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\h 2 CHRONICLES 
\toc1 2 Chronicles 
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\mt2 This book contains the account of the reign of King Solomon and of the other kings of Judah until the Babylonians destroyed Jerusalem. We call this book  
\mt1 2 Chronicles  
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\s1 Solomon prayed for wisdom  
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\v 1 \w David|strong="H1732"\w*’s \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \add King\add* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* able \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w gain|strong="H2388"\w* complete \w control|strong="H2388"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4438"\w*, \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w helped|strong="H2388"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* enabled \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H1431"\w* \w very|strong="H4605"\w* \w powerful|strong="H2388"\w*.   
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\v 2-5  \add When\add* David \add was king, he had arranged for a new\add* Sacred Tent \add to be\add* made in Jerusalem. Then David \add and the Israeli leaders\add* had brought God’s Sacred Chest from Kiriath-Jearim \add city\add* to the new Sacred Tent in Jerusalem that he had prepared for it. But \add when Solomon became the king,\add* the first Sacred Tent was still at Gibeon \add city\add*. That was the tent that Moses, the man who served God \add well\add*, had \add arranged to be\add* made in the desert. And the bronze altar that Bezalel, the son of Uri and grandson of Hur, had made was also still in Gibeon, in front of the first Sacred Tent.  
\p \add One day\add* Solomon summoned the army commanders of 1,000 soldiers and the commanders of 100 soldiers and the judges and all the other leaders in Israel. He told them to go with him to Gibeon. So they all went to \w a|strong="H3068"\w* hill in Gibeon \add where the Sacred Tent was\add*, and Solomon and all the others with him worshiped \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* there.  
\v 6 \w Then|strong="H5927"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* Sacred Tent, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w offered|strong="H5927"\w* 1,000 animals \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \add killed and\add* completely burned \add on the altar\add*.   
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\v 7 \w That|strong="H7200"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w* \w God|strong="H5414"\w* \w appeared|strong="H7200"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \add in a dream\add* \w and|strong="H3915"\w* said \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w*, “\w Request|strong="H7592"\w* \w whatever|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* want \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*.”   
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\v 8 \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* replied, “\w You|strong="H6213"\w* \w were|strong="H1732"\w* \w very|strong="H1419"\w* kind \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w my|strong="H1732"\w* father, \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w now|strong="H1419"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w have|strong="H5973"\w* \w appointed|strong="H6213"\w* \w me|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w be|strong="H1732"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* succeed \w him|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\v 9 \w So|strong="H6258"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w caused|strong="H1697"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H4427"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w rule|strong="H4427"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w as|strong="H1697"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w as|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* particles \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w dirt|strong="H6083"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w earth|strong="H6083"\w*. \w So|strong="H6258"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w promised|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* father \w David|strong="H1732"\w*.  
\v 10 Please enable \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w be|strong="H5414"\w* \w wise|strong="H2451"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* know \add what I should do\add*, \w in|strong="H6440"\w* order \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w may|strong="H5971"\w* \w rule|strong="H8199"\w* \w these|strong="H2088"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \add well\add*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w no|strong="H5414"\w* \w one|strong="H2088"\w* \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w can|strong="H4310"\w* \w rule|strong="H8199"\w* \w all|strong="H1419"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w nation|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w yours|strong="H5414"\w* \add without your help\add*.”   
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\v 11 \w God|strong="H3808"\w* replied, “\add I am pleased with what\add* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w desire|strong="H5315"\w*; \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w requested|strong="H7592"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w huge|strong="H7227"\w* amount \w of|strong="H3117"\w* money \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w honored|strong="H3519"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w enemies|strong="H8130"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* killed. \w And|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w requested|strong="H7592"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w live|strong="H3117"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w long|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w*. \w Instead|strong="H3808"\w*, \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w requested|strong="H7592"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \add I enable\add* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \add to\add* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w wise|strong="H2451"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \add to\add* know \add what you should do\add* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* order \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w may|strong="H1961"\w* govern \add well\add* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w whom|strong="H5971"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w appointed|strong="H4427"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w rule|strong="H4427"\w*.  
\v 12 \w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* enable \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w wise|strong="H2451"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* know \add what you should do to rule my people well\add*. \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w also|strong="H4428"\w* enable \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* huge amount \w of|strong="H4428"\w* money \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w honored|strong="H3519"\w*, \w more|strong="H3651"\w* \w than|strong="H3808"\w* anyone \w who|strong="H4428"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w previously|strong="H6440"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w ever|strong="H3808"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w honored|strong="H3519"\w*, \w more|strong="H3651"\w* \w than|strong="H3808"\w* anyone \w who|strong="H4428"\w* \w later|strong="H1961"\w* \w becomes|strong="H1961"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w honored|strong="H3519"\w*.”  
\v 13 \w Then|strong="H3478"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \add and the people who were with him all\add* \w left|strong="H3478"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w being|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w he|strong="H3389"\w* Sacred Tent \add on the hill in Gibeon\add*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* returned \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. \w From|strong="H6440"\w* \w there|strong="H6440"\w* \w he|strong="H3389"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4427"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* Israeli people.   
\s1 Solomon’s wealth  
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\v 14 \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* acquired 1,400 \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* 12,000 \w men|strong="H8147"\w* \w who|strong="H4428"\w* rode \add on horses\add*. \w He|strong="H8147"\w* \w put|strong="H3240"\w* some \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w horses|strong="H6571"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w put|strong="H3240"\w* some \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w them|strong="H8147"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* various \w other|strong="H8147"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*.  
\v 15 During \w the|strong="H5414"\w* years \w that|strong="H5414"\w* Solomon \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w were|strong="H4428"\w* \w as|strong="H7230"\w* \w common|strong="H7230"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w as|strong="H7230"\w* stones, \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \add lumber from\add* cedar \w trees|strong="H8256"\w* \w were|strong="H4428"\w* \w as|strong="H7230"\w* \w plentiful|strong="H7230"\w* \w as|strong="H7230"\w* \add lumber from\add* ordinary \w sycamore|strong="H8256"\w* \w trees|strong="H8256"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w foothills|strong="H8219"\w*.  
\v 16 \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*’s \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w were|strong="H4714"\w* \w imported|strong="H4161"\w*/\w brought|strong="H3947"\w* \w from|strong="H3947"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w from|strong="H3947"\w* \add the\add* Kue \add region in Turkey\add*.  
\v 17 \w In|strong="H4428"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H3605"\w* \w paid|strong="H3027"\w* 15 pounds \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w for|strong="H3027"\w* \w each|strong="H3605"\w* \w chariot|strong="H4818"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* 3-3/4 pounds \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w for|strong="H3027"\w* \w each|strong="H3605"\w* \w horse|strong="H5483"\w*. \w They|strong="H3651"\w* \w also|strong="H4428"\w* \w exported|strong="H3318"\w*/\w sold|strong="H3318"\w* many \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w them|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Heth \w and|strong="H3967"\w* Aram people-groups.   
\c 2  
\s1 Preparations for building the temple  
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\v 1 \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* ordered \w that|strong="H2022"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* temple \w should|strong="H5608"\w* \w be|strong="H2022"\w* built \w where|strong="H5921"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w would|strong="H8010"\w* \w be|strong="H2022"\w* worshiped \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w also|strong="H8010"\w* \w that|strong="H2022"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* palace \w should|strong="H5608"\w* \w be|strong="H2022"\w* built \w for|strong="H5921"\w* himself.  
\v 2 \w He|strong="H6213"\w* selected 70,000 \w men|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w carry|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w building|strong="H1129"\w* supplies \w and|strong="H7971"\w* 80,000 \w men|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* cut stones \add ◄from quarries/walls of rock► in\add* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* hills. \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w also|strong="H1732"\w* \w chose|strong="H6213"\w* 3,600 \w men|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* supervise \w them|strong="H7971"\w*.   
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\v 3 Solomon \w sent|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w message|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w King|strong="H5921"\w* Hiram \w of|strong="H1004"\w* Tyre \add city\add*:  
\pi1 “\add Many years ago\add* \w when|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* father David \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w building|strong="H1129"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w*, \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w sent|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w* cedar \w logs|strong="H1129"\w*. \w Will|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* send \w me|strong="H6440"\w* cedar \w logs|strong="H1129"\w*, \w too|strong="H5921"\w*?   
\pi1
\v 4 “\w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H1004"\w* \w about|strong="H1004"\w* \w to|strong="H1004"\w* \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w where|strong="H1004"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* worship \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* God. \w We|strong="H3588"\w* want \w to|strong="H1004"\w* dedicate \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H1004"\w* \w be|strong="H1004"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w place|strong="H1004"\w* \w where|strong="H1004"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* burn fragrant incense \w to|strong="H1004"\w* \add honor\add* \w him|strong="H3605"\w*, \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w place|strong="H1004"\w* \w to|strong="H1004"\w* put loaves \w of|strong="H1004"\w* sacred bread, \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w making|strong="H3605"\w* sacrifices \w every|strong="H3605"\w* morning \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* evening \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* Sabbath day, \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w to|strong="H1004"\w* celebrate \w on|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* day \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* new moon \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w at|strong="H1004"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* special religious festivals \w to|strong="H1004"\w* \add honor\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* God. \w We|strong="H3588"\w* want \w to|strong="H1004"\w* \w do|strong="H3605"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H1419"\w* \w forever|strong="H3605"\w*, \w like|strong="H1004"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3588"\w* commanded.  
\v 5  \add We want\add* \w this|strong="H3588"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \add to\add* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w great|strong="H6440"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w our|strong="H3588"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w is|strong="H4310"\w* greater \w than|strong="H3808"\w* \w all|strong="H6440"\w* other gods.  
\v 6 \w But|strong="H6258"\w* \w no|strong="H6213"\w* \w one|strong="H6213"\w* \w can|strong="H6213"\w* really \w build|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* temple \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w would|strong="H6213"\w* \w be|strong="H3389"\w* big \w enough|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w God|strong="H7971"\w* \add to live in\add*, \w because|strong="H5973"\w* \w even|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* highest heavens \w are|strong="H2450"\w* \w not|strong="H3045"\w* big \w enough|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w*. \w And|strong="H3063"\w* \w I|strong="H6258"\w* am worthy only \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w build|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w place|strong="H3559"\w* where \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w can|strong="H6213"\w* burn sacrifices \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w Therefore|strong="H3588"\w*, please \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w me|strong="H7971"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H3045"\w* \w who|strong="H5650"\w* \w knows|strong="H3045"\w* \w well|strong="H3045"\w* \w how|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w make|strong="H3772"\w* \w things|strong="H5973"\w* \w from|strong="H3772"\w* gold \w and|strong="H7971"\w* silver \w and|strong="H7971"\w* bronze \w and|strong="H7971"\w* iron, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w make|strong="H3772"\w* \w things|strong="H5973"\w* \w from|strong="H3772"\w* purple \w and|strong="H7971"\w* red \w and|strong="H7971"\w* blue cloth. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w should|strong="H3588"\w* \w also|strong="H3588"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w well|strong="H3045"\w* \w how|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* engrave designs. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w want|strong="H3772"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* work \w in|strong="H5650"\w* Jerusalem \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w in|strong="H5650"\w* other places \w in|strong="H5650"\w* Judah \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w my|strong="H3045"\w* skilled craftsmen, \w the|strong="H3588"\w* ones \w whom|strong="H3588"\w* \w my|strong="H3045"\w* father \w David|strong="H5973"\w* \w appointed|strong="H3045"\w*.   
\pi1
\v 8 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* know \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* \w workers|strong="H1129"\w* \w are|strong="H1004"\w* skilled \w in|strong="H1004"\w* cutting \w timber|strong="H6086"\w*, \w so|strong="H3588"\w* \w also|strong="H3588"\w* please send \w me|strong="H1004"\w* cedar \w logs|strong="H6086"\w*, pine \w logs|strong="H6086"\w*, \w and|strong="H1419"\w* juniper \w logs|strong="H6086"\w* \w from|strong="H6086"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* Lebanon mountains. \w My|strong="H3588"\w* \w workers|strong="H1129"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w work|strong="H6381"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* \w workers|strong="H1129"\w*.  
\v 9 \w In|strong="H5650"\w* \w that|strong="H5414"\w* way, those workers \w will|strong="H5650"\w* \w provide|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w with|strong="H3772"\w* plenty \w of|strong="H5650"\w* lumber. \add We will need plenty,\add* because \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w want|strong="H3772"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* temple \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H5650"\w* build \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w be|strong="H5414"\w* large \w and|strong="H6242"\w* beautiful.  
\v 10 \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w pay|strong="H5414"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* workers, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w men|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* cut \w the|strong="H5921"\w* logs, 100,000 bushels \w of|strong="H4428"\w* ground wheat, 100,000 bushels \w of|strong="H4428"\w* barley, 110,000 gallons \w of|strong="H4428"\w* wine, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* 110,000 gallons \w of|strong="H4428"\w* olive oil.”   
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\v 11  \add When\add* Hiram \add received that message, he\add* replied \w by|strong="H3068"\w* sending \w this|strong="H6213"\w* \w message|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* Solomon:  
\pi1 “\w Because|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* loves \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w*, \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w appointed|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.”   
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\v 12  \add And Hiram added,\add*  
\pi1 “Praise \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3045"\w* \w God|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* whom \w the|strong="H3045"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H3045"\w* belong, \w the|strong="H3045"\w* one \w who|strong="H2450"\w* created \w the|strong="H3045"\w* sky \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H3045"\w* earth! \w He|strong="H7971"\w* \w has|strong="H3045"\w* given King \w David|strong="H7971"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w son|strong="H2450"\w*, one \w who|strong="H2450"\w* \w is|strong="H2450"\w* \w very|strong="H3045"\w* smart/intelligent \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w who|strong="H2450"\w* \w has|strong="H3045"\w* good \w skill|strong="H3045"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* understanding. \w He|strong="H7971"\w* wants \w to|strong="H7971"\w* build \w a|strong="H3068"\w* temple \w for|strong="H7971"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* palace \w for|strong="H7971"\w* \w himself|strong="H3045"\w*.   
\pi1
\v 13 “\w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* sending \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* Huram-Abi, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H2450"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H3701"\w* \w very|strong="H3045"\w* \w skilled|strong="H2450"\w*.  
\v 14 \w His|strong="H7971"\w* mother \w was|strong="H5650"\w* \w from|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H5650"\w* Dan, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w his|strong="H7971"\w* father \w was|strong="H5650"\w* \w from|strong="H7971"\w* \add here in\add* Tyre. \w He|strong="H7971"\w* \w is|strong="H5650"\w* \w very|strong="H6258"\w* able \w to|strong="H7971"\w* make \w things|strong="H8081"\w* \w from|strong="H7971"\w* gold \w and|strong="H7971"\w* silver \w and|strong="H7971"\w* bronze \w and|strong="H7971"\w* iron \w and|strong="H7971"\w* stone \w and|strong="H7971"\w* wood, \w but|strong="H6258"\w* \w he|strong="H7971"\w* also makes nice \w things|strong="H8081"\w* \w from|strong="H7971"\w* purple \w and|strong="H7971"\w* blue \w and|strong="H7971"\w* red cloth, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w he|strong="H7971"\w* does \w all|strong="H7971"\w* kinds \w of|strong="H5650"\w* engraving. \w He|strong="H7971"\w* \w can|strong="H5650"\w* make \w things|strong="H8081"\w* using any design/pattern \w that|strong="H8081"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* give \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w*. \w He|strong="H7971"\w* \w will|strong="H5650"\w* work \w with|strong="H7971"\w* \w your|strong="H7971"\w* craftsmen, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* craftsmen \w who|strong="H5650"\w* \w did|strong="H5650"\w* work \w for|strong="H7971"\w* \w your|strong="H7971"\w* father, King \w David|strong="H7971"\w*.   
\pi1
\v 15 “\w Now|strong="H5921"\w* please \w send|strong="H5927"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* wheat \w and|strong="H6086"\w* barley \w and|strong="H6086"\w* olive oil \w and|strong="H6086"\w* wine \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* promised \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w send|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\v 16 \w When|strong="H3478"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w do|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w*, \w my|strong="H3605"\w* workers \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w cut|strong="H3478"\w* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* trees \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Lebanon mountains \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* logs \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* need \add and bring them down to the sea\add*. \w Then|strong="H1732"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \add tie the logs together to\add* form rafts \w with|strong="H1732"\w* \w them|strong="H4672"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* float \w them|strong="H4672"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* sea \w to|strong="H3478"\w* Joppa \add city\add*. \w From|strong="H3478"\w* \w there|strong="H4672"\w*, \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \add can arrange for\add* \w them|strong="H4672"\w* \add to be\add* \w taken|strong="H5608"\w* \w up|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* Jerusalem.   
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\v 17 Solomon \w told|strong="H6213"\w* \w his|strong="H6213"\w* \w workers|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* count \w all|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w from|strong="H2022"\w* other countries \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w were|strong="H5971"\w* living \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w Israel|strong="H5971"\w*, similar \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w his|strong="H6213"\w* father David \w had|strong="H5971"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*. \w There|strong="H1992"\w* \w were|strong="H5971"\w* 153,600 \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*.  
\v 18 Solomon assigned 70,000 of them to carry materials, and 80,000 to cut stone \add from quarries in\add* the hills, and 3,600 of them to supervise the others and be sure that they worked steadily.   
\c 3  
\s1 Solomon’s workers built the temple  
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\v 1 \w Then|strong="H7200"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*’s \w workers|strong="H1129"\w* \w started|strong="H2490"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w it|strong="H7200"\w* \w on|strong="H7200"\w* \w Moriah|strong="H4179"\w* \w Hill|strong="H2022"\w*, \w where|strong="H4725"\w* \add an angel from\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w appeared|strong="H7200"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* father \w David|strong="H1732"\w*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w it|strong="H7200"\w* \w on|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w ground|strong="H4725"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* Araunah, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* descendant \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* Jebus people-group, \w had|strong="H3068"\w* sold \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w where|strong="H4725"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* said \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w it|strong="H7200"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w*.  
\v 2 \w They|strong="H8141"\w* \w began|strong="H2490"\w* \w the|strong="H1129"\w* work \w in|strong="H8141"\w* April, when Solomon \w had|strong="H1129"\w* been ruling almost four \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w The|strong="H1129"\w* \w foundation|strong="H3245"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H1129"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w was|strong="H1004"\w* \w about|strong="H1004"\w* 90 feet long \w and|strong="H6242"\w* 30 feet \w wide|strong="H7341"\w*.  
\v 4 \w The|strong="H6440"\w* entrance \w room|strong="H1004"\w* \w across|strong="H5921"\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 was|strong="H1004"\w* 30 feet \w wide|strong="H7341"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* 30 feet \w high|strong="H1363"\w*.   
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\v 5 Solomon’s workers used \add panels/boards of\add* pine \add wood\add* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* line \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w main|strong="H1419"\w* \w hall|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*. \w Then|strong="H5927"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w covered|strong="H2645"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* panels \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \add very thin sheets of\add* \w pure|strong="H2896"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*. \w Then|strong="H5927"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w decorated|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* walls \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \add carved images of\add* \w palm|strong="H8561"\w* \w trees|strong="H6086"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* designs \w that|strong="H6086"\w* resembled \w chains|strong="H8333"\w*.  
\v 6 They decorated \w the|strong="H6823"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* very \w valuable|strong="H3368"\w* stones. \w The|strong="H6823"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w that|strong="H1004"\w* they used \w was|strong="H1004"\w* \w from|strong="H2091"\w* \add the land of\add* \w Parvaim|strong="H6516"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w covered|strong="H2645"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w ceiling|strong="H7023"\w* \w beams|strong="H6982"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w door|strong="H1817"\w* frames, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w walls|strong="H7023"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w doors|strong="H1817"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \add very thin sheets of\add* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w also|strong="H1817"\w* \w carved|strong="H6605"\w* \add statues of\add* winged creatures \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w walls|strong="H7023"\w*.  
\v 8 \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w also|strong="H6213"\w* \w built|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Very|strong="H2896"\w* \w Holy|strong="H6944"\w* \w Place|strong="H6944"\w* \add inside the temple\add*. \w It|strong="H5921"\w* \w was|strong="H1004"\w* 30 \w feet|strong="H6944"\w* \w wide|strong="H7341"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* 30 \w feet|strong="H6944"\w* \w long|strong="H6440"\w*. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w covered|strong="H2645"\w* \w its|strong="H5921"\w* walls \w with|strong="H1004"\w* sheets \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w pure|strong="H2896"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w that|strong="H6213"\w* altogether weighed 23 tons.  
\v 9 They used 1-1/4 pounds \w of|strong="H8255"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w to|strong="H2091"\w* \add cover the heads of \add* \w the|strong="H5944"\w* \w nails|strong="H4548"\w*. They also \w covered|strong="H2645"\w* \w the|strong="H5944"\w* walls \w of|strong="H8255"\w* \w the|strong="H5944"\w* \w upper|strong="H5944"\w* \w rooms|strong="H5944"\w* \w with|strong="H2645"\w* sheets \w of|strong="H8255"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*.   
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\v 10 Solomon’s \w workers|strong="H6213"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* statues \w of|strong="H1004"\w* creatures \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w wings|strong="H8147"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w put|strong="H6213"\w* \w inside|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w Very|strong="H6213"\w* \w Holy|strong="H6944"\w* \w Place|strong="H6944"\w*. \w They|strong="H6213"\w* \w covered|strong="H6823"\w* \w those|strong="H6213"\w* statues \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \add very thin sheets of\add* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*.  
\v 11-12  \add Each statue had two long wings\add*. One wing of each statue touched one of the walls of the Temple. The other wing of each statue touched \w a|strong="H3068"\w* wing of the other statue. It was 7-1/2 feet from the outer tip of one wing to the outer tip of the other wing. The inner wings of the two statues touched each other.   
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\v 13 \w It|strong="H5921"\w* \w was|strong="H1004"\w* 30 \w feet|strong="H7272"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w outer|strong="H6440"\w* \w wing|strong="H3671"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w one|strong="H3671"\w* statue \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w outer|strong="H6440"\w* \w wing|strong="H3671"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w other|strong="H3671"\w* statue. \w The|strong="H6440"\w* statues \w faced|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* doorway \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* main \w room|strong="H1004"\w*.   
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\v 14 Solomon’s \w workers|strong="H6213"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w curtain|strong="H6532"\w* \add to separate the main room from the Very Holy Place\add*. \w It|strong="H5921"\w* \w was|strong="H6213"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w blue|strong="H8504"\w*, \w purple|strong="H8504"\w*, \w and|strong="H8504"\w* red thread \w and|strong="H8504"\w* \w fine|strong="H6213"\w* linen. \w There|strong="H5927"\w* \w were|strong="H3742"\w* figures \w of|strong="H5921"\w* winged creatures \w that|strong="H6213"\w* \w were|strong="H3742"\w* embroidered \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w curtain|strong="H6532"\w*.  
\v 15 \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \add bronze\add* \w pillars|strong="H5982"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w put|strong="H6213"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* entrance \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w were|strong="H1004"\w* \w each|strong="H8147"\w* 27 feet \w high|strong="H7218"\w*. \w Each|strong="H8147"\w* \w had|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w top|strong="H7218"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H6213"\w* \w was|strong="H1004"\w* 7-1/2 feet \w high|strong="H7218"\w*.  
\v 16 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w workers|strong="H6213"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \add carvings that resembled\add* \w chains|strong="H8333"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w top|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H7218"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w pillars|strong="H5982"\w*. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \add carvings that resembled\add* \w pomegranates|strong="H7416"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w attached|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w chains|strong="H8333"\w*.  
\v 17 \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w set|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w pillars|strong="H5982"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w temple|strong="H1964"\w*, \w one|strong="H8034"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w south|strong="H3225"\w* \w side|strong="H3225"\w* \add of the entrance\add* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w other|strong="H7121"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w north|strong="H8040"\w* \w side|strong="H3225"\w*. \w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w one|strong="H8034"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w south|strong="H3225"\w* \w side|strong="H3225"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w named|strong="H7121"\w* \w Jakin|strong="H3199"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w one|strong="H8034"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w north|strong="H8040"\w* \w side|strong="H3225"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w named|strong="H7121"\w* \w Boaz|strong="H1162"\w*.   
\c 4  
\s1 The furnishings for the temple  
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\v 1 Solomon’s \w workers|strong="H6213"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* square \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w that|strong="H4196"\w* \w was|strong="H6967"\w* 10 yards \w wide|strong="H7341"\w* \w on|strong="H6213"\w* each side, \w and|strong="H6242"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w* \w was|strong="H6967"\w* 5 yards \w high|strong="H6967"\w*.  
\v 2 \w They|strong="H6213"\w* \w also|strong="H6213"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H6967"\w* large \w round|strong="H5439"\w* tank \w that|strong="H6213"\w* \w was|strong="H6967"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w of|strong="H8193"\w* \w metal|strong="H6213"\w* \w and|strong="H7970"\w* \w cast|strong="H3332"\w* \add in a clay mold\add*. \w It|strong="H6213"\w* \w was|strong="H6967"\w* 10 \w yards|strong="H5439"\w* wide/across, \w and|strong="H7970"\w* 5 \w yards|strong="H5439"\w* \w high|strong="H6967"\w*. \w It|strong="H6213"\w* \w was|strong="H6967"\w* 15 \w yards|strong="H5439"\w* \w around|strong="H5439"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\v 3 \w Below|strong="H8478"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* outer rim \w there|strong="H8478"\w* \w were|strong="H1241"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w rows|strong="H2905"\w* \w of|strong="H8478"\w* \add small figures of\add* \w bulls|strong="H1241"\w* \w that|strong="H1241"\w* \w were|strong="H1241"\w* part \w of|strong="H8478"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* metal \w of|strong="H8478"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* basin. \w Each|strong="H5439"\w* \w row|strong="H2905"\w* had 300 \w figures|strong="H1823"\w* \w of|strong="H8478"\w* \w bulls|strong="H1241"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* basin \w was|strong="H1004"\w* \w set|strong="H5975"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w twelve|strong="H8147"\w* \add statues of\add* \w bulls|strong="H1241"\w*. \w There|strong="H5975"\w* \w were|strong="H1241"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* statues \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w faced|strong="H6437"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w*, \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w faced|strong="H6437"\w* \w west|strong="H3220"\w*, \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w faced|strong="H6437"\w* \w south|strong="H5045"\w*, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w faced|strong="H6437"\w* \w east|strong="H4217"\w*.  
\v 5 \w The|strong="H2388"\w* sides \w of|strong="H4639"\w* \w the|strong="H2388"\w* tank \w were|strong="H7969"\w* 3 inches \w thick|strong="H5672"\w*, \w and|strong="H2388"\w* its \w rim|strong="H8193"\w* \w was|strong="H8193"\w* \w shaped|strong="H4639"\w* \w like|strong="H7799"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w cup|strong="H3563"\w* \w that|strong="H8193"\w* curved outward \w like|strong="H7799"\w* \w the|strong="H2388"\w* petals \w of|strong="H4639"\w* \w flowers|strong="H6525"\w*. \w The|strong="H2388"\w* basin \w held|strong="H2388"\w* about 16,500 \w gallons|strong="H1324"\w* \add of water\add*.   
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\v 6 \w They|strong="H6213"\w* \w also|strong="H6213"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w basins|strong="H3595"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w washing|strong="H7364"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \add animals that were\add* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w be|strong="H5414"\w* \w sacrificed|strong="H6213"\w*. \w The|strong="H5414"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w used|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w very|strong="H6213"\w* large tank \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w washing|strong="H7364"\w* \w themselves|strong="H6213"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w They|strong="H6213"\w* \w also|strong="H6213"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w lampstands|strong="H4501"\w* \w according|strong="H4941"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* Solomon \w had|strong="H5414"\w* instructed \w them|strong="H5414"\w*. \w They|strong="H6213"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w temple|strong="H1964"\w*, \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w on|strong="H2091"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w south|strong="H3225"\w* \w side|strong="H3225"\w* \w and|strong="H4941"\w* \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w on|strong="H2091"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w north|strong="H8040"\w* \w side|strong="H3225"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w They|strong="H6213"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w tables|strong="H7979"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w put|strong="H3240"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w temple|strong="H1964"\w*, \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w on|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w south|strong="H3225"\w* \w side|strong="H3225"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w on|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w north|strong="H8040"\w* \w side|strong="H3225"\w*. \w They|strong="H6213"\w* \w also|strong="H6213"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* 100 \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w bowls|strong="H4219"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w They|strong="H6213"\w* \w also|strong="H6213"\w* \w constructed|strong="H6213"\w* \w one|strong="H6213"\w* \w courtyard|strong="H2691"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w larger|strong="H1419"\w* \w courtyard|strong="H2691"\w* \add for the other people\add*. \w They|strong="H6213"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w doors|strong="H1817"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w courtyards|strong="H2691"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w covered|strong="H6823"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \w with|strong="H6213"\w* \add thin sheets of\add* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w*.  
\v 10 \w They|strong="H5414"\w* \w placed|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* very large tank \add on the south side of the temple,\add* \w at|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w southeast|strong="H5045"\w* \w corner|strong="H3802"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w They|strong="H6213"\w* \w also|strong="H6213"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w pots|strong="H5518"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w shovels|strong="H3257"\w* \add for the ashes of the altar\add*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* other small \w bowls|strong="H4219"\w*.  
\b  
\p \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w Huram|strong="H2361"\w* \add and his workers\add* \w finished|strong="H3615"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w work|strong="H4399"\w* \w that|strong="H4428"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w had|strong="H8010"\w* \w given|strong="H6213"\w* \w him|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w at|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* God.  
\v 12  \add These were the things that they made:\add*  
\li1 the two large pillars,  
\li1 the two bowl-shaped top parts on top of the pillars,  
\li1 the two sets of carvings that resembled chains to decorate the tops of the two pillars,   
\li1
\v 13 the 400 carvings that resembled pomegranates that were placed in two rows, that decorated the bowl-shaped tops of the two pillars,   
\li1
\v 14 the stands, and the basins that were placed on them,   
\li1
\v 15 the very large tank, and the \add statues of\add* twelve bulls underneath it,   
\li1
\v 16 the pots, shovels, meat forks, and all the other things \add needed for the work at the altar\add*.  
\p \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Huram|strong="H2361"\w* \add and his workers\add* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w were|strong="H3627"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w polished|strong="H4838"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w*.  
\v 17 \w They|strong="H4428"\w* made them \w by|strong="H3383"\w* pouring melted bronze \w into|strong="H3332"\w* \w the|strong="H3332"\w* \w clay|strong="H5645"\w* molds \w that|strong="H4428"\w* Huram \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w set|strong="H3332"\w* \w up|strong="H4428"\w* near \w the|strong="H3332"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \add river\add* between \w Succoth|strong="H5523"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* Zarethan \add cities\add*.  
\v 18 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3627"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \add told them to\add* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w used|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w large|strong="H7230"\w* \w amount|strong="H7230"\w* \w of|strong="H3627"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w*; \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w tried|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w weigh|strong="H4948"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w*.   
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\v 19 \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*’s \w workers|strong="H6213"\w* \w also|strong="H6213"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H6213"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H3627"\w* \w put|strong="H6213"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*:  
\li1 the golden altar,  
\li1 the tables on which the priests put the sacred bread,   
\li1
\v 20 the pure gold lampstands and the pure gold lamps, \add in which the priests put oil\add* to burn in front of the Most Holy Place as God had told \add Moses that the priests should do\add*,   
\li1
\v 21 the pure gold decorations that resembled flowers, and the lamps and tongs,   
\li1
\v 22 the pure gold wick trimmers and bowls for sprinkling, and dishes and lamp snuffers,  
\li1 the gold doors of the temple  
\li1 and the doors to the main hall.   
\c 5  
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\v 1 \w After|strong="H1004"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*’s \w workers|strong="H4399"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w finished|strong="H7999"\w* building \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*, \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* storage \w rooms|strong="H1004"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* father \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w dedicated|strong="H6944"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*—\w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H6944"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H1732"\w* \w used|strong="H6213"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*.   
\s1 The Sacred Chest was brought to the temple  
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\v 2 \w Then|strong="H5927"\w* King \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* summoned \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w leaders|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w tribes|strong="H4294"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w families|strong="H1121"\w*/clans. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* wanted \w them|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* help \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w bring|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* temple \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*’s Sacred Chest \w from|strong="H5927"\w* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w* \add Hill\add*, where \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \add the part of the city called\add* ‘\w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w City|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*’.  
\v 3 \w So|strong="H1931"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* leaders \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w gathered|strong="H6950"\w* \w together|strong="H6950"\w* along \w with|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w during|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Festival|strong="H2282"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \add Living in Temporary\add* Shelters, \w in|strong="H3478"\w* October.   
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\v 4 \w When|strong="H5375"\w* \w they|strong="H3478"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* arrived, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* descendants \w of|strong="H2205"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w* \w lifted|strong="H5375"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Sacred Chest,  
\v 5 \w and|strong="H3548"\w* \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w carried|strong="H5927"\w* \w it|strong="H5927"\w* \w and|strong="H3548"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Sacred|strong="H6944"\w* Tent \w and|strong="H3548"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sacred|strong="H6944"\w* \w things|strong="H6944"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H3881"\w* inside \w it|strong="H5927"\w*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H3881"\w* also descended \w from|strong="H5927"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w*, \w carried|strong="H5927"\w* \w them|strong="H5927"\w*.  
\v 6 \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w many|strong="H7230"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w gathered|strong="H3259"\w* \w there|strong="H3605"\w* walked \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Sacred Chest. \w And|strong="H3478"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w sacrificed|strong="H2076"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w huge|strong="H7230"\w* \w amount|strong="H7230"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w cattle|strong="H1241"\w*. \w No|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* able \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w count|strong="H5608"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \add because there were very many\add*.   
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\v 7 \w The|strong="H3068"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w then|strong="H3068"\w* \w brought|strong="H3548"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w Sacred|strong="H6944"\w* Chest into \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w Most|strong="H6944"\w* \w Holy|strong="H6944"\w* \w Place|strong="H4725"\w*, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w inner|strong="H1687"\w* \w room|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* placed \w it|strong="H3068"\w* \w under|strong="H8478"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w wings|strong="H3671"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* statues \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w winged|strong="H3671"\w* creatures.  
\v 8 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w wings|strong="H3671"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* statues \w spread|strong="H6566"\w* \w out|strong="H6566"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Sacred Chest \w and|strong="H4725"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* poles \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w which|strong="H4725"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w carried|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\v 9 \w The|strong="H6440"\w* poles \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w very|strong="H2088"\w* \w long|strong="H5704"\w*, \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w result|strong="H4480"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w could|strong="H2088"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \add those who were standing\add* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* entrance \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Most|strong="H4480"\w* Holy \w Place|strong="H1961"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w could|strong="H2088"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w anyone|strong="H7200"\w* standing \w outside|strong="H2351"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w temple|strong="H1687"\w*. \w Those|strong="H4480"\w* poles \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w still|strong="H5704"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*.  
\v 10 \w The|strong="H5414"\w* \w only|strong="H7535"\w* \w things|strong="H8147"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w inside|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* Sacred Chest \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* stone \w tablets|strong="H3871"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w there|strong="H3068"\w* \w at|strong="H3478"\w* Sinai Mountain, where \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H3772"\w* \w an|strong="H5414"\w* agreement \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w after|strong="H3318"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w came|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w left|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Holy|strong="H6944"\w* \w Place|strong="H6944"\w*. \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w*, \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* group, \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w performed|strong="H8104"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* rituals \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w cause|strong="H1961"\w* \w them|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* acceptable \w to|strong="H3318"\w* God.  
\v 12 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w musicians|strong="H7891"\w*—Asaph, \w Heman|strong="H1968"\w*, \w Jeduthun|strong="H3038"\w*, \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w relatives|strong="H1121"\w*—\w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w on|strong="H3847"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w east|strong="H4217"\w* \w side|strong="H4217"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*. \w They|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* wearing linen \w clothes|strong="H3847"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* playing \w cymbals|strong="H4700"\w*, \w harps|strong="H3658"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w lyres|strong="H3658"\w*. \w There|strong="H5975"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* 120 \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w blowing|strong="H2690"\w* \w trumpets|strong="H2689"\w*.  
\v 13 \w The|strong="H8085"\w* \w men|strong="H7891"\w* \w blowing|strong="H2690"\w* \w trumpets|strong="H2689"\w*, \w those|strong="H8085"\w* playing \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w cymbals|strong="H4700"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* other \w musical|strong="H7892"\w* \w instruments|strong="H3627"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w singers|strong="H7891"\w*, \w made|strong="H1961"\w* \w music|strong="H7892"\w* \w together|strong="H8085"\w*, \w praising|strong="H1984"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w singing|strong="H7891"\w* \w this|strong="H3588"\w* \w song|strong="H7892"\w*:  
\q1 “\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \add to us\add*;  
\q2 \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w faithfully|strong="H2617"\w* loves \w us|strong="H3588"\w* \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*.”  
\p \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \add suddenly\add* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* \w with|strong="H4390"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w cloud|strong="H6051"\w*.  
\v 14 \w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w glorious|strong="H3519"\w* radiance \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*, \w with|strong="H4390"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* result \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w were|strong="H1004"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w able|strong="H3201"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w continue|strong="H5975"\w* doing \w their|strong="H3068"\w* work.   
\c 6  
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\v 1 \w Then|strong="H3068"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* said, “\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, you said \w that|strong="H3068"\w* you \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w live|strong="H7931"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w dark|strong="H6205"\w* \w cloud|strong="H6205"\w*.  
\v 2 But now \w I|strong="H1004"\w* \w have|strong="H1129"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* glorious \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w for|strong="H3427"\w* \w you|strong="H1129"\w* \w to|strong="H1004"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*!”   
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\v 3 \w Then|strong="H4428"\w* \w while|strong="H5975"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* people \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w there|strong="H5975"\w*, \w Solomon|strong="H5975"\w* \w turned|strong="H5437"\w* \w toward|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* people \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \add asked God to\add* \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w*.  
\v 4 \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w them|strong="H3027"\w*,  
\pi1 “\w Praise|strong="H1288"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* whom \w we|strong="H3068"\w* Israelis belong, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* caused \w to|strong="H1696"\w* happen \w what|strong="H6310"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w promised|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* father \w David|strong="H1732"\w*. \w What|strong="H6310"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H1696"\w*:   
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\v 5 ‘\w From|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w brought|strong="H3318"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* chosen \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w which|strong="H1004"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w should|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \add worship\add* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*. \w Nor|strong="H3808"\w* \w did|strong="H3478"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* choose \w anyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w leader|strong="H5057"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.  
\v 6 \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w now|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* chosen \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w place|strong="H1961"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w worship|strong="H3478"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* chosen \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* rule \w my|strong="H1732"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.’ ”   
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\v 7  \add Then Solomon said\add*, “\w My|strong="H3068"\w* father \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w wanted|strong="H3824"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* whom \w we|strong="H3068"\w* Israelis \w belong|strong="H1961"\w*.  
\v 8 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* said \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H5973"\w*, ‘\w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w wanted|strong="H3824"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w me|strong="H5973"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w wanted|strong="H3824"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w good|strong="H2895"\w*.  
\v 9 \w However|strong="H7535"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w want|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*; \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* own \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \add I want to\add* \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w me|strong="H3318"\w*.’   
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\v 10 “\w And|strong="H6965"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H1697"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w promised|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w*. \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* become \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H3678"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w succeed|strong="H6965"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* father, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w ruling|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w*, \w like|strong="H1004"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w promised|strong="H1696"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* arranged \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H1696"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w be|strong="H1697"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w worship|strong="H3478"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* whom \w we|strong="H3068"\w* Israelis \w belong|strong="H8478"\w*.  
\v 11 \w I|strong="H7760"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* Sacred Chest \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* temple, \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* stone tablets \add on which are engraved the Ten Commandments of\add* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H3772"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w us|strong="H7760"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H1121"\w*.”   
\s1 Solomon’s prayer to dedicate the temple  
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\v 12 \w Then|strong="H5975"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H5975"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3709"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w gathered|strong="H3478"\w* \w there|strong="H5975"\w*.  
\v 13 \w His|strong="H3605"\w* \w workers|strong="H6213"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w built|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* \w platform|strong="H3595"\w* \w there|strong="H5975"\w* \add for him to stand on\add*, \w which|strong="H3478"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* 7-1/2 feet \w long|strong="H3605"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* 7-1/2 feet \w wide|strong="H7341"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* 4-1/2 feet \w high|strong="H6967"\w*. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* outer courtyard. \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w platform|strong="H3595"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w then|strong="H6213"\w* \w knelt|strong="H1288"\w* \w down|strong="H1288"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w front|strong="H5048"\w* \w of|strong="H8432"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3709"\w* \w of|strong="H8432"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w gathered|strong="H8010"\w* \w there|strong="H5975"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w spread|strong="H6566"\w* \w out|strong="H6566"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* arms \w toward|strong="H5921"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*,  
\v 14 \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* prayed,  
\pi1 “\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w whom|strong="H6440"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H3820"\w* belong, \w there|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w like|strong="H3644"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* \w or|strong="H3068"\w* \w on|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w earth|strong="H8064"\w*. \w You|strong="H6440"\w* solemnly \w promised|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w faithfully|strong="H2617"\w* \w love|strong="H2617"\w* \w us|strong="H6440"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* what \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H1980"\w* \w for|strong="H6440"\w* \w us|strong="H6440"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w earnestly|strong="H5650"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* what \w you|strong="H6440"\w* want \w us|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 15 “\w You|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H5650"\w* \w done|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* things \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w promised|strong="H1696"\w* \w my|strong="H8104"\w* father \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w who|strong="H5650"\w* served \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \add very well\add*, \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w would|strong="H1732"\w* \w do|strong="H8104"\w*. Truly, \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w promised|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w do|strong="H8104"\w* \w those|strong="H2088"\w* things \w for|strong="H3027"\w* \w him|strong="H3027"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* see \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w your|strong="H8104"\w* \w power|strong="H3027"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H5650"\w* caused \w it|strong="H1696"\w* \w all|strong="H3117"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* happen.   
