H6566"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w*’s \w face|strong="H6440"\w*. \w So|strong="H3947"\w* Ben-hadad \w died|strong="H4191"\w*, \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3947"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w In|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H3092"\w* \w fifth|strong="H2568"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3092"\w* \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joram|strong="H3141"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ahab \w over|strong="H4427"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w Jehoram|strong="H3088"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w succeeded|strong="H4427"\w* \w his|strong="H3478"\w* \w father|strong="H1121"\w* \w as|strong="H3063"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.   
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\v 17 Jehoram \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w thirty-two|strong="H7970"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H8147"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H8147"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w eight|strong="H8083"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.   
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\v 18 \w And|strong="H3478"\w* Jehoram \w walked|strong="H3212"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w ways|strong="H1870"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w just|strong="H6213"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Ahab \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*. \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* married \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Ahab \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 19 \w Yet|strong="H3068"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sake|strong="H4616"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w His|strong="H3605"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w unwilling|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w since|strong="H3117"\w* \w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w promised|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* maintain \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w lamp|strong="H5216"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w forever|strong="H3605"\w*.   
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\v 20 \w In|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Jehoram, Edom \w rebelled|strong="H6586"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w appointed|strong="H4427"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w own|strong="H3027"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.   
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\v 21 \w So|strong="H1961"\w* Jehoram \w crossed|strong="H5674"\w* \w over|strong="H5674"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w Zair|strong="H6811"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w*. \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Edomites \w surrounded|strong="H5437"\w* \w him|strong="H5221"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w chariot|strong="H7393"\w* \w commanders|strong="H8269"\w*, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w rose|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w attacked|strong="H5221"\w* \w by|strong="H5674"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w*. \w His|strong="H3605"\w* \w troops|strong="H5971"\w*, however, \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* homes.   
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\v 22 \w So|strong="H2088"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* Edom \w has|strong="H3063"\w* \w been|strong="H6586"\w* \w in|strong="H3117"\w* \w rebellion|strong="H6586"\w* \w against|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*. Likewise, \w Libnah|strong="H3841"\w* \w rebelled|strong="H6586"\w* \w at|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w same|strong="H1931"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w*.   
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\v 23 \w As|strong="H1697"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Jehoram, \w along|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w accomplishments|strong="H6213"\w*, \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*?   
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\v 24 \w And|strong="H1121"\w* Jehoram \w rested|strong="H7901"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* fathers \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H1732"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w them|strong="H8478"\w* \w in|strong="H6912"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w City|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*. \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* Ahaziah \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H6912"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w*.   
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\v 25 \w In|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w twelfth|strong="H8147"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joram|strong="H3141"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ahab \w over|strong="H4427"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, Ahaziah \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoram|strong="H3088"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.   
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\v 26 Ahaziah \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w twenty-two|strong="H6242"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* \w when|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H8147"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H8147"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w one|strong="H1121"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w*. \w His|strong="H3478"\w* mother’s \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w Athaliah|strong="H6271"\w*, \w the|strong="H8034"\w* \w granddaughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Omri|strong="H6018"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.   
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\v 27 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* Ahaziah \w walked|strong="H3212"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w ways|strong="H1870"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* Ahab \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w like|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* Ahab, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w son-in-law|strong="H2860"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* Ahab.   
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\v 28 \w Then|strong="H4428"\w* Ahaziah \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w Joram|strong="H3141"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ahab \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w fight|strong="H4421"\w* \w against|strong="H5973"\w* \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Aram \w at|strong="H4421"\w* \w Ramoth-gilead|strong="H7433"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* Arameans \w wounded|strong="H5221"\w* \w Joram|strong="H3141"\w*.   
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\v 29 \w So|strong="H4480"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Joram|strong="H3141"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w recover|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w wounds|strong="H4347"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* Arameans \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w inflicted|strong="H5221"\w* \w on|strong="H7200"\w* \w him|strong="H5221"\w* \w at|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ramah|strong="H7414"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* \w against|strong="H3898"\w* \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Aram. \w Then|strong="H7725"\w* Ahaziah \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoram|strong="H3088"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w went|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w visit|strong="H7200"\w* \w Joram|strong="H3141"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ahab, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w Joram|strong="H3141"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w been|strong="H2470"\w* \w wounded|strong="H5221"\w*.   
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\v 1 \w Now|strong="H2088"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w summoned|strong="H7121"\w* \w one|strong="H2088"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w said|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w him|strong="H7121"\w*, “Tuck \w your|strong="H3947"\w* cloak \w under|strong="H3027"\w* \w your|strong="H3947"\w* belt, \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w flask|strong="H6378"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w oil|strong="H8081"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w Ramoth-gilead|strong="H7433"\w*.   
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\v 2 \w When|strong="H7200"\w* \w you|strong="H7200"\w* arrive, \w look|strong="H7200"\w* \w for|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w*, \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nimshi|strong="H5250"\w*. \w Go|strong="H6965"\w* \w in|strong="H8432"\w*, \w get|strong="H6965"\w* \w him|strong="H7200"\w* away \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H7200"\w* companions, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w take|strong="H1121"\w* \w him|strong="H7200"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w an|strong="H7200"\w* \w inner|strong="H2315"\w* \w room|strong="H2315"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w flask|strong="H6378"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w oil|strong="H8081"\w*, \w pour|strong="H3332"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* declare, ‘\w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: \w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w anoint|strong="H4886"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.’ \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w open|strong="H6605"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w door|strong="H1817"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w run|strong="H5127"\w*. \w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* delay!”   
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\v 4 So \w the|strong="H3212"\w* \w young|strong="H5288"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w Ramoth-gilead|strong="H7433"\w*,   
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\v 5 \w and|strong="H1697"\w* \w when|strong="H3427"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* arrived, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w* \w commanders|strong="H8269"\w* \w were|strong="H1697"\w* \w sitting|strong="H3427"\w* \w there|strong="H2009"\w*. “\w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w have|strong="H1697"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w* \w for|strong="H3427"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*, \w commander|strong="H8269"\w*,” \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w*. “\w For|strong="H3427"\w* \w which|strong="H4310"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* us?” \w asked|strong="H1697"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w*. “\w For|strong="H3427"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*, \w commander|strong="H8269"\w*,” \w he|strong="H3605"\w* replied.   
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\v 6 \w So|strong="H3541"\w* Jehu \w got|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w went|strong="H3478"\w* \w into|strong="H3332"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w where|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* young prophet \w poured|strong="H3332"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w oil|strong="H8081"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* declared, “\w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: ‘\w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w anoint|strong="H4886"\w* \w you|strong="H4886"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w over|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w strike|strong="H5221"\w* \w down|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* master Ahab, \w so|strong="H3027"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H5650"\w* \w may|strong="H3068"\w* \w avenge|strong="H5358"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w My|strong="H3605"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w shed|strong="H1818"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* Jezebel.   
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\v 8 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* Ahab \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w perish|strong="H3772"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w I|strong="H3772"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w cut|strong="H3772"\w* \w off|strong="H3772"\w* \w from|strong="H3772"\w* Ahab \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w male|strong="H8366"\w*, \w both|strong="H3605"\w* slave \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w free|strong="H5800"\w*, \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w make|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ahab \w like|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nebat|strong="H5028"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Baasha|strong="H1201"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ahijah.   
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\v 10 \w And|strong="H1817"\w* \w on|strong="H5127"\w* \w the|strong="H6605"\w* plot \w of|strong="H2506"\w* ground \w at|strong="H6912"\w* \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w* \w the|strong="H6605"\w* \w dogs|strong="H3611"\w* \w will|strong="H3611"\w* devour Jezebel, \w and|strong="H1817"\w* there \w will|strong="H3611"\w* be \w no|strong="H2506"\w* one \w to|strong="H5127"\w* \w bury|strong="H6912"\w* \w her|strong="H6605"\w*.’” \w Then|strong="H6605"\w* \w the|strong="H6605"\w* young prophet \w opened|strong="H6605"\w* \w the|strong="H6605"\w* \w door|strong="H1817"\w* \w and|strong="H1817"\w* \w ran|strong="H5127"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w When|strong="H3318"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3045"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w of|strong="H5650"\w* \w his|strong="H3045"\w* master, \w they|strong="H3045"\w* asked, “\w Is|strong="H2088"\w* everything \w all|strong="H3045"\w* \w right|strong="H3045"\w*? \w Why|strong="H4069"\w* \w did|strong="H5650"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w madman|strong="H7696"\w* \w come|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w you|strong="H3045"\w*?” “\w You|strong="H3045"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w his|strong="H3045"\w* kind \w and|strong="H5650"\w* \w their|strong="H3045"\w* babble,” \w he|strong="H3318"\w* replied.   
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\v 12 “\w That|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w lie|strong="H8267"\w*!” \w they|strong="H3068"\w* said. “\w Tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w us|strong="H4994"\w* \w now|strong="H4994"\w*!” \w So|strong="H3541"\w* Jehu \w answered|strong="H5046"\w*, “\w He|strong="H3068"\w* talked \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w* \w about|strong="H4428"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w*, saying, ‘\w This|strong="H2063"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: \w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w anoint|strong="H4886"\w* \w you|strong="H5046"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w over|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.’”   
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\v 13 \w Quickly|strong="H4116"\w*, \w each|strong="H3947"\w* man \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w his|strong="H7760"\w* garment \w and|strong="H4116"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w* \w under|strong="H8478"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w on|strong="H7760"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w bare|strong="H1634"\w* \w steps|strong="H4609"\w*. \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w they|strong="H3947"\w* \w blew|strong="H8628"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* ram’s \w horn|strong="H7782"\w* \w and|strong="H4116"\w* proclaimed, “\w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w is|strong="H8628"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w*!”   
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\v 14 \w Thus|strong="H1961"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nimshi|strong="H5250"\w*, \w conspired|strong="H7194"\w* \w against|strong="H6440"\w* \w Joram|strong="H3141"\w*. (\w Now|strong="H1961"\w* \w Joram|strong="H3141"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w defending|strong="H8104"\w* \w Ramoth-gilead|strong="H7433"\w* \w against|strong="H6440"\w* \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Aram,   
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\v 15 \w but|strong="H5221"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Joram|strong="H3088"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w recover|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w wounds|strong="H4347"\w* \w he|strong="H4480"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* suffered \w at|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* hands \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* Arameans \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w battle|strong="H3898"\w* \w against|strong="H3898"\w* \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* \w their|strong="H7725"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.) \w So|strong="H4480"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w said|strong="H3318"\w*, “\w If|strong="H3426"\w* \w you|strong="H7725"\w* commanders \w wish|strong="H5315"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w make|strong="H5046"\w* \w me|strong="H5315"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w then|strong="H3318"\w* \w do|strong="H3318"\w* \w not|strong="H3318"\w* \w let|strong="H5046"\w* \w anyone|strong="H5315"\w* \w escape|strong="H6412"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w it|strong="H7725"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*.”   
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\v 16 \w Then|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* got \w into|strong="H3381"\w* \w his|strong="H7200"\w* \w chariot|strong="H7392"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w Joram|strong="H3141"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w laid|strong="H7901"\w* \w up|strong="H7200"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*. \w And|strong="H3063"\w* Ahaziah \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w gone|strong="H3212"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w him|strong="H7200"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w Now|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w watchman|strong="H6822"\w* \w standing|strong="H5975"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w tower|strong="H4026"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w*’s \w troops|strong="H8229"\w* approaching, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* called \w out|strong="H7971"\w*, “\w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w company|strong="H8229"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w troops|strong="H8229"\w*!” “\w Choose|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* rider,” \w Joram|strong="H3088"\w* commanded. “\w Send|strong="H7971"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w out|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* ask, ‘\w Have|strong="H7200"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w come|strong="H7125"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*?’”   
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\v 18 \w So|strong="H3541"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w horseman|strong="H7392"\w* \w rode|strong="H7392"\w* \w off|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* said, “\w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* asks: ‘\w Have|strong="H7965"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w* \w come|strong="H3212"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*?’” “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w* \w know|strong="H5046"\w* \w about|strong="H5437"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*?” \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* replied. “Fall \w in|strong="H4428"\w* behind \w me|strong="H7725"\w*.” \w And|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w watchman|strong="H6822"\w* \w reported|strong="H5046"\w*, “\w The|strong="H3541"\w* \w messenger|strong="H4397"\w* \w reached|strong="H5704"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w coming|strong="H7125"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w*.”   
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\v 19 \w So|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w out|strong="H7971"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w second|strong="H8145"\w* \w horseman|strong="H7392"\w*, \w who|strong="H4428"\w* \w went|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* said, “\w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* asks: ‘\w Have|strong="H7965"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w come|strong="H5437"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*?’” “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* know \w about|strong="H5437"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*?” \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* replied. “Fall \w in|strong="H4428"\w* behind \w me|strong="H7971"\w*.”   
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\v 20 \w Again|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w watchman|strong="H6822"\w* \w reported|strong="H5046"\w*, “\w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w reached|strong="H5704"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H1121"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* coming \w back|strong="H7725"\w*. \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* charioteer \w is|strong="H1121"\w* \w driving|strong="H4491"\w* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nimshi|strong="H5250"\w*—\w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H1121"\w* \w driving|strong="H4491"\w* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* madman!”   
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\v 21 “Harness!” \w Joram|strong="H3088"\w* shouted, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w they|strong="H3478"\w* harnessed \w his|strong="H3478"\w* \w chariot|strong="H7393"\w*. \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w Joram|strong="H3088"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* Ahaziah \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w set|strong="H3478"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w*, each \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w his|strong="H3478"\w* own \w chariot|strong="H7393"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w met|strong="H4672"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w on|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w property|strong="H2513"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Naboth|strong="H5022"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w Jezreelite|strong="H3158"\w*.   
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\v 22 \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w Joram|strong="H3088"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w*, \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w asked|strong="H4100"\w*, “\w Have|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w* \w come|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H7227"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*, \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w*?” “\w How|strong="H4100"\w* \w can|strong="H4100"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*,” \w he|strong="H5704"\w* replied, “\w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w long|strong="H5704"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* idolatry \w and|strong="H7200"\w* witchcraft \w of|strong="H7227"\w* \w your|strong="H7200"\w* mother Jezebel \w abound|strong="H7227"\w*?”   
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\v 23 \w Joram|strong="H3088"\w* \w turned|strong="H2015"\w* \w around|strong="H3027"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w fled|strong="H5127"\w*, calling \w out|strong="H5127"\w* \w to|strong="H3027"\w* Ahaziah, “\w Treachery|strong="H4820"\w*, Ahaziah!”   
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\v 24 \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w drew|strong="H4390"\w* \w his|strong="H5221"\w* \w bow|strong="H7198"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w shot|strong="H5221"\w* \w Joram|strong="H3088"\w* between \w the|strong="H5221"\w* shoulders. \w The|strong="H5221"\w* \w arrow|strong="H2678"\w* pierced \w his|strong="H5221"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w he|strong="H3027"\w* slumped \w down|strong="H5221"\w* \w in|strong="H3027"\w* \w his|strong="H5221"\w* \w chariot|strong="H7393"\w*.   
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\v 25 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* Jehu said \w to|strong="H3068"\w* Bidkar \w his|strong="H5375"\w* \w officer|strong="H7991"\w*, “\w Pick|strong="H5375"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w throw|strong="H7993"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Naboth|strong="H5022"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jezreelite|strong="H3158"\w*. \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w remember|strong="H2142"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H3068"\w* \w riding|strong="H7392"\w* \w together|strong="H5921"\w* \w behind|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5375"\w* father Ahab, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w lifted|strong="H5375"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w burden|strong="H4853"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*:   
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\v 26 ‘\w As|strong="H1697"\w* \w surely|strong="H7999"\w* \w as|strong="H1697"\w* \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Naboth|strong="H5022"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H5375"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* yesterday, \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w so|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w repay|strong="H7999"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w on|strong="H7200"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w plot|strong="H2513"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w ground|strong="H2513"\w*, \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.’ \w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w then|strong="H6258"\w*, according \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w pick|strong="H5375"\w* \w him|strong="H7200"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w throw|strong="H7993"\w* \w him|strong="H7200"\w* \w on|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w plot|strong="H2513"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w ground|strong="H2513"\w*.”   
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\v 27 \w When|strong="H7200"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Ahaziah \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w this|strong="H7200"\w*, \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* \w up|strong="H4608"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w road|strong="H1870"\w* \w toward|strong="H1870"\w* Beth-haggan. \w And|strong="H3063"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w pursued|strong="H7291"\w* \w him|strong="H5221"\w*, shouting, “\w Shoot|strong="H5221"\w* \w him|strong="H5221"\w* \w too|strong="H1571"\w*!” \w So|strong="H1571"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w shot|strong="H5221"\w* Ahaziah \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w his|strong="H7200"\w* \w chariot|strong="H4818"\w* \w on|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w Ascent|strong="H4608"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Gur|strong="H1483"\w*, \w near|strong="H7200"\w* \w Ibleam|strong="H2991"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w Megiddo|strong="H4023"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*.   
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\v 28 \w Then|strong="H1732"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w carried|strong="H7392"\w* \w him|strong="H5973"\w* \w by|strong="H5892"\w* \w chariot|strong="H7392"\w* \w to|strong="H3389"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H3389"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w him|strong="H5973"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* fathers \w in|strong="H6912"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* \w tomb|strong="H6900"\w* \w in|strong="H6912"\w* \w the|strong="H5973"\w* \w City|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*.   
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\v 29 (\w In|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w eleventh|strong="H6240"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joram|strong="H3141"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ahab, Ahaziah \w had|strong="H3063"\w* \w become|strong="H4427"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.)   
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\v 30 \w Now|strong="H8085"\w* \w when|strong="H8085"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* arrived \w in|strong="H8085"\w* \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*, Jezebel \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w of|strong="H7218"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w*. \w So|strong="H7760"\w* \w she|strong="H2474"\w* \w painted|strong="H7760"\w* \w her|strong="H7760"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, \w adorned|strong="H3190"\w* \w her|strong="H7760"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w*, \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w looked|strong="H8259"\w* \w down|strong="H8259"\w* \w from|strong="H8085"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w window|strong="H2474"\w*.   
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\v 31 \w And|strong="H7965"\w* \w as|strong="H8179"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w entered|strong="H3058"\w* \w the|strong="H2026"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*, she asked, “\w Have|strong="H7965"\w* you come \w in|strong="H2026"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w Zimri|strong="H2174"\w*, \w murderer|strong="H2026"\w* \w of|strong="H8179"\w* \w your|strong="H2026"\w* master?”   
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\v 32 \w He|strong="H8147"\w* \w looked|strong="H8259"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w at|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w window|strong="H2474"\w* \w and|strong="H6440"\w* called \w out|strong="H8259"\w*, “\w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w is|strong="H4310"\w* \w on|strong="H6440"\w* \w my|strong="H5375"\w* \w side|strong="H8147"\w*? \w Who|strong="H4310"\w*?” \w And|strong="H6440"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w or|strong="H8147"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w eunuchs|strong="H5631"\w* \w looked|strong="H8259"\w* \w down|strong="H8259"\w* \w at|strong="H6440"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*.   
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\v 33 “\w Throw|strong="H8058"\w* \w her|strong="H8058"\w* \w down|strong="H7429"\w*!” yelled Jehu. So they \w threw|strong="H8058"\w* \w her|strong="H8058"\w* \w down|strong="H7429"\w*, \w and|strong="H1818"\w* \w her|strong="H8058"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* splattered \w on|strong="H5483"\w* \w the|strong="H7429"\w* \w wall|strong="H7023"\w* \w and|strong="H1818"\w* \w on|strong="H5483"\w* \w the|strong="H7429"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* as they \w trampled|strong="H7429"\w* \w her|strong="H8058"\w* \w underfoot|strong="H7429"\w*.   
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\v 34 \w Then|strong="H4428"\w* Jehu \w went|strong="H4428"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* ate \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w drank|strong="H8354"\w*. “\w Take|strong="H6485"\w* \w care|strong="H6485"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* cursed \w woman|strong="H1323"\w*,” \w he|strong="H1931"\w* said, “\w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w bury|strong="H6912"\w* \w her|strong="H1931"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w she|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.”   
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\v 35 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w out|strong="H4672"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w bury|strong="H6912"\w* \w her|strong="H4672"\w*, \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w nothing|strong="H3808"\w* \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w her|strong="H4672"\w* \w skull|strong="H1538"\w*, \w her|strong="H4672"\w* \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w palms|strong="H3709"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w her|strong="H4672"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*.   
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\v 36 \w So|strong="H7725"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w went|strong="H3068"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* Jehu, \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w replied|strong="H1696"\w*, “\w This|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w which|strong="H1931"\w* \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w* \w through|strong="H3027"\w* \w His|strong="H3068"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w Tishbite|strong="H8664"\w*: ‘\w On|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w plot|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* ground \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w dogs|strong="H3611"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* devour \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Jezebel.   
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\v 37 \w And|strong="H6440"\w* Jezebel’s \w body|strong="H5038"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w lie|strong="H1961"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w dung|strong="H1828"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* plot \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w ground|strong="H7704"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*, \w so|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H3808"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w can|strong="H3808"\w* say: \w This|strong="H2063"\w* \w is|strong="H1961"\w* Jezebel.’”   
