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\h 2 KINGS 
\toc1 2 Kings 
\toc2 2 Kings 
\toc3 2 Ki 
\mt2 This book contains the account of the prophet Elijah and of many kings who ruled Israel and Judah until other nations conquered Israel and Judah. We call this book  
\mt1 2 Kings  
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\s1 Elijah condemned King Ahaziah  
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\v 1 After King Ahab \w died|strong="H4194"\w*, \add the country of\add* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* \w rebelled|strong="H6586"\w* \w against|strong="H6586"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.  
\v 2 \w One|strong="H2088"\w* day, Ahaziah, \add the new king of Israel,\add* \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* \w through|strong="H1157"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* wooden slats/boards \w around|strong="H1157"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* edge \w of|strong="H4397"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* \w flat|strong="H5307"\w* \w roof|strong="H5944"\w* \add of his palace\add* \w in|strong="H3212"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*. \w He|strong="H7971"\w* \w was|strong="H2088"\w* badly injured, \w so|strong="H7971"\w* \w he|strong="H7971"\w* summoned some \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* told \w them|strong="H7971"\w*, “\w Go|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w Ekron|strong="H6138"\w* \add city in Philistia\add*, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w ask|strong="H1875"\w* \w their|strong="H7971"\w* \w god|strong="H7971"\w* Baalzebub whether \w I|strong="H2088"\w* \w will|strong="H2088"\w* ◄\w recover|strong="H2421"\w*/\w become|strong="H2470"\w* well►.”   
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\v 3 \w But|strong="H1696"\w* \w an|strong="H6965"\w* \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* \w from|strong="H5927"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H1696"\w*, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophet|strong="H1696"\w* \w from|strong="H5927"\w* Tishbe \add town\add*, “\w The|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \add is sending\add* some \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* \add to Ekron\add*. \w Go|strong="H1980"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* \w them|strong="H5927"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w say|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w them|strong="H5927"\w*, ‘\w Is|strong="H3068"\w* \w it|strong="H1696"\w* \w because|strong="H1097"\w* \w there|strong="H5927"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H1097"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H1696"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* \w going|strong="H1980"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w Ekron|strong="H6138"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w ask|strong="H1875"\w* Baalzebub, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w god|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w those|strong="H1980"\w* \w people|strong="H1696"\w*, \add whether you will recover\add*?  
\v 4 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w* \add that you should tell King Ahaziah\add* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* recover \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w being|strong="H3068"\w* injured; \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w surely|strong="H4191"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*.’”   
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\v 5  \add So Elijah went to meet\add* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* \add and told that to them, and they\add* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* king \add instead of going to Ekron\add*. \w The|strong="H7725"\w* king \w asked|strong="H4100"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w*, “\w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w did|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H7725"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \add so soon\add*?”   
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\v 6 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w replied|strong="H1696"\w*, “\w A|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H4191"\w* \w came|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* \w us|strong="H7725"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w us|strong="H7725"\w*, ‘\w Return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w tell|strong="H1696"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*, “◄\w Is|strong="H3068"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* \w sending|strong="H7971"\w* \add messengers\add* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w Ekron|strong="H6138"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w consult|strong="H1875"\w* Baalzebub, \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w god|strong="H3068"\w*?/\w You|strong="H3588"\w* seem \w to|strong="H1696"\w* think \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w result|strong="H4480"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* \w sending|strong="H7971"\w* \add messengers\add* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w Ekron|strong="H6138"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w ask|strong="H1875"\w* Baalzebub, \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w god|strong="H3068"\w*, \add whether you will recover\add*.► [RHQ] \add Go tell the king that\add* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w recover|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w being|strong="H3068"\w* injured; \w instead|strong="H3588"\w*, \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w surely|strong="H4191"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*.”’”   
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\v 7 \w The|strong="H5927"\w* king \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w them|strong="H5927"\w*, “\w The|strong="H5927"\w* man \w who|strong="H4100"\w* \w came|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* \w you|strong="H4100"\w* \w and|strong="H4941"\w* \w told|strong="H1696"\w* \w that|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H4100"\w*, \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w did|strong="H4100"\w* \w he|strong="H1696"\w* look \w like|strong="H1697"\w*?”   
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\v 8 \w They|strong="H1931"\w* replied, “\w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w hairy|strong="H8181"\w* \w man|strong="H1167"\w* \w and|strong="H4975"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w had|strong="H1931"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \add wide\add* \w leather|strong="H5785"\w* belt around \w his|strong="H1931"\w* \w waist|strong="H4975"\w*.” \w The|strong="H1931"\w* king exclaimed, “\w That|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* Elijah!”   
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\v 9 \w Then|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w an|strong="H7971"\w* \w officer|strong="H8269"\w* \w with|strong="H1696"\w* 50 \w soldiers|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* seize \w Elijah|strong="H1696"\w*. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* found \w Elijah|strong="H1696"\w* \w sitting|strong="H3427"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w top|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w*. \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w officer|strong="H8269"\w* called \w out|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, “\w Prophet|strong="H1696"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* commands \w that|strong="H4428"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w come|strong="H5927"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w here|strong="H2009"\w*!”   
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\v 10 \w But|strong="H6030"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H1696"\w* \w replied|strong="H6030"\w*, “\w I|strong="H4480"\w* am \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophet|strong="H1696"\w*; \w so|strong="H4480"\w*, \w I|strong="H4480"\w* command \w that|strong="H4480"\w* fire \w come|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w* \w and|strong="H6030"\w* burn \w up|strong="H4480"\w* \w you|strong="H4480"\w* \w and|strong="H6030"\w* \w your|strong="H4480"\w* 50 soldiers!” Immediately, fire \w came|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w* \w and|strong="H6030"\w* completely burned \w up|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w officer|strong="H8269"\w* \w and|strong="H6030"\w* \w his|strong="H4480"\w* 50 \add soldiers\add*.   
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\v 11  \add When the king found out about that,\add* \w he|strong="H7971"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* another \w officer|strong="H8269"\w* \w with|strong="H1696"\w* 50 \w more|strong="H7725"\w* soldiers. \w They|strong="H3541"\w* \w went|strong="H3381"\w* \add to where Elijah was\add*, \w and|strong="H6030"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w officer|strong="H8269"\w* called \w out|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w*, “\w Prophet|strong="H1696"\w*, \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* commands \w that|strong="H4428"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w come|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* immediately!”   
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\v 12 \w But|strong="H6030"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H1696"\w* \w replied|strong="H6030"\w*, “\w I|strong="H4480"\w* am \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophet|strong="H1696"\w*; \add to prove that,\add* \w I|strong="H4480"\w* command \w that|strong="H4480"\w* fire \w come|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w* \w and|strong="H6030"\w* kill \w you|strong="H4480"\w* \w and|strong="H6030"\w* \w your|strong="H4480"\w* soldiers!” \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* fire \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w God|strong="H8064"\w* \w came|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w* \w and|strong="H6030"\w* killed \w the|strong="H4480"\w* officer \w and|strong="H6030"\w* \w his|strong="H4480"\w* soldiers.   
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\v 13  \add When the king heard about that\add* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* another \w officer|strong="H8269"\w* \w with|strong="H1696"\w* 50 \w more|strong="H5921"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H5650"\w*. \add They went to where Elijah was\add*, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w officer|strong="H8269"\w* prostrated \w himself|strong="H5315"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w front|strong="H5048"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H1696"\w*, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, “\w Prophet|strong="H1696"\w*, \w I|strong="H5921"\w* plead \w with|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w*, \w be|strong="H5315"\w* kind \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* 50 \w soldiers|strong="H5650"\w*, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* ◄\w do|strong="H5869"\w* \w not|strong="H1696"\w* kill \w us|strong="H4994"\w*/\w allow|strong="H4994"\w* \w us|strong="H4994"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* remain \w alive|strong="H5315"\w*►!  
\v 14  \add We know that\add* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* times fire \w came|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w* \w and|strong="H8064"\w* killed \w officers|strong="H8269"\w* \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* 50 soldiers \w who|strong="H5315"\w* \w were|strong="H8064"\w* \w with|strong="H3381"\w* \w them|strong="H3381"\w*. \w So|strong="H4480"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w*, please \w be|strong="H5315"\w* kind \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w me|strong="H5315"\w*!”   
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\v 15 \w Then|strong="H6965"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H1696"\w*, “\w Go|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \add and go \add* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*. \w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H1696"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*.” \w So|strong="H6965"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H1696"\w* \w went|strong="H3381"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.   
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\v 16  \add When Elijah arrived,\add* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* king, “\w This|strong="H3651"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: ‘\w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w go|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w Ekron|strong="H6138"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w ask|strong="H1875"\w* Baalzebub, \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w god|strong="H3068"\w*, \add whether you would recover\add*. \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w acted|strong="H1697"\w* \w as|strong="H1697"\w* \w though|strong="H3588"\w* [RHQ] \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w consult|strong="H1875"\w*. \w So|strong="H3651"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* recover \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w being|strong="H3068"\w* injured; \w instead|strong="H3588"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* \w going|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*!’”  
\v 17 \w So|strong="H1961"\w* Ahaziah \w died|strong="H4191"\w*, \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w told|strong="H1696"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H1696"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w happen|strong="H1961"\w*. Ahaziah’s \add younger\add* brother \w Joram|strong="H3088"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* new \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w Jehoram|strong="H3088"\w*, \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w*, \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* ruling \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* almost \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*. Ahaziah’s brother \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* Ahaziah \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \add to become the king\add*.   
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\v 18  \add If you want to know about\add* \w all|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* other \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* Ahaziah \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* [RHQ] \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 Israel|strong="H3478"\w*’.   
\c 2  
\s1 Elijah is taken up to heaven  
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\v 1 \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w take|strong="H1961"\w* \add the prophet\add* Elijah \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* ◄\w whirlwind|strong="H5591"\w*/twisting wind►, Elijah \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \add his fellow prophet\add* Elisha \w were|strong="H1961"\w* traveling \add south\add* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w* \add town\add*.  
\v 2 Elijah said \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H3427"\w*, “\w Stay|strong="H3427"\w* \w here|strong="H6311"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* told \add only\add* \w me|strong="H4994"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w go|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w* \add town\add*.”  
\p \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H3427"\w* replied, “Just \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w certainly|strong="H3588"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w lives|strong="H5315"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w leave|strong="H5800"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*!”  
\p \w So|strong="H7971"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w went|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \add together\add* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w*.  
\v 3 \w A|strong="H3068"\w* group \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w came|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* Elisha \add and Elijah before they entered the town\add*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* asked Elisha, “\w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w going|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* master/boss \add Elijah\add* \w away|strong="H3947"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w*?”  
\p Elisha answered, “\w Certainly|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* don’t talk \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*!” [IDM]  
\v 4 \w Then|strong="H7971"\w* Elijah said \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H3427"\w*, “\w Stay|strong="H3427"\w* \w here|strong="H6311"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* told \add only\add* \w me|strong="H4994"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w go|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w*.”  
\p \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H3427"\w* replied \add again\add*, “Just \w as|strong="H5315"\w* \w certainly|strong="H3588"\w* \w as|strong="H5315"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w lives|strong="H5315"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w leave|strong="H5800"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*!”  
\p \w So|strong="H7971"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w went|strong="H3068"\w* \add together\add* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w* \add city\add*.   
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\v 5  \add As they neared\add* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* group \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w there|strong="H3117"\w* \w came|strong="H5066"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* Elisha \w and|strong="H1121"\w* said \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, “\w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* going \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* master/boss \add Elijah\add* \w away|strong="H3947"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w*?”  
\p \w He|strong="H3588"\w* answered \w again|strong="H1571"\w*, “\w Certainly|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* don’t talk \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*!” [IDM]   
\p
\v 6 \w Then|strong="H7971"\w* Elijah said \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H3427"\w*, “\w Stay|strong="H3427"\w* \w here|strong="H6311"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* told \add only\add* \w me|strong="H4994"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \add River\add*.”  
\p \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \add again\add* \w Elisha|strong="H3427"\w* replied, “\w As|strong="H5315"\w* \w certainly|strong="H3588"\w* \w as|strong="H5315"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w lives|strong="H5315"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w leave|strong="H5800"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*!”  
\p \w So|strong="H7971"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w continued|strong="H3427"\w* \w walking|strong="H3212"\w* \w together|strong="H8147"\w*.  
\v 7 \w Fifty|strong="H2572"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* group \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \add who were from Jericho\add* \w also|strong="H1121"\w* \w went|strong="H1980"\w*, \w but|strong="H5921"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* watched \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w distance|strong="H7350"\w* \w as|strong="H1980"\w* Elijah \w and|strong="H1121"\w* Elisha \w stopped|strong="H5975"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* edge \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \add River\add*.  
\v 8 \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* Elijah \w rolled|strong="H5674"\w* \w up|strong="H3947"\w* \w his|strong="H3947"\w* cloak \w and|strong="H8147"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w with|strong="H4325"\w* \w it|strong="H5221"\w*. \w A|strong="H3068"\w* path opened \w up|strong="H3947"\w* \w for|strong="H4325"\w* \w them|strong="H5221"\w* \w through|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* river, \w and|strong="H8147"\w* \w they|strong="H5221"\w* walked \w across|strong="H5674"\w* \add as though they were\add* \w on|strong="H5674"\w* \w dry|strong="H2724"\w* \w ground|strong="H2724"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H4100"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w other|strong="H8147"\w* \w side|strong="H7307"\w*, Elijah \w said|strong="H6310"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* Elisha, “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H3947"\w* want \w me|strong="H4994"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H3947"\w* \w before|strong="H2962"\w* ◄\w I|strong="H2962"\w* \w am|strong="H1961"\w* \w taken|strong="H3947"\w* \w away|strong="H3947"\w*/\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w takes|strong="H3947"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w* \w away|strong="H3947"\w*►?”  
\p Elisha replied, “\w I|strong="H2962"\w* want \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w receive|strong="H3947"\w* \w twice|strong="H8147"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w much|strong="H6310"\w* \w of|strong="H7307"\w* \w your|strong="H3947"\w* power \add as you have had,\add* (\w OR|strong="H3068"\w* enable \w me|strong="H4994"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w very|strong="H6213"\w* powerfully \w continue|strong="H1961"\w* \w your|strong="H3947"\w* ministry).”   
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\v 10 Elijah replied, “\w You|strong="H3947"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w asked|strong="H7592"\w* \w for|strong="H7592"\w* something which \w is|strong="H3651"\w* \w difficult|strong="H7185"\w* \add for me to cause to happen\add*. \w But|strong="H3808"\w*, \w if|strong="H7200"\w* \w you|strong="H3947"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* ◄\w I|strong="H3651"\w* \w am|strong="H1961"\w* \w taken|strong="H3947"\w* \w from|strong="H3947"\w* \w you|strong="H3947"\w*/\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w takes|strong="H3947"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w* \w from|strong="H3947"\w* \w you|strong="H3947"\w*►, \w you|strong="H3947"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w get|strong="H3947"\w* \w what|strong="H7200"\w* \w you|strong="H3947"\w* \w are|strong="H1961"\w* requesting. \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w if|strong="H7200"\w* \w you|strong="H3947"\w* do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w*, \w then|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H3947"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w get|strong="H3947"\w* \w it|strong="H3651"\w*.”   
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\v 11 \w As|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w walking|strong="H1980"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w talking|strong="H1696"\w*, \w suddenly|strong="H2009"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w chariot|strong="H7393"\w* \w that|strong="H1961"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* fire \add surrounding it\add*, pulled \w by|strong="H1980"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w which|strong="H1992"\w* \w also|strong="H8064"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* fire \add surrounding them\add*, \w appeared|strong="H1961"\w*. \add The chariot driver\add* \w drove|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* \w chariot|strong="H7393"\w* between \w Elijah|strong="H1696"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* Elisha \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w separated|strong="H6504"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H1696"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w taken|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* ◄\w whirlwind|strong="H5591"\w*/twisting wind►.  
\v 12 Elisha \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w*. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w cried|strong="H6817"\w* \w out|strong="H2388"\w*, “\w My|strong="H7200"\w* father/master! \w My|strong="H7200"\w* father/master! \w The|strong="H7200"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* \w of|strong="H7393"\w* \w us|strong="H7200"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w their|strong="H7200"\w* drivers \add have taken my master away\add*!” \add They disappeared into the sky,\add* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* Elisha \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* Elijah \w again|strong="H5750"\w*. \w Then|strong="H7200"\w* Elisha \w tore|strong="H7167"\w* \w his|strong="H7200"\w* \w own|strong="H2388"\w* robe \w into|strong="H7200"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w pieces|strong="H7168"\w* \add to show that he was sad\add*.  
\v 13 Elijah’s cloak \add had fallen off when he was taken away, so\add* \w Elisha|strong="H7725"\w* \w picked|strong="H7311"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w up|strong="H7311"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w bank|strong="H8193"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \add River\add*.  
\v 14 \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \add rolled up the cloak and\add* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* cried \w out|strong="H3947"\w*, “\w Will|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \add enabled\add* Elijah \add to perform miracles, enable me to do similar things\add*?” \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w separated|strong="H2673"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* path opened \w up|strong="H5921"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* Elisha \w went|strong="H5674"\w* \w across|strong="H5674"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w When|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* group \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w what|strong="H7200"\w* happened, \w they|strong="H5921"\w* exclaimed, “Elisha \w now|strong="H5921"\w* \w has|strong="H5030"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* power \w that|strong="H7200"\w* Elijah \w had|strong="H1121"\w*!” [MTY] \w They|strong="H5921"\w* walked \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w bowed|strong="H7812"\w* \w down|strong="H7812"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w front|strong="H5048"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\v 16  \add One of\add* \w them|strong="H7971"\w* said, “Sir, \w if|strong="H2009"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* permit \w us|strong="H4994"\w*, 50 \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* strongest \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w search|strong="H1245"\w* \w for|strong="H7971"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* master \add on the other side of the river\add*. \w Perhaps|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w Spirit|strong="H7307"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w left|strong="H7971"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w some|strong="H2009"\w* \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w some|strong="H2009"\w* \w valley|strong="H1516"\w*.”  
\p Elisha replied, “\w No|strong="H3808"\w*, \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w*.”   
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\v 17 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w kept|strong="H6484"\w* insisting. \w Finally|strong="H5704"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w was|strong="H3117"\w* tired \w of|strong="H3117"\w* saying “\w No|strong="H3808"\w*,” \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* said, “Okay, \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w*.” \w So|strong="H7971"\w* 50 men \w searched|strong="H1245"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w find|strong="H4672"\w* Elijah.  
\v 18 \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H7725"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w still|strong="H3427"\w* \w there|strong="H3427"\w*. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* said \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w*, “\w I|strong="H3808"\w* told \w you|strong="H7725"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w you|strong="H7725"\w* should \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w*, \add because you would not find him\add*!” [RHQ]   
\s1 Elisha made the water pure  
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\v 19 \w Then|strong="H2009"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* leaders \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \add Jericho\add* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w came|strong="H4325"\w* \w to|strong="H4325"\w* talk \w with|strong="H5892"\w* Elisha. \w One|strong="H2896"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w them|strong="H7200"\w* said, “\w Our|strong="H7200"\w* master, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H7200"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* problem. \w You|strong="H7200"\w* \w can|strong="H7200"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w this|strong="H7200"\w* \w is|strong="H2896"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H2896"\w* \w nice|strong="H2896"\w* \w place|strong="H4186"\w* \add to live in\add*. \w But|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w is|strong="H2896"\w* \w bad|strong="H7451"\w*, \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w as|strong="H5892"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* result, crops \w will|strong="H5892"\w* \w not|strong="H7200"\w* grow \w on|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* land.”   
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\v 20 Elisha said \w to|strong="H8033"\w* \w them|strong="H7760"\w*, “\w Put|strong="H7760"\w* \w some|strong="H8033"\w* \w salt|strong="H4417"\w* \w in|strong="H8033"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w new|strong="H2319"\w* bowl \w and|strong="H8033"\w* \w bring|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* bowl \w to|strong="H8033"\w* \w me|strong="H7760"\w*.” \w So|strong="H3947"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w brought|strong="H3947"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w* \w to|strong="H8033"\w* \w him|strong="H3947"\w*.   
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\v 21 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w spring|strong="H4161"\w* \add from which the people in the town got water\add*. \w He|strong="H8033"\w* \w threw|strong="H7993"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w salt|strong="H4417"\w* \w into|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w spring|strong="H4161"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w said|strong="H3318"\w*, “\w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: ‘\w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w made|strong="H1961"\w* \w this|strong="H3541"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* good/pure. \w No|strong="H3808"\w* \w longer|strong="H5750"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* anyone \w die|strong="H4194"\w*, \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w having|strong="H1961"\w* drunk \w this|strong="H3541"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w now|strong="H1961"\w* crops \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* able \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w grow|strong="H3318"\w*.’” [LIT]  
\v 22 \w And|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w became|strong="H1697"\w* pure, \w just|strong="H1697"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H5704"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w it|strong="H1696"\w* \w would|strong="H1697"\w* \w be|strong="H1697"\w*. \w Since|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w it|strong="H1696"\w* \w has|strong="H3117"\w* \w always|strong="H3117"\w* remained pure.   
\s1 Elisha cursed boys who made fun of him  
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\v 23 Elisha \w left|strong="H3318"\w* Jericho \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w*. \w As|strong="H5927"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* walking along \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w road|strong="H1870"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* group \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w young|strong="H5288"\w* \w boys|strong="H5288"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w* \add saw him and\add* \w started|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* make fun \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w him|strong="H3318"\w*. \w They|strong="H8033"\w* continued shouting, “\w Go|strong="H3318"\w* \w away|strong="H5927"\w*, \w you|strong="H4480"\w* bald-headed \w man|strong="H5288"\w*!”  
\v 24 Elisha \w turned|strong="H6437"\w* \w around|strong="H6437"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w looked|strong="H7200"\w*/glared \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* asked \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* ◄\w curse|strong="H7043"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*/\w do|strong="H3068"\w* something bad \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*►. Immediately \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w bears|strong="H1677"\w* \w came|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w woods|strong="H3293"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* mauled \w forty-two|strong="H8147"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*.  
\v 25 \w Elisha|strong="H7725"\w* \w left|strong="H7725"\w* Bethel \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Carmel|strong="H3760"\w* \w Mountain|strong="H2022"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* after \w that|strong="H2022"\w* \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \add city\add*.   
\c 3  
\s1 The war between Israel and Moab  
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\v 1 \w After|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w been|strong="H4427"\w* ruling \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* almost 18 \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, Ahab’s \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joram|strong="H3088"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w He|strong="H8147"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \add city\add* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w twelve|strong="H8147"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.  
\v 2 \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* considered \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\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 as|strong="H6213"\w* \w much|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* father \w and|strong="H3068"\w* mother \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* got rid \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w pillar|strong="H4676"\w* \add for worshiping\add* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* father \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\v 3 \w But|strong="H7535"\w* \w he|strong="H4480"\w* \w committed|strong="H2398"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* \w that|strong="H3478"\w* \add King\add* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w committed|strong="H2398"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w which|strong="H3478"\w* led \w the|strong="H4480"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w sin|strong="H2403"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H4480"\w* \w did|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w stop|strong="H5493"\w* committing \w those|strong="H4480"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w Mesha|strong="H4338"\w*, \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*, raised \w sheep|strong="H5349"\w*. \add Every year\add* \w he|strong="H3478"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* forced \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w give|strong="H7725"\w* 100,000 \w lambs|strong="H3733"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w wool|strong="H6785"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* 100,000 \w rams|strong="H3733"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \add because his kingdom was controlled by the king of Israel\add*.  
\v 5 \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w after|strong="H1961"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Ahab \w died|strong="H4194"\w*, Mesha \w rebelled|strong="H6586"\w* \w against|strong="H6586"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.  
\v 6 \w So|strong="H3318"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Joram|strong="H3088"\w* \w left|strong="H3318"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w gathered|strong="H3478"\w* together \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* soldiers.  
\v 7 \w Then|strong="H7971"\w* \w he|strong="H7971"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w this|strong="H5927"\w* message \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w*, \w the|strong="H7971"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*: “\w The|strong="H7971"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* \w has|strong="H4428"\w* \w rebelled|strong="H6586"\w* \w against|strong="H5927"\w* \w me|strong="H7971"\w*. \w So|strong="H7971"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w your|strong="H7971"\w* \w army|strong="H5971"\w* join \w my|strong="H7971"\w* \w army|strong="H5971"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w fight|strong="H4421"\w* \w against|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* \w army|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*?”  
\p \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* replied, “Yes, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w help|strong="H4421"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w*. We \w are|strong="H5971"\w* ready \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w do|strong="H3063"\w* whatever \w you|strong="H7971"\w* want \w us|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w*. \w My|strong="H7971"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H4421"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w my|strong="H7971"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* ready \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w help|strong="H4421"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w*.”   
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\v 8 \w He|strong="H2088"\w* asked, “\w On|strong="H1870"\w* \w which|strong="H2088"\w* \w road|strong="H1870"\w* \w shall|strong="H2088"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* march \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w attack|strong="H5927"\w* \w them|strong="H5927"\w*?”  