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\v 16 “\w So|strong="H1980"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* Israelis belong \w to|strong="H1696"\w*, please \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w things|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w promised|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w my|strong="H8104"\w* \w father|strong="H1121"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w*. \w You|strong="H6440"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w there|strong="H3427"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w always|strong="H7535"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* some \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H8104"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w rule|strong="H3427"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w if|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* faithfully \w conduct|strong="H1870"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w lives|strong="H3427"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H3478"\w*.  
\v 17 \w So|strong="H6258"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w*, \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w us|strong="H3478"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H1696"\w*, \w cause|strong="H1697"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H1696"\w* \w promised|strong="H1696"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* served \w you|strong="H1696"\w* \add well\add*, \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w happen|strong="H1697"\w*.   
\pi1
\v 18 “\w But|strong="H3588"\w*, \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w*, \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w really|strong="H2088"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w earth|strong="H8064"\w* \w among|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w*? \w There|strong="H2009"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w surely|strong="H3588"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* enough space \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w*, \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w even|strong="H3588"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*! \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w there|strong="H2009"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w surely|strong="H3588"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* enough space \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w workers|strong="H1129"\w* \w have|strong="H1129"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w*.  
\v 19 \w But|strong="H6437"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w my|strong="H8085"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w please|strong="H8085"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* \w prayer|strong="H8605"\w*, \w while|strong="H8085"\w* \w I|strong="H5650"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* pleading \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w this|strong="H6440"\w* day \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H8085"\w* \w I|strong="H5650"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* requesting.  
\v 20 \w Please|strong="H8085"\w* protect \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w day|strong="H3119"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w*. \w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w which|strong="H1004"\w* \w you|strong="H7760"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w said|strong="H8085"\w*, ‘\w I|strong="H7760"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* always \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*.’ \w Please|strong="H8085"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* \w prayer|strong="H8605"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w*.  
\v 21 \w Listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w me|strong="H4480"\w* \w when|strong="H8085"\w* \w I|strong="H2088"\w* \w pray|strong="H6419"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w your|strong="H8085"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w when|strong="H8085"\w* \w they|strong="H5971"\w* \w pray|strong="H6419"\w*. \w Listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, \w where|strong="H4725"\w* \w you|strong="H4480"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w*; \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w when|strong="H8085"\w* \w you|strong="H4480"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w us|strong="H8085"\w* \w pray|strong="H6419"\w*, \w forgive|strong="H5545"\w* \w us|strong="H8085"\w*.   
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\v 22 “\w If|strong="H2398"\w* someone \w is|strong="H2088"\w* accused \w of|strong="H1004"\w* doing something \w wrong|strong="H2398"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w another|strong="H7453"\w* \w person|strong="H6440"\w*, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w they|strong="H5375"\w* \w bring|strong="H5375"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* testify \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w your|strong="H5375"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* outside \w this|strong="H2088"\w* holy \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w if|strong="H2398"\w* \w he|strong="H1004"\w* says, ‘\w I|strong="H2088"\w* did \w not|strong="H2088"\w* \w do|strong="H2088"\w* \w that|strong="H4196"\w*; \w may|strong="H1004"\w* God punish \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \w if|strong="H2398"\w* \w I|strong="H2088"\w* am \w not|strong="H2088"\w* telling \w the|strong="H6440"\w* truth,’  
\v 23 \w then|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w decide|strong="H8199"\w* \w who|strong="H5650"\w* \w is|strong="H1870"\w* telling \w the|strong="H8085"\w* truth. \w Then|strong="H6213"\w* \w punish|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w person|strong="H8199"\w* \w who|strong="H5650"\w* \w is|strong="H1870"\w* \w guilty|strong="H7563"\w* \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* deserves \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w be|strong="H8064"\w* punished, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w declare|strong="H6663"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* other \w person|strong="H8199"\w* \w is|strong="H1870"\w* \w innocent|strong="H6666"\w*.   
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\v 24 “\w And|strong="H3478"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w your|strong="H6440"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w defeated|strong="H5062"\w* \w by|strong="H3478"\w* \w their|strong="H6440"\w* enemies \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* \w against|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \add and forced to go to some distant country,\add* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* \w away|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w their|strong="H6440"\w* \w sinful|strong="H2398"\w* behavior \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* \w toward|strong="H6440"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* admit \add that\add* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \add have justly punished them\add*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* plead \add that you will forgive them\add*,  
\v 25 \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w forgive|strong="H5545"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w for|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \add have committed\add*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w bring|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w this|strong="H5414"\w* \w land|strong="H8064"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w our|strong="H5414"\w* ancestors.   
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\v 26 “\w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H6031"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* allow \w any|strong="H1961"\w* \w rain|strong="H4306"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w fall|strong="H1961"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w your|strong="H7725"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* \w against|strong="H2398"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* \w toward|strong="H7725"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* temple \w and|strong="H7725"\w* admit \add that\add* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \add have justly punished them\add*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* \w away|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w their|strong="H7725"\w* \w sinful|strong="H2403"\w* behavior \w and|strong="H7725"\w* humbly \w pray|strong="H6419"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*,  
\v 27 \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w forgive|strong="H5545"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* \w of|strong="H1870"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H5971"\w*. \w Teach|strong="H3384"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w right|strong="H3478"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w conduct|strong="H1870"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* lives. \w Then|strong="H5414"\w* \w cause|strong="H5414"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w rain|strong="H4306"\w* \w here|strong="H5921"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* belong \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \add permanently\add*.   
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\v 28 “\w And|strong="H8179"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* people \w of|strong="H8179"\w* \w this|strong="H3588"\w* land experience famines \w or|strong="H5061"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w plague|strong="H5061"\w*, \w or|strong="H5061"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* crops \w are|strong="H8179"\w* destroyed \w by|strong="H1961"\w* very hot winds \w or|strong="H5061"\w* \w by|strong="H1961"\w* \w mildew|strong="H3420"\w* \w or|strong="H5061"\w* \w by|strong="H1961"\w* locusts \w or|strong="H5061"\w* grasshoppers, \w or|strong="H5061"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* enemies surround \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H8179"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H8179"\w* \add in order to attack them\add*, \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H8179"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* bad \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w happen|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w them|strong="H1961"\w*,  
\v 29 \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w earnestly|strong="H3605"\w* plead \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*, \w knowing|strong="H3045"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w inner|strong="H1004"\w* \w beings|strong="H2088"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w they|strong="H5971"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* suffering \add because they have sinned\add*, \w if|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H5971"\w* \w stretch|strong="H6566"\w* \w out|strong="H6566"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w hands|strong="H3709"\w* \w toward|strong="H3709"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w pray|strong="H8605"\w*,  
\v 30 \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* home \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w forgive|strong="H5545"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*. \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w alone|strong="H4480"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w what|strong="H3045"\w* \w each|strong="H3605"\w* \w person|strong="H5545"\w* \w is|strong="H1870"\w* thinking, \w so|strong="H4480"\w* reward \w each|strong="H3605"\w* \w person|strong="H5545"\w* \w according|strong="H4480"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* does,  
\v 31 \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w order|strong="H4616"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w revere|strong="H3372"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w conduct|strong="H1870"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w lives|strong="H2416"\w* \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* want \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w live|strong="H2416"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H5414"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* ancestors.   
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\v 32 “\w There|strong="H2088"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w some|strong="H3027"\w* \w foreigners|strong="H5237"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w do|strong="H3027"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* belong \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w your|strong="H5186"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* \w come|strong="H7350"\w* \w here|strong="H2088"\w* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* countries \w far|strong="H7350"\w* \w away|strong="H5186"\w* \w because|strong="H4616"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* heard \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w very|strong="H2088"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* perform \w great|strong="H1419"\w* miracles. \w If|strong="H1931"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w turn|strong="H5186"\w* \w toward|strong="H3027"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w pray|strong="H6419"\w*,  
\v 33 \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w home|strong="H1004"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* prayer, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w what|strong="H2088"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* request \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*. \w Do|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w order|strong="H4616"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* people-groups \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* world \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w revere|strong="H3372"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w like|strong="H1004"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w*, \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w own|strong="H5971"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*. \w And|strong="H3478"\w* \w then|strong="H2088"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* \w caused|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H8034"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.   
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\v 34 “\w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w go|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w places|strong="H1004"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w attack|strong="H4421"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* enemies, \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w pray|strong="H6419"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w wherever|strong="H5921"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w*, \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w turn|strong="H5971"\w* \w toward|strong="H1870"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* chosen \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w toward|strong="H1870"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* caused \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w be|strong="H8034"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w honor|strong="H8034"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*,  
\v 35 \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w their|strong="H8085"\w* \w prayers|strong="H8605"\w*; \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w they|strong="H6213"\w* plead \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \add to do\add*, \w and|strong="H8064"\w* assist \w them|strong="H6213"\w*.   
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\v 36  \add “It is true that\add* everyone \w sins|strong="H2398"\w*. \w So|strong="H5414"\w*, \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w sin|strong="H2398"\w* \w against|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* become angry \w with|strong="H6440"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w may|strong="H5414"\w* \w allow|strong="H5414"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* enemies \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w capture|strong="H7617"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w take|strong="H7617"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* countries, \w even|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* countries \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H7350"\w* \w far|strong="H7350"\w* \w away|strong="H7617"\w*.  
\v 37 \w When|strong="H7725"\w* \w that|strong="H7725"\w* happens, \w while|strong="H7617"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w are|strong="H3824"\w* \w in|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* countries \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w which|strong="H8033"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* were forced \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w go|strong="H7725"\w*, \w if|strong="H2398"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w are|strong="H3824"\w* sorry \w for|strong="H8033"\w* having \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w*, \w if|strong="H2398"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w say|strong="H7725"\w*, ‘\w We|strong="H8033"\w* \w have|strong="H7617"\w* \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w*; \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H7617"\w* \w done|strong="H2398"\w* things \w that|strong="H7725"\w* \w are|strong="H3824"\w* \w wrong|strong="H5753"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w have|strong="H7617"\w* \w done|strong="H2398"\w* things \w that|strong="H7725"\w* \w are|strong="H3824"\w* \w very|strong="H2603"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7561"\w*,’  
\v 38 if \w they|strong="H5315"\w* \w repent|strong="H7725"\w* very sincerely, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* if \w they|strong="H5315"\w* \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* \w toward|strong="H1870"\w* \w this|strong="H5414"\w* land \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* ancestors, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w toward|strong="H1870"\w* \w this|strong="H5414"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* chosen \add to be the place where we should worship you\add*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w toward|strong="H1870"\w* \w this|strong="H5414"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* \w caused|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w be|strong="H8034"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w for|strong="H8034"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w pray|strong="H6419"\w*,  
\v 39 \w then|strong="H6213"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w your|strong="H8085"\w* home \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w their|strong="H8085"\w* \w prayer|strong="H8605"\w*, \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \w while|strong="H8085"\w* \w they|strong="H6213"\w* plead \add for your help\add*, \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w they|strong="H6213"\w* ask \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*, \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w forgive|strong="H5545"\w* \w your|strong="H8085"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* \w against|strong="H4480"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w*.   
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\v 40 “\w Now|strong="H6258"\w*, \w my|strong="H1961"\w* God, \w look|strong="H5869"\w* \w at|strong="H1961"\w* \w us|strong="H4994"\w* \w and|strong="H5869"\w* listen \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w us|strong="H4994"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w pray|strong="H4994"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H5869"\w* \w in|strong="H4725"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w*.   
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\v 41 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w come|strong="H6965"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* stay \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H6258"\w* place \w with|strong="H3847"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* Sacred Chest,  
\q2 \w the|strong="H3068"\w* chest \w that|strong="H3068"\w* shows \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6965"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* powerful.  
\q1 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, cause \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* know clearly \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6965"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* blessed \w them|strong="H8055"\w*.  
\q2 Cause \w us|strong="H8055"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* people \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w rejoice|strong="H8055"\w* \w because|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H6965"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w things|strong="H2896"\w* \add that you do for us\add*.   
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\v 42 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H1732"\w* \w reject|strong="H7725"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \add the king\add* \w whom|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* appointed \add to be the king of Israel\add*;  
\q2 \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H1732"\w* forget \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* greatly loved \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w served|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \add very well\add*.”   
\c 7  
\s1 Solomon dedicated the temple  
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\v 1 \w When|strong="H3615"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w finished|strong="H3615"\w* \w praying|strong="H6419"\w*, fire \w came|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w from|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* burned \w all|strong="H3615"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w* \add that were on the altar\add*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w glorious|strong="H3519"\w* radiance \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*.  
\v 2 \w The|strong="H3588"\w* radiance \add was extremely bright\add*, \w with|strong="H4390"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* result \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w could|strong="H3201"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* enter \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 3 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \add who were there\add* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* fire \w coming|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w glory|strong="H3519"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w above|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*, \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w prostrated|strong="H7812"\w* \w themselves|strong="H7812"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w faces|strong="H5921"\w* \w touching|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* ground. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w worshiped|strong="H7812"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* thanked \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, singing,  
\q1 “\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w always|strong="H3605"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w*;  
\q2 \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w faithfully|strong="H2617"\w* loves \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*.”   
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\v 4-5 Then the king and all the people who were there dedicated the temple to \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* by offering more sacrifices to him. King Solomon gave 22,000 cattle and 120,000 sheep and goats to be sacrificed.  
\v 6 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* positions, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* descendants \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* positions holding \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w musical|strong="H7892"\w* \w instruments|strong="H3627"\w* \add to praise\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w instruments|strong="H3627"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w caused|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w praising|strong="H1984"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w thanking|strong="H3034"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*. \add They sang\add*, “\w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w faithfully|strong="H2617"\w* loves \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*.” \w Facing|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* descendants \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w*, \w blowing|strong="H2690"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w trumpets|strong="H2690"\w*, \w while|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Israeli people \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w standing|strong="H5975"\w* \add and listening\add*.   
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\v 7 \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w dedicated|strong="H6942"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w middle|strong="H8432"\w* \w part|strong="H8432"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w courtyard|strong="H2691"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*. \w Then|strong="H6213"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w gave|strong="H6213"\w* \w offerings|strong="H8002"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* completely burned \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w along|strong="H8432"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w fat|strong="H2459"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* animals \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w sacrificed|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w maintain|strong="H6213"\w* fellowship \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*. \w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w priests|strong="H3808"\w* burned \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w courtyard|strong="H2691"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* addition \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w those|strong="H2459"\w* \w things|strong="H3808"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w were|strong="H1004"\w* \w offerings|strong="H8002"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* grain, \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* result \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w enough|strong="H6213"\w* space \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* burn \w all|strong="H6213"\w* \w those|strong="H2459"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H5930"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \add and the other people\add* \w celebrated|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Festival|strong="H2282"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w Living|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* Temporary Shelters \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*. \w There|strong="H3117"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* huge group \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w people|strong="H1931"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w celebrated|strong="H6213"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w him|strong="H6213"\w*. \w Some|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \w came|strong="H3478"\w* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \add as far away as\add* \w Lebo-Hamath|strong="H2574"\w* \add in the far north\add* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* border \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \add in the far south\add*.  
\v 9 \w On|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w eighth|strong="H8066"\w*/next \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w gathered|strong="H6213"\w* again \add to worship Yahweh\add*. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H3588"\w* \w celebrated|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w dedication|strong="H2598"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w Festival|strong="H2282"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* Living \w in|strong="H6213"\w* Temporary Shelters \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*.  
\v 10 \w Then|strong="H7971"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w next|strong="H5921"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* homes. \w They|strong="H3117"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w very|strong="H2896"\w* \w joyful|strong="H8056"\w* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w things|strong="H7969"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H6213"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.   
\s1 Yahweh appeared to Solomon again  
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\v 11 \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*’s \add workers\add* \w finished|strong="H3615"\w* building \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*’s \w palace|strong="H1004"\w*. \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w finished|strong="H3615"\w* \w doing|strong="H6213"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w else|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* planned \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\v 12 \w Then|strong="H2088"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w appeared|strong="H7200"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H7200"\w* \w one|strong="H2088"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w* \add in a dream\add* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H7200"\w*,  
\pi1 “\w I|strong="H7200"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w prayer|strong="H8605"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H7200"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* chosen \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w where|strong="H4725"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* \w people|strong="H8085"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w offer|strong="H2077"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w*.   
\pi1
\v 13 “\w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w* prevent \w any|strong="H1961"\w* \w rain|strong="H4306"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* falling, \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w command|strong="H6680"\w* \w locusts|strong="H2284"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* eat \w all|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* crops, \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w plague|strong="H1698"\w* \w among|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*,  
\v 14 if \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* belong \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \w humble|strong="H3665"\w* \w themselves|strong="H6440"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w pray|strong="H6419"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w request|strong="H1245"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w help|strong="H5971"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* if \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* \w away|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w their|strong="H8085"\w* \w sinful|strong="H2403"\w* \w behavior|strong="H1870"\w*, \w then|strong="H8085"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*. \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w forgive|strong="H5545"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* having \w sinned|strong="H2403"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w cause|strong="H5971"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* prosper \w again|strong="H7725"\w*.  
\v 15 \w I|strong="H6258"\w* [SYN] \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w see|strong="H5869"\w* \w them|strong="H1961"\w* \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w I|strong="H6258"\w* [SYN] \w will|strong="H1961"\w* hear \w them|strong="H1961"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H6258"\w* \w pray|strong="H8605"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w me|strong="H5869"\w* \w in|strong="H4725"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w*.  
\v 16 \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* chosen \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* ◄\w set|strong="H6942"\w* \w apart|strong="H6942"\w*/\w dedicated|strong="H6942"\w*► \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* order \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5869"\w* \w may|strong="H1961"\w* worship [MTY] \w me|strong="H1961"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*. \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w always|strong="H3605"\w* \w watch|strong="H5869"\w* \w over|strong="H5704"\w* [MTY] \w it|strong="H8033"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w protect|strong="H3117"\w* [IDM] \w it|strong="H8033"\w*.   
\pi1
\v 17 “\w And|strong="H1980"\w* \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w*, if \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w obey|strong="H8104"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* father \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* if \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H6680"\w* \w command|strong="H6680"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w obey|strong="H8104"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w my|strong="H8104"\w* \w laws|strong="H2706"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w decrees|strong="H2706"\w*,  
\v 18 \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w make|strong="H3772"\w* \w sure|strong="H6965"\w* \w that|strong="H3478"\w* \w your|strong="H3808"\w* descendants \w will|strong="H3478"\w* always \w be|strong="H3808"\w* kings, \w which|strong="H3478"\w* \w is|strong="H3478"\w* \w what|strong="H1732"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* promised \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w your|strong="H3808"\w* father, saying, ‘Some \w of|strong="H3678"\w* \w your|strong="H3808"\w* descendants \w will|strong="H3478"\w* always \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3772"\w* kings \w of|strong="H3678"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.’   
\pi1
\v 19 “\w But|strong="H5800"\w* if \w you|strong="H5414"\w* Israelis \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* \w away|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* disobey \w the|strong="H6440"\w* decrees \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w commands|strong="H4687"\w* \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H5414"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* start \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w worship|strong="H7812"\w* other \w gods|strong="H1980"\w*,  
\v 20 \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w cause|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w be|strong="H8034"\w* expelled \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w abandon|strong="H5414"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* \w set|strong="H5414"\w* \w apart|strong="H6942"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w be|strong="H8034"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w place|strong="H5414"\w* \w where|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* should worship \w me|strong="H5414"\w*. \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w cause|strong="H5414"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w be|strong="H8034"\w* despised \w and|strong="H1004"\w* ridiculed \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w nations|strong="H5971"\w*.  
\v 21 \w Although|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w now|strong="H1961"\w* greatly respected, \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w happens|strong="H1961"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* people \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w pass|strong="H5674"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w appalled|strong="H8074"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* say, ‘\w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w terrible|strong="H6213"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* country \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*?’  
\v 22 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* others \w will|strong="H3068"\w* reply, ‘\w It|strong="H5921"\w* happened \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w rejected|strong="H5800"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* whom \w their|strong="H3605"\w* ancestors \w belonged|strong="H3318"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w brought|strong="H3318"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* ancestors \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H5647"\w* \w worshiping|strong="H7812"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* gods \w and|strong="H3068"\w* trying \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w please|strong="H7451"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*. \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w why|strong="H5921"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w caused|strong="H5647"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* experience \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H2063"\w* \w disasters|strong="H7451"\w*.’ ”   
\c 8  
\s1 Other things that Solomon did  
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\v 1 \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*’s \add workers\add* worked \w for|strong="H3068"\w* 20 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* king’s \w palace|strong="H1004"\w*.  
\v 2 \w Then|strong="H5414"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \add workers\add* \w rebuilt|strong="H1129"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w that|strong="H3478"\w* \add King\add* Hiram \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* back \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w sent|strong="H5414"\w* Israelis \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w those|strong="H1121"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*.  
\v 3 \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*’s \add army\add* \w then|strong="H8010"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w Hamath-Zobah|strong="H2578"\w* \add town\add* \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w captured|strong="H2388"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\v 4 \w His|strong="H3605"\w* \w workers|strong="H1129"\w* also \w rebuilt|strong="H1129"\w* walls around \w Tadmor|strong="H8412"\w* \add town\add* \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w*, \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \add the\add* \w Hamath|strong="H2574"\w* \add region\add* \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w where|strong="H1129"\w* \w they|strong="H3605"\w* kept supplies.  
\v 5 \w They|strong="H5892"\w* \w rebuilt|strong="H1129"\w* \w Upper|strong="H5945"\w* \w Beth-Horon|strong="H1032"\w* \add town\add* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w Lower|strong="H8481"\w* \w Beth-Horon|strong="H1032"\w* \add city\add*, \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w walls|strong="H2346"\w* around \w them|strong="H1129"\w* \w with|strong="H5892"\w* \w gates|strong="H1817"\w* \add in the walls\add* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w bars|strong="H1280"\w* \add to fasten the gates\add*.  
\v 6 \w They|strong="H3605"\w* \w also|strong="H8010"\w* \w rebuilt|strong="H1129"\w* \w Baalath|strong="H1191"\w* \add town\add* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w where|strong="H1129"\w* supplies \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w kept|strong="H1961"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w where|strong="H1129"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*’s \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w horses|strong="H6571"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w kept|strong="H1961"\w*. \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*’s \add workers\add* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w whatever|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w wanted|strong="H2836"\w* \w them|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w build|strong="H1129"\w*, \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w*, \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w places|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* area \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4474"\w*.   
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\v 7 Solomon forced \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w many|strong="H3808"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* groups \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* Israelis \w to|strong="H3478"\w* work \w for|strong="H3478"\w* \w him|strong="H3605"\w* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* slaves. \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Heth, Amor, Periz, Hiv, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* Jebus people-groups.  
\v 8 \w They|strong="H3117"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w groups|strong="H1121"\w* whom \w the|strong="H4480"\w* Israelis \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w completely|strong="H3615"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H3615"\w*. \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w forced|strong="H4522"\w* \w them|strong="H3615"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* become \w his|strong="H3478"\w* \w slaves|strong="H1121"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w still|strong="H5704"\w* \w slaves|strong="H1121"\w*.  
\v 9 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w did|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* force Israelis \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w work|strong="H4399"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w*. Israelis \w became|strong="H5650"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H5650"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w commanders|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* chariot-drivers.  
\v 10 \w They|strong="H5971"\w* \w were|strong="H5971"\w* \w also|strong="H4428"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*’s \w chief|strong="H8269"\w* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w*. There \w were|strong="H5971"\w* 250 \w of|strong="H4428"\w* them, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w they|strong="H5971"\w* \w supervised|strong="H7287"\w* \w the|strong="H8010"\w* workers.   
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\v 11 \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* moved \w his|strong="H3068"\w* wife, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Egypt, \w from|strong="H5927"\w* \add the place outside Jerusalem called\add* ‘\w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w City|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*’ \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w place|strong="H6944"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w workers|strong="H1129"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w her|strong="H1129"\w*. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* said, “\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w want|strong="H3808"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* wife \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \add my father\add* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*’s \w workers|strong="H1129"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w Sacred|strong="H6944"\w* Chest \add was in that palace for a while\add*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w any|strong="H5927"\w* \w place|strong="H6944"\w* \w where|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w Sacred|strong="H6944"\w* Chest \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H3808"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w holy|strong="H6944"\w*.”   
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\v 12 \w On|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*’s \add workers\add* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* entrance \add to the temple\add*, \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w sacrificed|strong="H5927"\w* many \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* completely burned.  
\v 13 \w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w did|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* obey \w the|strong="H3117"\w* rules \w about|strong="H1697"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2282"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w had|strong="H4872"\w* declared \w should|strong="H3117"\w* \w be|strong="H1697"\w* \w made|strong="H5927"\w*. \w These|strong="H3117"\w* \w included|strong="H5927"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2282"\w* \w for|strong="H3117"\w* \w every|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w for|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="H7676"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w celebrate|strong="H2282"\w* \w each|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w which|strong="H1697"\w* \w there|strong="H5927"\w* \w was|strong="H1697"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w new|strong="H2320"\w* \w moon|strong="H2320"\w* \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w for|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w other|strong="H6471"\w* \w festivals|strong="H4150"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w were|strong="H3117"\w* celebrated \w each|strong="H3117"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w*. Those \w festivals|strong="H4150"\w* \w were|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w Festival|strong="H2282"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* Eating \w Unleavened|strong="H4682"\w* \w Bread|strong="H4682"\w*, \w the|strong="H3117"\w* Harvest \w Festival|strong="H2282"\w*, \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w Festival|strong="H2282"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* Living \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Temporary|strong="H5521"\w* \w Shelters|strong="H5521"\w*.  
\v 14 Obeying \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* father \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w had|strong="H1732"\w* \w commanded|strong="H4687"\w*, \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w appointed|strong="H5975"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* groups \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w work|strong="H5656"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w appointed|strong="H5975"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* descendants \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* lead \w the|strong="H5921"\w* people \w while|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w sang|strong="H1984"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w praise|strong="H1984"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w while|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* assisted \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w daily|strong="H3117"\w* \w work|strong="H5656"\w*. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w also|strong="H1732"\w* \w appointed|strong="H5975"\w* groups \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w guard|strong="H4931"\w* \w all|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w gates|strong="H8179"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H1732"\w* \w also|strong="H1732"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w man|strong="H8179"\w* \w who|strong="H3548"\w* pleased God \add very well\add*, \w had|strong="H1732"\w* \w commanded|strong="H4687"\w*.  
\v 15 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* descendants \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w* obeyed \w completely|strong="H3605"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w commanded|strong="H4687"\w*, \w including|strong="H3605"\w* \add taking care of\add* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* storerooms.   
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\v 16 \w They|strong="H3117"\w* \w did|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w work|strong="H4399"\w* \add of building the temple\add* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w told|strong="H8010"\w* \w them|strong="H3615"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w*, \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w it|strong="H3559"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w completed|strong="H3615"\w*. \w So|strong="H3559"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* finishing building \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w Then|strong="H1980"\w* some \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*’s \w men|strong="H1980"\w* \w went|strong="H1980"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w Ezion-Geber|strong="H6100"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* Elath \add cities\add* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* coast \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Red \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w*, \w an|strong="H5921"\w* area \w that|strong="H8010"\w* belonged \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Edom people-group.  
\v 18 \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Hiram \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \add Tyre city\add* \w some|strong="H8033"\w* ships \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w were|strong="H3027"\w* commanded \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w his|strong="H7971"\w* \w officers|strong="H5650"\w*. \w They|strong="H8033"\w* \w were|strong="H3027"\w* \w men|strong="H5650"\w* \w who|strong="H5650"\w* \w were|strong="H3027"\w* \w experienced|strong="H3045"\w* sailors. \w These|strong="H3947"\w* \w men|strong="H5650"\w* \w went|strong="H4428"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* ships \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*’s \w men|strong="H5650"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \add the\add* Ophir \add region\add* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w brought|strong="H3947"\w* \w back|strong="H3045"\w* \w about|strong="H8033"\w* 17 tons \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, \w which|strong="H8033"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w delivered|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*.   
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\s1 The queen of Sheba visited Solomon  
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\v 1 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w queen|strong="H4436"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* ruled \add the\add* \w Sheba|strong="H7614"\w* \add area in Arabia\add* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* famous, \w so|strong="H1961"\w* \w she|strong="H5973"\w* traveled \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* ask \w him|strong="H5973"\w* \w questions|strong="H2420"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w difficult|strong="H2420"\w* \add to answer\add*. \w She|strong="H5973"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w large|strong="H7230"\w* group \w of|strong="H7230"\w* servants, \w and|strong="H2091"\w* \w she|strong="H5973"\w* \w brought|strong="H5375"\w* \w camels|strong="H1581"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w loaded|strong="H5375"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w spices|strong="H1314"\w*, \w and|strong="H2091"\w* \w valuable|strong="H3368"\w* gems, \w and|strong="H2091"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lot \w of|strong="H7230"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*. \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w she|strong="H5973"\w* \w met|strong="H5375"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*, \w she|strong="H5973"\w* \w asked|strong="H1696"\w* \w him|strong="H5973"\w* \w questions|strong="H2420"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w*/topics \w in|strong="H8085"\w* \w which|strong="H2091"\w* \w she|strong="H5973"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* interested.  
\v 2 \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w answered|strong="H5046"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w questions|strong="H1697"\w*. \w He|strong="H3605"\w* explained \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w she|strong="H3808"\w* \w asked|strong="H1697"\w* \w about|strong="H1697"\w*, \w even|strong="H3808"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H1697"\w* very difficult.   
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\v 3 \w The|strong="H7200"\w* \w queen|strong="H4436"\w* \w realized|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w was|strong="H1004"\w* very \w wise|strong="H2451"\w*. She \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w his|strong="H7200"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w*,  
\v 4 \w she|strong="H3808"\w* saw \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w food|strong="H3978"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w served|strong="H8334"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w table|strong="H7979"\w* \add every day\add*; \w she|strong="H3808"\w* saw how \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w officials|strong="H5650"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* seated \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w table|strong="H7979"\w*, \w their|strong="H3068"\w* uniforms, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w served|strong="H8334"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w food|strong="H3978"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* wine, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H5930"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w took|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* completely burned \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* altar. \w She|strong="H3808"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* extremely amazed.   
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\v 5 \w She|strong="H5921"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, “Everything \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* own country \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w how|strong="H8085"\w* \w wise|strong="H2451"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* \w is|strong="H1697"\w* true!  
\v 6 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w did|strong="H3254"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* believe \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w was|strong="H1697"\w* true \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w came|strong="H1697"\w* \w here|strong="H2009"\w* \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* myself. \w You|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w* \add extremely wise and rich,\add* \w more|strong="H3254"\w* \w than|strong="H5921"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w*.  
\v 7 \w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w men|strong="H5650"\w* \w who|strong="H5650"\w* work \w for|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w are|strong="H5650"\w* very fortunate! \w Your|strong="H6440"\w* \w officials|strong="H5650"\w* \w who|strong="H5650"\w* \w are|strong="H5650"\w* \w constantly|strong="H8548"\w* \w standing|strong="H5975"\w* \w in|strong="H8085"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w and|strong="H5650"\w* \w listening|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w wise|strong="H2451"\w* things \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* say \w are|strong="H5650"\w* \w also|strong="H8085"\w* fortunate!  
\v 8 \w Praise|strong="H1288"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w shown|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w pleased|strong="H2654"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* appointing \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w*. \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w always|strong="H5769"\w* loved \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Israeli people, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w desires|strong="H2654"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* assist \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w therefore|strong="H5921"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w appointed|strong="H5975"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w order|strong="H4941"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w rule|strong="H4428"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w fairly|strong="H4941"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w righteously|strong="H6666"\w*.”   
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\v 9 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w queen|strong="H4436"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* 4-1/2 tons \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w large|strong="H7230"\w* \w amount|strong="H7230"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w spices|strong="H1314"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* gems. \w Never|strong="H3808"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w received|strong="H1961"\w* \w more|strong="H3966"\w* \w spices|strong="H1314"\w* \w than|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w queen|strong="H4436"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w at|strong="H4428"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w time|strong="H1961"\w*.   
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\v 10-12 King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba everything that she wanted. He gave her more than she had given to him. Then she and those who came with her returned to her own land.  
\p \add In the ships that belonged to King Hiram,\add* Hiram’s workers and Solomon’s workers brought gold from Ophir. They also brought \w a|strong="H3068"\w* large amount of juniper wood and gems. King Solomon \add told his workers\add* to use that wood to make railings in the temple and in his palace and also to make harps and lyres for the musicians. That wood was the the finest wood that had ever been seen in Israel.   
\s1 Solomon’s wealth  
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\v 13 Each \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w brought|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* total \w of|strong="H8141"\w* 25 tons \w of|strong="H8141"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*.  
\v 14 \w That|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* addition \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \add taxes\add* paid \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w him|strong="H3605"\w* \w by|strong="H2091"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w merchants|strong="H5503"\w* \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w traders|strong="H5503"\w*. \w Also|strong="H4428"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Arabia|strong="H6152"\w* \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w governors|strong="H6346"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \add the districts in\add* Israel \w brought|strong="H8010"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*’s \add workers took this\add* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \add and\add* hammered \add it\add* \w into|strong="H5927"\w* thin sheets \w and|strong="H3967"\w* covered 200 \w large|strong="H6793"\w* \w shields|strong="H6793"\w* \w with|strong="H6213"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* thin sheets \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*; \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w put|strong="H5927"\w* almost 7-1/2 pounds \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* each \w shield|strong="H6793"\w*.  
\v 16 \w His|strong="H5414"\w* \add workers\add* \w made|strong="H5414"\w* 300 \add smaller\add* \w shields|strong="H4043"\w*. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* covered \w each|strong="H5414"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* almost 4 pounds \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*. \w Then|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* \w shields|strong="H4043"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Hall|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Forest|strong="H3293"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w His|strong="H6213"\w* \add workers\add* \w also|strong="H6213"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w him|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w large|strong="H1419"\w* \w throne|strong="H3678"\w*. \add Part of\add* \w it|strong="H6213"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w covered|strong="H6823"\w* \w with|strong="H6213"\w* \add decorations made from\add* \w ivory|strong="H8127"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \add part of it was covered\add* \w with|strong="H6213"\w* \w very|strong="H1419"\w* \w fine|strong="H6213"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*.  
\v 18 \w There|strong="H3427"\w* \w were|strong="H3027"\w* \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w steps|strong="H4609"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* front \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w throne|strong="H3678"\w*. \w There|strong="H3427"\w* \w was|strong="H4725"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w footstool|strong="H3534"\w* \w that|strong="H2088"\w* \w was|strong="H4725"\w* attached \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w throne|strong="H3678"\w*. \w At|strong="H3427"\w* \w each|strong="H8147"\w* \w side|strong="H2088"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* \w there|strong="H3427"\w* \w was|strong="H4725"\w* \w an|strong="H2088"\w* armrest, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w alongside|strong="H5921"\w* \w each|strong="H8147"\w* armrest \w there|strong="H3427"\w* \w was|strong="H4725"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \add small statue of a\add* lion.  
\v 19 \w On|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w steps|strong="H4609"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w were|strong="H8147"\w* \w twelve|strong="H8147"\w* \w statues|strong="H2088"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* lions, \w one|strong="H2088"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w each|strong="H3605"\w* \w side|strong="H2088"\w*. \w No|strong="H3808"\w* throne \w like|strong="H3651"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H3808"\w* \w ever|strong="H2088"\w* existed \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H2088"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w*.  
\v 20 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*’s \w cups|strong="H4945"\w* \w were|strong="H3117"\w* \w made|strong="H3627"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* various dishes \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Hall|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Forest|strong="H3293"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w* \w were|strong="H3117"\w* \w made|strong="H3627"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*. \add They did not make things from silver\add*, \w because|strong="H3605"\w* \w during|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w years|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \add ruled\add*, \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w was|strong="H3117"\w* \w not|strong="H2803"\w* \w considered|strong="H2803"\w* \w to|strong="H3117"\w* \w be|strong="H3117"\w* \w valuable|strong="H3972"\w*.  
\v 21 \w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* fleet \w of|strong="H4428"\w* ships \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w sailed|strong="H1980"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* ships \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Hiram owned. \w Every|strong="H8141"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* ships \w returned|strong="H1980"\w* \add from the places to which they had sailed\add*, \w bringing|strong="H5375"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, \w ivory|strong="H8143"\w*, monkeys, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* baboons (\w OR|strong="H3068"\w*, \w peacocks|strong="H8500"\w*).   
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\v 22 \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w became|strong="H1431"\w* richer \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w wiser|strong="H2451"\w* \w than|strong="H4428"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w on|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* earth.  
\v 23 \w Kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w over|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* world \w wanted|strong="H1245"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* come \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w wise|strong="H2451"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w said|strong="H8085"\w*, \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H5414"\w* \w had|strong="H8010"\w* \w enabled|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* know.  
\v 24 \w All|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H1697"\w* people \w who|strong="H1992"\w* \w came|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H1697"\w* \w him|strong="H1697"\w* brought \w presents|strong="H4503"\w*: \w They|strong="H1992"\w* brought \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w made|strong="H3627"\w* \w from|strong="H2091"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w or|strong="H3701"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, \w or|strong="H3701"\w* robes, \w or|strong="H3701"\w* \w weapons|strong="H3627"\w*, \w or|strong="H3701"\w* \w spices|strong="H1314"\w*, \w or|strong="H3701"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*, \w or|strong="H3701"\w* \w mules|strong="H6505"\w*. \w The|strong="H1697"\w* people continued \w to|strong="H1697"\w* \w do|strong="H1697"\w* \w this|strong="H1697"\w* \w every|strong="H1697"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w*.   
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\v 25 \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* 4,000 stalls \w for|strong="H3389"\w* \w his|strong="H1961"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* 12,000 \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*. \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w put|strong="H3240"\w* some \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w them|strong="H8147"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* some \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w them|strong="H8147"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w other|strong="H8147"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* where \w he|strong="H8147"\w* \w kept|strong="H1961"\w* \w his|strong="H1961"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w*.  
\v 26 Solomon \w ruled|strong="H4910"\w* \w over|strong="H4428"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w area|strong="H1366"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \add Euphrates\add* \w River|strong="H5104"\w* \add in the northeast\add* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Philistia \w area|strong="H1366"\w* \add in the west\add* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \add in the south\add*.  
\v 27  \add During the years that Solomon was\add* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \add he\add* \w caused|strong="H5414"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* become \w as|strong="H7230"\w* \w common|strong="H7230"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w as|strong="H7230"\w* stones; \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w he|strong="H5414"\w* \w caused|strong="H5414"\w* cedar \w trees|strong="H8256"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w foothills|strong="H8219"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Judah \w to|strong="H5414"\w* become \w as|strong="H7230"\w* \w plentiful|strong="H7230"\w* \w as|strong="H7230"\w* fig \w trees|strong="H8256"\w*.  
\v 28 \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*’s agents \w brought|strong="H3318"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \add the\add* Musri \add area\add* \w and|strong="H4714"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w places|strong="H3605"\w*.   
\s1 Solomon’s death  
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\v 29 Lists \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w other|strong="H7605"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H1697"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w recorded|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* scrolls \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* Ahijah \w from|strong="H5921"\w* Shiloh \add city\add*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \add the scroll in which were written\add* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w visions|strong="H2378"\w* \w that|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w Iddo|strong="H3260"\w* saw \w concerning|strong="H5921"\w* \add King\add* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w*.  
\v 30 \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4427"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H8141"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* 40 \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.  
\v 31 \w Then|strong="H1732"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* died \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H1732"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w in|strong="H6912"\w* \add the part of Jerusalem called\add* ‘\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 Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w*.   
\c 10  
\s1 The people of Israel rebelled against Rehoboam  
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\v 1 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* people \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w* \add city\add* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* order \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w appoint|strong="H4427"\w* \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H3478"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w*. \w So|strong="H3588"\w* \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w* \w also|strong="H3478"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w there|strong="H3605"\w*.  
\v 2 \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w*, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nebat|strong="H5028"\w*, \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w fled|strong="H1272"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \add to escape\add* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*. \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \add about the people wanting to appoint Rehoboam to be their king\add*, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \add to Israel\add* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*  
\v 3 \w So|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \add leaders of the northern tribes\add* \w summoned|strong="H7121"\w* \w him|strong="H7121"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w went|strong="H3478"\w* \w with|strong="H1696"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w* \add to talk\add* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w*. \w They|strong="H3605"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w*,  
\v 4 “\w Your|strong="H5414"\w* father \add Solomon\add* forced \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w work|strong="H5656"\w* \w very|strong="H6258"\w* \w hard|strong="H7186"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w*. \w If|strong="H7043"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w do|strong="H5647"\w* \w not|strong="H5414"\w* force \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w work|strong="H5656"\w* \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w hard|strong="H7186"\w*, \w and|strong="H5647"\w* \w if|strong="H7043"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w charge|strong="H5921"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* less taxes \w than|strong="H5921"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H5414"\w* paying \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w*, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \add faithfully\add*.”   
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\v 5 \w He|strong="H3117"\w* replied, “\w Come|strong="H3212"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w now|strong="H3117"\w* \add and I will give you my answer\add*.” \w So|strong="H7725"\w* those leaders \add and Jeroboam\add* \w left|strong="H7725"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w* \w consulted|strong="H3289"\w* \w his|strong="H7725"\w* \w older|strong="H2205"\w* \w men|strong="H2205"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w advised|strong="H3289"\w* \w his|strong="H7725"\w* father \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w while|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H8010"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w still|strong="H5975"\w* \w alive|strong="H2416"\w*. \w He|strong="H8010"\w* \w asked|strong="H1697"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w*, “\w What|strong="H1697"\w* \w shall|strong="H5971"\w* \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w say|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w answer|strong="H7725"\w* \w these|strong="H2088"\w* \w men|strong="H2205"\w*?”   