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\v 1 \w Now|strong="H7971"\w* Ahab \w had|strong="H1121"\w* \w seventy|strong="H7657"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w in|strong="H3789"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*. \w So|strong="H7971"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w wrote|strong="H3789"\w* \w letters|strong="H5612"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*, \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* \w elders|strong="H2205"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* guardians \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ahab, saying:   
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\v 2 “\w When|strong="H1121"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w letter|strong="H5612"\w* arrives, \w since|strong="H6258"\w* \w your|strong="H2088"\w* master’s \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w with|strong="H5892"\w* \w you|strong="H6258"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H6258"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w fortified|strong="H4013"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* weaponry,   
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\v 3 \w select|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w best|strong="H2896"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w most|strong="H2896"\w* \w worthy|strong="H1121"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* master, \w set|strong="H7760"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H7760"\w* \w father|strong="H1121"\w*’s \w throne|strong="H3678"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* master’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.”   
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\v 4 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w were|strong="H4428"\w* \w terrified|strong="H3966"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* reasoned, “\w If|strong="H2009"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* could \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* \w against|strong="H6440"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*, \w how|strong="H2009"\w* \w can|strong="H3808"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w*?”   
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\v 5 \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w* administrator, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* overseer \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w elders|strong="H2205"\w*, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* guardians \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* message \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w*: “\w We|strong="H6213"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H5650"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w whatever|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* say. \w We|strong="H6213"\w* \w will|strong="H5650"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w anyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w*. \w Do|strong="H6213"\w* \w whatever|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H2896"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*.”   
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\v 6 \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* Jehu \w wrote|strong="H3789"\w* \w them|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w second|strong="H8145"\w* \w letter|strong="H5612"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w said|strong="H8085"\w*: “\w If|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H3947"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w on|strong="H5892"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* side, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w if|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H3947"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w me|strong="H6963"\w*, \w then|strong="H3947"\w* \w bring|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w heads|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H3947"\w* master’s \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H6256"\w* \w me|strong="H6963"\w* \w at|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w* \w by|strong="H5892"\w* \w this|strong="H8085"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w tomorrow|strong="H4279"\w*.” \w Now|strong="H6256"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w seventy|strong="H7657"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w all|strong="H1419"\w*, \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w being|strong="H1121"\w* \w brought|strong="H3947"\w* \w up|strong="H1431"\w* \w by|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w leading|strong="H7218"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w letter|strong="H5612"\w* arrived, \w they|strong="H3947"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w slaughtered|strong="H7819"\w* \w all|strong="H3947"\w* \w seventy|strong="H7657"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w*. \w They|strong="H3947"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w their|strong="H3947"\w* \w heads|strong="H7218"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w baskets|strong="H1731"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* Jehu \w at|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w When|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H7760"\w* \w messenger|strong="H4397"\w* arrived, \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* Jehu, “\w They|strong="H5704"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w brought|strong="H7760"\w* \w the|strong="H7760"\w* \w heads|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H7760"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H7760"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.” \w And|strong="H1121"\w* Jehu ordered, “Pile \w them|strong="H7760"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w heaps|strong="H6652"\w* \w at|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H7760"\w* \w entrance|strong="H6607"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H7760"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*.”   
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\v 9 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w next|strong="H5921"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*, Jehu \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w before|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w said|strong="H3318"\w*, “\w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w innocent|strong="H6662"\w*. \w It|strong="H5921"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w conspired|strong="H7194"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* master \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w killed|strong="H2026"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*. \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w killed|strong="H2026"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H5971"\w*?   
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\v 10 \w Know|strong="H3045"\w*, \w then|strong="H1696"\w*, \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* Ahab \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w fail|strong="H5307"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w promised|strong="H1696"\w* \w through|strong="H3027"\w* \w His|strong="H3068"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H1696"\w*.”   
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\v 11 \w So|strong="H1115"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w everyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w remained|strong="H7604"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* Ahab, \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w well|strong="H3045"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w men|strong="H1419"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* close \w friends|strong="H3045"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, \w leaving|strong="H7604"\w* \w him|strong="H5221"\w* \w without|strong="H1115"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* single \w survivor|strong="H8300"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w Then|strong="H6965"\w* Jehu \w set|strong="H6965"\w* \w out|strong="H3212"\w* \w toward|strong="H1870"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*. \w At|strong="H6965"\w* \w Beth-eked|strong="H1044"\w* \w of|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H6965"\w* \w Shepherds|strong="H7462"\w*,   
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\v 13 \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w met|strong="H4672"\w* some \w relatives|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ahaziah \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* asked, “\w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H3381"\w*?” “\w We|strong="H4672"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w relatives|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ahaziah,” \w they|strong="H4428"\w* answered, “\w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w come|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w greet|strong="H7965"\w* \w the|strong="H4672"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H4672"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H4672"\w* \w queen|strong="H1377"\w* \w mother|strong="H1377"\w*.”   
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\v 14 \w Then|strong="H3808"\w* Jehu ordered, “\w Take|strong="H8610"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w alive|strong="H2416"\w*.” \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w his|strong="H3808"\w* \w men|strong="H1992"\w* \w took|strong="H8610"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w alive|strong="H2416"\w*, \w then|strong="H3808"\w* \w slaughtered|strong="H7819"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w at|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H7819"\w* well \w of|strong="H8147"\w* \w Beth-eked|strong="H1044"\w*—\w forty-two|strong="H8147"\w* \w men|strong="H1992"\w*. \w He|strong="H8147"\w* spared \w none|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H8147"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w When|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w left|strong="H4672"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*, \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w Jehonadab|strong="H3082"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Rechab|strong="H7394"\w*, \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H3824"\w* \w coming|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w*. Jehu \w greeted|strong="H1288"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* asked, “\w Is|strong="H3426"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w heart|strong="H3824"\w* \w as|strong="H3824"\w* true \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w mine|strong="H5414"\w* \w as|strong="H3824"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w heart|strong="H3824"\w* \w is|strong="H3426"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w yours|strong="H5414"\w*?” “\w It|strong="H5414"\w* \w is|strong="H3426"\w*!” \w Jehonadab|strong="H3082"\w* replied. “\w If|strong="H3426"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w is|strong="H3426"\w*,” said Jehu, “\w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.” \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* Jehu \w helped|strong="H3027"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w into|strong="H5927"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w chariot|strong="H4818"\w*,   
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\v 16 saying, “\w Come|strong="H3212"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w zeal|strong="H7068"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*!” \w So|strong="H7200"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H7200"\w* \w ride|strong="H7392"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w chariot|strong="H7393"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w When|strong="H5704"\w* Jehu \w came|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w down|strong="H5221"\w* \w everyone|strong="H3605"\w* belonging \w to|strong="H1696"\w* Ahab \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w remained|strong="H7604"\w* \w there|strong="H5704"\w*, \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H8045"\w* \w them|strong="H5221"\w*, according \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H1696"\w*.   
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\v 18 \w Then|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w brought|strong="H6908"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w together|strong="H6908"\w* \w and|strong="H5971"\w* said, “Ahab \w served|strong="H5647"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w little|strong="H4592"\w*, \w but|strong="H5971"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* \w him|strong="H5647"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lot.   
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\v 19 \w Now|strong="H6258"\w*, \w therefore|strong="H6258"\w*, \w summon|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w me|strong="H7121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w of|strong="H2077"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w servants|strong="H5647"\w*, \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*. \w See|strong="H6485"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \w missing|strong="H6485"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H5030"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*. \w Whoever|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \w missing|strong="H6485"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w live|strong="H2421"\w*.” \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w was|strong="H3605"\w* acting deceptively \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w order|strong="H4616"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w destroy|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w servants|strong="H5647"\w* \w of|strong="H2077"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*.   
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\v 20 \w And|strong="H1168"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* commanded, “\w Proclaim|strong="H7121"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w solemn|strong="H6116"\w* \w assembly|strong="H6116"\w* \w for|strong="H7121"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*.” \w So|strong="H7121"\w* \w they|strong="H6942"\w* announced \w it|strong="H7121"\w*.   
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\v 21 \w Then|strong="H7971"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w word|strong="H6310"\w* \w throughout|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w servants|strong="H5647"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w* \w came|strong="H3478"\w*; \w there|strong="H7604"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w failed|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* show. \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w entered|strong="H3058"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w it|strong="H3808"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w end|strong="H6310"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w end|strong="H6310"\w*.   
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\v 22 \w And|strong="H3318"\w* Jehu \w said|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* keeper \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w wardrobe|strong="H4458"\w*, “\w Bring|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w garments|strong="H3830"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w servants|strong="H5647"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*.” \w So|strong="H3318"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w brought|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w garments|strong="H3830"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 23 \w Next|strong="H7200"\w*, \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehonadab|strong="H3082"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Rechab|strong="H7394"\w* \w entered|strong="H3058"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* said \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*, “\w Look|strong="H7200"\w* around \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H3426"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w no|strong="H7200"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w here|strong="H6311"\w* \w among|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*—\w only|strong="H3588"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*.”   
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\v 24 \w And|strong="H3027"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w went|strong="H3027"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w offer|strong="H6213"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w burnt|strong="H5930"\w* \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w*. \w Now|strong="H7760"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w had|strong="H3027"\w* \w stationed|strong="H7760"\w* \w eighty|strong="H8084"\w* \w men|strong="H6213"\w* \w outside|strong="H2351"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* warned \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, “\w If|strong="H7760"\w* \w anyone|strong="H5315"\w* allows \w one|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w men|strong="H6213"\w* \w I|strong="H7760"\w* am delivering \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w escape|strong="H4422"\w*, \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w will|strong="H5315"\w* forfeit \w his|strong="H7760"\w* \w life|strong="H5315"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w theirs|strong="H4480"\w*.”   
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\v 25 \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w finished|strong="H3615"\w* \w making|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w burnt|strong="H5930"\w* \w offering|strong="H5930"\w*, \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w said|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w guards|strong="H7323"\w* \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w officers|strong="H7991"\w*, “\w Go|strong="H3212"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w kill|strong="H5221"\w* \w them|strong="H5221"\w*. \w Do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* \w let|strong="H3212"\w* anyone \w out|strong="H3318"\w*.” \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w guards|strong="H7323"\w* \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w officers|strong="H7991"\w* \w put|strong="H6213"\w* \w them|strong="H5221"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, \w threw|strong="H7993"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* bodies \w out|strong="H3318"\w*, \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w into|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w inner|strong="H1004"\w* \w room|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*.   
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\v 26 \w They|strong="H3318"\w* \w brought|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* sacred \w pillar|strong="H4676"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* \w it|strong="H1004"\w*.   
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\v 27 \w They|strong="H3117"\w* \w also|strong="H3117"\w* demolished \w the|strong="H3117"\w* sacred \w pillar|strong="H4676"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*. \w Then|strong="H7760"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w tore|strong="H5422"\w* \w down|strong="H5422"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w made|strong="H7760"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w* \w into|strong="H5704"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w latrine|strong="H4280"\w*, \w which|strong="H1004"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w this|strong="H7760"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.   
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\v 28 Thus \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w eradicated|strong="H8045"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*,   
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\v 29 \w but|strong="H7535"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w did|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w turn|strong="H5493"\w* \w away|strong="H5493"\w* \w from|strong="H5493"\w* \w the|strong="H5493"\w* \w sins|strong="H2398"\w* \w that|strong="H3478"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nebat|strong="H5028"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* caused \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w commit|strong="H2398"\w*—\w the|strong="H5493"\w* \w worship|strong="H3478"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5493"\w* \w golden|strong="H2091"\w* \w calves|strong="H5695"\w* \w at|strong="H3478"\w* \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w*.   
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\v 30 Nevertheless, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* said \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w*, “\w Because|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w well|strong="H2895"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* carrying \w out|strong="H5921"\w* \w what|strong="H3477"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w right|strong="H3477"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w My|strong="H3605"\w* \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ahab \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w My|strong="H3605"\w* \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*, four generations \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.”   
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\v 31 \w Yet|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w careful|strong="H8104"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w follow|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w instruction|strong="H8451"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w turn|strong="H5493"\w* \w away|strong="H5493"\w* \w from|strong="H5493"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* caused \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w commit|strong="H2398"\w*.   
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\v 32 \w In|strong="H3478"\w* \w those|strong="H1992"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w began|strong="H2490"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* reduce \w the|strong="H3605"\w* size \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* \w defeated|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w throughout|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w territory|strong="H1366"\w*   
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\v 33 \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w eastward|strong="H4217"\w* \w through|strong="H4480"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* (\w the|strong="H3605"\w* region \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w Gad|strong="H1425"\w*, \w Reuben|strong="H7206"\w*, \w and|strong="H1568"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4520"\w*), \w and|strong="H1568"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w Aroer|strong="H6177"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Arnon \w Valley|strong="H5158"\w* \w through|strong="H4480"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w Bashan|strong="H1316"\w*.   
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\v 34 \w As|strong="H1697"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w*, \w along|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w accomplishments|strong="H6213"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w might|strong="H1369"\w*, \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Book|strong="H5612"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*?   
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\v 35 \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w rested|strong="H7901"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w his|strong="H8478"\w* fathers \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w in|strong="H6912"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H8478"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoahaz|strong="H3059"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H6912"\w* \w his|strong="H8478"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w*.   
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\v 36 \w So|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* duration \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w*’s \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w twenty-eight|strong="H6242"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.   
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\v 1 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w Athaliah|strong="H6271"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* mother \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ahaziah \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H4467"\w* \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*, \w she|strong="H3588"\w* proceeded \w to|strong="H4191"\w* annihilate \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w royal|strong="H4467"\w* heirs.   
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\v 2 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w Jehosheba|strong="H3089"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Joram|strong="H3141"\w*, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* sister \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ahaziah, \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ahaziah \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w stole|strong="H1589"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \w away|strong="H3947"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w among|strong="H8432"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w being|strong="H1121"\w* murdered. \w She|strong="H6440"\w* \w put|strong="H4191"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3947"\w* \w nurse|strong="H3243"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w bedroom|strong="H2315"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w hide|strong="H5641"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w Athaliah|strong="H6271"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w killed|strong="H4191"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* Joash \w remained|strong="H1961"\w* \w hidden|strong="H2244"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* nurse \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w while|strong="H1961"\w* \w Athaliah|strong="H6271"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4427"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* land.   
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\v 4 \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w seventh|strong="H7637"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w*, \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w for|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w commanders|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w hundreds|strong="H3967"\w*, \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w Carites|strong="H3746"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w guards|strong="H7323"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w brought|strong="H3947"\w* \w into|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. \w There|strong="H1992"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H3772"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w put|strong="H7971"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w under|strong="H7650"\w* \w oath|strong="H7650"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w showed|strong="H7200"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s \w son|strong="H1121"\w*   
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\v 5 \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w*, “\w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*: \w A|strong="H3068"\w* \w third|strong="H7992"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w who|strong="H8104"\w* come \w on|strong="H1004"\w* \w duty|strong="H1697"\w* \w on|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="H7676"\w* \w shall|strong="H4428"\w* \w guard|strong="H8104"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w royal|strong="H4428"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w*,   
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\v 6 \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w third|strong="H7992"\w* \w shall|strong="H1004"\w* \w be|strong="H1004"\w* \w at|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Sur|strong="H5495"\w*, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w third|strong="H7992"\w* \w at|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* behind \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w guards|strong="H7323"\w*. \w You|strong="H8104"\w* \w are|strong="H8179"\w* \w to|strong="H8104"\w* \w take|strong="H8104"\w* turns \w guarding|strong="H8104"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*—   
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\v 7 \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w divisions|strong="H4931"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w go|strong="H3318"\w* \w off|strong="H4428"\w* \w duty|strong="H4931"\w* \w on|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="H7676"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w guard|strong="H8104"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w for|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w You|strong="H5921"\w* \w must|strong="H4191"\w* \w surround|strong="H5439"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w weapons|strong="H3627"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* anyone \w who|strong="H4428"\w* approaches \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w ranks|strong="H7713"\w* \w must|strong="H4191"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w put|strong="H4191"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w death|strong="H4191"\w*. \w You|strong="H5921"\w* \w must|strong="H4191"\w* stay close \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w wherever|strong="H5921"\w* \w he|strong="H3027"\w* \w goes|strong="H3318"\w*.”   
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\v 9 \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w commanders|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w hundreds|strong="H3967"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w had|strong="H3548"\w* \w ordered|strong="H6680"\w*. \w Each|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H3605"\w*—\w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w coming|strong="H3318"\w* \w on|strong="H3318"\w* duty \w on|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="H7676"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w going|strong="H3318"\w* \w off|strong="H3318"\w* duty—\w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w came|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w Then|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w commanders|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w hundreds|strong="H3967"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w spears|strong="H2595"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w shields|strong="H7982"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w And|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w guards|strong="H7323"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w weapons|strong="H3627"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w surrounding|strong="H5439"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*, \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w south|strong="H3233"\w* \w side|strong="H3802"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* north \w side|strong="H3802"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w Jehoiada|strong="H3318"\w* \w brought|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w crown|strong="H5145"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w*, \w presented|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Testimony|strong="H5715"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* proclaimed \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w anointed|strong="H4886"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w clapped|strong="H5221"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* \w hands|strong="H3709"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* declared, “\w Long|strong="H5921"\w* \w live|strong="H2421"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*!”   
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\v 13 \w When|strong="H8085"\w* \w Athaliah|strong="H6271"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w noise|strong="H6963"\w* \w from|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w guards|strong="H7323"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, she \w went|strong="H5971"\w* \w out|strong="H7323"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w And|strong="H4428"\w* \w she|strong="H7121"\w* \w looked|strong="H7200"\w* \w out|strong="H7200"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w standing|strong="H5975"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w pillar|strong="H5982"\w*, \w according|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w custom|strong="H4941"\w*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w officers|strong="H8269"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w trumpeters|strong="H2689"\w* \w were|strong="H5971"\w* \w beside|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \w were|strong="H5971"\w* \w rejoicing|strong="H8056"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w blowing|strong="H8628"\w* \w trumpets|strong="H2689"\w*. \w Then|strong="H2009"\w* \w Athaliah|strong="H6271"\w* \w tore|strong="H7167"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* clothes \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w screamed|strong="H7121"\w*, “\w Treason|strong="H7195"\w*! \w Treason|strong="H7195"\w*!”   
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\v 15 \w And|strong="H3967"\w* \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w ordered|strong="H6680"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w commanders|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w hundreds|strong="H3967"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w charge|strong="H6680"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w*, “\w Bring|strong="H3318"\w* \w her|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* between \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w ranks|strong="H7713"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w put|strong="H4191"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w anyone|strong="H3588"\w* \w who|strong="H3548"\w* follows \w her|strong="H3318"\w*.” \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H3318"\w*, “\w She|strong="H3588"\w* \w must|strong="H4191"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* \w put|strong="H4191"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w death|strong="H4191"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.”   
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\v 16 \w So|strong="H4191"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w seized|strong="H7760"\w* Athaliah \w as|strong="H1004"\w* she reached \w the|strong="H7760"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*’ \w entrance|strong="H3996"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w the|strong="H7760"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w* grounds, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* she \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w death|strong="H4191"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w* \w made|strong="H3772"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* between \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w people|strong="H5971"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H3772"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* between \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.   
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\v 18 \w So|strong="H7760"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w went|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w tore|strong="H5422"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w* \w down|strong="H5422"\w*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w smashed|strong="H7665"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w altars|strong="H4196"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* idols \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w pieces|strong="H7665"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w killed|strong="H2026"\w* \w Mattan|strong="H4977"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w altars|strong="H4196"\w*. \w And|strong="H3068"\w* Jehoiada \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* posted \w guards|strong="H6486"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 19 \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w commanders|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w hundreds|strong="H3967"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Carites|strong="H3746"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w guards|strong="H7323"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w brought|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w from|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* entered \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w royal|strong="H4428"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Guards|strong="H7323"\w*. \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* Joash \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w seat|strong="H3678"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w royal|strong="H4428"\w* \w throne|strong="H3678"\w*,   
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\v 20 \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \w rejoiced|strong="H8055"\w*. \w And|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w was|strong="H5892"\w* \w quiet|strong="H8252"\w*, \w because|strong="H3605"\w* \w Athaliah|strong="H6271"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w been|strong="H8252"\w* \w put|strong="H4191"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w at|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w royal|strong="H4428"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w*.   
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\v 21 Joash was seven years old when he became king.   
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\v 1 \w In|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H3060"\w* \w seventh|strong="H7651"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Jehu, \w Joash|strong="H3060"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H8141"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* Jerusalem forty \w years|strong="H8141"\w*. \w His|strong="H3060"\w* mother’s name \w was|strong="H1121"\w* Zibiah; she \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* Beersheba.   
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\v 2 \w And|strong="H3389"\w* \w Joash|strong="H3060"\w* \w did|strong="H3389"\w* what \w was|strong="H8034"\w* right \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H3058"\w* eyes \w of|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H3058"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* all \w the|strong="H3058"\w* \w days|strong="H8141"\w* \w he|strong="H3389"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* instructed \w by|strong="H8141"\w* Jehoiada \w the|strong="H3058"\w* priest.   
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\v 3 Nevertheless, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w high|strong="H6213"\w* \w places|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H3117"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* removed; \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5869"\w* continued sacrificing \w and|strong="H3068"\w* burning incense \w there|strong="H3117"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w Then|strong="H3808"\w* Joash said \w to|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H5493"\w* \w priests|strong="H3808"\w*, “Collect \w all|strong="H5750"\w* \w the|strong="H5493"\w* money \w brought|strong="H5493"\w* \w as|strong="H5971"\w* sacred gifts \w into|strong="H5493"\w* \w the|strong="H5493"\w* house \w of|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H5493"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*—\w the|strong="H5493"\w* census money, \w the|strong="H5493"\w* money \w from|strong="H5493"\w* vows, \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H5493"\w* money \w brought|strong="H5493"\w* voluntarily \w into|strong="H5493"\w* \w the|strong="H5493"\w* house \w of|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H5493"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w Let|strong="H5315"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* receive \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* constituency, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w let|strong="H5315"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w used|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* repair \w any|strong="H3605"\w* damage \w found|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*.”   