\p Joram replied, “We \w will|strong="H2088"\w* \w go|strong="H5927"\w* \add south to Jerusalem, where your army will join us. Then we will all go south of the Dead Sea, and then turn north\add* \w through|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* Edom \w Desert|strong="H4057"\w*.”   
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\v 9 \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \add and his army\add* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w with|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* Edom \add and their armies\add*. \w They|strong="H3117"\w* \w marched|strong="H5437"\w* \w for|strong="H3117"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w left|strong="H1961"\w* \w for|strong="H3117"\w* \w their|strong="H1961"\w* soldiers \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w for|strong="H3117"\w* \w their|strong="H1961"\w* \w animals|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w carried|strong="H3212"\w* supplies.   
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\v 10 \w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* exclaimed, “\w This|strong="H5414"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* terrible situation! \add It seems that\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w allow|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* captured \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \add the army of\add* [MTY] \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*!”   
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\v 11 \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w said|strong="H6030"\w*, “\w Is|strong="H3068"\w* \w there|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w here|strong="H6311"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w can|strong="H5650"\w* \w ask|strong="H1875"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \add what we should do\add*?”  
\p \w One|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Joram’s army \w officers|strong="H5650"\w* \w said|strong="H6030"\w*, “Elisha, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shaphat|strong="H8202"\w*, \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w here|strong="H6311"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* Elijah’s assistant.” [IDM]   
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\v 12 \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w*, “\add It will be good to ask him, because\add* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w speaks|strong="H3426"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* tells \w him|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w say|strong="H1697"\w*.”  
\p \w So|strong="H1697"\w* those three \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w went|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* Elisha.  
\v 13 \w Elisha|strong="H7121"\w* \w said|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, “\w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w come|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* [RHQ]? \w Go|strong="H3212"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w ask|strong="H4428"\w* \w those|strong="H3588"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* father \w and|strong="H3478"\w* mother consulted!”  
\p \w But|strong="H3588"\w* Joram replied, “\w No|strong="H5414"\w*, \add we want you to ask Yahweh, because it seems that\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w going|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w allow|strong="H5414"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* captured \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* army \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*.”   
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\v 14 Elisha replied, “\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w serve|strong="H5975"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* commander \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* angels \w in|strong="H3068"\w* heaven. \w As|strong="H3068"\w* \w surely|strong="H3588"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w lives|strong="H2416"\w*, \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w respect|strong="H7200"\w* \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w even|strong="H3588"\w* \w think|strong="H7200"\w* \w about|strong="H4428"\w* doing \w anything|strong="H5375"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w help|strong="H5375"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.  
\v 15 \w But|strong="H1961"\w*, \w bring|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w musician|strong="H5059"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*.”  
\p \add So they did that\add*. \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w musician|strong="H5059"\w* \w played|strong="H5059"\w* \add on his harp\add*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w power|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* Elisha.  
\v 16 \w He|strong="H6213"\w* said, “\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* dry stream-bed \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w full|strong="H1356"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* water.  
\v 17 \w The|strong="H7200"\w* result \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* soldiers \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* animals \w that|strong="H3588"\w* carry supplies \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w livestock|strong="H4735"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* plenty \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w*.  
\v 18 \w That|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H5414"\w* difficult \w for|strong="H3027"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w*. \add But he will do more than that\add*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* enable \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w defeat|strong="H5414"\w* \add the army of\add* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*.  
\v 19 \w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* conquer \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w beautiful|strong="H2896"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*, \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* high walls around \w them|strong="H5221"\w*. \w You|strong="H3605"\w* must \w cut|strong="H5640"\w* \w down|strong="H5307"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w fruit|strong="H6086"\w* \w trees|strong="H6086"\w*, \w stop|strong="H5640"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w from|strong="H5892"\w* \w flowing|strong="H4325"\w* \w from|strong="H5892"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w springs|strong="H4599"\w*, \w and|strong="H6086"\w* ruin \w their|strong="H3605"\w* fertile fields \w by|strong="H5892"\w* covering \w them|strong="H5221"\w* \w with|strong="H5892"\w* rocks.”   
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\v 20 \w The|strong="H4390"\w* next \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*, \w at|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H4390"\w* \w time|strong="H1961"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H1242"\w* \w offered|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H4390"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H4503"\w* \add of grain\add*, \w they|strong="H1242"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* surprised \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w see|strong="H2009"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w flowing|strong="H4325"\w* \w from|strong="H5927"\w* Edom \w and|strong="H1242"\w* covering \w the|strong="H4390"\w* ground.   
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\v 21 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H8085"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* three \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w come|strong="H5927"\w* \add with their armies\add* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H4428"\w* able \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* battles, \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* youngest \w men|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* oldest \w ones|strong="H5975"\w*, \w were|strong="H4428"\w* \w summoned|strong="H6817"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* ◄\w took|strong="H5927"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* positions/prepared \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w fight|strong="H3898"\w*► \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \add southern\add* \w border|strong="H1366"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H1366"\w*.  
\v 22 \w But|strong="H7200"\w* \w when|strong="H7200"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w rose|strong="H7925"\w* \w early|strong="H7925"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w next|strong="H5921"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*, \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w across|strong="H5921"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w appeared|strong="H7200"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w be|strong="H8121"\w* \w as|strong="H4325"\w* red \w as|strong="H4325"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*.  
\v 23 \w They|strong="H5221"\w* exclaimed, “\w It|strong="H5221"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*! \w The|strong="H5221"\w* three enemy armies \w must|strong="H1818"\w* \w have|strong="H4428"\w* \w fought|strong="H2717"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w each|strong="H2088"\w* \w other|strong="H2088"\w*! \w So|strong="H6258"\w* \w let|strong="H6258"\w*’s \w go|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w take|strong="H5221"\w* everything \w that|strong="H4428"\w* \w they|strong="H5221"\w* \w have|strong="H4428"\w* left!”   
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\v 24 \w But|strong="H5221"\w* \w when|strong="H5127"\w* \w they|strong="H3478"\w* reached \w the|strong="H6440"\w* area where \w the|strong="H6440"\w* Israeli soldiers \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w set|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w their|strong="H6440"\w* \w tents|strong="H4264"\w*, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* Israelis \w attacked|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* soldiers \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* forced \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w retreat|strong="H5127"\w*. \w The|strong="H6440"\w* Israeli soldiers pursued \w the|strong="H6440"\w* soldiers \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* many \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w*.  
\v 25 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* Israelis \w also|strong="H5221"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H2040"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*. \w And|strong="H6086"\w* \w whenever|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H5704"\w* \w passed|strong="H4325"\w* fertile fields, \w they|strong="H5704"\w* \w threw|strong="H7993"\w* rocks \w on|strong="H5307"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* fields, \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* fields \w were|strong="H4325"\w* \w covered|strong="H5307"\w* \w with|strong="H4390"\w* rocks. \w They|strong="H5704"\w* \w stopped|strong="H5640"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w from|strong="H5704"\w* \w flowing|strong="H4325"\w* \w from|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w springs|strong="H4599"\w* \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w cut|strong="H5640"\w* \w down|strong="H5307"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w fruit|strong="H6086"\w* \w trees|strong="H6086"\w*. \w Finally|strong="H5704"\w*, \w only|strong="H5704"\w* \add the capital city,\add* \w Kir-Hareseth|strong="H7025"\w*, \w remained|strong="H7604"\w*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* Israeli soldiers \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w threw|strong="H7993"\w* stones \w with|strong="H4390"\w* slings \w surrounded|strong="H5437"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w attacked|strong="H5221"\w* \w it|strong="H7993"\w*.  
\v 26 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* \w realized|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w his|strong="H3947"\w* \w army|strong="H4421"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* being \w defeated|strong="H3201"\w*, \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w with|strong="H4428"\w* \w him|strong="H7200"\w* 700 \w men|strong="H3947"\w* \w who|strong="H4428"\w* fought \w with|strong="H4428"\w* \w swords|strong="H2719"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w tried|strong="H1234"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w force|strong="H2388"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w way|strong="H3201"\w* \w through|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* Israeli lines \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H4421"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* escape \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \add get help from\add* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Syria, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H4421"\w* \w unable|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* escape.  
\v 27 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Moab \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w his|strong="H3947"\w* \w oldest|strong="H1419"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w would|strong="H3478"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w next|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* killed \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w offered|strong="H5927"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="H5930"\w* \add to their god Chemosh\add*, burning \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w top|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* city \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*. \w The|strong="H5921"\w* Israeli \w soldiers|strong="H5927"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* horrified, \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* result \w that|strong="H3478"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w left|strong="H5265"\w* \w that|strong="H3478"\w* city \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w their|strong="H3947"\w* \w own|strong="H1961"\w* country.   
\c 4  
\s1 Elisha helped a poor widow  
\p
\v 1 \w One|strong="H1121"\w* day \w the|strong="H3588"\w* widow \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w one|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \add Yahweh’s\add* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* Elisha \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w cried|strong="H6817"\w* \w out|strong="H3947"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w him|strong="H3947"\w*, “\w My|strong="H3068"\w* husband, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* worked \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*. \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w revered|strong="H3372"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \add very much\add*. \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w now|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w whom|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* owed \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lot \w of|strong="H1121"\w* money \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w come|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w me|strong="H3947"\w*. \add And because I cannot pay back the money, he is threatening\add* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w away|strong="H3947"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w slaves|strong="H5650"\w* \add as payment for what I owe him\add*!”   
\p
\v 2 Elisha replied, “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w can|strong="H4100"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w help|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*? \w Tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w me|strong="H5046"\w*, \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3426"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*?”  
\p \w She|strong="H3588"\w* replied, “\w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3426"\w* \w only|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* container \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \add olive\add* \w oil|strong="H8081"\w*; \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3426"\w* \w nothing|strong="H3605"\w* \w else|strong="H3605"\w*.”   
\p
\v 3 Elisha said, “\w Go|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w neighbors|strong="H7934"\w* \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w borrow|strong="H7592"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w them|strong="H4480"\w* \w as|strong="H3605"\w* many \w empty|strong="H7386"\w* \w jars|strong="H3627"\w* \w as|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* can.  
\v 4 \w Then|strong="H3605"\w* \w take|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w jars|strong="H3627"\w* \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* house \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*. \w Shut|strong="H5462"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w door|strong="H1817"\w*. \w Then|strong="H3605"\w* \w pour|strong="H3332"\w* olive oil \w from|strong="H5265"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w container|strong="H3627"\w* \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w jars|strong="H3627"\w*. \w When|strong="H1121"\w* \w each|strong="H3605"\w* \w jar|strong="H3627"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \w full|strong="H4392"\w*, \w set|strong="H5265"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w aside|strong="H5265"\w* \add and fill another jar. Keep doing that until all the jars are full\add*.”   
\p
\v 5  \add So she did what Elisha told her to do\add*. \w Her|strong="H5462"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* kept \w bringing|strong="H5066"\w* jars \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w her|strong="H5462"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w she|strong="H1931"\w* kept filling \w them|strong="H1992"\w*.  
\v 6 \w Soon|strong="H5750"\w* \w all|strong="H5750"\w* \w the|strong="H4390"\w* \w jars|strong="H3627"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w full|strong="H4390"\w*. \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w she|strong="H3627"\w* said \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w one|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w her|strong="H4390"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, “\w Bring|strong="H5066"\w* \w me|strong="H5066"\w* \w another|strong="H5750"\w* \w jar|strong="H3627"\w*!” \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H1121"\w* replied, “\w There|strong="H1961"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w no|strong="H5975"\w* \w more|strong="H5750"\w* \w jars|strong="H3627"\w*!” \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w then|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H4390"\w* \w olive|strong="H8081"\w* \w oil|strong="H8081"\w* \w stopped|strong="H5975"\w* \w flowing|strong="H3627"\w*.   
\p
\v 7 \w When|strong="H2421"\w* she \w told|strong="H5046"\w* Elijah \add what had happened\add*, \w he|strong="H3212"\w* said \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w her|strong="H5046"\w*, “\w Now|strong="H3212"\w* \w sell|strong="H4376"\w* \w the|strong="H5046"\w* jars \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w oil|strong="H8081"\w*. \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \add with the money you get,\add* \w pay|strong="H7999"\w* \w what|strong="H7999"\w* \w you|strong="H5046"\w* owe, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w there|strong="H3498"\w* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* \w enough|strong="H3498"\w* extra money \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w keep|strong="H2421"\w* buying food \w for|strong="H1121"\w* yourself \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H5046"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*.” \add So she did that\add*.   
\s1 Elisha caused the son of the woman from Shunem to become alive again  
\p
\v 8 \w One|strong="H1961"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* Elisha \w went|strong="H5674"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w Shunem|strong="H7766"\w* \add town\add*. \w There|strong="H8033"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w wealthy|strong="H1419"\w* woman \w who|strong="H5493"\w* \w lived|strong="H1961"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \add with her husband\add*. \w One|strong="H1961"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* she invited Elisha \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w her|strong="H5493"\w* house \w for|strong="H3117"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w meal|strong="H3899"\w*. \add Elisha went there and\add* \w from|strong="H5493"\w* \w then|strong="H1961"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w*, \w every|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* Elisha \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H3117"\w* \w Shunem|strong="H7766"\w*, \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w went|strong="H5674"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w their|strong="H2388"\w* house \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w eat|strong="H3899"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w meal|strong="H3899"\w*.  
\v 9 \w One|strong="H6918"\w* day \w the|strong="H5921"\w* woman said \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w her|strong="H5921"\w* husband, “\w I|strong="H3588"\w* am \w sure|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H1931"\w* \w man|strong="H3045"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* often \w comes|strong="H5674"\w* \w here|strong="H2009"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* prophet \add who brings messages \add* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* God.  
\v 10 \w I|strong="H7760"\w* \w think|strong="H7760"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w should|strong="H6213"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w small|strong="H6996"\w* \w room|strong="H5944"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w him|strong="H6213"\w* \w on|strong="H7760"\w* \w our|strong="H1961"\w* \add flat\add* \w roof|strong="H5944"\w*, \w and|strong="H8033"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w bed|strong="H4296"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w table|strong="H7979"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w chair|strong="H3678"\w*, \w and|strong="H8033"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lamp \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w*. \w If|strong="H1961"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H6213"\w*, \w whenever|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w comes|strong="H1961"\w* \w here|strong="H8033"\w*, \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w place|strong="H7760"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* stay.” \add So they did that\add*.   
\p
\v 11 \w One|strong="H1961"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* Elisha returned \w to|strong="H1961"\w* Shunem, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w went|strong="H1961"\w* \w up|strong="H5944"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w room|strong="H5944"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w rest|strong="H7901"\w*.  
\v 12 \w He|strong="H7121"\w* \w said|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w his|strong="H7121"\w* \w servant|strong="H5288"\w* \w Gehazi|strong="H1522"\w*, “Tell \w the|strong="H6440"\w* woman \w that|strong="H5288"\w* \w I|strong="H5288"\w* want \w to|strong="H6440"\w* speak \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w her|strong="H7121"\w*.” \add So the servant went and told her\add*. \w When|strong="H5975"\w* \w she|strong="H7121"\w* \w came|strong="H1522"\w* \add to the doorway of Elisha’s room\add*,  
\v 13 \w Elisha|strong="H3427"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w Gehazi|strong="H4994"\w*, “\w Tell|strong="H1696"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w both|strong="H3605"\w* appreciate \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* kind \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w she|strong="H2063"\w* \w has|strong="H6635"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w us|strong="H4994"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1696"\w* \w ask|strong="H4428"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w can|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w*. \w Ask|strong="H4428"\w*, ‘\w Do|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* want \add me to go to\add* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w or|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H6635"\w* \w commander|strong="H8269"\w*, \w to|strong="H1696"\w* request \w something|strong="H3605"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*?’”  
\p \add Gehazi told her,\add* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w she|strong="H2063"\w* \w replied|strong="H1696"\w*, “\w No|strong="H6213"\w*, \add he does not need to do that, because\add* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* family/relatives \w are|strong="H5971"\w* able \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w give|strong="H1696"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w I|strong="H2009"\w* need.”   
\p
\v 14  \add Later,\add* Elisha \w asked|strong="H4100"\w* \w Gehazi|strong="H1522"\w*, “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* think \w that|strong="H1121"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w can|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H1121"\w* woman?”  
\p \w He|strong="H6213"\w* replied, “\w She|strong="H4100"\w* \w does|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w her|strong="H6213"\w* husband \w is|strong="H4100"\w* \w an|strong="H6213"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* \w man|strong="H1121"\w*. \add So maybe we should ask Yahweh to enable her to have a son\add*.”   
\p
\v 15 \w Elisha|strong="H7121"\w* told Gehazi, “\w Call|strong="H7121"\w* \w her|strong="H7121"\w* back again.” \add So Gehazi went and called her\add*. \w And|strong="H5975"\w* \w when|strong="H5975"\w* \w the|strong="H7121"\w* woman returned, \w as|strong="H7121"\w* \w she|strong="H7121"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w in|strong="H5975"\w* \w the|strong="H7121"\w* \w doorway|strong="H6607"\w*,  
\v 16 Elisha said \w to|strong="H6256"\w* her, “\w About|strong="H6256"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w next|strong="H2416"\w* \w year|strong="H2416"\w* \w you|strong="H2088"\w* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* holding \w your|strong="H2088"\w* \add infant\add* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H2088"\w* arms.” But \w she|strong="H6256"\w* protested, “\w O|strong="H3068"\w*, sir, \w you|strong="H2088"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* prophet \add who brings messages \add* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* God, \w so|strong="H2088"\w* please \w do|strong="H2088"\w* \w not|strong="H2088"\w* \w deceive|strong="H3576"\w*/\w lie|strong="H3576"\w* \w to|strong="H6256"\w* \w me|strong="H1121"\w* \w by|strong="H1121"\w* saying \w things|strong="H6256"\w* \w like|strong="H1121"\w* \w that|strong="H2088"\w*!”   
\p
\v 17 \w But|strong="H1696"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* few months later, \w the|strong="H3205"\w* \w woman|strong="H3205"\w* \w became|strong="H3205"\w* \w pregnant|strong="H2029"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w she|strong="H6256"\w* \w gave|strong="H3205"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w at|strong="H1121"\w* \w that|strong="H2088"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* following \w year|strong="H2416"\w*, \w just|strong="H2088"\w* \w like|strong="H1121"\w* Elisha \w had|strong="H3205"\w* \w predicted|strong="H1696"\w*.   
\p
\v 18 \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w child|strong="H3206"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* older, \w one|strong="H1961"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* fields \w to|strong="H3318"\w* see \w his|strong="H1961"\w* father, who \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \add working\add* \w with|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w men|strong="H3206"\w* who \w were|strong="H1961"\w* harvesting \add grain\add*.  
\v 19  \add Suddenly\add* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w boy|strong="H5288"\w* exclaimed, “\w My|strong="H5375"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w* \add hurts\add*! \w My|strong="H5375"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w* \add hurts a lot\add*!”  
\p \w His|strong="H5375"\w* father said \w to|strong="H5375"\w* \w one|strong="H5375"\w* \w of|strong="H7218"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w servants|strong="H5288"\w*, “\w Carry|strong="H5375"\w* \w him|strong="H5375"\w* home \w to|strong="H5375"\w* \w his|strong="H5375"\w* mother!”  
\v 20 \w So|strong="H4191"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* servant \w carried|strong="H5375"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* home, \w and|strong="H3427"\w* \w his|strong="H5375"\w* mother held \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w her|strong="H5375"\w* \w lap|strong="H1290"\w*. \w But|strong="H4191"\w* \w at|strong="H3427"\w* noontime \w the|strong="H5921"\w* boy \w died|strong="H4191"\w*.  
\v 21 \w She|strong="H5921"\w* \w carried|strong="H5927"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \add the steps\add* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* prophet’s room \w and|strong="H5927"\w* \w laid|strong="H7901"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w bed|strong="H4296"\w*. \w She|strong="H5921"\w* \w left|strong="H3318"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w there|strong="H5927"\w* \w and|strong="H5927"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w and|strong="H5927"\w* \w shut|strong="H5462"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* door.   
\p
\v 22 \w She|strong="H7121"\w* \w then|strong="H7971"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w out|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w her|strong="H7971"\w* husband, saying, “\w Send|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w* \w one|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w servants|strong="H5288"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* donkey, \w so|strong="H4480"\w* \w that|strong="H5288"\w* \w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w can|strong="H4994"\w* ride \add on it\add* \w quickly|strong="H7323"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* prophet, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w then|strong="H7971"\w* \w come|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w*!” \add But she did not tell her husband that their son had died\add*.   
\p
\v 23 \w Her|strong="H1980"\w* husband \add called out to her and\add* said, “\w Why|strong="H4069"\w* \add do you want to go\add* \w today|strong="H3117"\w*? \w This|strong="H3117"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* celebrate \w the|strong="H3117"\w* Festival \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w New|strong="H2320"\w* \w Moon|strong="H2320"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w it|strong="H3117"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="H7676"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*!”  
\p \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w she|strong="H2320"\w* \w only|strong="H7965"\w* replied, “\add Just do what I requested and\add* everything \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w all|strong="H3117"\w* right.”   
\p
\v 24 \w So|strong="H3588"\w* \w she|strong="H3588"\w* \add told the servant to\add* \w put|strong="H7392"\w* saddles \w on|strong="H7392"\w* \add two\add* donkeys, \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w as|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* left, \w she|strong="H3588"\w* said, “Hurry! Do \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w slow|strong="H6113"\w* \w down|strong="H6113"\w* \w unless|strong="H3588"\w* t tell \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* do \w that|strong="H3588"\w*!”  
\v 25 \w As|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H7200"\w* approached \w Carmel|strong="H3760"\w* \w Mountain|strong="H2022"\w*, \w where|strong="H2009"\w* Elisha \w was|strong="H1961"\w*, Elisha \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w her|strong="H7200"\w* \w in|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* distance. \w He|strong="H3212"\w* said \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w Gehazi|strong="H1522"\w*, “\w Look|strong="H7200"\w*, \w the|strong="H7200"\w* woman \w from|strong="H1961"\w* Shunem \w is|strong="H2009"\w* \w coming|strong="H2009"\w*!  
\v 26 \w Run|strong="H7323"\w* \w to|strong="H7323"\w* \w her|strong="H7125"\w*, \w and|strong="H7965"\w* ask \w her|strong="H7125"\w* if everything \w is|strong="H3206"\w* all right \w with|strong="H6258"\w* \w her|strong="H7125"\w* \w and|strong="H7965"\w* \w her|strong="H7125"\w* husband \w and|strong="H7965"\w* \w with|strong="H6258"\w* \w her|strong="H7125"\w* \w child|strong="H3206"\w*!”  
\p \add So Gehazi ran to her and asked her, but she did not tell Gehazi anything.\add* She \w only|strong="H7965"\w* said, “Yes, everything \w is|strong="H3206"\w* fine.”   
\p
\v 27 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w she|strong="H3588"\w* \w came|strong="H5066"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w where|strong="H4480"\w* Elisha \w was|strong="H3068"\w*, \w she|strong="H3588"\w* \add prostrated herself on the ground in front of Elisha and\add* \w took|strong="H2388"\w* \w hold|strong="H2388"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*. \w Gehazi|strong="H1522"\w* started \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w push|strong="H1920"\w* \w her|strong="H5046"\w* \w away|strong="H4480"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* Elisha said, “◄\w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w push|strong="H1920"\w* \w her|strong="H5046"\w* \w away|strong="H4480"\w*/\w Leave|strong="H4480"\w* \w her|strong="H5046"\w* \w alone|strong="H7503"\w*►! Something \w is|strong="H3068"\w* troubling \w her|strong="H5046"\w* very much, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w me|strong="H5315"\w* \w what|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w*.”   
\p
\v 28 \w Then|strong="H1121"\w* \w she|strong="H3808"\w* said \w to|strong="H1121"\w* Elisha, “\w O|strong="H3068"\w*, sir, \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w ask|strong="H7592"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* enable \w me|strong="H7592"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* give \w birth|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* [RHQ]. \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* told \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* lie \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w me|strong="H7592"\w* about \w that|strong="H1121"\w*!” [RHQ]   
\p
\v 29 \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* Elisha \add realized that something must have happened to her son. So he\add* \w said|strong="H6030"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w Gehazi|strong="H1522"\w*, “\w Get|strong="H3947"\w* \w ready|strong="H4672"\w* \add to leave immediately\add*. \w Take|strong="H3947"\w* \w my|strong="H7760"\w* \w staff|strong="H4938"\w*/\w walking|strong="H3212"\w* stick \w and|strong="H6030"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \add to her home\add*. \w Do|strong="H3027"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \add stop to\add* talk \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w anyone|strong="H3588"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w way|strong="H3212"\w*. \w Go|strong="H3212"\w* quickly \add to where her son is\add* \w and|strong="H6030"\w* \w lay|strong="H7760"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w staff|strong="H4938"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w child|strong="H5288"\w*’s \w face|strong="H6440"\w*. \add If you do that, perhaps Yahweh will enable him to be well\add*.”   