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\v 7 \w They|strong="H3117"\w* \w replied|strong="H1696"\w*, “\w If|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w kind|strong="H2896"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w these|strong="H2088"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w do|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w please|strong="H7521"\w* \w them|strong="H1961"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w if|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w say|strong="H1696"\w* \w kind|strong="H2896"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w them|strong="H1961"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w answer|strong="H1697"\w* \w them|strong="H1961"\w*, \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w always|strong="H3605"\w* \w serve|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*.”   
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\v 8 \w But|strong="H5800"\w* \w he|strong="H6440"\w* ignored what \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w older|strong="H2205"\w* \w men|strong="H2205"\w* \w advised|strong="H3289"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* do. Instead, \w he|strong="H6440"\w* \w consulted|strong="H3289"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* younger \w men|strong="H2205"\w* \w who|strong="H5975"\w* had \w grown|strong="H1431"\w* \w up|strong="H5975"\w* \w with|strong="H6440"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*, \w who|strong="H5975"\w* \w were|strong="H2205"\w* now \w his|strong="H6440"\w* advisors.  
\v 9 \w He|strong="H4480"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*, “\w How|strong="H4100"\w* \w should|strong="H4100"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w answer|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w men|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* asking \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* reduce \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \add work and taxes\add* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* father \w required|strong="H1697"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*?”   
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\v 10 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w young|strong="H3206"\w* \w men|strong="H3206"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w had|strong="H5971"\w* \w grown|strong="H1431"\w* \w up|strong="H1431"\w* \w with|strong="H1696"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w replied|strong="H1696"\w*, “\add Those men\add* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* father forced \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* work very \w hard|strong="H5971"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w so|strong="H3541"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* want \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* reduce \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \add work and taxes\add* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* father required \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*. \w But|strong="H1696"\w* \w this|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3206"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* should \w tell|strong="H1696"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*: ‘\w My|strong="H5921"\w* \w little|strong="H6995"\w* \w finger|strong="H6995"\w* \w is|strong="H3206"\w* \w thicker|strong="H5666"\w* \w than|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* father’s \w waist|strong="H4975"\w*.  
\v 11 \w What|strong="H5921"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* mean is \w that|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* father required \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \add work hard and pay high taxes\add*. \w But|strong="H6258"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3254"\w* \w make|strong="H3254"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* loads \w heavier|strong="H3515"\w*. \add It was as though\add* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* father whipped \w you|strong="H5921"\w*, \w but|strong="H6258"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3254"\w* \w whip|strong="H7752"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w whips|strong="H7752"\w* \w that|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H6258"\w* pieces \w of|strong="H5921"\w* metal \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.’”   
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\v 12 \w Three|strong="H7992"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w later|strong="H7992"\w*, \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* leaders \w came|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w*, \w which|strong="H5971"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \w what|strong="H1696"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w told|strong="H1696"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w do|strong="H3605"\w*.  
\v 13 \w The|strong="H5800"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* ignored \w the|strong="H5800"\w* \w advice|strong="H6098"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5800"\w* \w older|strong="H2205"\w* \w men|strong="H2205"\w* \w and|strong="H6030"\w* \w spoke|strong="H6030"\w* \w harshly|strong="H7186"\w* \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5800"\w* Israeli \w leaders|strong="H2205"\w*.  
\v 14  \add He told them what the younger men had advised.\add* \w He|strong="H5921"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w*, “\w My|strong="H5921"\w* father \w put|strong="H3254"\w* \w heavy|strong="H3513"\w* \w burdens|strong="H3513"\w* \add of work and taxes\add* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*, \w but|strong="H1696"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3206"\w* \w put|strong="H3254"\w* \w heavier|strong="H3513"\w* \w burdens|strong="H3513"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*. \add It was as though\add* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* beat \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H1696"\w* \w whips|strong="H7752"\w*, \w but|strong="H1696"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3206"\w* beat \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H1696"\w* \w whips|strong="H7752"\w* \w that|strong="H3206"\w* \w have|strong="H1696"\w* pieces \w of|strong="H5921"\w* metal \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*!”  
\v 15 \w So|strong="H4616"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w did|strong="H5971"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w pay|strong="H8085"\w* \w any|strong="H1961"\w* \w attention|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* Israeli leaders. \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H1696"\w* \w happened|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w order|strong="H4616"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w told|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w prophet|strong="H1696"\w* Ahijah \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w happen|strong="H1961"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Israeli leaders \w realized|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w did|strong="H4100"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w pay|strong="H7725"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w attention|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w said|strong="H8085"\w*, \w they|strong="H1992"\w* shouted,  
\q1 “\w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w want|strong="H3808"\w* \w anything|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w this|strong="H7200"\w* \w descendant|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*!  
\q2 \w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w pay|strong="H7725"\w* \w attention|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w this|strong="H7200"\w* \w grandson|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jesse|strong="H3448"\w* says!  
\q1 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w let|strong="H6258"\w*’s \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w home|strong="H1004"\w*!  
\q2 \w As|strong="H3588"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H7200"\w* \w descendant|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w can|strong="H4100"\w* \w rule|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w own|strong="H5971"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4428"\w*!”  
\m \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Israeli leaders \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w homes|strong="H1004"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \add after that, the only Israeli\add* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* whom \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4427"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w those|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w territory|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \add the tribes of\add* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \add and Benjamin\add*.   
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\v 18 \w Then|strong="H7971"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* Adoniram \add to talk to the Israeli people\add*. Adoniram \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w man|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w supervised|strong="H5921"\w* \add all the men who were\add* \w forced|strong="H4522"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* work \add for Rehoboam\add*. \w But|strong="H4191"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w killed|strong="H4191"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* throwing stones \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*. \w When|strong="H7971"\w* \w that|strong="H3478"\w* happened, \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w* quickly \w got|strong="H5927"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H7971"\w* \w chariot|strong="H4818"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w escaped|strong="H5127"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.  
\v 19 \w Ever|strong="H3117"\w* \w since|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w*, \add the people of the northern tribes of\add* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w have|strong="H3478"\w* \w been|strong="H6586"\w* rebelling \w against|strong="H6586"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* descendants \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \add King\add* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*.   
\c 11  
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\v 1 \w When|strong="H7725"\w* \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w* arrived \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w gathered|strong="H6950"\w* 180,000 \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* best \w soldiers|strong="H4421"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* tribes \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*. \w He|strong="H6213"\w* wanted \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* \w against|strong="H5973"\w* \add the northern tribes of\add* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \add and defeat them\add*, \w in|strong="H3478"\w* order \w that|strong="H3478"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* could \w rule|strong="H4467"\w* \add all the tribes of\add* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w*.   
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\v 2 \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* prophet \w Shemaiah|strong="H8098"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w* \w this|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H1961"\w*:  
\v 3 “\w Go|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w tell|strong="H3605"\w* \w this|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \add Solomon’s son\add* \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* tribes \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*:  
\v 4 ‘\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* \w against|strong="H5973"\w* \add the people of Israel; they are\add* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* distant relatives. \w All|strong="H3212"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w home|strong="H1004"\w*. \w What|strong="H1697"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w happened|strong="H1961"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* wanted \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w happen|strong="H1961"\w*.’” \add So Shemaiah went and told that to them,\add* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H3212"\w* \w heeded|strong="H8085"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* commanded \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w attack|strong="H5927"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \add and his soldiers\add*.   
\s1 Rehoboam fortified cities in Judah  
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\v 5 \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w his|strong="H1129"\w* \w workers|strong="H1129"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* walls around several \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H1129"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H3389"\w* protect \w them|strong="H3427"\w* \add against enemy attacks\add*.  
\v 6 \w In|strong="H1129"\w* \add the area that belonged to\add* \w the|strong="H1129"\w* tribes \w of|strong="H1129"\w* Judah \w and|strong="H1129"\w* Benjamin they \w built|strong="H1129"\w* walls around \w Bethlehem|strong="H1035"\w*, \w Etam|strong="H5862"\w*, \w Tekoa|strong="H8620"\w*,  
\v 7 \w Beth-Zur|strong="H1049"\w*, \w Soco|strong="H7755"\w*, \w Adullam|strong="H5725"\w*,  
\v 8 \w Gath|strong="H1661"\w*, \w Mareshah|strong="H4762"\w*,  
\v 9 Adoraim, \w Lachish|strong="H3923"\w*, \w Azekah|strong="H5825"\w*,  
\v 10 \w Zorah|strong="H6881"\w*, Aijalon, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w*.  
\v 11 \w He|strong="H5414"\w* \w also|strong="H2388"\w* \w appointed|strong="H5414"\w* \w an|strong="H5414"\w* army \w commander|strong="H5057"\w* \w in|strong="H5414"\w* \w each|strong="H5414"\w* \w of|strong="H3196"\w* \w those|strong="H2388"\w* cities \w and|strong="H2388"\w* towns, \w and|strong="H2388"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w supplies|strong="H5414"\w* \w of|strong="H3196"\w* \w food|strong="H3978"\w*, \w olive|strong="H8081"\w* \w oil|strong="H8081"\w*, \w and|strong="H2388"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* \add to keep in storage\add*.  
\v 12 \w He|strong="H3605"\w* \w put|strong="H2388"\w* \w shields|strong="H6793"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w spears|strong="H7420"\w* \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w made|strong="H2388"\w* \w them|strong="H2388"\w* well-protected. \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w continued|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* rule \w the|strong="H3605"\w* tribes \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* descendants \w of|strong="H1366"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w* \w throughout|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w supported|strong="H3320"\w* Rehoboam.  
\v 14 \w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w* \add who lived outside the territory of Judah and Benjamin\add* \w abandoned|strong="H5800"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* property \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* pastureland, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w came|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \add to other places in\add* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* allow \w them|strong="H5800"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* work \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w priests|strong="H3547"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 15 Instead, \w Jeroboam|strong="H5975"\w* \w appointed|strong="H5975"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w that|strong="H3548"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* wanted \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w work|strong="H6213"\w* \add at the altars he commanded to be built\add* \w on|strong="H5975"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* hilltops, \add to offer sacrifices to\add* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* idols \w that|strong="H3548"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* commanded \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w be|strong="H3548"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \add that resembled\add* \w goats|strong="H8163"\w* \w and|strong="H3548"\w* \w calves|strong="H5695"\w*.  
\v 16 \w And|strong="H3478"\w* people \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w wanted|strong="H1245"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w worship|strong="H3478"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* whom \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Israelis belonged, \w went|strong="H3478"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* descendants \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Levi \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* live \w there|strong="H3605"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w offer|strong="H2076"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2076"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* whom \w their|strong="H3605"\w* ancestors \add worshiped\add*.  
\v 17 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* caused \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4438"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* \w strong|strong="H2388"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* happy \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*’s \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w* \w was|strong="H1732"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* king. During \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w time|strong="H8141"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* conducted \w their|strong="H3588"\w* lives \add righteously\add* \w as|strong="H3588"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w had|strong="H1732"\w* \w done|strong="H1980"\w* previously.   
\s1 Rehoboam’s family  
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\v 18 \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w* \w married|strong="H3947"\w* \w Mahalath|strong="H4258"\w*. She \w was|strong="H1732"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*’s \w son|strong="H1121"\w* Jerimoth, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w her|strong="H3947"\w* mother \w was|strong="H1732"\w* Abihail, \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Eliab \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w granddaughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jesse|strong="H3448"\w*.  
\v 19 Rehoboam \w and|strong="H1121"\w* Mahalath \w had|strong="H3205"\w* three \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*: \w Jeush|strong="H3266"\w*, \w Shemariah|strong="H8114"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zaham|strong="H2093"\w*.  
\v 20 Later Rehoboam \w married|strong="H3947"\w* \w Maacah|strong="H4601"\w*, \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* Absalom, \w and|strong="H1323"\w* \w they|strong="H3947"\w* \w had|strong="H3205"\w* four \w sons|strong="H3205"\w*: Abijah, \w Attai|strong="H6262"\w*, \w Ziza|strong="H2124"\w*, \w and|strong="H1323"\w* \w Shelomith|strong="H8019"\w*.  
\v 21 \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w* loved \w Maacah|strong="H4601"\w* \w more|strong="H3588"\w* \w than|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* loved \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* wives \w and|strong="H1121"\w* slave wives. \w Altogether|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H3205"\w* 18 wives \w and|strong="H1121"\w* 60 slave wives, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* 28 \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* 60 \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*.   
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\v 22 \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w* \w appointed|strong="H5975"\w* \w his|strong="H3588"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* Abijah \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w leader|strong="H5057"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3588"\w* \add older and younger\add* \w brothers|strong="H1121"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* wanted \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w appoint|strong="H5975"\w* Abijah \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* next \w king|strong="H4427"\w*.  
\v 23 \w He|strong="H3605"\w* \w very|strong="H7230"\w* wisely \w sent|strong="H5414"\w* \w some|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* areas \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* tribes \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H3063"\w* walls around \w them|strong="H5414"\w*. \w He|strong="H3605"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w plenty|strong="H7230"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w supplies|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w many|strong="H7230"\w* wives.   
\c 12  
\s1 The army of King Shishak of Egypt invaded Judah  
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\v 1 \w After|strong="H1961"\w* \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w complete|strong="H3605"\w* control \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4438"\w*, \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \add the other people in\add* Judah \w stopped|strong="H5800"\w* obeying \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w laws|strong="H8451"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 2 \w As|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* result, \w after|strong="H5921"\w* \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* almost five \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w sent|strong="H3068"\w* \w Shishak|strong="H7895"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \add with his army\add* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w attack|strong="H5927"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.  
\v 3 \w Along|strong="H5973"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w his|strong="H5973"\w* \w army|strong="H5971"\w* \w he|strong="H5971"\w* brought 1,200 \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* 60,000 \w soldiers|strong="H5971"\w* riding \w horses|strong="H6571"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* very large \w number|strong="H4557"\w* \w of|strong="H4557"\w* \w troops|strong="H5971"\w* \w from|strong="H5973"\w* \w two|strong="H3967"\w* regions \w in|strong="H5971"\w* \w Libya|strong="H3864"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w from|strong="H5973"\w* \w Ethiopia|strong="H3569"\w*.  
\v 4 \w They|strong="H5704"\w* \w captured|strong="H3920"\w* \w many|strong="H5704"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w that|strong="H5892"\w* \w had|strong="H3063"\w* walls around \w them|strong="H5704"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w they|strong="H5704"\w* \w came|strong="H3063"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w far|strong="H5704"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w Then|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w Shemaiah|strong="H8098"\w* \w came|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w other|strong="H3541"\w* \w leaders|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* gathered \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w because|strong="H6440"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H3027"\w* afraid \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \add the army of\add* \w Shishak|strong="H7895"\w*. \w Shemaiah|strong="H8098"\w* said \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w*, “\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w* \w this|strong="H3541"\w*: ‘\w You|strong="H6440"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w abandoned|strong="H5800"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*; \w so|strong="H3541"\w* \w now|strong="H3541"\w* \w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* abandoning \w you|strong="H6440"\w*, \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \add allow you to be captured by the army of\add* \w Shishak|strong="H7895"\w*.’”   
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\v 6 \w Then|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* other Israeli \w leaders|strong="H8269"\w* \w humbled|strong="H3665"\w* \w themselves|strong="H3665"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* said, “What \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* doing \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w us|strong="H3478"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* fair.”   
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\v 7 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w realized|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w humbled|strong="H3665"\w* \w themselves|strong="H1992"\w*, \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w this|strong="H5414"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Shemaiah|strong="H8098"\w*: “\w Because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w humbled|strong="H3665"\w* \w themselves|strong="H1992"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w allow|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H7843"\w*. \w Instead|strong="H3588"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w soon|strong="H4592"\w* rescue \w them|strong="H5414"\w*. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w use|strong="H1961"\w* \w Shishak|strong="H7895"\w*’s \w army|strong="H3389"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* completely \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*,  
\v 8 \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* conquer Jerusalem \w and|strong="H5650"\w* force \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H3045"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* do \w what|strong="H3045"\w* Shishak wants \w them|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* do. \w As|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* result, \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H3045"\w* \w of|strong="H5650"\w* Jerusalem \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w learn|strong="H3045"\w* \add that it is better\add* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w serve|strong="H1961"\w* \w me|strong="H1961"\w* \w than|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w serve|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* kings \w of|strong="H5650"\w* other countries.”   
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\v 9 \w When|strong="H6213"\w* \w Shishak|strong="H7895"\w*’s \add army\add* \w attacked|strong="H5927"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w*/\w carried|strong="H5927"\w* \w away|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* valuable \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H4714"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* valuable \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H4714"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s \w palace|strong="H1004"\w*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \add that was valuable\add*, \w including|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w shields|strong="H4043"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*’s \add workers\add* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\v 10 \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w*’s \w workers|strong="H6213"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* \w shields|strong="H4043"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* \w used|strong="H6213"\w* \w instead|strong="H8478"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* gold ones \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w gave|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* \w shields|strong="H4043"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w commanders|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w men|strong="H6213"\w* \w who|strong="H8104"\w* \w guarded|strong="H8104"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w entrance|strong="H6607"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w his|strong="H8104"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w*.  
\v 11 \w After|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w*, \w whenever|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w went|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*, \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w guards|strong="H7323"\w* \w went|strong="H3068"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w him|strong="H7725"\w*, \w carrying|strong="H5375"\w* \w those|strong="H5375"\w* bronze shields. \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \add when the king left,\add* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* shields \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w guards|strong="H7323"\w*’ \w room|strong="H1004"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w Because|strong="H4480"\w* Rehoboam \w humbled|strong="H3665"\w* \w himself|strong="H3665"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w stopped|strong="H7725"\w* \w being|strong="H1961"\w* angry \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H7725"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w did|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w get|strong="H7725"\w* rid \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H7725"\w*. \w Instead|strong="H3808"\w*, \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w caused|strong="H1961"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w happen|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w* \w again|strong="H3478"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w complete|strong="H3605"\w* \w control|strong="H2388"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w continued|strong="H2388"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \add of Judah\add*. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* 41 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4427"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* 17 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* chosen \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w place|strong="H7760"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w worship|strong="H3478"\w* \w him|strong="H4427"\w*.  
\v 14 Rehoboam’s mother’s name \w was|strong="H3068"\w* Naamah. \w She|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* Ammon people-group. Rehoboam \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H7451"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* try \w to|strong="H3068"\w* find \w out|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H7451"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* wanted \w him|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w An|strong="H3789"\w* \w account|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w while|strong="H3117"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w was|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* king, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* lists \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* members \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* family, \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w in|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* scrolls \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w by|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w Shemaiah|strong="H8098"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w Iddo|strong="H5714"\w*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w armies|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w were|strong="H3117"\w* \w constantly|strong="H3117"\w* \w fighting|strong="H4421"\w* \w each|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w*.  
\v 16 \w When|strong="H1121"\w* \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w* died, \w he|strong="H1732"\w* \w was|strong="H1732"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w in|strong="H6912"\w* \add the part of Jerusalem called\add* ‘\w The|strong="H8478"\w* \w City|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*’. \w Then|strong="H1732"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* Abijah \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w*.   
\c 13  
\s1 King Abijah’s rule in Judah  
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\v 1 \w When|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w been|strong="H4427"\w* ruling \add Israel\add* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* almost 18 \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, Abijah \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.  
\v 2 \w He|strong="H4480"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w for|strong="H8034"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*. \w His|strong="H1961"\w* mother \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w Micaiah|strong="H4322"\w* (\w OR|strong="H3068"\w*, Maacah), \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* Uriel \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w* \add town\add*.  
\p \w There|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w war|strong="H4421"\w* \w between|strong="H4421"\w* \add the armies of\add* Abijah \w and|strong="H3389"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w*.  
\v 3 Abijah \w went|strong="H4421"\w* into \w the|strong="H3379"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*, taking 400,000 \w of|strong="H1368"\w* \w his|strong="H5973"\w* \w capable|strong="H2428"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H2428"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w prepared|strong="H6186"\w* \w to|strong="H5973"\w* \w fight|strong="H4421"\w* them, taking 800,000 \w of|strong="H1368"\w* \w his|strong="H5973"\w* \w capable|strong="H2428"\w* \w troops|strong="H2428"\w*.   
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\v 4 Abijah \w stood|strong="H6965"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w top|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w Zemaraim|strong="H6787"\w* \w Mountain|strong="H2022"\w*, \w which|strong="H3478"\w* \w is|strong="H3478"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* hilly \w area|strong="H2022"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* belonged \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H2022"\w* Ephraim, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* shouted, “\w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H8085"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*!  
\v 5 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w whom|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H3045"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* Israelis belong, \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w appointed|strong="H5414"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* kings \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* confirmed \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w making|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w permanent|strong="H5769"\w* \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w*.  
\v 6 \w But|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w*, \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H1732"\w* \add only\add* \w an|strong="H6965"\w* \w official|strong="H5650"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*’s \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w King|strong="H5921"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*, \w rebelled|strong="H4775"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* \w king|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\v 7 \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*’s \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w* \w became|strong="H1961"\w* \w king|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* still \w young|strong="H5288"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w inexperienced|strong="H7390"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* group \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w worthless|strong="H1100"\w* \w scoundrels|strong="H1121"\w* \w gathered|strong="H6908"\w* \w around|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w*, Jeroboam, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* rebelled \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w*.   
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\v 8 “\w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* planning \w to|strong="H3068"\w* fight \w against|strong="H5973"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w established|strong="H2388"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* governed \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*’s \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w*. \w It|strong="H6213"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w true|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w huge|strong="H1995"\w* \w army|strong="H1995"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H1121"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w brought|strong="H6213"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w golden|strong="H2091"\w* \add statues of\add* \w calves|strong="H5695"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w*’s \w workers|strong="H6213"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* gods \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H6213"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w*.  
\v 9 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w expelled|strong="H5080"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \add appointed\add*, \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Aaron \add the first Supreme Priest\add*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w expelled|strong="H5080"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w appointed|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* wanted, \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* countries \w do|strong="H6213"\w*. \w You|strong="H3605"\w* allow \w anyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* idols \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* gods \w if|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w comes|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w dedicate|strong="H4390"\w* \w himself|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* sacrificing \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w young|strong="H1121"\w* \w bull|strong="H6499"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* rams.   
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\v 10 “\w As|strong="H3068"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w us|strong="H5800"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w abandoned|strong="H5800"\w* \w him|strong="H5800"\w*. \w Our|strong="H3068"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w serve|strong="H8334"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Aaron, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w* \w assist|strong="H8334"\w* \w them|strong="H5800"\w*.  
\v 11 \w Every|strong="H1242"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w every|strong="H1242"\w* \w evening|strong="H6153"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* present \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* completely \w burned|strong="H6999"\w* \add on the altar\add*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w burn|strong="H6999"\w* \w fragrant|strong="H5561"\w* \w incense|strong="H7004"\w*. \add Each week\add* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* place \w the|strong="H5921"\w* sacred \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* sacred \w table|strong="H7979"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w each|strong="H4501"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w light|strong="H5216"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w lamps|strong="H5216"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w lampstand|strong="H4501"\w*. \w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w obeying|strong="H8104"\w* \w what|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* requires \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w*. \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w abandoned|strong="H5800"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\v 12 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w*; \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w leader|strong="H7218"\w*. \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w whom|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w appointed|strong="H1121"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w blow|strong="H8643"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w trumpets|strong="H2689"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w signal|strong="H8643"\w* \add that we are ready\add* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w battle|strong="H8643"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*. \w You|strong="H3588"\w* Israeli \w men|strong="H1121"\w*, \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w whom|strong="H3588"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors belonged, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w successful|strong="H6743"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w win|strong="H6743"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w battle|strong="H8643"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*.”   
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\v 13  \add While he was speaking,\add* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* sent some \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w his|strong="H6440"\w* troops \w around|strong="H5437"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* army \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*. \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w while|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* soldiers \w who|strong="H3063"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w with|strong="H6440"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H6440"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* army \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* other soldiers \w of|strong="H6440"\w* Israel \w were|strong="H1961"\w* behind \w the|strong="H6440"\w* army \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.  
\v 14 \w When|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H4421"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w turned|strong="H6437"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w saw|strong="H3063"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H3063"\w* going \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w attacked|strong="H4421"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* rear, \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w cried|strong="H6817"\w* \w out|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*. \w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w blew|strong="H2690"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w trumpets|strong="H2689"\w*,  
\v 15 \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w shouted|strong="H7321"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w loud|strong="H7321"\w* battle-cry. \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \add enabled Abijah and the army of Judah to\add* defeat \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \add the army of\add* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.  
\v 16 \w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w God|strong="H5414"\w* \w enabled|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* army \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w defeat|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\v 17 Abijah \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w his|strong="H5221"\w* \w troops|strong="H5971"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* capable \w soldiers|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H5971"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* 500,000 \w of|strong="H5971"\w* \w them|strong="H5221"\w*.   
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\v 18 \w So|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* defeated, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* won \w the|strong="H5921"\w* battle \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w trusted|strong="H8172"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w whom|strong="H3588"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors belonged.   
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\v 19 Abijah’s army \w pursued|strong="H7291"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* army \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w*, \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w they|strong="H3920"\w* \w captured|strong="H3920"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* people \w of|strong="H1323"\w* Israel \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w*, \w Jeshanah|strong="H3466"\w*, \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w Ephron|strong="H6085"\w*, \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w surrounding|strong="H1323"\w* \w villages|strong="H1323"\w*.  
\v 20 \w During|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* remaining \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* Abijah ruled, \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w did|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* become \w powerful|strong="H3581"\w* \w again|strong="H5750"\w*. \w Then|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w caused|strong="H4191"\w* \w him|strong="H4191"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* become very ill, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*.   
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\v 21 \w But|strong="H2388"\w* Abijah \w became|strong="H3205"\w* \w more|strong="H3205"\w* \w powerful|strong="H2388"\w*. \w He|strong="H8147"\w* \w married|strong="H5375"\w* 14 wives \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w had|strong="H3205"\w* 22 \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* 16 \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*.   
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\v 22 \w An|strong="H3789"\w* \w account|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H1870"\w* other \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H1697"\w* Abijah \w did|strong="H1697"\w* while \w he|strong="H1697"\w* \w was|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H1870"\w* king, including \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w he|strong="H1697"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w* \w and|strong="H1870"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w he|strong="H1697"\w* \w did|strong="H1697"\w*, \w is|strong="H1697"\w* \w in|strong="H3789"\w* \w the|strong="H1870"\w* scroll \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w by|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H1870"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w Iddo|strong="H5714"\w*.   
\c 14  
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\v 1 \w When|strong="H6213"\w* Abijah died, \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w buried|strong="H6213"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \add the part of Jerusalem called\add* ‘\w The|strong="H6213"\w* City \w of|strong="H3068"\w* David’. \w His|strong="H3068"\w* son Asa became \w the|strong="H6213"\w* king. \w While|strong="H5869"\w* Asa \w was|strong="H3068"\w* ruling, \w there|strong="H3477"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w peace|strong="H6213"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* Judah \w for|strong="H6213"\w* ten years.   
\s1 King Asa’s rule in Judah  
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\v 2 Asa did things \w that|strong="H4196"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H5493"\w* God considers \w to|strong="H4196"\w* \w be|strong="H7665"\w* right \w and|strong="H4196"\w* good.  
\v 3 \w His|strong="H3068"\w* \w workers|strong="H6213"\w* got rid \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* altars \w to|strong="H3068"\w* worship foreign gods \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H3063"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w high|strong="H6213"\w* hills. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* smashed \w the|strong="H6213"\w* sacred stone pillars \w and|strong="H3063"\w* cut down \w the|strong="H6213"\w* poles \w for|strong="H6213"\w* worshiping \add the goddess\add* Asherah.  
\v 4 Asa commanded \w the|strong="H3605"\w* people \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* worship \add only\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* God \w whom|strong="H6440"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* ancestors worshiped, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* obey \w his|strong="H3605"\w* laws \w and|strong="H3063"\w* commands.  
\v 5 \w His|strong="H3068"\w* \w workers|strong="H1129"\w* destroyed \w all|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* shrines \w on|strong="H5117"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* hilltops \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* altars \w for|strong="H3588"\w* burning incense \add to idols\add* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w every|strong="H8141"\w* \w town|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*. \w As|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* result, \w there|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w peace|strong="H5117"\w* \w while|strong="H3588"\w* Asa ruled \w the|strong="H3588"\w* kingdom \add of Judah\add*.  
\v 6 \w His|strong="H3068"\w* \w workers|strong="H1129"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w constructed|strong="H1129"\w* \w walls|strong="H2346"\w* \w around|strong="H5439"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w*. \w No|strong="H6440"\w* army attacked \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* during \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w time|strong="H5750"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* enabled \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w peace|strong="H5117"\w*.   
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\v 7 Asa said \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* people \w of|strong="H1368"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, “\w We|strong="H3605"\w* should protect \w these|strong="H3605"\w* towns \w by|strong="H1961"\w* building walls around \w them|strong="H5375"\w*, \w with|strong="H1869"\w* watchtowers \w and|strong="H3967"\w* gates \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* bars. \w This|strong="H5375"\w* country still \w belongs|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w us|strong="H1961"\w* \w because|strong="H3605"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* requested \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* God \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w help|strong="H5375"\w* \w us|strong="H1961"\w*. \w We|strong="H3605"\w* requested \w him|strong="H3605"\w* \w for|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w help|strong="H5375"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* \w given|strong="H5375"\w* \w us|strong="H1961"\w* peace \w in|strong="H3063"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* \w entire|strong="H3605"\w* country.” \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H5375"\w* built buildings \w and|strong="H3967"\w* prospered.   
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\v 8 Asa \w had|strong="H2428"\w* \w an|strong="H3318"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w* \w of|strong="H3318"\w* 300,000 \w men|strong="H2428"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* Judah. \w They|strong="H5704"\w* \w all|strong="H5704"\w* \w carried|strong="H3318"\w* large shields \w and|strong="H3967"\w* spears. \w He|strong="H5704"\w* \w also|strong="H3318"\w* \w had|strong="H2428"\w* 280,000 \w men|strong="H2428"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H3318"\w* Benjamin \add in his army\add*. \w They|strong="H5704"\w* \w carried|strong="H3318"\w* \add smaller\add* shields, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* bows \add and arrows\add*. \w They|strong="H5704"\w* \w were|strong="H2428"\w* \w all|strong="H5704"\w* \w brave|strong="H2428"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H2428"\w*.   
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\v 9 Zerah, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H6440"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* Ethiopia/Sudan, \w marched|strong="H3318"\w* \w with|strong="H6440"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* huge \w army|strong="H4421"\w* \w and|strong="H6440"\w* 300 chariots \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w attack|strong="H4421"\w* \add the army of Judah and Benjamin\add*. \w They|strong="H6440"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w as|strong="H3318"\w* \w far|strong="H3318"\w* \w as|strong="H3318"\w* \add the town of\add* \w Mareshah|strong="H4762"\w* \add about 25 miles/southwest of Jerusalem\add*.  
\v 10 Asa \w went|strong="H3068"\w* \add with his army\add* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* fight \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w both|strong="H5921"\w* armies took \w their|strong="H3068"\w* positions \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Zephathah Valley.   
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\v 11 \w Then|strong="H3068"\w* Asa cried \w out|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, saying, “\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w there|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H6440"\w* \w one|strong="H3068"\w* \w like|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* can help those \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* very little power \w to|strong="H3068"\w* resist \w a|strong="H3068"\w* mighty army. \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, help \w us|strong="H6440"\w*, \w because|strong="H6440"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* relying \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w*; \w and|strong="H3063"\w* trusting \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w come|strong="H3063"\w* \add to fight\add* \w against|strong="H6440"\w* \w this|strong="H6440"\w* huge army. \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*; \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H6440"\w* allow anyone \w to|strong="H3068"\w* defeat \w you|strong="H6440"\w*.”   
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\v 12 \w Then|strong="H5375"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* enabled Asa \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w army|strong="H4264"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Judah \w to|strong="H5704"\w* defeat \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w army|strong="H4264"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w Ethiopia|strong="H3569"\w*. \w They|strong="H1992"\w* fled,  
\v 13 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* Asa \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* army pursued \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \add to the southwest\add* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w far|strong="H7227"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w Gerar|strong="H1642"\w*. \w A|strong="H3068"\w* \w huge|strong="H7227"\w* number \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* soldiers \w from|strong="H5921"\w* Ethiopia \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w*, \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* result \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \add who were not killed\add* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* unable \w to|strong="H3068"\w* fight \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w more|strong="H7227"\w*. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w greatly|strong="H7227"\w* \w defeated|strong="H5221"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* army, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Judah \w carried|strong="H3068"\w* \w away|strong="H3605"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w great|strong="H7227"\w* amount \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* possessions.  
\v 14 \w The|strong="H5221"\w* men \w of|strong="H7230"\w* Judah \w were|strong="H6629"\w* able \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w destroy|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w people|strong="H1571"\w* \w in|strong="H7725"\w* villages near Gerar \w because|strong="H7230"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H1581"\w* caused \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w people|strong="H1571"\w* \w there|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w become|strong="H7725"\w* terrified \add and unable to fight\add*. \w The|strong="H5221"\w* \w army|strong="H3389"\w* \w of|strong="H7230"\w* Judah \w took|strong="H7617"\w* \w away|strong="H7725"\w* \w all|strong="H7230"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* valuable \w things|strong="H7230"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* those villages.  
\v 15 They also attacked the places where the local people who took care of domestic animals had set up their tents, and they took away big herds of sheep and goats and camels. Then they returned to Jerusalem.   
\c 15  
\s1 The reforms that Asa introduced  
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\v 1 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w Spirit|strong="H7307"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* God \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w upon|strong="H5921"\w* \w Azariah|strong="H5838"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Obed.  
\v 2 Azariah \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* talk \w with|strong="H5973"\w* Asa, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w said|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*, “Asa \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \add you men of the tribes of\add* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*, \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*. \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w whenever|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* trusting \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*. \w If|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w request|strong="H6440"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \add to help you\add*, \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w help|strong="H5800"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w*, \w but|strong="H1961"\w* \w if|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w abandon|strong="H5800"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*, \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w abandon|strong="H5800"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w*.  
\v 3 \w For|strong="H3117"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w years|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w did|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* know \w the|strong="H3117"\w* true \w God|strong="H3808"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w did|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3478"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w*’s \w laws|strong="H8451"\w*.  
\v 4 \w But|strong="H3068"\w* \w when|strong="H7725"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* experienced \w trouble|strong="H6862"\w*, \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w turned|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w requested|strong="H1245"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* help \w them|strong="H5921"\w*. \w And|strong="H3478"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* helped \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\v 5 \w At|strong="H3427"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w time|strong="H3318"\w*, \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w were|strong="H1992"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w safe|strong="H7965"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* traveled, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* nearby countries \w were|strong="H1992"\w* experiencing \w many|strong="H7227"\w* difficulties.  
\v 6 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* various \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w were|strong="H1471"\w* thoroughly \w defeated|strong="H3807"\w* \w by|strong="H5892"\w* \add armies of\add* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*, \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w some|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w were|strong="H1471"\w* \w crushed|strong="H3807"\w* \w by|strong="H5892"\w* \add armies from\add* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* God \w was|strong="H5892"\w* allowing \w them|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H1471"\w* experience many difficulties.  
\v 7 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* people, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* must \w be|strong="H3426"\w* \w strong|strong="H2388"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w do|strong="H3027"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w become|strong="H7503"\w* \w discouraged|strong="H7503"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \add God\add* \w will|strong="H3027"\w* \w reward|strong="H7939"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w what|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H3027"\w* \add to please him.”\add*   
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\v 8 \w When|strong="H8085"\w* Asa \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* Azariah \w said|strong="H1697"\w*, \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w encouraged|strong="H2388"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \add commanded his workers to\add* \w remove|strong="H5674"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w detestable|strong="H8251"\w* \w idols|strong="H8251"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w everywhere|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* tribes \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \add his soldiers\add* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w captured|strong="H3920"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w hills|strong="H2022"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Ephraim. Asa’s workers \w repaired|strong="H2388"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \add where people offered sacrifices \add* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* entrance \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* temple \add in Jerusalem\add*.  
\v 9 \w Then|strong="H5307"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w gathered|strong="H6908"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \add the people of the tribes of\add* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w many|strong="H7230"\w* \w people|strong="H6908"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* tribes \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Ephraim, \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Simeon|strong="H8095"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w living|strong="H3605"\w* \w among|strong="H5973"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*. \add He was able to do that\add* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w many|strong="H7230"\w* \w people|strong="H6908"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \add those tribes in\add* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w come|strong="H5307"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w realized|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* Asa \add worshiped\add*, \w was|strong="H3068"\w* helping \w him|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w After|strong="H7992"\w* Asa \w had|strong="H3389"\w* been ruling \w for|strong="H3389"\w* almost 15 \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, \w in|strong="H8141"\w* May \w of|strong="H8141"\w* \w that|strong="H8141"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w*, those \w people|strong="H6908"\w* \w gathered|strong="H6908"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.  
\v 11 \w At|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w sacrificed|strong="H2076"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* 700 \w bulls|strong="H1241"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* 7,000 \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* goats, \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* animals \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* captured \add when they defeated the army of Ethiopia/Sudan\add*.  
\v 12 \w They|strong="H3068"\w* solemnly \w made|strong="H1875"\w* \w an|strong="H3068"\w* \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* very sincerely worship \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* whom \w their|strong="H3605"\w* ancestors \add worshiped\add*.  
\v 13 \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w promised|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w execute|strong="H4191"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w worship|strong="H3478"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w including|strong="H5704"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w important|strong="H5704"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w important|strong="H5704"\w*, \w both|strong="H4480"\w* \w men|strong="H1419"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* women.  
\v 14 \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w shouted|strong="H8643"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* blew \w trumpets|strong="H2689"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* other \w horns|strong="H7782"\w* while \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w solemnly|strong="H7650"\w* \w promised|strong="H7650"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 15 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* people \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H3063"\w* \w living|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w were|strong="H3063"\w* \w happy|strong="H8055"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* agreement \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w solemnly|strong="H7650"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w very|strong="H8055"\w* sincerely \w promised|strong="H7650"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* keep \w it|strong="H5921"\w*. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* eagerly \w requested|strong="H1245"\w* help \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* helped \w them|strong="H5921"\w*. \w So|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* enabled \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w peace|strong="H5117"\w* \w throughout|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* country.   
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\v 16 \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Asa’s grandmother \w Maacah|strong="H4601"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* disgusting pole \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \add worshiping the goddess\add* Asherah. \w So|strong="H6213"\w* Asa \add commanded his workers to\add* \w cut|strong="H3772"\w* \w down|strong="H3772"\w* \w that|strong="H4428"\w* pole \w and|strong="H4428"\w* chop \w it|strong="H6213"\w* \w into|strong="H6213"\w* \w pieces|strong="H1854"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w burn|strong="H8313"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w Kidron|strong="H6939"\w* \w Valley|strong="H5158"\w*. \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w then|strong="H1571"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* allow \w Maacah|strong="H4601"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* continue \add to influence the people because of her \add* \w being|strong="H3772"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w mother|strong="H1377"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* previous \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.  
\v 17 \w Although|strong="H3808"\w* Asa’s \add workers\add* \w did|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w get|strong="H5493"\w* rid \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* shrines \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* hilltops \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* very determined \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \add do what \add* pleased \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w life|strong="H3117"\w*.  
\v 18 \w He|strong="H1004"\w* \add ordered his workers to\add* bring \w into|strong="H3701"\w* God’s \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* all \w the|strong="H6942"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w and|strong="H3701"\w* other valuable \w items|strong="H3627"\w* \w that|strong="H3627"\w* \w he|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w his|strong="H6942"\w* father \w had|strong="H6944"\w* \w dedicated|strong="H6942"\w* \add to God\add*.   
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\v 19 \w There|strong="H1961"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w more|strong="H3808"\w* \w wars|strong="H4421"\w* \add in Judah\add* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* Asa \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* ruling Judah almost 35 \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.   
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\s1 The final years that Asa ruled Judah  
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\v 1 \w When|strong="H3318"\w* Asa \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w been|strong="H5927"\w* ruling \add Judah\add* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* almost 36 \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Baasha|strong="H1201"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \add with his army\add* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w attack|strong="H5927"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \add captured the town of\add* \w Ramah|strong="H7414"\w* \add north of Jerusalem\add* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w started|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* wall \w around|strong="H5921"\w* \add it\add*, \w in|strong="H8141"\w* order \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w prevent|strong="H1115"\w* \w any|strong="H5414"\w* people \w from|strong="H3318"\w* entering \w or|strong="H1115"\w* \w leaving|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* area \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w that|strong="H3478"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4428"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Asa \add because the only road into Judah from Israel went through Ramah\add*.   
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\v 2 \w So|strong="H7971"\w* Asa told \w his|strong="H3068"\w* workers \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w take|strong="H3318"\w* \w all|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* storerooms \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* own \w palace|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w take|strong="H3318"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* give \w it|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130"\w*, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Syria, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w ruling|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w*. \add He sent him a message,\add* saying  
\v 3 “\w I|strong="H2009"\w* want \w there|strong="H2009"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H3478"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* peace \w treaty|strong="H1285"\w* \w between|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H7971"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w*, \w like|strong="H3478"\w* \w there|strong="H2009"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w between|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* father \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* father. \w Look|strong="H2009"\w*, \w I|strong="H2009"\w* am \w sending|strong="H7971"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \add a lot of\add* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*. \w So|strong="H7971"\w* please cancel \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w treaty|strong="H1285"\w* \w that|strong="H3478"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w have|strong="H3478"\w* \w made|strong="H5927"\w* \w with|strong="H1285"\w* \w Baasha|strong="H1201"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w in|strong="H5921"\w* order \w that|strong="H3478"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w take|strong="H5927"\w* \w his|strong="H7971"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H5927"\w* \w away|strong="H7971"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* attacking \w mine|strong="H7971"\w*, \add because he will be afraid of your army\add*.”   