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\v 6 \w By|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* twenty-third year \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* reign \w of|strong="H1004"\w* Joash, \w however|strong="H4672"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w had|strong="H3548"\w* \w not|strong="H3947"\w* \w yet|strong="H3605"\w* \w repaired|strong="H2388"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* damage \w to|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Joash|strong="H3060"\w* called Jehoiada \w and|strong="H6242"\w* \w the|strong="H2388"\w* other \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w and|strong="H6242"\w* said, “\w Why|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w repaired|strong="H2388"\w* \w the|strong="H2388"\w* damage \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H2388"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*? \w Now|strong="H1961"\w*, \w therefore|strong="H1961"\w*, \w take|strong="H2388"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w more|strong="H3808"\w* money \w from|strong="H1961"\w* \w your|strong="H3808"\w* constituency, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* hand \w it|strong="H1961"\w* \w over|strong="H4428"\w* \w for|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H2388"\w* \w repair|strong="H2388"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H2388"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*.”   
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\v 8 \w So|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* agreed \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w would|strong="H4428"\w* \w not|strong="H5414"\w* \w receive|strong="H3947"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w* \w from|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* people \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w would|strong="H3548"\w* \w not|strong="H5414"\w* \w repair|strong="H2388"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w themselves|strong="H2388"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* Jehoiada \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* chest, bored \w a|strong="H3068"\w* hole \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w its|strong="H3947"\w* lid, \w and|strong="H3701"\w* set \w it|strong="H3947"\w* \w beside|strong="H1115"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* altar \w on|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* right side \w as|strong="H5971"\w* \w one|strong="H1004"\w* enters \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. There \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* guarded \w the|strong="H3947"\w* threshold \w put|strong="H3947"\w* \w all|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w* \w brought|strong="H3947"\w* \w into|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w Whenever|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* saw \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w large|strong="H1004"\w* amount \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* chest, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* royal scribe \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* high \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w go|strong="H3068"\w* \w up|strong="H5414"\w*, \w count|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w* \w brought|strong="H3947"\w* \w into|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* tie \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w up|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* bags.   
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\v 11 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w put|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w counted|strong="H5608"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w* \w into|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* hands \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w those|strong="H1961"\w* \w who|strong="H3548"\w* supervised \w the|strong="H7200"\w* work \w on|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w who|strong="H3548"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w turn|strong="H1961"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w pay|strong="H3701"\w* \w those|strong="H1961"\w* doing \w the|strong="H7200"\w* work—\w the|strong="H7200"\w* carpenters, builders,   
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\v 12 \w masons|strong="H2796"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* stonecutters. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* purchased \w timber|strong="H6086"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w dressed|strong="H6213"\w* stone \w to|strong="H3318"\w* repair \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w damage|strong="H6485"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w paid|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* other expenses \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* repairs.   
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\v 13 However, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* money \w brought|strong="H3318"\w* \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3318"\w* \w used|strong="H3605"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w making|strong="H3605"\w* silver basins, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, trumpets, \w or|strong="H1004"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* articles \w of|strong="H1004"\w* gold \w or|strong="H1004"\w* silver \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w Instead|strong="H3808"\w*, \w it|strong="H6213"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* paid \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w doing|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w work|strong="H6213"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* repaired \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w No|strong="H6213"\w* accounting \w was|strong="H3068"\w* required \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w men|strong="H6213"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w received|strong="H2388"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* money \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w pay|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w workmen|strong="H4399"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w acted|strong="H6213"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* integrity.   
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\v 16 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* guilt \w offerings|strong="H3588"\w* \w and|strong="H3701"\w* sin \w offerings|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H3027"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w brought|strong="H5414"\w* \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* house \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*; \w it|strong="H5414"\w* belonged \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w priests|strong="H3808"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w At|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w time|strong="H1961"\w* Hazael king \w of|strong="H1004"\w* Aram marched \w up|strong="H1961"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* fought \w against|strong="H3068"\w* Gath \w and|strong="H3068"\w* captured \w it|strong="H1961"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w decided|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* attack Jerusalem.   
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\v 18 \w So|strong="H5927"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Joash \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Judah \w took|strong="H3920"\w* \w all|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* sacred objects dedicated \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H7760"\w* fathers—Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* Ahaziah, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Judah—\w along|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H7760"\w* \w own|strong="H6440"\w* consecrated \w items|strong="H5927"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w all|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* gold found \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* treasuries \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* house \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w royal|strong="H4428"\w* palace, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w he|strong="H3389"\w* \w sent|strong="H5927"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Aram. \w So|strong="H5927"\w* \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* \w withdrew|strong="H5927"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.   
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\v 19 \w As|strong="H3068"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* rest \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* acts \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Joash|strong="H3060"\w*, \w along|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* accomplishments, \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H5927"\w* written \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Book \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Chronicles \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*?   
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\v 20 \w And|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* servants \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* \w rose|strong="H4428"\w* \w up|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* formed \w a|strong="H3068"\w* conspiracy \w and|strong="H3063"\w* killed \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* Beth-millo, \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* road \w down|strong="H3789"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* Silla.   
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\v 21 \w His|strong="H5221"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* Jozabad son \w of|strong="H1004"\w* Shimeath \w and|strong="H6965"\w* Jehozabad son \w of|strong="H1004"\w* Shomer \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w him|strong="H5221"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w he|strong="H1004"\w* died. \w And|strong="H6965"\w* \w they|strong="H5221"\w* buried \w him|strong="H5221"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w his|strong="H5221"\w* fathers \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* City \w of|strong="H1004"\w* David, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w his|strong="H5221"\w* son Amaziah reigned \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w his|strong="H5221"\w* \w place|strong="H1004"\w*.   
\c 13
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\v 1 \w In|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w twenty-third|strong="H6242"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ahaziah|strong="H3059"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w Jehoahaz|strong="H3059"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w seventeen|strong="H7651"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.   
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\v 2 \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w followed|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nebat|strong="H5028"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w caused|strong="H6213"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w commit|strong="H6213"\w*; \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w turn|strong="H5493"\w* \w away|strong="H5493"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* anger \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w burned|strong="H2734"\w* \w against|strong="H2734"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w continually|strong="H3605"\w* \w into|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Aram \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ben-hadad|strong="H1130"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w Then|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jehoahaz|strong="H3059"\w* \w sought|strong="H2470"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w favor|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w listened|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w oppression|strong="H3906"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Aram \w had|strong="H3068"\w* inflicted \w on|strong="H7200"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w deliverer|strong="H3467"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w escaped|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w power|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* Arameans. \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w own|strong="H3027"\w* homes \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w before|strong="H8032"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w Nevertheless|strong="H1571"\w*, \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w did|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w turn|strong="H5493"\w* \w away|strong="H5493"\w* \w from|strong="H5493"\w* \w the|strong="H5493"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* \w that|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H5493"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* caused \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w commit|strong="H2398"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w continued|strong="H1980"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w walk|strong="H1980"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w them|strong="H5975"\w*. \w The|strong="H5493"\w* Asherah pole \w even|strong="H1571"\w* \w remained|strong="H5975"\w* \w standing|strong="H5975"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w Jehoahaz|strong="H3059"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w army|strong="H5971"\w* \w left|strong="H7604"\w*, \w except|strong="H3588"\w* \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w* \w horsemen|strong="H6571"\w*, \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* thousand \w foot|strong="H7273"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H7273"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Aram \w had|strong="H4428"\w* destroyed \w them|strong="H7760"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w made|strong="H7760"\w* \w them|strong="H7760"\w* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w dust|strong="H6083"\w* \w at|strong="H4428"\w* \w threshing|strong="H1758"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w As|strong="H1697"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jehoahaz|strong="H3059"\w*, \w along|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w accomplishments|strong="H6213"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w might|strong="H1369"\w*, \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Book|strong="H5612"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*?   
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\v 9 \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoahaz|strong="H3059"\w* \w rested|strong="H7901"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w his|strong="H8478"\w* fathers \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w in|strong="H6912"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*. \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H8478"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* Jehoash \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H6912"\w* \w his|strong="H8478"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w In|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w thirty-seventh|strong="H7970"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w Jehoash|strong="H3060"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoahaz|strong="H3059"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H8141"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w sixteen|strong="H8337"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w turn|strong="H5493"\w* \w away|strong="H5493"\w* \w from|strong="H5493"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nebat|strong="H5028"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w caused|strong="H6213"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w commit|strong="H6213"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w walked|strong="H1980"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w As|strong="H1697"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Jehoash, \w along|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w accomplishments|strong="H6213"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w might|strong="H1369"\w*, \w including|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w war|strong="H3898"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* Amaziah \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Book|strong="H5612"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*?   
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\v 13 \w And|strong="H3478"\w* Jehoash \w rested|strong="H7901"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* fathers, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w succeeded|strong="H3427"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w throne|strong="H3678"\w*. Jehoash \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w When|strong="H5921"\w* Elisha \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w fallen|strong="H3381"\w* \w sick|strong="H2470"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w illness|strong="H2483"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w which|strong="H3478"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w would|strong="H3478"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*, Jehoash \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w came|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w wept|strong="H1058"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*, saying, “\w My|strong="H5921"\w* father, \w my|strong="H5921"\w* father, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w horsemen|strong="H6571"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*!”   
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\v 15 Elisha told \w him|strong="H3947"\w*, “\w Take|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w bow|strong="H7198"\w* \w and|strong="H7198"\w* some \w arrows|strong="H2671"\w*.” \w So|strong="H3947"\w* Jehoash \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w bow|strong="H7198"\w* \w and|strong="H7198"\w* some \w arrows|strong="H2671"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w Then|strong="H4428"\w* Elisha said \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, “\w Put|strong="H7760"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w bow|strong="H7198"\w*.” \w So|strong="H7760"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w his|strong="H7760"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w bow|strong="H7198"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* Elisha \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w his|strong="H7760"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*.   
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\v 17 “\w Open|strong="H6605"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w east|strong="H6924"\w* \w window|strong="H2474"\w*,” said \w Elisha|strong="H5704"\w*. \w So|strong="H3384"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w opened|strong="H6605"\w* \w it|strong="H5221"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H5704"\w* said, “\w Shoot|strong="H3384"\w*!” \w So|strong="H3384"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w shot|strong="H3384"\w*. \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H5704"\w* declared: “\w This|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w arrow|strong="H2671"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w victory|strong="H8668"\w*, \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w arrow|strong="H2671"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w victory|strong="H8668"\w* \w over|strong="H3068"\w* Aram, \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w* \w shall|strong="H3068"\w* \w strike|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* Arameans \w in|strong="H3068"\w* Aphek \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w put|strong="H3068"\w* \w an|strong="H5221"\w* \w end|strong="H3615"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w them|strong="H5221"\w*.”   
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\v 18 \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* Elisha said, “\w Take|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w arrows|strong="H2678"\w*!” \w So|strong="H3947"\w* \w he|strong="H5221"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w them|strong="H5221"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* Elisha said \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, “\w Strike|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* ground!” \w So|strong="H3947"\w* \w he|strong="H5221"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* ground \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w times|strong="H6471"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w stopped|strong="H5975"\w*.   
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\v 19 \w But|strong="H6258"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* man \w of|strong="H5921"\w* God \w was|strong="H5221"\w* \w angry|strong="H7107"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H2568"\w* said, “\w You|strong="H5921"\w* should \w have|strong="H6258"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* ground \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w or|strong="H5704"\w* \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w times|strong="H6471"\w*. \w Then|strong="H6258"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* would \w have|strong="H6258"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w down|strong="H5221"\w* Aram \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w had|strong="H6471"\w* \w put|strong="H3615"\w* \w an|strong="H5221"\w* \w end|strong="H3615"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*. \w But|strong="H6258"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H5704"\w* \w strike|strong="H5221"\w* \w down|strong="H5221"\w* Aram \w only|strong="H5704"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w times|strong="H6471"\w*.”   
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\v 20 \w And|strong="H8141"\w* Elisha \w died|strong="H4191"\w* \w and|strong="H8141"\w* \w was|strong="H8141"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w*. Now \w the|strong="H4191"\w* \w Moabite|strong="H4124"\w* \w raiders|strong="H1416"\w* used \w to|strong="H4191"\w* come into \w the|strong="H4191"\w* land \w every|strong="H8141"\w* spring.   
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\v 21 \w Once|strong="H1961"\w*, \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Israelites \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w burying|strong="H6912"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H7200"\w*, \w suddenly|strong="H2009"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w band|strong="H1416"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w raiders|strong="H1416"\w*, \w so|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w threw|strong="H7993"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w man|strong="H7200"\w*’s \w body|strong="H6106"\w* \w into|strong="H3212"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H2421"\w*’s \w tomb|strong="H6913"\w*. \w And|strong="H6965"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* soon \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w body|strong="H6106"\w* \w touched|strong="H5060"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H2421"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w man|strong="H7200"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w revived|strong="H2421"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w stood|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*.   
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\v 22 \w And|strong="H3478"\w* \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Aram \w oppressed|strong="H3905"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w throughout|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w reign|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jehoahaz|strong="H3059"\w*.   
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\v 23 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w gracious|strong="H2603"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* Israel \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w compassion|strong="H7355"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w He|strong="H5704"\w* \w turned|strong="H6437"\w* \w toward|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w His|strong="H3068"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* Abraham, \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*. \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w this|strong="H6258"\w* day, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H3068"\w* \w unwilling|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w cast|strong="H7993"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w His|strong="H3068"\w* \w presence|strong="H6440"\w*.   
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\v 24 \w When|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Aram \w died|strong="H4191"\w*, \w his|strong="H8478"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ben-hadad|strong="H1130"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H8478"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w*.   
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\v 25 \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w Jehoash|strong="H3060"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoahaz|strong="H3059"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w Ben-hadad|strong="H1130"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w that|strong="H3478"\w* \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w taken|strong="H3947"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w his|strong="H3947"\w* \w father|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoahaz|strong="H3059"\w*. \w Jehoash|strong="H3060"\w* \w defeated|strong="H5221"\w* \w Ben-hadad|strong="H1130"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w times|strong="H6471"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w so|strong="H3947"\w* \w recovered|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.   
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\v 1 \w In|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w second|strong="H8147"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Jehoash \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoahaz|strong="H3099"\w* \w over|strong="H4427"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, Amaziah \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.   
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\v 2 \w He|strong="H2568"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w twenty-five|strong="H6242"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H2568"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H2568"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w twenty-nine|strong="H6242"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*. \w His|strong="H1961"\w* mother’s \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w Jehoaddan|strong="H3086"\w*; \w she|strong="H6242"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H3477"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w right|strong="H3477"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w but|strong="H7535"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* father \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*. \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* father \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w Nevertheless|strong="H7535"\w*, \w the|strong="H5493"\w* \w high|strong="H1116"\w* \w places|strong="H1116"\w* \w were|strong="H5971"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w taken|strong="H5493"\w* \w away|strong="H5493"\w*, \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H5493"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w continued|strong="H5750"\w* \w sacrificing|strong="H2076"\w* \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w burning|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* \w on|strong="H6999"\w* \w the|strong="H5493"\w* \w high|strong="H1116"\w* \w places|strong="H1116"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w As|strong="H1961"\w* soon \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w firmly|strong="H2388"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H5221"\w* \w grasp|strong="H2388"\w*, Amaziah \w executed|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w who|strong="H5650"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* murdered \w his|strong="H5221"\w* father \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w Yet|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w put|strong="H4191"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w murderers|strong="H5221"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w death|strong="H4191"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* acted \w according|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w what|strong="H5921"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Book|strong="H5612"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Law|strong="H8451"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*, \w where|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w*: “Fathers \w must|strong="H4191"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* \w put|strong="H4191"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w death|strong="H4191"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w must|strong="H4191"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* \w put|strong="H4191"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w death|strong="H4191"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* fathers; each \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* own \w sin|strong="H2399"\w*.”   
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\v 7 Amaziah \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w down|strong="H5221"\w* 10,000 Edomites \w in|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w Valley|strong="H1516"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w Salt|strong="H4417"\w*. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w took|strong="H8610"\w* \w Sela|strong="H5554"\w* \w in|strong="H3117"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w Joktheel|strong="H3371"\w*, \w which|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w its|strong="H5221"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w very|strong="H2088"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w Then|strong="H7971"\w* Amaziah \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w Jehoash|strong="H3060"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoahaz|strong="H3059"\w*, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w*. “\w Come|strong="H3212"\w*, \w let|strong="H7971"\w* \w us|strong="H6440"\w* \w meet|strong="H6440"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w*,” \w he|strong="H7971"\w* said.   
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\v 9 \w But|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jehoash|strong="H3060"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* replied \w to|strong="H3478"\w* Amaziah \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*: “\w A|strong="H3068"\w* \w thistle|strong="H2336"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* message \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* cedar \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w*, saying, ‘\w Give|strong="H5414"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* marriage.’ \w Then|strong="H7971"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w wild|strong="H7704"\w* \w beast|strong="H2416"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w* \w came|strong="H3478"\w* \w along|strong="H5674"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w trampled|strong="H7429"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w thistle|strong="H2336"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w You|strong="H5973"\w* \w have|strong="H3063"\w* \w indeed|strong="H5221"\w* \w defeated|strong="H5221"\w* Edom, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w your|strong="H5375"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w has|strong="H3820"\w* \w become|strong="H5375"\w* \w proud|strong="H5375"\w*. \w Glory|strong="H3513"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w that|strong="H5307"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w stay|strong="H3427"\w* \w at|strong="H3427"\w* \w home|strong="H1004"\w*. \w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w should|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H5973"\w* stir \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w trouble|strong="H7451"\w* \w so|strong="H5375"\w* \w that|strong="H5307"\w* \w you|strong="H5973"\w* \w fall|strong="H5307"\w*—\w you|strong="H5973"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H5973"\w*?”   
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\v 11 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* Amaziah \w would|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w*, \w so|strong="H3808"\w* \w Jehoash|strong="H3060"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* advanced. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Amaziah \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w faced|strong="H6440"\w* each other \w at|strong="H3478"\w* \w Beth-shemesh|strong="H1053"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w And|strong="H3063"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w routed|strong="H5062"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w every|strong="H5127"\w* \w man|strong="H6440"\w* \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w his|strong="H6440"\w* home.   
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\v 13 \w There|strong="H5704"\w* \w at|strong="H3478"\w* \w Beth-shemesh|strong="H1053"\w*, \w Jehoash|strong="H3060"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w captured|strong="H8610"\w* Amaziah \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joash|strong="H3060"\w*, \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ahaziah. \w Then|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jehoash|strong="H3060"\w* \w went|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w broke|strong="H6555"\w* \w down|strong="H6555"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* Ephraim \w Gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w Corner|strong="H6438"\w* \w Gate|strong="H8179"\w*—\w a|strong="H3068"\w* section \w of|strong="H1121"\w* four \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* cubits.   
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\v 14 \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w articles|strong="H3627"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* treasuries \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w royal|strong="H4428"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w*, \w as|strong="H3068"\w* well \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w some|strong="H3605"\w* \w hostages|strong="H8594"\w*. \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w As|strong="H1697"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jehoash|strong="H3060"\w*, \w along|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w accomplishments|strong="H6213"\w*, \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w might|strong="H1369"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w how|strong="H6213"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w waged|strong="H6213"\w* \w war|strong="H3898"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* Amaziah \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Book|strong="H5612"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*?   
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\v 16 \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoash|strong="H3060"\w* \w rested|strong="H7901"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w his|strong="H3478"\w* fathers \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3478"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w his|strong="H3478"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w*.   
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\v 17 Amaziah \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w lived|strong="H2421"\w* \w for|strong="H1121"\w* \w fifteen|strong="H2568"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w after|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H3060"\w* \w death|strong="H4194"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoash|strong="H3060"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoahaz|strong="H3059"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.   
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\v 18 \w As|strong="H1697"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Amaziah, \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Book|strong="H5612"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*?   
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\v 19 \w And|strong="H7971"\w* \w conspirators|strong="H7194"\w* plotted \w against|strong="H5921"\w* Amaziah \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w Lachish|strong="H3923"\w*. \w But|strong="H5921"\w* men \w were|strong="H5921"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w after|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w Lachish|strong="H3923"\w*, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w killed|strong="H4191"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*.   
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\v 20 \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w carried|strong="H5375"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* back \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w and|strong="H3389"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w his|strong="H5375"\w* fathers \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w City|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*.   
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\v 21 \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w Azariah|strong="H5838"\w*, \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w sixteen|strong="H8337"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w made|strong="H4427"\w* \w him|strong="H4427"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w father|strong="H1121"\w* Amaziah.   
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\v 22 \w Azariah|strong="H1129"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w one|strong="H1931"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w rebuilt|strong="H1129"\w* Elath \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w restored|strong="H7725"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* after \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Amaziah \w rested|strong="H7901"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w his|strong="H7725"\w* fathers.   
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\v 23 \w In|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H3379"\w* \w fifteenth|strong="H2568"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3379"\w* \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Amaziah \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* \w over|strong="H4427"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Jehoash \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H2568"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* forty-one \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.   