\p
\v 30 \w But|strong="H5800"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w boy|strong="H5288"\w*’s mother said, “Just \add as certain\add* \w as|strong="H5315"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w lives|strong="H5315"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w you|strong="H5800"\w* \w live|strong="H2416"\w*, \w I|strong="H5315"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3212"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w home|strong="H3212"\w* if \w you|strong="H5800"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3212"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H5315"\w*.” \w So|strong="H6965"\w* Elisha returned \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w her|strong="H5800"\w* \add to her home\add*.   
\p
\v 31 \w Gehazi|strong="H1522"\w* hurried quickly, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \add when he got to the woman’s home,\add* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w laid|strong="H7760"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w staff|strong="H4938"\w*/walking stick \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w child|strong="H5288"\w*’s \w face|strong="H6440"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w child|strong="H5288"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* move \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w say|strong="H7725"\w* \w anything|strong="H3808"\w*.  
\p \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w Gehazi|strong="H1522"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H7725"\w* \add along the road\add*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*, “\w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w child|strong="H5288"\w* \w is|strong="H6963"\w* \w still|strong="H7725"\w* dead.”  
\v 32 \w When|strong="H7901"\w* Elisha \w reached|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w he|strong="H1004"\w* \w saw|strong="H2009"\w* \w that|strong="H5288"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w boy|strong="H5288"\w* \w was|strong="H1004"\w* \w lying|strong="H7901"\w* \w dead|strong="H4191"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w bed|strong="H4296"\w*.  
\v 33 Elisha \w went|strong="H3068"\w* into \w the|strong="H3068"\w* room \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w himself|strong="H1157"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w shut|strong="H5462"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w door|strong="H1817"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w prayed|strong="H6419"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 34 \w Then|strong="H5927"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w lay|strong="H7901"\w* \w down|strong="H7901"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w boy|strong="H3206"\w*’s \w body|strong="H1320"\w*, \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w his|strong="H7760"\w* \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w boy|strong="H3206"\w*’s \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*, \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w his|strong="H7760"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w boy|strong="H3206"\w*’s \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w his|strong="H7760"\w* \w hands|strong="H3709"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w boy|strong="H3206"\w*’s \w hands|strong="H3709"\w*. \w Then|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w boy|strong="H3206"\w*’s \w body|strong="H1320"\w* started \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w become|strong="H2552"\w* \w warm|strong="H2552"\w*!  
\v 35 \w Elisha|strong="H7725"\w* \w got|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w walked|strong="H3212"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w forth|strong="H2008"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w room|strong="H1004"\w* \add several times\add*. \w Then|strong="H7725"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w stretched|strong="H1457"\w* \w his|strong="H7725"\w* body \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w boy|strong="H5288"\w*’s body \w again|strong="H7725"\w*. \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w boy|strong="H5288"\w* \w sneezed|strong="H2237"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w times|strong="H6471"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w opened|strong="H6491"\w* \w his|strong="H7725"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*!   
\p
\v 36 \w Then|strong="H5375"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H7121"\w* \w summoned|strong="H7121"\w* \w Gehazi|strong="H1522"\w*. \w He|strong="H7121"\w* \w said|strong="H7121"\w*, “\w Call|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* boy’s mother!” \add So Gehazi went and called her,\add* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w when|strong="H1121"\w* \w she|strong="H7121"\w* \w came|strong="H1522"\w* \w in|strong="H1121"\w*, \w Elisha|strong="H7121"\w* \w said|strong="H7121"\w*, “\w Here|strong="H2063"\w*, \w take|strong="H5375"\w* \w your|strong="H5375"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*!”  
\v 37 \w She|strong="H5921"\w* \add gratefully\add* \w prostrated|strong="H7812"\w* \w herself|strong="H7812"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* Elisha’s \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*. \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w she|strong="H5921"\w* \w picked|strong="H5375"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w her|strong="H5375"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w carried|strong="H5375"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* downstairs.   
\s1 Elisha made some stew edible  
\p
\v 38 \w Then|strong="H7725"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H7725"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w*. \w But|strong="H7725"\w* \w at|strong="H3427"\w* \w that|strong="H5030"\w* \w time|strong="H6440"\w* \w there|strong="H3427"\w* \w was|strong="H5288"\w* ◄\w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w famine|strong="H7458"\w*/\w very|strong="H1419"\w* little \w food|strong="H5138"\w*► \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w that|strong="H5030"\w* area. \w One|strong="H1121"\w* day \w as|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* group \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w was|strong="H5288"\w* \w sitting|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H7725"\w* \add listening to what he was teaching\add*, \w he|strong="H6440"\w* said \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w his|strong="H7725"\w* \w servant|strong="H5288"\w*, “\w Put|strong="H7725"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w large|strong="H1419"\w* \w pot|strong="H5518"\w* \w on|strong="H3427"\w* \add the stove\add* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w make|strong="H7725"\w* some \w stew|strong="H5138"\w* \w for|strong="H6440"\w* \w these|strong="H6440"\w* \w men|strong="H5288"\w*.”   
\p
\v 39 \w One|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H7704"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* prophets \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w fields|strong="H7704"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w gather|strong="H3950"\w* \w some|strong="H4480"\w* vegetables. \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w gathered|strong="H3950"\w* \add only\add* \w some|strong="H4480"\w* \w wild|strong="H7704"\w* \w gourds|strong="H6498"\w* \w and|strong="H7704"\w* \w put|strong="H3318"\w* \w them|strong="H3318"\w* \w in|strong="H4672"\w* \w his|strong="H3045"\w* cloak \w and|strong="H7704"\w* \w brought|strong="H3318"\w* \w them|strong="H3318"\w* \w back|strong="H3045"\w*. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* shredded \w them|strong="H3318"\w* \w and|strong="H7704"\w* \w put|strong="H3318"\w* \w them|strong="H3318"\w* \w in|strong="H4672"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w pot|strong="H5518"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w gourds|strong="H6498"\w* \w were|strong="H4672"\w* poisonous.  
\v 40 \w He|strong="H3808"\w* \w served|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w stew|strong="H5138"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* prophets, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w after|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w men|strong="H1992"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* eaten only \w a|strong="H3068"\w* couple bites, \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w cried|strong="H6817"\w* \w out|strong="H3332"\w*, “Elisha, \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w is|strong="H1961"\w* something \w in|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w pot|strong="H5518"\w* \w that|strong="H1961"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* kill \w us|strong="H1961"\w*!”  
\p \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* would \w not|strong="H3808"\w* eat \w it|strong="H1961"\w*.  
\v 41 Elisha \w said|strong="H1697"\w*, “\w Bring|strong="H3947"\w* \w me|strong="H7993"\w* \w some|strong="H1697"\w* \w flour|strong="H7058"\w*.” \add They brought him some, and\add* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w threw|strong="H7993"\w* \w it|strong="H7993"\w* \w in|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w pot|strong="H5518"\w* \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w*, “\w It|strong="H7993"\w* \w is|strong="H1697"\w* \w all|strong="H1697"\w* right \w now|strong="H1961"\w*. \w You|strong="H3947"\w* \w can|strong="H3947"\w* eat \w it|strong="H7993"\w*.” \w And|strong="H5971"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* ate \w it|strong="H7993"\w*, \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w it|strong="H7993"\w* \w did|strong="H5971"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w harm|strong="H7451"\w* \w them|strong="H3947"\w*.   
\s1 Elisha multiplied food for the prophets  
\p
\v 42 One day \w a|strong="H3068"\w* man \w from|strong="H3899"\w* \w Baal-Shalishah|strong="H1190"\w* \add town\add* \w brought|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* Elisha \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w sack|strong="H6861"\w* \w of|strong="H5971"\w* freshly cut \w grain|strong="H3759"\w* \w and|strong="H6242"\w* 20 \w loaves|strong="H3899"\w* \w of|strong="H5971"\w* \w barley|strong="H8184"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*, \w made|strong="H5414"\w* \w from|strong="H3899"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w first|strong="H1061"\w* \w grain|strong="H3759"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w they|strong="H5971"\w* harvested \add that year\add*.  
\p Elisha said \add to his servant\add*, “\w Give|strong="H5414"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* group \w of|strong="H5971"\w* prophets, \w so|strong="H5414"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w they|strong="H5971"\w* can \w eat|strong="H3899"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w*.”  
\v 43 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w servant|strong="H8334"\w* exclaimed, “\w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* think \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w can|strong="H4100"\w* feed 100 \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* prophets \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w only|strong="H3588"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w much|strong="H4100"\w*?” [RHQ]  
\p \w But|strong="H3588"\w* Elisha replied, “\w Give|strong="H5414"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* prophets \w so|strong="H3541"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w can|strong="H4100"\w* eat \w it|strong="H5414"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H2088"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* plenty \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H5414"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w there|strong="H2088"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w some|strong="H3498"\w* \w left|strong="H3498"\w* \w over|strong="H5414"\w*!”  
\v 44 After \w his|strong="H5414"\w* servant \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* prophets, \w they|strong="H3068"\w* ate \add all that they wanted\add*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w there|strong="H1697"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* food \w left|strong="H3498"\w* \w over|strong="H5414"\w*, \w just|strong="H1697"\w* \w as|strong="H1697"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w promised|strong="H5414"\w*.   
\c 5  
\s1 Naaman was healed of leprosy  
\p
\v 1  \add A man named\add* \w Naaman|strong="H5283"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w commander|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Syria. \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w enabled|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* win \w many|strong="H1419"\w* victories/battles. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w warrior|strong="H1368"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* result \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Syria \w greatly|strong="H1419"\w* \w respected|strong="H5375"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w*. \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* ◄leprosy/\w a|strong="H3068"\w* dreaded skin disease►.   
\p
\v 2  \add Some time previously,\add* groups \w of|strong="H6440"\w* soldiers/marauders \w from|strong="H3318"\w* Syria \w had|strong="H1961"\w* raided/\w attacked|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w they|strong="H3478"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w captured|strong="H7617"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w young|strong="H5291"\w* \w girl|strong="H5291"\w* \add and taken her to Syria\add*. \w She|strong="H6440"\w* \w became|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* servant \w for|strong="H6440"\w* \w Naaman|strong="H5283"\w*’s wife.  
\v 3 One day, \w that|strong="H5030"\w* girl said \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w her|strong="H6440"\w*, “\w I|strong="H6440"\w* wish \w that|strong="H5030"\w* ◄\w my|strong="H6440"\w* master/\w your|strong="H6440"\w* husband► would go \w to|strong="H6440"\w* see \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w in|strong="H6440"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*. \w That|strong="H5030"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* would heal \w your|strong="H6440"\w* husband \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w his|strong="H6440"\w* \w leprosy|strong="H6883"\w*.”   
\p
\v 4  \add Naaman’s wife told her husband\add* \w what|strong="H2063"\w* \w the|strong="H5046"\w* \w girl|strong="H5291"\w* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w*, \add and\add* Naaman \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \add that\add* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H5046"\w* king.  
\v 5-6 The king said to him, “Okay, go \add and see the prophet\add*. I will \add write\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* letter for you to take to the king of Israel, \add saying that I sent you\add*.” The king wrote in the letter, “I am sending this letter with \add my army commander\add* Naaman, who serves me \add faithfully\add*. I want you to heal him of his disease.” So Naaman, \add assuming/thinking that the king of Israel was the prophet, took the letter and\add* 750 pounds of silver, 150 pounds of gold, and ten sets of clothing, to give to the king of Israel, \add and he went to Samaria, taking along several servants\add*.   
\p
\v 7  \add When he arrived in Samaria, he gave the letter to the king\add* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w The|strong="H7200"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w read|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w letter|strong="H5612"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1961"\w*, \w being|strong="H1961"\w* \w very|strong="H2088"\w* dismayed, \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w tore|strong="H7167"\w* \w his|strong="H7121"\w* clothes \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w said|strong="H7121"\w*, “\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3045"\w* \w God|strong="H7971"\w* [RHQ]! \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3045"\w* able \w to|strong="H3478"\w* enable \w people|strong="H7200"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w live|strong="H2421"\w* \w or|strong="H7200"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* [RHQ]! \w Why|strong="H3588"\w* \w does|strong="H2088"\w* \add the king\add* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* wrote \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w letter|strong="H5612"\w* \w request|strong="H7971"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* cure \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w man|strong="H4191"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H7121"\w* \w leprosy|strong="H6883"\w*? \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w think|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w just|strong="H2088"\w* wanting \w to|strong="H3478"\w* start \w a|strong="H3068"\w* fight \w with|strong="H3045"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w*!”   
\p
\v 8 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* Elisha \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w torn|strong="H7167"\w* \w his|strong="H7971"\w* robe \add and said that\add*. \w So|strong="H7971"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* message \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, saying, “\w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* upset/frustrated [RHQ]? \w Send|strong="H7971"\w* Naaman \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w find|strong="H3045"\w* \w out|strong="H7971"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \add because\add* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* true \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \add here\add* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \add I can help/heal him\add*.”  
\v 9 \w So|strong="H5975"\w* \w Naaman|strong="H5283"\w* \w went|strong="H1004"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w his|strong="H5975"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* \w to|strong="H1004"\w* Elisha’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w waited|strong="H5975"\w* outside \w the|strong="H5975"\w* \w door|strong="H6607"\w*.  
\v 10 \w But|strong="H1320"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H7725"\w* \add did not come to the door. Instead, he\add* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w messenger|strong="H4397"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* Naaman, \w to|strong="H1980"\w* tell \w him|strong="H7971"\w*, “\w Go|strong="H1980"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \add River\add* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w wash|strong="H7364"\w* yourself \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w times|strong="H6471"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* river. \w Then|strong="H1980"\w* \w your|strong="H7725"\w* \w skin|strong="H1320"\w* \w will|strong="H1320"\w* \w be|strong="H7725"\w* \w restored|strong="H7725"\w*/healed, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w will|strong="H1320"\w* \w no|strong="H7971"\w* \w longer|strong="H1980"\w* \w have|strong="H1980"\w* leprosy.”   
\p
\v 11 \w But|strong="H2009"\w* \w Naaman|strong="H5283"\w* \w became|strong="H7107"\w* \w very|strong="H7107"\w* \w angry|strong="H7107"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H3318"\w*, “\w I|strong="H2009"\w* thought \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w surely|strong="H3318"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w wave|strong="H5130"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w over|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* leprosy, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w pray|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w god|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* heal \w me|strong="H7121"\w*!  
\v 12 \w Surely|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Abana \w River|strong="H5104"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Pharpar|strong="H6554"\w* \w River|strong="H5104"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w* \add in my own country of Syria\add* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* [RHQ] \w better|strong="H2896"\w* \w than|strong="H2896"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H4325"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w rivers|strong="H5104"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*! \w Why|strong="H3808"\w* \w can|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w wash|strong="H7364"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w rivers|strong="H5104"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* healed?” [RHQ] \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w turned|strong="H6437"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w walked|strong="H3212"\w* \w away|strong="H3212"\w* \w with|strong="H3212"\w* \w great|strong="H2896"\w* \w anger|strong="H2534"\w*/disgust.   
\p
\v 13 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w his|strong="H7364"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w came|strong="H5066"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w him|strong="H6213"\w*, \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \add one of them\add* \w said|strong="H1696"\w*, “Sir, \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w had|strong="H3588"\w* \w told|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w something|strong="H1697"\w* \w difficult|strong="H1419"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w would|strong="H1697"\w* \w certainly|strong="H3588"\w* [RHQ] \w have|strong="H5650"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w*. \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w should|strong="H3588"\w* \w certainly|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w says|strong="H1696"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w wash|strong="H7364"\w* \add in the Jordan River\add* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* healed!” [RHQ]  
\v 14 \w So|strong="H7725"\w* Naaman \w went|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \add River\add* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* washed \w himself|strong="H2881"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w times|strong="H6471"\w*, \w as|strong="H1697"\w* ◄\w the|strong="H7725"\w* prophet/\w Elisha|strong="H7725"\w*► \w told|strong="H1697"\w* \w him|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w do|strong="H3381"\w*. \w Then|strong="H7725"\w* \w his|strong="H7725"\w* \w skin|strong="H1320"\w* \w was|strong="H1697"\w* \w restored|strong="H7725"\w*/healed, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w it|strong="H7725"\w* \w became|strong="H1697"\w* healthy/smooth, \w like|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w skin|strong="H1320"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w young|strong="H5288"\w* \w child|strong="H5288"\w*.   
\p
\v 15 \w Then|strong="H2009"\w* Naaman \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w with|strong="H6440"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \w went|strong="H3478"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* talk \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H7725"\w*. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* Naaman said, “\w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H2009"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* \w no|strong="H3605"\w* real gods \w anywhere|strong="H3605"\w* \w else|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* world, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H2009"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* God \w here|strong="H2009"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*! \w So|strong="H3947"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w please|strong="H4994"\w* \w accept|strong="H3947"\w* \w these|strong="H1931"\w* \w gifts|strong="H7725"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \add have brought to you\add*!”   
\p
\v 16 \w But|strong="H3947"\w* Elisha replied, “\w Just|strong="H5975"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* certainly \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w one|strong="H2416"\w* \w whom|strong="H6440"\w* \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w serve|strong="H5975"\w*, \w lives|strong="H2416"\w*, \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H6440"\w* \w accept|strong="H3947"\w* \w any|strong="H6440"\w* gifts.” Naaman \w kept|strong="H5975"\w* urging \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \add to accept the gifts\add*, \w but|strong="H3947"\w* Elisha \w kept|strong="H5975"\w* \w refusing|strong="H3985"\w*.   
\p
\v 17 \w Then|strong="H6213"\w* \w Naaman|strong="H5283"\w* said, “Okay, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \add I have one request. This dirt here in Israel is holy, so\add* \w please|strong="H4994"\w* \w allow|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w take|strong="H6213"\w* some dirt \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H6213"\w* \w place|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \add in sacks\add* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w two|strong="H6776"\w* \w mules|strong="H6505"\w*. \w Then|strong="H6213"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w take|strong="H6213"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w back|strong="H5750"\w* \w home|strong="H3068"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \add and make an altar on this dirt\add*. \w From|strong="H3068"\w* \w now|strong="H4994"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w offer|strong="H6213"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \add on that altar\add*. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w offer|strong="H6213"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w any|strong="H5750"\w* \w other|strong="H5750"\w* \w god|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 18 However, \w when|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* master, \add the king,\add* goes \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w god|strong="H3068"\w* \w Rimmon|strong="H7417"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w worship|strong="H7812"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*/\w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w leaning|strong="H8172"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w arm|strong="H3027"\w*, \w I|strong="H5921"\w* hope/desire \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w forgive|strong="H5545"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w bow|strong="H7812"\w* \w down|strong="H7812"\w*, \w too|strong="H1697"\w*.”   
\p
\v 19 Elisha replied, “\w Go|strong="H3212"\w* \w home|strong="H3212"\w*, \w and|strong="H3212"\w* do \w not|strong="H3212"\w* worry about \w that|strong="H3212"\w*.” So Naaman \add and his servants\add* started \w to|strong="H3212"\w* travel \w home|strong="H3212"\w*.   
\s1 Elisha cursed Gehazi for being greedy  
\p
\v 20 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w then|strong="H2009"\w* Elisha’s \w servant|strong="H5288"\w* \w Gehazi|strong="H1522"\w* said \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w himself|strong="H3027"\w*, “\w It|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H2088"\w* good \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* master \w allowed|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* Syrian \w man|strong="H5288"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* leave \w like|strong="H7323"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w*. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w accepted|strong="H3947"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* gifts. \w So|strong="H3947"\w* \w just|strong="H2088"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w certainly|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 go|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* catch \w up|strong="H3947"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w Naaman|strong="H5283"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w get|strong="H3947"\w* \w something|strong="H3972"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w him|strong="H3027"\w*.”   
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\v 21 \w So|strong="H7200"\w* \w Gehazi|strong="H1522"\w* hurried \w to|strong="H5921"\w* catch \w up|strong="H7200"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w Naaman|strong="H5283"\w*. \w When|strong="H7200"\w* \w Naaman|strong="H5283"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w Gehazi|strong="H1522"\w* \w running|strong="H7323"\w* \w toward|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \add stopped\add* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w chariot|strong="H4818"\w* \add in which he was riding,\add* jumped \w out|strong="H7200"\w*, \w and|strong="H7200"\w* \w went|strong="H7125"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w what|strong="H7200"\w* \w Gehazi|strong="H1522"\w* wanted. \w He|strong="H5921"\w* asked \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, “\w Is|strong="H5307"\w* everything \w all|strong="H7200"\w* right?”   
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\v 22 \w Gehazi|strong="H4994"\w* replied, “\w Yes|strong="H2009"\w*, \w but|strong="H2009"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w young|strong="H5288"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* hilly \w area|strong="H2022"\w* \w where|strong="H2088"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ephraim live \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w just|strong="H2088"\w* arrived. Elisha \w has|strong="H5030"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w tell|strong="H4994"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w he|strong="H5414"\w* \w would|strong="H5288"\w* \w like|strong="H3701"\w* 75 pounds \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w sets|strong="H2487"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* clothing \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*.”   
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\v 23 \w Naaman|strong="H5283"\w* replied, “\w Certainly|strong="H5414"\w*! \w You|strong="H5414"\w* \w can|strong="H3947"\w* \w have|strong="H5288"\w* 150 pounds \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*!” \w He|strong="H5414"\w* \w urged|strong="H6555"\w* Gehazi \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w*. \w He|strong="H5414"\w* also \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w sets|strong="H2487"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* clothing. \w He|strong="H5414"\w* \w tied|strong="H5414"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w in|strong="H6440"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w bags|strong="H2754"\w* \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w his|strong="H5375"\w* \w servants|strong="H5288"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w carry|strong="H5375"\w* \w back|strong="H3947"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* Elisha.  
\v 24 \w But|strong="H3947"\w* \w when|strong="H7971"\w* \w they|strong="H3027"\w* arrived \w at|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w hill|strong="H6076"\w* \add where Elisha lived\add*, Gehazi \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* silver \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* clothes \w from|strong="H3027"\w* Naaman’s servants \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* servants \w back|strong="H3947"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* Naaman. \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w he|strong="H1004"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* those things \w into|strong="H3212"\w* \w his|strong="H7971"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* hid \w them|strong="H7971"\w*.  
\v 25 \w When|strong="H1980"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w went|strong="H1980"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* Elisha, Elisha asked \w him|strong="H5975"\w*, “\w Where|strong="H3808"\w* \w did|strong="H5650"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w go|strong="H1980"\w*, \w Gehazi|strong="H1522"\w*?” \w Gehazi|strong="H1522"\w* replied, “\w I|strong="H5650"\w* \w did|strong="H5650"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w go|strong="H1980"\w* anywhere.”   
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\v 26 Elisha asked \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \add “Do you not realize that\add* \w my|strong="H3947"\w* \w spirit|strong="H3820"\w* \w was|strong="H3820"\w* there \w when|strong="H6256"\w* Naaman \w got|strong="H3947"\w* \w out|strong="H3947"\w* \w of|strong="H5650"\w* \w his|strong="H3947"\w* \w chariot|strong="H4818"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* talk \w with|strong="H1980"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*? \w This|strong="H3947"\w* \w is|strong="H3820"\w* \w certainly|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* [RHQ] \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w accept|strong="H3947"\w* gifts \w of|strong="H5650"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* clothes \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w olive|strong="H2132"\w* \w groves|strong="H2132"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w vineyards|strong="H3754"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w oxen|strong="H1241"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*!  
\v 27 \w Because|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w have|strong="H6883"\w* done \w this|strong="H6440"\w*, \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w and|strong="H5769"\w* \w your|strong="H6440"\w* \w children|strong="H2233"\w* \w and|strong="H5769"\w* \w all|strong="H3318"\w* \w your|strong="H6440"\w* \w descendants|strong="H2233"\w*, \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*, \w will|strong="H2233"\w* \w have|strong="H6883"\w* \w leprosy|strong="H6883"\w* just \w like|strong="H3318"\w* \w Naaman|strong="H5283"\w* had!” \w And|strong="H5769"\w* \w when|strong="H3318"\w* Gehazi \w left|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* room, \w he|strong="H3318"\w* \w was|strong="H6440"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w leper|strong="H6879"\w*! \w His|strong="H6440"\w* skin \w was|strong="H6440"\w* \w as|strong="H3318"\w* white \w as|strong="H3318"\w* \w snow|strong="H7950"\w*!   
\c 6  
\s1 The axe head floated  
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\v 1 \w One|strong="H4480"\w* day \w a|strong="H3068"\w* group \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* said \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H3427"\w*, “\w Look|strong="H2009"\w*, \w this|strong="H6440"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w meet|strong="H6440"\w* together \w with|strong="H3427"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w is|strong="H2009"\w* very \w small|strong="H6862"\w*.  