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\v 4 \w Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130"\w* \w agreed|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w do|strong="H3605"\w* \w what|strong="H8085"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Asa \add suggested\add*. \w He|strong="H3605"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w commanders|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w armies|strong="H2428"\w* \add with their soldiers\add* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w attack|strong="H5221"\w* \w some|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w They|strong="H3605"\w* captured \w Ijon|strong="H5859"\w*, \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w*, Abel-Beth-Maacah \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* area belonging \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Naphtali|strong="H5321"\w* where supplies \w were|strong="H3478"\w* kept.  
\v 5 \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w Baasha|strong="H1201"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w*, \w he|strong="H1129"\w* \add commanded his troops to\add* \w stop|strong="H2308"\w* \w fortifying|strong="H1129"\w* \w Ramah|strong="H7414"\w* \w and|strong="H8085"\w* doing other \w work|strong="H4399"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w*.  
\v 6 \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Asa gathered \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w away|strong="H3947"\w* \w from|strong="H3947"\w* \w Ramah|strong="H7414"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* stones \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w timber|strong="H6086"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Baasha|strong="H1201"\w*’s \w men|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w been|strong="H5375"\w* using \add to build the wall around that town\add*. \w They|strong="H3605"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* materials \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \add the town of\add* \w Geba|strong="H1387"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \add the city of\add* \w Mizpah|strong="H4709"\w* \add north of Jerusalem\add* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* walls around \w them|strong="H5375"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w At|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* prophet \w Hanani|strong="H2607"\w* \w went|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Asa \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w said|strong="H3651"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, “\w Because|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w relied|strong="H8172"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Syria \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w you|strong="H5921"\w* missed \w your|strong="H3068"\w* opportunity \w to|strong="H3068"\w* destroy \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w army|strong="H2426"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Syria.  
\v 8 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w huge|strong="H7230"\w* \w armies|strong="H2428"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w Ethiopia|strong="H3569"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w Libya|strong="H3864"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H5414"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H2428"\w* \add riding\add* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w horses|strong="H6571"\w* \add were certainly very powerful. But \add* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w relied|strong="H8172"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w enabled|strong="H5414"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w defeat|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\v 9 \w That|strong="H3588"\w* happened \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* sees \add what is happening\add* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* earth, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* strengthens \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w completely|strong="H3605"\w* trust \w him|strong="H5921"\w*. \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3426"\w* \w done|strong="H5528"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H6258"\w* \w foolish|strong="H5528"\w* \w thing|strong="H2063"\w*, \w so|strong="H6258"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* armies \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3426"\w* \w fighting|strong="H4421"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w army|strong="H4421"\w*.”   
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\v 10 Asa \w was|strong="H1931"\w* very \w angry|strong="H3707"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* prophet \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w what|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* prophet \w had|strong="H3588"\w* said. \w So|strong="H4480"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \add commanded his officials to\add* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* Hanani \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w prison|strong="H1004"\w*. \w At|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w same|strong="H1931"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w*, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* started \w to|strong="H5921"\w* treat \w some|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* very cruelly.   
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\v 11 \w All|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H1697"\w* Asa \w did|strong="H3478"\w* \w while|strong="H2009"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* ruling, \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w time|strong="H7223"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* started \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w rule|strong="H4428"\w* \w until|strong="H5921"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* died, \w are|strong="H3478"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w scroll|strong="H5612"\w* containing \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w record|strong="H3789"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \add activities of the\add* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.  
\v 12 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* Asa \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H3808"\w* ruling \w for|strong="H3588"\w* almost 39 \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* afflicted \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w disease|strong="H2483"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*. \w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w disease|strong="H2483"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H5704"\w* \w severe|strong="H4605"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* spite \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w*, \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* request help \w from|strong="H5704"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*. \w Instead|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w sought|strong="H1875"\w* help \w only|strong="H3588"\w* \w from|strong="H5704"\w* doctors.  
\v 13 \w When|strong="H7901"\w* \w he|strong="H8141"\w* had \w been|strong="H4427"\w* ruling \w for|strong="H4191"\w* almost 40 \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, \w he|strong="H8141"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*.  
\v 14 \w He|strong="H5704"\w* \w was|strong="H1732"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w in|strong="H6912"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w tomb|strong="H6913"\w* \w that|strong="H5892"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* workers \w had|strong="H1732"\w* \w made|strong="H4639"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w him|strong="H6912"\w* \w in|strong="H6912"\w* \add the part of Jerusalem called\add* ‘\w The|strong="H5704"\w* \w City|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*’. \w They|strong="H5704"\w* \w laid|strong="H7901"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* corpse \w on|strong="H5892"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w bed|strong="H4904"\w* \w covered|strong="H4390"\w* \w with|strong="H4390"\w* \w spices|strong="H1314"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* various perfumes \w that|strong="H5892"\w* \w had|strong="H1732"\w* \w been|strong="H4390"\w* \w mixed|strong="H4842"\w* \w together|strong="H7901"\w*. \w They|strong="H5704"\w* \w also|strong="H1732"\w* lit \w a|strong="H3068"\w* huge \w fire|strong="H8316"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* honor \w him|strong="H6912"\w*.   
\c 17  
\s1 King Jehoshaphat’s rule in Judah  
\p
\v 1 Asa’s \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w* \add of Judah\add*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* enabled \w his|strong="H5921"\w* army \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w become|strong="H4427"\w* very \w strong|strong="H2388"\w*, \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* result \w that|strong="H3478"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* could \w resist|strong="H2388"\w* attacks \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \add the army of\add* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.  
\v 2 \w He|strong="H3605"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H2428"\w* \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* around \w which|strong="H5892"\w* \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H3063"\w* built walls, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H2428"\w* \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w places|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* area belonging \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H5892"\w* Ephraim \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \add soldiers of\add* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* father Asa \w had|strong="H3063"\w* \w captured|strong="H3920"\w*.   
\p
\v 3 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* helped \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w started|strong="H1961"\w* \add to rule Judah\add*, \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w things|strong="H7223"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* pleased \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* ancestor \add King\add* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H1961"\w*. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* worship \w the|strong="H3588"\w* idols \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*.  
\v 4 \w Instead|strong="H3588"\w*, \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w sought|strong="H1875"\w* advice \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w whom|strong="H3588"\w* \w his|strong="H3478"\w* father \add had worshiped\add*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* obeyed \w God|strong="H3808"\w*’s \w commands|strong="H4687"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w did|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H4639"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \add evil things that the kings of\add* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w continually|strong="H1980"\w* \w did|strong="H3478"\w*.  
\v 5 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w enabled|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w completely|strong="H3605"\w* \w control|strong="H3027"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w*. \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \add the people of\add* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w brought|strong="H5414"\w* \w gifts|strong="H4503"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w*, \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* result \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w became|strong="H1961"\w* \w very|strong="H7230"\w* \w rich|strong="H6239"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w greatly|strong="H7230"\w* \w honored|strong="H3519"\w*.  
\v 6 \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* completely devoted \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w doing|strong="H1870"\w* \w what|strong="H1870"\w* pleased \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*. \w His|strong="H3068"\w* workers got rid \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* shrines \w on|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* hilltops \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* poles \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \add worshiping the goddess\add* Asherah throughout \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.   
\p
\v 7 \w When|strong="H7971"\w* \w he|strong="H8141"\w* \w had|strong="H3063"\w* \w been|strong="H4427"\w* ruling \add Judah\add* \w for|strong="H7971"\w* almost \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, \w he|strong="H8141"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* some \w of|strong="H8141"\w* \w his|strong="H7971"\w* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w*—\w Ben-Hail|strong="H1134"\w*, \w Obadiah|strong="H5662"\w*, \w Zechariah|strong="H2148"\w*, \w Nethanel|strong="H5417"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Micaiah|strong="H4322"\w*—\w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w teach|strong="H3925"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* people \w in|strong="H8141"\w* various \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.  
\v 8 \w With|strong="H5973"\w* them \w he|strong="H3881"\w* sent several descendants \w of|strong="H3548"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w*—\w Shemaiah|strong="H8098"\w*, \w Nethaniah|strong="H5418"\w*, \w Zebadiah|strong="H2069"\w*, \w Asahel|strong="H6214"\w*, \w Shemiramoth|strong="H8070"\w*, \w Jehonathan|strong="H3083"\w*, Adonijah, \w Tobijah|strong="H2900"\w*, \w and|strong="H3548"\w* \w Tob-Adonijah|strong="H2899"\w*—\w and|strong="H3548"\w* two \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, Elishama \w and|strong="H3548"\w* \w Jehoram|strong="H3088"\w*.  
\v 9 \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w took|strong="H3063"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w them|strong="H3925"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w scroll|strong="H5612"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H5971"\w* written \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w laws|strong="H8451"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w taught|strong="H3925"\w* \w them|strong="H3925"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w throughout|strong="H3605"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*,   
\p
\v 10 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kingdoms|strong="H4467"\w* \w surrounding|strong="H5439"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w became|strong="H1961"\w* very \w afraid|strong="H6343"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \add what Yahweh might do to punish them if they fought against Judah\add*, \w so|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* start wars \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w*’s army.  
\v 11 \w Some|strong="H4480"\w* \w people|strong="H1571"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* Philistia \w brought|strong="H6430"\w* \w gifts|strong="H4503"\w* \w to|strong="H4480"\w* \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w they|strong="H1571"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w brought|strong="H6430"\w* \w to|strong="H4480"\w* \w him|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w that|strong="H4480"\w* \w he|strong="H4480"\w* demanded \w that|strong="H4480"\w* \w they|strong="H1571"\w* \w pay|strong="H3701"\w* \w to|strong="H4480"\w* \w him|strong="H4480"\w*. \w Some|strong="H4480"\w* \w Arabs|strong="H6163"\w* \w brought|strong="H6430"\w* \w to|strong="H4480"\w* \w him|strong="H4480"\w* 7,700 rams \w and|strong="H3967"\w* 7,700 \w goats|strong="H8495"\w*.   
\p
\v 12 \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w continued|strong="H1980"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w more|strong="H5704"\w* powerful/influential. \w His|strong="H1961"\w* \w workers|strong="H1129"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* forts \w and|strong="H1980"\w* places \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w store|strong="H4543"\w* supplies \w in|strong="H1980"\w* various \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.  
\v 13 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H3389"\w* put \w large|strong="H7227"\w* amounts \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w supplies|strong="H4399"\w* \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w those|strong="H1961"\w* storehouses.  
\p Jehoshaphat \w also|strong="H3063"\w* \w placed|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H2428"\w* \w who|strong="H3063"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* experienced.  
\v 14 \w The|strong="H5973"\w* \w leaders|strong="H8269"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w numbers|strong="H6486"\w* \w from|strong="H5973"\w* each tribe \w were|strong="H3063"\w* \w as|strong="H3063"\w* follows:  
\b  
\li1 From the tribe of Judah,  
\li2 Adnah was the leader of the soldiers, and he commanded 300,000 soldiers.   
\li2
\v 15 His assistant was Jehohanan, who commanded 280,000 soldiers.   
\li2
\v 16 Next was Zicri’s son Amasiah, who volunteered to serve Yahweh in this way; he commanded 200,000 soldiers.   
\li1
\v 17 From the tribe of Benjamin,  
\li2 Eliada, who was a brave soldier, was the leader of the soldiers; he commanded 200,000 men who had bows \add and arrows\add* and shields.   
\li2
\v 18 Next was Jehozabad, who commanded 180,000 men who had weapons for fighting battles.   
\m
\v 19 \w Those|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* soldiers \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w served|strong="H8334"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \add in Jerusalem\add*, \w in|strong="H4428"\w* addition \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H3605"\w* whom \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w placed|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* walls around \w them|strong="H5414"\w*.   
\c 18  
\s1 The prophet Micaiah warned King Ahab of Israel  
\p
\v 1 \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w became|strong="H1961"\w* \w very|strong="H7230"\w* \w wealthy|strong="H6239"\w* \w and|strong="H6239"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w greatly|strong="H7230"\w* \w honored|strong="H3519"\w*. \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w then|strong="H1961"\w* he arranged \w for|strong="H1961"\w* \w one|strong="H1961"\w* \w of|strong="H7230"\w* \w his|strong="H1961"\w* family \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w marry|strong="H1961"\w* someone \w from|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* family \w of|strong="H7230"\w* King Ahab \add of Israel\add*.  
\v 2 Several \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w later|strong="H7093"\w*, \w he|strong="H8141"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \add from Jerusalem\add* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* visit Ahab. Ahab welcomed \w him|strong="H5973"\w* \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w had|strong="H5971"\w* \w come|strong="H5927"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w him|strong="H5973"\w* \w by|strong="H8141"\w* slaughtering \w many|strong="H7230"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w cattle|strong="H1241"\w* \add for a feast\add*.  
\v 3 \w Then|strong="H4428"\w* \w he|strong="H3478"\w* asked \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w*, “\w Will|strong="H4428"\w* \w you|strong="H5973"\w* \add and your army\add* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w my|strong="H3478"\w* \w army|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w attack|strong="H4421"\w* \w Ramoth|strong="H7433"\w* \add city\add* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \add the\add* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* \add region\add*?” \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* replied, “\w My|strong="H3478"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H4421"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w I|strong="H3478"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H5973"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* \w when|strong="H3644"\w* \w you|strong="H5973"\w* tell \w us|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w*.”  
\v 4 \w Then|strong="H4428"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w added|strong="H3117"\w*, “\w But|strong="H3117"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w ask|strong="H1875"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w first|strong="H3117"\w*, \w to|strong="H3478"\w* find \w out|strong="H1875"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* wants \w us|strong="H4994"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w*.”   
\p
\v 5 \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w gathered|strong="H6908"\w* \w all|strong="H6908"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* 400 \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* asked \w them|strong="H5414"\w*, “\w Should|strong="H3478"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w attack|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w people|strong="H6908"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ramoth|strong="H7433"\w* \add city\add*, \w or|strong="H3027"\w* \w should|strong="H3478"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H2308"\w* \w do|strong="H3027"\w* \w that|strong="H3478"\w*?”  
\p \w They|strong="H3478"\w* replied, “Yes, \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \add and attack them\add* \w because|strong="H3027"\w* \w God|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* enable \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w army|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w defeat|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*.”   
\p
\v 6 \w But|strong="H3068"\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="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w here|strong="H6311"\w* whom \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w can|strong="H5750"\w* \w ask|strong="H1875"\w*?”   
\p
\v 7 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* replied, “\w There|strong="H3117"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w still|strong="H5750"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w man|strong="H1121"\w* \w here|strong="H3651"\w*, \w whom|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w can|strong="H7451"\w* \w ask|strong="H1875"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* find \w out|strong="H5921"\w* \w what|strong="H2896"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* wants, \w his|strong="H3605"\w* name \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w Micaiah|strong="H4321"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Imlah|strong="H3229"\w*. \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w hate|strong="H8130"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* never says \w anything|strong="H3605"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H8130"\w*. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w always|strong="H3605"\w* predicts \add that\add* \w bad|strong="H7451"\w* \add things will happen to me\add*.”  
\p \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* replied, “\w King|strong="H4428"\w* Ahab, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w say|strong="H3478"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w*!”   
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\v 8 \w So|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H7121"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* told \w one|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H7121"\w* \w officials|strong="H5631"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w summon|strong="H7121"\w* \w Micaiah|strong="H4318"\w* \w immediately|strong="H4116"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w sitting|strong="H3427"\w* \w there|strong="H3427"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w thrones|strong="H3678"\w*, wearing \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w royal|strong="H4428"\w* robes. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w at|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w place|strong="H3605"\w* \w where|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* threshed \w grain|strong="H3605"\w*, \w near|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \add city\add*. \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \add Ahab’s\add* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* standing \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, predicting \w what|strong="H5921"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* going \w to|strong="H3478"\w* happen.   
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\v 10  \add One of them whose name was\add* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w*, \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Kenaanah|strong="H3668"\w*, \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w iron|strong="H1270"\w* something \w that|strong="H3068"\w* resembled \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w horns|strong="H7161"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w bull|strong="H1121"\w*. \w He|strong="H5704"\w* proclaimed \w to|strong="H5704"\w* Ahab, “\w This|strong="H6213"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: ‘\w With|strong="H3068"\w* \w horns|strong="H7161"\w* \add like these\add*, \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \add army\add* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w keep|strong="H6213"\w* attacking \w the|strong="H3541"\w* army \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Syria \add like a bull attacks another animal\add*, \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w* \w completely|strong="H3615"\w* \w destroy|strong="H3615"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w*.’”  
\v 11 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \add of Ahab\add* agreed. \w They|strong="H3651"\w* \w said|strong="H3651"\w*, “\w Yes|strong="H3651"\w*! \w If|strong="H3651"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w attack|strong="H5927"\w* \w Ramoth|strong="H7433"\w* \add city\add* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \add the\add* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* \add region\add*, \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* \w successful|strong="H6743"\w*, \w because|strong="H3651"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* enable \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w defeat|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*.”   
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\v 12 \w The|strong="H7121"\w* \w messenger|strong="H4397"\w* \w who|strong="H5030"\w* \w went|strong="H1980"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w summon|strong="H7121"\w* \w Micaiah|strong="H4321"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w him|strong="H7121"\w*, “\w Listen|strong="H2009"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w*! \w All|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H7121"\w* \w other|strong="H6310"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* unitedly predicting \w that|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H7121"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* successful \add in the battle\add*. \w So|strong="H1980"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* sure \w to|strong="H1696"\w* agree \w with|strong="H1980"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w say|strong="H1696"\w* \w that|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H7121"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s army \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* successful!”   
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\v 13 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w Micaiah|strong="H4321"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w*, “\w As|strong="H3068"\w* \w surely|strong="H3588"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w lives|strong="H2416"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w tell|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* king \w only|strong="H3588"\w* \w what|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w tells|strong="H1696"\w* \w me|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w say|strong="H1696"\w*.”   
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\v 14 \w When|strong="H5927"\w* \w Micaiah|strong="H4318"\w* arrived, \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \add of Israel\add* asked \w him|strong="H5414"\w*, “\w Should|strong="H4428"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w attack|strong="H5927"\w* \w Ramoth|strong="H7433"\w*, \w or|strong="H3027"\w* \w not|strong="H2308"\w*?”  
\p \w Micaiah|strong="H4318"\w* replied, “Sure, \w go|strong="H3212"\w*! \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* enable \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w army|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w defeat|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*!”   
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\v 15 \w But|strong="H7535"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Ahab \add realized that Micaiah was lying, so he\add* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* Micaiah, “\w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w told|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w* \w many|strong="H4100"\w* \w times|strong="H6471"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w always|strong="H7535"\w* \w tell|strong="H1696"\w* \w only|strong="H7535"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w truth|strong="H3808"\w* \w when|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w* \w say|strong="H1696"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \add has revealed to you\add*!”   
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\v 16 \w Then|strong="H7725"\w* Micaiah replied, “\add The truth is that in a vision\add* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* troops \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w scattered|strong="H6327"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w seemed|strong="H7200"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w like|strong="H1004"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w did|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w shepherd|strong="H7462"\w*. \w And|strong="H3478"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* said, ‘\w Their|strong="H3605"\w* master \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H3808"\w* killed. \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w tell|strong="H3605"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w go|strong="H7725"\w* \w home|strong="H1004"\w* \w peacefully|strong="H7965"\w*.’”   
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\v 17 Ahab said \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w*, “\w I|strong="H3588"\w* told \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* predicts \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w anything|strong="H3808"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* happen \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*! \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \add always\add* predicts \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w bad|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H7451"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* happen \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*.”   
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\v 18 \w But|strong="H7200"\w* Micaiah \w continued|strong="H3427"\w*, \w saying|strong="H1697"\w*, “\w Listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w showed|strong="H7200"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w*! \add In a vision\add* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w sitting|strong="H3427"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w throne|strong="H3678"\w*, \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* \add standing around him\add*, \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w right|strong="H3225"\w* \w side|strong="H3225"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w left|strong="H8040"\w* \w side|strong="H3225"\w*.  
\v 19 \w And|strong="H3478"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* said, ‘\w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w can|strong="H4310"\w* \w persuade|strong="H6601"\w* Ahab, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w go|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* fight \w against|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* people \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ramoth|strong="H7433"\w*, \w in|strong="H3478"\w* order \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w may|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w killed|strong="H5307"\w* \w there|strong="H2088"\w*?’  
\p “Some suggested \w one|strong="H2088"\w* \w thing|strong="H2088"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* others suggested something else.   
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\v 20 “Finally \w one|strong="H3068"\w* \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w*, \add having received a message from Satan\add*, \w came|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H3318"\w*, ‘\w I|strong="H4100"\w* \w can|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w it|strong="H6440"\w*!’  
\p “\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w asked|strong="H4100"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*, ‘\w How|strong="H4100"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w it|strong="H6440"\w*?’   
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\v 21 “\w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* replied, ‘\w I|strong="H3651"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w go|strong="H3318"\w* \w and|strong="H6213"\w* inspire \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H7307"\w* Ahab’s \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w tell|strong="H3605"\w* \w lies|strong="H8267"\w*.’ \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H3318"\w*, ‘\w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* successful; \w go|strong="H3318"\w* \w and|strong="H6213"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w*!’   
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\v 22 “\w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \add I tell you that\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w caused|strong="H5414"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w lie|strong="H8267"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*. \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* decided \w that|strong="H3068"\w* something \w terrible|strong="H7451"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* happen \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*.”   
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\v 23 \w Then|strong="H1696"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Kenaanah|strong="H3668"\w* walked \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w Micaiah|strong="H4321"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w slapped|strong="H5221"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* face. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w*, “\w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* think \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w Spirit|strong="H7307"\w* \w left|strong="H5674"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* order \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*?”   
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\v 24 \w Micaiah|strong="H4321"\w* replied, “\w You|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3117"\w* \w find|strong="H7200"\w* \w out|strong="H7200"\w* \w for|strong="H3117"\w* yourself \add to which of us Yahweh’s Spirit has truly spoken\add* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* go \w into|strong="H7200"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w room|strong="H2315"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w some|strong="H3117"\w* house \w to|strong="H3117"\w* \w hide|strong="H2244"\w* \add from the Syrian soldiers\add*!”   
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\v 25 \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Ahab commanded \add his soldiers\add*, “\w Seize|strong="H3947"\w* \w Micaiah|strong="H4321"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w him|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* Amon, \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w governor|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w this|strong="H7725"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w my|strong="H3947"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w*.  
\v 26 Tell \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \w that|strong="H4428"\w* \w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w have|strong="H7965"\w* commanded \w that|strong="H4428"\w* \w they|strong="H5704"\w* \w should|strong="H4428"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w man|strong="H2088"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w prison|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w give|strong="H7760"\w* \w him|strong="H7725"\w* \w only|strong="H5704"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*. \w Do|strong="H2088"\w* \w not|strong="H2088"\w* \w give|strong="H7760"\w* \w him|strong="H7725"\w* \w anything|strong="H3899"\w* else \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w eat|strong="H3899"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w safely|strong="H7965"\w* \add from the battle\add*!”   
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\v 27 \w Micaiah|strong="H4321"\w* \w replied|strong="H1696"\w*, “If \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w safely|strong="H7965"\w*, \add it will be clear that\add* \w it|strong="H7725"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w told|strong="H1696"\w* \w me|strong="H7725"\w* \w what|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w say|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*!” \w Then|strong="H1696"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \add to all those who were standing there\add*, “\w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* forget \w what|strong="H8085"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \add to King Ahab\add*!”   
\s1 Ahab died in the battle at Ramoth-Gilead  
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\v 28 \w So|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \add led their armies\add* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Ramoth|strong="H7433"\w*, \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \add the\add* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* \add region\add*.  
\v 29 \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Ahab said \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w*, “\w I|strong="H3478"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w put|strong="H3847"\w* \w on|strong="H3847"\w* different \w clothes|strong="H3847"\w*, \add in order that no one will recognize that I am the king.\add* \w But|strong="H4428"\w* \w you|strong="H3847"\w* \w should|strong="H3478"\w* \w wear|strong="H3847"\w* \w your|strong="H3478"\w* \w royal|strong="H4428"\w* robe.” So \w the|strong="H3092"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w disguised|strong="H2664"\w* himself, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w they|strong="H3478"\w* \w both|strong="H4421"\w* \w went|strong="H3478"\w* into \w the|strong="H3092"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*.   
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\v 30 \w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Syria \w told|strong="H6680"\w* \w his|strong="H6680"\w* soldiers \w who|strong="H3478"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* driving \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w*, “\w Attack|strong="H3898"\w* \w only|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*!”  
\v 31 \w So|strong="H4480"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* soldiers \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* driving \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Syrian \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \add wearing the royal robes\add*, \w they|strong="H1992"\w* thought “\w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w must|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*!”  
\v 32 \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w turned|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* attack \w him|strong="H7725"\w*. \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* Jehoshaphat \w cried|strong="H3478"\w* \w out|strong="H7200"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* helped \w him|strong="H7725"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w realized|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w And|strong="H3478"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w caused|strong="H1961"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w stop|strong="H3808"\w* pursuing \w him|strong="H7725"\w*.   
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\v 33 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w one|strong="H4480"\w* \add Syrian\add* soldier \w shot|strong="H4900"\w* \w an|strong="H5221"\w* arrow \w at|strong="H3478"\w* Ahab, \w without|strong="H4480"\w* knowing \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* Ahab. \w The|strong="H3588"\w* arrow \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* Ahab \w between|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w places|strong="H3027"\w* \w where|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w parts|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H5221"\w* \w armor|strong="H8302"\w* joined \w together|strong="H5221"\w*. Ahab told \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w driver|strong="H7395"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H5221"\w* \w chariot|strong="H7395"\w*, “\w Turn|strong="H2015"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w chariot|strong="H7395"\w* \w around|strong="H3027"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w take|strong="H3318"\w* \w me|strong="H4480"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w here|strong="H3318"\w*! \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3478"\w* \w been|strong="H2470"\w* \add severely\add* \w wounded|strong="H5221"\w*!”  
\v 34 \w The|strong="H3117"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* \w continued|strong="H1961"\w* \w all|strong="H5704"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*. Ahab \w was|strong="H1961"\w* sitting \w propped|strong="H5975"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w his|strong="H3478"\w* \w chariot|strong="H4818"\w*, facing \w the|strong="H3117"\w* Syrian \w soldiers|strong="H4421"\w*. \w And|strong="H3478"\w* late \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w afternoon|strong="H3117"\w*, \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w sun|strong="H8121"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* setting, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*.   
\c 19  
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\v 1 \w When|strong="H7725"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w returning|strong="H7725"\w* \w safely|strong="H7965"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w his|strong="H7725"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*,  
\v 2 \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w prophet|strong="H2374"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w*, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \add the prophet\add* \w Hanani|strong="H2607"\w*, \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* city \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w meet|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w said|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*, “\w It|strong="H5921"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3318"\w* \w right|strong="H3068"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w help|strong="H5826"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w man|strong="H7563"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* love \w those|strong="H5921"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w hate|strong="H8130"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*. \w Because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w what|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* done, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w angry|strong="H7110"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w*.  
\v 3 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H4672"\w* \w done|strong="H1697"\w* \w some|strong="H4480"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w*; \w you|strong="H3588"\w* got rid \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* poles \w in|strong="H4672"\w* \w this|strong="H1697"\w* country \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \add worshiping the goddess\add* Asherah, \w and|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H4672"\w* strongly \w determined|strong="H3559"\w* \w to|strong="H1697"\w* \w do|strong="H1697"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w pleases|strong="H4672"\w* God.”   
\s1 Jehoshaphat appointed men to settle disputes  
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\v 4 \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. \w But|strong="H5971"\w* \add one time\add*, \w like|strong="H3318"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* done \w once|strong="H7725"\w* previously, \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w among|strong="H3427"\w* \w all|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w country|strong="H2022"\w*, \w from|strong="H7725"\w* Beersheba \add city in the far south\add* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* hilly \w area|strong="H2022"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \add the tribe of\add* Ephraim \add in the far north\add*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* convinced \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \add worshiping\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w whom|strong="H5971"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors \add worshiped\add*.  
\v 5 \w He|strong="H3605"\w* \w appointed|strong="H5975"\w* \w judges|strong="H8199"\w* \w throughout|strong="H3605"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w each|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H3063"\w* walls around \w them|strong="H5975"\w*.  
\v 6 \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w told|strong="H1697"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w*, “\w Make|strong="H6213"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w decisions|strong="H4941"\w* \w carefully|strong="H6213"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* \w judging|strong="H8199"\w* \w cases|strong="H1697"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \add in order\add* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \add please\add* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \add please\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*. \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* watching \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w whenever|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w decision|strong="H4941"\w*.  
\v 7 \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* revere \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w judge|strong="H6213"\w* cases \w carefully|strong="H6213"\w*, \add and do not forget that\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* never \w acts|strong="H6213"\w* \w unjustly|strong="H5766"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* never \w does|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* people want \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w offering|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w* money; \w he|strong="H3588"\w* never accepts \w bribes|strong="H7810"\w*.”   
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\v 8 \w In|strong="H3478"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w*, \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w appointed|strong="H5975"\w* \w some|strong="H4480"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* other descendants \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w some|strong="H4480"\w* \w leaders|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Israeli families \add to be judges\add*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* told \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H1571"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*’s laws said \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w right|strong="H4941"\w* \w when|strong="H7725"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w settled|strong="H5975"\w* \w disputes|strong="H7379"\w*. \w Those|strong="H4480"\w* \w men|strong="H7218"\w* lived \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.  
\v 9 \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w told|strong="H6680"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H6213"\w*: “\w You|strong="H6680"\w* must always \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w work|strong="H6213"\w* faithfully, revering \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 10 \w In|strong="H3427"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w dispute|strong="H7379"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* fellow Israelis \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w want|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w settle|strong="H3427"\w*, \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w must|strong="H1818"\w* \w warn|strong="H2094"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* sin \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \add by telling lies during the trial\add*. \w If|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w warn|strong="H2094"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w punish|strong="H6213"\w* \w both|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* fellow Israelis. \w If|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w warn|strong="H2094"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* sinning. \w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w must|strong="H1818"\w* \w warn|strong="H2094"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* whether \add someone has accused them\add* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* murdering someone, \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* disobeying \w some|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w law|strong="H8451"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w command|strong="H4687"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w decree|strong="H2706"\w* \add of Yahweh\add*.   
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\v 11 Amariah \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Supreme \w Priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* supervise \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w matter|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w concerned|strong="H1697"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zebadiah|strong="H2069"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w leader|strong="H5057"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w will|strong="H3068"\w* supervise \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w matter|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w am|strong="H1961"\w* \w responsible|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w*. \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* assist \w you|strong="H6440"\w*. \w Act|strong="H6213"\w* \w courageously|strong="H2388"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w I|strong="H2009"\w* pray \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w help|strong="H2388"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w work|strong="H6213"\w* \w well|strong="H2896"\w*.”   
\c 20  
\s1 Jehoshaphat’s army defeated armies from Moab and Ammon  
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\v 1 \w Later|strong="H1961"\w* \add armies from\add* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* some \w soldiers|strong="H4421"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \add the\add* Meun \add area in Edom\add* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \add to fight\add* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w*’s \add army\add*.   
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\v 2 \w Some|strong="H7227"\w* \w men|strong="H7227"\w* came \w and|strong="H3220"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w*, “\w A|strong="H3068"\w* \w huge|strong="H1995"\w* \w army|strong="H1995"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w coming|strong="H2009"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* attack \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w army|strong="H1995"\w*. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H7227"\w* \w coming|strong="H2009"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \add the\add* Edom \add region\add*, \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* eastern \w side|strong="H5676"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \add Dead\add* \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w*. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H5921"\w* already come \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w Hazazon-Tamar|strong="H2688"\w*!” \w Another|strong="H5046"\w* name \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w place|strong="H3220"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w En-Gedi|strong="H5872"\w*.  
\v 3 \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w became|strong="H3372"\w* very \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w*, \w so|strong="H7121"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* decided \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w ask|strong="H1875"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \add what he should do\add*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w proclaimed|strong="H7121"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \add the people of\add* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w fast|strong="H6685"\w*.  
\v 4 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H6908"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w gathered|strong="H6908"\w* \w together|strong="H6908"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w request|strong="H1245"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* help \w them|strong="H6908"\w*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w came|strong="H3068"\w* \add to Jerusalem\add* \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w town|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* help \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w Then|strong="H5975"\w* \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w up|strong="H5975"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* people \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w new|strong="H2319"\w* \w courtyard|strong="H2691"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*,  
\v 6 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* prayed \w this|strong="H1931"\w*:  
\pi1 “\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* whom \w our|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors belonged \w to|strong="H3068"\w*, \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H1471"\w* \w surely|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \add rules from\add* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*. \w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w rule|strong="H4910"\w* \w over|strong="H3027"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kingdoms|strong="H4467"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*. \w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* great \w power|strong="H3027"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w can|strong="H3808"\w* successfully oppose \w you|strong="H3605"\w*.  
\v 7 \w Our|strong="H5414"\w* \w God|strong="H5414"\w*, \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w expelled|strong="H3423"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w while|strong="H3427"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H5971"\w* advanced, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w certainly|strong="H5414"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w descendants|strong="H2233"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* friend Abraham, \w to|strong="H3478"\w* belong \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*.  
\v 8 \w We|strong="H8034"\w* \w have|strong="H1129"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* here \w and|strong="H3427"\w* \w have|strong="H1129"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w temple|strong="H4720"\w* \w where|strong="H1129"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w*, \w your|strong="H1129"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w*, worship \w you|strong="H1129"\w*. \w We|strong="H8034"\w* said,  
\v 9 '\w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* experience \w disasters|strong="H7451"\w*, \w either|strong="H2088"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w our|strong="H5921"\w* enemies attacking \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \w or|strong="H8085"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* punishing \w us|strong="H5921"\w*, \w or|strong="H8085"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* experience \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w plague|strong="H1698"\w* \w or|strong="H8085"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w famine|strong="H7458"\w*, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H2719"\w* \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w presence|strong="H6440"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* built \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w honor|strong="H8034"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H2719"\w* \w cry|strong="H2199"\w* \w out|strong="H2199"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H1004"\w* distressed/suffering, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H2719"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w will|strong="H2719"\w* \w rescue|strong="H3467"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w*.'   
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\v 10 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w would|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w allow|strong="H5414"\w* \w our|strong="H5414"\w* Israeli ancestors \w to|strong="H3478"\w* enter \w the|strong="H5921"\w* countries \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* Edom \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* traveling \w from|strong="H5493"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \add to Canaan\add*. \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w our|strong="H5414"\w* ancestors \w turned|strong="H5493"\w* \w away|strong="H5493"\w* \w from|strong="H5493"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* areas \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w did|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w attack|strong="H4124"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w there|strong="H2009"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w did|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w destroy|strong="H8045"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*. \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w coming|strong="H2009"\w* \w here|strong="H2009"\w* \add to attack us\add*.  
\v 11  \add We did not destroy them. But now\add* \w look|strong="H2009"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w how|strong="H2009"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* repaying \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* trying \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w expel|strong="H3423"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* land \w that|strong="H1992"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* gave \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w our|strong="H5921"\w* ancestors \w to|strong="H5921"\w* belong \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \add and their descendants forever\add*  
\v 12 \w So|strong="H6213"\w*, \w our|strong="H5921"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w*, please \w punish|strong="H6213"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H5869"\w* \w enough|strong="H7227"\w* \w power|strong="H3581"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* resist/defeat \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w huge|strong="H1995"\w* \w army|strong="H1995"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* coming \w to|strong="H5921"\w* attack \w us|strong="H5921"\w*. \w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*. \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w* pleading \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w help|strong="H6213"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w*.”   
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\v 13 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* wives \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* babies \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w standing|strong="H5975"\w* \w there|strong="H5975"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w presence|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \add while Jehoshaphat prayed\add*.   
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\v 14 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Spirit|strong="H7307"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w upon|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jahaziel|strong="H3166"\w*, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zechariah|strong="H2148"\w*, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Benaiah|strong="H1141"\w*, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jeiel|strong="H3273"\w*, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Mattaniah|strong="H4983"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w descendant|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w descendant|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Asaph. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w stood|strong="H3068"\w* \w up|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* front \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* whole group \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w gathered|strong="H6951"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w*,  
\v 15 \w and|strong="H3063"\w* said, “\w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w other|strong="H2088"\w* \w places|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w listen|strong="H7181"\w*! \w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H2088"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*: ‘\w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w discouraged|strong="H2865"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w huge|strong="H1995"\w* \w army|strong="H1995"\w* \add that is coming to attack you\add*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \add will win\add* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*. \w It|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \add who will win it\add*.  
\v 16 \w Tomorrow|strong="H4279"\w* march \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w toward|strong="H6440"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H5158"\w* \w be|strong="H6440"\w* climbing \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w through|strong="H5921"\w* \w Ziz|strong="H6732"\w* Pass \add north of En-Gedi\add*. \w You|strong="H6440"\w* \w will|strong="H5158"\w* \w meet|strong="H6440"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w end|strong="H5490"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* gorge \w near|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Jeruel|strong="H3385"\w* \w Desert|strong="H4057"\w*.  
\v 17 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* need \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w battle|strong="H3898"\w*. \w You|strong="H6440"\w* soldiers \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w other|strong="H2063"\w* places \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w just|strong="H5975"\w* \w take|strong="H3320"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* positions, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w then|strong="H3318"\w* \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* \w still|strong="H5975"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w watch|strong="H7200"\w* \add what will happen\add*. \w You|strong="H6440"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* rescue \w you|strong="H6440"\w*. \w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w discouraged|strong="H2865"\w*. \w March|strong="H3318"\w* \w toward|strong="H6440"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w tomorrow|strong="H4279"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w*.’”   
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\v 18 \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w prostrated|strong="H7812"\w* \w himself|strong="H7812"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w* touching \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w ground|strong="H6440"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w places|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \add who were there\add* \w knelt|strong="H5307"\w* \w down|strong="H5307"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w worship|strong="H7812"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 19 \w Then|strong="H6965"\w* \w some|strong="H4480"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w both|strong="H4480"\w* Kohath \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Korah|strong="H7145"\w* \w stood|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w loudly|strong="H6963"\w* \w praised|strong="H1984"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* whom \w the|strong="H3068"\w* Israelis \add belonged to\add*.   
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\v 20 \w Early|strong="H7925"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* next \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w army|strong="H3389"\w* \w left|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w go|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w* \w near|strong="H5975"\w* \w Tekoa|strong="H8620"\w* \add town\add*. \w While|strong="H8085"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H3063"\w* \w leaving|strong="H3318"\w*, \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w up|strong="H5975"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w said|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w*, “\w You|strong="H8085"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* other places \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w me|strong="H3318"\w*! Trust \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*; if \w you|strong="H8085"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w*, \w you|strong="H8085"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* strong. Trust \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \add what \add* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \add have said\add*; if \w you|strong="H8085"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w*, \w you|strong="H8085"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w successful|strong="H6743"\w*.”  
\v 21 \w Then|strong="H3318"\w*, \w after|strong="H3588"\w* consulting \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w some|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w appointed|strong="H5975"\w* \w some|strong="H5971"\w* \w men|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w go|strong="H3318"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w army|strong="H5971"\w*, \w singing|strong="H7891"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w praising|strong="H1984"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w being|strong="H5971"\w* \w holy|strong="H6944"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* wonderful. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H5971"\w* \w singing|strong="H7891"\w*,  
\q1 “\w Thank|strong="H3034"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w faithfully|strong="H2617"\w* loves \w us|strong="H6440"\w* \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*.”   
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\v 22 \w When|strong="H6256"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w began|strong="H2490"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w sing|strong="H7440"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w praise|strong="H8416"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w caused|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H1121"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* Edom \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* invading \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* panic, \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* result \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w defeated|strong="H5062"\w*.  
\v 23 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H1121"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* started \w to|strong="H5921"\w* fight \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H1121"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* Edom, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w completely|strong="H3615"\w* \w annihilated|strong="H2763"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H1121"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* Edom. \w After|strong="H5921"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w finished|strong="H3615"\w* slaughtering \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* Edom, \w they|strong="H5921"\w* started \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w attack|strong="H4124"\w* each \w other|strong="H7453"\w*.   
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\v 24 \w When|strong="H5307"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* soldiers \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w came|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* place \w where|strong="H5921"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* could \w look|strong="H2005"\w* \w down|strong="H5307"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w*, \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w looked|strong="H6437"\w* \w toward|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H5307"\w* \w huge|strong="H1995"\w* \w army|strong="H1995"\w* \add of their enemies\add*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w saw|strong="H3063"\w* \w only|strong="H5307"\w* \w corpses|strong="H6297"\w* \w lying|strong="H5307"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* ground. No one \w had|strong="H3063"\w* survived.   
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\v 25 \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w his|strong="H1961"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H5971"\w* \w went|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w take|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w possessions|strong="H7399"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w their|strong="H3588"\w* enemies, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* saw \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lot \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w equipment|strong="H3627"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w clothing|strong="H6297"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* other valuable \w things|strong="H7969"\w*; \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w more|strong="H7227"\w* \w than|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w could|strong="H5337"\w* \w carry|strong="H4853"\w* \w away|strong="H5337"\w*. \w There|strong="H1961"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w very|strong="H7227"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w things|strong="H7969"\w*, \w with|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* result \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w took|strong="H1961"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w them|strong="H4672"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* collect \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w all|strong="H5337"\w*.  
\v 26 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* following \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w gathered|strong="H6950"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Beracah|strong="H1294"\w* \w Valley|strong="H6010"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w praised|strong="H1288"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*. \w That|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w why|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w valley|strong="H6010"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w still|strong="H1288"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w Beracah|strong="H1294"\w*, \add which means praise.\add*   
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\v 27 \w Then|strong="H7725"\w* \w while|strong="H3588"\w* \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w led|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* soldiers \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H3063"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w places|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H3063"\w* \w happy|strong="H8055"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* enabled \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* defeat \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w enemies|strong="H3389"\w*.  
\v 28 \w When|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* arrived \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w went|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*, \add playing\add* \w harps|strong="H3658"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* lutes \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w trumpets|strong="H2689"\w*.   