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\v 24 \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w turn|strong="H5493"\w* \w away|strong="H5493"\w* \w from|strong="H5493"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nebat|strong="H5028"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w caused|strong="H6213"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w commit|strong="H6213"\w*.   
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\v 25 \w This|strong="H1931"\w* Jeroboam \w restored|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w boundary|strong="H1366"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w Lebo-hamath|strong="H2574"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w Arabah|strong="H6160"\w*, \w according|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* \w through|strong="H3027"\w* \w His|strong="H3068"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Jonah|strong="H3124"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Amittai, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w Gath-hepher|strong="H1662"\w*.   
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\v 26 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w affliction|strong="H6040"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w*, both slave \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w free|strong="H5800"\w*, \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w bitter|strong="H4784"\w*. \w There|strong="H7200"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H7200"\w* \w one|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w help|strong="H5826"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*,   
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\v 27 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* since \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w blot|strong="H4229"\w* \w out|strong="H4229"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w under|strong="H8478"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w saved|strong="H3467"\w* \w them|strong="H3027"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Jehoash.   
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\v 28 \w As|strong="H1697"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w*, \w along|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w accomplishments|strong="H6213"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w might|strong="H1369"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w how|strong="H6213"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w waged|strong="H6213"\w* \w war|strong="H3898"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w recovered|strong="H7725"\w* \w both|strong="H3605"\w* \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Hamath|strong="H2574"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Book|strong="H5612"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*?   
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\v 29 \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w rested|strong="H7901"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w his|strong="H3478"\w* fathers, \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3478"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zechariah|strong="H2148"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w his|strong="H3478"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w*.   
\c 15
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\v 1 \w In|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H3379"\w* \w twenty-seventh|strong="H6242"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w*’s \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* \w over|strong="H4427"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w Azariah|strong="H5838"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Amaziah \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.   
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\v 2 \w He|strong="H8147"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w sixteen|strong="H8337"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H8147"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H8147"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w fifty-two|strong="H2572"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*. \w His|strong="H1961"\w* mother’s \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w Jecoliah|strong="H3203"\w*; \w she|strong="H8147"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H3477"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w right|strong="H3477"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w just|strong="H3605"\w* \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* father Amaziah \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w Nevertheless|strong="H7535"\w*, \w the|strong="H5493"\w* \w high|strong="H1116"\w* \w places|strong="H1116"\w* \w were|strong="H5971"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w taken|strong="H5493"\w* \w away|strong="H5493"\w*; \w the|strong="H5493"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w continued|strong="H5750"\w* \w sacrificing|strong="H2076"\w* \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w burning|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* there.   
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\v 5 \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w afflicted|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* leprosy \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w died|strong="H4194"\w*, \w so|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w separate|strong="H2669"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w while|strong="H5704"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jotham|strong="H3147"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w charge|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w governed|strong="H8199"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* land.   
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\v 6 \w As|strong="H1697"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Azariah|strong="H5838"\w*, \w along|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w accomplishments|strong="H6213"\w*, \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Book|strong="H5612"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*?   
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\v 7 \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w Azariah|strong="H5838"\w* \w rested|strong="H7901"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* fathers \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H1732"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w near|strong="H5973"\w* \w them|strong="H8478"\w* \w in|strong="H6912"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w City|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*. \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jotham|strong="H3147"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H6912"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w In|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w thirty-eighth|strong="H7970"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Azariah|strong="H5838"\w*’s \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w Zechariah|strong="H2148"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H8141"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w months|strong="H2320"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* fathers \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*. \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w turn|strong="H5493"\w* \w away|strong="H5493"\w* \w from|strong="H5493"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nebat|strong="H5028"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w caused|strong="H6213"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w commit|strong="H6213"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w Then|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shallum|strong="H7967"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jabesh|strong="H3003"\w* \w conspired|strong="H7194"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* Zechariah, \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w down|strong="H5221"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* front \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w As|strong="H1697"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Zechariah|strong="H2148"\w*, \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w indeed|strong="H2009"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Book|strong="H5612"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w So|strong="H3651"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w fulfilled|strong="H1961"\w*: “Four generations \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.”   
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\v 13 \w In|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w thirty-ninth|strong="H7970"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Uzziah|strong="H5818"\w*’s \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* \w over|strong="H4427"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w Shallum|strong="H7967"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jabesh|strong="H3003"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w one|strong="H1121"\w* \w full|strong="H3117"\w* \w month|strong="H3391"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w Then|strong="H5927"\w* \w Menahem|strong="H4505"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Gadi|strong="H1424"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w from|strong="H5927"\w* \w Tirzah|strong="H8656"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w down|strong="H5221"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w Shallum|strong="H7967"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jabesh|strong="H3003"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H4191"\w* \w his|strong="H5221"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w As|strong="H1697"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Shallum|strong="H7967"\w*, \w along|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w conspiracy|strong="H7195"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* led, \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w indeed|strong="H2009"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Book|strong="H5612"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w At|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* time \w Menahem|strong="H4505"\w*, starting \w from|strong="H1366"\w* \w Tirzah|strong="H8656"\w*, \w attacked|strong="H5221"\w* \w Tiphsah|strong="H8607"\w* \w and|strong="H3605"\w* \w everyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H3808"\w* \w its|strong="H3605"\w* vicinity, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w would|strong="H3605"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w open|strong="H6605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* gates. \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w attacked|strong="H5221"\w* \w Tiphsah|strong="H8607"\w* \w and|strong="H5221"\w* \w ripped|strong="H1234"\w* \w open|strong="H6605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w pregnant|strong="H2030"\w* \w women|strong="H2030"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w In|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w thirty-ninth|strong="H7970"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Azariah|strong="H5838"\w*’s \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w Menahem|strong="H4505"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Gadi|strong="H1424"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H8141"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.   
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\v 18 \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w throughout|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w reign|strong="H3117"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w turn|strong="H5493"\w* \w away|strong="H5493"\w* \w from|strong="H5493"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nebat|strong="H5028"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w caused|strong="H6213"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w commit|strong="H6213"\w*.   
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\v 19 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w Pul|strong="H6322"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria invaded \w the|strong="H5921"\w* land, \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w Menahem|strong="H4505"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w Pul|strong="H6322"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* thousand \w talents|strong="H3603"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w order|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w gain|strong="H2388"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w support|strong="H2388"\w* \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w strengthen|strong="H2388"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w own|strong="H1961"\w* grip \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w*.   
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\v 20 \w Menahem|strong="H4505"\w* \w exacted|strong="H3318"\w* \w this|strong="H5414"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w each|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w wealthy|strong="H2428"\w* \w men|strong="H1368"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*—\w fifty|strong="H2572"\w* \w shekels|strong="H8255"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w each|strong="H3605"\w* \w man|strong="H1368"\w*—\w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria. \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria \w withdrew|strong="H7725"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w did|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w remain|strong="H5975"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land.   
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\v 21 \w As|strong="H1697"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Menahem|strong="H4505"\w*, \w along|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w accomplishments|strong="H6213"\w*, \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Book|strong="H5612"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*?   
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\v 22 \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w Menahem|strong="H4505"\w* \w rested|strong="H7901"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w his|strong="H8478"\w* fathers, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H8478"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Pekahiah|strong="H6494"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H4427"\w* \w his|strong="H8478"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w*.   
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\v 23 \w In|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w fiftieth|strong="H2572"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Azariah|strong="H5838"\w*’s \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w Pekahiah|strong="H6494"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Menahem|strong="H4505"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w two|strong="H4427"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.   
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\v 24 \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w turn|strong="H5493"\w* \w away|strong="H5493"\w* \w from|strong="H5493"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nebat|strong="H5028"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w caused|strong="H6213"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w commit|strong="H6213"\w*.   
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\v 25 \w Then|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w officer|strong="H7991"\w*, \w Pekah|strong="H6492"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Remaliah|strong="H7425"\w*, \w conspired|strong="H7194"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w along|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* Argob, Arieh, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Gilead. \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* citadel \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s \w palace|strong="H1004"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, \w Pekah|strong="H6492"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w down|strong="H5221"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w Pekahiah|strong="H5973"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w*.   
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\v 26 \w As|strong="H1697"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Pekahiah|strong="H6494"\w*, \w along|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w accomplishments|strong="H6213"\w*, \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w indeed|strong="H2009"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Book|strong="H5612"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.   
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\v 27 \w In|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w fifty-second|strong="H2572"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Azariah|strong="H5838"\w*’s \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w Pekah|strong="H6492"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Remaliah|strong="H7425"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H8147"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.   
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\v 28 \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w turn|strong="H5493"\w* \w away|strong="H5493"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nebat|strong="H5028"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w caused|strong="H6213"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w commit|strong="H6213"\w*.   
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\v 29 \w In|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Pekah|strong="H6492"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w Tiglath-pileser|strong="H8407"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria \w came|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w captured|strong="H3947"\w* \w Ijon|strong="H5859"\w*, Abel-beth-maacah, \w Janoah|strong="H3239"\w*, \w Kedesh|strong="H6943"\w*, \w Hazor|strong="H2674"\w*, \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w Galilee|strong="H1551"\w*, \w including|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Naphtali|strong="H5321"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* people \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w captives|strong="H1540"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* Assyria.   
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\v 30 \w Then|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hoshea|strong="H1954"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Elah led \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w conspiracy|strong="H7195"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w Pekah|strong="H6492"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Remaliah|strong="H7425"\w*. \w In|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w twentieth|strong="H6242"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jotham|strong="H3147"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Uzziah|strong="H5818"\w*, \w Hoshea|strong="H1954"\w* \w attacked|strong="H5221"\w* \w Pekah|strong="H6492"\w*, \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w*.   
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\v 31 \w As|strong="H1697"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Pekah|strong="H6492"\w*, \w along|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w accomplishments|strong="H6213"\w*, \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w indeed|strong="H2009"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Book|strong="H5612"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.   
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\v 32 \w In|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w second|strong="H8147"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Pekah|strong="H6492"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Remaliah|strong="H7425"\w* \w over|strong="H4427"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w Jotham|strong="H3147"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Uzziah|strong="H5818"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.   
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\v 33 \w He|strong="H2568"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w twenty-five|strong="H6242"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H2568"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H2568"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w sixteen|strong="H8337"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*. \w His|strong="H1961"\w* mother’s \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w Jerusha|strong="H3388"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w*.   
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\v 34 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H3477"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w right|strong="H3477"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w just|strong="H3605"\w* \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* father \w Uzziah|strong="H5818"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*.   
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\v 35 \w Nevertheless|strong="H7535"\w*, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w high|strong="H1116"\w* \w places|strong="H1116"\w* \w were|strong="H5971"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w taken|strong="H5493"\w* \w away|strong="H5493"\w*; \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w continued|strong="H5750"\w* \w sacrificing|strong="H2076"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w burning|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* \w there|strong="H3068"\w*. Jotham \w rebuilt|strong="H1129"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w Upper|strong="H5945"\w* \w Gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 36 \w As|strong="H1697"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jotham|strong="H3147"\w*, \w along|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H6213"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w accomplishments|strong="H6213"\w*, \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Book|strong="H5612"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*?   
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\v 37 (\w In|strong="H3068"\w* \w those|strong="H1992"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w began|strong="H2490"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w Rezin|strong="H7526"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Aram \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Pekah|strong="H6492"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Remaliah|strong="H7425"\w* \w against|strong="H3068"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.)   
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\v 38 \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jotham|strong="H3147"\w* \w rested|strong="H7901"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* fathers \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H1732"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w them|strong="H8478"\w* \w in|strong="H6912"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w City|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* \w father|strong="H1121"\w*. \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* Ahaz \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H6912"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w*.   
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\v 1 \w In|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w seventeenth|strong="H7651"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Pekah|strong="H6492"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Remaliah|strong="H7425"\w*, Ahaz \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jotham|strong="H3147"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.   
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\v 2 Ahaz \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* \w when|strong="H6213"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w sixteen|strong="H8337"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*. \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w unlike|strong="H3808"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w father|strong="H1121"\w*, \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H3477"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w right|strong="H3477"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 3 Instead, \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w walked|strong="H3212"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w ways|strong="H1870"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w even|strong="H1571"\w* sacrificed \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* fire, according \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w abominations|strong="H8441"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w driven|strong="H3423"\w* \w out|strong="H3423"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w And|strong="H6086"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w sacrificed|strong="H2076"\w* \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w burned|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w high|strong="H1116"\w* \w places|strong="H1116"\w*, \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w hills|strong="H1389"\w*, \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w under|strong="H8478"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w green|strong="H7488"\w* \w tree|strong="H6086"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w Then|strong="H4428"\w* \w Rezin|strong="H7526"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Aram \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Pekah|strong="H6492"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Remaliah|strong="H7425"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w came|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w wage|strong="H4421"\w* \w war|strong="H4421"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w besieged|strong="H6696"\w* Ahaz \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w could|strong="H3201"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w overcome|strong="H3201"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w At|strong="H3427"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w Rezin|strong="H7526"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Aram \w recovered|strong="H7725"\w* Elath \w for|strong="H5704"\w* Aram, drove \w out|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* men \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3064"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w sent|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* Edomites \w into|strong="H7725"\w* Elath, \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w So|strong="H7971"\w* Ahaz \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Tiglath-pileser|strong="H8407"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Assyria, saying, “\w I|strong="H5921"\w* am \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*. \w Come|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w save|strong="H3467"\w* \w me|strong="H7971"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w hands|strong="H3709"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Aram \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w rising|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H7971"\w*.”   
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\v 8 Ahaz \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* treasuries \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s \w palace|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w it|strong="H7971"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w gift|strong="H7810"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria.   
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\v 9 \w So|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria \w responded|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w him|strong="H4191"\w*, \w marched|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w captured|strong="H8610"\w* \w it|strong="H5927"\w*. \w He|strong="H4428"\w* \w took|strong="H8610"\w* \w its|strong="H5927"\w* \w people|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w Kir|strong="H7024"\w* \w as|strong="H5927"\w* \w captives|strong="H1540"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w put|strong="H4191"\w* \w Rezin|strong="H7526"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w death|strong="H4191"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w Then|strong="H7971"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Ahaz \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* \w Tiglath-pileser|strong="H8407"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria. \w On|strong="H7200"\w* \w seeing|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w*, \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Ahaz \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* Uriah \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w model|strong="H8403"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w complete|strong="H3605"\w* plans \w for|strong="H7971"\w* \w its|strong="H3605"\w* construction.   
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\v 11 \w And|strong="H7971"\w* Uriah \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* according \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* instructions \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Ahaz \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w from|strong="H7971"\w* \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w*, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* completed \w it|strong="H6213"\w* \w before|strong="H5704"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Ahaz returned.   
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\v 12 \w When|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w came|strong="H5927"\w* \w back|strong="H5927"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*, \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w approached|strong="H7126"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w presented|strong="H7126"\w* \w offerings|strong="H5927"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w He|strong="H5921"\w* \w offered|strong="H6999"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w burnt|strong="H5930"\w* \w offering|strong="H4503"\w* \w and|strong="H4196"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w grain|strong="H6999"\w* \w offering|strong="H4503"\w*, \w poured|strong="H5258"\w* \w out|strong="H5258"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w drink|strong="H5262"\w* \w offering|strong="H4503"\w*, \w and|strong="H4196"\w* splattered \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* \w of|strong="H4196"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w peace|strong="H8002"\w* \w offerings|strong="H8002"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w took|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w stood|strong="H3068"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* (\w between|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* new \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*) \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w* \w side|strong="H3409"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* new \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Ahaz \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* Uriah \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, “\w Offer|strong="H6999"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* \w burnt|strong="H5930"\w* \w offering|strong="H4503"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w evening|strong="H6153"\w* \w grain|strong="H3605"\w* \w offering|strong="H4503"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s \w burnt|strong="H5930"\w* \w offering|strong="H4503"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w grain|strong="H3605"\w* \w offering|strong="H4503"\w*, \w as|strong="H1961"\w* well \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w burnt|strong="H5930"\w* \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w*, \w grain|strong="H3605"\w* \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w drink|strong="H5262"\w* \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land. Splatter \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w burnt|strong="H5930"\w* \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w*. \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w use|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w seek|strong="H1239"\w* guidance.”   
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\v 16 \w So|strong="H6213"\w* Uriah \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w just|strong="H3605"\w* \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Ahaz \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Ahaz \w also|strong="H4428"\w* \w cut|strong="H7112"\w* \w off|strong="H7112"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w frames|strong="H4526"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* movable \w stands|strong="H4350"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w removed|strong="H5493"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* basin \w from|strong="H5493"\w* \w each|strong="H5414"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*. \w He|strong="H5414"\w* \w took|strong="H5493"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w from|strong="H5493"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* \w oxen|strong="H1241"\w* \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w were|strong="H1241"\w* \w under|strong="H8478"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* stone \w base|strong="H4350"\w*.   
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\v 18 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w account|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria, \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w removed|strong="H5437"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="H7676"\w* canopy \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* closed \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w royal|strong="H4428"\w* entryway \w outside|strong="H2435"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 19 \w As|strong="H1697"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Ahaz, \w along|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H6213"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w accomplishments|strong="H6213"\w*, \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Book|strong="H5612"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*?   
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\v 20 \w And|strong="H1121"\w* Ahaz \w rested|strong="H7901"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* fathers \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H1732"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w them|strong="H8478"\w* \w in|strong="H6912"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w City|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H6912"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w*.   
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\v 1 \w In|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w twelfth|strong="H8147"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ahaz \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w Hoshea|strong="H1954"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Elah \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H8147"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w nine|strong="H8672"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.   
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\v 2 \w And|strong="H3478"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w but|strong="H7535"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w preceded|strong="H6440"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w Shalmaneser|strong="H8022"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria \w attacked|strong="H5927"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w Hoshea|strong="H1954"\w* \w became|strong="H1961"\w* \w his|strong="H7725"\w* vassal \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w paid|strong="H7725"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w tribute|strong="H4503"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria \w discovered|strong="H4672"\w* \w that|strong="H4397"\w* \w Hoshea|strong="H1954"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* conspired \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w envoys|strong="H4397"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w So|strong="H7971"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w that|strong="H4397"\w* \w he|strong="H1004"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* paid \w tribute|strong="H4503"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria \w as|strong="H5927"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* previous \w years|strong="H8141"\w*. \w Therefore|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria \w arrested|strong="H6113"\w* \w Hoshea|strong="H1954"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w put|strong="H7971"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w prison|strong="H1004"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w Then|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria \w invaded|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* land, \w marched|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w besieged|strong="H6696"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w In|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3920"\w* \w ninth|strong="H8671"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hoshea|strong="H1954"\w*, \w the|strong="H3920"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria \w captured|strong="H3920"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w carried|strong="H1540"\w* \w away|strong="H1540"\w* \w the|strong="H3920"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* Assyria, where \w he|strong="H8141"\w* \w settled|strong="H3427"\w* \w them|strong="H1540"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Halah|strong="H2477"\w*, \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Gozan|strong="H1470"\w* \w by|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H3920"\w* \w Habor|strong="H2249"\w* \w River|strong="H5104"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3920"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3920"\w* \w Medes|strong="H4074"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w All|strong="H5927"\w* \w this|strong="H3588"\w* \w happened|strong="H1961"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* \w against|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w brought|strong="H5927"\w* \w them|strong="H3027"\w* \w out|strong="H5927"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* land \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w from|strong="H5927"\w* \w under|strong="H8478"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Pharaoh|strong="H6547"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* worshiped other gods   
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\v 8 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w walked|strong="H3212"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w customs|strong="H2708"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w driven|strong="H3423"\w* \w out|strong="H3423"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w*, \w as|strong="H6213"\w* well \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w practices|strong="H6213"\w* \w introduced|strong="H6213"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w secretly|strong="H2644"\w* \w did|strong="H3478"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w right|strong="H3651"\w*. \w From|strong="H5921"\w* \w watchtower|strong="H4026"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w fortified|strong="H4013"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w high|strong="H1116"\w* \w places|strong="H1116"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w set|strong="H5324"\w* \w up|strong="H5324"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w themselves|strong="H5921"\w* sacred \w pillars|strong="H4676"\w* \w and|strong="H6086"\w* Asherah poles \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w high|strong="H1364"\w* \w hill|strong="H1389"\w* \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w under|strong="H8478"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w green|strong="H7488"\w* \w tree|strong="H6086"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w They|strong="H8033"\w* \w burned|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w high|strong="H1116"\w* \w places|strong="H1116"\w* \w like|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* driven \w out|strong="H6213"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w*. \w They|strong="H8033"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w*, \w provoking|strong="H3707"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w anger|strong="H3707"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w served|strong="H5647"\w* \w idols|strong="H1544"\w*, \w although|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w told|strong="H1697"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w*, “\w You|strong="H6213"\w* \w shall|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w thing|strong="H1697"\w*.”   
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\v 13 \w Yet|strong="H3068"\w* \w through|strong="H3027"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w His|strong="H3605"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w seers|strong="H2374"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w warned|strong="H5749"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, saying, “\w Turn|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7451"\w* \w ways|strong="H1870"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* \w My|strong="H8104"\w* \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w statutes|strong="H2708"\w*, \w according|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w entire|strong="H3605"\w* \w Law|strong="H8451"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H6680"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* fathers \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w delivered|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w through|strong="H3027"\w* \w My|strong="H8104"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*.”   