\v 2 \w Allow|strong="H4994"\w* \w us|strong="H4994"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \add River and cut down some trees to make\add* logs \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w build|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* new meeting \w place|strong="H4725"\w*.” \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H3427"\w* said, “Okay, \w go|strong="H3212"\w*.”   
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\v 3 One \w of|strong="H5650"\w* \w them|strong="H4994"\w* said \w to|strong="H3212"\w* Elisha, “\w Please|strong="H4994"\w* \w come|strong="H3212"\w* \w with|strong="H3212"\w* \w us|strong="H4994"\w*.” \w So|strong="H4994"\w* Elisha replied, “Okay, \w I|strong="H5650"\w* \w will|strong="H5650"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w with|strong="H3212"\w* \w you|strong="H3212"\w*.”   
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\v 4 So they \w went|strong="H3212"\w* together. When they reached \w the|strong="H3212"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \add River\add*, they \w cut|strong="H1504"\w* \w down|strong="H1504"\w* some \w trees|strong="H6086"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w while|strong="H1961"\w* \w one|strong="H1931"\w* \w of|strong="H4325"\w* \w them|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* cutting \w down|strong="H5307"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* tree, suddenly \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w axe|strong="H1270"\w* \w head|strong="H1270"\w* \add separated from the handle and\add* \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* \w into|strong="H5307"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w cried|strong="H6817"\w* \w out|strong="H6817"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* Elisha, “\w O|strong="H3068"\w*, Master, what \w shall|strong="H4325"\w* \w I|strong="H1961"\w* do? \add The axe is not mine\add*; \w I|strong="H1961"\w* \w borrowed|strong="H7592"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w*!”   
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\v 6 Elisha replied, “\w Where|strong="H8033"\w* \w did|strong="H5307"\w* \w it|strong="H7200"\w* \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* \w into|strong="H5307"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* water?” \w After|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w man|strong="H7200"\w* \w showed|strong="H7200"\w* \w him|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w*, Elisha \w cut|strong="H7094"\w* \w off|strong="H7993"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w stick|strong="H6086"\w*, \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w threw|strong="H7993"\w* \w it|strong="H7200"\w* \w into|strong="H5307"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* water, \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w caused|strong="H5307"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w iron|strong="H1270"\w* \w axe|strong="H1270"\w* \w head|strong="H1270"\w* \w to|strong="H7200"\w* \w float|strong="H6687"\w* \add on top of the water\add*.  
\v 7 Elisha said, “\w Take|strong="H3947"\w* \w it|strong="H7971"\w* \w out|strong="H7971"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* water.” \w So|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* man \w reached|strong="H7971"\w* \w his|strong="H7971"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w down|strong="H7971"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w picked|strong="H7311"\w* \w up|strong="H7311"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* axe head.   
\s1 Elisha tricked the army of Syria  
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\v 8 \w Whenever|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Syria \add prepared to send his army to\add* \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* \w against|strong="H3898"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w he|strong="H3478"\w* first \w consulted|strong="H3289"\w* \w his|strong="H3478"\w* \w officers|strong="H5650"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w then|strong="H1961"\w* told \w them|strong="H1961"\w* \w where|strong="H4725"\w* \w they|strong="H3478"\w* \w should|strong="H3478"\w* \w set|strong="H3478"\w* \w up|strong="H4428"\w* \w their|strong="H1961"\w* tents.   
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\v 9 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w each|strong="H2088"\w* \w time|strong="H3478"\w*, Elisha \w would|strong="H3478"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* message \w to|strong="H3478"\w* warn \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \add telling him where the army of Syria was planning to attack them,\add* saying, “\w Be|strong="H3478"\w* \w sure|strong="H8104"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w your|strong="H8104"\w* army \w does|strong="H2088"\w* \w not|strong="H2088"\w* \w go|strong="H7971"\w* \w near|strong="H8033"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* army \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Syria \w has|strong="H3478"\w* \w set|strong="H7971"\w* \w up|strong="H7971"\w* \w their|strong="H3588"\w* tents \w there|strong="H8033"\w*.”  
\v 10 \w So|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w would|strong="H3478"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \add messengers\add* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w warn|strong="H2094"\w* \add the people who lived in\add* \w that|strong="H3478"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w would|strong="H3478"\w* \w remain|strong="H3808"\w* \w on|strong="H7971"\w* \w guard|strong="H8104"\w*. \w That|strong="H3478"\w* happened several times.   
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\v 11 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Syria \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w very|strong="H2088"\w* \w upset|strong="H1697"\w*/disturbed/angry \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H1697"\w*. \w So|strong="H7121"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w summoned|strong="H7121"\w* \w his|strong="H7121"\w* army \w officers|strong="H5650"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, “\add Obviously\add* \w one|strong="H2088"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* ◄betraying \w us|strong="H5046"\w*/revealing \w our|strong="H5921"\w* plans► \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w Which|strong="H7945"\w* \w one|strong="H2088"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* doing \w it|strong="H7121"\w*?”   
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\v 12 \w One|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H5046"\w* \w officers|strong="H5650"\w* \w answered|strong="H5046"\w*, “\w Your|strong="H3588"\w* Majesty, \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H1697"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w us|strong="H5046"\w*. Elisha \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \add knows what we plan to do, and he\add* \w tells|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* everything. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w even|strong="H3588"\w* knows \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w say|strong="H1696"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* own \w bedroom|strong="H2315"\w*!”   
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\v 13 \w The|strong="H7200"\w* king \w of|strong="H7200"\w* Syria replied, “\w Go|strong="H3212"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w find|strong="H3947"\w* \w out|strong="H7971"\w* \w where|strong="H2009"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w*, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w will|strong="H1931"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \add some men there\add* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w capture|strong="H3947"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w*.” Someone \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w*, “\w People|strong="H7200"\w* say \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w in|strong="H3212"\w* \w Dothan|strong="H1886"\w* \add town north of Samaria\add*.”  
\v 14 \w So|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H5921"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w large|strong="H3515"\w* group \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H2428"\w* \add to Dothan\add* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w*. \w They|strong="H8033"\w* arrived \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w surrounded|strong="H5362"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w town|strong="H5892"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w Early|strong="H7925"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* next \w morning|strong="H7925"\w*, Elisha’s \w servant|strong="H5288"\w* \w got|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w outside|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* house. \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w saw|strong="H2009"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H2428"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* Syria \w with|strong="H6213"\w* \w their|strong="H6213"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* \w surrounding|strong="H5437"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w town|strong="H5892"\w*. \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* inside \add the house and reported it to Elisha\add* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* exclaimed, “\w O|strong="H3068"\w*, sir! \w What|strong="H6213"\w* \w are|strong="H5892"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w going|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*?”   
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\v 16 Elisha replied, “Do \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w be|strong="H3372"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w*! \w Those|strong="H3588"\w* \w who|strong="H7227"\w* \w will|strong="H7227"\w* \w be|strong="H3372"\w* helping \w us|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H7227"\w* \w be|strong="H3372"\w* \w more|strong="H7227"\w* \w than|strong="H3588"\w* \w those|strong="H3588"\w* \w who|strong="H7227"\w* \w will|strong="H7227"\w* \w be|strong="H3372"\w* helping \w them|strong="H3588"\w*!”   
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\v 17 \w Then|strong="H2009"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w prayed|strong="H6419"\w*, “\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w I|strong="H2009"\w* request \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w you|strong="H7200"\w* \w open|strong="H6491"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w servant|strong="H5288"\w*’s \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* order \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w can|strong="H7200"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \add what is out there\add*!” \w So|strong="H7200"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w enabled|strong="H6491"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w servant|strong="H5288"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w look|strong="H7200"\w* \w out|strong="H7200"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w surrounding|strong="H5439"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w on|strong="H7200"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* town \add was built\add* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* huge \w number|strong="H6491"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* \w made|strong="H6419"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* fire!   
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\v 18 \w When|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* army \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Syria prepared \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w attack|strong="H5221"\w* Elisha, \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w prayed|strong="H6419"\w* again, \w saying|strong="H1697"\w*, “\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w cause|strong="H1697"\w* \w all|strong="H1697"\w* \w these|strong="H2088"\w* soldiers \w to|strong="H3381"\w* become blind!” \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w answered|strong="H1697"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w prayer|strong="H6419"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w caused|strong="H1697"\w* \w them|strong="H5221"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w be|strong="H1697"\w* unable \w to|strong="H3381"\w* see clearly.   
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\v 19 \w Then|strong="H2088"\w* Elisha \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w them|strong="H2088"\w* \w and|strong="H3212"\w* said, “\w You|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H5892"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w on|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H1870"\w* right \w road|strong="H1870"\w*; \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H1870"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w that|strong="H5892"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H5892"\w* \w searching|strong="H1245"\w* \w for|strong="H5892"\w*. \w I|strong="H2088"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* \w take|strong="H3212"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H1870"\w* \w man|strong="H2088"\w* whom \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H5892"\w* \w searching|strong="H1245"\w* \w for|strong="H5892"\w*.” \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w led|strong="H3212"\w* \w them|strong="H2088"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, \add the capital of Israel\add*!   
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\v 20 \w As|strong="H1961"\w* soon \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* entered \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, Elisha prayed \w again|strong="H1961"\w*, saying, “\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w now|strong="H1961"\w* enable these soldiers \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* correctly \w again|strong="H1961"\w*!” \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w enabled|strong="H6491"\w* \w them|strong="H7200"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* correctly, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* surprised \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w inside|strong="H8432"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \add city\add*.   
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\v 21 \w When|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w them|strong="H5221"\w*, \w he|strong="H5221"\w* said \w to|strong="H3478"\w* Elisha, “Sir, \w shall|strong="H3478"\w* \w I|strong="H7200"\w* \add tell my soldiers to\add* \w kill|strong="H5221"\w* \w them|strong="H5221"\w*? \w Shall|strong="H3478"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w kill|strong="H5221"\w* \w all|strong="H7200"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w them|strong="H5221"\w*?”   
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\v 22 Elisha replied, “\w No|strong="H3808"\w*, \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w kill|strong="H5221"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w*. \w If|strong="H7760"\w* \w your|strong="H7760"\w* army \w captured|strong="H7617"\w* \w many|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w your|strong="H7760"\w* enemies \w in|strong="H3212"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w battle|strong="H6440"\w*, \w you|strong="H6440"\w* would \w certainly|strong="H8354"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* [RHQ] \w kill|strong="H5221"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w*. \w Give|strong="H7760"\w* \w these|strong="H7760"\w* men \w something|strong="H3899"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w eat|strong="H3899"\w* \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w*, \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w then|strong="H7760"\w* allow \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* return \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w their|strong="H7760"\w* \w king|strong="H6440"\w*.”  
\v 23 \w So|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* king \w of|strong="H1416"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w did|strong="H3478"\w* \w that|strong="H3478"\w*. \w He|strong="H3808"\w* told \w his|strong="H7971"\w* servants \w to|strong="H3478"\w* provide \w a|strong="H3068"\w* big \w feast|strong="H3740"\w* \w for|strong="H7971"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*. \w And|strong="H3478"\w* \w when|strong="H7971"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* eaten \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w drunk|strong="H8354"\w* plenty, \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w away|strong="H7971"\w*. \w They|strong="H1992"\w* returned \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* king \w of|strong="H1416"\w* Syria \add and told him what had happened\add*. \w So|strong="H7971"\w* \w for|strong="H7971"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w while|strong="H5750"\w* \w after|strong="H1992"\w* \w that|strong="H3478"\w*, \w soldiers|strong="H5750"\w* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* Syria stopped raiding/attacking towns \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.   
\s1 The army of Syria surrounded Samaria  
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\v 24 \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w some|strong="H3605"\w* \w time|strong="H1961"\w* \w later|strong="H1961"\w*, \w Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Syria, \w assembled|strong="H6908"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w entire|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H4264"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* surrounded \w the|strong="H3605"\w* city \add for a long time\add*.  
\v 25 \w Because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H7218"\w* \w that|strong="H5704"\w*, \w after|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w while|strong="H5704"\w* \w there|strong="H2009"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* hardly \w any|strong="H1961"\w* food \w left|strong="H1961"\w* inside \w the|strong="H5921"\w* city, \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* result \w that|strong="H5704"\w* eventually \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w donkey|strong="H2543"\w*’s \w head|strong="H7218"\w*, \add which was usually worthless,\add* cost \w eighty|strong="H8084"\w* pieces \w of|strong="H7218"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, \w and|strong="H3701"\w* ◄\w one|strong="H1961"\w* cup/0.3 liter► \w of|strong="H7218"\w* dove’s dung cost \w five|strong="H2568"\w* pieces \w of|strong="H7218"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*.   
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\v 26 \w One|strong="H1961"\w* day \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* walking \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w top|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* city \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* woman \w cried|strong="H6817"\w* \w out|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, “\w Your|strong="H5921"\w* Majesty, \w help|strong="H3467"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*!”   
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\v 27 \w He|strong="H3068"\w* replied, “If \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3467"\w* \w help|strong="H3467"\w* \w you|strong="H4480"\w*, \w I|strong="H4480"\w* certainly \w cannot|strong="H4480"\w* [RHQ] \w help|strong="H3467"\w* \w you|strong="H4480"\w*. \w I|strong="H4480"\w* certainly [RHQ] \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3467"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w any|strong="H4480"\w* wheat \w or|strong="H4480"\w* \w wine|strong="H3342"\w*!  
\v 28 \w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* problem?” \w She|strong="H2063"\w* replied, “Several \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w ago|strong="H3117"\w*, \w that|strong="H3117"\w* woman \add over there\add* said \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w*, ‘\add Because we have nothing left to eat,\add* \w let|strong="H5414"\w*’s kill \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w*, \w in|strong="H4428"\w* order \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w can|strong="H4100"\w* eat \w his|strong="H5414"\w* flesh. \w Then|strong="H5414"\w* \w tomorrow|strong="H4279"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w can|strong="H4100"\w* \add kill\add* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \add and\add* eat \w his|strong="H5414"\w* flesh.’   
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\v 29 \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \add killed my son and cut his body up and\add* \w boiled|strong="H1310"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* flesh \w and|strong="H1121"\w* ate \w it|strong="H5414"\w*. \w The|strong="H5414"\w* next \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \w I|strong="H3117"\w* said \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w her|strong="H5414"\w*, ‘\w Now|strong="H3117"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w*, \w in|strong="H3117"\w* order \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w can|strong="H1121"\w* \add kill him and cook his flesh and\add* eat \w it|strong="H5414"\w*.’ \w But|strong="H3117"\w* she \w has|strong="H3117"\w* \w hidden|strong="H2244"\w* \w her|strong="H5414"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*!”   
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\v 30 \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w woman|strong="H1004"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w*, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w tore|strong="H7167"\w* \w his|strong="H8085"\w* robe \add to show that he was very distressed\add*. \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* standing close \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* able \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* wearing rough cloth underneath \w his|strong="H8085"\w* robe \add because he was very distressed\add*.  
\v 31 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H5921"\w* exclaimed, “\w I|strong="H3117"\w* wish/hope \w that|strong="H3117"\w* God \w will|strong="H1121"\w* strike \w me|strong="H5921"\w* dead \w if|strong="H1121"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* cut \w off|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Elisha \w today|strong="H3117"\w*, \add because he is the one who has caused these terrible things to happen to us\add*!”   
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\v 32 \w So|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H6440"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w an|strong="H7200"\w* officer \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w get|strong="H5493"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H3427"\w*.  
\p \w Before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* officer arrived, \w Elisha|strong="H3427"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w sitting|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w his|strong="H7971"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* some Israeli \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* talking \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*. \w Elisha|strong="H3427"\w* said \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w*, “\w That|strong="H3588"\w* \w murderer|strong="H7523"\w*, \add the king of Israel,\add* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w sending|strong="H7971"\w* someone \w here|strong="H2088"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w kill|strong="H7523"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*. \w Listen|strong="H6963"\w*: \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* arrives, \w shut|strong="H5462"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w door|strong="H1817"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w do|strong="H5493"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* allow \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w come|strong="H7971"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w*. \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H6440"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w coming|strong="H7272"\w* right behind \w that|strong="H3588"\w* officer!”  
\v 33 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w while|strong="H5750"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w still|strong="H5750"\w* \w speaking|strong="H1696"\w*, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* king \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* officer arrived. \w The|strong="H3068"\w* king \w said|strong="H1696"\w*, “\w It|strong="H3381"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* caused \w us|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H2009"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w trouble|strong="H7451"\w*/suffering. ◄\w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w wait|strong="H3176"\w* \w any|strong="H5750"\w* \w longer|strong="H5750"\w* [RHQ] \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H5973"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* something \add to help us\add*?/\w It|strong="H3381"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* useless \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w wait|strong="H3176"\w* \w any|strong="H5750"\w* \w longer|strong="H5750"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H5973"\w* \add to help us\add*!►”   
\c 7  
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\v 1 Elisha replied \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* king, “\w Listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: ‘\w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H3541"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w tomorrow|strong="H4279"\w*, \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* marketplace \w here|strong="H3541"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, \w you|strong="H8085"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1697"\w* able \w to|strong="H3068"\w* buy ◄ten \w pounds|strong="H8184"\w*/five kg.► \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w fine|strong="H5560"\w* wheat \w or|strong="H8085"\w* ◄20 \w pounds|strong="H8184"\w*/ten kg.► \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w barley|strong="H8184"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \add only\add* \w one|strong="H8085"\w* piece \w of|strong="H3068"\w* silver.’”   
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\v 2 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s \w officer|strong="H7991"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* Elijah, “\w That|strong="H7200"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w happen|strong="H1961"\w*! \w Even|strong="H3808"\w* \w if|strong="H2005"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w himself|strong="H3027"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w open|strong="H5869"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* windows \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w* \add and send grain down to us\add*, \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w certainly|strong="H6213"\w* \w could|strong="H2088"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* [RHQ] \w happen|strong="H1961"\w*!” Elisha \w replied|strong="H6030"\w*, “\add Because you said that,\add* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* [SYN] \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w happen|strong="H1961"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w able|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* eat \w any|strong="H6213"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* food!”   
\s1 The Syrian army became frightened and left  
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\v 3 \w That|strong="H8179"\w* day \w there|strong="H3427"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* four men \w who|strong="H3427"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* ◄leprosy/\w a|strong="H3068"\w* dreaded skin disease► \w who|strong="H3427"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w sitting|strong="H3427"\w* outside \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* Samaria \add city. They said to each other, “◄Why should we\add* \w wait|strong="H3427"\w* \w here|strong="H6311"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*?/\add It is ridiculous for us to\add* \w wait|strong="H3427"\w* \w here|strong="H6311"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*.► [RHQ]  
\v 4 If \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w into|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H8033"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*, \w because|strong="H8033"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w is|strong="H5892"\w* no food \w there|strong="H8033"\w*. If \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w remain|strong="H3427"\w* \w sitting|strong="H3427"\w* \w here|strong="H6311"\w*, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \w here|strong="H6311"\w*. \w So|strong="H6258"\w* \w let|strong="H6258"\w*’s \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w the|strong="H8033"\w* \w army|strong="H4264"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* Syria \w has|strong="H2421"\w* \w set|strong="H3427"\w* \w up|strong="H3427"\w* \w their|strong="H5307"\w* \w tents|strong="H4264"\w*. If \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w kill|strong="H4191"\w* \w us|strong="H2421"\w*, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*. \w But|strong="H6258"\w* if \w they|strong="H8033"\w* allow \w us|strong="H2421"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w remain|strong="H3427"\w* \w alive|strong="H2421"\w*, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* \w not|strong="H4191"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*.”  
\v 5 \w So|strong="H6965"\w* \w when|strong="H5704"\w* \w it|strong="H8033"\w* \w was|strong="H4264"\w* getting \w dark|strong="H5399"\w*, those four \w men|strong="H4264"\w* \w went|strong="H6965"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w army|strong="H4264"\w* \w of|strong="H4264"\w* Syria \w had|strong="H4264"\w* \w set|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w their|strong="H8033"\w* \w tents|strong="H4264"\w*. \w But|strong="H2009"\w* \w when|strong="H5704"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w reached|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w camp|strong="H4264"\w*, \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w saw|strong="H2009"\w* \w that|strong="H5704"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w was|strong="H4264"\w* \w no|strong="H6965"\w* \w one|strong="H7097"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*!   
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\v 6 \w What|strong="H6963"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* happened \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* caused \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Syria \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* something \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w sounded|strong="H8085"\w* \w like|strong="H3478"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w large|strong="H1419"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w* marching \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*. \w So|strong="H8085"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w said|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* each other, “\w Listen|strong="H8085"\w*! \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w has|strong="H3478"\w* \w hired|strong="H7936"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Heth people-group \add and their armies\add*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H3478"\w* \w come|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* attack \w us|strong="H5921"\w*!”  
\v 7 \w So|strong="H6965"\w* \w they|strong="H1931"\w* \w all|strong="H6965"\w* \w ran|strong="H5127"\w* \w away|strong="H5127"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w evening|strong="H5399"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w left|strong="H5800"\w* \w their|strong="H5800"\w* \w tents|strong="H4264"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w their|strong="H5800"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w donkeys|strong="H2543"\w* \w there|strong="H6965"\w*, \w because|strong="H5800"\w* \add they were afraid that\add* \w they|strong="H1931"\w* \w would|strong="H5315"\w* \w be|strong="H5315"\w* killed \add if they stayed there\add*.   
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\v 8 \w When|strong="H5704"\w* \w those|strong="H5375"\w* four \w lepers|strong="H6879"\w* \w came|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w edge|strong="H7097"\w* \w of|strong="H4264"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* area \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* soldiers \w of|strong="H4264"\w* Syria \w had|strong="H4264"\w* \w set|strong="H5375"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w their|strong="H5375"\w* \w tents|strong="H4264"\w*, \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w into|strong="H7725"\w* \w one|strong="H5375"\w* tent, \add and saw all the things that had been left there\add*. \w So|strong="H7725"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* ate \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w drank|strong="H8354"\w* what \w was|strong="H4264"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*, \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w took|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w and|strong="H3701"\w* clothes. \w Then|strong="H5375"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \add outside the tent\add* \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w hid|strong="H2934"\w* \w those|strong="H5375"\w* things. \w Then|strong="H5375"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w entered|strong="H5704"\w* another tent, \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w took|strong="H5375"\w* things \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*, \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w then|strong="H5375"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w outside|strong="H7097"\w* \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w hid|strong="H2934"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w*, \w also|strong="H8354"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w then|strong="H6258"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w said|strong="H3651"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w each|strong="H3117"\w* \w other|strong="H2088"\w*, “\w We|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w doing|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w right|strong="H3651"\w*. \w We|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H4672"\w* good \w news|strong="H1309"\w* \add to tell others\add* \w today|strong="H3117"\w*. \w If|strong="H3651"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w anyone|strong="H1931"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w if|strong="H3651"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w wait|strong="H2442"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w*, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w certainly|strong="H6213"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* punished \add by Yahweh\add*. \w So|strong="H3651"\w* \w let|strong="H6258"\w*’s \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w right|strong="H3651"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s officials!”   
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\v 10 \w So|strong="H7121"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w went|strong="H5892"\w* \w to|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w guards|strong="H7778"\w* \w at|strong="H4264"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* gates \w and|strong="H6963"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w out|strong="H8033"\w* \w to|strong="H7121"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*, “\w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w went|strong="H5892"\w* \w to|strong="H7121"\w* \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w army|strong="H4264"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* Syria \w had|strong="H3588"\w* set up \w their|strong="H1992"\w* \w tents|strong="H4264"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* did \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w see|strong="H2009"\w* \w or|strong="H2543"\w* \w hear|strong="H6963"\w* \w anyone|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*. \w Their|strong="H1992"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w and|strong="H6963"\w* \w donkeys|strong="H2543"\w* \w were|strong="H1992"\w* \w still|strong="H3588"\w* tied up, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w their|strong="H1992"\w* \w tents|strong="H4264"\w* \w were|strong="H1992"\w* \w all|strong="H2009"\w* deserted/abandoned!”  
\v 11 \w The|strong="H7121"\w* \w guards|strong="H7778"\w* \w shouted|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H7121"\w* news, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* some people \add who heard it\add* \w went|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H7121"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w reported|strong="H5046"\w* \w it|strong="H7121"\w* there.   
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\v 12  \add When\add* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \add heard it, he\add* \w got|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H3045"\w* bed \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w said|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w his|strong="H3045"\w* \w officials|strong="H5650"\w*, “\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w what|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w army|strong="H4264"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Syria \w is|strong="H5892"\w* planning \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* \w no|strong="H6213"\w* food \w here|strong="H3318"\w*, \w so|strong="H6213"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* \w left|strong="H3318"\w* \w their|strong="H3588"\w* \w tents|strong="H4264"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w are|strong="H5892"\w* hiding \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w fields|strong="H7704"\w*. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* think \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w leave|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \add to find some food\add*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w then|strong="H6965"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w capture|strong="H8610"\w* \w us|strong="H4994"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w capture|strong="H8610"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.”   