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\v 29 \w People|strong="H8085"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kingdoms|strong="H4467"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* nearby countries \w became|strong="H1961"\w* very \w afraid|strong="H6343"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w how|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* enemies \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Israelis.  
\v 30 Then there \w was|strong="H4438"\w* \w peace|strong="H5117"\w* \w in|strong="H5117"\w* \w the|strong="H5439"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4438"\w* that \w was|strong="H4438"\w* ruled \w by|strong="H4438"\w* \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w*, because God \w had|strong="H8252"\w* caused \w the|strong="H5439"\w* \w surrounding|strong="H5439"\w* nations not \w to|strong="H5117"\w* attack \w it|strong="H5117"\w*.   
\s1 The final years that Jehoshaphat ruled  
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\v 31 \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* continued \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w rule|strong="H4427"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*. \w He|strong="H2568"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* 35 \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 of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H2568"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* 25 \w years|strong="H8141"\w*. \w His|strong="H5921"\w* mother’s \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w Azubah|strong="H5806"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shilhi|strong="H7977"\w*.  
\v 32 \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w things|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H5869"\w* pleasing \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* father Asa \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w stop|strong="H5493"\w* \w doing|strong="H6213"\w* \w those|strong="H4480"\w* \w things|strong="H3808"\w*.  
\v 33 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w did|strong="H5971"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w get|strong="H3559"\w* rid \w of|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H5493"\w* shrines \w on|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H5493"\w* hilltops, \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w many|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H5493"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w still|strong="H5750"\w* \w did|strong="H5971"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* faithfully \w do|strong="H5493"\w* \w what|strong="H3559"\w* \w the|strong="H5493"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w whom|strong="H5971"\w* \w their|strong="H3559"\w* ancestors belonged \w to|strong="H3824"\w* \w wanted|strong="H3824"\w*.   
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\v 34 \w A|strong="H3068"\w* \w record|strong="H3789"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* other \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H1697"\w* \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w did|strong="H3478"\w* \w while|strong="H5921"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4428"\w*, \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w when|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w began|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w rule|strong="H4428"\w* \w until|strong="H5921"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* died, \w is|strong="H1697"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* scrolls \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \add the prophet\add* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hanani|strong="H2607"\w*. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w also|strong="H3478"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w scroll|strong="H5612"\w* called ‘\w The|strong="H5921"\w* History \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.   
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\v 35 During \w his|strong="H3478"\w* \w reign|strong="H6213"\w*, \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* treaty \w with|strong="H5973"\w* Ahaziah, \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H6213"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7561"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.  
\v 36 \w They|strong="H6213"\w* agreed \w that|strong="H6213"\w* \w their|strong="H6213"\w* \w workers|strong="H6213"\w* \w would|strong="H6213"\w* \w build|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* fleet \w of|strong="H6213"\w* ships \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w use|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* buy \w and|strong="H3212"\w* sell \add things with other countries\add*. After \w those|strong="H5973"\w* ships \w were|strong="H8659"\w* \w built|strong="H6213"\w* \w at|strong="H6213"\w* \w Ezion-Geber|strong="H6100"\w* \add on the Gulf of Aqaba\add*,  
\v 37 Eliezer \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Dodavahu|strong="H1735"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w Mareshah|strong="H4762"\w* \add city\add* warned \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* said, “\w You|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H4639"\w* \w an|strong="H3068"\w* \w alliance|strong="H2266"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* Ahaziah, \add who is a wicked king\add*. \w Therefore|strong="H5921"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w destroy|strong="H7665"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* ships \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* workers \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H4639"\w*.” \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* ships \w were|strong="H1121"\w* wrecked, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w able|strong="H6113"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* sail \w to|strong="H3212"\w* other countries.   
\c 21  
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\v 1 \w Then|strong="H1732"\w* \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* died, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H1732"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w where|strong="H8478"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* ancestors \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w in|strong="H6912"\w* \add the part of Jerusalem called\add* ‘\w The|strong="H8478"\w* \w City|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*’. \w Then|strong="H1732"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoram|strong="H3088"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w* \add of Judah\add*.  
\v 2 \w His|strong="H3605"\w* \add younger\add* \w brothers|strong="H1121"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w Azariah|strong="H5838"\w*, \w Jehiel|strong="H3171"\w*, \w Zechariah|strong="H2148"\w*, \w Azariah|strong="H5838"\w*, \w Michael|strong="H4317"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shephatiah|strong="H8203"\w*.  
\v 3 \w Before|strong="H5973"\w* Jehoshaphat died, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w gifts|strong="H4979"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* other \w valuable|strong="H4030"\w* \w things|strong="H4030"\w*. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w also|strong="H3588"\w* \w appointed|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w rule|strong="H4467"\w* various \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H3063"\w* walls around \w them|strong="H5414"\w*. \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w appointed|strong="H5414"\w* \w Jehoram|strong="H3088"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w be|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* king \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w Jehoram|strong="H3088"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w oldest|strong="H1060"\w* \w son|strong="H1060"\w*.   
\s1 King Jehoram of Judah  
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\v 4 \w After|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jehoram|strong="H3088"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w completely|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w control|strong="H2388"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* father’s \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w*, \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \add younger\add* brothers executed, \w along|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w some|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w leaders|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w nation|strong="H4467"\w*.  
\v 5 \w Jehoram|strong="H3088"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* 32 \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 the|strong="H1121"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H8147"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w for|strong="H1121"\w* \w eight|strong="H8083"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.  
\v 6 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* many \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \add evil\add* \w things|strong="H7451"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* many \w things|strong="H7451"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* considers \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*, \w things|strong="H7451"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Ahab \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* married \w one|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Ahab’s \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*.  
\v 7 However, \w because|strong="H4616"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H3772"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w King|strong="H4616"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w want|strong="H3772"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* get rid \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*. \w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w promised|strong="H5414"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*’s \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w always|strong="H3605"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w ones|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* ruled Judah.   
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\v 8 \w While|strong="H3117"\w* Jehoram \w was|strong="H3117"\w* ruling, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* people \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \add the\add* Edom \add region\add* \w rebelled|strong="H6586"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \add the king of\add* \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*.  
\v 9 \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w Jehoram|strong="H3088"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w officers|strong="H8269"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H5437"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* \w went|strong="H5674"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* Edom. \w There|strong="H1961"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* army \w of|strong="H8269"\w* Edom \w surrounded|strong="H5437"\w* \w them|strong="H5221"\w*. \w Jehoram|strong="H3088"\w* \w escaped|strong="H5437"\w* \w during|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w*.  
\v 10 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* king \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w never|strong="H5704"\w* \w able|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* regain \w control|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Edom, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* Edom \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w still|strong="H5704"\w* \w not|strong="H2088"\w* controlled \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*. \add The people in\add* \w Libnah|strong="H3841"\w* \add city between Judah and Philistia\add* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w rebelled|strong="H6586"\w* \w against|strong="H3027"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*. \w Those|strong="H1931"\w* \w things|strong="H6256"\w* happened \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w Jehoram|strong="H5800"\w* \w turned|strong="H6256"\w* away \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \add obeying\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w whom|strong="H3588"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors \add belonged to\add*.   
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\v 11 \w On|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* hilltops \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w had|strong="H3063"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w built|strong="H6213"\w* shrines \add to worship idols\add*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w had|strong="H3063"\w* \w caused|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* stray \w away|strong="H5080"\w* \w from|strong="H3063"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w by|strong="H3427"\w* worshiping foreign gods.   
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\v 12 \w One|strong="H3808"\w* day, Jehoram received \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w letter|strong="H4385"\w* \w from|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* Elijah. Elijah \w had|strong="H3068"\w* written \w this|strong="H3541"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w letter|strong="H4385"\w*:  
\pi1 “\w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* whom \w your|strong="H3068"\w* ancestor \add King\add* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \add worshiped\add*, \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: '\w You|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w done|strong="H1980"\w* \w things|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* please \w me|strong="H3808"\w* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* father \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w did|strong="H3068"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Asa \w did|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 13 Instead, \w you|strong="H4480"\w* \w have|strong="H1571"\w* \w continually|strong="H2181"\w* \w done|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \add evil things\add* \w that|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w have|strong="H1571"\w* \w done|strong="H3478"\w*. \w You|strong="H4480"\w* \w have|strong="H1571"\w* encouraged \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* other \w places|strong="H1004"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* stop worshiping \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w like|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* descendants \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Ahab \w did|strong="H3478"\w*. \w You|strong="H4480"\w* \w have|strong="H1571"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w murdered|strong="H2026"\w* \w your|strong="H4480"\w* own brothers, \w who|strong="H3478"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w more|strong="H4480"\w* righteous \w men|strong="H2896"\w* \w than|strong="H4480"\w* \w you|strong="H4480"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w*.   
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\v 14 So \w now|strong="H2009"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w about|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H1419"\w* severely punish \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* kingdom \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w even|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w own|strong="H5971"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* wives \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w own|strong="H5971"\w*.  
\v 15 \w And|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w yourself|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H7227"\w* \w have|strong="H3117"\w* \w an|strong="H4480"\w* \w intestinal|strong="H4578"\w* \w disease|strong="H2483"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H7227"\w* continue \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w become|strong="H3318"\w* worse, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H7227"\w* suffer \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* die.' ”   
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\v 16 \w Then|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* caused \w some|strong="H3027"\w* men \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Philistia people-group \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w some|strong="H3027"\w* \w Arabs|strong="H6163"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* lived \w near|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w coast|strong="H3027"\w* \add of the Mediterranean Sea\add*, \w where|strong="H5921"\w* people \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w Ethiopia|strong="H3569"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w settled|strong="H5921"\w*, \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H3027"\w* angry \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jehoram|strong="H3088"\w*.  
\v 17 \w Their|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H5927"\w* \w invaded|strong="H5927"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w took|strong="H7617"\w* \w away|strong="H7617"\w* \add from Jerusalem\add* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* valuable \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s \w palace|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w even|strong="H1571"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* wives. \w His|strong="H3605"\w* \w youngest|strong="H6996"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w Ahaziah|strong="H3059"\w*, \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w only|strong="H3588"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w whom|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H3063"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w take|strong="H7617"\w* \w away|strong="H7617"\w*.   
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\v 18 After \w that|strong="H3605"\w* happened, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* caused Jehoram \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w afflicted|strong="H5062"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w an|strong="H3068"\w* \w intestinal|strong="H4578"\w* \w disease|strong="H2483"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w no|strong="H3605"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* could \w cure|strong="H4832"\w*.  
\v 19 \w About|strong="H1961"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w years|strong="H3117"\w* \w later|strong="H7093"\w*, \w while|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w great|strong="H6213"\w* \w pain|strong="H7451"\w*, \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w* \w because|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w disease|strong="H2483"\w*. \w The|strong="H6213"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* Judah \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* bonfires \w to|strong="H3318"\w* honor \w his|strong="H1961"\w* ancestors \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* bonfire \w for|strong="H6213"\w* Jehoram.   
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\v 20 Jehoram \w was|strong="H1961"\w* 32 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H1732"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H1732"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w for|strong="H3389"\w* \w eight|strong="H8083"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*. \w No|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* sorry \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H1732"\w* died. \w His|strong="H1732"\w* corpse \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \add the part of Jerusalem called\add* ‘\w The|strong="H1961"\w* \w City|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*’, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H1732"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w where|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w other|strong="H8147"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \add of Judah\add* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w*.   
\c 22  
\s1 King Ahaziah of Judah  
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\v 1 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w appointed|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoram|strong="H3088"\w*’s \w youngest|strong="H6996"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* Ahaziah \w as|strong="H3588"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \add from Philistia\add* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* invaded \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w with|strong="H3427"\w* \w some|strong="H3605"\w* \w Arabs|strong="H6163"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w killed|strong="H2026"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoram|strong="H3088"\w*’s \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*. \w So|strong="H3588"\w* Ahaziah started \w to|strong="H3389"\w* \w rule|strong="H4427"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.   
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\v 2 Ahaziah \w was|strong="H8034"\w* 22 \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 He|strong="H8147"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w for|strong="H8034"\w* \w one|strong="H1121"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w*. \w His|strong="H8147"\w* mother’s \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w Athaliah|strong="H6271"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w granddaughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \add King\add* \w Omri|strong="H6018"\w* \add of Israel\add*.   
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\v 3 King Ahaziah conducted \w his|strong="H1961"\w* life \w just|strong="H1571"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w members|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* Ahab’s \w family|strong="H1004"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w done|strong="H1961"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w his|strong="H1961"\w* mother encouraged \w him|strong="H1931"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w do|strong="H1870"\w* \w things|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H1870"\w* \w evil|strong="H7561"\w*.  
\v 4 \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w things|strong="H7451"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* considers \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*, \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* descendants \w of|strong="H1004"\w* Ahab \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w after|strong="H1961"\w* Ahaziah’s father \w died|strong="H4194"\w*, \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w became|strong="H1961"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* advisors. \w And|strong="H3068"\w* Ahaziah \w died|strong="H4194"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* result \w of|strong="H1004"\w* heeding \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w bad|strong="H7451"\w* \w advice|strong="H3289"\w*.  
\v 5 \w He|strong="H5921"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w did|strong="H3478"\w* \w what|strong="H1571"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* advised \w when|strong="H1980"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w went|strong="H1980"\w* \w with|strong="H1980"\w* \w Joram|strong="H3141"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Ahab \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w fight|strong="H4421"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w army|strong="H4421"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Syria, \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w Ramoth-Gilead|strong="H7433"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w Then|strong="H4428"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ahaziah|strong="H5838"\w* \w went|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w* \add city\add* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w Joram|strong="H3088"\w*, \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \add King\add* Ahab, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w been|strong="H2470"\w* \w wounded|strong="H5221"\w*.  
\v 7 \w It|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w during|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* visit \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w caused|strong="H1961"\w* Ahaziah \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w die|strong="H1121"\w*. \w When|strong="H1961"\w* Ahaziah arrived, \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w Joram|strong="H3141"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w meet|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w*, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nimshi|strong="H5250"\w*, whom \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w appointed|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w kill|strong="H3772"\w* \w all|strong="H3772"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ahab.  
\v 8 \w While|strong="H1961"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \add and the men who were with him\add* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w killing|strong="H2026"\w* \w the|strong="H8199"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ahab, \w they|strong="H3063"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w the|strong="H8199"\w* \w leaders|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H8199"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ahaziah’s \w relatives|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* working \w for|strong="H1004"\w* Ahaziah, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H3063"\w* \w killed|strong="H2026"\w* \w all|strong="H5973"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w them|strong="H4672"\w*.  
\v 9 \w Then|strong="H3588"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w went|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w find|strong="H1245"\w* Ahaziah, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H1121"\w* \w found|strong="H3068"\w* Ahaziah \w while|strong="H1931"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w hiding|strong="H2244"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \add city\add*. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w brought|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H4191"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w executed|strong="H4191"\w* \w him|strong="H4191"\w*. \w Then|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w corpse|strong="H4191"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* said, “\add He deserves to be buried, because\add* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w descendant|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w*, \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w tried|strong="H1245"\w* \w hard|strong="H1004"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* please \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*.” \w There|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w no|strong="H3605"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ahaziah \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w powerful|strong="H3581"\w* \w enough|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* become \w the|strong="H3605"\w* kings \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Judah.   
\s1 Athaliah and Joash  
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\v 10 \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 had|strong="H3063"\w* \w been|strong="H2233"\w* \w killed|strong="H4191"\w*, \w she|strong="H3588"\w* \w commanded|strong="H1696"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w members|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ahaziah’s \w family|strong="H1004"\w* \add who might become king\add* \w must|strong="H4191"\w* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* \w executed|strong="H4191"\w*.  
\v 11 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* Jehosheba, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jehoram|strong="H3088"\w*, \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w*, Ahaziah’s very \w young|strong="H1121"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w away|strong="H3947"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* other \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* murdered, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w she|strong="H1931"\w* \w hid|strong="H5641"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* nursemaid \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w bedroom|strong="H2315"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* temple. \w Because|strong="H3588"\w* Jehosheba, \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jehoram|strong="H3088"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* wife \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* Supreme \w Priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w*, \w was|strong="H1961"\w* Ahaziah’s sister, \w she|strong="H1931"\w* \w hid|strong="H5641"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w child|strong="H1121"\w*, \w with|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* result \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Athaliah|strong="H6271"\w* could \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w kill|strong="H4191"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\v 12 \w He|strong="H1004"\w* \w remained|strong="H1961"\w* \w hidden|strong="H2244"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\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* \add Judah\add*.   
\c 23  
\s1 The revolt against Athaliah  
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\v 1 \w After|strong="H8141"\w* Joash \w had|strong="H1121"\w* \w been|strong="H2388"\w* hidden \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* temple \w for|strong="H1121"\w* six \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* priest decided \w that|strong="H8141"\w* \w it|strong="H3947"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* necessary \w to|strong="H1121"\w* do something. \w So|strong="H3947"\w* \w he|strong="H8141"\w* \w made|strong="H2388"\w* \w an|strong="H3947"\w* \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* army \w commanders|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w groups|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* 100 \w soldiers|strong="H3967"\w*: \w Azariah|strong="H5838"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jeroham|strong="H3395"\w*, \w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehohanan|strong="H3076"\w*, \w Azariah|strong="H5838"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Obed|strong="H5744"\w*, \w Maaseiah|strong="H4641"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Adaiah|strong="H5718"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* Elishaphat \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zicri|strong="H2147"\w*.  
\v 2 \w They|strong="H3605"\w* \w went|strong="H3478"\w* \w throughout|strong="H3605"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w gathered|strong="H6908"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* descendants \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w leaders|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* Israeli families \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w*. \w When|strong="H3881"\w* \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w came|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*,  
\v 3 \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* group \w went|strong="H1732"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w made|strong="H3772"\w* \w an|strong="H3772"\w* \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w young|strong="H1121"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w there|strong="H2009"\w*. Jehoiada \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*, “\w This|strong="H1696"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* previous \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Judah. \w So|strong="H1696"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w must|strong="H1121"\w* \w rule|strong="H4427"\w*, \w like|strong="H5973"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w promised|strong="H1696"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w must|strong="H1121"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 4 “\w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* must \w do|strong="H6213"\w*: \w One-third|strong="H7992"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w and|strong="H3548"\w* \w other|strong="H2088"\w* descendants \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w* \w who|strong="H3548"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* starting \w their|strong="H6213"\w* \w work|strong="H6213"\w* \w on|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="H7676"\w* day must guard \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w doors|strong="H5592"\w* \add of the temple\add*.  
\v 5 \w One-third|strong="H7992"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* must \w guard|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s \w palace|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w one-third|strong="H7992"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* must \w guard|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Foundation|strong="H3247"\w* \w Gate|strong="H8179"\w*. \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w courtyards|strong="H2691"\w* outside \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*.  
\v 6 \w Only|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* descendants \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* work \w there|strong="H1992"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* enter \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*. \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w allowed|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* enter \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w set|strong="H6944"\w* \w apart|strong="H6944"\w* \add for that work\add*. \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w others|strong="H5971"\w* must remain \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* courtyards, \w obeying|strong="H8104"\w* \w what|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* commanded.  
\v 7 \w You|strong="H3027"\w* \w descendants|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w* \w must|strong="H4191"\w* stand \w around|strong="H5439"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* young \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w each|strong="H5439"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w you|strong="H3027"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w your|strong="H1961"\w* \w weapon|strong="H3627"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w your|strong="H1961"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*. Anyone \w else|strong="H3027"\w* \w who|strong="H3881"\w* tries \w to|strong="H3318"\w* enter \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w you|strong="H3027"\w* \w must|strong="H4191"\w* \w kill|strong="H4191"\w*. \w And|strong="H4428"\w* stay close \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* young \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, wherever \w he|strong="H1004"\w* \w goes|strong="H3318"\w*.”   
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\v 8 \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w descendants|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \add the men of\add* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w* \w had|strong="H3063"\w* \w told|strong="H6680"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w*. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* allow \w anyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w go|strong="H3318"\w* home \w after|strong="H3588"\w* \w having|strong="H3808"\w* finished \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w work|strong="H6213"\w* \w on|strong="H3318"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="H7676"\w* day. \w Each|strong="H3605"\w* \w commander|strong="H6680"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w charge|strong="H6680"\w* \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H3605"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* ones \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H3881"\w* finishing \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w work|strong="H6213"\w* \w on|strong="H3318"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* day \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H3881"\w* starting \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w work|strong="H6213"\w* \w on|strong="H3318"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* day.  
\v 9 \w Then|strong="H5414"\w* \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w each|strong="H5414"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w commanders|strong="H8269"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w spears|strong="H2595"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w large|strong="H4043"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w small|strong="H7982"\w* \w shields|strong="H4043"\w* \w that|strong="H3548"\w* \w had|strong="H1732"\w* been \w put|strong="H5414"\w* there \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w by|strong="H5414"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*.  
\v 10 \w He|strong="H5704"\w* commanded \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* guards \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* positions, \w each|strong="H3605"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w sword|strong="H7973"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w around|strong="H5439"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*—\w around|strong="H5439"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*, \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* north \w side|strong="H3802"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w south|strong="H3233"\w* \w side|strong="H3802"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w brought|strong="H3318"\w* Joash \w out|strong="H3318"\w*. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w crown|strong="H5145"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* head \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \add a scroll\add* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w which|strong="H4428"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* written \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w rules|strong="H4427"\w* \add that the kings needed to obey\add*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* proclaimed \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w he|strong="H5414"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w now|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w anointed|strong="H4886"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* olive \w oil|strong="H4886"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w shouted|strong="H5414"\w*, “We hope \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w live|strong="H2421"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* many years!”   
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\v 12 \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 being|strong="H5971"\w* \w made|strong="H8085"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w running|strong="H7323"\w* \add toward the king\add* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* cheering, she \w ran|strong="H7323"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*.  
\v 13 \w She|strong="H5921"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* young \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w there|strong="H2009"\w*, \w standing|strong="H5975"\w* \w alongside|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w pillar|strong="H5982"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w entrance|strong="H3996"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* temple, \add which is the place at the temple\add* \w where|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* usually \w stood|strong="H5975"\w*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H5971"\w* \w commanders|strong="H8269"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w trumpet|strong="H2689"\w* players \w were|strong="H5971"\w* \w standing|strong="H5975"\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* Judah \w were|strong="H5971"\w* \w rejoicing|strong="H8055"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w blowing|strong="H8628"\w* \w trumpets|strong="H2689"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w singers|strong="H7891"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w musical|strong="H7892"\w* \w instruments|strong="H3627"\w* \w were|strong="H5971"\w* \w leading|strong="H8269"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w while|strong="H2009"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w praised|strong="H1984"\w* God. \w Then|strong="H2009"\w* \w Athaliah|strong="H6271"\w* \w tore|strong="H7167"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* robes \w and|strong="H4428"\w* started screaming, “\w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* committing \w treason|strong="H7195"\w*!”   
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\v 14 \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* Supreme \w Priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w said|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w* \w commanders|strong="H8269"\w*, “\w Kill|strong="H4191"\w* \w her|strong="H3318"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w kill|strong="H4191"\w* \w her|strong="H3318"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*!” \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w them|strong="H3318"\w*, “\w Bring|strong="H3318"\w* Athaliah \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* front \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w troops|strong="H2428"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w kill|strong="H4191"\w* \w anyone|strong="H3588"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* tries \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w follow|strong="H3068"\w* \w her|strong="H3318"\w*!”  
\v 15  \add She tried to flee, but\add* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w seized|strong="H7760"\w* \w her|strong="H7760"\w* \w as|strong="H1004"\w* she reached \w the|strong="H7760"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w enter|strong="H3996"\w* \w the|strong="H7760"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w* area, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w killed|strong="H4191"\w* \w her|strong="H7760"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*.  
\v 16 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w* \w made|strong="H3772"\w* \w an|strong="H1961"\w* \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.  
\v 17 \w Then|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H5971"\w* \w there|strong="H3605"\w* \w went|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w tore|strong="H5422"\w* \w it|strong="H6440"\w* \w down|strong="H5422"\w*. \w They|strong="H5971"\w* \w smashed|strong="H7665"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w altars|strong="H4196"\w* \add of Baal\add*. \w They|strong="H5971"\w* \w also|strong="H5971"\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="H1004"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w altars|strong="H4196"\w*.   
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\v 18 \w Then|strong="H4872"\w* \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w* \w appointed|strong="H7760"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H3881"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* descended \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w*, \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w work|strong="H7760"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H3881"\w* \w part|strong="H2505"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* group \w to|strong="H3068"\w* whom \w King|strong="H5921"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w given|strong="H2505"\w* various jobs \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*, \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="H5930"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* animals \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H3881"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* completely burned \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* altar, \w doing|strong="H3027"\w* \w what|strong="H5921"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w laws|strong="H8451"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w given|strong="H2505"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w told|strong="H7760"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w rejoice|strong="H8057"\w* \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w sing|strong="H7892"\w*, \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H5921"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* commanded.  
\v 19 \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w put|strong="H3068"\w* \w guards|strong="H7778"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w order|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w anyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* unacceptable \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w allowed|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w enter|strong="H5975"\w*.   
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\v 20 Jehoiada \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H5971"\w* \w commanders|strong="H8269"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* important \w men|strong="H5971"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w leaders|strong="H8269"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* many \w others|strong="H5971"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\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 temple|strong="H1004"\w*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w went|strong="H3381"\w* \w into|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w* \w through|strong="H8432"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Upper|strong="H5945"\w* \w Gate|strong="H8179"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w put|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w throne|strong="H3678"\w*.  
\v 21 \w Then|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* Judah \w rejoiced|strong="H8055"\w*. \w And|strong="H5971"\w* \w there|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H5892"\w* \w calm|strong="H8252"\w* \w throughout|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w because|strong="H3605"\w* \w Athaliah|strong="H6271"\w* \w had|strong="H5971"\w* \w been|strong="H8252"\w* \w killed|strong="H4191"\w*.   
\c 24  
\s1 King Joash of Judah  
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\v 1 \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\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 the|strong="H8034"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w* \add of Judah\add*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H3389"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w for|strong="H8034"\w* 40 \w years|strong="H8141"\w*. \w His|strong="H3101"\w* mother’s \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w Zibiah|strong="H6645"\w*; she \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* Beersheba \add city\add*.  
\v 2 \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H3477"\w* \w pleased|strong="H5869"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w long|strong="H3117"\w* \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \add the Supreme\add* \w Priest|strong="H3548"\w*.  
\v 3 \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w* \w chose|strong="H5375"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w women|strong="H1323"\w* \w to|strong="H3205"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* Joash’s wives. \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H5375"\w* \w bore|strong="H3205"\w* Joash \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*.   
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\v 4 Some years \w later|strong="H1961"\w*, \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* \w decided|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* repaired.  
\v 5 \w He|strong="H3605"\w* summoned \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w descendants|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w them|strong="H3318"\w*, “\w Go|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w collect|strong="H6908"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* tax \w money|strong="H3701"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* \w required|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w pay|strong="H3701"\w* \w each|strong="H3605"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* use \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w pay|strong="H3701"\w* \w for|strong="H1004"\w* \w repairing|strong="H2388"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*. \w Do|strong="H3318"\w* \w it|strong="H3808"\w* \w immediately|strong="H4116"\w*.” \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w descendants|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w* \w did|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H3318"\w* \w it|strong="H3808"\w* \w immediately|strong="H4116"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w So|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w summoned|strong="H7121"\w* \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w said|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w him|strong="H7121"\w*, “\w Why|strong="H4069"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w required|strong="H1875"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* descendants \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w bring|strong="H3881"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* various places \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* annual/yearly \w tax|strong="H4864"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w said|strong="H7121"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w must|strong="H3478"\w* pay, \w for|strong="H5921"\w* taking \w care|strong="H1875"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Sacred Tent?”   
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\v 7  \add The temple needed to be repaired\add* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w wicked|strong="H4849"\w* \w woman|strong="H1004"\w* \w Athaliah|strong="H6271"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* entered \w into|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \add and had wrecked some of the things\add*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w used|strong="H6213"\w* \w some|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sacred|strong="H6944"\w* \w items|strong="H6944"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \add the worship of\add* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w So|strong="H6213"\w*, obeying \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* commanded, \w the|strong="H5414"\w* descendants \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Levi \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* chest \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w placed|strong="H5414"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w outside|strong="H2351"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*, \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w one|strong="H6213"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* entrances.  
\v 9 \w Then|strong="H4872"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H5921"\w* \w sent|strong="H5414"\w* letters \w everywhere|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, requesting everyone \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w bring|strong="H5414"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w tax|strong="H4864"\w* money \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* temple, \w like|strong="H3478"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* required \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Israeli people \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \add when they were\add* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w*.  
\v 10 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w* \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \add agreed, and they\add* \w brought|strong="H3615"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* contributions \w gladly|strong="H8055"\w*. \w They|strong="H5704"\w* \w put|strong="H3615"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* money \w into|strong="H7993"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* chest \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w it|strong="H7993"\w* \w was|strong="H3605"\w* \w full|strong="H3605"\w*.  
\v 11 \w Whenever|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* descendants \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w* \w brought|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* chest \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s officials, \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lot \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w*, \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s \w secretary|strong="H5608"\w* \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* assistant \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \add Supreme\add* \w Priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w would|strong="H6213"\w* \w take|strong="H5375"\w* \w all|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* chest, \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w then|strong="H1961"\w* \w put|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* chest \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w its|strong="H7725"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w*. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H6213"\w* frequently, \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* collected \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w huge|strong="H7227"\w* \w amount|strong="H7230"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w*.  
\v 12 \w The|strong="H5414"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* money \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w men|strong="H6213"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* supervising \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w work|strong="H4399"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w repairing|strong="H2388"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*. \w Those|strong="H2388"\w* \w men|strong="H6213"\w* \w hired|strong="H7936"\w* stoneworkers \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w carpenters|strong="H2796"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w repair|strong="H2388"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w hired|strong="H7936"\w* \w men|strong="H6213"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w worked|strong="H2388"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w iron|strong="H1270"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w repair|strong="H2388"\w* \w things|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \add that were broken\add*.   
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\v 13 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w men|strong="H6213"\w* \w who|strong="H5975"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w repair|strong="H5975"\w* \w work|strong="H4399"\w* \w worked|strong="H6213"\w* \w hard|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w work|strong="H4399"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* repairing \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w progressed|strong="H5927"\w*. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* rebuilt \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w so|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3027"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w was|strong="H1004"\w* \w like|strong="H1004"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w was|strong="H1004"\w* originally, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w even|strong="H6213"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* stronger.  
\v 14 \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w finished|strong="H3615"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* repair \w work|strong="H6213"\w*, \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w brought|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* \w used|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* repairs. \w That|strong="H3605"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w used|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w use|strong="H1961"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w offering|strong="H5930"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H5930"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w completely|strong="H3605"\w* burned \add on the altar\add*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w bowls|strong="H3627"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*. \w As|strong="H3117"\w* \w long|strong="H3117"\w* \w as|strong="H3117"\w* Joash \w lived|strong="H1961"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3709"\w* \w continually|strong="H8548"\w* \w brought|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H5930"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w completely|strong="H3605"\w* burned \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* altar.   
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\v 15 \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w* lived \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w become|strong="H7646"\w* very \w old|strong="H1121"\w*. \w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w* \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w was|strong="H3117"\w* 130 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w*.  
\v 16 \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H1732"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w where|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* been \w buried|strong="H6912"\w*, \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \add the part of Jerusalem called\add* ‘\w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w City|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*’. \add He was buried there\add* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w things|strong="H5973"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* Judah \w for|strong="H3588"\w* God \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* God’s \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*.   
\s1 Joash and the people of Judah turned away from Yahweh  
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\v 17 After \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w* \w died|strong="H4194"\w*, \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w leaders|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w went|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* Joash, \w bowed|strong="H7812"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* front \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w him|strong="H8085"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* persuaded \w him|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w do|strong="H8085"\w* \w what|strong="H8085"\w* \w they|strong="H3063"\w* wanted.  
\v 18 \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w other|strong="H2063"\w* \w people|strong="H5800"\w* \w stopped|strong="H5800"\w* \w worshiping|strong="H5647"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w started|strong="H1961"\w* \w worshiping|strong="H5647"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* poles dedicated \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \add the goddess\add* Asherah \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w other|strong="H2063"\w* \w idols|strong="H6091"\w*. \w Because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* doing \w those|strong="H5921"\w* sinful \w things|strong="H1961"\w*, \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H7110"\w* \w angry|strong="H7110"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5800"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \add with the people in other places in\add* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.  
\v 19 \w Although|strong="H3808"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* persuade \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w although|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* told \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \w about|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* evil \w things|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* done, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w pay|strong="H7725"\w* attention.   
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\v 20 \w Then|strong="H5975"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w Spirit|strong="H7307"\w* \w came|strong="H3068"\w* \w upon|strong="H5921"\w* \w Zechariah|strong="H2148"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \add Supreme\add* \w Priest|strong="H3548"\w*. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w up|strong="H5975"\w* front \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* said, “\w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: ‘\w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* disobeying \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H4687"\w*? \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w abandoned|strong="H5800"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*, \w so|strong="H3541"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w abandon|strong="H5800"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.’ ”   
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\v 21 \w But|strong="H4687"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* people planned \w to|strong="H3068"\w* kill Zechariah. \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w joined|strong="H7194"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* doing \w it|strong="H5921"\w*. \w The|strong="H5921"\w* people killed Zechariah \w by|strong="H5921"\w* throwing stones \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w courtyard|strong="H2691"\w*.  
\v 22 \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* forgotten \w about|strong="H6213"\w* \w how|strong="H2142"\w* Zechariah’s \w father|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H3808"\w* kind \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w him|strong="H6213"\w*. \w That|strong="H7200"\w*’s \w why|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w gave|strong="H6213"\w* \w orders|strong="H2142"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w kill|strong="H2026"\w* \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w*’s \w son|strong="H1121"\w* Zechariah, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* said \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w dying|strong="H4191"\w*, “\w I|strong="H7200"\w* hope \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \add what you are doing to me\add* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w punish|strong="H6213"\w* \add you for doing it\add*.”   
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\v 23 \w Near|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w end|strong="H8622"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* (\w OR|strong="H3068"\w*, early \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* following \w year|strong="H8141"\w*), \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Syria \w marched|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w attack|strong="H5927"\w* \add the army of\add* Joash. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w invaded|strong="H5927"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w attacked|strong="H5927"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* killed \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w leaders|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \add seized many valuable things and\add* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w*, \add their capital city.\add*  
\v 24 \w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Syria \add that came to Judah\add* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w small|strong="H4705"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w allowed|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w defeat|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w large|strong="H7230"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Judah, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* punishing \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* other \w people|strong="H5800"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Judah \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w having|strong="H3588"\w* \w abandoned|strong="H5800"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w*, \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w whom|strong="H3588"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors worshiped.  
\v 25 \w Before|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* battle ended, \w Joash|strong="H4251"\w* \w was|strong="H1732"\w* severely wounded. \w Then|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* \w officials|strong="H5650"\w* decided \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w kill|strong="H2026"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* murdering Zechariah, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \add Supreme\add* \w Priest|strong="H3548"\w*. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w killed|strong="H2026"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w while|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H1732"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* \w bed|strong="H4296"\w*. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H1732"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \add the part of Jerusalem called\add* ‘\w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w City|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*’, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H5650"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w bury|strong="H6912"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w place|strong="H6913"\w* \w where|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* other \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w had|strong="H1732"\w* \w been|strong="H3808"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w*.   
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\v 26 \w Those|strong="H5921"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w conspired|strong="H7194"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* kill \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zabad|strong="H2066"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shimeath|strong="H8100"\w*, \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* woman \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Ammon|strong="H5985"\w* \add people-group\add*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehozabad|strong="H3075"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shimrith|strong="H8116"\w*, \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* woman \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4125"\w* \add people-group\add*.  
\v 27 \w An|strong="H4428"\w* \w account|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w things|strong="H4853"\w* \w that|strong="H4428"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* done \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Joash \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w many|strong="H7230"\w* prophecies \w about|strong="H5921"\w* Joash \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w what|strong="H5921"\w* \w he|strong="H1004"\w* did \w to|strong="H5921"\w* repair \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w scroll|strong="H5612"\w* called ‘\w the|strong="H5921"\w* History \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Kings|strong="H4428"\w* \add of Judah and Israel\add*’. \w Then|strong="H4428"\w* \w after|strong="H5921"\w* Joash died, Amaziah \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.   
\c 25  
\s1 King Amaziah of Judah  
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\v 1 Amaziah \w was|strong="H8034"\w* 25 \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 the|strong="H8034"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w* \add of Judah\add*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H2568"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4427"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w for|strong="H8034"\w* 29 \w years|strong="H8141"\w*. \w His|strong="H4427"\w* mother \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w Jehoaddin|strong="H3086"\w*; \w she|strong="H6242"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.  
\v 2 Amaziah \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w many|strong="H3808"\w* \w things|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w pleased|strong="H5869"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w but|strong="H7535"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w* enthusiastically.  
\v 3 \w As|strong="H1961"\w* soon \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* complete \w control|strong="H2388"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w*, \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w caused|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w executed|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w officials|strong="H5650"\w* \w who|strong="H5650"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w murdered|strong="H2026"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* father.  
\v 4 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w command|strong="H6680"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* \w executed|strong="H4191"\w*; \w he|strong="H3588"\w* obeyed \w what|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w laws|strong="H8451"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w*. \w In|strong="H5921"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* \w laws|strong="H8451"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w*, “\w People|strong="H1121"\w* \w must|strong="H4191"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* \w executed|strong="H4191"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \add what\add* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \add have done\add*, \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 executed|strong="H4191"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \add what\add* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* parents \add have done\add*. \w People|strong="H1121"\w* \w must|strong="H4191"\w* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* \w executed|strong="H4191"\w* \w only|strong="H3588"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sins|strong="H2399"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w themselves|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w committed|strong="H5921"\w*.”   
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\v 5 Amaziah \w summoned|strong="H6485"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \add the tribes of\add* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w come|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* Jerusalem, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w there|strong="H4672"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w put|strong="H6485"\w* \w them|strong="H5975"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w groups|strong="H1121"\w*, \w each|strong="H3605"\w* clan \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* group \w by|strong="H8141"\w* \w themselves|strong="H6908"\w*. \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w appointed|strong="H5975"\w* \w officers|strong="H8269"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* command \w each|strong="H3605"\w* group. \w Some|strong="H3605"\w* \w officers|strong="H8269"\w* commanded 100 \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w some|strong="H3605"\w* commanded 1,000 \w men|strong="H1121"\w*. \w They|strong="H8141"\w* \w counted|strong="H6485"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w at|strong="H1004"\w* least 20 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w*; \w altogether|strong="H3605"\w* \w there|strong="H4672"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* 300,000 \w men|strong="H1121"\w*. \w They|strong="H8141"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* prepared \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H6635"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* able \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \add fight well,\add* using \w spears|strong="H7420"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w shields|strong="H6793"\w*.  
\v 6 Amaziah \w also|strong="H3478"\w* \w hired|strong="H7936"\w* 100,000 \w capable|strong="H2428"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H2428"\w* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* paid almost four tons \w of|strong="H3603"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w for|strong="H3478"\w* \w them|strong="H7936"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* prophet \w came|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w him|strong="H5973"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* said, “\w Your|strong="H3068"\w* majesty, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w must|strong="H1121"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* allow \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H6635"\w* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* march \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H6635"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w does|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* help \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ephraim \w or|strong="H1121"\w* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \add anywhere else in\add* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.  
\v 8 \w Even|strong="H3588"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w your|strong="H6440"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H4421"\w* go \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w fight|strong="H4421"\w* \w courageously|strong="H2388"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w battles|strong="H4421"\w*, God \w will|strong="H3426"\w* \w cause|strong="H6213"\w* \w your|strong="H6440"\w* enemies \w to|strong="H6213"\w* defeat \w you|strong="H3588"\w*; \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* forget \w that|strong="H3588"\w* God \w has|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w power|strong="H3581"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w help|strong="H5826"\w* armies \w or|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w cause|strong="H6213"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w be|strong="H3426"\w* defeated.”   
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\v 9 Amaziah \w asked|strong="H4100"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* prophet, “\w If|strong="H3426"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w*, \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w about|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* huge \w amount|strong="H7235"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* silver \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w paid|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* hire \w those|strong="H2088"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H3967"\w* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*?”  
\p \w The|strong="H5414"\w* prophet replied, “\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* able \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w pay|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* back \w more|strong="H7235"\w* money \w than|strong="H7235"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w paid|strong="H5414"\w* \add to hire those soldiers\add*.”   
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\v 10 \w So|strong="H7725"\w* Amaziah told those soldiers \w from|strong="H7725"\w* Israel \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w home|strong="H4725"\w*. \w They|strong="H4725"\w* \w left|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w home|strong="H4725"\w*, \w but|strong="H7725"\w* \w they|strong="H4725"\w* \w were|strong="H3063"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w angry|strong="H2734"\w* \w with|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* king \w of|strong="H4725"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \add for not allowing them to stay and fight\add*.   
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\v 11 \w Then|strong="H1121"\w* Amaziah \w became|strong="H2388"\w* brave, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H5221"\w* \w led|strong="H3212"\w* \w his|strong="H5221"\w* \w army|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w Salt|strong="H4417"\w* \w Valley|strong="H1516"\w*. There \w they|strong="H5971"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* 10,000 \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* Edom people-group.  