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\v 14 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w stiffened|strong="H7185"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w necks|strong="H6203"\w* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* fathers, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* believe \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w rejected|strong="H3988"\w* \w His|strong="H3068"\w* \w statutes|strong="H2706"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* fathers, \w as|strong="H6213"\w* well \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w decrees|strong="H2706"\w* \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w given|strong="H6680"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* pursued \w worthless|strong="H1892"\w* \w idols|strong="H1892"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w became|strong="H1891"\w* \w worthless|strong="H1892"\w* \w themselves|strong="H6213"\w*, \w going|strong="H3212"\w* after \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w surrounding|strong="H5439"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H1115"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w imitate|strong="H6213"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w abandoned|strong="H5800"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w themselves|strong="H7812"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w cast|strong="H3068"\w* idols \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w calves|strong="H5695"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w an|strong="H6213"\w* Asherah pole. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w bowed|strong="H7812"\w* \w down|strong="H7812"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w host|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w served|strong="H5647"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w sacrificed|strong="H6213"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* fire \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w practiced|strong="H6213"\w* \w divination|strong="H7081"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* soothsaying. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* devoted \w themselves|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w doing|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w provoking|strong="H3707"\w* \w Him|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w anger|strong="H3707"\w*.   
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\v 18 \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* angry \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w removed|strong="H5493"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w from|strong="H5493"\w* \w His|strong="H3068"\w* \w presence|strong="H6440"\w*. \w Only|strong="H7535"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w remained|strong="H7604"\w*,   
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\v 19 \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w even|strong="H1571"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* lived according \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w customs|strong="H2708"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w introduced|strong="H6213"\w*.   
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\v 20 \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w rejected|strong="H3988"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w descendants|strong="H2233"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w He|strong="H5704"\w* \w afflicted|strong="H6031"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w into|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w plunderers|strong="H8154"\w*, \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w He|strong="H5704"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* banished \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w His|strong="H3605"\w* \w presence|strong="H6440"\w*.   
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\v 21 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w torn|strong="H7167"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w away|strong="H7167"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w made|strong="H4427"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nebat|strong="H5028"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w led|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w away|strong="H7167"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* following \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* caused \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w commit|strong="H2398"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*.   
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\v 22 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* persisted \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w committed|strong="H6213"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w turn|strong="H5493"\w* \w away|strong="H5493"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w*.   
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\v 23 \w Finally|strong="H5704"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w removed|strong="H5493"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w from|strong="H5493"\w* \w His|strong="H3605"\w* \w presence|strong="H6440"\w*, \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w declared|strong="H1696"\w* \w through|strong="H3027"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w His|strong="H3605"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*. \w So|strong="H2088"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w exiled|strong="H1540"\w* \w from|strong="H5493"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* homeland \w into|strong="H1540"\w* Assyria, \w where|strong="H5921"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.   
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\v 24 \w Then|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Assyria \w brought|strong="H3478"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* Babylon, \w Cuthah|strong="H3575"\w*, \w Avva|strong="H5755"\w*, \w Hamath|strong="H2574"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Sepharvaim|strong="H5617"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w settled|strong="H3427"\w* \w them|strong="H3423"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w replace|strong="H8478"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w*. \w They|strong="H3478"\w* \w took|strong="H3423"\w* \w possession|strong="H3423"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w its|strong="H8478"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w*.   
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\v 25 \w Now|strong="H1961"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* settlers \w first|strong="H8462"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*, \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w did|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w worship|strong="H3372"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w so|strong="H7971"\w* \w He|strong="H8033"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* lions \w among|strong="H3427"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w*, \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w killed|strong="H2026"\w* \w some|strong="H8033"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w*.   
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\v 26 \w So|strong="H7971"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* spoke \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w the|strong="H3045"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria, saying, “\w The|strong="H3045"\w* peoples \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* \w removed|strong="H1540"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w placed|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3045"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H3045"\w* \w requirements|strong="H4941"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3045"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3045"\w* land. Because \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w this|strong="H4191"\w*, \w He|strong="H3808"\w* \w has|strong="H4428"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* lions \w among|strong="H3427"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w*, \w which|strong="H1471"\w* \w are|strong="H1471"\w* \w indeed|strong="H2009"\w* \w killing|strong="H4191"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w* \w off|strong="H1540"\w*.”   
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\v 27 \w Then|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6680"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w*: “Send \w back|strong="H3212"\w* \w one|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6680"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w carried|strong="H1540"\w* \w off|strong="H4428"\w* \w from|strong="H1540"\w* Samaria, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w have|strong="H3548"\w* \w him|strong="H6680"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w back|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w teach|strong="H3384"\w* \w the|strong="H6680"\w* \w requirements|strong="H4941"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6680"\w* God \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6680"\w* land.”   
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\v 28 \w Thus|strong="H1961"\w* \w one|strong="H1961"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w carried|strong="H1540"\w* \w away|strong="H1540"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w began|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w teach|strong="H3384"\w* \w them|strong="H1540"\w* how \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w worship|strong="H3372"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 29 Nevertheless, \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w each|strong="H5892"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* \w continued|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w their|strong="H1992"\w* \w own|strong="H1961"\w* gods \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w settled|strong="H3427"\w*, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w set|strong="H3427"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w up|strong="H3240"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w shrines|strong="H1004"\w* \w that|strong="H1471"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8118"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w on|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w high|strong="H1116"\w* \w places|strong="H1116"\w*.   
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\v 30 \w The|strong="H6213"\w* \w men|strong="H6213"\w* \w of|strong="H6213"\w* Babylon \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w Succoth-benoth|strong="H5524"\w*, \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w men|strong="H6213"\w* \w of|strong="H6213"\w* \w Cuth|strong="H3575"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w Nergal|strong="H5370"\w*, \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w men|strong="H6213"\w* \w of|strong="H6213"\w* \w Hamath|strong="H2574"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* Ashima,   
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\v 31 \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w Avvites|strong="H5757"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w Nibhaz|strong="H5026"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Tartak|strong="H8662"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w Sepharvites|strong="H5616"\w* \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* \w their|strong="H8313"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* fire \w to|strong="H6213"\w* Adrammelech \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Anammelech|strong="H6048"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* gods \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Sepharvaim|strong="H5617"\w*.   
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\v 32 \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* new residents worshiped \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w but|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w appointed|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w themselves|strong="H1992"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w all|strong="H6213"\w* sorts \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w serve|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w shrines|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w high|strong="H1116"\w* \w places|strong="H1116"\w*.   
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\v 33 \w They|strong="H8033"\w* \w worshiped|strong="H5647"\w* \w the|strong="H5647"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w but|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w served|strong="H5647"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w own|strong="H1961"\w* gods \w according|strong="H4941"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5647"\w* \w customs|strong="H4941"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5647"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w from|strong="H1540"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w carried|strong="H1540"\w* \w away|strong="H1540"\w*.   
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\v 34 \w To|strong="H5704"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w still|strong="H5704"\w* \w practicing|strong="H6213"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w former|strong="H7223"\w* \w customs|strong="H2708"\w*. None \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w worship|strong="H3372"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w or|strong="H5704"\w* \w observe|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w statutes|strong="H2708"\w*, \w ordinances|strong="H4941"\w*, \w laws|strong="H8451"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H6680"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*, \w whom|strong="H1992"\w* \w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w named|strong="H8034"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.   
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\v 35 \w For|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5647"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H3772"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5647"\w* Israelites \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w them|strong="H6680"\w*, “\w Do|strong="H5647"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w worship|strong="H7812"\w* other gods \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w bow|strong="H7812"\w* \w down|strong="H7812"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H6680"\w*; \w do|strong="H5647"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* \w them|strong="H6680"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="H2076"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H6680"\w*.   
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\v 36 \w Instead|strong="H3588"\w*, \w worship|strong="H7812"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w brought|strong="H5927"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w out|strong="H5186"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* land \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w power|strong="H3581"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w an|strong="H3588"\w* \w outstretched|strong="H5186"\w* \w arm|strong="H2220"\w*. \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w bow|strong="H7812"\w* \w down|strong="H7812"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Him|strong="H5927"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w offer|strong="H5927"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2076"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Him|strong="H5927"\w*.   
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\v 37 \w And|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w always|strong="H3605"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w careful|strong="H8104"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w observe|strong="H8104"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w statutes|strong="H2706"\w*, \w ordinances|strong="H4941"\w*, \w laws|strong="H8451"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w* \w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w wrote|strong="H3789"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*. \w Do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w worship|strong="H3372"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* gods.   
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\v 38 Do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w forget|strong="H7911"\w* \w the|strong="H3772"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3808"\w* \w made|strong="H3772"\w* \w with|strong="H1285"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w*. Do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w worship|strong="H3372"\w* other gods,   
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\v 39 \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w worship|strong="H3372"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w enemies|strong="H3027"\w*.”   
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\v 40 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w would|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w*, \w and|strong="H4941"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* persisted \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w their|strong="H8085"\w* \w former|strong="H7223"\w* \w customs|strong="H4941"\w*.   
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\v 41 \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w these|strong="H2088"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w worshiped|strong="H5647"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w but|strong="H1961"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w served|strong="H5647"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w idols|strong="H6456"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w grandchildren|strong="H1121"\w* \w continue|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* fathers \w did|strong="H6213"\w*.   
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\v 1 \w In|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w third|strong="H7969"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hoshea|strong="H1954"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Elah \w over|strong="H4427"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ahaz \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.   
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\v 2 \w He|strong="H2568"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w twenty-five|strong="H6242"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H2568"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H2568"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w twenty-nine|strong="H6242"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*. \w His|strong="H1961"\w* mother’s \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* Abi, \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zechariah|strong="H2148"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H3477"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w right|strong="H3477"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w just|strong="H3605"\w* \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* father \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w removed|strong="H5493"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w high|strong="H1116"\w* \w places|strong="H1116"\w*, \w shattered|strong="H7665"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* sacred \w pillars|strong="H4676"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w cut|strong="H3772"\w* \w down|strong="H3772"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* Asherah poles. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w also|strong="H6213"\w* \w demolished|strong="H7665"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* \w snake|strong="H5175"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w Nehushtan|strong="H5180"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w up|strong="H5704"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w burned|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w*.   
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\v 5 Hezekiah trusted \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w No|strong="H3808"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w like|strong="H3644"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*, \w either|strong="H3808"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w after|strong="H1961"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w remained|strong="H1692"\w* faithful \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w did|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w turn|strong="H5493"\w* \w from|strong="H5493"\w* following \w Him|strong="H6680"\w*; \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w kept|strong="H8104"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w given|strong="H6680"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* Hezekiah, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w prospered|strong="H7919"\w* \w wherever|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w rebelled|strong="H4775"\w* \w against|strong="H5973"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w refused|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* \w him|strong="H5973"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w defeated|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w far|strong="H5704"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w Gaza|strong="H5804"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w its|strong="H5221"\w* \w borders|strong="H1366"\w*, \w from|strong="H5704"\w* \w watchtower|strong="H4026"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w fortified|strong="H4013"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w In|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w fourth|strong="H7243"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w*’s reign, \w which|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w seventh|strong="H7637"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* reign \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hoshea|strong="H1954"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Elah \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w Shalmaneser|strong="H8022"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Assyria \w marched|strong="H5927"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w besieged|strong="H6696"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w And|strong="H3478"\w* \w at|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3920"\w* \w end|strong="H7097"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, \w the|strong="H3920"\w* Assyrians \w captured|strong="H3920"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w*. \w So|strong="H1931"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w captured|strong="H3920"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H3920"\w* \w sixth|strong="H8337"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w*, \w which|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3920"\w* \w ninth|strong="H8672"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hoshea|strong="H1954"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w The|strong="H1540"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria \w exiled|strong="H1540"\w* \w the|strong="H1540"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* Assyria \w and|strong="H3478"\w* settled \w them|strong="H1540"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Halah|strong="H2477"\w*, \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Gozan|strong="H1470"\w* \w by|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H1540"\w* \w Habor|strong="H2249"\w* \w River|strong="H5104"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H1540"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H1540"\w* \w Medes|strong="H4074"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w This|strong="H6213"\w* \w happened|strong="H6213"\w* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w violated|strong="H5674"\w* \w His|strong="H3605"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w*—\w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w*—\w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w neither|strong="H3808"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w nor|strong="H3808"\w* \w obey|strong="H8085"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w In|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w fourteenth|strong="H6240"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w*’s reign, \w Sennacherib|strong="H5576"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria \w attacked|strong="H5927"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w captured|strong="H8610"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w fortified|strong="H1219"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w So|strong="H7971"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* word \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w Lachish|strong="H3923"\w*, saying, “\w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H3063"\w* \w done|strong="H2398"\w* \w wrong|strong="H2398"\w*; \w withdraw|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w pay|strong="H5414"\w* whatever \w you|strong="H5414"\w* demand \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w*.” \w And|strong="H3967"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria exacted \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w talents|strong="H3603"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* \w talents|strong="H3603"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* treasuries \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w royal|strong="H4428"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w At|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w stripped|strong="H7112"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* gold \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w which|strong="H1931"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w plated|strong="H6823"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w doors|strong="H1817"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* doorposts \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w temple|strong="H1964"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria.   
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\v 17 Nevertheless, \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w Tartan|strong="H8661"\w*, \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w Rabsaris|strong="H7249"\w*, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w Rabshakeh|strong="H7262"\w*, along \w with|strong="H3389"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w great|strong="H3515"\w* \w army|strong="H2426"\w*, \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w Lachish|strong="H3923"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w at|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. \w They|strong="H3389"\w* advanced \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w stationed|strong="H5975"\w* \w themselves|strong="H3526"\w* \w by|strong="H5975"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* aqueduct \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w upper|strong="H5945"\w* \w pool|strong="H1295"\w*, \w on|strong="H5975"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* road \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* Launderer’s \w Field|strong="H7704"\w*.   
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\v 18 \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*. \w And|strong="H1121"\w* Eliakim \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hilkiah|strong="H2518"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w* administrator, \w Shebnah|strong="H7644"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w scribe|strong="H5608"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joah|strong="H3098"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Asaph \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w recorder|strong="H2142"\w*, \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 19 \w The|strong="H3541"\w* \w Rabshakeh|strong="H7262"\w* said \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w them|strong="H4994"\w*, “\w Tell|strong="H4994"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w that|strong="H4428"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria, \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: \w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* basis \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* confidence \w of|strong="H4428"\w* yours?   
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\v 20 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* claim \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H1697"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w strategy|strong="H6098"\w* \w and|strong="H1697"\w* \w strength|strong="H1369"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w war|strong="H4421"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* these \w are|strong="H1697"\w* \w empty|strong="H8193"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w*. \w In|strong="H5921"\w* \w whom|strong="H4310"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* trusting, \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1697"\w* \w rebelled|strong="H4775"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*?   
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\v 21 \w Look|strong="H2009"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w*, \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H4428"\w* trusting \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w splintered|strong="H7533"\w* \w reed|strong="H7070"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w staff|strong="H4938"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w pierce|strong="H5344"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w hand|strong="H3709"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w anyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w leans|strong="H5564"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*. \w Such|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w Pharaoh|strong="H6547"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* trust \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 22 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* say \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*, ‘\w We|strong="H3588"\w* trust \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*,’ \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w One|strong="H2088"\w* whose \w high|strong="H1116"\w* \w places|strong="H1116"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w altars|strong="H4196"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w removed|strong="H5493"\w*, saying \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*: ‘\w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w worship|strong="H7812"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*’?   
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\v 23 \w Now|strong="H6258"\w*, \w therefore|strong="H5921"\w*, \w make|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w bargain|strong="H6148"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w master|strong="H5414"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria. \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* two thousand \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*—if \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w can|strong="H3201"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w riders|strong="H7392"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*!   
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\v 24 \w For|strong="H5921"\w* how \w can|strong="H5650"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w repel|strong="H7725"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* single officer \w among|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w least|strong="H6996"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* master’s \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w when|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* depend \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w horsemen|strong="H6571"\w*?   
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\v 25 \w So|strong="H5927"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w*, \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* apart \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w come|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*? \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w Himself|strong="H3068"\w* said \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*, ‘\w Go|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w land|strong="H4725"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*.’”   
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\v 26 \w Then|strong="H1696"\w* Eliakim \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hilkiah|strong="H2518"\w*, \w along|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w Shebnah|strong="H7644"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joah|strong="H3098"\w*, \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Rabshakeh|strong="H7262"\w*, “\w Please|strong="H4994"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* Aramaic, \w since|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w understand|strong="H8085"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*. \w Do|strong="H4994"\w* \w not|strong="H8085"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w us|strong="H4994"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* Hebrew \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w hearing|strong="H8085"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*.”   
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\v 27 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Rabshakeh|strong="H7262"\w* \w replied|strong="H1696"\w*, “\w Has|strong="H1697"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w master|strong="H3427"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w me|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w these|strong="H1696"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* only \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w master|strong="H3427"\w*, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* men \w sitting|strong="H3427"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*, \w who|strong="H3427"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* destined \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* eat \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w own|strong="H5973"\w* dung \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w own|strong="H5973"\w* \w urine|strong="H7890"\w*?”   
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\v 28 \w Then|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w Rabshakeh|strong="H7262"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w out|strong="H1419"\w* \w loudly|strong="H6963"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* Hebrew: “\w Hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria!   
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\v 29 \w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3027"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: \w Do|strong="H3201"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w let|strong="H3808"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w deceive|strong="H5377"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*; \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w my|strong="H5337"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.   
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\v 30 \w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w let|strong="H5414"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* persuade \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* trust \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w when|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* says, ‘\w The|strong="H5414"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w surely|strong="H5414"\w* \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w*; \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w into|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria.’   
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\v 31 \w Do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H6213"\w* \w is|strong="H4428"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: \w Make|strong="H6213"\w* \w peace|strong="H1293"\w* \w with|strong="H6213"\w* \w me|strong="H6213"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w come|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w me|strong="H6213"\w*. \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w every|strong="H6213"\w* \w one|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* eat \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w his|strong="H8085"\w* own \w vine|strong="H1612"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H8085"\w* own \w fig|strong="H8384"\w* \w tree|strong="H8384"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w his|strong="H8085"\w* own cistern,   
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\v 32 \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w come|strong="H2421"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w away|strong="H3947"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* land \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* own—\w a|strong="H3068"\w* land \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w grain|strong="H1715"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w new|strong="H8492"\w* \w wine|strong="H8492"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* land \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w vineyards|strong="H3754"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* land \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w olive|strong="H2132"\w* \w trees|strong="H2132"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w honey|strong="H1706"\w*—\w so|strong="H3947"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w may|strong="H3068"\w* \w live|strong="H2421"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*. \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w misleads|strong="H5496"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* says, ‘\w The|strong="H8085"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* \w us|strong="H3588"\w*.’   
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\v 33 \w Has|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3027"\w* \w god|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* any \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* ever \w delivered|strong="H5337"\w* \w his|strong="H3027"\w* land \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3027"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3027"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria?   
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\v 34 \w Where|strong="H3027"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* gods \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w Hamath|strong="H2574"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* Arpad? \w Where|strong="H3027"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* gods \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w Sepharvaim|strong="H5617"\w*, \w Hena|strong="H2012"\w*, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w Ivvah|strong="H5755"\w*? \w Have|strong="H3027"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w delivered|strong="H5337"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w my|strong="H5337"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*?   
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\v 35 \w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w among|strong="H4310"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* gods \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w these|strong="H3605"\w* lands \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w delivered|strong="H5337"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* land \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*? \w How|strong="H3588"\w* \w then|strong="H3588"\w* \w can|strong="H4310"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*?”   
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\v 36 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w remained|strong="H2790"\w* \w silent|strong="H2790"\w* \w and|strong="H6030"\w* \w did|strong="H5971"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w answer|strong="H6030"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* Hezekiah \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w commanded|strong="H4687"\w*, “\w Do|strong="H2790"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w answer|strong="H6030"\w* \w him|strong="H1931"\w*.”   
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\v 37 \w Then|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hilkiah|strong="H2518"\w*’s \w son|strong="H1121"\w* Eliakim \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w* administrator, \w Shebna|strong="H7644"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w scribe|strong="H5608"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* Asaph’s \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joah|strong="H3098"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w recorder|strong="H2142"\w* \w came|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* clothes \w torn|strong="H7167"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w relayed|strong="H5046"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Rabshakeh|strong="H7262"\w*.   
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\v 1 \w On|strong="H3068"\w* \w hearing|strong="H8085"\w* \w this|strong="H8085"\w* report, \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w tore|strong="H7167"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* clothes, \w put|strong="H3068"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w sackcloth|strong="H8242"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* entered \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 2 \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H1004"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* Eliakim \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w* administrator, \w Shebna|strong="H7644"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w scribe|strong="H5608"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* leading \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, \w all|strong="H5921"\w* wearing \w sackcloth|strong="H8242"\w*, \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w Isaiah|strong="H3470"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Amoz   
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\v 3 \w to|strong="H5704"\w* tell \w him|strong="H3205"\w*, “\w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w what|strong="H2088"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: \w Today|strong="H3117"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w distress|strong="H6869"\w*, \w rebuke|strong="H8433"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* disgrace; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w come|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w point|strong="H5704"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* no \w strength|strong="H3581"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w deliver|strong="H6869"\w* \w them|strong="H1121"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w Perhaps|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Rabshakeh|strong="H7262"\w*, whom \w his|strong="H3605"\w* master \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w defy|strong="H2778"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w living|strong="H2416"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w rebuke|strong="H3198"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w* \w for|strong="H1157"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w*. \w Therefore|strong="H7971"\w* \w lift|strong="H5375"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w prayer|strong="H8605"\w* \w for|strong="H1157"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w remnant|strong="H7611"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* still survives.”   