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\v 13 \w But|strong="H7200"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H5650"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w officials|strong="H5650"\w* \w said|strong="H6030"\w*, “\w Many|strong="H1995"\w* \w of|strong="H5650"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H1995"\w* \w have|strong="H5650"\w* already died \add from ◄hunger/not having anything to eat\add*►. \w If|strong="H2005"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H5650"\w* \w us|strong="H4994"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* still \w alive|strong="H7200"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* stay \w here|strong="H2009"\w*, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w also|strong="H3478"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* die anyway. \w So|strong="H4480"\w* \w let|strong="H7971"\w*’s \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w some|strong="H4480"\w* \w men|strong="H5650"\w* \w with|strong="H3478"\w* \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w of|strong="H5650"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* still \w alive|strong="H7200"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w go|strong="H7971"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \add what has really happened\add*.”   
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\v 14 \w So|strong="H3947"\w* \w they|strong="H3947"\w* chose some \w men|strong="H8147"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* told \w them|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w chariot|strong="H7393"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w find|strong="H3947"\w* \w out|strong="H7971"\w* \w what|strong="H7200"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* happened \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w army|strong="H4264"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Syria.  
\v 15 \w They|strong="H5704"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w far|strong="H5704"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \add River\add*. \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w along|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w road|strong="H1870"\w* \w they|strong="H5704"\w* \w saw|strong="H2009"\w* clothes \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w equipment|strong="H3627"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* soldiers \w from|strong="H7725"\w* Syria \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w thrown|strong="H7993"\w* \w away|strong="H7725"\w* \w while|strong="H5704"\w* \w they|strong="H5704"\w* \w were|strong="H3383"\w* running \w away|strong="H7725"\w* \w very|strong="H5704"\w* quickly. \w So|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H3605"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w reported|strong="H5046"\w* \add what they had seen\add*.  
\v 16 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* many \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Samaria \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \add out of the city and went\add* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* where \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w army|strong="H4264"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Syria \w had|strong="H3068"\w* previously \w set|strong="H3318"\w* \w up|strong="H3318"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w tents|strong="H4264"\w*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w entered|strong="H3318"\w* \w all|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w tents|strong="H4264"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w took|strong="H3318"\w* everything. \add So there was now plenty of everything!\add* \w As|strong="H1697"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* result \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w could|strong="H5971"\w* buy ten \w pounds|strong="H8184"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w fine|strong="H5560"\w* wheat \w or|strong="H3068"\w* 20 \w pounds|strong="H8184"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w barley|strong="H8184"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* only \w one|strong="H1961"\w* piece \w of|strong="H3068"\w* silver, \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w happen|strong="H1961"\w*!   
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\v 17 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H5971"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w appointed|strong="H6485"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w officer|strong="H7991"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* assistant \w to|strong="H1696"\w* supervise \w what|strong="H5921"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* happening \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* marketplace. \w But|strong="H1696"\w* \w as|strong="H5971"\w* \w he|strong="H3027"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* standing \w near|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*, \w all|strong="H6485"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \add who were rushing outside the city\add* \w trampled|strong="H7429"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w he|strong="H3027"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*, \w which|strong="H5971"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w what|strong="H5921"\w* Elisha \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w would|strong="H5971"\w* happen \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w when|strong="H1696"\w* Elisha previously \w went|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w talk|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.  
\v 18 Elisha \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w told|strong="H1696"\w* \w him|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H4428"\w* \w by|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* next \w day|strong="H6256"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w would|strong="H4428"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* plenty \w of|strong="H4428"\w* food, \w with|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* result \w that|strong="H4428"\w* anyone could buy ten \w pounds|strong="H8184"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w fine|strong="H5560"\w* wheat \w or|strong="H4428"\w* 20 \w pounds|strong="H8184"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w barley|strong="H8184"\w* \w for|strong="H4428"\w* only \w one|strong="H1961"\w* piece \w of|strong="H4428"\w* silver.   
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\v 19 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w officer|strong="H7991"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w*, “\w That|strong="H7200"\w* \w certainly|strong="H6213"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* [RHQ] \w happen|strong="H1961"\w*! \w Even|strong="H3808"\w* \w if|strong="H2005"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w himself|strong="H6213"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w open|strong="H5869"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* send down \w some|strong="H8033"\w* grain, \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w could|strong="H2088"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w happen|strong="H1961"\w*.” \w And|strong="H3068"\w* Elisha \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w replied|strong="H6030"\w*, “\add Because you said that,\add* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* [SYN] \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w* \w happen|strong="H1961"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* able \w to|strong="H3068"\w* eat \w any|strong="H6213"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* food!”  
\v 20 \w And|strong="H5971"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w is|strong="H3651"\w* \w what|strong="H3651"\w* \w happened|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w him|strong="H4191"\w*. \w The|strong="H1961"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \add who were rushing out of\add* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w city|strong="H8179"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w trampled|strong="H7429"\w* \w on|strong="H1961"\w* \w him|strong="H4191"\w*, \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w he|strong="H3651"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*.   
\c 8  
\s1 The widow from Shunem recovered her land  
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\v 1 \w After|strong="H3588"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H7121"\w* \w caused|strong="H6965"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w woman|strong="H1004"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* Shunem \add town\add* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w become|strong="H7121"\w* \w alive|strong="H2421"\w* \w again|strong="H6965"\w*, \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w told|strong="H1696"\w* \w her|strong="H7121"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w she|strong="H3588"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w leave|strong="H2421"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w her|strong="H7121"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w live|strong="H2421"\w* \w somewhere|strong="H1481"\w* \w else|strong="H3588"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w while|strong="H3588"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w going|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* ◄send \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w famine|strong="H7458"\w*/\w cause|strong="H7121"\w* \w food|strong="H1004"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w become|strong="H7121"\w* \w very|strong="H1571"\w* scarce► \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* land. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w famine|strong="H7458"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w last|strong="H6965"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.  
\v 2 \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w woman|strong="H1004"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* Elisha \w told|strong="H1697"\w* \w her|strong="H1931"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*. \w She|strong="H1931"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w her|strong="H1931"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w live|strong="H1481"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \add the\add* Philistia \add region\add* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w After|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w ended|strong="H1961"\w*, \w they|strong="H8141"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w their|strong="H7725"\w* \w home|strong="H1004"\w*. \w The|strong="H7725"\w* \w woman|strong="H1004"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* request \w that|strong="H4428"\w* \w her|strong="H7725"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w her|strong="H7725"\w* \w land|strong="H7704"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* given \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w her|strong="H7725"\w*.  
\v 4 \w When|strong="H1696"\w* she arrived, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w talking|strong="H1696"\w* \w with|strong="H1696"\w* \w Gehazi|strong="H1522"\w*, Elisha’s \w servant|strong="H5288"\w*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w saying|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w him|strong="H6213"\w*, “\w Tell|strong="H1696"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w things|strong="H1419"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* Elisha \w has|strong="H4428"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*.”  
\v 5 \w While|strong="H1961"\w* \w Gehazi|strong="H1522"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w telling|strong="H5608"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H2421"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w caused|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w woman|strong="H2088"\w* \add from Shunem\add* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w alive|strong="H2421"\w* \w again|strong="H1961"\w*, \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w woman|strong="H2088"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* requested \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* enable \w her|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* get \w her|strong="H5921"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w land|strong="H7704"\w* \w back|strong="H1004"\w* \w again|strong="H1961"\w*. \w Gehazi|strong="H1522"\w* exclaimed, “\w Your|strong="H5921"\w* Majesty, \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w woman|strong="H2088"\w* \w whose|strong="H1121"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H2421"\w* \w caused|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w alive|strong="H2421"\w* \w again|strong="H1961"\w*!”   
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\v 6 \w When|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w asked|strong="H7592"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w about|strong="H4428"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w*, \w she|strong="H5704"\w* \w told|strong="H5608"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \add that what Gehazi had said was true\add*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* summoned \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w officials|strong="H5631"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* said \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w*, “\add I want\add* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w this|strong="H5414"\w* woman possessed previously, \w including|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* value \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w crops|strong="H8393"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H3117"\w* \w been|strong="H3605"\w* harvested \w during|strong="H3117"\w* \w these|strong="H3605"\w* last seven \w years|strong="H3117"\w* \w while|strong="H5704"\w* \w she|strong="H5704"\w* \w was|strong="H3117"\w* \w away|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H7704"\w*, \add to\add* \w be|strong="H3117"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w*.” \add So the official did that\add*.   
\s1 Elisha predicted the death of the king of Syria  
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\v 7 \w Elisha|strong="H5704"\w* \w went|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w*, \add the capital of Syria\add*, \w when|strong="H5704"\w* \w Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130"\w*, \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Syria, \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \add very\add* \w sick|strong="H2470"\w*. \w When|strong="H5704"\w* someone \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w that|strong="H4428"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H5704"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w*,  
\v 8 \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* told \add one of his officials named\add* \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w*, “\w Go|strong="H3212"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* talk \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* prophet \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w present|strong="H4503"\w*/\w gift|strong="H4503"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3947"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w give|strong="H2421"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w him|strong="H3027"\w*. Request \w him|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w ask|strong="H1875"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* if \w I|strong="H2088"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w recover|strong="H2421"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w illness|strong="H2483"\w*.”   
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\v 9 \w So|strong="H3947"\w* \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* talk \w with|strong="H6440"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H2421"\w*. \w He|strong="H3605"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w with|strong="H6440"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w* forty \w camels|strong="H1581"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w carrying|strong="H4853"\w* many \w kinds|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w goods|strong="H2898"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* produced \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w*. \w When|strong="H2421"\w* \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* \w met|strong="H7125"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*, \w he|strong="H3605"\w* said \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*, “\w Your|strong="H3605"\w* friend \w Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Syria, \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w ask|strong="H4428"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w whether|strong="H4853"\w* \add you think\add* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w recover|strong="H2421"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w illness|strong="H2483"\w*.”   
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\v 10 \w Elisha|strong="H2421"\w* said \w to|strong="H4191"\w* Hazael, “\w Go|strong="H3212"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* say \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w him|strong="H7200"\w*, ‘\w Yes|strong="H3588"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w certainly|strong="H3588"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H7200"\w* illness,’ \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w shown|strong="H7200"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w certainly|strong="H3588"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \add before he recovers\add*.”  
\v 11 \w Then|strong="H5975"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H5704"\w* stared \w at|strong="H5975"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w had|strong="H7760"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* terrified \w look|strong="H6440"\w* \w on|strong="H7760"\w* \w his|strong="H7760"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w*. \w That|strong="H5704"\w* caused \w Hazael|strong="H7760"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* feel uneasy/embarrassed. \w Then|strong="H5975"\w* \add suddenly\add* \w Elisha|strong="H5704"\w* started \w to|strong="H5704"\w* cry.   
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\v 12 \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* said, “Sir, \w why|strong="H4069"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w crying|strong="H1058"\w*?”  
\p Elisha replied, “\w Because|strong="H3588"\w* \add Yahweh has enabled\add* \w me|strong="H7971"\w* \add to\add* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w terrible|strong="H6213"\w* \w things|strong="H7451"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* burn \w their|strong="H3588"\w* \w cities|strong="H4013"\w* \w with|strong="H6213"\w* walls around \w them|strong="H7971"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w kill|strong="H2026"\w* \w their|strong="H3588"\w* \w fine|strong="H6213"\w* \w young|strong="H1121"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w with|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* bash \w the|strong="H3588"\w* heads \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H3588"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w rip|strong="H1234"\w* \w open|strong="H1234"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* bellies \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H3588"\w* \w pregnant|strong="H2030"\w* \w women|strong="H2030"\w* \add with a sword\add*.”   
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\v 13 \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* replied, “\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \add as insignificant as\add* [MET] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w dog|strong="H3611"\w*; ◄\w how|strong="H4100"\w* \w could|strong="H2088"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w such|strong="H2088"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w*?/\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* never \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w such|strong="H2088"\w* \w terrible|strong="H6213"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w*!►” [RHQ]  
\p Elisha replied, “\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* revealed \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Syria.”   
\p
\v 14 \w Then|strong="H4100"\w* Hazael left \w and|strong="H3212"\w* returned \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w his|strong="H2421"\w* master/boss \add the king\add*, \w who|strong="H4100"\w* \w asked|strong="H4100"\w* \w him|strong="H2421"\w*, “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w did|strong="H4100"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H2421"\w* say?”  
\p \w He|strong="H3212"\w* replied, “\w He|strong="H3212"\w* told \w me|strong="H2421"\w* \w that|strong="H3212"\w* \w you|strong="H4100"\w* \w would|strong="H4100"\w* \w certainly|strong="H2421"\w* \w recover|strong="H2421"\w*.”  
\v 15 \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w next|strong="H4283"\w* \w day|strong="H4283"\w*, \add while the king was sleeping,\add* \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* blanket \w and|strong="H6440"\w* soaked \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w spread|strong="H6566"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w*’s \w face|strong="H6440"\w* \add in order that he could not breathe\add*, \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* Syria \w instead|strong="H8478"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* Ben-Hadad.   
\s1 King Jehoram of Judah  
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\v 16 \w After|strong="H8141"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Joram|strong="H3141"\w*, \w the|strong="H3092"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ahab, \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w been|strong="H4427"\w* ruling \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w for|strong="H1121"\w* almost \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w*’s \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoram|strong="H3088"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w the|strong="H3092"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.  
\v 17 \w He|strong="H8147"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w thirty-two|strong="H7970"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H8147"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\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 18 \w His|strong="H3068"\w* wife \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Ahab. \w And|strong="H3478"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* everyone \w in|strong="H3478"\w* Ahab’s \w family|strong="H1004"\w*, \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w continually|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H7451"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* previous \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* \w things|strong="H7451"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w considered|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*.  
\v 19 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w want|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* get rid \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w because|strong="H4616"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w what|strong="H1732"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w promised|strong="H5414"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w who|strong="H3605"\w* served \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \add very well\add*. \w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w promised|strong="H5414"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* [MET] \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w always|strong="H3605"\w* rule \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.   
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\v 20 \w During|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* Jehoram \w ruled|strong="H4427"\w*, \add the king of\add* Edom \w rebelled|strong="H6586"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w appointed|strong="H4427"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w own|strong="H3027"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.  
\v 21 \w So|strong="H1961"\w* Jehoram \w went|strong="H5674"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H5971"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w Zair|strong="H6811"\w* \add city near the border of Edom\add*. \w There|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* Edom \w surrounded|strong="H5437"\w* \w them|strong="H5221"\w*. \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w during|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, Jehoram \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w commanders|strong="H8269"\w* \w in|strong="H5971"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* able \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w get|strong="H6965"\w* \w through|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* enemy lines \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w escaped|strong="H5437"\w*. \w And|strong="H6965"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H5971"\w* \w also|strong="H5971"\w* \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* homes.  
\v 22 \w So|strong="H2088"\w* \w after|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w*, Edom \w was|strong="H1931"\w* no longer controlled \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w still|strong="H5704"\w* \w like|strong="H5704"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w*. \w During|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w same|strong="H1931"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w*, \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w people|strong="H1931"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w Libnah|strong="H3841"\w* \add city\add* \w also|strong="H3027"\w* \w freed|strong="H6586"\w* themselves \w from|strong="H3027"\w* being controlled \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.   
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\v 23  \add If you want to read about\add* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* Jehoram \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\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*’.  
\v 24 Jehoram died [EUP] \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H1732"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w where|strong="H8478"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* other \w kings|strong="H4427"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Judah \w had|strong="H1732"\w* \w been|strong="H4427"\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* Jehoram’s \w son|strong="H1121"\w* Ahaziah \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w*.   
\s1 King Ahaziah of Judah  
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\v 25 \w After|strong="H8141"\w* Ahab’s \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joram|strong="H3141"\w* \w has|strong="H3478"\w* \w been|strong="H4427"\w* ruling \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w for|strong="H1121"\w* almost \w twelve|strong="H8147"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, \w Jehoram|strong="H3088"\w*’s \w son|strong="H1121"\w* Ahaziah \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.  
\v 26 Ahaziah \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w twenty-two|strong="H6242"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* \w when|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H8147"\w* started \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w rule|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* \add only\add* \w one|strong="H1121"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w*. \w His|strong="H3478"\w* mother’s \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w Athaliah|strong="H6271"\w*, \add the daughter of King Ahab and\add* \w the|strong="H8034"\w* \w granddaughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Omri|strong="H6018"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.  
\v 27 King Ahab conducted \w his|strong="H3068"\w* life \w just|strong="H6213"\w* \w like|strong="H1004"\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="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w things|strong="H7451"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* considered \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*.   
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\v 28 Ahaziah’s \w army|strong="H4421"\w* joined \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w army|strong="H4421"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Joram|strong="H3141"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H4421"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w fight|strong="H4421"\w* \w against|strong="H5973"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w army|strong="H4421"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Syria. \w Their|strong="H5221"\w* armies started \w fighting|strong="H4421"\w* \w at|strong="H4421"\w* \w Ramoth|strong="H7433"\w* \add city\add* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \add the\add* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* \add region\add*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H4421"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Syria \w wounded|strong="H5221"\w* \w Joram|strong="H3141"\w*.  
\v 29 \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Joram|strong="H3141"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w* \add city\add* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w recover|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w his|strong="H7725"\w* \w wounds|strong="H4347"\w*. \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Ahaziah \w went|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w visit|strong="H7200"\w* \w him|strong="H5221"\w* \w there|strong="H4480"\w*.   
\c 9  
\s1 Jehu became the king of Israel  
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\v 1 Meanwhile, \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H7121"\w* \w summoned|strong="H7121"\w* \w one|strong="H2088"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w other|strong="H2088"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*. \w He|strong="H3027"\w* \w said|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w him|strong="H7121"\w*, “\w Get|strong="H3947"\w* ready [IDM] \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w Ramoth|strong="H7433"\w* \add city\add* \w in|strong="H3212"\w* \add the\add* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* \add region\add*. \w Take|strong="H3947"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* jar \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \add olive\add* \w oil|strong="H8081"\w* \w with|strong="H3212"\w* \w you|strong="H3947"\w*.  
\v 2 \w When|strong="H7200"\w* \w you|strong="H7200"\w* arrive \w there|strong="H8033"\w*, \w search|strong="H7200"\w* \w for|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H1121"\w* named \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w*, \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w grandson|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nimshi|strong="H5250"\w*. \w Go|strong="H6965"\w* \w with|strong="H8033"\w* \w him|strong="H7200"\w* \w into|strong="H8432"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w room|strong="H2315"\w* away \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H7200"\w* companions,  
\v 3 \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w pour|strong="H3332"\w* \add some of\add* \w this|strong="H3541"\w* \w oil|strong="H8081"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w*. \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w say|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, ‘\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* declares \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* appointing \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.’ \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w open|strong="H6605"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w door|strong="H1817"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w run|strong="H5127"\w* \w away|strong="H3947"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* quickly \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w can|strong="H3947"\w*.”   
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\v 4 So \w the|strong="H3212"\w* \w young|strong="H5288"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w Ramoth|strong="H7433"\w*.  
\v 5 \w When|strong="H3427"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* arrived, \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w saw|strong="H2009"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w commanders|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w* \w were|strong="H1697"\w* having \w a|strong="H3068"\w* conference. \w He|strong="H3605"\w* \add looked at Jehu and\add* \w said|strong="H1697"\w*, “Sir, \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w have|strong="H1697"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w* \w for|strong="H3427"\w* \add one of\add* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*.”  
\p \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* replied, “\w Which|strong="H4310"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* us \w is|strong="H4310"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w* \w for|strong="H3427"\w*?”  
\p \w The|strong="H3605"\w* young prophet replied, “\w It|strong="H2009"\w* \w is|strong="H4310"\w* \w for|strong="H3427"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*, \w commander|strong="H8269"\w*/sir.”   
\p
\v 6 \w So|strong="H3541"\w* Jehu \w got|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w went|strong="H3478"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* young prophet \w into|strong="H3332"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*. \w There|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* young prophet \w poured|strong="H3332"\w* \w some|strong="H5971"\w* \add olive\add* \w oil|strong="H8081"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* Jehu’s \w head|strong="H7218"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* said \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w him|strong="H4886"\w*, “\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w whom|strong="H5971"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* Israelis \add worship\add*, declares \w this|strong="H3541"\w*: ‘\w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* appointing \w you|strong="H4886"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.  
\v 7 \w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w must|strong="H1818"\w* \w kill|strong="H5221"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* master \add King Joram\add*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* son \w of|strong="H1004"\w* Ahab, \w because|strong="H3027"\w* \w I|strong="H5650"\w* want \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w punish|strong="H5221"\w* \add Ahab’s wife\add* Jezebel \w for|strong="H3027"\w* murdering [MTY] many \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H1818"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* served \w me|strong="H5221"\w*.  
\v 8 \w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w must|strong="H3478"\w* \w kill|strong="H3772"\w* \add not only Joram but\add* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* Ahab’s \w family|strong="H1004"\w*. \w I|strong="H3478"\w* \w want|strong="H3772"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* get rid \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w male|strong="H8366"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w*, \w including|strong="H3605"\w* young ones \w and|strong="H3478"\w* old ones.  
\v 9 \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* get rid \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ahab’s \w family|strong="H1004"\w*, \w like|strong="H1004"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* got rid \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w families|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w two|strong="H1004"\w* other kings \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Israel, \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Baasha|strong="H1201"\w*.  
\v 10 \w And|strong="H1817"\w* \add when\add* Jezebel \add dies\add*, \w her|strong="H6605"\w* corpse \w will|strong="H3611"\w* \w not|strong="H6605"\w* be \w buried|strong="H6912"\w*. \w Dogs|strong="H3611"\w* \w will|strong="H3611"\w* eat \w her|strong="H6605"\w* corpse there \w in|strong="H6912"\w* \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w* \add city\add*.’”  
\p \w After|strong="H1817"\w* \w the|strong="H6605"\w* young prophet said this, \w he|strong="H6912"\w* left \w the|strong="H6605"\w* room \w and|strong="H1817"\w* \w ran|strong="H5127"\w*.  
\v 11 \w When|strong="H3318"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w came|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H5650"\w* \w the|strong="H3045"\w* room \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w where|strong="H2088"\w* \w his|strong="H3045"\w* \w other|strong="H2088"\w* commanders \w were|strong="H5650"\w*, \w they|strong="H3045"\w* \w said|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w him|strong="H3318"\w*, “\w Is|strong="H2088"\w* everything \w all|strong="H3045"\w* \w right|strong="H3045"\w*? \w Why|strong="H4069"\w* \w did|strong="H5650"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w mad|strong="H7696"\w* \w fellow|strong="H7696"\w* \w come|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w you|strong="H3045"\w*?”  
\p \w He|strong="H3318"\w* replied, “\w You|strong="H3045"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w what|strong="H2088"\w* kinds \w of|strong="H5650"\w* things young prophets \w like|strong="H3318"\w* \w him|strong="H3318"\w* say.”   
\p
\v 12 \w They|strong="H3068"\w* said, “\w You|strong="H5046"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* \w lying|strong="H8267"\w*! \w Tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w us|strong="H4994"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* said!”  
\p \w He|strong="H3068"\w* replied, “\w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* said, ‘\w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* appointing [MTY] \w you|strong="H5046"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.’”   
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\v 13 \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w they|strong="H8478"\w* \w all|strong="H3947"\w* spread \w their|strong="H3947"\w* cloaks \w on|strong="H7760"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w steps|strong="H4609"\w* \w of|strong="H8478"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* building \add for Jehu to walk out on\add*, \w and|strong="H4116"\w* \w they|strong="H8478"\w* \w blew|strong="H8628"\w* \w trumpets|strong="H7782"\w* \w and|strong="H4116"\w* shouted, “\w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w is|strong="H7782"\w* \w now|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w*!”   
\s1 King Joram of Israel was killed  
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\v 14-15 King Joram and his army had been defending Ramoth against the attacks by the army of the king of Syria. King Joram had returned to Jezreel \add city\add*, to recover from being wounded in the battle against the army of Hazael, the king of Syria. And Jehu made plans to kill Joram. He said to his other commanders, “If helping me is truly what you want, make sure that no one leaves this city to go to warn the people of Jezreel \add about what I am planning to do\add*.”  
\v 16 \w Then|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w his|strong="H7200"\w* officers got \w into|strong="H3381"\w* \w their|strong="H7200"\w* chariots \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w rode|strong="H7392"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*, \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w Joram|strong="H3141"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w still|strong="H7901"\w* recovering. \w And|strong="H3063"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Ahaziah \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*, visiting \w Joram|strong="H3141"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w A|strong="H3068"\w* guard \w was|strong="H3058"\w* \w standing|strong="H5975"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w watchtower|strong="H4026"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*. \w He|strong="H5921"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w his|strong="H7971"\w* \w men|strong="H3947"\w* approaching. \w He|strong="H5921"\w* called \w out|strong="H7971"\w*, “\w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lot \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w men|strong="H3947"\w* \add who are approaching\add*!” \w King|strong="H5921"\w* \w Joram|strong="H3088"\w* \add heard what the watchman said, so he\add* said \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w his|strong="H7971"\w* soldiers, “\w Send|strong="H7971"\w* someone \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* horse \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w go|strong="H7971"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w find|strong="H3947"\w* \w out|strong="H7971"\w* \w if|strong="H7200"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H6822"\w* \w coming|strong="H7125"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w be|strong="H7965"\w* \w friendly|strong="H7965"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \w or|strong="H7200"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* attack \w us|strong="H5921"\w*.”   