\v 12 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* army \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w also|strong="H1121"\w* \w captured|strong="H7617"\w* 10,000 others, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w took|strong="H7617"\w* \w them|strong="H7617"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w top|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w cliff|strong="H5553"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w threw|strong="H7993"\w* \w them|strong="H7617"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w down|strong="H7993"\w* \w over|strong="H7218"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w cliff|strong="H5553"\w*, \w with|strong="H7218"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* result \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* corpses \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* smashed \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w pieces|strong="H1234"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w While|strong="H5704"\w* \w that|strong="H5892"\w* \w was|strong="H5892"\w* happening, \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H4421"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w Israel|strong="H4421"\w* \w whom|strong="H1992"\w* Amaziah \w had|strong="H3063"\w* \w sent|strong="H7725"\w* \w home|strong="H7725"\w* \w after|strong="H1992"\w* \w not|strong="H7725"\w* allowing \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w fight|strong="H4421"\w* \w along|strong="H5973"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w his|strong="H7725"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H4421"\w*, \w raided|strong="H6584"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H3212"\w* Judea, \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \add city\add* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Beth-Horon|strong="H1032"\w* \add town\add*. \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* 3,000 \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w took|strong="H7725"\w* \w away|strong="H7725"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w great|strong="H7227"\w* amount \w of|strong="H1121"\w* valuable \w things|strong="H7969"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w When|strong="H1961"\w* Amaziah returned \add to Jerusalem\add* \w after|strong="H1961"\w* \w his|strong="H6440"\w* army \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w slaughtered|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H1121"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* Edom, \w he|strong="H5221"\w* \w brought|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* idols \w that|strong="H1121"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w worshiped|strong="H7812"\w* \w by|strong="H5975"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Edom. \w He|strong="H5221"\w* \w set|strong="H5975"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w up|strong="H5975"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w his|strong="H6440"\w* \w own|strong="H1961"\w* gods. \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H5221"\w* \w bowed|strong="H7812"\w* \w down|strong="H7812"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \add worship\add* \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w offered|strong="H6999"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H6999"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w*.  
\v 15 \w Because|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H2734"\w* \w angry|strong="H2734"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* Amaziah. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w*, \w who|strong="H5971"\w* said, “\w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* worship \w these|strong="H5971"\w* foreign gods \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w were|strong="H5971"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w even|strong="H3808"\w* \w able|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w save|strong="H5337"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w own|strong="H5971"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w when|strong="H7971"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w army|strong="H5971"\w* \w attacked|strong="H3027"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w*?”   
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\v 16 \w While|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w still|strong="H3588"\w* \w speaking|strong="H1696"\w*, \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w*, “\w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w certainly|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w appoint|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* advisors. \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w stop|strong="H2308"\w* \add talking\add*! \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w say|strong="H1696"\w* \w anything|strong="H4100"\w* \w more|strong="H3808"\w*, \add I will tell my soldiers to\add* \w kill|strong="H5221"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*!”  
\p \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w*, “\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w God|strong="H5414"\w* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* \w determined|strong="H3289"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w get|strong="H6213"\w* rid \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \add begun to\add* worship idols, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w heeded|strong="H8085"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* \w advice|strong="H6098"\w*.” \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w nothing|strong="H3808"\w* \w more|strong="H3808"\w*.   
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\v 17 Some \w time|strong="H6440"\w* later \w Amaziah|strong="H3289"\w*, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w consulted|strong="H3289"\w* \w his|strong="H7971"\w* advisors. \w Then|strong="H1980"\w* \w he|strong="H7971"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* message \w to|strong="H1980"\w* Jehoash, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w He|strong="H7971"\w* wrote, “\w Come|strong="H1980"\w* here \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w let|strong="H7971"\w*’s talk \w together|strong="H3289"\w*.”   
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\v 18 \w But|strong="H4428"\w* Jehoash replied \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Amaziah, “\w One|strong="H1121"\w* \w time|strong="H3478"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w thistle|strong="H2336"\w* growing \add in the mountains\add* \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 tree saying, ‘\w Let|strong="H7971"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w marry|strong="H5414"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*.’ \w But|strong="H4428"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w wild|strong="H7704"\w* \w animal|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* \w under|strong="H7429"\w* \w its|strong="H5414"\w* \w feet|strong="H7429"\w*.  
\v 19  \add The meaning of what I am saying is that\add* \w you|strong="H5973"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* saying \w to|strong="H3820"\w* \w yourself|strong="H5307"\w* \w that|strong="H5307"\w* \w your|strong="H5375"\w* \w army|strong="H3427"\w* \w has|strong="H3820"\w* \w defeated|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w army|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* Edom, \w so|strong="H6258"\w* \w you|strong="H5973"\w* \w have|strong="H3063"\w* \w become|strong="H5375"\w* \w very|strong="H6258"\w* \w proud|strong="H5375"\w*. \w But|strong="H2009"\w* \w you|strong="H5973"\w* \w should|strong="H4100"\w* \w stay|strong="H3427"\w* \w at|strong="H3427"\w* \w your|strong="H5375"\w* \w home|strong="H1004"\w*. \w It|strong="H5375"\w* \w would|strong="H4100"\w* \w not|strong="H5375"\w* \w be|strong="H3820"\w* \w good|strong="H4100"\w* \w for|strong="H3427"\w* \w you|strong="H5973"\w* \w to|strong="H3820"\w* cause \w trouble|strong="H7451"\w*, \w which|strong="H1004"\w* \w would|strong="H4100"\w* result \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w you|strong="H5973"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w your|strong="H5375"\w* kingdom \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w being|strong="H1004"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H5221"\w*.”   
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\v 20 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* Amaziah \w refused|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w heed|strong="H8085"\w* Jehoash’s message. \w That|strong="H3588"\w* happened \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w God|strong="H5414"\w* \w wanted|strong="H4616"\w* Jehoash’s army \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w defeat|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H3027"\w* worshiping \w the|strong="H8085"\w* gods \w of|strong="H3027"\w* Edom.  
\v 21 \w So|strong="H5927"\w* Jehoash’s \w army|strong="H5927"\w* \w attacked|strong="H5927"\w*. \w Their|strong="H6440"\w* two armies \w faced|strong="H6440"\w* each other \w at|strong="H3478"\w* \w Beth-Shemesh|strong="H1053"\w* \add city\add* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.  
\v 22 \w The|strong="H6440"\w* army \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* badly \w defeated|strong="H5062"\w* \w by|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* army \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w all|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* soldiers \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w their|strong="H6440"\w* homes.  
\v 23 \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Jehoash’s \w army|strong="H3389"\w* \w also|strong="H3478"\w* \w captured|strong="H8610"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Amaziah \w there|strong="H5704"\w*. \w Then|strong="H4428"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w brought|strong="H3478"\w* Amaziah \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w his|strong="H3478"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H3967"\w* \w tore|strong="H6555"\w* \w down|strong="H6555"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* \add that was around the city\add*, \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="H6437"\w* \w Gate|strong="H8179"\w*. \w That|strong="H3478"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* section \w that|strong="H3478"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w about|strong="H4428"\w* 600 feet \w long|strong="H5704"\w*.  
\v 24 \w His|strong="H3605"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H1121"\w* \w also|strong="H4428"\w* \w carried|strong="H7725"\w* \w away|strong="H7725"\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 other|strong="H3605"\w* valuable \w furnishings|strong="H3627"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w which|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Obed-Edom|strong="H5654"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* previously \w been|strong="H3605"\w* guarding. \w They|strong="H3605"\w* \w also|strong="H4428"\w* \w took|strong="H7725"\w* \w away|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* valuable \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w took|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w some|strong="H3605"\w* prisoners whom \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* captured.   
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\v 25 \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Jehoash \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Amaziah \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w lived|strong="H2421"\w* \w for|strong="H4191"\w* 15 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w after|strong="H8141"\w* \w that|strong="H3478"\w*.  
\v 26 \w An|strong="H4428"\w* \w account|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w all|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* other \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H1697"\w* Amaziah \w did|strong="H3478"\w* \w while|strong="H5921"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \add of Judah\add* \w is|strong="H1697"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w scroll|strong="H5612"\w* called ‘\w The|strong="H5921"\w* History \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* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*’.  
\v 27 \w From|strong="H5493"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* Amaziah started \w to|strong="H4191"\w* disobey \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w some|strong="H8033"\w* men \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* planned \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w kill|strong="H4191"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*. \w He|strong="H8033"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* able \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w escape|strong="H5127"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w Lachish|strong="H3923"\w* \add city\add*, \w but|strong="H4191"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* wanted \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w kill|strong="H4191"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* another group \w of|strong="H3068"\w* people \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w Lachish|strong="H3923"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w killed|strong="H4191"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*.  
\v 28 \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w put|strong="H5375"\w* \w his|strong="H5375"\w* corpse \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w horse|strong="H5483"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w brought|strong="H5375"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* back \w to|strong="H5921"\w* Jerusalem \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w where|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5375"\w* ancestors \add had been buried\add* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w part|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* Jerusalem called ‘\w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w City|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w David|strong="H5973"\w*’.   
\c 26  
\s1 King Uzziah of Judah  
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\v 1-2 After King Amaziah died, all the people of Judah appointed his son Uzziah, who then was 16 years old, as their king. \add One of the things that happened\add* while he was the king \add was that\add* his men captured Elath \add town on the Gulf of Aqaba\add* and rebuilt it.   
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\v 3 \w Uzziah|strong="H5818"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w for|strong="H8034"\w* 52 \w years|strong="H8141"\w*. \w His|strong="H4480"\w* mother \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w Jecoliah|strong="H3203"\w*; \w she|strong="H8147"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.  
\v 4 Uzziah \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* considered \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w good|strong="H5869"\w*, \w like|strong="H6213"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* father Amaziah \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\v 5 \w He|strong="H3117"\w* tried \w to|strong="H3068"\w* please \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w while|strong="H1961"\w* \add the priest\add* \w Zechariah|strong="H2148"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* living, \w because|strong="H3117"\w* \w Zechariah|strong="H2148"\w* \w taught|strong="H7200"\w* \w him|strong="H7200"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* revere \w God|strong="H3068"\w*. \w As|strong="H3117"\w* \w long|strong="H3117"\w* \w as|strong="H3117"\w* Uzziah tried \w to|strong="H3068"\w* please \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w God|strong="H3068"\w* enabled \w him|strong="H7200"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w successful|strong="H6743"\w*.   
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\v 6 Uzziah \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w his|strong="H1129"\w* army \w started|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* \w against|strong="H3898"\w* \w the|strong="H1129"\w* army \w of|strong="H5892"\w* Philistia. \w They|strong="H3318"\w* \w tore|strong="H6555"\w* \w down|strong="H6555"\w* \w the|strong="H1129"\w* \w walls|strong="H2346"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w Gath|strong="H1661"\w*, \w Jabneh|strong="H2996"\w*, \w and|strong="H5892"\w* Ashdod \add cities\add*. \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w they|strong="H3318"\w* \w rebuilt|strong="H1129"\w* \w the|strong="H1129"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* near Ashdod \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H5892"\w* other places \w in|strong="H5892"\w* Philistia.  
\v 7 God \w helped|strong="H5826"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* fight \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w army|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* Philistia \w and|strong="H6430"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Arabs|strong="H6163"\w* \w who|strong="H3427"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \add the town of\add* \w Gur-Baal|strong="H1485"\w* \w and|strong="H6430"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* descendants \w of|strong="H3427"\w* Meun \w who|strong="H3427"\w* \w had|strong="H6430"\w* come \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H6430"\w* area \w from|strong="H5921"\w* Edom.  
\v 8 \w Even|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w Ammon|strong="H5984"\w* \add people-group\add* \w paid|strong="H5414"\w* taxes \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Uzziah|strong="H5818"\w* \w each|strong="H5414"\w* year. \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w Uzziah|strong="H5818"\w* \w became|strong="H2388"\w* \w famous|strong="H8034"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w far|strong="H5704"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* border \w of|strong="H8034"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H3588"\w* become \w very|strong="H5704"\w* \w powerful|strong="H2388"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w Uzziah|strong="H5818"\w*’s \add workers\add* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* watchtowers \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Corner|strong="H6438"\w* \w Gate|strong="H8179"\w*, \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Valley|strong="H1516"\w* \w Gate|strong="H8179"\w*, \w and|strong="H3389"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* place \w where|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* wall \w turns|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H3389"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* placed weapons \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\v 10 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w also|strong="H3588"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* watchtowers \w in|strong="H7227"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w* \w and|strong="H2022"\w* dug \w many|strong="H7227"\w* wells. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H2022"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \add to provide water\add* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lot \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* king’s \w cattle|strong="H4735"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H7227"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w foothills|strong="H8219"\w* \w and|strong="H2022"\w* \w in|strong="H7227"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w plains|strong="H4334"\w*. Uzziah liked farming, \w so|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w also|strong="H3588"\w* stationed \w workers|strong="H1129"\w* \add to take care of\add* \w his|strong="H1961"\w* fields \w and|strong="H2022"\w* vineyards \w in|strong="H7227"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w hills|strong="H2022"\w* \w and|strong="H2022"\w* \w in|strong="H7227"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* fertile areas.   
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\v 11 \w Uzziah|strong="H5818"\w*’s \w army|strong="H2428"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w trained|strong="H6635"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w fighting|strong="H4421"\w* \w battles|strong="H4421"\w*. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* groups \w that|strong="H4428"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* always \w ready|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w go|strong="H3318"\w* \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*. \w Jeiel|strong="H3273"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s \w secretary|strong="H5608"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w Maaseiah|strong="H4641"\w*, \w one|strong="H6213"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w* \w officers|strong="H7860"\w*, \w counted|strong="H5608"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w men|strong="H2428"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w placed|strong="H1961"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* groups. \w Hananiah|strong="H2608"\w*, \w one|strong="H6213"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s \w officials|strong="H8269"\w*, \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w commander|strong="H8269"\w*.  
\v 12 \w There|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H2428"\w* 2,600 \w leaders|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H7218"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w groups|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H7218"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H2428"\w*.  
\v 13 \w In|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* groups \w that|strong="H4428"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* leaders commanded there \w were|strong="H3027"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* total \w of|strong="H4428"\w* 307,500 well-trained \w soldiers|strong="H2428"\w*. \w It|strong="H5921"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H2428"\w* \w powerful|strong="H3581"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w* \w which|strong="H2428"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w ready|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w help|strong="H5826"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w fight|strong="H4421"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w enemies|strong="H3027"\w*.  
\v 14 \w Uzziah|strong="H5818"\w* gave \w to|strong="H3559"\w* \w each|strong="H3605"\w* \w soldier|strong="H6635"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w shield|strong="H4043"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w spear|strong="H7420"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w helmet|strong="H3553"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* vest \w made|strong="H3559"\w* \w of|strong="H6635"\w* iron plates, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w bow|strong="H7198"\w* \add and arrows\add*, \w and|strong="H4043"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* slingshot.  
\v 15 \w In|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* skilled \w workers|strong="H6213"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* machines \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w put|strong="H6213"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* watchtowers \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w corners|strong="H6438"\w* \add of the walls\add*, \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w shoot|strong="H3384"\w* \w arrows|strong="H2678"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* hurl \w large|strong="H1419"\w* stones. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w became|strong="H1961"\w* \w very|strong="H5704"\w* \w famous|strong="H8034"\w* \w even|strong="H5704"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w distant|strong="H7350"\w* places, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* God \w helped|strong="H5826"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w very|strong="H5704"\w* \w much|strong="H1419"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* enabled \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w very|strong="H5704"\w* \w powerful|strong="H2388"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w But|strong="H3820"\w* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* Uzziah \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H5704"\w* powerful, \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w became|strong="H4603"\w* \w very|strong="H5704"\w* \w proud|strong="H1361"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w led|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w being|strong="H3068"\w* punished. \w He|strong="H5704"\w* \w disobeyed|strong="H4603"\w* \w what|strong="H5921"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* commanded. \w He|strong="H5704"\w* \w went|strong="H3068"\w* \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w temple|strong="H1964"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w burn|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H7004"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \add where God had said that only the priests should burn\add* \w incense|strong="H7004"\w*.  
\v 17 \w Azariah|strong="H5838"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \add Supreme\add* \w Priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* 80 other \w brave|strong="H2428"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* followed \w him|strong="H5973"\w* into \w the|strong="H3068"\w* temple.  
\v 18 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* rebuked \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w said|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, “\w Uzziah|strong="H5818"\w*, \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w right|strong="H3068"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w burn|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \add honor\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*. \w That|strong="H3588"\w* \w duty|strong="H5921"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w only|strong="H3588"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, \w those|strong="H4480"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Aaron \add our first Supreme Priest\add*! \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w must|strong="H1121"\w* \w leave|strong="H3318"\w* \add immediately\add*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w disobeyed|strong="H4603"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w honor|strong="H3519"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \add for what you have done\add*!”   
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\v 19 \w Uzziah|strong="H5818"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* pan \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w burning|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H7004"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* became very angry \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, \w but|strong="H5973"\w* suddenly \w there|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w leprosy|strong="H6883"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w forehead|strong="H4696"\w*.  
\v 20 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w Azariah|strong="H5838"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \add Supreme\add* \w Priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \add who were there\add* \w looked|strong="H6437"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H3318"\w*, \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w saw|strong="H2009"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* leprosy \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w forehead|strong="H4696"\w*, \w so|strong="H3318"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w quickly|strong="H1765"\w* \w took|strong="H3318"\w* \w him|strong="H3318"\w* \w outside|strong="H3318"\w*. \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w truly|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* king \w was|strong="H3068"\w* eager \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w leave|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* temple, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* knew \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* caused \w him|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* leprosy, \add and he did not want it to become worse.\add*   
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\v 21 \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Uzziah|strong="H5818"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* leprosy \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w died|strong="H4194"\w*. \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* leprosy, \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H1961"\w* \w near|strong="H5921"\w* other \w houses|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H1961"\w* \w allowed|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w enter|strong="H8199"\w* \add the courtyard of\add* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*. \w His|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jotham|strong="H3147"\w* \w supervised|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Judah.   
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\v 22 \w A|strong="H3068"\w* \w record|strong="H3789"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H1697"\w* other \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H1697"\w* \w Uzziah|strong="H5818"\w* \w did|strong="H1697"\w* while \w he|strong="H1697"\w* \w was|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H1697"\w* king \add of Judah\add* \w was|strong="H1697"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w by|strong="H3789"\w* \w the|strong="H1697"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w Isaiah|strong="H3470"\w*, \w the|strong="H1697"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Amoz.  
\v 23 \w Because|strong="H3588"\w* \w Uzziah|strong="H5818"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w leper|strong="H6879"\w*, \add when he died,\add* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w would|strong="H4428"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w bury|strong="H6912"\w* \w him|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* tombs \w where|strong="H8478"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* other \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w*. \w Instead|strong="H8478"\w*, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* nearby cemetery \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* owned. \w Then|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H3588"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jotham|strong="H3147"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \add of Judah\add*.   
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\s1 King Jotham of Judah  
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\v 1 \w Jotham|strong="H3147"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* 25 \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 the|strong="H6659"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Judah. \w He|strong="H2568"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4427"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w for|strong="H8034"\w* 16 \w years|strong="H8141"\w*. \w His|strong="H3147"\w* mother \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w Jerushah|strong="H3388"\w*, \w the|strong="H6659"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \add the priest\add* \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w*.  
\v 2 Jotham \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w many|strong="H3808"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w pleased|strong="H5869"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* father \w Uzziah|strong="H5818"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w*. \w He|strong="H6213"\w* obeyed \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w right|strong="H3477"\w*. \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w many|strong="H3808"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* father \w Uzziah|strong="H5818"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*, \w but|strong="H7535"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* burn incense \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1964"\w*, \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* father \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*. \w However|strong="H7535"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Judah \w continued|strong="H5750"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* sin \w against|strong="H5869"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 3 Jotham’s \add workers\add* \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 temple|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lot \w of|strong="H1004"\w* work \w to|strong="H3068"\w* repair \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* near \w Ophel|strong="H6077"\w* \add Hill\add*.  
\v 4 \w They|strong="H5892"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H1129"\w* \w hills|strong="H2022"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w they|strong="H5892"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* forts \w and|strong="H3063"\w* defense \w towers|strong="H4026"\w* \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H1129"\w* \w forests|strong="H2793"\w*.   
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\v 5 During \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w time|strong="H8145"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* Jotham \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Judah, \w his|strong="H5414"\w* army \w attacked|strong="H3898"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* defeated \w the|strong="H5921"\w* army \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w* people-group. \w Then|strong="H5414"\w*, \w every|strong="H7725"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* during \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w next|strong="H5921"\w* \w three|strong="H7992"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* required \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Anmon people-group \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w pay|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* four tons \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, 60,000 bushels \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w wheat|strong="H2406"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* 60,000 bushels \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w barley|strong="H8184"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w Jotham|strong="H3147"\w* faithfully obeyed \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* result \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w became|strong="H2388"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* very \w powerful|strong="H2388"\w* \w king|strong="H6440"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w A|strong="H3068"\w* \w record|strong="H3789"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w else|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jotham|strong="H3147"\w* \w did|strong="H3478"\w* \w during|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w time|strong="H4421"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w including|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w wars|strong="H4421"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H4421"\w* fought, \w is|strong="H1697"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w scroll|strong="H5612"\w* called ‘\add the History of\add* \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*’.  
\v 8 \w After|strong="H1961"\w* Jotham \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4427"\w* Judah \w for|strong="H1121"\w* 16 \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, \w he|strong="H2568"\w* died \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H2568"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* 41 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w*.  
\v 9 \w He|strong="H1732"\w* \w was|strong="H1732"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w in|strong="H6912"\w* Jerusalem, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* Ahaz \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w* \add of Judah\add*.   
\c 28  
\s1 King Ahaz of Judah  
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\v 1 Ahaz \w was|strong="H3068"\w* 20 \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 the|strong="H6213"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w* \add of Judah\add*. \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4427"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* 16 \w years|strong="H8141"\w*. \w His|strong="H3068"\w* ancestor \w King|strong="H4427"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w good|strong="H5869"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* Ahaz \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*. \w He|strong="H6213"\w* constantly disobeyed \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*  
\v 2 \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w as|strong="H6213"\w* sinful \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* been. \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* idols \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* god \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*.  
\v 3 \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w burned|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Hinnom|strong="H2011"\w* \w Valley|strong="H1516"\w*. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* even \add killed some of\add* \w his|strong="H6440"\w* \w own|strong="H6440"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \add and\add* \w offered|strong="H6999"\w* \add them\add* \w as|strong="H6440"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H6999"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* \w completely|strong="H3423"\w* \w burned|strong="H6999"\w*. \w That|strong="H1931"\w* imitated \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w disgusting|strong="H8441"\w* customs \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* people-groups \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w previously|strong="H6440"\w* lived \w there|strong="H6440"\w*, \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w whom|strong="H6440"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w expelled|strong="H3423"\w* \w as|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* Israelis advanced through \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w*.  
\v 4 Ahaz \w offered|strong="H2076"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H6999"\w* \add to idols\add* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* shrines \w on|strong="H5921"\w* hilltops \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w under|strong="H8478"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* big \w green|strong="H7488"\w* \w tree|strong="H6086"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w Therefore|strong="H1571"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w allowed|strong="H5414"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* army \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* \w defeated|strong="H5221"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* army \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Syria. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w captured|strong="H7617"\w* \w many|strong="H1419"\w* soldiers \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Judah \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w took|strong="H7617"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w as|strong="H1571"\w* prisoners \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w*.  
\p \w The|strong="H5414"\w* army \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w defeated|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* army \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Judah \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w very|strong="H1419"\w* \w many|strong="H1419"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* soldiers.  
\v 6 \w In|strong="H3068"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Remaliah|strong="H7425"\w*’s \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, King \w Pekah|strong="H6492"\w* \add of Israel\add*, \w killed|strong="H2026"\w* 120,000 \w soldiers|strong="H2428"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*. \w That|strong="H3605"\w* happened \w because|strong="H3605"\w* \add the people of\add* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w abandoned|strong="H5800"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* whom \w their|strong="H3605"\w* ancestors \add worshiped\add*.  
\v 7 \w Zicri|strong="H2147"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w warrior|strong="H1368"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H2026"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ephraim, \w killed|strong="H2026"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* Ahaz’s \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Maaseiah|strong="H4641"\w*, \w Azrikam|strong="H5840"\w* \w the|strong="H2026"\w* \w officer|strong="H5057"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* charge \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H2026"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* Elkanah, \w the|strong="H2026"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s assistant.  
\v 8 \w The|strong="H1571"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H3967"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w captured|strong="H7617"\w* 200,000 \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1571"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Judah, \w including|strong="H1571"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* wives \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* \add of the soldiers of Judah\add*. \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w seized|strong="H7617"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w took|strong="H7617"\w* back \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* valuable \w things|strong="H7227"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w whose|strong="H8034"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* Obed \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \add in Samaria\add*. \w He|strong="H5704"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* city \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w meet|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w army|strong="H6635"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* returned \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*. \w He|strong="H5704"\w* \w said|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*, “\w Because|strong="H5921"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w whom|strong="H6440"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors \add belonged to\add*, \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w angry|strong="H2534"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \add the people of\add* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w allowed|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w defeat|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*. \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* seen \w the|strong="H6440"\w* cruel \w way|strong="H6440"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* slaughtered \w them|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\v 10 \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w you|strong="H5973"\w* \w want|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \add sin by\add* causing \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w women|strong="H8198"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* become \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w slaves|strong="H5650"\w*, \w but|strong="H7535"\w* \w you|strong="H5973"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w certainly|strong="H3808"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* sinned \w against|strong="H5973"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*!  
\v 11 \w So|strong="H7725"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w me|strong="H7725"\w*! Send \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \add to Judah\add* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* fellow-countrymen \w whom|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w captured|strong="H7617"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* extremely angry \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \add for what you did to them\add*.”   
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\v 12 \w Then|strong="H6965"\w* \w some|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w leaders|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \add the tribe of\add* Ephraim—\w Azariah|strong="H5838"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehohanan|strong="H3076"\w*, Berekiah \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Meshillemoth|strong="H4919"\w*, \w Jehizkiah|strong="H3169"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shallum|strong="H7967"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Amasa|strong="H6021"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hadlai|strong="H2311"\w*—rebuked \w those|strong="H4480"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* returning \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w battle|strong="H6635"\w*.  
\v 13 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* said \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, “\w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w must|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w bring|strong="H3254"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* prisoners \w here|strong="H2008"\w*! \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* consider \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* guilty \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w sinning|strong="H2403"\w*. \w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* already guilty \w of|strong="H3068"\w* committing \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w*; \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w want|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* cause \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w even|strong="H3588"\w* \w more|strong="H3254"\w* guilty \w by|strong="H5921"\w* committing \w another|strong="H3254"\w* \w sin|strong="H2403"\w*? \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* already \w very|strong="H7227"\w* angry \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \add us people of\add* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*!”   
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\v 14 \w So|strong="H5800"\w*, while \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w leaders|strong="H8269"\w* \w and|strong="H6440"\w* others \w were|strong="H8269"\w* watching, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H2502"\w* released \w the|strong="H3605"\w* prisoners, \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w also|strong="H8269"\w* gave back \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* valuable \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H8269"\w* captured.  
\v 15 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* leaders \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H5892"\w* selected \w took|strong="H2388"\w* \w some|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w clothes|strong="H3847"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* soldiers had \w taken|strong="H2388"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* prisoners \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w gave|strong="H8248"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w clothes|strong="H3847"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* people \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H5892"\w* \w naked|strong="H4636"\w*. \w They|strong="H3605"\w* \w also|strong="H8034"\w* \w gave|strong="H8248"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* prisoners \w sandals|strong="H5274"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w clothes|strong="H3847"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* eat \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w drink|strong="H8248"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w gave|strong="H8248"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w* olive oil \w to|strong="H7725"\w* rub \w on|strong="H3847"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* wounds. \w They|strong="H3605"\w* \w gave|strong="H8248"\w* \w donkeys|strong="H2543"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H5892"\w* very \w weak|strong="H3782"\w*, \w in|strong="H3847"\w* order \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w could|strong="H6965"\w* ride \w on|strong="H3847"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w*. \w Then|strong="H6965"\w* \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w led|strong="H5095"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* had many \w palm|strong="H8558"\w* \w trees|strong="H8558"\w*. \w Then|strong="H6965"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* leaders \add of Israel\add* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w About|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w*, \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Ahaz \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \add a message\add* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria requesting \w help|strong="H5826"\w*.  
\v 17  \add He did that because the army from\add* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* Edom people-group \w had|strong="H3063"\w* \w come|strong="H5750"\w* \w again|strong="H5750"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w attacked|strong="H5221"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w taken|strong="H7617"\w* \w away|strong="H7617"\w* many \w of|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* people \w of|strong="H5221"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w as|strong="H3063"\w* \w prisoners|strong="H7628"\w*.  
\v 18 \w At|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H8033"\w* same time, men \w from|strong="H6430"\w* Philistia \w had|strong="H3063"\w* \w raided|strong="H6584"\w*/attacked \w towns|strong="H1323"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H8033"\w* \w foothills|strong="H8219"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H8033"\w* \w southern|strong="H5045"\w* desert \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*. \w They|strong="H8033"\w* \w had|strong="H3063"\w* \w captured|strong="H3920"\w* \w Beth-Shemesh|strong="H1053"\w*, Aijalon, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Gederoth|strong="H1450"\w* \add cities\add*, \w as|strong="H3063"\w* well \w as|strong="H3063"\w* \w Soco|strong="H7755"\w*, \w Timnah|strong="H8553"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Gimzo|strong="H1579"\w* \add towns\add* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H8033"\w* nearby \w villages|strong="H1323"\w*.  
\v 19 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \add allowed those things to happen in order to\add* \w humble|strong="H3665"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* Ahaz, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* encouraged \w the|strong="H3588"\w* people \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* wicked \w things|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w disobeyed|strong="H4603"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H4604"\w* much.  
\v 20 \w Tiglath-Pileser|strong="H8407"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria, sent \add his army saying that they would\add* \w help|strong="H2388"\w* Ahaz, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w instead|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* helping \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w they|strong="H5921"\w* caused \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* experience trouble.  
\v 21 Ahaz’s \add soldiers\add* \w took|strong="H5414"\w* some \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \add valuable\add* \w things|strong="H3808"\w* \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s \w palace|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w from|strong="H3068"\w* other \w leaders|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Judah \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w sent|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria \add to pay him to help them\add*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria \w refused|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w help|strong="H5833"\w* Ahaz.   
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\v 22 \w While|strong="H1931"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Ahaz \w was|strong="H3068"\w* experiencing \w those|strong="H1931"\w* troubles, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w disobeyed|strong="H4603"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w even|strong="H3254"\w* \w more|strong="H3254"\w*.  
\v 23 \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w offered|strong="H2076"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2076"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* gods \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* worshiped \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w*, \w whose|strong="H3605"\w* \add army\add* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w defeated|strong="H5221"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \add army\add*. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* thought, “\w The|strong="H3605"\w* gods \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* worshiped \w by|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Syria \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w helped|strong="H5826"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*, \w so|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w offer|strong="H2076"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2076"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w those|strong="H1992"\w* gods \w in|strong="H3478"\w* order \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w help|strong="H5826"\w* \w me|strong="H5221"\w*.” \w But|strong="H3588"\w* worshiping \w those|strong="H1992"\w* gods \w caused|strong="H1961"\w* Ahaz \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w ruined|strong="H5221"\w*.   
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\v 24 Ahaz \w gathered|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w furnishings|strong="H3627"\w* \add that were used\add* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* broke \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \w into|strong="H6213"\w* \w pieces|strong="H7112"\w*. \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w locked|strong="H5462"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w doors|strong="H1817"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w set|strong="H6213"\w* \w up|strong="H5462"\w* \w altars|strong="H4196"\w* \add for worshiping idols\add* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* street \w corner|strong="H6438"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.  
\v 25 \w In|strong="H3068"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w town|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w workers|strong="H6213"\w* \w built|strong="H6213"\w* shrines \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w burn|strong="H6999"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H6999"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* gods, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w caused|strong="H6213"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* whom \w their|strong="H3605"\w* ancestors \add worshiped\add*, \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H6213"\w* \w angry|strong="H3707"\w*.   
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\v 26 \w A|strong="H3068"\w* \w record|strong="H3789"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* Ahaz \w did|strong="H3478"\w* \w while|strong="H5921"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w when|strong="H5921"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* started \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w rule|strong="H4428"\w* \w until|strong="H5921"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* died, \w is|strong="H1697"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w scroll|strong="H5612"\w* called ‘\w The|strong="H3605"\w* History \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* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*’.  
\v 27 Ahaz died \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w tombs|strong="H6913"\w* \w where|strong="H8478"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* other \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \add had been buried\add*. \w Then|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H3478"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.   
\c 29  
\s1 King Hezekiah of Judah  
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\v 1 \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* 25 \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 the|strong="H8034"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w* \add of Judah\add*. \w He|strong="H2568"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4427"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w for|strong="H8034"\w* 29 \w years|strong="H8141"\w*. \w His|strong="H2396"\w* mother \w was|strong="H8034"\w* Abijah, \w the|strong="H8034"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \add a man whose name was\add* \w Zechariah|strong="H2148"\w*.  
\v 2 Hezekiah \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* considered \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w right|strong="H3477"\w*, \w like|strong="H6213"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* ancestor King \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*.   
\s1 Hezekiah purified the temple  
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\v 3 During March \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w first|strong="H7223"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2388"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* ruling Judah, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* unlocked \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w doors|strong="H1817"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* workers \w repaired|strong="H2388"\w* \w them|strong="H2388"\w*.  
\v 4 \w Then|strong="H3548"\w* \w he|strong="H4217"\w* gathered \w the|strong="H3548"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w and|strong="H3548"\w* other descendants \w of|strong="H3548"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w* \w in|strong="H3881"\w* \w the|strong="H3548"\w* area on \w the|strong="H3548"\w* \w east|strong="H4217"\w* \w side|strong="H4217"\w* \w of|strong="H3548"\w* \w the|strong="H3548"\w* temple,  
\v 5 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w them|strong="H3318"\w*, “\w You|strong="H4480"\w* \w descendants|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w*, \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w me|strong="H4480"\w*! \w Consecrate|strong="H6942"\w* \w yourselves|strong="H6942"\w*. \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w then|strong="H3318"\w* \w consecrate|strong="H6942"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* whom \w our|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors \add worshiped/belonged to\add*. \w Remove|strong="H3318"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w all|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w things|strong="H6944"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H8085"\w* pleasing \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 6 \w Our|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors \w disobeyed|strong="H4603"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*; \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* many \w things|strong="H7451"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w considered|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*, \w things|strong="H7451"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H5869"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* pleasing \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w*. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w abandoned|strong="H5800"\w* \w this|strong="H6213"\w* \w place|strong="H5414"\w* \w where|strong="H4908"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* lives, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w turned|strong="H5437"\w* \w away|strong="H5437"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\v 7 \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w locked|strong="H5462"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* \w doors|strong="H1817"\w* \w of|strong="H1817"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* temple \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w extinguished|strong="H3518"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* \w lamps|strong="H5216"\w*. \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w did|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w burn|strong="H6999"\w* \w any|strong="H1571"\w* \w incense|strong="H7004"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w did|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w offer|strong="H5927"\w* \w any|strong="H1571"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H6999"\w* \w that|strong="H3478"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* completely \w burned|strong="H6999"\w* \add on the altar\add*.  
\v 8 \w Therefore|strong="H5921"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w very|strong="H7110"\w* \w angry|strong="H7110"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w people|strong="H5869"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \add other places in\add* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w caused|strong="H5414"\w* other \w people|strong="H5869"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* frightened \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w horrified|strong="H2113"\w* \add when they hear what Yahweh did to punish us\add*. \w And|strong="H3063"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* ridicule \w us|strong="H5414"\w*. \w You|strong="H5414"\w* know \w this|strong="H5414"\w* \w very|strong="H7110"\w* \w well|strong="H5869"\w*.  
\v 9 \w That|strong="H1121"\w* \w is|strong="H2009"\w* \w why|strong="H5921"\w* \w our|strong="H5921"\w* fathers \w have|strong="H1121"\w* been \w killed|strong="H5307"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* battles, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w our|strong="H5921"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w our|strong="H5921"\w* wives \w have|strong="H1121"\w* been \w captured|strong="H7628"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w taken|strong="H7628"\w* \add to other countries\add*.  
\v 10 \w But|strong="H6258"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w I|strong="H6258"\w* intend \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w make|strong="H3772"\w* \w an|strong="H3772"\w* \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w in|strong="H3478"\w* order \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H4480"\w* longer \w be|strong="H3068"\w* angry \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w us|strong="H7725"\w*.  
\v 11  \add You who are like\add* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H1961"\w* waste \w any|strong="H6440"\w* \w time|strong="H6258"\w*. \add Do immediately what Yahweh wants you to do.\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* chosen \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w presence|strong="H6440"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w offer|strong="H6999"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H6999"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w burn|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H6999"\w*.”   
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\v 12 \w Then|strong="H6965"\w* \w these|strong="H6965"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w* \w started|strong="H6965"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* work \add in the temple\add*:  
\li1 From the descendants of Kohath there were Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah.  
\li1 From the descendants of Merari there were Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehallelel.  
\li1 From the descendants of Gershon there were Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah.   
\li1
\v 13 From the descendants of Elizaphan there were Shimri and Jeiel.  
\li1 From the descendants of Asaph there were Zechariah and Mattaniah.   
\li1
\v 14 From the descendants of Heman there were Jehiel and Shimei.  
\li1 From the descendants of Jeduthun there were Shemaiah and Uzziel.   
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\v 15 \w When|strong="H3068"\w* those men \w had|strong="H3068"\w* gathered \w their|strong="H3068"\w* fellow descendants \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Levi \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w consecrated|strong="H6942"\w* \w themselves|strong="H6942"\w*, \w they|strong="H3068"\w* entered \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w order|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w consecrate|strong="H6942"\w* \w it|strong="H6942"\w*. \w That|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H4687"\w* \w them|strong="H6942"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H1697"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* obeying \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H4687"\w*.  
\v 16 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w entered|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* consecrate \w it|strong="H3068"\w*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w brought|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w into|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w courtyard|strong="H2691"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3318"\w* pleasing \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*. \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w descendants|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w* \w took|strong="H3318"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* down \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Kidron|strong="H6939"\w* \w Valley|strong="H5158"\w* \add and burned them there\add*.  
\v 17 \w The|strong="H3068"\w* priests \w and|strong="H3068"\w* other descendants \w of|strong="H1004"\w* Levi \w started|strong="H2490"\w* \w this|strong="H3068"\w* work \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w first|strong="H7223"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* March \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w finished|strong="H3615"\w* purifying \w the|strong="H3068"\w* courtyard \add of the temple\add* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w eighth|strong="H8083"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w finished|strong="H3615"\w* purifying \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w one|strong="H7223"\w* week later.   
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\v 18 \w Then|strong="H4428"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w went|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* reported, “\w We|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w purified|strong="H2891"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* parts \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w where|strong="H1004"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H5930"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w completely|strong="H3605"\w* burned, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w items|strong="H3627"\w* \w used|strong="H3605"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w table|strong="H7979"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* priests \w place|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* sacred bread, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \add used at that table\add*.  
\v 19 While Ahaz \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w disobeyed|strong="H4604"\w* \w what|strong="H3559"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* commanded, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w removed|strong="H2186"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* temple many \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \add that should be there\add*, \w but|strong="H4428"\w* \w now|strong="H2005"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w brought|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w* back \w and|strong="H3068"\w* placed \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* sacred \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*.”   
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\v 20 \w Early|strong="H7925"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* next \w morning|strong="H7925"\w*, \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* gathered together \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \add courtyard of the\add* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*.  
\v 21 \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w took|strong="H5927"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w bulls|strong="H6499"\w*, \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* rams, \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w male|strong="H3532"\w* \w lambs|strong="H3532"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w male|strong="H3532"\w* \w goats|strong="H5795"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w an|strong="H3068"\w* \w offering|strong="H2403"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* order \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* forgive \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* order \w to|strong="H3068"\w* purify \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w temple|strong="H4720"\w*. \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H5921"\w* commanded \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Aaron, \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w offer|strong="H5927"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* animals \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w sacrificed|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*.  
\v 22 So first \w the|strong="H7819"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w slaughtered|strong="H7819"\w* those \w bulls|strong="H1241"\w*, \w and|strong="H3548"\w* \w took|strong="H6901"\w* \w their|strong="H7819"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* \w and|strong="H3548"\w* \w sprinkled|strong="H2236"\w* \w it|strong="H7819"\w* \w on|strong="H4196"\w* \w the|strong="H7819"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*. \w Then|strong="H3548"\w* \w they|strong="H7819"\w* \w slaughtered|strong="H7819"\w* \w the|strong="H7819"\w* rams \w and|strong="H3548"\w* \w sprinkled|strong="H2236"\w* \w their|strong="H7819"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* \w on|strong="H4196"\w* \w the|strong="H7819"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*. \w Then|strong="H3548"\w* \w they|strong="H7819"\w* \w slaughtered|strong="H7819"\w* \w the|strong="H7819"\w* \w lambs|strong="H3532"\w* \w and|strong="H3548"\w* \w sprinkled|strong="H2236"\w* \w their|strong="H7819"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* \w on|strong="H4196"\w* \w the|strong="H7819"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*.  
\v 23 \w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w goats|strong="H8163"\w* \w that|strong="H4428"\w* \w were|strong="H3027"\w* slaughtered \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* \w an|strong="H6440"\w* \w offering|strong="H2403"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w order|strong="H3027"\w* \w that|strong="H4428"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w would|strong="H4428"\w* forgive \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* people \w were|strong="H3027"\w* \w brought|strong="H5066"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* others \w who|strong="H4428"\w* \w were|strong="H3027"\w* \w there|strong="H6440"\w*. \w Then|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* \w who|strong="H4428"\w* \w were|strong="H3027"\w* \w present|strong="H5066"\w* \w laid|strong="H5564"\w* \w their|strong="H5564"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* \w goats|strong="H8163"\w*.  
\v 24 \w Then|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w slaughtered|strong="H7819"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* goats \w and|strong="H3478"\w* splashed \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* order \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w would|strong="H3478"\w* \w forgive|strong="H3722"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H1818"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w committed|strong="H2398"\w*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w did|strong="H3478"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* commanded \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w would|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H3478"\w* \w completely|strong="H3605"\w* burned \add on the altar\add* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H5930"\w* \w should|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H3478"\w* \w made|strong="H3722"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H1818"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.   