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\v 5 \w So|strong="H5650"\w* \w the|strong="H5650"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w went|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w Isaiah|strong="H3470"\w*,   
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\v 6 \w who|strong="H3068"\w* replied, “\w Tell|strong="H8085"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* master \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w this|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: ‘\w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H8085"\w* \w be|strong="H1697"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w*, \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w servants|strong="H5288"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w blasphemed|strong="H1442"\w* \w Me|strong="H6440"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w Behold|strong="H2005"\w*, \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H2719"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* \w in|strong="H8085"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w so|strong="H5414"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w he|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H2719"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w rumor|strong="H8052"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* own land, where \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H2719"\w* \w cause|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* \w by|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*.’”   
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\v 8 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Rabshakeh|strong="H7262"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w left|strong="H4672"\w* \w Lachish|strong="H3923"\w*, \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w withdrew|strong="H7725"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w fighting|strong="H3898"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w Libnah|strong="H3841"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w Now|strong="H2009"\w* Sennacherib \w had|strong="H4428"\w* been warned \w about|strong="H8085"\w* \w Tirhakah|strong="H8640"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Cush|strong="H3568"\w*: “\w Look|strong="H2009"\w*, \w he|strong="H7971"\w* \w has|strong="H4428"\w* \w set|strong="H7971"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* \w against|strong="H3898"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w*.” \w So|strong="H7971"\w* Sennacherib \w again|strong="H7725"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w*, saying,   
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\v 10 “\w Give|strong="H5414"\w* \w this|strong="H3541"\w* \w message|strong="H3389"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*: ‘\w Do|strong="H3063"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w let|strong="H5414"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w God|strong="H5414"\w*, \w in|strong="H4428"\w* whom \w you|strong="H5414"\w* trust, \w deceive|strong="H5377"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* saying \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* \w into|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria.   
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\v 11 \w Surely|strong="H5337"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria \w have|strong="H3605"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* countries, devoting \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w destruction|strong="H2763"\w*. \w Will|strong="H4428"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w then|strong="H2009"\w* \w be|strong="H4428"\w* \w spared|strong="H5337"\w*?   
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\v 12 Did \w the|strong="H7843"\w* gods \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H7843"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H7843"\w* \w by|strong="H5337"\w* \w my|strong="H5337"\w* fathers \w rescue|strong="H5337"\w* \w those|strong="H1121"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*—\w the|strong="H7843"\w* gods \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Gozan|strong="H1470"\w*, \w Haran|strong="H2771"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Rezeph|strong="H7530"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H7843"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Eden|strong="H5729"\w* \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w Telassar|strong="H8515"\w*?   
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\v 13 Where \w are|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H5892"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hamath|strong="H2574"\w*, Arpad, \w Sepharvaim|strong="H5617"\w*, \w Hena|strong="H2012"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ivvah|strong="H5755"\w*?’”   
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\v 14 \w So|strong="H3947"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w received|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w letter|strong="H5612"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w*, \w read|strong="H7121"\w* \w it|strong="H7121"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w spread|strong="H6566"\w* \w it|strong="H7121"\w* \w out|strong="H6566"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w And|strong="H3478"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w prayed|strong="H6419"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*: “\w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w enthroned|strong="H3427"\w* \w between|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w cherubim|strong="H3742"\w*, \w You|strong="H6440"\w* \w alone|strong="H1931"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w over|strong="H6440"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kingdoms|strong="H4467"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w earth|strong="H8064"\w*. \w You|strong="H6440"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w earth|strong="H8064"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w Incline|strong="H5186"\w* \w Your|strong="H3068"\w* \w ear|strong="H8085"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w*; \w open|strong="H6491"\w* \w Your|strong="H3068"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w*. \w Listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w Sennacherib|strong="H5576"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w defy|strong="H2778"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w living|strong="H2416"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 17 Truly, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w laid|strong="H2717"\w* \w waste|strong="H2717"\w* \w these|strong="H4428"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w lands|strong="H2717"\w*.   
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\v 18 \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w have|strong="H3027"\w* \w cast|strong="H5414"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* gods \w into|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* fire \w and|strong="H3027"\w* destroyed \w them|strong="H5414"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w were|strong="H1992"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* gods, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w only|strong="H3588"\w* \w wood|strong="H6086"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* stone—\w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w work|strong="H4639"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w human|strong="H3027"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*.   
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\v 19 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w please|strong="H4994"\w* \w save|strong="H3467"\w* \w us|strong="H4994"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, \w so|strong="H6258"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kingdoms|strong="H4467"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* earth \w may|strong="H4994"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w alone|strong="H3045"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w are|strong="H3027"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*.”   
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\v 20 \w Then|strong="H7971"\w* \w Isaiah|strong="H3470"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Amoz \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w message|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w*: “\w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: \w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w prayer|strong="H6419"\w* \w concerning|strong="H3068"\w* \w Sennacherib|strong="H5576"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Assyria.   
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\v 21 \w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*: ‘\w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w Virgin|strong="H1330"\w* \w Daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w* despises \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w mocks|strong="H3932"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*; \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w shakes|strong="H5128"\w* \w her|strong="H5921"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w* \w behind|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 22 \w Whom|strong="H4310"\w* \w have|strong="H5869"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w taunted|strong="H2778"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w blasphemed|strong="H1442"\w*? \w Against|strong="H5921"\w* \w whom|strong="H4310"\w* \w have|strong="H5869"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w raised|strong="H5375"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w lifted|strong="H5375"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* pride? \w Against|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Holy|strong="H6918"\w* \w One|strong="H6918"\w* \w of|strong="H6963"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*!   
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\v 23 \w Through|strong="H3027"\w* \w your|strong="H3772"\w* servants \w you|strong="H3772"\w* \w have|strong="H3027"\w* \w taunted|strong="H2778"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* Lord, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w you|strong="H3772"\w* \w have|strong="H3027"\w* said: “\w With|strong="H3027"\w* \w my|strong="H5927"\w* many \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* \w I|strong="H3772"\w* \w have|strong="H3027"\w* \w ascended|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* \w heights|strong="H4791"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w*, \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* \w remote|strong="H3411"\w* peaks \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w*. \w I|strong="H3772"\w* \w have|strong="H3027"\w* \w cut|strong="H3772"\w* \w down|strong="H3772"\w* \w its|strong="H5927"\w* tallest cedars, \w the|strong="H5927"\w* finest \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w its|strong="H5927"\w* \w cypresses|strong="H1265"\w*. \w I|strong="H3772"\w* \w have|strong="H3027"\w* \w reached|strong="H5927"\w* \w its|strong="H5927"\w* \w farthest|strong="H7093"\w* outposts, \w the|strong="H5927"\w* densest \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w its|strong="H5927"\w* \w forests|strong="H3293"\w*.   
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\v 24 \w I|strong="H6471"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* \w dug|strong="H6979"\w* wells \w and|strong="H8354"\w* \w drunk|strong="H8354"\w* \w foreign|strong="H2114"\w* \w waters|strong="H4325"\w*. \w With|strong="H4325"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w soles|strong="H3709"\w* \w of|strong="H4325"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w feet|strong="H6471"\w* \w I|strong="H6471"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* \w dried|strong="H2717"\w* \w up|strong="H2717"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w streams|strong="H2975"\w* \w of|strong="H4325"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4693"\w*.”   
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\v 25 \w Have|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w*? \w Long|strong="H3117"\w* \w ago|strong="H7350"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w ordained|strong="H6213"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w*; \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w old|strong="H6924"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w planned|strong="H3335"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w*. \w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w brought|strong="H6213"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w pass|strong="H1961"\w*, \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w should|strong="H3117"\w* crush \w fortified|strong="H1219"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w into|strong="H6213"\w* piles \w of|strong="H3117"\w* rubble.   
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\v 26 \w Therefore|strong="H1961"\w* \w their|strong="H6440"\w* \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w*, devoid \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w power|strong="H3027"\w*, \w are|strong="H3027"\w* \w dismayed|strong="H2865"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* ashamed. \w They|strong="H3027"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w plants|strong="H6212"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w*, \w tender|strong="H1877"\w* \w green|strong="H3419"\w* shoots, \w grass|strong="H2682"\w* \w on|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w rooftops|strong="H1406"\w*, \w scorched|strong="H7711"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w it|strong="H6440"\w* \w is|strong="H3027"\w* \w grown|strong="H7054"\w*.   
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\v 27 But \w I|strong="H3045"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w your|strong="H3045"\w* \w sitting|strong="H3427"\w* \w down|strong="H3427"\w*, \w your|strong="H3045"\w* \w going|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w and|strong="H3318"\w* \w coming|strong="H3318"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w*, \w and|strong="H3318"\w* \w your|strong="H3045"\w* \w raging|strong="H7264"\w* \w against|strong="H3427"\w* \w Me|strong="H3318"\w*.   
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\v 28 \w Because|strong="H3282"\w* \w your|strong="H7760"\w* \w rage|strong="H7264"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w arrogance|strong="H7600"\w* \w against|strong="H5927"\w* \w Me|strong="H7725"\w* \w have|strong="H8193"\w* \w reached|strong="H5927"\w* \w My|strong="H7760"\w* ears, \w I|strong="H7760"\w* \w will|strong="H7725"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w My|strong="H7760"\w* \w hook|strong="H2397"\w* \w in|strong="H1870"\w* \w your|strong="H7760"\w* nose \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w My|strong="H7760"\w* \w bit|strong="H4964"\w* \w in|strong="H1870"\w* \w your|strong="H7760"\w* mouth; \w I|strong="H7760"\w* \w will|strong="H7725"\w* \w send|strong="H5927"\w* \w you|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w you|strong="H7725"\w* \w came|strong="H5927"\w*.’   
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\v 29 \w And|strong="H8141"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w will|strong="H3754"\w* \w be|strong="H8141"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* sign \w to|strong="H8141"\w* \w you|strong="H8141"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* Hezekiah: \w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w you|strong="H8141"\w* \w will|strong="H3754"\w* eat \w what|strong="H2088"\w* \w grows|strong="H5599"\w* \w on|strong="H3754"\w* \w its|strong="H7114"\w* own, \w and|strong="H8141"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H8141"\w* \w second|strong="H8145"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w what|strong="H2088"\w* springs \w from|strong="H2232"\w* \w the|strong="H8141"\w* \w same|strong="H2088"\w*. But \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H8141"\w* \w third|strong="H7992"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w you|strong="H8141"\w* \w will|strong="H3754"\w* \w sow|strong="H2232"\w* \w and|strong="H8141"\w* \w reap|strong="H7114"\w*; \w you|strong="H8141"\w* \w will|strong="H3754"\w* \w plant|strong="H5193"\w* \w vineyards|strong="H3754"\w* \w and|strong="H8141"\w* eat \w their|strong="H7114"\w* \w fruit|strong="H6529"\w*.   
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\v 30 \w And|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w surviving|strong="H7604"\w* \w remnant|strong="H7604"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w again|strong="H3254"\w* \w take|strong="H6213"\w* \w root|strong="H8328"\w* \w below|strong="H4295"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w bear|strong="H6213"\w* \w fruit|strong="H6529"\w* \w above|strong="H4605"\w*.   
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\v 31 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w remnant|strong="H7611"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w go|strong="H3318"\w* \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w survivors|strong="H6413"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w Mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*. \w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w zeal|strong="H7068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Hosts \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w accomplish|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w*.   
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\v 32 \w So|strong="H3651"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria: ‘\w He|strong="H8033"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* enter \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w shoot|strong="H3384"\w* \w an|strong="H8033"\w* \w arrow|strong="H2671"\w* \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*. \w He|strong="H8033"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w come|strong="H6923"\w* \w before|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w shield|strong="H4043"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* build \w up|strong="H8210"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w siege|strong="H5550"\w* \w ramp|strong="H5550"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 33 \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w go|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w came|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* enter \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 34 \w I|strong="H5650"\w* \w will|strong="H5650"\w* \w defend|strong="H1598"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w save|strong="H3467"\w* \w it|strong="H2063"\w* \w for|strong="H4616"\w* \w My|strong="H1732"\w* own \w sake|strong="H4616"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w for|strong="H4616"\w* \w the|strong="H5650"\w* \w sake|strong="H4616"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w My|strong="H1732"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*.’”   
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\v 35 \w And|strong="H3967"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* very \w night|strong="H3915"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w down|strong="H5221"\w* 185,000 \w men|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Assyrians. \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H1931"\w* \w got|strong="H3318"\w* \w up|strong="H7925"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* next \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*, \w there|strong="H2009"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w dead|strong="H4191"\w* \w bodies|strong="H6297"\w*!   
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\v 36 \w So|strong="H7725"\w* \w Sennacherib|strong="H5576"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria \w broke|strong="H5265"\w* camp \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w withdrew|strong="H7725"\w*. \w He|strong="H7725"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Nineveh|strong="H5210"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w stayed|strong="H3427"\w* \w there|strong="H3427"\w*.   
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\v 37 \w One|strong="H1931"\w* day, \w while|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w worshiping|strong="H7812"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H5221"\w* god \w Nisroch|strong="H5268"\w*, \w his|strong="H5221"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* Adrammelech \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Sharezer|strong="H8272"\w* \w put|strong="H4427"\w* \w him|strong="H5221"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w escaped|strong="H4422"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* land \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ararat. \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H5221"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* Esar-haddon \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w his|strong="H5221"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w*.   
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\v 1 \w In|strong="H3068"\w* \w those|strong="H1992"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w became|strong="H2470"\w* \w mortally|strong="H4191"\w* \w ill|strong="H2470"\w*. \w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w Isaiah|strong="H3470"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Amoz \w came|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w him|strong="H6680"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* said, “\w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: ‘\w Put|strong="H4191"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w order|strong="H6680"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w about|strong="H3117"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*; \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w recover|strong="H2421"\w*.’”   
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\v 2 \w Then|strong="H3068"\w* Hezekiah \w turned|strong="H5437"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w wall|strong="H7023"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w prayed|strong="H6419"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, saying,   
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\v 3 “\w Please|strong="H4994"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w remember|strong="H2142"\w* \w how|strong="H4994"\w* \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w walked|strong="H1980"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w You|strong="H6440"\w* faithfully \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w with|strong="H1980"\w* \w wholehearted|strong="H8003"\w* devotion; \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H2896"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w Your|strong="H3068"\w* \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*.” \w And|strong="H1980"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w wept|strong="H1058"\w* \w bitterly|strong="H1419"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w Before|strong="H3808"\w* \w Isaiah|strong="H3470"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w left|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w middle|strong="H8484"\w* \w courtyard|strong="H5892"\w*, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w him|strong="H3318"\w*, \w saying|strong="H1697"\w*,   
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\v 5 “\w Go|strong="H5927"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w tell|strong="H8085"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w leader|strong="H5057"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w My|strong="H8085"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w this|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* father \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: ‘\w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w prayer|strong="H8605"\w*; \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w tears|strong="H1832"\w*. \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w surely|strong="H7725"\w* \w heal|strong="H7495"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w*. \w On|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w third|strong="H7992"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w now|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w go|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w add|strong="H3254"\w* \w fifteen|strong="H2568"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w life|strong="H3117"\w*. \w And|strong="H4428"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w hand|strong="H3709"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria. \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w defend|strong="H1598"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w My|strong="H1732"\w* \w sake|strong="H4616"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sake|strong="H4616"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w My|strong="H1732"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*.’”   
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\v 7 \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w Isaiah|strong="H3470"\w* said, “\w Prepare|strong="H7760"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* poultice \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w figs|strong="H8384"\w*.” \w So|strong="H3947"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w brought|strong="H3947"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w* \w and|strong="H3947"\w* applied \w it|strong="H7760"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w boil|strong="H7822"\w*, \w and|strong="H3947"\w* Hezekiah \w recovered|strong="H2421"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w Now|strong="H3117"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w asked|strong="H4100"\w* \w Isaiah|strong="H3470"\w*, “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* sign \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w heal|strong="H7495"\w* \w me|strong="H5927"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w go|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w third|strong="H7992"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*?”   
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\v 9 \w And|strong="H1980"\w* \w Isaiah|strong="H3470"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w replied|strong="H1696"\w*, “\w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1697"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* sign \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w promised|strong="H1696"\w*: \w Would|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w like|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w shadow|strong="H6738"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w go|strong="H1980"\w* \w forward|strong="H1980"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w steps|strong="H4609"\w*, \w or|strong="H3068"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w steps|strong="H4609"\w*?”   
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\v 10 “\w It|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H6738"\w* \w easy|strong="H7043"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w shadow|strong="H6738"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w lengthen|strong="H5186"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w steps|strong="H4609"\w*,” \w answered|strong="H7725"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w*, “\w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w go|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w steps|strong="H4609"\w*.”   
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\v 11 \w So|strong="H7121"\w* \w Isaiah|strong="H3470"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w out|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w brought|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w shadow|strong="H6738"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w steps|strong="H4609"\w* \w it|strong="H7121"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w descended|strong="H3381"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w stairway|strong="H4609"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Ahaz.   
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\v 12 \w At|strong="H4428"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w Merodach-baladan|strong="H1255"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Baladan|strong="H1081"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Babylon \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w letters|strong="H5612"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w gift|strong="H4503"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w about|strong="H8085"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w*’s illness.   
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\v 13 \w And|strong="H3701"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w received|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* envoys \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w showed|strong="H7200"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w treasure|strong="H5238"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*—\w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w spices|strong="H1314"\w*, \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w precious|strong="H2896"\w* \w oil|strong="H8081"\w*, \w as|strong="H1697"\w* \w well|strong="H2896"\w* \w as|strong="H1697"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w armory|strong="H1004"\w*—\w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* storehouses. \w There|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w nothing|strong="H3808"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w dominion|strong="H4474"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w show|strong="H7200"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w Then|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3470"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w Isaiah|strong="H3470"\w* \w went|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w asked|strong="H4100"\w*, “\w Where|strong="H4100"\w* \w did|strong="H4100"\w* those men \w come|strong="H7350"\w* \w from|strong="H7350"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w did|strong="H4100"\w* \w they|strong="H4100"\w* say \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w you|strong="H4100"\w*?” “\w They|strong="H4100"\w* \w came|strong="H5030"\w* \w from|strong="H7350"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w distant|strong="H7350"\w* land,” \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* replied, “\w from|strong="H7350"\w* Babylon.”   
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\v 15 “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w*?” Isaiah \w asked|strong="H4100"\w*. “\w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w*,” \w answered|strong="H1697"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w*. “\w There|strong="H1961"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* \w nothing|strong="H3808"\w* \w among|strong="H7200"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* treasures \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w did|strong="H4100"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w show|strong="H7200"\w* \w them|strong="H7200"\w*.”   
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\v 16 \w Then|strong="H8085"\w* \w Isaiah|strong="H3470"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w*, “\w Hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*:   
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\v 17 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w surely|strong="H2009"\w* come \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* fathers \w have|strong="H3068"\w* stored \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w carried|strong="H5375"\w* \w off|strong="H5375"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* Babylon. \w Nothing|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w left|strong="H3498"\w*, \w says|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 18 \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w some|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H3947"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w*, \w your|strong="H3947"\w* \w own|strong="H1961"\w* flesh \w and|strong="H1121"\w* blood, \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w taken|strong="H3947"\w* \w away|strong="H3947"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w eunuchs|strong="H5631"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w palace|strong="H1964"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Babylon.”   
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\v 19 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w Isaiah|strong="H3470"\w*, “\w The|strong="H3068"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w*.” \w For|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w thought|strong="H1697"\w*, “\w Will|strong="H3068"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* least \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w security|strong="H7965"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w lifetime|strong="H3117"\w*?”   
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\v 20 \w As|strong="H1697"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w*, \w along|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w might|strong="H1369"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w how|strong="H6213"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w constructed|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w pool|strong="H1295"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* tunnel \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w bring|strong="H6213"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Book|strong="H5612"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*?   
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\v 21 \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w rested|strong="H7901"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w his|strong="H8478"\w* fathers, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H8478"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H4427"\w* \w his|strong="H8478"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w*.   
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\v 1 \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w twelve|strong="H8147"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* \w when|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H2568"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H2568"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w fifty-five|strong="H2572"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*. \w His|strong="H4519"\w* mother’s \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w Hephzibah|strong="H2657"\w*.   
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\v 2 \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* following \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w abominations|strong="H8441"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w driven|strong="H3423"\w* \w out|strong="H3423"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w For|strong="H6213"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w rebuilt|strong="H1129"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w high|strong="H1116"\w* \w places|strong="H1116"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* father \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* destroyed, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w raised|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w altars|strong="H4196"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*. \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w an|strong="H1129"\w* Asherah pole, \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Ahab \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w worshiped|strong="H7812"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w served|strong="H5647"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w host|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w Manasseh|strong="H1129"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w altars|strong="H4196"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* said, “\w In|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w I|strong="H7760"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w My|strong="H3068"\w* \w Name|strong="H8034"\w*.”   
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\v 5 \w In|strong="H3068"\w* \w both|strong="H8147"\w* \w courtyards|strong="H2691"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w altars|strong="H4196"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w host|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w sacrificed|strong="H6213"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w own|strong="H5869"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* fire, \w practiced|strong="H6213"\w* sorcery \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w divination|strong="H5172"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* consulted mediums \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w spiritists|strong="H3049"\w*. \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w great|strong="H7235"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w provoking|strong="H3707"\w* \w Him|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w anger|strong="H3707"\w*.   