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\v 18 \w So|strong="H3541"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* man \w rode|strong="H7392"\w* \w out|strong="H4100"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* said \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w him|strong="H5046"\w*, “\w The|strong="H3541"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* wants \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w know|strong="H5046"\w* \add if you are coming to be\add* \w friendly|strong="H7965"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w us|strong="H7725"\w*.”  
\p \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* replied, “\w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w time|strong="H5704"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w* [RHQ] \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* concerned \w about|strong="H5437"\w* \w acting|strong="H1992"\w* \w friendly|strong="H7965"\w*! \w Turn|strong="H7725"\w* \w around|strong="H5437"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w come|strong="H3212"\w* behind \w me|strong="H7725"\w*!”  
\p \w So|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* guard \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* watchtower \w reported|strong="H5046"\w* \w that|strong="H4397"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w messenger|strong="H4397"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w reached|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* group \add that was approaching\add*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H4397"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w returning|strong="H7725"\w* \add alone\add*.   
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\v 19 \w So|strong="H3541"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Joram \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w another|strong="H8145"\w* messenger, \w who|strong="H4428"\w* \w asked|strong="H4100"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w same|strong="H3541"\w* question. \w Again|strong="H8145"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* replied, “\w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* not \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w time|strong="H8145"\w* [RHQ] \w for|strong="H7971"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w be|strong="H4428"\w* concerned \w about|strong="H5437"\w* acting \w friendly|strong="H7965"\w*! \w Turn|strong="H5437"\w* \w around|strong="H5437"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* follow \w me|strong="H7971"\w*!”   
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\v 20 \w Then|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w watchman|strong="H6822"\w* \w reported|strong="H5046"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w*, “\w That|strong="H3588"\w* \w messenger|strong="H5046"\w* \w also|strong="H1121"\w* \w reached|strong="H5704"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H1121"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* coming \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \add alone\add*. \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \add the leader of the group must be\add* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w*, \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nimshi|strong="H5250"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H1121"\w* \w driving|strong="H4491"\w* \add his chariot\add* \w furiously|strong="H7697"\w*, \add like Jehu does\add*!”   
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\v 21 \w Joram|strong="H3088"\w* \w said|strong="H3318"\w* \add to his soldiers\add*, “\w Get|strong="H3318"\w* \add my chariot\add* \w ready|strong="H4672"\w*!” \w So|strong="H3318"\w* \w they|strong="H3478"\w* \w did|strong="H3478"\w* \w that|strong="H3478"\w*. \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Joram|strong="H3088"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Ahaziah both rode \w toward|strong="H3318"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w*, each \w one|strong="H4428"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w his|strong="H3478"\w* own \w chariot|strong="H7393"\w*. \w And|strong="H3063"\w* \add it happened that\add* \w they|strong="H3478"\w* \w met|strong="H4672"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w at|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w field|strong="H2513"\w* \w that|strong="H3478"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* previously \w belonged|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w Naboth|strong="H5022"\w*!  
\v 22 \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w Joram|strong="H3088"\w* met \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w*, \w he|strong="H5704"\w* said \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w him|strong="H7200"\w*, “\w Are|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w* coming \w on|strong="H7200"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w peaceful|strong="H7965"\w* \w visit|strong="H7200"\w*?”  
\p \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* replied, “◄\w How|strong="H4100"\w* \w can|strong="H4100"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w* \w while|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w* \w and|strong="H7200"\w* \w your|strong="H7200"\w* \w people|strong="H7200"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* prostrating themselves \w to|strong="H5704"\w* worship idols \w and|strong="H7200"\w* practicing \w very|strong="H5704"\w* \w much|strong="H7227"\w* <witchcraft/\w sorcery|strong="H3785"\w*> \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w your|strong="H7200"\w* mother Jezebel \w did|strong="H4100"\w*?/\w There|strong="H1961"\w* \w certainly|strong="H7200"\w* cannot \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w* \w while|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w* \w and|strong="H7200"\w* \w your|strong="H7200"\w* \w people|strong="H7200"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* prostrating themselves \w to|strong="H5704"\w* worship idols \w and|strong="H7200"\w* practicing <witchcraft/\w sorcery|strong="H3785"\w*> \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w your|strong="H7200"\w* mother Jezebel \w has|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* doing!►” [RHQ]   
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\v 23 \w Joram|strong="H3088"\w* cried \w out|strong="H3027"\w*, “Ahaziah, \w they|strong="H3027"\w* \w have|strong="H3027"\w* deceived \w us|strong="H3027"\w*! \add They want to kill us\add*!” \w So|strong="H3027"\w* \w Joram|strong="H3088"\w* \w turned|strong="H2015"\w* \w his|strong="H3027"\w* chariot \w around|strong="H3027"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* tried \w to|strong="H3027"\w* \w flee|strong="H5127"\w*.   
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\v 24 \w But|strong="H5221"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w drew|strong="H4390"\w* \w his|strong="H5221"\w* \w bow|strong="H7198"\w* mightily \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w shot|strong="H5221"\w* \add an arrow that pierced\add* \w Joram|strong="H3088"\w* between \w his|strong="H5221"\w* \w shoulder|strong="H2220"\w* blades. \w The|strong="H5221"\w* \w arrow|strong="H2678"\w* \add went through his body and\add* pierced \w his|strong="H5221"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w he|strong="H3027"\w* slumped \w down|strong="H5221"\w* dead \w in|strong="H3027"\w* \w his|strong="H5221"\w* \w chariot|strong="H7393"\w*.  
\v 25 \w Then|strong="H2088"\w* Jehu said \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H5375"\w* assistant Bidkar, “\w Take|strong="H5375"\w* \w his|strong="H5375"\w* corpse \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w throw|strong="H7993"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w here|strong="H2088"\w* \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* belonged \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Naboth|strong="H5022"\w*. \add I am sure that\add* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w remember|strong="H2142"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H2088"\w* \w riding|strong="H7392"\w* \w together|strong="H5921"\w* \add in chariots\add* \w behind|strong="H5921"\w* \w King|strong="H5921"\w* Joram’s father Ahab, \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* said \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* Ahab:  
\v 26 ‘Yesterday \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* Ahab murder [MTY] \w Naboth|strong="H5022"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H5375"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w here|strong="H2063"\w*. \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w I|strong="H1697"\w* solemnly \w promise|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* punish \w him|strong="H7200"\w* \w right|strong="H3068"\w* \w here|strong="H2063"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w same|strong="H2063"\w* \w field|strong="H2513"\w*!’ \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w take|strong="H5375"\w* Joram’s corpse \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w throw|strong="H7993"\w* \w it|strong="H7200"\w* \w into|strong="H7993"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w field|strong="H2513"\w*! \w That|strong="H7200"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w fulfill|strong="H7999"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w happen|strong="H1697"\w*.”   
\s1 King Ahaziah of Judah was killed  
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\v 27 \w When|strong="H7200"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Ahaziah \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w what|strong="H7200"\w* happened, \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* \add in his chariot\add* \w toward|strong="H1870"\w* Beth-Haggan \add town\add*. \w But|strong="H7200"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w pursued|strong="H7291"\w* \w him|strong="H5221"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* said \add to his other commanders\add*, “\w Shoot|strong="H5221"\w* \w him|strong="H5221"\w*, \w also|strong="H1571"\w*!” \w So|strong="H1571"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w shot|strong="H5221"\w* \w him|strong="H5221"\w* \add with arrows\add* \w while|strong="H1004"\w* \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* riding \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w his|strong="H7200"\w* \w chariot|strong="H4818"\w* \w on|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w road|strong="H1870"\w* \w up|strong="H4608"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w Gur|strong="H1483"\w*, \w near|strong="H7200"\w* \w Ibleam|strong="H2991"\w* \add town\add*. \w He|strong="H8033"\w* continued going \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w his|strong="H7200"\w* \w chariot|strong="H4818"\w* until \w he|strong="H8033"\w* reached \w Megiddo|strong="H4023"\w* \add city\add*, \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*.  
\v 28 \w His|strong="H1732"\w* \w officials|strong="H5650"\w* \w took|strong="H7392"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* corpse back \w to|strong="H3389"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w it|strong="H7392"\w* \w in|strong="H6912"\w* \w the|strong="H5973"\w* tombs \w in|strong="H6912"\w* \w the|strong="H5973"\w* \add part of Jerusalem called\add* ‘\w The|strong="H5973"\w* \w City|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*’, where \w his|strong="H1732"\w* ancestors \w had|strong="H1732"\w* been \w buried|strong="H6912"\w*.  
\v 29 Ahaziah \w had|strong="H3063"\w* \w become|strong="H4427"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w when|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joram|strong="H3141"\w* \w had|strong="H3063"\w* \w been|strong="H4427"\w* ruling Israel \w for|strong="H5921"\w* almost \w eleven|strong="H6240"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.   
\s1 Queen Jezebel was killed  
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\v 30 \w Then|strong="H8085"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w went|strong="H7218"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*. \w When|strong="H8085"\w* \add Ahab’s widow\add* Jezebel \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w what|strong="H8085"\w* \w had|strong="H5869"\w* happened, \w she|strong="H2474"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w paint|strong="H6320"\w*/makeup \w on|strong="H7760"\w* \w her|strong="H7760"\w* \w eyelids|strong="H5869"\w*, \w and|strong="H5869"\w* combed \w her|strong="H7760"\w* \w hair|strong="H7218"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w make|strong="H7760"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w* beautiful, \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w looked|strong="H8259"\w* \w out|strong="H8259"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w window|strong="H2474"\w* \add of the palace toward the street below\add*.  
\v 31 While \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w was|strong="H3058"\w* entering \w the|strong="H2026"\w* \w city|strong="H8179"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*, she called out \w to|strong="H8179"\w* \w him|strong="H2026"\w*, “You \add are like\add* \w Zimri|strong="H2174"\w*! You \w are|strong="H8179"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w murderer|strong="H2026"\w*! \add I think\add* you \w are|strong="H8179"\w* certainly not [RHQ] coming \w on|strong="H7965"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w peaceful|strong="H7965"\w* visit!”   
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\v 32 Jehu \w looked|strong="H8259"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w toward|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w window|strong="H2474"\w*, \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w then|strong="H5375"\w* \w he|strong="H8147"\w* said, “\w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w is|strong="H4310"\w* ◄\w on|strong="H5375"\w* \w my|strong="H5375"\w* \w side|strong="H8147"\w*/wants \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w help|strong="H5375"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*►? Anyone?” \w Two|strong="H8147"\w* \w or|strong="H8147"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* palace \w officials|strong="H5631"\w* \w looked|strong="H8259"\w* \w down|strong="H8259"\w* \w at|strong="H6440"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \add from a window and pointed to themselves\add*.  
\v 33 Jehu said \w to|strong="H1818"\w* \w them|strong="H7429"\w*, “\w Throw|strong="H8058"\w* \w her|strong="H8058"\w* \w down|strong="H7429"\w* here!”  
\p So they \w threw|strong="H8058"\w* \w her|strong="H8058"\w* \w down|strong="H7429"\w*, \w and|strong="H1818"\w* \add when she hit the ground and died\add*, some \w of|strong="H1818"\w* \w her|strong="H8058"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* splattered \w on|strong="H5483"\w* \w the|strong="H7429"\w* \w city|strong="H7023"\w* \w wall|strong="H7023"\w* \w and|strong="H1818"\w* \w on|strong="H5483"\w* \w the|strong="H7429"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \add that were pulling the chariots\add*.  
\v 34 \w Then|strong="H4428"\w* Jehu \w went|strong="H4428"\w* \w into|strong="H1323"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* palace \w and|strong="H4428"\w* ate \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w drank|strong="H8354"\w*. \w Then|strong="H4428"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* said \add to some of his men\add*, “\w Take|strong="H6485"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* corpse \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w women|strong="H1323"\w* \w whom|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H4428"\w* cursed \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w bury|strong="H6912"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w she|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \add and therefore should be buried properly\add*.”  
\v 35 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w get|strong="H3212"\w* \w her|strong="H4672"\w* corpse \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w bury|strong="H6912"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w*, \w all|strong="H3212"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H3027"\w* \w left|strong="H4672"\w* \w was|strong="H3027"\w* \w only|strong="H3588"\w* \w her|strong="H4672"\w* \w skull|strong="H1538"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \add the bones of\add* \w her|strong="H4672"\w* \w feet|strong="H7272"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w her|strong="H4672"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*. Everything \w else|strong="H3808"\w* \w was|strong="H3027"\w* \w gone|strong="H3212"\w*.  
\v 36 \w When|strong="H1696"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w reported|strong="H5046"\w* \w this|strong="H1931"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* Jehu, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w*, “\w That|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w happen|strong="H1697"\w*! \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*/\w prophet|strong="H1696"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H1696"\w*, ‘\w In|strong="H3068"\w* \add the city of\add* \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*, \w dogs|strong="H3611"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* eat \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Jezebel’s corpse.  
\v 37 \w Her|strong="H5921"\w* bones \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* scattered \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w dung|strong="H1828"\w*, \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* result \w that|strong="H3808"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* able \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \add recognize them and\add* say, “\w These|strong="H2063"\w* \w are|strong="H6440"\w* Jezebel’s bones.” ’ ”   
\c 10  
\s1 Ahab’s descendants were murdered  
\p
\v 1 There \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w seventy|strong="H7657"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* King Ahab \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* living there \w in|strong="H3789"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*. \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w wrote|strong="H3789"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w letter|strong="H5612"\w* \add and made copies of it \add* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* \w rulers|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* city, \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* \w elders|strong="H2205"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w those|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* raised \w and|strong="H1121"\w* tutored Ahab’s \w children|strong="H1121"\w*.  
\v 2  \add This is what he wrote\add*: “\w You|strong="H6258"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6258"\w* \w ones|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \add taking care of\add* \w the|strong="H6258"\w* king’s \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w*. \w You|strong="H6258"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w weapons|strong="H5402"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H6258"\w* live \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w that|strong="H5892"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* walls around \w them|strong="H1121"\w*. \w So|strong="H6258"\w* \w as|strong="H1121"\w* \w soon|strong="H6258"\w* \w as|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H6258"\w* receive \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w letter|strong="H5612"\w*,  
\v 3 choose \w one|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H3678"\w*’s \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w one|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w is|strong="H2896"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w best|strong="H2896"\w* qualified, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w appoint|strong="H7760"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H3678"\w*. \w Then|strong="H7200"\w* \add prepare to\add* \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* defend \w him|strong="H5921"\w*.”   
\p
\v 4 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \add when they got those letters from Jehu and read them\add*, \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w became|strong="H3372"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w*. \w They|strong="H3808"\w* said, “\w King|strong="H4428"\w* Joram \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Ahaziah could \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w resist|strong="H5975"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*; ◄\w how|strong="H2009"\w* \w can|strong="H3808"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w resist|strong="H5975"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*?/\w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* possibly \w resist|strong="H5975"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*!►” [RHQ]   
\p
\v 5 \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* officer \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w charge|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* mayor \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* message \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* saying, “\w We|strong="H6213"\w* \w want|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* serve \w you|strong="H3605"\w*, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w* \w ready|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w whatever|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w tell|strong="H3605"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*. \w We|strong="H6213"\w* \w will|strong="H5650"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w appoint|strong="H7971"\w* \w anyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w become|strong="H4427"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w*. \w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w whatever|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w think|strong="H5869"\w* \w is|strong="H2896"\w* \w best|strong="H2896"\w*.”   
\p
\v 6 \w So|strong="H3947"\w* Jehu \w sent|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w second|strong="H8145"\w* \w letter|strong="H5612"\w* \w to|strong="H6256"\w* \w them|strong="H3947"\w*, \w writing|strong="H3789"\w* \w this|strong="H8085"\w*: “\w If|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H3947"\w* ◄\w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w on|strong="H5892"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* side/\w want|strong="H6963"\w* \w to|strong="H6256"\w* help \w me|strong="H6963"\w*►, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w if|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H3947"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* ready \w to|strong="H6256"\w* \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w me|strong="H6963"\w*, \add kill\add* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Ahab’s \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \add and cut off their heads and\add* \w bring|strong="H3947"\w* \w their|strong="H3947"\w* \w heads|strong="H7218"\w* \w to|strong="H6256"\w* \w me|strong="H6963"\w* here \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w* \w at|strong="H4428"\w* \w this|strong="H8085"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w tomorrow|strong="H4279"\w*.”  
\p \w The|strong="H8085"\w* \w seventy|strong="H7657"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Ahab \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w being|strong="H1121"\w* \w brought|strong="H3947"\w* \w up|strong="H1431"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* supervised \w by|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w leaders|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \add Samaria\add* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.  
\v 7 \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H7819"\w* \w received|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w letter|strong="H5612"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* Jehu, \w they|strong="H7819"\w* \w killed|strong="H7819"\w* \w all|strong="H3947"\w* \w seventy|strong="H7657"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ahab’s \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \add cut off their heads\add*. \w They|strong="H7819"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w their|strong="H3947"\w* \w heads|strong="H7218"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w baskets|strong="H1731"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* Jehu \w at|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*.  
\v 8 \w A|strong="H3068"\w* \w messenger|strong="H4397"\w* \w came|strong="H4397"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* Jehu \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w him|strong="H5046"\w*, “\w They|strong="H5704"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w brought|strong="H7760"\w* \w the|strong="H7760"\w* \w heads|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ahab’s \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w*.” \w So|strong="H7760"\w* Jehu commanded \w that|strong="H4397"\w* \w the|strong="H7760"\w* \w heads|strong="H7218"\w* \w should|strong="H4428"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w piles|strong="H6652"\w* \w at|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H7760"\w* \w city|strong="H8179"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w that|strong="H4397"\w* \w the|strong="H7760"\w* \w heads|strong="H7218"\w* \w should|strong="H4428"\w* stay \w there|strong="H5704"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H7760"\w* next \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*.   
\p
\v 9 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w next|strong="H5921"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \add to the city gate\add* \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w said|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, “\w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w am|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H4310"\w* plotted \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w King|strong="H5921"\w* Joram \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w killed|strong="H2026"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*. \w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w not|strong="H1961"\w* guilty \w of|strong="H5971"\w* \w doing|strong="H3318"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w*. \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \add it was Yahweh, not I\add* [RHQ] \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \add commanded that\add* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H3605"\w* \add descendants of Ahab should be\add* \w killed|strong="H2026"\w*.  
\v 10 \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w need|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* everything \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w happen|strong="H6213"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w happened|strong="H1697"\w*. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w caused|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w happen|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w told|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w prophet|strong="H1696"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H1696"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w happen|strong="H6213"\w*.”  
\v 11 \w Then|strong="H3045"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w executed|strong="H5221"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* relatives \w of|strong="H1004"\w* Ahab \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*, \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* Ahab’s officers, \w and|strong="H1419"\w* close \w friends|strong="H3045"\w*, \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*. \w He|strong="H5704"\w* did \w not|strong="H1115"\w* allow \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w them|strong="H5221"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w remain|strong="H7604"\w* \w alive|strong="H7604"\w*.   
\p
\v 12 \w Then|strong="H6965"\w* Jehu \w left|strong="H6965"\w* \add Jezreel\add* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w toward|strong="H1870"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*. \w While|strong="H1931"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w going|strong="H3212"\w* \w there|strong="H6965"\w*, \w at|strong="H6965"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* place called ‘\w Shepherds|strong="H7462"\w*’ Camp’,  
\v 13 \w he|strong="H3063"\w* \w met|strong="H4672"\w* some \w relatives|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Ahaziah \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*. \w He|strong="H3063"\w* asked \w them|strong="H3381"\w*, “\w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H3381"\w*?”  
\p \w They|strong="H4428"\w* replied, “\w We|strong="H4672"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w relatives|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Ahaziah. \w We|strong="H4672"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w going|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* Jezreel \w to|strong="H3381"\w* visit \w the|strong="H4672"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Queen|strong="H1377"\w* Jezebel \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H4672"\w* other members \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \add Joram’s\add* family.”   
\p
\v 14 Jehu said \w to|strong="H3808"\w* \w his|strong="H3808"\w* \w men|strong="H8147"\w*, “\w Seize|strong="H8610"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*!” \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w seized|strong="H8610"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w and|strong="H8147"\w* \w killed|strong="H7819"\w* all \w of|strong="H8147"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w at|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H7819"\w* pit named \w Beth-Eked|strong="H1044"\w*. \w There|strong="H1992"\w* \w were|strong="H1992"\w* 42 \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w whom|strong="H1992"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w killed|strong="H7819"\w*; \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* allow \w any|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H8147"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w to|strong="H3808"\w* \w remain|strong="H7604"\w* \w alive|strong="H2416"\w*.   
\p
\v 15 \w Then|strong="H5414"\w* Jehu \add continued to travel toward Samaria\add*. \w Along|strong="H5973"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* road, \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w was|strong="H3824"\w* \w met|strong="H4672"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w Jonadab|strong="H3082"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* leader \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w Rechab|strong="H7394"\w* clan. Jehu \w greeted|strong="H1288"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* said \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w*, “\w Are|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w as|strong="H3824"\w* \w devoted|strong="H3824"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* [IDM] \w as|strong="H3824"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w am|strong="H3426"\w* \w devoted|strong="H3824"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*?”  
\p \w Jonadab|strong="H3082"\w* replied, “Yes, \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w am|strong="H3426"\w*.”  
\p Jehu said, “\w If|strong="H3426"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w*, shake \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w*.” \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w Jonadab|strong="H3082"\w* shook \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* Jehu \w helped|strong="H3027"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w get|strong="H3212"\w* \w into|strong="H5927"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w chariot|strong="H4818"\w*.  
\v 16 Jehu said \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w him|strong="H7200"\w*, “\w Come|strong="H3212"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H7200"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w I|strong="H7200"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* very devoted \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*.” \w So|strong="H7200"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w rode|strong="H7392"\w* together \w to|strong="H3212"\w* Samaria.   
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\v 17 \w When|strong="H5704"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* arrived \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, Jehu \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Ahab’s relatives \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H1697"\w* \w still|strong="H5704"\w* \w alive|strong="H7604"\w*. \w He|strong="H5704"\w* \w did|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H1696"\w* ◄spare \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H5221"\w*/allow \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H5221"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w remain|strong="H7604"\w* \w alive|strong="H7604"\w*►. \w That|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w told|strong="H1696"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H1696"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w happen|strong="H1697"\w*.   
\s1 The people who worshiped Baal were killed  
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\v 18 \w Then|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* summoned \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \add of Samaria\add*, \w and|strong="H5971"\w* said \w to|strong="H5971"\w* \w them|strong="H5647"\w*, “King Ahab \w was|strong="H3605"\w* devoted \w to|strong="H5971"\w* \add your god\add* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w little|strong="H4592"\w* bit, \w but|strong="H5971"\w* \w I|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* \w him|strong="H5647"\w* \w much|strong="H7235"\w* \w more|strong="H7235"\w*.  
\v 19 \w So|strong="H4616"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w summon|strong="H7121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w of|strong="H2077"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H2077"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*’s \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* others \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w worship|strong="H5647"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H6485"\w* going \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w want|strong="H6485"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H2077"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w there|strong="H3605"\w*. \w Any|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H2077"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w there|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w executed|strong="H6213"\w*.” \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w was|strong="H3605"\w* planning \w to|strong="H6213"\w* trick \w them|strong="H6213"\w*; \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H3605"\w* planning \w to|strong="H6213"\w* kill \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w worshiped|strong="H5647"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*.   
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\v 20 \w Then|strong="H7121"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* commanded, “\w Announce|strong="H7121"\w* \w that|strong="H7121"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* are going \w to|strong="H7121"\w* \w set|strong="H6942"\w* aside \w a|strong="H3068"\w* day \w to|strong="H7121"\w* honor \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*.” \w So|strong="H7121"\w* \w they|strong="H6942"\w* did \w that|strong="H7121"\w*.  
\v 21 \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \add decided what day they would gather and\add* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* messages \w throughout|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \add telling everyone what day to gather on\add*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w on|strong="H1004"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* day, \w everyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w worshiped|strong="H5647"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w* \w came|strong="H3478"\w*. \w No|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w stayed|strong="H3478"\w* \w at|strong="H3478"\w* \w home|strong="H1004"\w*. \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w went|strong="H3478"\w* into \w the|strong="H3605"\w* huge \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* \w it|strong="H7971"\w* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w end|strong="H6310"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w*.  
\v 22 Jehu told \w the|strong="H3605"\w* priest \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w took|strong="H3318"\w* \w care|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* sacred \w robes|strong="H3830"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w bring|strong="H3318"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w and|strong="H3318"\w* give \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* people \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w worshiped|strong="H5647"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*. \w So|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* priest did \w that|strong="H3605"\w*.   