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\v 25 \w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w then|strong="H4428"\w* told \w the|strong="H3588"\w* descendants \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w cymbals|strong="H4700"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w harps|strong="H3658"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w lyres|strong="H3658"\w*, obeying \w what|strong="H3588"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w Gad|strong="H1410"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H4687"\w*. \w Those|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H3881"\w* \w things|strong="H4687"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* told \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* descendants \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 26 \w So|strong="H5975"\w* \w the|strong="H5975"\w* descendants \w of|strong="H3627"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w* \add went and\add* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w in|strong="H5975"\w* \w the|strong="H5975"\w* temple, ready \w to|strong="H1732"\w* play \w the|strong="H5975"\w* \w musical|strong="H5975"\w* \w instruments|strong="H3627"\w* \w that|strong="H3548"\w* King \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w had|strong="H1732"\w* given \w to|strong="H1732"\w* \w them|strong="H5975"\w*. \w And|strong="H3548"\w* \w the|strong="H5975"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w were|strong="H3881"\w* ready \w to|strong="H1732"\w* blow \w their|strong="H5975"\w* \w trumpets|strong="H2689"\w*.   
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\v 27 \w Then|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* told \w some|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* priests \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w burn|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* animals \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* \w sacrificed|strong="H5927"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*. \w When|strong="H6256"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w started|strong="H2490"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w burn|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* animals, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H2490"\w* \w started|strong="H2490"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w sing|strong="H7892"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \add praise\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w while|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* other descendants \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Levi \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w playing|strong="H2490"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w instruments|strong="H3627"\w*.  
\v 28 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* people \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H7891"\w* \w there|strong="H5704"\w* \w bowed|strong="H7812"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w worship|strong="H7812"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w while|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w singers|strong="H7891"\w* \w sang|strong="H7891"\w* \w and|strong="H5930"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w trumpeters|strong="H2689"\w* \w blew|strong="H2690"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w trumpets|strong="H2689"\w*. \w They|strong="H5704"\w* continued \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w do|strong="H3605"\w* \w this|strong="H3605"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w they|strong="H5704"\w* \w had|strong="H7891"\w* \w finished|strong="H3615"\w* slaughtering \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* animals \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w would|strong="H3605"\w* \w be|strong="H3605"\w* \w completely|strong="H3605"\w* burned.   
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\v 29 \w When|strong="H3615"\w* \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w finished|strong="H3615"\w* \w making|strong="H3605"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w offerings|strong="H5927"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H4428"\w* \w there|strong="H4672"\w* knelt \w down|strong="H7812"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w worshiped|strong="H7812"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 30 \w Then|strong="H4428"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w* commanded \w the|strong="H3068"\w* descendants \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w praise|strong="H1984"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, singing \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w songs|strong="H1984"\w* \add composed/written\add* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* Asaph \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophet|strong="H2374"\w*. \w So|strong="H1697"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w sang|strong="H1984"\w* \w songs|strong="H1984"\w* \w joyfully|strong="H8057"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w bowed|strong="H7812"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w heads|strong="H6915"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w worship|strong="H7812"\w*.   
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\v 31 \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w said|strong="H6030"\w*, “\w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* dedicated \w yourselves|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*. \w So|strong="H5066"\w* \w come|strong="H5066"\w* \w close|strong="H5066"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w bring|strong="H5066"\w* animals \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* sacrificed \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w thank|strong="H8426"\w* \add Yahweh for what he has done for you\add*.” \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* wanted \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w bring|strong="H5066"\w* animals \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* \w completely|strong="H3605"\w* burned \add on the altar\add* \w brought|strong="H5066"\w* \w them|strong="H3027"\w*.   
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\v 32 \w Altogether|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w brought|strong="H1961"\w* 70 \w bulls|strong="H1241"\w*, 100 rams, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* 200 \w male|strong="H3532"\w* \w lambs|strong="H3532"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w completely|strong="H3605"\w* burned \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* altar.  
\v 33 \w The|strong="H6942"\w* other animals \w that|strong="H1241"\w* \w they|strong="H6942"\w* brought \w were|strong="H6629"\w* 600 \w bulls|strong="H1241"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* 3,000 \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* goats \w that|strong="H1241"\w* \w were|strong="H6629"\w* \w set|strong="H6942"\w* \w apart|strong="H6942"\w* \w to|strong="H8337"\w* \w be|strong="H1241"\w* sacrifices.  
\v 34 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w enough|strong="H4592"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w remove|strong="H6584"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* skins \w from|strong="H3881"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w animals|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w would|strong="H3548"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w completely|strong="H3605"\w* burned \add on the altar\add*. \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* fellow descendants \w of|strong="H3615"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w* \w helped|strong="H2388"\w* \w them|strong="H3615"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w work|strong="H4399"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w finished|strong="H3615"\w*, \w and|strong="H3548"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w purified|strong="H6942"\w*/\w consecrated|strong="H6942"\w* \w themselves|strong="H6942"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w do|strong="H3201"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w work|strong="H4399"\w*. \w It|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* necessary \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w them|strong="H3615"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w do|strong="H3201"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w many|strong="H5704"\w* \w of|strong="H3615"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w yet|strong="H3588"\w* \w performed|strong="H4399"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* rituals \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w consecrate|strong="H6942"\w* \w themselves|strong="H6942"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w work|strong="H4399"\w*, \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* descendants \w of|strong="H3615"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w done|strong="H1961"\w*.   
\p
\v 35 \w In|strong="H3068"\w* \w addition|strong="H1571"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H7230"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w offerings|strong="H8002"\w* \w that|strong="H2459"\w* \w were|strong="H1571"\w* completely burned \add on the altar\add*, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* priests \w also|strong="H1571"\w* burned \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w fat|strong="H2459"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* other animals \w that|strong="H2459"\w* \w were|strong="H1571"\w* sacrificed \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w maintain|strong="H3559"\w* good fellowship \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* usual wine \w offerings|strong="H8002"\w*.  
\p \w So|strong="H1571"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* worship \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* began \w again|strong="H1571"\w*.  
\v 36 \w And|strong="H5971"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* Judah \w celebrated|strong="H8055"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* God \w had|strong="H1961"\w* enabled \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w do|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w very|strong="H8055"\w* quickly.   
\c 30  
\s1 Preparations to celebrate the Passover Festival  
\p
\v 1-3 The king and his officials and all the other people who had gathered in Jerusalem wanted to celebrate the Passover Festival. But they were not able to celebrate it at the usual time, because many of the priests had still not performed the rituals to purify themselves; therefore they were not allowed to do serve in the festival. Also, everyone had still not come to Jerusalem \add to celebrate the Passover\add*. So they decided to celebrate it one month later than usual.  
\v 4 \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 other|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5869"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w gathered|strong="H6951"\w* \w thought|strong="H5869"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H1697"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w good|strong="H3474"\w* \w plan|strong="H1697"\w*.  
\v 5 \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* decided \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w send|strong="H5674"\w* \w messages|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* towns \w in|strong="H3478"\w* Judah \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w from|strong="H3478"\w* Beersheba \add in the far south\add* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w* \add in the far north\add*, \w including|strong="H5704"\w* towns \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w tribes|strong="H5975"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Ephraim \w and|strong="H3478"\w* Manasseh, \w to|strong="H5704"\w* invite \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w come|strong="H5674"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* temple \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w celebrate|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Passover|strong="H6453"\w* \add Festival\add* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \add honor\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w whom|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \add worshiped/belonged to\add*. \w Many|strong="H7230"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w previously|strong="H3808"\w* \w celebrated|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* festival, \w even|strong="H5704"\w* \w though|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H3808"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \add in the laws of Moses that they should do that\add*.   
\p
\v 6 Obeying \w what|strong="H6413"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w commanded|strong="H4687"\w*, \w messengers|strong="H7323"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w throughout|strong="H3605"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, taking messages \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H3068"\w* written \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w*. \w This|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H6413"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* wrote:  
\pi1 “\w You|strong="H3605"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H1121"\w*, \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w survived|strong="H7604"\w* after \w being|strong="H1121"\w* \w slaves|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Assyria, \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* whom \add our great ancestors\add* Abraham, \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* Jacob \add worshiped/belonged to\add*, \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w order|strong="H3027"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w may|strong="H3068"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*. \w Your|strong="H3068"\w* fathers \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w brothers|strong="H1121"\w* \w did|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H7725"\w* faithfully obey \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* whom \w our|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors \add worshiped\add*.  
\v 7 \w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H5414"\w* \w act|strong="H4603"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H3068"\w*, \w because|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H7200"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H3068"\w* \w caused|strong="H5414"\w* other \w people|strong="H7200"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* disgusted \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\v 8 \w Do|strong="H5647"\w* \w not|strong="H5414"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* \w stubborn|strong="H7185"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors \w were|strong="H3027"\w*. \w Do|strong="H5647"\w* what \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* desires. \w Come|strong="H7725"\w* \add to Jerusalem\add* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w temple|strong="H4720"\w*, \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w set|strong="H5414"\w* \w apart|strong="H6942"\w* \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*. \w Do|strong="H5647"\w* what pleases \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w order|strong="H3027"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H4480"\w* \w longer|strong="H5769"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* angry \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\v 9 \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w captured|strong="H7617"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w brothers|strong="H1121"\w* \add and sisters\add* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* kind \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* allow \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w*. \w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* forget \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* kind \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w merciful|strong="H7349"\w*. \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*, \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w longer|strong="H3808"\w* \w reject|strong="H5493"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.”   
\p
\v 10 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w messengers|strong="H7323"\w* \w went|strong="H5674"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w all|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* tribes \w of|strong="H5892"\w* Ephraim \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*, \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w far|strong="H5704"\w* \add north\add* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w Zebulun|strong="H2074"\w*, \add and gave them this message,\add* \w but|strong="H1961"\w* most \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* people \w there|strong="H1961"\w* scorned \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* ridiculed \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\v 11 But some \w of|strong="H3389"\w* \w the|strong="H4519"\w* people \w of|strong="H3389"\w* \add the tribes of\add* Asher, \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*, \w and|strong="H3389"\w* \w Zebulun|strong="H2074"\w* \w humbled|strong="H3665"\w* \w themselves|strong="H3665"\w* \w and|strong="H3389"\w* went \w to|strong="H3389"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.  
\v 12 \w Also|strong="H1571"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* motivated \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w people|strong="H3820"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* united \w in|strong="H3068"\w* wanting \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* wanted \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*, \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w told|strong="H1697"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w sent|strong="H5414"\w*.   
\s1 They celebrated the Passover Festival  
\p
\v 13 \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w huge|strong="H7227"\w* \w crowd|strong="H6951"\w* \w of|strong="H6951"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w gathered|strong="H6213"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w May|strong="H5971"\w*, \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w celebrate|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w Festival|strong="H2282"\w* \w of|strong="H6951"\w* Eating \w Unleavened|strong="H4682"\w* \w Bread|strong="H4682"\w*.  
\v 14 \w They|strong="H3389"\w* \w removed|strong="H5493"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w altars|strong="H4196"\w* \add of Baal\add* \w in|strong="H5493"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w took|strong="H5493"\w* \w away|strong="H5493"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w altars|strong="H4196"\w* \w for|strong="H4196"\w* \w burning|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* \add to honor other gods, and burned them\add* \w in|strong="H5493"\w* \w Kidron|strong="H6939"\w* \w Valley|strong="H5158"\w*.   
\p
\v 15 \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w slaughtered|strong="H7819"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w Passover|strong="H6453"\w* lambs \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w fourteenth|strong="H6240"\w* \w day|strong="H2320"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w*. Some \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w other|strong="H8145"\w* descendants \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w* \w were|strong="H3881"\w* \w ashamed|strong="H3637"\w* \add because they had not performed the rituals to cause them to be acceptable to work for Yahweh\add*. \w So|strong="H6942"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* performed those rituals, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w brought|strong="H3548"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* animals \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* completely burned \add on the altar\add*.   
\p
\v 16 \w Then|strong="H4872"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w places|strong="H3027"\w* \w where|strong="H5921"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w had|strong="H4872"\w* written \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w laws|strong="H8451"\w* \w that|strong="H3548"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w should|strong="H3548"\w* \w stand|strong="H5975"\w*. \w Then|strong="H4872"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* descendants \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w* \w gave|strong="H4872"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \add bowls containing blood of the animals that were being sacrificed\add*, \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w sprinkled|strong="H2236"\w* \add the altar\add* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w some|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*.  
\v 17 \w Many|strong="H7227"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w crowd|strong="H6951"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w purified|strong="H6942"\w* \w themselves|strong="H6942"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w therefore|strong="H5921"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H3881"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* able \w to|strong="H3068"\w* kill \w the|strong="H3605"\w* lambs \add and dedicate them\add* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*. \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* necessary \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* descendants \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* kill \w the|strong="H3605"\w* lambs \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\v 18 \w Although|strong="H3588"\w* \w most|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w come|strong="H5971"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \add the tribes of\add* Ephraim, \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w Issachar|strong="H3485"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w purified|strong="H2891"\w* \w themselves|strong="H2896"\w*, \w they|strong="H3588"\w* ate \w the|strong="H5921"\w* food \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Passover|strong="H6453"\w* Festival anyway, ignoring \w the|strong="H5921"\w* rules \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \add by Moses\add*. \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w prayed|strong="H6419"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, saying “\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* always \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H2896"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w*; \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w pray|strong="H6419"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w forgive|strong="H3722"\w* everyone  
\v 19 \w who|strong="H3605"\w* sincerely wants \w to|strong="H3068"\w* honor \w you|strong="H3605"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* whom \w our|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors \add worshiped\add*, \w even|strong="H3808"\w* if \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* purified themselves \w by|strong="H3068"\w* obeying \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sacred|strong="H6944"\w* laws \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* gave \w to|strong="H3068"\w* us.”  
\v 20 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w what|strong="H8085"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* prayed; \w he|strong="H3068"\w* forgave \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \add and did not punish them\add*.   
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\v 21 \w The|strong="H6213"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w there|strong="H4672"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w celebrated|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w Festival|strong="H2282"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Eating \w Unleavened|strong="H4682"\w* \w Bread|strong="H4682"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*. \w They|strong="H3117"\w* \w rejoiced|strong="H8057"\w* \w greatly|strong="H1419"\w* \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w celebrated|strong="H6213"\w*, \w while|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* other \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w* \w sang|strong="H1984"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w every|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* played \w musical|strong="H3627"\w* \w instruments|strong="H3627"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \add praise\add* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 22 \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* thanked \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* descendants \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* doing \w this|strong="H1696"\w* work \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w very|strong="H2896"\w* skillfully leading \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3820"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H3881"\w* worshiping. \w For|strong="H5921"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3820"\w* ate \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Passover food \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w brought|strong="H3068"\w* \w offerings|strong="H8002"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* maintain fellowship \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w praised|strong="H3034"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* whom \w their|strong="H3605"\w* ancestors \add belonged to/had worshiped\add*.   
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\v 23 \w Then|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* group \w decided|strong="H3289"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w celebrate|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w more|strong="H6213"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, \w so|strong="H6213"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w*: \w They|strong="H3117"\w* \w celebrated|strong="H6213"\w* \w joyfully|strong="H8057"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w more|strong="H6213"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*.  
\v 24 \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* provided 1,000 \w bulls|strong="H6499"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* 7,000 \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w be|strong="H4428"\w* slaughtered \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* people \add to eat during the festival\add*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w* \w also|strong="H4428"\w* \w gave|strong="H7311"\w* \w them|strong="H6942"\w* 1,000 \w bulls|strong="H6499"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* 10,000 \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* goats. \w Many|strong="H7230"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w consecrated|strong="H6942"\w* \w themselves|strong="H6942"\w*.  
\v 25 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w rejoiced|strong="H8055"\w*, \w including|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* descendants \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w come|strong="H3478"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w including|strong="H3605"\w* \w some|strong="H3605"\w* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* countries \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w living|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w some|strong="H3605"\w* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* countries \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w living|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.  
\v 26 Everyone \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w very|strong="H1419"\w* joyful, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w nothing|strong="H3808"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w happened|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w since|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*’s \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.  
\v 27 \w The|strong="H8085"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* other descendants \w of|strong="H6963"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w* \w stood|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w God|strong="H8064"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w them|strong="H8085"\w* \w in|strong="H8085"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w holy|strong="H6944"\w* \w place|strong="H6944"\w* where \w he|strong="H5971"\w* lives.   
\c 31  
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\v 1 \w After|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* festival \w ended|strong="H3615"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Israelis \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w there|strong="H4672"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w smashed|strong="H7665"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* stones/\w pillars|strong="H4676"\w* \add for worshiping idols\add*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w cut|strong="H1438"\w* \w down|strong="H5422"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* poles \add for worshiping the goddess\add* Asherah. \w They|strong="H5704"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H3615"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* shrines \w on|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* hilltops \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w altars|strong="H4196"\w* \add of Baal\add* \w throughout|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* areas where \w the|strong="H3605"\w* tribes \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* lived, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w also|strong="H3478"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* areas \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* tribes \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ephraim \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*. \w After|strong="H3318"\w* destroying \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w*, \w they|strong="H5704"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* own \w towns|strong="H5892"\w*.   
\s1 The offerings for the priests and Levites  
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\v 2 \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* divided \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \add other\add* descendants \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w* \w into|strong="H5921"\w* groups. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w appointed|strong="H5975"\w* some \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* groups \w to|strong="H3068"\w* offer \w sacrifices|strong="H5930"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* completely burned \add on the altar\add* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w offerings|strong="H8002"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* maintain fellowship \add with Yahweh\add*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w appointed|strong="H5975"\w* some groups \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w other|strong="H6310"\w* \w work|strong="H5656"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* temple: some \w to|strong="H3068"\w* lead \w the|strong="H5921"\w* people \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* worship, some \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w thank|strong="H3034"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* some \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w sing|strong="H1984"\w* \w songs|strong="H1984"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w praise|strong="H1984"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* temple.  
\v 3 \w The|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w contributed|strong="H4521"\w* \w some|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* own funds \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w buy|strong="H7676"\w* animals \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* sacrificed \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w evening|strong="H6153"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* each \w day|strong="H2320"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="H7676"\w* \w days|strong="H4150"\w*, \w to|strong="H3068"\w* celebrate \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w new|strong="H2320"\w* \w moons|strong="H2320"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* during \w the|strong="H3068"\w* other \w feasts|strong="H4150"\w*, \w according|strong="H4480"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* what \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w laws|strong="H8451"\w* \add that Yahweh gave to Moses\add*.  
\v 4 \w Hezekiah|strong="H2388"\w* told \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w living|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* other descendants \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w portions|strong="H4521"\w* \add of meat\add* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*, \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w order|strong="H4616"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w could|strong="H5971"\w* \w devote|strong="H2388"\w* \w all|strong="H5414"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* time \w to|strong="H3068"\w* obeying \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w laws|strong="H8451"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 5 \w As|strong="H1697"\w* soon \w as|strong="H1697"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w told|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w*, \w they|strong="H1697"\w* generously \w gave|strong="H7235"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w first|strong="H1121"\w* \w part|strong="H4643"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w harvest|strong="H8393"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w grain|strong="H1715"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w first|strong="H1121"\w* \w part|strong="H4643"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w new|strong="H8492"\w* \w wine|strong="H8492"\w* \add that they produced\add*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \add olive\add* \w oil|strong="H3323"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w honey|strong="H1706"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w crops|strong="H8393"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w grew|strong="H1121"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w fields|strong="H7704"\w*. \w They|strong="H1697"\w* \w brought|strong="H3478"\w* \add to the temple\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w tenth|strong="H4643"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w crops|strong="H8393"\w*.  
\v 6 \w The|strong="H5414"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w living|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* various \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w brought|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w tenth|strong="H4643"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w cattle|strong="H1241"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w goats|strong="H1121"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w tenth|strong="H4643"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* other \w things|strong="H6944"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w dedicated|strong="H6942"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* piled \w all|strong="H5414"\w* \w those|strong="H1992"\w* \w things|strong="H6944"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w heaps|strong="H6194"\w*.  
\v 7 \w They|strong="H2320"\w* \w started|strong="H2490"\w* \w to|strong="H2490"\w* do that \w in|strong="H2320"\w* May \w and|strong="H2320"\w* \w finished|strong="H3615"\w* doing \w it|strong="H3615"\w* \w in|strong="H2320"\w* September.  
\v 8 \w When|strong="H7200"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w heaps|strong="H6194"\w*, \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w praised|strong="H1288"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \add requested God to\add* \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w But|strong="H3881"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w asked|strong="H1875"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w and|strong="H3548"\w* other descendants \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w*, “\w Why|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H3548"\w* \w these|strong="H3881"\w* \w heaps|strong="H6194"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* things \w here|strong="H5921"\w*?”  
\v 10 \w Then|strong="H2088"\w* \w Azariah|strong="H5838"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \add Supreme\add* \w Priest|strong="H3548"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* descendant \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w*, replied, “\w Since|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w time|strong="H5704"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w started|strong="H2490"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* bring \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w offerings|strong="H8641"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w even|strong="H5704"\w* \w more|strong="H7230"\w* \w food|strong="H1004"\w* \w than|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* need. \w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* happened \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w greatly|strong="H7230"\w* \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* fellow Israelis, \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* result \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H5704"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w left|strong="H3498"\w* \w over|strong="H3498"\w* \add after we priests and other descendants of Levi took all that we need\add*!”   
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\v 11 \w Then|strong="H3068"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w ordered|strong="H3559"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w prepare|strong="H3559"\w* storerooms \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*. \w So|strong="H3559"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 12 \w Then|strong="H8096"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* brought \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* storerooms \w all|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w tithes|strong="H4643"\w* \w and|strong="H6944"\w* \w offerings|strong="H8641"\w* \w and|strong="H6944"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w things|strong="H6944"\w* \w dedicated|strong="H6944"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \add which the people had brought\add*. One \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* descendants \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w* whose name \w was|strong="H5057"\w* \w Conaniah|strong="H3562"\w* \w was|strong="H5057"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w charge|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* \w things|strong="H6944"\w*, \w and|strong="H6944"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \add younger\add* brother \w Shimei|strong="H8096"\w* \w was|strong="H5057"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* assistant.  
\v 13 Those \w two|strong="H1004"\w* men supervised \w Jehiel|strong="H3171"\w*, \w Azaziah|strong="H5812"\w*, \w Nahath|strong="H5184"\w*, \w Asahel|strong="H6214"\w*, \w Jerimoth|strong="H3406"\w*, \w Jozabad|strong="H3107"\w*, Eliel, \w Ismakiah|strong="H3253"\w*, \w Mahath|strong="H4287"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w Benaiah|strong="H1141"\w* \w while|strong="H1004"\w* \w they|strong="H3027"\w* \w did|strong="H2396"\w* \w the|strong="H3027"\w* \w work|strong="H3027"\w*. \w They|strong="H3027"\w* \w were|strong="H3027"\w* \w appointed|strong="H4662"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w*; \w Azariah|strong="H5838"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w charge|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \add everything that was done in\add* \w the|strong="H3027"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w Kore|strong="H6981"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Imnah|strong="H3232"\w*, another \w descendant|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w*, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* guarded \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w east|strong="H4217"\w* gate \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* temple, \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w charge|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w offerings|strong="H5071"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w made|strong="H5414"\w* \w voluntarily|strong="H5071"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* distributed \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* priests \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \add other\add* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w offerings|strong="H5071"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* other \w things|strong="H6944"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w dedicated|strong="H6942"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 15 \w Eden|strong="H5731"\w*, \w Miniamin|strong="H4509"\w*, \w Jeshua|strong="H3442"\w*, \w Shemaiah|strong="H8098"\w*, Amariah \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w Shecaniah|strong="H7935"\w* faithfully assisted \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w where|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* lived. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* distributed \w those|strong="H5921"\w* \w things|strong="H1419"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* groups \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* fellow \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*; \w they|strong="H5921"\w* distributed \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* everyone, \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w youngest|strong="H6996"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w oldest|strong="H1419"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w They|strong="H3117"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* distributed \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w males|strong="H2145"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* least 30 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w*, \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w whose|strong="H1121"\w* names \w were|strong="H1121"\w* written \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* scrolls \w where|strong="H1004"\w* lists \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w* names \w were|strong="H1121"\w* written. \w They|strong="H3117"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w males|strong="H2145"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \add were allowed to\add* enter \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* perform \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w tasks|strong="H5656"\w*/\w work|strong="H5656"\w* \w each|strong="H3605"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w tasks|strong="H5656"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w each|strong="H3605"\w* group \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H3068"\w* \w assigned|strong="H5656"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 17 \w The|strong="H3548"\w* names \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3548"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w on|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3548"\w* scrolls \w where|strong="H1004"\w* \w their|strong="H3881"\w* \w clans|strong="H1004"\w*’ names \w were|strong="H1121"\w* written. \w They|strong="H8141"\w* \w also|strong="H1121"\w* distributed things \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w groups|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \add other\add* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w*, \w those|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H3548"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w at|strong="H1004"\w* least 20 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w*.  
\v 18 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w included|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w little|strong="H2945"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* wives \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* \w whose|strong="H1121"\w* names \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w on|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* scrolls where \w their|strong="H3605"\w* clans’ names \w were|strong="H1121"\w* written, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w also|strong="H1121"\w* faithfully \w had|strong="H3588"\w* \w dedicated|strong="H6942"\w* \w themselves|strong="H6942"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 19  \add Hezekiah\add* \w also|strong="H8034"\w* \w appointed|strong="H5414"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w distribute|strong="H5414"\w* \w portions|strong="H4490"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* offerings \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w living|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w pasturelands|strong="H4054"\w* around \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H5892"\w* Judah. \w But|strong="H3881"\w* \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w only|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Aaron \add the first Supreme Priest\add*, \w whose|strong="H1121"\w* \w names|strong="H8034"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w on|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* scrolls containing \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w names|strong="H8034"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* clans.   
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\v 20 \w That|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H2896"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w throughout|strong="H3605"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*. \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w always|strong="H3605"\w* faithfully \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* considered \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w right|strong="H3477"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w*.  
\v 21 \w In|strong="H6213"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* worship \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* obeyed God’s \w laws|strong="H8451"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w commands|strong="H4687"\w*, \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w tried|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* find \w out|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H4639"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* God \w wanted|strong="H3824"\w*, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w worked|strong="H6213"\w* energetically. \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w was|strong="H1004"\w* \w successful|strong="H6743"\w*.   
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\s1 The army of King Sennacherib of Assyria invaded Judah  
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\v 1 \w After|strong="H5921"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Hezekiah \w had|strong="H4428"\w* obeyed \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w instructions|strong="H1697"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w done|strong="H1697"\w* \w all|strong="H1697"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w*, \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Sennacherib|strong="H5576"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria \w came|strong="H3063"\w* \add with his army\add* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w invaded|strong="H1234"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*. \w He|strong="H5921"\w* commanded \w his|strong="H5921"\w* soldiers \w to|strong="H5921"\w* surround \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w that|strong="H1697"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* walls \w around|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, thinking \w that|strong="H1697"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w would|strong="H1697"\w* \add break through those walls and\add* conquer \w those|strong="H5921"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*.  
\v 2 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Sennacherib|strong="H5576"\w* \w had|strong="H3588"\w* come \add with his army\add* \w and|strong="H3389"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w intended|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w attack|strong="H4421"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*,  
\v 3-4 he consulted with his officials and army leaders. They said among themselves, “Why should \w we|strong="H3068"\w* allow the king of Assyria \add and his army\add* to come and find plenty of water to drink?” So they decided to stop the water from flowing outside the city. So \w a|strong="H3068"\w* large group of men gathered together and blocked all the springs and the stream that flowed through that area.  
\v 5 \w Then|strong="H6213"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w worked|strong="H2388"\w* hard \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w repair|strong="H2388"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* sections \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H1732"\w* \w been|strong="H5927"\w* \w broken|strong="H6555"\w*, \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* watchtowers \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w walls|strong="H2346"\w*. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* another \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* \w outside|strong="H2351"\w*/\w around|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H1732"\w* already \w outside|strong="H2351"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w strengthened|strong="H2388"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w defenses|strong="H7973"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* sloping terraces \add on the east side of the area called ‘The City of David’\add*. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w also|strong="H1732"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w large|strong="H7230"\w* \w number|strong="H7230"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w weapons|strong="H7973"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w shields|strong="H4043"\w*.   
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\v 6 Hezekiah \w appointed|strong="H5414"\w* \w army|strong="H5971"\w* \w commanders|strong="H8269"\w*, \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w he|strong="H5414"\w* \w gathered|strong="H6908"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* front \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w square|strong="H7339"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w one|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w gates|strong="H8179"\w*, \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w he|strong="H5414"\w* encouraged \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w saying|strong="H1696"\w* \w this|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*:  
\v 7 “\w Be|strong="H4428"\w* \w strong|strong="H2388"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w courageous|strong="H2388"\w*. \w Do|strong="H3605"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w be|strong="H4428"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \w or|strong="H3372"\w* \w discouraged|strong="H2865"\w* \w on|strong="H3605"\w* \w account|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w huge|strong="H1995"\w* \w army|strong="H1995"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \add Yahweh\add* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w us|strong="H6440"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \add power\add* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \w greater|strong="H7227"\w* \w than|strong="H3588"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \add power\add*.  
\v 8 \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* rely \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w power|strong="H2220"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* humans, \w but|strong="H4428"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w help|strong="H5826"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* \w battles|strong="H4421"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w*.” \w So|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w became|strong="H1697"\w* \w more|strong="H5921"\w* confident \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w said|strong="H1697"\w*.   
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\v 9 Later, \w when|strong="H7971"\w* \w Sennacherib|strong="H5576"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H5650"\w* \w were|strong="H3063"\w* surrounding \w Lachish|strong="H3923"\w* \add city\add*, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w some|strong="H3605"\w* \w officers|strong="H5650"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* give \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w message|strong="H3389"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H1931"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H3063"\w* \w there|strong="H2088"\w*:   
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\v 10 “\add I am\add* \w Sennacherib|strong="H5576"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \add great\add* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria, \add and\add* \w this|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w I|strong="H3541"\w* say: '\w While|strong="H3541"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* \w staying|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w my|strong="H5921"\w* soldiers \w are|strong="H4100"\w* surrounding \w the|strong="H5921"\w* city. \w So|strong="H3541"\w* \w why|strong="H4100"\w* [RHQ] \w are|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w so|strong="H3541"\w* confident?  
\v 11 \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* says \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*, “\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w save|strong="H5337"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w from|strong="H5337"\w* \add being defeated by the army of\add* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria,” \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w misleading|strong="H5496"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* wants \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \w from|strong="H5337"\w* \w having|strong="H3808"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* food \w or|strong="H3808"\w* water.  
\v 12 Isn’t \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* told \w his|strong="H6440"\w* men \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w get|strong="H5493"\w* rid \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w god|strong="H3808"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*’s shrines \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w altars|strong="H4196"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* hilltops, saying \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \add you people of\add* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* other \w places|strong="H1116"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, “\w You|strong="H6440"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w worship|strong="H7812"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* only \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w burn|strong="H6999"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H6999"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* only \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*”?   
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\v 13-14 'Do you people not know what I and my ancestors have done to all the people-groups in other countries? \add We destroyed them all, and\add* none of the gods of those nations were ever able to prevent my \add troops\add* from conquering them! So how can your god prevent my soldiers from conquering you?  
\v 15 \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H3201"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* allow \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w deceive|strong="H5377"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w*. \w Do|strong="H3201"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* believe \w what|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* says, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w god|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w* \w has|strong="H3027"\w* \w ever|strong="H3808"\w* \w been|strong="H3808"\w* \w able|strong="H3201"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w rescue|strong="H5337"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w being|strong="H5971"\w* conquered \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H5971"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w armies|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* ancestors. \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w certainly|strong="H3588"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w god|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w able|strong="H3201"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w rescue|strong="H5337"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w power|strong="H3027"\w*' .”   
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\v 16 Sennacherib’s \w officers|strong="H5650"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w more|strong="H5750"\w* things \w to|strong="H1696"\w* belittle \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Israelis \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w*, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* served \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \add well\add*.  
\v 17 \w King|strong="H5921"\w* Sennacherib \w wrote|strong="H3789"\w* \w more|strong="H3651"\w* \w letters|strong="H5612"\w* insulting \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w whom|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Israelis \add belonged to/worshiped\add*. \w He|strong="H3651"\w* \w said|strong="H3651"\w* \w things|strong="H3808"\w* \w like|strong="H3651"\w* \w this|strong="H3651"\w*: “\w The|strong="H5921"\w* gods \add worshiped by\add* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* people-groups \w in|strong="H5921"\w* other countries \w did|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w rescue|strong="H5337"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w power|strong="H3027"\w*. Similarly, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w god|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w rescue|strong="H5337"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w power|strong="H3027"\w*.”  
\v 18 \w Then|strong="H4616"\w* \w King|strong="H5921"\w* Sennachereb’s officers \w shouted|strong="H7121"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Hebrew \w language|strong="H3066"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w were|strong="H5971"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*, \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w order|strong="H4616"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w cause|strong="H5971"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w be|strong="H3389"\w* terrified, thinking \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w as|strong="H3389"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* result \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w army|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* Assyria \w could|strong="H5971"\w* \w capture|strong="H3920"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \add without a battle\add*.  
\v 19 \w They|strong="H5921"\w* belittled \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w God|strong="H3027"\w* \add worshiped by the people\add* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w as|strong="H3389"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* belittled \w the|strong="H5921"\w* gods \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* other people-groups \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* world—\w saying|strong="H1696"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w were|strong="H5971"\w* only \add idols\add* \w made|strong="H4639"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* humans.   
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\v 20 \w Then|strong="H4428"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w Isaiah|strong="H3470"\w* \w cried|strong="H2199"\w* \w out|strong="H2199"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w God|strong="H8064"\w*, \w praying|strong="H6419"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w*.  
\v 21 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \add that night\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w an|strong="H7971"\w* \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w killed|strong="H5307"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H2428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w leaders|strong="H8269"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w officers|strong="H8269"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w place|strong="H1004"\w* \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w set|strong="H7971"\w* \w up|strong="H4428"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w tents|strong="H4264"\w*. \w So|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria \w left|strong="H7725"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w own|strong="H4578"\w* country, \w very|strong="H2428"\w* disgraced. \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* day \w when|strong="H7725"\w* \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w went|strong="H3068"\w* \w into|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w god|strong="H3068"\w*, \w some|strong="H8033"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* sons \w struck|strong="H5307"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w swords|strong="H2719"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w killed|strong="H5307"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*.   
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\v 22 \w That|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* how \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* rescued \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w power|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Sennacherib|strong="H5576"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w enemies|strong="H3389"\w*. \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w took|strong="H4428"\w* \w care|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w them|strong="H3027"\w* (\w OR|strong="H3068"\w*, \w gave|strong="H3467"\w* \w them|strong="H3027"\w* peace) \w everywhere|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* country.  
\v 23 \w Many|strong="H7227"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w brought|strong="H5375"\w* \w offerings|strong="H4503"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w brought|strong="H5375"\w* \w valuable|strong="H4030"\w* \w gifts|strong="H4503"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w*. \w And|strong="H3063"\w* \w from|strong="H1471"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w time|strong="H7227"\w*, \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w highly|strong="H3651"\w* \w respected|strong="H5375"\w*/honored \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*.   
\s1 Hezekiah became proud  
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\v 24 \w About|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w*, \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w became|strong="H2470"\w* \w very|strong="H5704"\w* \w ill|strong="H2470"\w*. \w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w about|strong="H3117"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*. \w But|strong="H1992"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w prayed|strong="H6419"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* answered \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w prayer|strong="H6419"\w*. \w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w performed|strong="H4159"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w miracle|strong="H4159"\w* \add and healed Hezekiah\add*.  
\v 25 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* [SYN] \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w very|strong="H7110"\w* \w proud|strong="H1361"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H3063"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* thank \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w being|strong="H1961"\w* kind \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*. \w Therefore|strong="H5921"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w angry|strong="H7110"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \add and punished him\add* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \add the people of\add* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* other places \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.  
\v 26 \w Then|strong="H3068"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* said \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* sorry \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w being|strong="H3068"\w* proud, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* said \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w were|strong="H3117"\w* sorry \add for their sins\add*. \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* punish \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w during|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w remaining|strong="H3427"\w* \w years|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \add was their king\add*.   
\s1 Hezekiah became very rich  
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\v 27 \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w became|strong="H1961"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w rich|strong="H6239"\w* \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w greatly|strong="H3966"\w* \w honored|strong="H3519"\w*. \w His|strong="H3605"\w* \add workers\add* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* storerooms \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w valuable|strong="H3368"\w* stones, \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w spices|strong="H1314"\w* \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w shields|strong="H4043"\w* \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w valuable|strong="H3368"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w*.  
\v 28  \add His workers\add* also built buildings \w to|strong="H3605"\w* \w store|strong="H4543"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w grain|strong="H1715"\w* \w and|strong="H1715"\w* \w wine|strong="H8492"\w* \w and|strong="H1715"\w* \add olive\add* \w oil|strong="H3323"\w* \add that people produced and brought to him\add*. \w They|strong="H3605"\w* also \w made|strong="H3605"\w* stalls \w for|strong="H3605"\w* various \w kinds|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3605"\w* cattle \w and|strong="H1715"\w* pens \w for|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w flocks|strong="H5739"\w* \add of sheep and goats\add*.  
\v 29 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w built|strong="H6213"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w acquired|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* king \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w flocks|strong="H6629"\w* \add of sheep and goats\add* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w herds|strong="H1241"\w* \add of cattle\add*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w God|strong="H5414"\w* \w had|strong="H3588"\w* \w enabled|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w become|strong="H6213"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* rich.   
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\v 30 \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w was|strong="H1732"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* told \w his|strong="H3605"\w* workers \w to|strong="H1732"\w* block \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w place|strong="H3605"\w* where \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* flows \w out|strong="H4161"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Gihon|strong="H1521"\w* \w Spring|strong="H4161"\w*, \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w to|strong="H1732"\w* build \w a|strong="H3068"\w* tunnel \w through|strong="H3605"\w* \w which|strong="H1931"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w flowed|strong="H4325"\w* \w to|strong="H1732"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w west|strong="H4628"\w* \w side|strong="H4628"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* area called ‘\w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w City|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*’. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1732"\w* \w able|strong="H4639"\w* \w to|strong="H1732"\w* \w do|strong="H4639"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* wanted \w to|strong="H1732"\w* \w do|strong="H4639"\w*.  
\v 31 \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* messengers \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w rulers|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* Babylon \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w asked|strong="H7971"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w miracle|strong="H4159"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w God|strong="H7971"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w performed|strong="H4159"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w God|strong="H7971"\w* allowed Hezekiah \w to|strong="H7971"\w* say \w what|strong="H3045"\w* \w he|strong="H3651"\w* \w himself|strong="H3045"\w* \w wanted|strong="H3824"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* say, \w in|strong="H5921"\w* order \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w test|strong="H5254"\w* \add whether or not Hezekiah would admit that God had performed a miracle\add*.   
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\v 32 \w A|strong="H3068"\w* \w record|strong="H3789"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* other \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H1697"\w* \w happened|strong="H1697"\w* \w while|strong="H5921"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* ruling, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H1697"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w did|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* please God, \w is|strong="H2617"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w scroll|strong="H5612"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w which|strong="H1697"\w* \w is|strong="H2617"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w vision|strong="H2377"\w* \w that|strong="H1697"\w* \add Yahweh gave to\add* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w Isaiah|strong="H3470"\w*. \w It|strong="H5921"\w* \w is|strong="H2617"\w* \w also|strong="H3478"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w scroll|strong="H5612"\w* called ‘\w The|strong="H5921"\w* History \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*’.  
\v 33 \w When|strong="H6213"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w died|strong="H4194"\w*, \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w was|strong="H1732"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w tombs|strong="H6913"\w* \w where|strong="H8478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* most respected \w kings|strong="H4427"\w* \add of Judah\add* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w*. \w Everyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w places|strong="H8478"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w honored|strong="H3519"\w* \w him|strong="H6213"\w*. \w Then|strong="H6213"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w*.   
\c 33  
\s1 King Manasseh of Judah  
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\v 1 \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* 12 \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 the|strong="H1121"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w* \add of Judah\add*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H2568"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4427"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w for|strong="H1121"\w* 55 \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.  
\v 2 \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* many \w things|strong="H7451"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* considered \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*. \w He|strong="H6213"\w* imitated \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w disgusting|strong="H8441"\w* \w things|strong="H7451"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w formerly|strong="H6440"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* people-groups \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w expelled|strong="H3423"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w advanced|strong="H6213"\w* \add though the land\add*.  
\v 3 \w He|strong="H6213"\w* commanded \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w workers|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w rebuild|strong="H1129"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* shrines \add for worshiping idols\add* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* father \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w had|strong="H6635"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H5422"\w*. \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w told|strong="H6213"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w set|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w altars|strong="H4196"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \add honor\add* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* statues \w of|strong="H4196"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w altars|strong="H4196"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \add honor the goddess\add* Asherah. \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w bowed|strong="H7812"\w* \w down|strong="H5422"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \add worship\add* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* stars.  
\v 4 \w He|strong="H3068"\w* directed \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w workers|strong="H1129"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w altars|strong="H4196"\w* \add for foreign gods\add* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*, \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* said, “\w It|strong="H8034"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* here \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3068"\w* want people \w to|strong="H3068"\w* worship \w me|strong="H1961"\w*, \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*.”  
\v 5 \w He|strong="H3068"\w* directed \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w altars|strong="H4196"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \add worshiping\add* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* stars \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w both|strong="H8147"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w courtyards|strong="H2691"\w* \w outside|strong="H1129"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*.  