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\v 7 Manasseh \w even|strong="H6213"\w* \w took|strong="H7760"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w carved|strong="H6213"\w* Asherah pole \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w set|strong="H7760"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w* \w up|strong="H7760"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*, \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* said \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*, “\w In|strong="H3478"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H7760"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* chosen \w out|strong="H6213"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w I|strong="H7760"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w establish|strong="H7760"\w* \w My|strong="H3605"\w* \w Name|strong="H8034"\w* \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w again|strong="H3254"\w* \w cause|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w feet|strong="H7272"\w* \w of|strong="H5650"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w wander|strong="H5110"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* fathers, if \w only|strong="H7535"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* \w careful|strong="H8104"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H5650"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*—\w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* \w Law|strong="H8451"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w My|strong="H8104"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*.”   
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\v 9 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w led|strong="H8582"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w astray|strong="H8582"\w*, \w so|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* greater \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w than|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H8045"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w* \w through|strong="H3027"\w* \w His|strong="H3068"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*, \w saying|strong="H1696"\w*,   
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\v 11 “\w Since|strong="H3282"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w has|strong="H4428"\w* \w committed|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H6213"\w* \w abominations|strong="H8441"\w*, acting \w more|strong="H6213"\w* \w wickedly|strong="H7489"\w* \w than|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Amorites \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w preceded|strong="H6440"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w with|strong="H6213"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w idols|strong="H1544"\w* \w has|strong="H4428"\w* \w caused|strong="H6213"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*,   
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\v 12 \w this|strong="H3651"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H7451"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: ‘\w Behold|strong="H2005"\w*, \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* bringing \w such|strong="H3651"\w* \w calamity|strong="H7451"\w* \w upon|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* news \w will|strong="H3068"\w* reverberate \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* ears \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w stretch|strong="H5186"\w* \w out|strong="H5186"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w measuring|strong="H6957"\w* \w line|strong="H6957"\w* used \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* plumb \w line|strong="H6957"\w* used \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* Ahab, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w wipe|strong="H4229"\w* \w out|strong="H5186"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w as|strong="H3389"\w* \w one|strong="H1004"\w* \w wipes|strong="H4229"\w* \w out|strong="H5186"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* bowl—\w wiping|strong="H4229"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w turning|strong="H2015"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w upside|strong="H5921"\w* \w down|strong="H5186"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w forsake|strong="H5203"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w remnant|strong="H7611"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w My|strong="H5414"\w* \w inheritance|strong="H5159"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w into|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w enemies|strong="H3027"\w*. \w And|strong="H3027"\w* \w they|strong="H3027"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w plunder|strong="H4933"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w spoil|strong="H4933"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w enemies|strong="H3027"\w*,   
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\v 15 \w because|strong="H4480"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w My|strong="H3318"\w* \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w provoked|strong="H3707"\w* \w Me|strong="H4480"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w anger|strong="H3707"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w their|strong="H1961"\w* fathers \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.’”   
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\v 16 \w Moreover|strong="H1571"\w*, \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w shed|strong="H8210"\w* \w so|strong="H6213"\w* \w much|strong="H7235"\w* \w innocent|strong="H5355"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w from|strong="H5704"\w* \w end|strong="H6310"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w end|strong="H6310"\w*, \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w addition|strong="H1571"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w sin|strong="H2403"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w caused|strong="H6213"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w commit|strong="H6213"\w*, \w doing|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w As|strong="H1697"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*, \w along|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w accomplishments|strong="H6213"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sin|strong="H2403"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w committed|strong="H6213"\w*, \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Book|strong="H5612"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*?   
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\v 18 \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w rested|strong="H7901"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w his|strong="H8478"\w* fathers \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H1004"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w his|strong="H8478"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w* \w garden|strong="H1588"\w*, \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w garden|strong="H1588"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Uzza|strong="H5798"\w*. \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H8478"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* Amon \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w his|strong="H8478"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w*.   
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\v 19 Amon \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w twenty-two|strong="H6242"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* \w when|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H8147"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H8147"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*. \w His|strong="H4480"\w* mother’s \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w Meshullemeth|strong="H4922"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Haruz|strong="H2743"\w*; \w she|strong="H6242"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w Jotbah|strong="H3192"\w*.   
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\v 20 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* father \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*.   
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\v 21 \w He|strong="H3605"\w* \w walked|strong="H1980"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w ways|strong="H1870"\w* \w of|strong="H1870"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* father, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w served|strong="H5647"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w worshiped|strong="H7812"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w idols|strong="H1544"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* father had \w served|strong="H5647"\w*.   
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\v 22 \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w abandoned|strong="H5800"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* fathers, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w did|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w walk|strong="H1980"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 23 \w Then|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Amon \w conspired|strong="H7194"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w killed|strong="H4191"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w*.   
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\v 24 \w But|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w conspired|strong="H7194"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Amon, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w made|strong="H4427"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w*.   
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\v 25 \w As|strong="H1697"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Amon, \w along|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H6213"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w accomplishments|strong="H6213"\w*, \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Book|strong="H5612"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*?   
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\v 26 \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H6912"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w in|strong="H6912"\w* \w his|strong="H8478"\w* \w tomb|strong="H6900"\w* \w in|strong="H6912"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w garden|strong="H1588"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Uzza|strong="H5798"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H8478"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H6912"\w* \w his|strong="H8478"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w*.   
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\v 1 \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w eight|strong="H8083"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* \w when|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H3389"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H3389"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w thirty-one|strong="H7970"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*. \w His|strong="H2977"\w* mother’s \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w Jedidah|strong="H3040"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Adaiah|strong="H5718"\w*; she \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w Bozkath|strong="H1218"\w*.   
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\v 2 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H3477"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w right|strong="H3225"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w walked|strong="H3212"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w ways|strong="H1870"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* father \w David|strong="H1732"\w*; \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w turn|strong="H5493"\w* \w aside|strong="H5493"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w right|strong="H3225"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w left|strong="H8040"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w Now|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w eighteenth|strong="H8083"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* reign, \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w scribe|strong="H5608"\w*, \w Shaphan|strong="H8227"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Azaliah, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Meshullam|strong="H4918"\w*, \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, saying,   
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\v 4 “\w Go|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Hilkiah|strong="H2518"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w high|strong="H1419"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H5927"\w* \w count|strong="H8552"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H5927"\w* \w brought|strong="H5927"\w* \w into|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w doorkeepers|strong="H8104"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* collected \w from|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w let|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w supervisors|strong="H6485"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* \w doing|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w work|strong="H4399"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w turn|strong="H5414"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w workmen|strong="H4399"\w* \w repairing|strong="H2388"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* damages \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*—   
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\v 6 \w to|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H1129"\w* \w carpenters|strong="H2796"\w*, \w builders|strong="H1129"\w*, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w masons|strong="H1443"\w*—\w to|strong="H1004"\w* \w buy|strong="H7069"\w* \w timber|strong="H6086"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* dressed stone \w to|strong="H1004"\w* \w repair|strong="H2388"\w* \w the|strong="H1129"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* need \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w account|strong="H5921"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*, \w since|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w work|strong="H6213"\w* \w with|strong="H6213"\w* integrity.”   
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\v 8 \w Then|strong="H5414"\w* \w Hilkiah|strong="H2518"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w high|strong="H1419"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w said|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Shaphan|strong="H8227"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w scribe|strong="H5608"\w*, “\w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Book|strong="H5612"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Law|strong="H8451"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*!” \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Shaphan|strong="H8227"\w*, \w who|strong="H3548"\w* \w read|strong="H7121"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w Shaphan|strong="H8227"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w scribe|strong="H5608"\w* \w went|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w reported|strong="H5414"\w*, “\w Your|strong="H3068"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w paid|strong="H5414"\w* \w out|strong="H4672"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w into|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w workers|strong="H4399"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w supervisors|strong="H6485"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.”   
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\v 10 Moreover, \w Shaphan|strong="H8227"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w scribe|strong="H5608"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, “\w Hilkiah|strong="H2518"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w has|strong="H4428"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w*.” \w And|strong="H4428"\w* \w Shaphan|strong="H8227"\w* \w read|strong="H7121"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w presence|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w Book|strong="H5612"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w Law|strong="H8451"\w*, \w he|strong="H4428"\w* \w tore|strong="H7167"\w* \w his|strong="H8085"\w* clothes   
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\v 12 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w Hilkiah|strong="H2518"\w* \w the|strong="H6680"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, Ahikam \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shaphan|strong="H8227"\w*, \w Achbor|strong="H5907"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Micaiah|strong="H4320"\w*, \w Shaphan|strong="H8227"\w* \w the|strong="H6680"\w* \w scribe|strong="H5608"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Asaiah|strong="H6222"\w* \w the|strong="H6680"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6680"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*:   
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\v 13 “\w Go|strong="H3212"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w inquire|strong="H1875"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w concerning|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H5971"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w*. \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w wrath|strong="H2534"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w burns|strong="H3341"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* fathers \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w obeyed|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w doing|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w*.”   
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\v 14 \w So|strong="H1696"\w* \w Hilkiah|strong="H2518"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, Ahikam, \w Achbor|strong="H5907"\w*, \w Shaphan|strong="H8227"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Asaiah|strong="H6222"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w Huldah|strong="H2468"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w prophetess|strong="H5031"\w*, \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w wife|strong="H1696"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shallum|strong="H7967"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Tikvah|strong="H8616"\w*, \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Harhas|strong="H2745"\w*, \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w keeper|strong="H8104"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* wardrobe. \w She|strong="H1931"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w Second|strong="H4932"\w* District.   
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\v 15 \w And|strong="H3478"\w* Huldah said \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w*, “\w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: ‘Tell \w the|strong="H3541"\w* man \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w*   
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\v 16 \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w bring|strong="H7451"\w* \w calamity|strong="H7451"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w its|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w*, \w according|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w read|strong="H7121"\w*,   
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\v 17 \w because|strong="H4616"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3027"\w* \w forsaken|strong="H5800"\w* \w Me|strong="H5800"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w burned|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* \w to|strong="H3027"\w* \w other|strong="H2088"\w* gods, \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w might|strong="H4616"\w* \w provoke|strong="H3707"\w* \w Me|strong="H5800"\w* \w to|strong="H3027"\w* \w anger|strong="H3707"\w* \w with|strong="H3027"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w works|strong="H4639"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*. \w My|strong="H3605"\w* \w wrath|strong="H2534"\w* \w will|strong="H3027"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w kindled|strong="H3341"\w* \w against|strong="H3027"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w will|strong="H3027"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w quenched|strong="H3518"\w*.’   
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\v 18 \w But|strong="H8085"\w* \w as|strong="H1697"\w* \w for|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w inquire|strong="H1875"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w tell|strong="H8085"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w this|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: ‘\w As|strong="H1697"\w* \w for|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w*,   
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\v 19 \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w heart|strong="H3824"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w tender|strong="H7401"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w humbled|strong="H3665"\w* \w yourself|strong="H3665"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w what|strong="H2088"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w its|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w*, \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w desolation|strong="H8047"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w curse|strong="H7045"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w torn|strong="H7167"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* clothes \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w wept|strong="H1058"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Me|strong="H6440"\w*, \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w*,’ \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 20 ‘\w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w indeed|strong="H2005"\w* gather \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* fathers, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* gathered \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w grave|strong="H6913"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*. \w Your|strong="H3605"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w calamity|strong="H7451"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w bring|strong="H7725"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w*.’” \w So|strong="H3651"\w* \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w brought|strong="H7725"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w answer|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.   
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\v 1 \w Then|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* summoned \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.   
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\v 2 \w And|strong="H3063"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w as|strong="H5704"\w* well \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*—\w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w small|strong="H6996"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w*—\w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* hearing \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w read|strong="H7121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Book|strong="H5612"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Covenant|strong="H1285"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H5971"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w So|strong="H6965"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w pillar|strong="H5982"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w made|strong="H3772"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w follow|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* \w His|strong="H3605"\w* \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w*, \w decrees|strong="H1697"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w statutes|strong="H2708"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w carry|strong="H6965"\w* \w out|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w were|strong="H5971"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w*. \w And|strong="H6965"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w entered|strong="H5975"\w* \w into|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w Hilkiah|strong="H2518"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w high|strong="H1419"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w second|strong="H4932"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w rank|strong="H4932"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w doorkeepers|strong="H8104"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w remove|strong="H3318"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1964"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w articles|strong="H3627"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*, Asherah, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w host|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*. \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \w outside|strong="H2351"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w fields|strong="H7709"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Kidron|strong="H6939"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w carried|strong="H5375"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w ashes|strong="H6083"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w*.   
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\v 5 Josiah \w also|strong="H4428"\w* \w did|strong="H3063"\w* \w away|strong="H7673"\w* \w with|strong="H3389"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w idolatrous|strong="H3649"\w* \w priests|strong="H3649"\w* \w ordained|strong="H5414"\w* \w by|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w burn|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* \w on|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w high|strong="H1116"\w* \w places|strong="H1116"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w places|strong="H1116"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w around|strong="H4524"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*—\w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w burned|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*, \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sun|strong="H8121"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w moon|strong="H3394"\w*, \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w constellations|strong="H4208"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w host|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w brought|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Asherah pole \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Kidron|strong="H6939"\w* \w Valley|strong="H5158"\w* \w outside|strong="H2351"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w there|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*, \w ground|strong="H1854"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w powder|strong="H1854"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w threw|strong="H7993"\w* \w its|strong="H5921"\w* \w dust|strong="H6083"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w graves|strong="H6913"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w common|strong="H1121"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w He|strong="H8033"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w tore|strong="H5422"\w* \w down|strong="H5422"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w quarters|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w male|strong="H6945"\w* \w shrine|strong="H1004"\w* \w prostitutes|strong="H6945"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H1004"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* women \w had|strong="H3068"\w* woven tapestries \w for|strong="H3068"\w* Asherah.   
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\v 8 \w Then|strong="H3548"\w* Josiah \w brought|strong="H3548"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* desecrated \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w high|strong="H1116"\w* \w places|strong="H1116"\w*, \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w Geba|strong="H1387"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* Beersheba, \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w had|strong="H3063"\w* \w burned|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H6999"\w*. \w He|strong="H5704"\w* \w tore|strong="H5422"\w* \w down|strong="H5422"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w high|strong="H1116"\w* \w places|strong="H1116"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w entrance|strong="H6607"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w governor|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w which|strong="H8033"\w* \w was|strong="H5892"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w left|strong="H8040"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w Although|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w high|strong="H1116"\w* \w places|strong="H1116"\w* \w did|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w come|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w they|strong="H3588"\w* ate \w unleavened|strong="H4682"\w* \w bread|strong="H4682"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* fellow \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w He|strong="H1121"\w* \w also|strong="H1121"\w* desecrated \w Topheth|strong="H8612"\w* \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* \w Valley|strong="H1516"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ben-hinnom|strong="H1121"\w* \w so|strong="H1115"\w* \w that|strong="H1121"\w* \w no|strong="H1115"\w* \w one|strong="H1121"\w* could sacrifice \w his|strong="H2930"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w or|strong="H1121"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* fire \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w Molech|strong="H4432"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w And|strong="H3063"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w removed|strong="H7673"\w* \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* entrance \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w dedicated|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w sun|strong="H8121"\w*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H3063"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w court|strong="H1004"\w* near \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w chamber|strong="H3957"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w an|strong="H5414"\w* \w official|strong="H5631"\w* named \w Nathan-melech|strong="H5419"\w*. \w And|strong="H3063"\w* Josiah \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* \w up|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w chariots|strong="H4818"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w sun|strong="H8121"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w He|strong="H8033"\w* \w pulled|strong="H5422"\w* \w down|strong="H5422"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w altars|strong="H4196"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w set|strong="H6213"\w* \w up|strong="H5921"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w roof|strong="H1406"\w* \w near|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w upper|strong="H5944"\w* \w chamber|strong="H5944"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Ahaz, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w altars|strong="H4196"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w set|strong="H6213"\w* \w up|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w courtyards|strong="H2691"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* pulverized \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w threw|strong="H7993"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w dust|strong="H6083"\w* \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Kidron|strong="H6939"\w* \w Valley|strong="H5158"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w also|strong="H3478"\w* desecrated \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w high|strong="H1116"\w* \w places|strong="H1116"\w* \w east|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w south|strong="H3225"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Corruption|strong="H4889"\w*, \w which|strong="H1116"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w Ashtoreth|strong="H6253"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w abomination|strong="H8441"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Sidonians|strong="H6722"\w*, \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w Chemosh|strong="H3645"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w abomination|strong="H8441"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Moabites|strong="H4124"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w Milcom|strong="H4445"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w abomination|strong="H8441"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Ammonites|strong="H1121"\w*.   
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\v 14 He \w smashed|strong="H7665"\w* \w the|strong="H7665"\w* sacred \w pillars|strong="H4676"\w* \w to|strong="H4725"\w* \w pieces|strong="H7665"\w*, \w cut|strong="H3772"\w* \w down|strong="H3772"\w* \w the|strong="H7665"\w* Asherah poles, \w and|strong="H4725"\w* \w covered|strong="H4390"\w* \w the|strong="H7665"\w* \w sites|strong="H4725"\w* \w with|strong="H4390"\w* human \w bones|strong="H6106"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w even|strong="H1571"\w* \w pulled|strong="H5422"\w* \w down|strong="H5422"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w at|strong="H3478"\w* \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w*, \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w high|strong="H1116"\w* \w place|strong="H1116"\w* \w set|strong="H6213"\w* \w up|strong="H8313"\w* \w by|strong="H3478"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nebat|strong="H5028"\w*, \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w caused|strong="H6213"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*. \w Then|strong="H6213"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w high|strong="H1116"\w* \w place|strong="H1116"\w*, \w ground|strong="H1854"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w powder|strong="H1854"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* Asherah pole.   
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\v 16 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w as|strong="H1697"\w* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* \w turned|strong="H6437"\w*, \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w tombs|strong="H6913"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* hillside, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* someone \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* \w out|strong="H7971"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w tombs|strong="H6913"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w defile|strong="H2930"\w* \w it|strong="H7121"\w*, \w according|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w proclaimed|strong="H7121"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w man|strong="H7200"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* foretold \w these|strong="H7121"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w Then|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H5921"\w* \w asked|strong="H4100"\w*, “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* \w this|strong="H6213"\w* \w monument|strong="H6725"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w*?” \w And|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w men|strong="H6213"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* replied, “\w It|strong="H7121"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w tomb|strong="H6913"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w man|strong="H7200"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w God|strong="H1008"\w* \w who|strong="H3063"\w* \w came|strong="H1697"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w proclaimed|strong="H7121"\w* \w these|strong="H6213"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H3063"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w*.”   
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\v 18 “Let \w him|strong="H3240"\w* rest,” said Josiah. “Do not let anyone \w disturb|strong="H5128"\w* \w his|strong="H4422"\w* \w bones|strong="H6106"\w*.” So they \w left|strong="H3240"\w* \w his|strong="H4422"\w* \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* \w undisturbed|strong="H4422"\w*, along \w with|strong="H3240"\w* \w those|strong="H3240"\w* \w of|strong="H5030"\w* \w the|strong="H5030"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w who|strong="H5030"\w* \w had|strong="H5030"\w* come \w from|strong="H4422"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*.   
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\v 19 \w Just|strong="H3605"\w* \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w at|strong="H3478"\w* \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w*, \w so|strong="H6213"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w removed|strong="H5493"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w shrines|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w high|strong="H1116"\w* \w places|strong="H1116"\w* \w set|strong="H6213"\w* \w up|strong="H4428"\w* \w by|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w provoked|strong="H3707"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w anger|strong="H3707"\w*.   
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\v 20 \w On|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w altars|strong="H4196"\w* \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w slaughtered|strong="H2076"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w of|strong="H4196"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w high|strong="H1116"\w* \w places|strong="H1116"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* human \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*. \w Then|strong="H7725"\w* \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.   
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\v 21 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, “\w Keep|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Passover|strong="H6453"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w Book|strong="H5612"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Covenant|strong="H1285"\w*.”   
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\v 22 \w No|strong="H3808"\w* \w such|strong="H2088"\w* \w Passover|strong="H6453"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w been|strong="H3808"\w* \w observed|strong="H6213"\w* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w judges|strong="H8199"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w governed|strong="H8199"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w through|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.   
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\v 23 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w eighteenth|strong="H8083"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w*’s \w reign|strong="H6213"\w*, \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w Passover|strong="H6453"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w observed|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.   
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\v 24 \w Furthermore|strong="H1571"\w*, \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* \w removed|strong="H1197"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* mediums \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w spiritists|strong="H3049"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w household|strong="H1004"\w* gods \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w idols|strong="H1544"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w abominations|strong="H8251"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w were|strong="H1697"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H7200"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w carry|strong="H6965"\w* \w out|strong="H4672"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w law|strong="H8451"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w Hilkiah|strong="H2518"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 25 \w Neither|strong="H3808"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w nor|strong="H3808"\w* \w after|strong="H1961"\w* Josiah \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w like|strong="H3644"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*, \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w turned|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w heart|strong="H3824"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w strength|strong="H5315"\w*, \w according|strong="H3644"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Law|strong="H8451"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*.   
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\v 26 Nevertheless, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H3063"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* \w away|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w fury|strong="H2740"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w His|strong="H3605"\w* \w burning|strong="H2740"\w* \w anger|strong="H3707"\w*, \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w kindled|strong="H2734"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w provoke|strong="H3707"\w* \w Him|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w anger|strong="H3707"\w*.   