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\v 23 \w Then|strong="H3588"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w went|strong="H3068"\w* \w into|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w Jonadab|strong="H3082"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* said \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w there|strong="H3426"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w worship|strong="H5647"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*, “\w Be|strong="H3426"\w* sure \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w only|strong="H3588"\w* \w those|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w worship|strong="H5647"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w here|strong="H6311"\w*. \w Be|strong="H3426"\w* sure \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w no|strong="H7200"\w* \w one|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* worships \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* come \w in|strong="H3068"\w*.”  
\v 24 \w Then|strong="H6213"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* Jonadab \w prepared|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w offer|strong="H6213"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* other \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* Baal \w that|strong="H5315"\w* \w would|strong="H5315"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* completely burned \add on the altar that was there in Samaria\add*. \w But|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w had|strong="H3027"\w* \w stationed|strong="H7760"\w* \w eighty|strong="H8084"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w his|strong="H7760"\w* \w men|strong="H6213"\w* \w outside|strong="H2351"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* temple, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w had|strong="H3027"\w* said \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, “\w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w want|strong="H5315"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* kill \w all|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5315"\w* \add who are in the temple\add*. \w Anyone|strong="H5315"\w* \w who|strong="H5315"\w* allows \w one|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w escape|strong="H4422"\w* \w will|strong="H5315"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* \w executed|strong="H6213"\w*!”   
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\v 25 \w As|strong="H5704"\w* soon \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \add and Jonadab\add* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w finished|strong="H3615"\w* \w killing|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w animals|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H5892"\w* \w would|strong="H6213"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w completely|strong="H3615"\w* burned \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w an|strong="H6213"\w* \w offering|strong="H5930"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*, \w they|strong="H5704"\w* \add went outside and\add* \w said|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w guards|strong="H7323"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w officers|strong="H7991"\w*, “\w Go|strong="H3212"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w kill|strong="H5221"\w* \w all|strong="H5704"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w them|strong="H5221"\w*! \w Do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* allow \w any|strong="H6213"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w them|strong="H5221"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w escape|strong="H3318"\w*!” \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w guards|strong="H7323"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w officers|strong="H7991"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w them|strong="H5221"\w* \w all|strong="H5704"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w their|strong="H6213"\w* \w swords|strong="H2719"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H5704"\w* dragged \w their|strong="H6213"\w* corpses \w outside|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H5704"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w into|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w inner|strong="H1004"\w* \w room|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*,  
\v 26 \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w they|strong="H3318"\w* \w carried|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* sacred \w pillar|strong="H4676"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w* \w that|strong="H1004"\w* \w was|strong="H1004"\w* there, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w they|strong="H3318"\w* \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* \w it|strong="H3318"\w*.  
\v 27 \w So|strong="H7760"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H5422"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w pillar|strong="H4676"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* honored \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w then|strong="H7760"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* burned \w down|strong="H5422"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w made|strong="H7760"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* public toilet. \w And|strong="H3117"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \w still|strong="H5704"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* toilet!   
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\v 28 \w That|strong="H3478"\w* \w is|strong="H3478"\w* how \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* got rid \w of|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3058"\w* \w worship|strong="H3478"\w* \w of|strong="H3478"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.  
\v 29 \w But|strong="H7535"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w did|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* quit committing \w the|strong="H5493"\w* kinds \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w sins|strong="H2398"\w* \w that|strong="H3478"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w committed|strong="H2398"\w*, \w sins|strong="H2398"\w* \w that|strong="H3478"\w* led \w the|strong="H5493"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w sin|strong="H2398"\w* \w by|strong="H3478"\w* worshiping \w the|strong="H5493"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \add statues of\add* \w calves|strong="H5695"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w* \add cities\add*.   
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\v 30 \w Then|strong="H6213"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* said \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w*, “\w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H3477"\w* \w pleased|strong="H5869"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* getting rid \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ahab’s \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w*. \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w promise|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w grandson|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* great-grandson \w and|strong="H1121"\w* great-great-grandson \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* kings \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.”  
\v 31 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w did|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w obey|strong="H8104"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w laws|strong="H8451"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H3808"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w stop|strong="H5493"\w* committing \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w committed|strong="H2398"\w*, \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w led|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w sin|strong="H2403"\w*.   
\s1 Jehu died  
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\v 32 \w At|strong="H3478"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w began|strong="H2490"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* cause \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w territory|strong="H1366"\w* controlled \w by|strong="H3117"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* become smaller. \add The army of\add* King \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* \add of Syria\add* \w conquered|strong="H5221"\w* \w much|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Israeli \w territory|strong="H1366"\w*.  
\v 33 \w He|strong="H3605"\w* conquered \w the|strong="H3605"\w* parts \w east|strong="H4217"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \add River\add*, \w as|strong="H1316"\w* \w far|strong="H5921"\w* south \w as|strong="H1316"\w* \w Aroer|strong="H6177"\w* \add town\add* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Arnon \add River\add*. \w That|strong="H3605"\w* \w included|strong="H3605"\w* \add the\add* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* \w and|strong="H1568"\w* \w Bashan|strong="H1316"\w* \add regions\add*, \w where|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* tribes \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w Gad|strong="H1425"\w*, \w Reuben|strong="H7206"\w*, \w and|strong="H1568"\w* half \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4520"\w* lived.   
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\v 34  \add If you want to read more\add* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* [RHQ], \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\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 Israel|strong="H3478"\w*’.   
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\v 35 \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* died [EUP], \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w in|strong="H6912"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*. \w His|strong="H8478"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoahaz|strong="H3059"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H6912"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H8478"\w* \w father|strong="H1121"\w*.  
\v 36 \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w twenty-eight|strong="H6242"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.   
\c 11  
\s1 Queen Athaliah of Judah  
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\v 1 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* King Ahaziah’s mother \w Athaliah|strong="H6271"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w had|strong="H3588"\w* \w been|strong="H2233"\w* \w killed|strong="H4191"\w*, \w she|strong="H3588"\w* commanded \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* members \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ahaziah’s \w family|strong="H2233"\w* \add who might become king\add* \w must|strong="H4191"\w* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* \w executed|strong="H4191"\w*.  
\v 2 \w So|strong="H3947"\w* Ahaziah’s \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H6440"\w* \w about|strong="H3947"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* murdered. \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w Jehosheba|strong="H3089"\w*, \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Jehoram’s \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* Ahaziah’s half-sister, \w took|strong="H3947"\w* Ahaziah’s \add very young\add* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w hid|strong="H5641"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* ◄\w his|strong="H3947"\w* nursemaid/\w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w woman|strong="H1323"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* care \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*► \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w bedroom|strong="H2315"\w* \add in the temple\add*. \w So|strong="H3947"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w killed|strong="H4191"\w*.  
\v 3 \w He|strong="H3068"\w* stayed \w with|strong="H1004"\w* Jehosheba \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*. \w All|strong="H5921"\w* \w during|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w time|strong="H1961"\w*, \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w remained|strong="H1961"\w* \w hidden|strong="H2244"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*, \w while|strong="H1961"\w* \w Athaliah|strong="H6271"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4427"\w* \add Judah\add*.   
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\v 4 \w But|strong="H7200"\w* during \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w next|strong="H7200"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w*, \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* Supreme Priest \w summoned|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w officers|strong="H8269"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* supervised \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w royal|strong="H4428"\w* bodyguards \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w* \w guards|strong="H7323"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* told \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w come|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*. \w There|strong="H1992"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* required \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w solemnly|strong="H7650"\w* \w promise|strong="H7650"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H7200"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* told \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w*. \w And|strong="H3967"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w showed|strong="H7200"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Ahaziah’s \w son|strong="H1121"\w* Joash \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*.  
\v 5 \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w gave|strong="H6680"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \w these|strong="H2088"\w* \w instructions|strong="H1697"\w*: “\w There|strong="H2088"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* \w three|strong="H7992"\w* groups \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \w guards|strong="H8104"\w*. \w When|strong="H6213"\w* \w one|strong="H2088"\w* group finishes \w their|strong="H6213"\w* \w work|strong="H6213"\w* \w on|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="H7676"\w* day, \add divide yourselves into\add* \w three|strong="H7992"\w* smaller groups. \w One|strong="H2088"\w* group must \w guard|strong="H8104"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w*.  
\v 6 \w Another|strong="H7323"\w* group must \w guard|strong="H8104"\w* \w at|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w Sur|strong="H5495"\w* \w Gate|strong="H8179"\w*. \w The|strong="H8104"\w* other group must \w guard|strong="H8104"\w* \w at|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* behind \w the|strong="H8104"\w* other groups.  
\v 7 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* groups \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* \w not|strong="H3318"\w* working \w on|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="H7676"\w* day must \w guard|strong="H8104"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \add to protect little King Joash\add*.  
\v 8 \w You|strong="H5921"\w* \w must|strong="H4191"\w* stand \w around|strong="H5439"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w wherever|strong="H5921"\w* \w he|strong="H3027"\w* \w goes|strong="H3318"\w*, \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w weapons|strong="H3627"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*. \w You|strong="H5921"\w* \w must|strong="H4191"\w* \w kill|strong="H4191"\w* anyone \w who|strong="H4428"\w* \w comes|strong="H3318"\w* \w near|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*.”   
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\v 9 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w officers|strong="H8269"\w* \add who supervised the guards\add* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w* \w told|strong="H6680"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*. \w Each|strong="H3605"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w brought|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* guards \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* supervised—\w the|strong="H3605"\w* guards \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H8269"\w* \w just|strong="H3605"\w* finishing \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w work|strong="H6213"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H8269"\w* \w about|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* start \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w work|strong="H6213"\w* \w on|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="H7676"\w* day.  
\v 10 \w The|strong="H5414"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* distributed \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w commanders|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* guards \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w spears|strong="H2595"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w shields|strong="H7982"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* belonged \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H1732"\w* \w kept|strong="H5414"\w*/\w stored|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*.  
\v 11 \w Then|strong="H4428"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* commanded \w all|strong="H5439"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w guards|strong="H7323"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* positions, \w each|strong="H5439"\w* \w one|strong="H1004"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w sword|strong="H3027"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, \w all|strong="H5439"\w* \w around|strong="H5439"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* young \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w he|strong="H5414"\w* \w brought|strong="H3318"\w* Joash \w out|strong="H3318"\w*. \w He|strong="H5414"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\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* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* scroll \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 Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w he|strong="H5414"\w* \w poured|strong="H4886"\w* some olive \w oil|strong="H4886"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* Joash’s head \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 The|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H5414"\w* \w clapped|strong="H5221"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* \w hands|strong="H3709"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w shouted|strong="H5414"\w*, “We desire/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 13 \w When|strong="H8085"\w* \w Athaliah|strong="H6271"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w noise|strong="H6963"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w being|strong="H5971"\w* \w made|strong="H8085"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w guards|strong="H7323"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* other \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, she \w ran|strong="H7323"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*, \w where|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w were|strong="H5971"\w* \w gathered|strong="H8085"\w*.  
\v 14 \w She|strong="H7121"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* new \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w standing|strong="H5975"\w* \w there|strong="H2009"\w* \w alongside|strong="H5921"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* big \w pillars|strong="H5982"\w*, \w which|strong="H5971"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w place|strong="H3605"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* temple \w where|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* usually \w stood|strong="H5975"\w*. \w She|strong="H7121"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* surrounded \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* temple \w officers|strong="H8269"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w men|strong="H5971"\w* \w blowing|strong="H8628"\w* \w trumpets|strong="H2689"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w were|strong="H5971"\w* shouting \w joyfully|strong="H8056"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \add some of\add* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w were|strong="H5971"\w* \w also|strong="H4428"\w* \w blowing|strong="H8628"\w* \w trumpets|strong="H2689"\w*. \w She|strong="H7121"\w* \w tore|strong="H7167"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* clothes \add to show her distress\add* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w shouted|strong="H7121"\w*, “\w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* traitors! \w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* tricked/deceived \w me|strong="H7200"\w*!”  
\v 15 \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w* \add immediately\add* \w said|strong="H3318"\w*, “\w Kill|strong="H4191"\w* \w her|strong="H3318"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w kill|strong="H4191"\w* \w her|strong="H3318"\w* \w here|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 Take|strong="H3318"\w* \w her|strong="H3318"\w* \w away|strong="H3318"\w* between \w two|strong="H1004"\w* rows \w of|strong="H1004"\w* guards. \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* rescue \w her|strong="H3318"\w*!”  
\v 16  \add She tried to flee, but\add* \w the|strong="H7760"\w* guards \w seized|strong="H7760"\w* \w her|strong="H7760"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w took|strong="H7760"\w* \w her|strong="H7760"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w the|strong="H7760"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w*, \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w the|strong="H7760"\w* \w place|strong="H7760"\w* \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w enter|strong="H3996"\w* \w the|strong="H7760"\w* courtyard. \w They|strong="H8033"\w* \w killed|strong="H4191"\w* \w her|strong="H7760"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w* \w made|strong="H3772"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* solemn \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w* between \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* always ◄obey/\w be|strong="H1961"\w* faithful \w to|strong="H3068"\w*► \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H3772"\w* \w an|strong="H1961"\w* \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w* requiring \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w loyal|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* Joash \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.  
\v 18 \w Then|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Israel|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="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w tore|strong="H5422"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w* \w down|strong="H5422"\w*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w smashed|strong="H7665"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w altars|strong="H4196"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* statues \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w killed|strong="H2026"\w* \w Mattan|strong="H4977"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*, \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w altars|strong="H4196"\w*.  
\p Jehoiada \w stationed|strong="H7760"\w*/\w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w guards|strong="H6486"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 19 \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w officers|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w officers|strong="H8269"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w supervised|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w royal|strong="H4428"\w* bodyguards, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s bodyguards \w brought|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w from|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w*. \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \add followed them\add*. Joash entered \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w* \w at|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Guard|strong="H7323"\w* \w Gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w throne|strong="H3678"\w*, \add which showed that he was the new king\add*.  
\v 20 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Judah \w rejoiced|strong="H8055"\w*. \w And|strong="H4428"\w* \w because|strong="H3605"\w* \w Athaliah|strong="H6271"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w been|strong="H8252"\w* \w killed|strong="H4191"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w was|strong="H5892"\w* \w quiet|strong="H8252"\w*/\w calm|strong="H8252"\w*.   
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\v 21 Joash was seven years old when he became the king \add of Judah\add*.   
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\s1 King Joash of Judah  
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\v 1 \w When|strong="H1121"\w* Jehu \w had|strong="H1121"\w* \w been|strong="H4427"\w* ruling Israel \w for|strong="H1121"\w* almost \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, \w Joash|strong="H3060"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w the|strong="H3060"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Judah. \w He|strong="H8141"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* Jerusalem \w for|strong="H1121"\w* 40 \w years|strong="H8141"\w*. \w His|strong="H3060"\w* mother \w was|strong="H1121"\w* Zibiah, \w from|strong="H1121"\w* Beersheba \add city\add*.  
\v 2 All \w his|strong="H3060"\w* \w life|strong="H8141"\w*, \w he|strong="H3389"\w* \w did|strong="H3389"\w* what pleased \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, because Jehoiada \w the|strong="H3058"\w* priest instructed/taught \w him|strong="H4427"\w*.  
\v 3 \w But|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w places|strong="H3605"\w* where \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5869"\w* worshiped \add Yahweh\add* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* tops \w of|strong="H3068"\w* hills \w were|strong="H3117"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* destroyed, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* continued \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w offer|strong="H6213"\w* sacrifices \w and|strong="H3068"\w* burn incense \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w places|strong="H3605"\w*, \add instead of at the place that God had chosen for them in Jerusalem\add*.   
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\v 4 Joash said \w to|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H5493"\w* \w priests|strong="H3808"\w*, “\w You|strong="H3808"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w take|strong="H5493"\w* \w all|strong="H5750"\w* \w the|strong="H5493"\w* money \w which|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H5493"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* contribute, both \w the|strong="H5493"\w* money \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* required \w to|strong="H5971"\w* give \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H5493"\w* money \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* themselves decide \w to|strong="H5971"\w* give, \w as|strong="H5971"\w* sacred offerings \w to|strong="H5971"\w* buy \w things|strong="H3808"\w* \w for|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H5493"\w* temple.  
\v 5 \w Each|strong="H3605"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w must|strong="H5315"\w* \w take|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5315"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* know \w him|strong="H5921"\w* (\w OR|strong="H3068"\w*, \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* treasurers), \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w must|strong="H5315"\w* \w use|strong="H5674"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* repair \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w whenever|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* sees \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w there|strong="H5927"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w something|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* needs \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* repaired.”   
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\v 6 \w But|strong="H2388"\w* \w after|strong="H1992"\w* Joash \w had|strong="H3548"\w* \w been|strong="H3605"\w* ruling \w for|strong="H1004"\w* almost twenty-three years, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* still \w had|strong="H3548"\w* \w not|strong="H3947"\w* \w repaired|strong="H2388"\w* \w anything|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*.  
\v 7 \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w Joash|strong="H3060"\w* summoned Jehoiada \w and|strong="H6242"\w* \w the|strong="H2388"\w* other \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w and|strong="H6242"\w* said \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w them|strong="H1961"\w*, “◄\w Why|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H8141"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w repairing|strong="H2388"\w* \w things|strong="H7969"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H2388"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*?/\w You|strong="H3808"\w* \w should|strong="H8141"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w repairing|strong="H2388"\w* \w things|strong="H7969"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H2388"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*!► [RHQ] \w From|strong="H1961"\w* \w now|strong="H1961"\w* \w on|strong="H1961"\w*, \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w keep|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H2388"\w* money \w that|strong="H3548"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w receive|strong="H1961"\w* \w from|strong="H1961"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w who|strong="H3548"\w* know \w you|strong="H3808"\w* (\w OR|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H2388"\w* treasurers). \w You|strong="H3808"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w give|strong="H1961"\w* \w it|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H2388"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w who|strong="H3548"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w repairing|strong="H2388"\w* \w things|strong="H7969"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H2388"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*!”  
\v 8 \w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* agreed \w to|strong="H5414"\w* do \w that|strong="H3588"\w*, \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w also|strong="H4428"\w* agreed \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w themselves|strong="H5414"\w* \w would|strong="H3548"\w* \w not|strong="H5414"\w* do \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w repair|strong="H2388"\w* \w work|strong="H5414"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* Jehoiada \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* chest \w and|strong="H3701"\w* bored \w a|strong="H3068"\w* hole \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* lid. \w He|strong="H1004"\w* \w placed|strong="H3947"\w* \w it|strong="H3947"\w* alongside \w the|strong="H3947"\w* altar \add for burning incense/sacrifices\add* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w was|strong="H1004"\w* \w on|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* right \w as|strong="H5971"\w* anyone enters \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*. \w The|strong="H3947"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* guarded \w the|strong="H3947"\w* entrance \w to|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w put|strong="H3947"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* box \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w was|strong="H1004"\w* \w brought|strong="H3947"\w* \w to|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*.  
\v 10 \w Whenever|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* saw \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lot \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* chest, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* king’s secretary \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Supreme \w Priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* come \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w count|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w*. \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* bags \w and|strong="H3068"\w* tie \w the|strong="H3605"\w* bags shut.  
\v 11 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w*, \w after|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* weighed \w it|strong="H3588"\w*, \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w give|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w men|strong="H1419"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* supervised \w the|strong="H7200"\w* work \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* supervisors \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w use|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w pay|strong="H3701"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* carpenters \w and|strong="H3068"\w* builders \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* repair work \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*,  
\v 12 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w masons|strong="H2796"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* stone cutters. \w Also|strong="H3068"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w some|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w bought|strong="H5414"\w* \w timber|strong="H6086"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* stones \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H3068"\w* cut \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* \w used|strong="H6213"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* repair \w work|strong="H4399"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w pay|strong="H5414"\w* \w all|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* other expenses \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* repair \w work|strong="H4399"\w*.  
\v 13 \w But|strong="H2388"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3318"\w* use \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* money \add to pay men\add* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w make|strong="H2388"\w* silver cups \w or|strong="H1004"\w* wick trimmers \w or|strong="H1004"\w* bowls \w or|strong="H1004"\w* trumpets \w or|strong="H1004"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* items \w made|strong="H2388"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* silver \w or|strong="H1004"\w* gold \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w used|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w given|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H3627"\w* \w doing|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w work|strong="H6213"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* repairing \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*.  
\v 15 \w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w men|strong="H6213"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* supervised \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w work|strong="H4399"\w* always \w did|strong="H6213"\w* things honestly, \w so|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* king’s secretary \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* Supreme Priest never required \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* supervisors report \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* spent \w the|strong="H3588"\w* money \w for|strong="H3588"\w*.  
\v 16 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w pay|strong="H5414"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* wrong \w things|strong="H1992"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w had|strong="H3588"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* purify \w themselves|strong="H1992"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* sins \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w had|strong="H3588"\w* \w committed|strong="H6213"\w* \w was|strong="H3027"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* chest. \w That|strong="H3588"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w* belonged \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w priests|strong="H3808"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w At|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w time|strong="H1961"\w*, Hazael, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* king \w of|strong="H1004"\w* Syria, \w went|strong="H3068"\w* \add with his army\add* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* attacked Gath \add city\add* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* conquered \w it|strong="H1961"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w decided|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* attack Jerusalem.  
\v 18 \w So|strong="H5927"\w* Joash, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Judah, \w took|strong="H3920"\w* \w all|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* money \w that|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* previous \w kings|strong="H4428"\w*, Jehoshaphat \w and|strong="H4428"\w* Jehoram \w and|strong="H4428"\w* Ahaziah, \w had|strong="H4428"\w* dedicated \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*. \w He|strong="H3389"\w* added some \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H7760"\w* \w own|strong="H6440"\w* money, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w all|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* gold \w that|strong="H4428"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* rooms \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* temple \w where|strong="H5921"\w* valuable things \w were|strong="H4428"\w* kept/stored, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* gold \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H7760"\w* palace, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w sent|strong="H5927"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w* \w all|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w*, \add to ◄appease him/persuade him to not attack Jerusalem►\add*. \w So|strong="H5927"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* \add took his army\add* \w away|strong="H5927"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.   
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\v 19  \add If you want to read more of \add* \w what|strong="H5921"\w* \w Joash|strong="H3060"\w* \w did|strong="H3068"\w*, \add it \add* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* written [RHQ] \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* scroll 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*’.  
\v 20-21 Joash’s officials plotted against him, and two of them killed Joash on the road that goes down to \add the\add* Silla \add district\add*. The two men who did that were Jozabad, the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad, the son of Shomer. Joash was buried in the place where his ancestors were buried, \add in the part of Jerusalem called\add* ‘The City of David’. Then Joash’s son Amaziah became the king of Judah.   
\c 13  
\s1 King Jehoahaz of Israel  
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\v 1 \w After|strong="H5921"\w* \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w been|strong="H4427"\w* ruling \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* almost 23 \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w*’s \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoahaz|strong="H3059"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w He|strong="H8141"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \add city\add* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* 17 \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.  
\v 2 \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* considered \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w committed|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w same|strong="H4480"\w* kind \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w committed|strong="H6213"\w*, \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w led|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w sin|strong="H2403"\w*. \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w stop|strong="H5493"\w* \w committing|strong="H6213"\w* \w those|strong="H4480"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w*.  
\v 3 \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w became|strong="H2734"\w* \w very|strong="H2734"\w* \w angry|strong="H2734"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H1121"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w allowed|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* army \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Syria \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w defeat|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Israelis many \w times|strong="H3117"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w Then|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jehoahaz|strong="H3059"\w* prayed \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \add for help\add*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w heeded|strong="H8085"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* army \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Syria \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w oppressing|strong="H3905"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* Israelis.  
\v 5 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w sent|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* leader \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w enabled|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* freed \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w being|strong="H1121"\w* controlled \w by|strong="H3027"\w* Syria. \w After|strong="H3318"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H5414"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* peacefully \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H3027"\w* \w previously|strong="H8543"\w*.  
\v 6 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w still|strong="H5975"\w* \w continued|strong="H1980"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w commit|strong="H2398"\w* \w the|strong="H5493"\w* same kind \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* \w that|strong="H3478"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w his|strong="H5493"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w committed|strong="H2398"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w which|strong="H1004"\w* \w led|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H5493"\w* Israelis \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \add also\add* \w sin|strong="H2403"\w*. \w And|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H5493"\w* statue \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5493"\w* goddess Asherah \w remained|strong="H5975"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w Jehoahaz|strong="H3059"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w only|strong="H3588"\w* 50 \w men|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* rode \w on|strong="H7760"\w* \w horses|strong="H6571"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* 10,000 other \w soldiers|strong="H7273"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w army|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Syria \w had|strong="H4428"\w* killed all \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w rest|strong="H7604"\w*, trampling \w them|strong="H7760"\w* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* walk \w on|strong="H7760"\w* \w dirt|strong="H6083"\w*.   
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\v 8  \add If you want to read about\add* [RHQ] \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w else|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jehoahaz|strong="H3059"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w can|strong="H6213"\w* \w read|strong="H5612"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\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 Israel|strong="H3478"\w*’.  