\v 6 \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w even|strong="H6213"\w* \w sacrificed|strong="H6213"\w* \add some of\add* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w own|strong="H5869"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* burned \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* fire \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Hinnom|strong="H2011"\w* \w Valley|strong="H1516"\w*. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w performed|strong="H6213"\w* rituals \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w practice|strong="H6213"\w* \w sorcery|strong="H3784"\w*. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* asked \w fortune-tellers|strong="H6049"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* advice. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w performed|strong="H6213"\w* \w witchcraft|strong="H6049"\w*. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* talked \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* consulted \w the|strong="H6213"\w* spirits \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* died \w to|strong="H3068"\w* find \w out|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H7451"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w happen|strong="H6213"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* future. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w many|strong="H7235"\w* \w things|strong="H7451"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* considered \w o|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H7235"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*, \w things|strong="H7451"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w caused|strong="H6213"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H6213"\w* \w very|strong="H7235"\w* \w angry|strong="H3707"\w*.   
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\v 7 Manasseh \w took|strong="H7760"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w carved|strong="H6213"\w* \w idol|strong="H6459"\w* \add that his workers had made\add* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*. \w That|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w concerning|strong="H3605"\w* \w which|strong="H1004"\w* God \w had|strong="H3478"\w* said \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*, “\w My|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* \w here|strong="H2088"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* city \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H7760"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* chosen \add where I want people to\add* \w worship|strong="H3478"\w* \w me|strong="H7760"\w*, \w forever|strong="H3605"\w*.  
\v 8 If \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w obey|strong="H8104"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w laws|strong="H8451"\w* \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w decrees|strong="H2706"\w* \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w regulations|strong="H4941"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w told|strong="H6680"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w give|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w again|strong="H3254"\w* \w force|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w leave|strong="H5493"\w* \w this|strong="H6213"\w* land \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w gave|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* ancestors.”  
\v 9 \w But|strong="H7451"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w led|strong="H8582"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* other places \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w things|strong="H7451"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w wrong|strong="H7451"\w*, \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w result|strong="H4480"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w more|strong="H4480"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w than|strong="H4480"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* people-groups \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* expelled \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w advanced|strong="H6213"\w* \add through the land\add*.   
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\v 10 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Judah, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w paid|strong="H7181"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w attention|strong="H7181"\w*.  
\v 11 \w So|strong="H5921"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* caused \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w army|strong="H6635"\w* \w commanders|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria \add and their soldiers\add* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \add come to Jerusalem, and they\add* \w captured|strong="H3920"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w put|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w hook|strong="H2336"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* nose \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w put|strong="H3068"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* \w chains|strong="H5178"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \add feet\add* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w took|strong="H3920"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* Babylon.  
\v 12 \w There|strong="H3068"\w*, while \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* suffering, \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w humbled|strong="H3665"\w* \w himself|strong="H3665"\w* \w greatly|strong="H3966"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w presence|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w whom|strong="H6440"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors \add worshiped\add*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* pleaded \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* help \w him|strong="H6440"\w*.  
\v 13 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w prayed|strong="H6419"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w him|strong="H7725"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* pitied \w him|strong="H7725"\w*. \w So|strong="H7725"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \add allowed him to\add* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \add to\add* \w rule|strong="H4438"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4438"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w*. \w Then|strong="H8085"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w realized|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \add an all-powerful\add* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 14 Later, \w Manasseh|strong="H1129"\w*’s \add workers\add* \w rebuilt|strong="H1129"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* eastern section \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w outer|strong="H2435"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* \w around|strong="H5437"\w* Jerusalem, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \add they\add* \w made|strong="H7760"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w* \w higher|strong="H1361"\w*. \w That|strong="H3605"\w* section extended \w from|strong="H5437"\w* \w Gihon|strong="H1521"\w* Spring \add north\add* \w to|strong="H1732"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Fish|strong="H1709"\w* \w Gate|strong="H8179"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w around|strong="H5437"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* part \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w called|strong="H7760"\w* \w Ophel|strong="H6077"\w* \add Hill\add*. \w Manasseh|strong="H1129"\w* \w also|strong="H1732"\w* \w appointed|strong="H7760"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w* \w officers|strong="H8269"\w* \w to|strong="H1732"\w* guard \w each|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H1732"\w* \w walls|strong="H2346"\w* \w around|strong="H5437"\w* \w them|strong="H7760"\w*.  
\v 15 \w Manasseh|strong="H1129"\w*’s \add workers\add* \w removed|strong="H5493"\w* \w from|strong="H5493"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* idols \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* stone statues \w of|strong="H1004"\w* gods \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* nations. \w Manasseh|strong="H1129"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \add told them to\add* \w remove|strong="H5493"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w altars|strong="H4196"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* previously \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* Zion \w Hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \add other places in\add* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w thrown|strong="H7993"\w* \w out|strong="H2351"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.  
\v 16 \w Then|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \add told them to\add* repair \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w offered|strong="H2076"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* restore fellowship \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w thank|strong="H8426"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*. \w And|strong="H3063"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* told \add the people of\add* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w must|strong="H3478"\w* \w worship|strong="H5647"\w* \add only\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 17 \w The|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w continued|strong="H5750"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w offer|strong="H2076"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2076"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* hilltops, \w but|strong="H7535"\w* \w only|strong="H7535"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 18 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* other \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w happened|strong="H1697"\w* \w while|strong="H5921"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* ruling, \w including|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w prayer|strong="H8605"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w messages|strong="H1697"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w prophets|strong="H2374"\w* \w gave|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w are|strong="H3478"\w* written \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* scroll \w called|strong="H8034"\w* ‘\w The|strong="H5921"\w* History \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*’.  
\v 19 \w What|strong="H1697"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H1129"\w* \w prayed|strong="H6279"\w* \w and|strong="H6440"\w* how God pitied \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* pleaded \w to|strong="H5921"\w* God, \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w also|strong="H3789"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w ways|strong="H1697"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w which|strong="H1697"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w disobeyed|strong="H4604"\w* God, \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \add list of\add* \w places|strong="H1116"\w* \w where|strong="H4725"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* shrines \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w set|strong="H5975"\w* \w up|strong="H5975"\w* poles \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \add honor the goddess\add* Asherah \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w idols|strong="H6456"\w* \add before he humbled himself\add*, \w are|strong="H1697"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* prophets \w wrote|strong="H3789"\w*.  
\v 20 \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* died \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 Then|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H8478"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* Amon \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w* \add of Judah\add*.   
\s1 King Amon of Judah  
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\v 21 Amon \w was|strong="H1121"\w* 22 \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 ruled|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w for|strong="H1121"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.  
\v 22 \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* considered \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*, \w like|strong="H6213"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* father \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*. Amon \w worshiped|strong="H5647"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w idols|strong="H6456"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*’s \add workers\add* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\v 23 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w did|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w humble|strong="H3665"\w* \w himself|strong="H1931"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* turn \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* father \w did|strong="H3068"\w*. \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w became|strong="H7235"\w* \w more|strong="H7235"\w* sinful \w than|strong="H3808"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* father \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H3808"\w*.   
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\v 24 \w Then|strong="H5650"\w* Amon’s \w officials|strong="H5650"\w* \w made|strong="H7194"\w* plans \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w kill|strong="H4191"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w assassinated|strong="H4191"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w*.  
\v 25 \w But|strong="H5221"\w* \w then|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Judah \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* assassinated Amon, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w appointed|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.   
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\s1 King Josiah of Judah  
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\v 1 \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\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 the|strong="H1121"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w* \add of Judah\add*. \w He|strong="H3389"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4427"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w for|strong="H1121"\w* 31 \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.  
\v 2 \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w things|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H5869"\w* pleasing \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* conducted \w his|strong="H3068"\w* life \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* ancestor King \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*. \w He|strong="H6213"\w* fully obeyed [IDM] \w all|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* laws \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w When|strong="H4480"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w had|strong="H1732"\w* \w been|strong="H4427"\w* ruling \w for|strong="H3389"\w* almost \w eight|strong="H8083"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, \w while|strong="H5750"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1732"\w* \w still|strong="H5750"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w young|strong="H5288"\w* \w man|strong="H5288"\w*, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w began|strong="H2490"\w* \w to|strong="H3389"\w* worship God like \w his|strong="H1732"\w* ancestor \add King\add* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w had|strong="H1732"\w* done. Four \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w later|strong="H4480"\w*, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w began|strong="H2490"\w* \w to|strong="H3389"\w* get rid \w of|strong="H8141"\w* \w all|strong="H1875"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* pagan shrines \w on|strong="H3389"\w* hilltops \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \add other places in\add* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* poles \w to|strong="H3389"\w* \add honor the goddess\add* Asherah, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w carved|strong="H6456"\w* \w idols|strong="H6456"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* statues \w of|strong="H8141"\w* gods.  
\v 4 \w While|strong="H5921"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* directed \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, \w his|strong="H6440"\w* workers \w tore|strong="H5422"\w* \w down|strong="H5422"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w altars|strong="H4196"\w* \w where|strong="H5921"\w* people worshiped \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w smashed|strong="H7665"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w altars|strong="H4196"\w* \w that|strong="H4196"\w* \w were|strong="H6440"\w* \w near|strong="H6440"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* \w altars|strong="H4196"\w*, \w where|strong="H5921"\w* people burned \w incense|strong="H2553"\w*. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w smashed|strong="H7665"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* poles \w to|strong="H5921"\w*\add honor the goddess\add* Asherah \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w idols|strong="H6456"\w* \w and|strong="H6440"\w* statues. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w smashed|strong="H7665"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* bits \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w scattered|strong="H2236"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* bits \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w graves|strong="H6913"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* \w who|strong="H4605"\w* had \w offered|strong="H2076"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2076"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\v 5 \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* \w of|strong="H4196"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \add who had offered sacrifices\add*; \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H8313"\w* \w own|strong="H3548"\w* \w altars|strong="H4196"\w*. \w In|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H3548"\w* \w way|strong="H5921"\w* Josiah caused \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* other places \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w be|strong="H3389"\w* acceptable places \w to|strong="H5921"\w* worship \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* again.  
\v 6 \w In|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \add the tribes of\add* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*, Ephraim, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w Simeon|strong="H8095"\w*, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w far|strong="H5704"\w* \add north\add* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \add the tribe of\add* \w Naphtali|strong="H5321"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w ruins|strong="H5892"\w* \w around|strong="H5439"\w* \w all|strong="H5439"\w* those \w towns|strong="H5892"\w*,  
\v 7 Josiah’s \add workers\add* \w tore|strong="H5422"\w* \w down|strong="H5422"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* pagan \w altars|strong="H4196"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* poles \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \add honor the goddess\add* Asherah, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w crushed|strong="H3807"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w idols|strong="H6456"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w powder|strong="H1854"\w*. \w They|strong="H3605"\w* \w also|strong="H3478"\w* \w smashed|strong="H5422"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w pieces|strong="H3807"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w altars|strong="H4196"\w* \w for|strong="H4196"\w* burning \w incense|strong="H2553"\w* \w throughout|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w Then|strong="H7725"\w* Josiah \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w When|strong="H7971"\w* Josiah \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H2142"\w* ruling \w for|strong="H7971"\w* almost 18 \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \add did something else to\add* cause \w the|strong="H3068"\w* land \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* acceptable \w places|strong="H1004"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* worship \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w Shaphan|strong="H8227"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Azaliah \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Maaseiah|strong="H4641"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w governor|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joah|strong="H3098"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joahaz|strong="H3099"\w*, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* wrote \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* scroll \w what|strong="H2142"\w* happened \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w repair|strong="H2388"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w They|strong="H3605"\w* \w went|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Hilkiah|strong="H2518"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Supreme \w Priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w been|strong="H3605"\w* \w brought|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*. \w That|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* descendants \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w guarded|strong="H8104"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w doors|strong="H5592"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* collected \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \add the tribes of\add* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* Ephraim \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \add other places in northern\add* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w also|strong="H3478"\w* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w places|strong="H1004"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* tribes \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w Then|strong="H6213"\w* Hilkiah \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w some|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* money \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w men|strong="H6213"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H3068"\w* \w appointed|strong="H6485"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* supervise \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w work|strong="H4399"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w repairing|strong="H2388"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*. \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w supervisors|strong="H6485"\w* \w paid|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w men|strong="H6213"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w repair|strong="H2388"\w* \w work|strong="H4399"\w*.  
\v 11 \w They|strong="H5414"\w* \w also|strong="H4428"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* some \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* money \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w carpenters|strong="H2796"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w builders|strong="H1129"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w buy|strong="H7069"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* cut stones \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w timber|strong="H6086"\w* \w for|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* joists \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w beams|strong="H7136"\w* \w for|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w buildings|strong="H1004"\w* \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w allowed|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* decay.   
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\v 12 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w workers|strong="H4399"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w work|strong="H4399"\w* faithfully. \w Their|strong="H3605"\w* \w supervisors|strong="H5329"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jahath|strong="H3189"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Obadiah|strong="H5662"\w*, \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \add Levi’s son\add* \w Merari|strong="H4847"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zechariah|strong="H2148"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Meshullam|strong="H4918"\w*, \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \add Levi’s son\add* Kohath. \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w*, \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* played \w musical|strong="H7892"\w* \w instruments|strong="H3627"\w* well,  
\v 13 \w supervised|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w workers|strong="H4399"\w* \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* various jobs. \w Some|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* descendants \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w* \w were|strong="H3881"\w* secretaries \w and|strong="H6213"\w* \w some|strong="H3605"\w* \w kept|strong="H6213"\w* records \w and|strong="H6213"\w* \w some|strong="H3605"\w* guarded \w the|strong="H3605"\w* gates \add of the temple\add*.   
\s1 The scroll containing God’s laws was found  
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\v 14 \w While|strong="H1004"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H3027"\w* giving \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* supervisors \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H3068"\w* \w taken|strong="H4672"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*, \w Hilkiah|strong="H2518"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \add Supreme\add* \w Priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w scroll|strong="H5612"\w* \w on|strong="H3027"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H3027"\w* written \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w laws|strong="H8451"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* told \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* give \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* people.  
\v 15 \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w Hilkiah|strong="H2518"\w* \w said|strong="H6030"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Shaphan|strong="H8227"\w*, “\w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w scroll|strong="H5612"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* written \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w laws|strong="H8451"\w* \add that God gave to Moses\add*!” \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* \w Hilkiah|strong="H2518"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w scroll|strong="H5612"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Shaphan|strong="H8227"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w Shaphan|strong="H8227"\w* \add took the scroll\add* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w*, “\w Your|strong="H3605"\w* \w officials|strong="H5650"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w doing|strong="H6213"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w told|strong="H1697"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\v 17 \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w taken|strong="H4672"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w men|strong="H6213"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* supervise \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w workers|strong="H4399"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* repair \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*.”  
\v 18 \w Then|strong="H5414"\w* \w Shaphan|strong="H8227"\w* \w said|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, “\add I have brought to you\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w scroll|strong="H5612"\w* \add that \add* \w Hilkiah|strong="H2518"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w*.” \w And|strong="H4428"\w* \w Shaphan|strong="H8227"\w* started \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w read|strong="H7121"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.   
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\v 19 \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 laws|strong="H8451"\w* \add that were written in the scroll\add*, \w he|strong="H4428"\w* \w tore|strong="H7167"\w* \w his|strong="H8085"\w* clothes \add because he was very dismayed/worried\add*.  
\v 20 \w Then|strong="H4428"\w* \w he|strong="H6680"\w* \w gave|strong="H6680"\w* \w these|strong="H4428"\w* \w instructions|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hilkiah|strong="H2518"\w*, \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shaphan|strong="H8227"\w*’s \w son|strong="H1121"\w* Ahikam, \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w Micah|strong="H4318"\w*’s \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Abdon|strong="H5658"\w*, \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shaphan|strong="H8227"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w Asaiah|strong="H6222"\w* \w the|strong="H6680"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s special advisor:  
\v 21 “\w Go|strong="H3212"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w ask|strong="H1875"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* \w still|strong="H3588"\w* \w alive|strong="H7604"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w scroll|strong="H5612"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H3808"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w*. \w Because|strong="H3588"\w* \add it is clear that\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H2088"\w* \w angry|strong="H2534"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors disobeyed \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w*; \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w obey|strong="H8104"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* laws \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w scroll|strong="H5612"\w*.”   
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\v 22 \w So|strong="H1696"\w* \w Hilkiah|strong="H2518"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* others \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w talk|strong="H1696"\w* \w with|strong="H1696"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* woman \w whose|strong="H1121"\w* name \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w Huldah|strong="H2468"\w*, \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophetess|strong="H5031"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* newer \w part|strong="H1931"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. \w Her|strong="H8104"\w* husband \w Shallum|strong="H7967"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Tikvah, \w took|strong="H4428"\w* \w care|strong="H8104"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* robes \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* worn \add in the temple\add*.   
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\v 23  \add When they told her what the king had said,\add* she 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 Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* whom \w we|strong="H3068"\w* Israelis \add worship\add*, \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: ‘\w Go|strong="H7971"\w* back \w and|strong="H3478"\w* tell \w the|strong="H3541"\w* king \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w*  
\v 24 \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H2088"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: “\w Listen|strong="H2005"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w carefully|strong="H3605"\w*. \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w going|strong="H2005"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H7121"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w disaster|strong="H7451"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* strike Jerusalem \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w here|strong="H2088"\w*. \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H7121"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* experience \w the|strong="H3605"\w* curses \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H3063"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w scroll|strong="H5612"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w read|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.  
\v 25 \w I|strong="H2088"\w* \w will|strong="H3027"\w* \w do|strong="H4639"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w because|strong="H4616"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3027"\w* \w rejected|strong="H5800"\w* \w me|strong="H5800"\w*, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w burn|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* \w to|strong="H3027"\w* \add honor\add* \w other|strong="H2088"\w* gods. \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3027"\w* caused \w me|strong="H5800"\w* \w to|strong="H3027"\w* \w become|strong="H3027"\w* \w very|strong="H2088"\w* \w angry|strong="H3707"\w* \w because|strong="H4616"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* idols \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3027"\w* \w made|strong="H4639"\w* (\w OR|strong="H3068"\w*, \w because|strong="H4616"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w wicked|strong="H8478"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3027"\w* \w done|strong="H4639"\w*), \add and my anger is like\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* fire \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H3027"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w extinguished|strong="H3518"\w*.  
\v 26 \w The|strong="H8085"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w ask|strong="H1875"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w I|strong="H3541"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, want. \w Go|strong="H7971"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\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 I|strong="H3541"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* whom \w you|strong="H7971"\w* Israelis \w worship|strong="H3478"\w*, \w say|strong="H1697"\w* \w about|strong="H1697"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* read:  
\v 27 “\w Because|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w heeded|strong="H8085"\w* \add what was written in the scroll\add*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w humbled|strong="H3665"\w* \w yourself|strong="H3665"\w* \w when|strong="H8085"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* warn \add about what would happen to\add* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* city \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w here|strong="H2088"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w tore|strong="H7167"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* robes \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w wept|strong="H1058"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* \w presence|strong="H6440"\w*, \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w*.  
\v 28 \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* allow \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* die \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* buried \w peacefully|strong="H7965"\w*. \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w cause|strong="H1697"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w great|strong="H7451"\w* \w disaster|strong="H7451"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* strike \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w here|strong="H2088"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \add be alive to\add* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*.” ’ ”  
\p \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w reported|strong="H7725"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w reply|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.  
\v 29 \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 Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \add other places in\add* Judea.  
\v 30 \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w together|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* leaders \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w many|strong="H5704"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* descendants \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w*, \w from|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w least|strong="H6996"\w* \w important|strong="H5704"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w most|strong="H4428"\w* \w important|strong="H5704"\w* \w ones|strong="H1419"\w*. \w And|strong="H3063"\w* \w while|strong="H5704"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* listened, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w read|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w them|strong="H7121"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w scroll|strong="H5612"\w* containing \w God|strong="H3068"\w*’s laws \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H5927"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*.   
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\v 31 \w Then|strong="H2088"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w next|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* pillar \add at the entrance to the temple, where kings stood when they announced something important\add*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w while|strong="H2088"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* listening, \w he|strong="H6213"\w* repeated \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w promise|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w very|strong="H2088"\w* sincerely \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w completely|strong="H3605"\w* \w obey|strong="H8104"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w commands|strong="H4687"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w regulations|strong="H3789"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w decrees|strong="H2706"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H1697"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w scroll|strong="H5612"\w*.   
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\v 32 \w Then|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* king said \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w everyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H3389"\w* \w from|strong="H3389"\w* \add the tribe of\add* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* \w should|strong="H6213"\w* \w promise|strong="H1285"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H6213"\w* \w also|strong="H6213"\w* \w would|strong="H6213"\w* \w obey|strong="H6213"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* laws. \w And|strong="H3389"\w* \w they|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w*, agreeing \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H6213"\w* \w would|strong="H6213"\w* \w keep|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* God, whom \w their|strong="H3605"\w* ancestors \w had|strong="H4672"\w* worshiped, \w had|strong="H4672"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w with|strong="H1285"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w*.   
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\v 33 \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* \add instructed his workers to\add* \w remove|strong="H5493"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w detestable|strong="H8441"\w* idols \w from|strong="H5493"\w* \w everywhere|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H1121"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* commanded \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w from|strong="H5493"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w there|strong="H4672"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w worship|strong="H5647"\w* \add only\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*. \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w long|strong="H3117"\w* \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* alive, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w did|strong="H3478"\w* what \w was|strong="H3068"\w* pleasing \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* whom \w their|strong="H3605"\w* ancestors \add worshiped\add*.   
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\s1 Josiah led them in celebrating the Passover Festival  
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\v 1 \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* \add commanded that the people should\add* \w celebrate|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w Passover|strong="H6453"\w* Festival \w to|strong="H3068"\w* honor \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w slaughtered|strong="H7819"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* lambs \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w Passover|strong="H6453"\w* \add Festival\add* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* end \w of|strong="H3068"\w* March.  
\v 2 Josiah \w assigned|strong="H5656"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w tasks|strong="H5656"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* perform \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w encouraged|strong="H2388"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w work|strong="H5656"\w* well.  
\v 3 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \add other\add* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w ones|strong="H6918"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* taught \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H5971"\w*; \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H5647"\w* \w dedicated|strong="H6944"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*. Josiah said \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*, “\w Put|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Sacred|strong="H6944"\w* Chest \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \add the workers of\add* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*’s \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \add King\add* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w*. \w But|strong="H6258"\w* \add carry it on poles;\add* \w do|strong="H5647"\w* \w not|strong="H5414"\w* \w carry|strong="H4853"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w shoulders|strong="H3802"\w*. \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w do|strong="H5647"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w work|strong="H5647"\w* well \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.  
\v 4 Divide yourselves into \w clans|strong="H1004"\w*, obeying \w the|strong="H3559"\w* instructions \w that|strong="H3478"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* wrote.   
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\v 5 \w Then|strong="H5975"\w* \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5975"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*, \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w one|strong="H1121"\w* group \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5975"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w help|strong="H5971"\w* \w each|strong="H5971"\w* clan \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5975"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \add when they bring their offerings to the temple\add*.  
\v 6 \w Slaughter|strong="H7819"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* lambs \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w Passover|strong="H6453"\w* \add Festival\add*. \w Perform|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* rituals \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H1697"\w* \w yourselves|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1697"\w* acceptable \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w doing|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H6213"\w* \w work|strong="H6213"\w*. \w Prepare|strong="H3559"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* sacrifices, \w doing|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w told|strong="H1697"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* tell \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*.”   
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\v 7 \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* provided \add from his own flocks and herds\add* 30,000 \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w goats|strong="H5795"\w* \w for|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Passover|strong="H6453"\w* sacrifices.   
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\v 8 \w His|strong="H5414"\w* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w* \w also|strong="H5971"\w* \w voluntarily|strong="H5071"\w* \w contributed|strong="H7311"\w* animals \w for|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \add other\add* descendants \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w*. \w Hilkiah|strong="H2518"\w*, \w Zechariah|strong="H2148"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w Jehiel|strong="H3171"\w*, \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w were|strong="H5971"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w charge|strong="H5414"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*, \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* 2,600 lambs \w and|strong="H3967"\w* 300 \w cattle|strong="H1241"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w be|strong="H1241"\w* sacrifices \w for|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w Passover|strong="H6453"\w*.  
\v 9 \w And|strong="H3967"\w* \w Conaniah|strong="H3562"\w* along \w with|strong="H1241"\w* \w his|strong="H7311"\w* \add younger\add* brothers \w Shemaiah|strong="H8098"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w Nethanel|strong="H5417"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w Hashabiah|strong="H2811"\w*, \w Jeiel|strong="H3273"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w Jozabad|strong="H3107"\w*, \w the|strong="H7311"\w* \w leaders|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w the|strong="H7311"\w* \add other\add* descendants \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w*, provided 5,000 lambs \w and|strong="H3967"\w* 500 \w cattle|strong="H1241"\w* \w for|strong="H1241"\w* \w the|strong="H7311"\w* other descendants \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w*, \w to|strong="H3881"\w* \w be|strong="H1241"\w* sacrifices \w for|strong="H1241"\w* \w the|strong="H7311"\w* \w Passover|strong="H6453"\w*.   
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\v 10 Everything \add for the Passover\add* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* arranged: \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* other descendants \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* places \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* groups, \w like|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w commanded|strong="H4687"\w*.  
\v 11 \w Then|strong="H3548"\w* \w they|strong="H3027"\w* \w slaughtered|strong="H7819"\w* \w the|strong="H7819"\w* \w Passover|strong="H6453"\w* lambs. \w The|strong="H7819"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w sprinkled|strong="H2236"\w* \w the|strong="H7819"\w* blood \add from the bowls\add* \w that|strong="H3548"\w* \w were|strong="H3881"\w* \w handed|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H3027"\w* \w them|strong="H3027"\w*, while \w the|strong="H7819"\w* \add other\add* descendants \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w* \w removed|strong="H6584"\w* \w the|strong="H7819"\w* skins \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H7819"\w* animals.  
\v 12 \w They|strong="H3651"\w* \w set|strong="H5414"\w* \w aside|strong="H5493"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* animals \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* completely burned \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* altar, \w in|strong="H3068"\w* order \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* various \w family|strong="H1004"\w* \w groups|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w offer|strong="H7126"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, obeying \w the|strong="H5414"\w* instructions \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w were|strong="H5971"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* laws \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*. \w They|strong="H3651"\w* \w did|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w same|strong="H3651"\w* \w thing|strong="H3651"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w cattle|strong="H1241"\w*.  
\v 13 Obeying \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w regulations|strong="H4941"\w*, \w they|strong="H7323"\w* \w roasted|strong="H1310"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w lambs|strong="H1121"\w* \w for|strong="H4941"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Passover|strong="H6453"\w* \w over|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* fire. \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H7323"\w* \w boiled|strong="H1310"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \add meat of the\add* \w sacred|strong="H6944"\w* \w offerings|strong="H6453"\w* \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w pots|strong="H5518"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w kettles|strong="H1731"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w pans|strong="H6745"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* served \w the|strong="H3605"\w* meat immediately \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \add who were there\add*.  
\v 14 \w After|strong="H3588"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w*, \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w prepared|strong="H3559"\w* meat \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w themselves|strong="H1992"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* busy \w until|strong="H5704"\w* nighttime, sacrificing \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* \w completely|strong="H5704"\w* burned \w and|strong="H1121"\w* burning \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w fat|strong="H2459"\w* parts \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w*. \w So|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \add other\add* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w* \w prepared|strong="H3559"\w* meat \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w themselves|strong="H1992"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, \w who|strong="H3548"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Aaron, \add the first Supreme Priest\add*.   
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\v 15 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w musicians|strong="H7891"\w*, \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Asaph, \w stood|strong="H3559"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* places, \w as|strong="H3588"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, Asaph, \w Heman|strong="H1968"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jeduthun|strong="H3038"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s \w prophet|strong="H2374"\w* \w had|strong="H1732"\w* \w commanded|strong="H4687"\w*. \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* guarded \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* \add of the temple\add* \w did|strong="H1732"\w* \w not|strong="H1732"\w* need \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w leave|strong="H5493"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* places, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w fellow|strong="H1121"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w* \w prepared|strong="H3559"\w* food \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* eat.   
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\v 16 \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* needed \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* worshiping \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*. \w They|strong="H3117"\w* \w celebrated|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Passover|strong="H6453"\w* \add Festival\add*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w presented|strong="H6213"\w* \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w completely|strong="H3605"\w* burned \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*, \w which|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H4687"\w*.  
\v 17 \w The|strong="H6213"\w* Israelis \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w there|strong="H4672"\w* \w celebrated|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w Passover|strong="H6453"\w* \add Festival\add* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w celebrated|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w Festival|strong="H2282"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \add Eating\add* \w Unleavened|strong="H4682"\w* \w Bread|strong="H4682"\w*.  
\v 18 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w Passover|strong="H6453"\w* \add Festival\add* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w been|strong="H3644"\w* \w celebrated|strong="H6213"\w* \w like|strong="H3644"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w since|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w Samuel|strong="H8050"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w*. \w None|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w ever|strong="H3117"\w* \w celebrated|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Passover|strong="H6453"\w* \w like|strong="H3644"\w* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, along \w with|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* descendants \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \add the other people of\add* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w there|strong="H3427"\w* \w with|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.  
\v 19 \w They|strong="H8141"\w* \w celebrated|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w Passover|strong="H6453"\w* Festival \w when|strong="H6213"\w* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* \w had|strong="H2977"\w* been ruling \w for|strong="H6213"\w* almost 18 \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.   
\s1 The end of Josiah’s life  
\p
\v 20 \w After|strong="H5921"\w* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w done|strong="H3559"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \add restore the worship at\add* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*, \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Neco|strong="H5224"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \add with his army\add* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w attack|strong="H5927"\w* \w Carchemish|strong="H3751"\w* \add city\add* \w alongside|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Euphrates|strong="H6578"\w* \add River\add*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* \w marched|strong="H5927"\w* \add with his army\add* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\v 21 Neco \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w some|strong="H3117"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* Josiah, \w to|strong="H7971"\w* tell \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, “\w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w there|strong="H3117"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* \w certainly|strong="H3588"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* quarrel \w between|strong="H4421"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w me|strong="H7971"\w*. \w My|strong="H5921"\w* \w army|strong="H4421"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* attacking \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w*; \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* attacking \w another|strong="H3808"\w* \w army|strong="H4421"\w*, \add the army of Babylonia\add*. \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w has|strong="H4428"\w* told \w me|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* hurry. \w So|strong="H7971"\w* \w stop|strong="H2308"\w* opposing \w God|strong="H3808"\w*, \w who|strong="H3063"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w me|strong="H7971"\w*. \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w stop|strong="H2308"\w*, \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w get|strong="H7971"\w* \w rid|strong="H7971"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.”   
\p
\v 22 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* \w would|strong="H1697"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w pay|strong="H8085"\w* \w attention|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*. \w Instead|strong="H3588"\w*, \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w disguised|strong="H2664"\w* \w himself|strong="H6440"\w* \w in|strong="H8085"\w* \w order|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* able \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w attack|strong="H3898"\w* \add the army of Egypt without anyone recognizing him\add*. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w pay|strong="H8085"\w* \w any|strong="H4480"\w* \w attention|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w had|strong="H3588"\w* \w told|strong="H1697"\w* \w Neco|strong="H5224"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w say|strong="H6310"\w*. \w Instead|strong="H3588"\w*, \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \add and his army\add* \w went|strong="H5437"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* \w Neco|strong="H5224"\w*’s army \w at|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w plain|strong="H1237"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w Megiddo|strong="H4023"\w*.   
\p
\v 23 Some Egyptian \w archers|strong="H3384"\w* \w shot|strong="H3384"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w*. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* told \w his|strong="H3588"\w* \w officers|strong="H5650"\w*, “\w Take|strong="H5674"\w* \w me|strong="H5674"\w* \w away|strong="H5674"\w* \w from|strong="H5674"\w* here \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H2470"\w* \w badly|strong="H3966"\w* \w wounded|strong="H2470"\w*.”  
\v 24 \w So|strong="H4480"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w took|strong="H4191"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w out|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H5650"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w chariot|strong="H7393"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w put|strong="H4191"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w another|strong="H4480"\w* \w chariot|strong="H7393"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H3063"\w* \w brought|strong="H3212"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w took|strong="H4191"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w where|strong="H5921"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*. \w He|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H3063"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w tombs|strong="H6913"\w* \w where|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* ancestors \add had been buried\add*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \add the people of\add* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \add other places in\add* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* mourned \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*.   
\p
\v 25  \add The prophet\add* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w composed|strong="H6969"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w song|strong="H7891"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w mourn|strong="H5921"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H7891"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w women|strong="H7891"\w* \w singers|strong="H7891"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w still|strong="H5704"\w* \w mourn|strong="H5921"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w singing|strong="H7891"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w song|strong="H7891"\w*. \w That|strong="H3605"\w* became \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w custom|strong="H2706"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; \w the|strong="H3605"\w* words \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w song|strong="H7891"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* scroll \w of|strong="H3117"\w* funeral songs.   
\p
\v 26-27 \w A|strong="H3068"\w* record of the other things that happened while Josiah ruled, from the time he started to rule until he died, including how he faithfully honored God by obeying everything that was written in the laws of \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, is in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel and Judah’.   
\c 36  
\s1 King Jehoahaz of Judah  
\p
\v 1 \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Judah chose \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w*’s \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoahaz|strong="H3059"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w appointed|strong="H1121"\w* \w him|strong="H4427"\w* \w as|strong="H3389"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H4427"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.   
\p
\v 2 \w Jehoahaz|strong="H3099"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* 23 \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 the|strong="H1121"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w*, but \w he|strong="H3389"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4427"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w for|strong="H1121"\w* \add only\add* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w months|strong="H2320"\w*.  
\v 3 \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Neco \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \add captured him and\add* \w prevented|strong="H5493"\w* \w him|strong="H4428"\w* \w from|strong="H5493"\w* ruling any \w longer|strong="H5493"\w*. \w He|strong="H3389"\w* \w also|strong="H4428"\w* forced \w the|strong="H5493"\w* people \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Judah \w to|strong="H3389"\w* \w pay|strong="H3701"\w* \w him|strong="H4428"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* tax \w of|strong="H4428"\w* almost four tons \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w about|strong="H4428"\w* 75 pounds \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*.  
\v 4 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w appointed|strong="H4427"\w* \w Jehoahaz|strong="H3099"\w*’s \add younger\add* brother Eliakim \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w be|strong="H8034"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*. \w He|strong="H3389"\w* \w changed|strong="H5437"\w* Eliakim’s \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w*. \w After|strong="H5921"\w* \w Neco|strong="H5224"\w* \w captured|strong="H3947"\w* \w Jehoahaz|strong="H3099"\w*, \w he|strong="H3389"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.   
\s1 King Jehoiakim of Judah  
\p
\v 5 \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* 25 \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 the|strong="H6213"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w* \add of Judah\add*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4427"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* 11 \w years|strong="H8141"\w*. \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w things|strong="H7451"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* considers \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*.  
\v 6 \w Then|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w army|strong="H5927"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon \w attacked|strong="H5927"\w* Jehoiakim’s \w army|strong="H5927"\w*. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \add captured Jehoiakim and\add* bound \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* \w chains|strong="H5178"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w took|strong="H5927"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* Babylon.  
\v 7 \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w*’s soldiers \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w took|strong="H5414"\w* valuable \w things|strong="H3627"\w* \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*; \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w took|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* Babylon \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* king \add Nebuchadnezzar’s\add* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w* \w there|strong="H3068"\w*.   
\p
\v 8 \w A|strong="H3068"\w* \w record|strong="H3789"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* other \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H1697"\w* \w happened|strong="H4672"\w* \w while|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* ruling, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w detestable|strong="H8441"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H1697"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, \w including|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w evil|strong="H6213"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H1697"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H1697"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, \w is|strong="H1697"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w scroll|strong="H5612"\w* called ‘\w The|strong="H5921"\w* History \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*’. \w After|strong="H5921"\w* \add he was taken to Babylon\add*, \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoiachin|strong="H3078"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \add of Judah\add*.   
\s1 King Jehoiachin of Judah  
\p
\v 9 \w Jehoiachin|strong="H3078"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* 18 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w* \add of Judah\add*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4427"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \add only\add* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w months|strong="H2320"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*. \w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w things|strong="H7969"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* considers \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*.  
\v 10 During \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w spring|strong="H8666"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w next|strong="H5921"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w*, \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \add soldiers\add* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* bring \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* Babylon. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w took|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* Babylon many \w valuable|strong="H2532"\w* \w things|strong="H3627"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*. \w Then|strong="H7971"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w appointed|strong="H4427"\w* Jehoiachin’s uncle, \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w*, \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.   
\s1 King Zedekiah of Judah  
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\v 11 \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* 21 \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 the|strong="H6667"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H3389"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w for|strong="H1121"\w* 11 \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.  
\v 12 \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w many|strong="H3808"\w* \w things|strong="H7451"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* considered \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*. \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w humble|strong="H3665"\w* \w himself|strong="H3665"\w* \w when|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w gave|strong="H6213"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w message|strong="H3068"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \add to warn him\add*.  
\v 13 \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H1571"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H1571"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \add said that they worshiped\add*. Zedekiah \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w rebelled|strong="H4775"\w* \w against|strong="H4775"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w*, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* forced \w him|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w solemnly|strong="H7650"\w* \w promise|strong="H7650"\w* using \w God|strong="H3068"\w*’s name \add to be loyal to him\add*. Zedekiah \w became|strong="H7185"\w* \w very|strong="H1571"\w* \w stubborn|strong="H7185"\w*.  
\v 14 \w Furthermore|strong="H1571"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w leaders|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \add of Judah\add* \w became|strong="H4603"\w* \w more|strong="H7235"\w* wicked \w again|strong="H1571"\w*, doing \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w detestable|strong="H8441"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w did|strong="H5971"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* causing \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* caused \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w holy|strong="H6942"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H2930"\w* \add an\add* unacceptable \add place to worship him\add*.   
\s1 Jerusalem was ruined  
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\v 15 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w whom|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* ancestors \add of the people of Judah belonged to/worshiped\add*, \w gave|strong="H7971"\w* messages \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* prophets many \w times|strong="H3027"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* prophets told \w those|strong="H5921"\w* messages \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Judah. \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H5971"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w pitied|strong="H2550"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H5971"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* want \w his|strong="H3068"\w* temple \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* destroyed.  
\v 16 \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w continually|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H1961"\w* fun \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* despised \w God|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w messages|strong="H1697"\w*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* ridiculed \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*, \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w finally|strong="H5704"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w became|strong="H1961"\w* \w extremely|strong="H5704"\w* \w angry|strong="H2534"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* result \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w nothing|strong="H1697"\w* \w could|strong="H5971"\w* stop \w him|strong="H5927"\w* \add from destroying Judah\add*.  
\v 17 \w He|strong="H3605"\w* incited \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Babylonia|strong="H3778"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w attack|strong="H5927"\w* \add Judah with his army\add*. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w killed|strong="H2026"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* young \w men|strong="H2205"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w swords|strong="H2719"\w*, \w even|strong="H3808"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w spare|strong="H2550"\w*/\w pity|strong="H2550"\w* \w anyone|strong="H3605"\w*, young \w men|strong="H2205"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* young \w women|strong="H1330"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w old|strong="H2205"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w*. \w God|strong="H5414"\w* \w enabled|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H5927"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Nebuchadnezzar \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w kill|strong="H2026"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\v 18 \w His|strong="H3605"\w* soldiers \w took|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* Babylon \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H1419"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H8269"\w* \w used|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*—big \w things|strong="H1419"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w little|strong="H6996"\w* \w things|strong="H1419"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* valuable \w things|strong="H1419"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* valuable \w things|strong="H1419"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* belonged \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w*.  
\v 19 \w They|strong="H3389"\w* \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w they|strong="H3389"\w* \w broke|strong="H5422"\w* \w down|strong="H5422"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* surrounding \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. \w They|strong="H3389"\w* \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* palaces \add in Jerusalem\add* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H7843"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* remaining \w valuable|strong="H4261"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w there|strong="H3605"\w*.   
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\v 20 Nebuchadnezzar’s \w soldiers|strong="H5650"\w* \w took|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* Babylon \w the|strong="H4480"\w* remaining \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w killed|strong="H2719"\w* \w with|strong="H4480"\w* \w their|strong="H1961"\w* \w swords|strong="H2719"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w those|strong="H4480"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w*’s \w slaves|strong="H5650"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H1540"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*’s \w slaves|strong="H5650"\w*, \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \add army of the\add* \w king|strong="H4427"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Persia|strong="H6539"\w* conquered \add the army of Babylonia\add*.  
\v 21  \add Moses had said that every seventh year the people must not plant their fields; they must allow the soil to rest. But the people had not done that. So after the army of Babylonia destroyed Judah,\add* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* soil \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w allowed|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w rest|strong="H7673"\w*. \w That|strong="H3605"\w* continued \w for|strong="H5704"\w* 70 \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, \w fulfilling|strong="H4390"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w told|strong="H1697"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* predicted/prophesied \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w happen|strong="H1697"\w*.   
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\v 22 \w During|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* first \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Cyrus|strong="H3566"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Persia|strong="H6539"\w*, \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w order|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w told|strong="H1697"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w happen|strong="H1697"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* occur, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* motivated \w Cyrus|strong="H3566"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* write \w this|strong="H1697"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w proclaim|strong="H5674"\w* \w it|strong="H3615"\w* \w throughout|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4438"\w*:   
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\v 23 “\w I|strong="H5414"\w*, \w Cyrus|strong="H3566"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Persia|strong="H6539"\w*, declare \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \add who rules\add* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w enabled|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* become \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w ruler|strong="H6485"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kingdoms|strong="H4467"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w this|strong="H1931"\w* world. \w And|strong="H3063"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* wants \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \add command that my workers\add* \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* {\w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w*} \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w which|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*. \w Any|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w living|strong="H3605"\w* \w among|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Persia|strong="H6539"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w allowed|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w go|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. \w And|strong="H3063"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* pray \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*.”