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\v 27 \w For|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* said, “\w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w remove|strong="H5493"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w from|strong="H5493"\w* \w My|strong="H3068"\w* \w sight|strong="H6440"\w*, \w just|strong="H1571"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w removed|strong="H5493"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w reject|strong="H3988"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* chose, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* said, ‘\w My|strong="H3068"\w* \w Name|strong="H8034"\w* \w shall|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*.’”   
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\v 28 \w As|strong="H1697"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w accomplishments|strong="H6213"\w*, \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Book|strong="H5612"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*?   
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\v 29 \w During|strong="H3117"\w* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w*’s \w reign|strong="H3117"\w*, \w Pharaoh|strong="H6549"\w* \w Neco|strong="H6549"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w marched|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w help|strong="H7125"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Euphrates|strong="H6578"\w* \w River|strong="H5104"\w*. \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w out|strong="H7200"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w confront|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w but|strong="H7200"\w* \w Neco|strong="H6549"\w* \w faced|strong="H7200"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w killed|strong="H4191"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w Megiddo|strong="H4023"\w*.   
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\v 30 \w From|strong="H1121"\w* \w Megiddo|strong="H4023"\w* \w his|strong="H3947"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w carried|strong="H7392"\w* \w his|strong="H3947"\w* \w body|strong="H4191"\w* \w in|strong="H4191"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w chariot|strong="H7392"\w*, \w brought|strong="H3947"\w* \w him|strong="H4427"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w him|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H4191"\w* \w his|strong="H3947"\w* \w own|strong="H5971"\w* \w tomb|strong="H6900"\w*. \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* land \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w Jehoahaz|strong="H3059"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w*, \w anointed|strong="H4886"\w* \w him|strong="H4427"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w made|strong="H4427"\w* \w him|strong="H4427"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H4191"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3947"\w* \w father|strong="H1121"\w*.   
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\v 31 \w Jehoahaz|strong="H3059"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w twenty-three|strong="H6242"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* \w when|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H3389"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H3389"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w months|strong="H2320"\w*. \w His|strong="H3059"\w* mother’s \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w Hamutal|strong="H2537"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w*; \w she|strong="H6242"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w Libnah|strong="H3841"\w*.   
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\v 32 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w just|strong="H3605"\w* \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* fathers \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*.   
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\v 33 \w And|strong="H3967"\w* \w Pharaoh|strong="H6549"\w* \w Neco|strong="H6549"\w* imprisoned Jehoahaz \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w Riblah|strong="H7247"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* land \w of|strong="H3603"\w* \w Hamath|strong="H2574"\w* \w so|strong="H5414"\w* \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w he|strong="H5414"\w* could \w not|strong="H5414"\w* \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w he|strong="H5414"\w* \w imposed|strong="H5414"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* Judah \w a|strong="H3068"\w* levy \w of|strong="H3603"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w talents|strong="H3603"\w* \w of|strong="H3603"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w talent|strong="H3603"\w* \w of|strong="H3603"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*.   
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\v 34 \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w Pharaoh|strong="H6549"\w* \w Neco|strong="H6549"\w* \w made|strong="H4427"\w* Eliakim \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H4191"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3947"\w* \w father|strong="H1121"\w* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w changed|strong="H5437"\w* Eliakim’s \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w*. \w But|strong="H3947"\w* \w Neco|strong="H6549"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w Jehoahaz|strong="H3059"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w carried|strong="H5437"\w* \w him|strong="H4427"\w* off \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*.   
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\v 35 \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w* \w paid|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w Pharaoh|strong="H6547"\w* \w Neco|strong="H6549"\w*, \w but|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* meet \w Pharaoh|strong="H6547"\w*’s demand \w he|strong="H5414"\w* \w taxed|strong="H6186"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* land \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w exacted|strong="H5065"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w each|strong="H5971"\w* \w according|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* wealth.   
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\v 36 \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w twenty-five|strong="H6242"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* \w when|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H2568"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H2568"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w eleven|strong="H6240"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*. \w His|strong="H4480"\w* mother’s \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w Zebidah|strong="H2080"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Pedaiah|strong="H6305"\w*; \w she|strong="H6242"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w Rumah|strong="H7316"\w*.   
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\v 37 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w just|strong="H3605"\w* \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* fathers \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*.   
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\v 1 \w During|strong="H3117"\w* \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w*’s \w reign|strong="H3117"\w*, \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon \w invaded|strong="H5927"\w*. \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w* \w became|strong="H1961"\w* \w his|strong="H7725"\w* vassal \w for|strong="H3117"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, \w until|strong="H3117"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w turned|strong="H7725"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w rebelled|strong="H4775"\w* \w against|strong="H5927"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w*.   
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\v 2 \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* Chaldean, Aramean, \w Moabite|strong="H4124"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ammonite|strong="H5983"\w* \w raiders|strong="H1416"\w* \w against|strong="H1696"\w* Jehoiakim \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w order|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* destroy \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w according|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* \w through|strong="H3027"\w* \w His|strong="H3068"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w Surely|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H6213"\w* \w happened|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w command|strong="H6310"\w*, \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w remove|strong="H5493"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w from|strong="H5493"\w* \w His|strong="H3605"\w* \w presence|strong="H6440"\w* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*,   
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\v 4 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w innocent|strong="H5355"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w shed|strong="H8210"\w*. \w For|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w with|strong="H4390"\w* \w innocent|strong="H5355"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w unwilling|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w forgive|strong="H5545"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w As|strong="H1697"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w*, \w along|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w accomplishments|strong="H6213"\w*, \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Book|strong="H5612"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*?   
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\v 6 \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w* \w rested|strong="H7901"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w his|strong="H8478"\w* fathers, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H8478"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoiachin|strong="H3078"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H4427"\w* \w his|strong="H8478"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w Now|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w did|strong="H3254"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w march|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* land \w again|strong="H5750"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w taken|strong="H3947"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* territory, \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Brook|strong="H5158"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Euphrates|strong="H6578"\w* \w River|strong="H5104"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w Jehoiachin|strong="H3078"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w eighteen|strong="H8083"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* \w when|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H3389"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H3389"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w months|strong="H2320"\w*. \w His|strong="H3078"\w* mother’s \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w Nehushta|strong="H5179"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Elnathan; \w she|strong="H2320"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w just|strong="H3605"\w* \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* father \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w At|strong="H4428"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon \w marched|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w came|strong="H5927"\w* \w under|strong="H3389"\w* \w siege|strong="H4692"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w And|strong="H4428"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon \w came|strong="H5650"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w while|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w were|strong="H5650"\w* \w besieging|strong="H6696"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w Jehoiachin|strong="H3078"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w his|strong="H3947"\w* mother, \w his|strong="H3947"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, \w his|strong="H3947"\w* \w commanders|strong="H8269"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w his|strong="H3947"\w* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w* \w all|strong="H5921"\w* \w surrendered|strong="H3947"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon. \w So|strong="H3947"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w eighth|strong="H8083"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H3947"\w* \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* captive.   
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\v 13 \w As|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w declared|strong="H1696"\w*, \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H8033"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w carried|strong="H6213"\w* \w off|strong="H7112"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* treasures \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w royal|strong="H4428"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w cut|strong="H7112"\w* \w into|strong="H6213"\w* \w pieces|strong="H7112"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w articles|strong="H3627"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w He|strong="H3605"\w* \w carried|strong="H1540"\w* \w into|strong="H1540"\w* \w exile|strong="H1540"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*—\w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w commanders|strong="H8269"\w* \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w mighty|strong="H1368"\w* \w men|strong="H1368"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w valor|strong="H2428"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w craftsmen|strong="H2796"\w* \w and|strong="H5971"\w* metalsmiths—\w ten|strong="H6235"\w* thousand \w captives|strong="H1473"\w* \w in|strong="H7604"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w*. \w Only|strong="H2108"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w poorest|strong="H1803"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \w remained|strong="H7604"\w*.   
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\v 15 Nebuchadnezzar \w carried|strong="H1540"\w* \w away|strong="H1540"\w* \w Jehoiachin|strong="H3078"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* Babylon, \w as|strong="H3389"\w* well \w as|strong="H3389"\w* \w the|strong="H1540"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s mother, \w his|strong="H1540"\w* wives, \w his|strong="H1540"\w* \w officials|strong="H5631"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H1540"\w* leading men \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H1540"\w* land. \w He|strong="H3389"\w* \w took|strong="H4428"\w* \w them|strong="H1540"\w* \w into|strong="H1540"\w* \w exile|strong="H1540"\w* \w from|strong="H1540"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* Babylon.   
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\v 16 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon \w also|strong="H6213"\w* \w brought|strong="H6213"\w* \w into|strong="H6213"\w* \w exile|strong="H1473"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* Babylon \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* thousand \w men|strong="H1368"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w valor|strong="H2428"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* thousand \w craftsmen|strong="H2796"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* metalsmiths—\w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w strong|strong="H2428"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w fit|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w Then|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon \w made|strong="H4427"\w* \w Mattaniah|strong="H4983"\w*, Jehoiachin’s \w uncle|strong="H1730"\w*, \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H5437"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w changed|strong="H5437"\w* \w his|strong="H5437"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w*.   
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\v 18 \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w twenty-one|strong="H6242"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* \w when|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H3389"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H3389"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w eleven|strong="H6240"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*. \w His|strong="H6667"\w* mother’s \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w Hamutal|strong="H2537"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w*; \w she|strong="H6242"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w Libnah|strong="H3841"\w*.   
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\v 19 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* Zedekiah \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w just|strong="H3605"\w* \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*.   
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\v 20 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w anger|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w all|strong="H5704"\w* \w this|strong="H3588"\w* \w happened|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w finally|strong="H5704"\w* banished \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w His|strong="H3068"\w* \w presence|strong="H6440"\w*. \w And|strong="H3063"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w rebelled|strong="H4775"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon.   
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\v 1 \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w ninth|strong="H8671"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Zedekiah’s \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*, \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w tenth|strong="H6224"\w* \w day|strong="H2320"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w tenth|strong="H6224"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w*, \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon marched \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w entire|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w*. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w encamped|strong="H2583"\w* \w outside|strong="H1129"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H1931"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w siege|strong="H1785"\w* \w wall|strong="H1785"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w around|strong="H5439"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w*.   
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\v 2 \w And|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w was|strong="H5892"\w* kept under \w siege|strong="H4692"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w*’s \w eleventh|strong="H6249"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w By|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H2388"\w* \w ninth|strong="H8672"\w* \w day|strong="H2320"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H2388"\w* fourth \w month|strong="H2320"\w*, \w the|strong="H2388"\w* \w famine|strong="H7458"\w* \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H2388"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w so|strong="H1961"\w* \w severe|strong="H2388"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H2388"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H2388"\w* land \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w food|strong="H3899"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w Then|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w was|strong="H5892"\w* \w breached|strong="H1234"\w*; \w and|strong="H4428"\w* though \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w surrounded|strong="H5439"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w war|strong="H4421"\w* fled \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w between|strong="H4421"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w two|strong="H2346"\w* \w walls|strong="H2346"\w* \w near|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s \w garden|strong="H1588"\w*. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* headed \w toward|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Arabah|strong="H6160"\w*,   
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\v 5 \w but|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w* \w pursued|strong="H7291"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w overtook|strong="H5381"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w plains|strong="H6160"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w* \w deserted|strong="H6327"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w The|strong="H5927"\w* Chaldeans \w seized|strong="H8610"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w brought|strong="H5927"\w* \w him|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon \w at|strong="H4428"\w* \w Riblah|strong="H7247"\w*, where \w they|strong="H1696"\w* \w pronounced|strong="H1696"\w* \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w* \w on|strong="H5927"\w* \w him|strong="H5927"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H5178"\w* \w slaughtered|strong="H7819"\w* \w the|strong="H7819"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w before|strong="H5869"\w* \w his|strong="H6667"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H5178"\w* \w put|strong="H5786"\w* \w out|strong="H5786"\w* \w his|strong="H6667"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, bound \w him|strong="H5869"\w* \w with|strong="H5869"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* shackles, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* took \w him|strong="H5869"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* Babylon.   
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\v 8 \w On|strong="H3389"\w* \w the|strong="H5650"\w* \w seventh|strong="H7651"\w* \w day|strong="H2320"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5650"\w* \w fifth|strong="H2549"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w*, \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H5650"\w* \w nineteenth|strong="H8672"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w*’s reign \w over|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon, \w Nebuzaradan|strong="H5018"\w* \w captain|strong="H7227"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5650"\w* \w guard|strong="H2876"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5650"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon, entered \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* \w down|strong="H8313"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w royal|strong="H4428"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*—\w every|strong="H3605"\w* significant building.   
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\v 10 \w And|strong="H3389"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w* \w of|strong="H2346"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w* \w under|strong="H3389"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w captain|strong="H7227"\w* \w of|strong="H2346"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w guard|strong="H2876"\w* \w broke|strong="H5422"\w* \w down|strong="H5422"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w walls|strong="H2346"\w* \w around|strong="H5439"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w Then|strong="H5307"\w* \w Nebuzaradan|strong="H5018"\w* \w captain|strong="H7227"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w guard|strong="H2876"\w* \w carried|strong="H1540"\w* \w into|strong="H1540"\w* \w exile|strong="H1540"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w remained|strong="H7604"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w along|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w deserters|strong="H5307"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w defected|strong="H5307"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w population|strong="H1995"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w But|strong="H7604"\w* \w the|strong="H7604"\w* \w captain|strong="H7227"\w* \w of|strong="H7227"\w* \w the|strong="H7604"\w* \w guard|strong="H2876"\w* \w left|strong="H7604"\w* \w behind|strong="H7604"\w* \w some|strong="H7227"\w* \w of|strong="H7227"\w* \w the|strong="H7604"\w* \w poorest|strong="H1803"\w* \w of|strong="H7227"\w* \w the|strong="H7604"\w* land \w to|strong="H7227"\w* tend \w the|strong="H7604"\w* vineyards \w and|strong="H7227"\w* fields.   
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\v 13 Moreover, \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w* \w broke|strong="H7665"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* \w pillars|strong="H5982"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w stands|strong="H4350"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w carried|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* Babylon.   
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\v 14 \w They|strong="H3605"\w* also \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w away|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w pots|strong="H5518"\w*, \w shovels|strong="H3257"\w*, wick trimmers, dishes, \w and|strong="H5178"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w articles|strong="H3627"\w* \w of|strong="H3627"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* \w used|strong="H8334"\w* \w in|strong="H3709"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* temple \w service|strong="H8334"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w The|strong="H3947"\w* \w captain|strong="H7227"\w* \w of|strong="H4219"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w guard|strong="H2876"\w* \w also|strong="H2876"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w away|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w censers|strong="H4289"\w* \w and|strong="H3701"\w* sprinkling \w bowls|strong="H4219"\w*—anything \w made|strong="H3947"\w* \w of|strong="H4219"\w* pure \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w or|strong="H3701"\w* \w fine|strong="H3701"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w As|strong="H1961"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w pillars|strong="H5982"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* movable \w stands|strong="H4350"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w weight|strong="H4948"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H6213"\w* \w articles|strong="H3627"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w beyond|strong="H3808"\w* measure.   
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\v 17 \w Each|strong="H3605"\w* \w pillar|strong="H5982"\w* \w was|strong="H6967"\w* \w eighteen|strong="H8083"\w* cubits \w tall|strong="H6967"\w*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* \w capital|strong="H3805"\w* \w atop|strong="H5921"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w pillar|strong="H5982"\w* \w was|strong="H6967"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* cubits \w high|strong="H6967"\w*, \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w network|strong="H7639"\w* \w of|strong="H5982"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* \w pomegranates|strong="H7416"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w around|strong="H5439"\w*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w second|strong="H8145"\w* \w pillar|strong="H5982"\w*, \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w its|strong="H3605"\w* \w network|strong="H7639"\w*, \w was|strong="H6967"\w* similar.   
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\v 18 \w The|strong="H3947"\w* \w captain|strong="H7227"\w* \w of|strong="H7218"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w guard|strong="H2876"\w* \w also|strong="H2876"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w away|strong="H3947"\w* \w Seraiah|strong="H8304"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w chief|strong="H7218"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, \w Zephaniah|strong="H6846"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w of|strong="H7218"\w* \w second|strong="H4932"\w* \w rank|strong="H4932"\w*, \w and|strong="H3548"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w doorkeepers|strong="H8104"\w*.   
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\v 19 \w Of|strong="H4428"\w* \w those|strong="H4480"\w* \w still|strong="H5971"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w court|strong="H5631"\w* \w official|strong="H8269"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w been|strong="H5971"\w* \w appointed|strong="H6635"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w men|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w war|strong="H4421"\w*, \w as|strong="H6440"\w* well \w as|strong="H6440"\w* \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w royal|strong="H4428"\w* advisors. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w also|strong="H4428"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w scribe|strong="H5608"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w captain|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w army|strong="H6635"\w*, \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* enlisted \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w sixty|strong="H8346"\w* \w men|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w were|strong="H5971"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.   
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\v 20 \w Nebuzaradan|strong="H5018"\w* \w captain|strong="H7227"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w guard|strong="H2876"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w brought|strong="H3947"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w Riblah|strong="H7247"\w*.   
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\v 21 There \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w Riblah|strong="H7247"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* land \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hamath|strong="H2574"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w down|strong="H5221"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w put|strong="H4191"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w death|strong="H4191"\w*. \w So|strong="H4191"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w taken|strong="H5221"\w* \w into|strong="H1540"\w* \w exile|strong="H1540"\w*, \w away|strong="H1540"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w its|strong="H5921"\w* own land.   
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\v 22 \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Babylon \w appointed|strong="H6485"\w* \w Gedaliah|strong="H1436"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ahikam, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shaphan|strong="H8227"\w*, \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w left|strong="H7604"\w* \w behind|strong="H7604"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* land \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.   
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\v 23 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w commanders|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w armies|strong="H2428"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Babylon \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w appointed|strong="H6485"\w* \w Gedaliah|strong="H1436"\w* \w as|strong="H3588"\w* \w governor|strong="H8269"\w*, \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w came|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w Gedaliah|strong="H1436"\w* \w at|strong="H4428"\w* \w Mizpah|strong="H4709"\w*—\w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nethaniah|strong="H5418"\w*, \w Johanan|strong="H3110"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Kareah|strong="H7143"\w*, \w Seraiah|strong="H8304"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Tanhumeth|strong="H8576"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Netophathite|strong="H5200"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jaazaniah|strong="H2970"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Maacathite|strong="H4602"\w*, \w as|strong="H3588"\w* well \w as|strong="H3588"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w*.   
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\v 24 \w And|strong="H4428"\w* \w Gedaliah|strong="H1436"\w* \w took|strong="H7650"\w* \w an|strong="H7650"\w* \w oath|strong="H7650"\w* \w before|strong="H3427"\w* \w them|strong="H3427"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w their|strong="H5647"\w* \w men|strong="H5650"\w*, assuring \w them|strong="H3427"\w*, “\w Do|strong="H3190"\w* \w not|strong="H3372"\w* \w be|strong="H5650"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5647"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5647"\w* \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w*. \w Live|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H5647"\w* land \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* \w the|strong="H5647"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w it|strong="H3190"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w be|strong="H5650"\w* \w well|strong="H3190"\w* \w with|strong="H3427"\w* \w you|strong="H5647"\w*.”   
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\v 25 \w In|strong="H4191"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w seventh|strong="H7637"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w*, however, \w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nethaniah|strong="H5418"\w*, \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Elishama, \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* member \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w royal|strong="H4410"\w* \w family|strong="H2233"\w*, \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w with|strong="H4191"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w down|strong="H5221"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w Gedaliah|strong="H1436"\w*, along \w with|strong="H4191"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w Judeans|strong="H3064"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w with|strong="H4191"\w* \w him|strong="H5221"\w* \w at|strong="H2320"\w* \w Mizpah|strong="H4709"\w*.   
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\v 26 \w Then|strong="H6965"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w small|strong="H6996"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w*, \w together|strong="H5971"\w* \w with|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w commanders|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w*, \w arose|strong="H6965"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* fled \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w fear|strong="H3372"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w*.   
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\v 27 \w On|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w twenty-seventh|strong="H6242"\w* \w day|strong="H2320"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w twelfth|strong="H8147"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w thirty-seventh|strong="H7970"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w exile|strong="H1546"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*’s \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jehoiachin|strong="H3078"\w*, \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* Evil-merodach \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon, \w he|strong="H1004"\w* \w released|strong="H5375"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jehoiachin|strong="H3078"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w from|strong="H1961"\w* \w prison|strong="H1004"\w*.   
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\v 28 \w And|strong="H4428"\w* \w he|strong="H5414"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w* \w kindly|strong="H2896"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* Jehoiachin \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w set|strong="H5414"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* \w above|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w thrones|strong="H3678"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* other \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w who|strong="H4428"\w* \w were|strong="H4428"\w* \w with|strong="H1696"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* Babylon.   
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\v 29 \w So|strong="H6440"\w* \w Jehoiachin|strong="H8132"\w* \w changed|strong="H8132"\w* \w out|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w prison|strong="H3608"\w* clothes, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* dined \w regularly|strong="H8548"\w* \w at|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H6440"\w*’s \w table|strong="H6440"\w* \w for|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* rest \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w life|strong="H2416"\w*.   
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\v 30 \w And|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w provided|strong="H5414"\w* Jehoiachin \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w daily|strong="H3117"\w* \w portion|strong="H1697"\w* \w for|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* rest \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w life|strong="H2416"\w*.