\v 9 \w Jehoahaz|strong="H3059"\w* died [EUP] \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w in|strong="H6912"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H8478"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* Jehoash \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w*.   
\s1 King Jehoash ruled Israel  
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\v 10 \w Jehoash|strong="H3060"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoahaz|strong="H3059"\w*, started \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w rule|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w after|strong="H5921"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w been|strong="H4427"\w* ruling \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* 23 \w years|strong="H8141"\w*. \w Jehoash|strong="H3060"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* 17 \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.  
\v 11 \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w many|strong="H3808"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* considered \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*. \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w refused|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w turn|strong="H5493"\w* \w away|strong="H5493"\w* \w from|strong="H5493"\w* worshiping \w idols|strong="H5869"\w*, \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sin|strong="H2403"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \add many years earlier King\add* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w told|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w commit|strong="H6213"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w happened|strong="H1697"\w* \w while|strong="H3117"\w* Jehoash \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w* called ‘\w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w Account|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w What|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w Did|strong="H6213"\w*’. \w In|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w account|strong="H5921"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w wrote|strong="H3789"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* Jehoash’s \add army’s\add* victories, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w war|strong="H3898"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \add the army of\add* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Amaziah \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.  
\v 13 \w When|strong="H3427"\w* Jehoash died, \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w where|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \add other\add* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w*. \w Then|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* son \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* became \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.   
\s1 Elisha died  
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\v 14 Elisha \w became|strong="H2470"\w* very \w ill|strong="H2470"\w*. Just \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*, \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Jehoash \w went|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* Elisha \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w cried|strong="H3478"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*. \add Saying the same words that Elisha had said when Elijah was taken to heaven\add*, \w he|strong="H5921"\w* said, “\w My|strong="H5921"\w* father/master! \w My|strong="H5921"\w* father/master! \w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w* Israeli people \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w their|strong="H6440"\w* drivers \add are taking my master away\add*!”   
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\v 15 Elisha said \w to|strong="H3947"\w* \w him|strong="H3947"\w*, “\w Bring|strong="H3947"\w* \w to|strong="H3947"\w* \w me|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w bow|strong="H7198"\w* \w and|strong="H7198"\w* some \w arrows|strong="H2671"\w*!” \w So|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* king did \w that|strong="H3947"\w*.  
\v 16 \w Then|strong="H4428"\w* Elisha \w told|strong="H7760"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w his|strong="H7760"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w bow|strong="H7198"\w* \add and prepare to shoot some arrows\add*. \w And|strong="H3478"\w* \w then|strong="H4428"\w* Elisha \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w his|strong="H7760"\w* \w own|strong="H3027"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w Then|strong="H3068"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H5704"\w* told \w him|strong="H5221"\w*, “\add Have someone\add* \w open|strong="H6605"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w window|strong="H2474"\w* \w toward|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w east|strong="H6924"\w*.” \w So|strong="H5704"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w opened|strong="H6605"\w* \w it|strong="H5704"\w*. \w Then|strong="H3068"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H5704"\w* said, “\w Shoot|strong="H3384"\w*!” \w So|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* king \w did|strong="H3068"\w*. \w Then|strong="H3068"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H5704"\w* said, “\w That|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w arrow|strong="H2671"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \add indicates that your army\add* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w defeat|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* Syrian army. \w Your|strong="H3068"\w* army \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w completely|strong="H3615"\w* \w defeat|strong="H5221"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \add army\add* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* Aphek \add town\add*.”   
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\v 18 \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* Elisha said, “\w Pick|strong="H3947"\w* \w up|strong="H5975"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w other|strong="H6471"\w* \w arrows|strong="H2678"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w strike|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* ground \w with|strong="H4428"\w* \w them|strong="H5221"\w*!” \w So|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* picked \w up|strong="H5975"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w arrows|strong="H2678"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* ground \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w times|strong="H6471"\w*.  
\v 19 \w But|strong="H5221"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H5704"\w* \w was|strong="H7107"\w* \w angry|strong="H7107"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*. \w He|strong="H5704"\w* exclaimed, “\w You|strong="H5921"\w* should \w have|strong="H6258"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* ground \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w or|strong="H5704"\w* \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w times|strong="H6471"\w*! If \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w had|strong="H6471"\w* \w done|strong="H3615"\w* \w that|strong="H5704"\w*, \w your|strong="H5921"\w* army would \w have|strong="H6258"\w* \w defeated|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Syrian \add army\add* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w were|strong="H7969"\w* \w completely|strong="H3615"\w* wiped \w out|strong="H5921"\w*! \w But|strong="H5221"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w*, \add because you struck the ground only three times,\add* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* army \w will|strong="H5704"\w* \w defeat|strong="H5221"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w only|strong="H5704"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w times|strong="H6471"\w*!”   
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\v 20 \w Then|strong="H4191"\w* Elisha \w died|strong="H4191"\w* \w and|strong="H8141"\w* \w was|strong="H8141"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w*.  
\p Groups \w of|strong="H8141"\w* \w raiders|strong="H1416"\w* \w from|strong="H4191"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* \w came|strong="H8141"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* Israel each \w year|strong="H8141"\w* during ◄spring/\w the|strong="H4191"\w* \w time|strong="H8141"\w* when \w the|strong="H4191"\w* cold season \w was|strong="H8141"\w* ending►.  
\v 21 \w One|strong="H2421"\w* year, \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w some|strong="H1992"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H7200"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w burying|strong="H6912"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H7200"\w*’s \w body|strong="H6106"\w*, \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* group \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w those|strong="H1992"\w* \w raiders|strong="H1416"\w*. \add They were afraid,\add* \w so|strong="H1961"\w* quickly \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w threw|strong="H7993"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w man|strong="H7200"\w*’s \w body|strong="H6106"\w* \w into|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w tomb|strong="H6913"\w* \w where|strong="H5921"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H2421"\w* \add had been buried, and they ran away\add*.  
\p \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* soon \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w man|strong="H7200"\w*’s \w body|strong="H6106"\w* \w touched|strong="H5060"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H2421"\w*’s \w bones|strong="H6106"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* dead \w man|strong="H7200"\w* \w became|strong="H1961"\w* \w alive|strong="H2421"\w* \w again|strong="H6965"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* jumped \w up|strong="H6965"\w*!   
\s1 War between Israel and Syria  
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\v 22 \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Syria \add sent soldiers to\add* \w oppress|strong="H3905"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Israeli people \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w during|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w years|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jehoahaz|strong="H3059"\w* \add ruled Judah\add*.  
\v 23 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H5704"\w* kind [DOU] \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H3808"\w*. \w He|strong="H5704"\w* helped \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H2603"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \add their ancestors\add* Abraham, \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*. \w He|strong="H5704"\w* \w did|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* get rid \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* Israelis, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w still|strong="H5704"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* rejected \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 24 \w When|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Syria \w died|strong="H4191"\w*, \w his|strong="H8478"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.  
\v 25  \add The army of\add* King \w Jehoash|strong="H3060"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w defeated|strong="H5221"\w* \add the army of\add* King \w Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w times|strong="H6471"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* recaptured \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w that|strong="H3478"\w* \w Ben-Hadad|strong="H1130"\w*’s \w army|strong="H4421"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w captured|strong="H3947"\w* during \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w time|strong="H6471"\w* \w that|strong="H3478"\w* \w Jehoash|strong="H3060"\w*’s \w father|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoahaz|strong="H3059"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* ruling \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.   
\c 14  
\s1 King Amaziah of Judah  
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\v 1 \w After|strong="H8141"\w* Jehoash \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w been|strong="H4427"\w* ruling \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w for|strong="H1121"\w* almost \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w*’s \w son|strong="H1121"\w* Amaziah \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.  
\v 2 \w He|strong="H2568"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* 25 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H2568"\w* \w started|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w rule|strong="H4427"\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="H8034"\w* 29 \w years|strong="H8141"\w*. \w His|strong="H1961"\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="H4480"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.  
\v 3 Amaziah \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w many|strong="H3808"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\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 as|strong="H6213"\w* \w many|strong="H3808"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w pleased|strong="H5869"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w as|strong="H6213"\w* King \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*. \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w some|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w good|strong="H5869"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* father \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\v 4 \w But|strong="H7535"\w*, \add like his father,\add* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w did|strong="H5971"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* tear \w down|strong="H5493"\w* \w the|strong="H5493"\w* \w places|strong="H1116"\w* \w for|strong="H5971"\w* worshipping \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w at|strong="H3808"\w* pagan shrines. \w The|strong="H5493"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w continued|strong="H5750"\w* \w to|strong="H5971"\w* \w burn|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* \add to honor Yahweh\add* \w on|strong="H6999"\w* those hills \add instead of in Jerusalem, the place that Yahweh had appointed\add*.   
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\v 5 \w As|strong="H1961"\w* soon \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H3027"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* completely \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w control|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H5221"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w*, \w he|strong="H3027"\w* \w caused|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w executed|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w officials|strong="H5650"\w* \w who|strong="H5650"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* murdered \w his|strong="H5221"\w* father.  
\v 6 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w execute|strong="H4191"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w*. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* obeyed \w what|strong="H3588"\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="H3588"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*: “Parents \w must|strong="H4191"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* \w executed|strong="H5221"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \add the crimes/sins committed by\add* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w must|strong="H4191"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* \w executed|strong="H5221"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \add crimes/sins committed by\add* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* parents. \w People|strong="H1121"\w* \w must|strong="H4191"\w* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* \w executed|strong="H5221"\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* \add have committed\add*.”   
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\v 7 Amaziah’s \w soldiers|strong="H4421"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* 10,000 \w soldiers|strong="H4421"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* Edom people-group \w in|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w Salt|strong="H4417"\w* \w Valley|strong="H1516"\w* \add south of the Dead Sea\add*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w captured|strong="H8610"\w* \w Sela|strong="H5554"\w* \add city\add* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w gave|strong="H7121"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* new \w name|strong="H8034"\w*, \w Joktheel|strong="H3371"\w*. \w That|strong="H3117"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w still|strong="H5704"\w* \w its|strong="H5704"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w Then|strong="H7971"\w* Amaziah \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jehoash|strong="H3060"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, saying “\w Come|strong="H3212"\w* here \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w let|strong="H7971"\w*’s talk together.”   
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\v 9 \w But|strong="H4428"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jehoash|strong="H3060"\w* replied \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Amaziah: “Once \w a|strong="H3068"\w* thornbush 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 Give|strong="H5414"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* order \w that|strong="H3478"\w* \w he|strong="H5414"\w* \w may|strong="H3478"\w* \w marry|strong="H5414"\w* \w her|strong="H5414"\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 passed|strong="H5674"\w* \w by|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* thornbush \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w trampled|strong="H7429"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\v 10  \add The meaning of what I am saying is that\add* \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="H5375"\w* now \w you|strong="H5973"\w* \w have|strong="H3063"\w* \w become|strong="H5375"\w* very \w proud|strong="H5375"\w*. \w But|strong="H3513"\w* \w you|strong="H5973"\w* \w should|strong="H4100"\w* \w be|strong="H3820"\w* content \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w defeating|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* Edom, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* allow \w your|strong="H5375"\w* soldiers \w to|strong="H3820"\w* \w stay|strong="H3427"\w* \w at|strong="H3427"\w* \w home|strong="H1004"\w*. If \w you|strong="H5973"\w* cause \w trouble|strong="H7451"\w* \add by fighting against\add* \w us|strong="H7451"\w*, \w you|strong="H5973"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w surely|strong="H5221"\w* [RHQ] cause \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w disaster|strong="H7451"\w* \w to|strong="H3820"\w* happen \w to|strong="H3820"\w* \w you|strong="H5973"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H3820"\w* \w your|strong="H5375"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w*.”   
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\v 11 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* Amaziah \w refused|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w heed|strong="H8085"\w* \w Jehoash|strong="H3060"\w*’s message. \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w marched|strong="H5927"\w* \w with|strong="H6440"\w* \w his|strong="H8085"\w* \w army|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* fight \w against|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* Israeli \w army|strong="H5927"\w* \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 12 \w The|strong="H6440"\w* Israeli army \w defeated|strong="H5062"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* army \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\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 and|strong="H3063"\w* \w ran|strong="H5127"\w* back home.  
\v 13 \w Jehoash|strong="H3060"\w*’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 and|strong="H3967"\w* \w they|strong="H5704"\w* \w also|strong="H3478"\w* marched \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w tore|strong="H6555"\w* \w down|strong="H6555"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* \w that|strong="H3478"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* around \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w city|strong="H8179"\w*, \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* Ephraim \w Gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w Corner|strong="H6438"\w* \w Gate|strong="H8179"\w*. \w 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* ◄200 yards/180 meters► \w long|strong="H5704"\w*.  
\v 14 Jehoash’s \w soldiers|strong="H1121"\w* \w seized|strong="H3947"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w utensils|strong="H3627"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* valuable \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w some|strong="H3605"\w* prisoners whom \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w captured|strong="H3947"\w*.   
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\v 15  \add If you want to know about\add* \w all|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* other \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w Jehoash|strong="H3060"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w including|strong="H4428"\w* \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \add and his army\add* \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \add the army of\add* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Amaziah \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\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 Israel|strong="H3478"\w*’.  
\v 16 \w Jehoash|strong="H3060"\w* died [EUP], \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H3478"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, \w where|strong="H8478"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* other \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w been|strong="H4427"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w*. \w Then|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H3478"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \add #2\add* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.   
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\v 17 Amaziah, \w the|strong="H3060"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w lived|strong="H2421"\w* \w for|strong="H1121"\w* 15 more \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w after|strong="H8141"\w* \w Jehoash|strong="H3060"\w*, \w the|strong="H3060"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w died|strong="H4194"\w*.  
\v 18  \add If you want to know more about \add* everything \w else|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* Amaziah \w did|strong="H3063"\w*, \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* [RHQ] \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*’.   
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\v 19 \w Some|strong="H8033"\w* people \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* plotted \w against|strong="H5921"\w* Amaziah, \w so|strong="H7971"\w* \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w Lachish|strong="H3923"\w* \add city\add*. \w But|strong="H4191"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* followed \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w killed|strong="H4191"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\v 20 \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w took|strong="H5375"\w* \w his|strong="H5375"\w* corpse back \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w where|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5375"\w* ancestors \w had|strong="H1732"\w* \w been|strong="H5375"\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="H5892"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*’.   
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\v 21 \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w appointed|strong="H1121"\w* Amaziah’s \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Uzziah|strong="H1931"\w*, \w when|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* 16 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w*, \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w*  
\v 22 After \w his|strong="H7725"\w* father died, \w Uzziah|strong="H1931"\w*’s \w workers|strong="H1129"\w* captured Elath \add city\add*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w came|strong="H7725"\w* under \w the|strong="H7725"\w* control \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w*.   
\s1 King Jeroboam \add #2\add* of Israel  
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\v 23 \w When|strong="H1121"\w* Amaziah \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w been|strong="H4427"\w* ruling \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w for|strong="H1121"\w* almost 15 \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \add #2\add* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w the|strong="H3379"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w He|strong="H2568"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \add city\add* \w for|strong="H1121"\w* 41 \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.  
\v 24 \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w many|strong="H3808"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* considered \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*. \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w stop|strong="H5493"\w* \w committing|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* same kind \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nebat|strong="H5028"\w*, \w committed|strong="H6213"\w*, \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w led|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w sin|strong="H2403"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 25 \w His|strong="H3068"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H5650"\w* conquered \w again|strong="H7725"\w* \w some|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w territory|strong="H1366"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* previously belonged \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w Hamath|strong="H2574"\w* \add city\add* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* north \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* Dead \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w south|strong="H3220"\w*. \w That|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* whom \w the|strong="H3068"\w* Israelis worshiped, \w promised|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w Jonah|strong="H3124"\w*, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Amittai, \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w Gath-Hepher|strong="H1662"\w* \add town\add*, \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w happen|strong="H1697"\w*.   
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\v 26 \w That|strong="H3588"\w* happened \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \add the Israelis’ enemies were causing\add* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* Israelis \add to \add* suffer \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w much|strong="H3966"\w*. \w And|strong="H3478"\w* \w there|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* absolutely \w no|strong="H7200"\w* \w one|strong="H3588"\w* [IDM] \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w help|strong="H5826"\w* \w them|strong="H7200"\w*.  
\v 27 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w destroy|strong="H4229"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* completely, \w so|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* enabled King \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \add #2\add* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w rescue|strong="H3467"\w* \w them|strong="H3027"\w*.   
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\v 28  \add If you want to know more about\add* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w else|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \add #2\add* \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, \add about\add* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w fighting|strong="H3898"\w* courageously \w in|strong="H5921"\w* battles, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \add about\add* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \add enabling the Israelis to\add* capture \w again|strong="H7725"\w* \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Hamath|strong="H2574"\w* \add cities\add*, \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* [RHQ] \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 Israel|strong="H3478"\w*’.  
\v 29 \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \add #2\add* died [EUP], \add and was buried \add* \w where|strong="H8478"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* other \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \add were buried\add*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3478"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zechariah|strong="H2148"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.   
\c 15  
\s1 King Uzziah of Judah  
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\v 1 \w After|strong="H8141"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \add #2\add* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w been|strong="H4427"\w* ruling \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w for|strong="H1121"\w* almost \w twenty-seven|strong="H6242"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, Uzziah, \w the|strong="H3379"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Amaziah \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w began|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w rule|strong="H4427"\w*.  
\v 2 \w He|strong="H8147"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* 16 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H8147"\w* \w started|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w rule|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="H8034"\w* 52 \w years|strong="H8141"\w*. \w His|strong="H1961"\w* mother \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w Jecoliah|strong="H3203"\w*, \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.  
\v 3 \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* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w pleased|strong="H5869"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w*, \w like|strong="H6213"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* father Amaziah \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\v 4 \w But|strong="H7535"\w*, \w the|strong="H5493"\w* \w places|strong="H1116"\w* \w at|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H5493"\w* pagan shrines \w where|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* worshiped \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H5971"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* destroyed, \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H5493"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w continued|strong="H5750"\w* \w to|strong="H5971"\w* \w burn|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* \add to honor Yahweh\add* \w at|strong="H3808"\w* those \w places|strong="H1116"\w* \add instead of in Jerusalem, the place that Yahweh had appointed\add*.   
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\v 5 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w caused|strong="H1961"\w* Uzziah \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w leper|strong="H6879"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w leper|strong="H6879"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w rest|strong="H1961"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w life|strong="H3117"\w*. \add He was not allowed to live in the palace\add*. \w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* alone \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jotham|strong="H3147"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* country.   
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\v 6  \add If you want to know about\add* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w else|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* Uzziah \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* [RHQ] \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*’.  
\v 7 Uzziah died [EUP], \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H5892"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w him|strong="H4427"\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 where|strong="H8478"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* ancestors \w had|strong="H1732"\w* \w been|strong="H4427"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1732"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jotham|strong="H3147"\w* officially \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w*.   
\s1 King Zechariah of Israel  
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\v 8 \w After|strong="H5921"\w* Uzziah \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w been|strong="H4427"\w* ruling \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* almost \w thirty-eight|strong="H7970"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, \w Zechariah|strong="H2148"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \add #2\add*, \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w He|strong="H8141"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \add city\add* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \add only\add* \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w months|strong="H2320"\w*.  
\v 9 \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* considered \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*, \w like|strong="H3478"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*. \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w committed|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* same kind \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \add #1\add* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w committed|strong="H6213"\w*, \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w led|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w sin|strong="H2403"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w Then|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shallum|strong="H7967"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jabesh|strong="H3003"\w*, \w made|strong="H4427"\w* plans \w to|strong="H4191"\w* assassinate Zechariah. \w He|strong="H5921"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* Ibleam \add town\add*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w then|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w*.  
\v 11 Everything else \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w Zechariah|strong="H2148"\w* \w did|strong="H3478"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\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 Israel|strong="H3478"\w*’.  
\v 12 \w When|strong="H1961"\w* Zechariah died, \add that ended the dynasty of King Jehu\add*. \w That|strong="H1931"\w* \w fulfilled|strong="H1961"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w King|strong="H3678"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w happen|strong="H1961"\w*: “\w Your|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w grandson|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* great-grandson \w and|strong="H1121"\w* great-great-grandson \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H1697"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* kings \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.”   
\s1 King Shallum of Israel  
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\v 13 \w Shallum|strong="H7967"\w*, \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jabesh|strong="H3003"\w*, \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Israel \w after|strong="H3117"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Uzziah|strong="H5818"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w been|strong="H4427"\w* ruling \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w for|strong="H3117"\w* \w almost|strong="H3117"\w* thirty-nine \w years|strong="H8141"\w*. \w But|strong="H3117"\w* \w Shallum|strong="H7967"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w for|strong="H3117"\w* \add only\add* \w one|strong="H1121"\w* \w month|strong="H3391"\w*.  
\v 14 \w Then|strong="H5927"\w* \w Menahem|strong="H4505"\w*, \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Gadi|strong="H1424"\w*, \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w from|strong="H5927"\w* \w Tirzah|strong="H8656"\w* \add city\add* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w assassinated|strong="H4191"\w* \w Shallum|strong="H7967"\w*. \w Then|strong="H5927"\w* \w Menahem|strong="H4505"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Israel.   
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\v 15 Everything else \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w Shallum|strong="H7967"\w* \w did|strong="H3478"\w*, \w including|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* killing \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Zechariah, \w is|strong="H3117"\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 Israel|strong="H3478"\w*’.   
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\v 16 \w While|strong="H3588"\w* \w Menahem|strong="H4505"\w* \w was|strong="H1366"\w* ruling \w in|strong="H3808"\w* Samaria, \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w completely|strong="H3605"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H5221"\w* Tappuah \add village south of Samaria\add* \w and|strong="H5221"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* lived \w there|strong="H3605"\w* \w and|strong="H5221"\w* \w in|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* surrounding \w territory|strong="H1366"\w*. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w in|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* city \w refused|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3808"\w* \w surrender|strong="H6605"\w* \w to|strong="H3808"\w* \w him|strong="H5221"\w*. \add With his sword\add* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w even|strong="H3588"\w* \w ripped|strong="H1234"\w* \w open|strong="H6605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* bellies \w of|strong="H1366"\w* \w pregnant|strong="H2030"\w* \w women|strong="H2030"\w*.   
\s1 King Menahem of Israel  
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\v 17 \w When|strong="H1121"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Azariah|strong="H5838"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w been|strong="H4427"\w* ruling \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* almost thirty-nine \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, \w Menahem|strong="H4505"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Gadi|strong="H1424"\w*, \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w He|strong="H8141"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.  
\v 18 \w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w many|strong="H3808"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* considered \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*. \w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w committed|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* same \w kinds|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w King|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \add #1\add* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w committed|strong="H6213"\w*, \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w led|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w sin|strong="H2403"\w*. \w He|strong="H3117"\w* continued \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w commit|strong="H6213"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* rest \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w life|strong="H3117"\w*.   
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\v 19 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Tiglath-Pileser \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \add with his army\add* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* attack Israel. \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w Menahem|strong="H4505"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* ◄thirty-eight tons/35,000 kg.► \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w order|strong="H3027"\w* \w that|strong="H5414"\w* Tiglath-Pileser \w would|strong="H4428"\w* \w help|strong="H2388"\w* \w Menahem|strong="H4505"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w continue|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w rule|strong="H3027"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w country|strong="H3603"\w* \w more|strong="H5921"\w* \w strongly|strong="H2388"\w*.  
\v 20 \w Menahem|strong="H4505"\w* obtained \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* rich \w men|strong="H1368"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w He|strong="H8033"\w* compelled \w each|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w contribute|strong="H5414"\w* 50 \w pieces|strong="H8255"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*. \w So|strong="H5414"\w* Tiglath-Pileser \add took that money and\add* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w home|strong="H7725"\w*.   
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\v 21  \add If you want to know more about\add* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Menahem|strong="H4505"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* [RHQ] \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 Israel|strong="H3478"\w*’.  
\v 22 \w Menahem|strong="H4505"\w* died [EUP] \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* buried, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H8478"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Pekahiah|strong="H6494"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Israel.   
\s1 King Pekahiah of Israel  
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\v 23 \w When|strong="H1121"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Uzziah \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w been|strong="H4427"\w* ruling \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* almost 50 \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, \w Menahem|strong="H4505"\w*’s \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Pekahiah|strong="H6494"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w He|strong="H8141"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \add only\add* \w two|strong="H4427"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.  
\v 24 \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* considered \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*. \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w committed|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* same kind \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* King \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \add #1\add* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w committed|strong="H6213"\w*, \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w led|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w sin|strong="H2403"\w*.  
\v 25 \w Then|strong="H4428"\w* \w one|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Pekahiah|strong="H5973"\w*’s army commanders \w whose|strong="H1121"\w* name \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w Pekah|strong="H6492"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Remaliah|strong="H7425"\w*, planned \w with|strong="H5973"\w* 50 \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \add the\add* Gilead \add region\add* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w kill|strong="H4191"\w* \w Pekahiah|strong="H5973"\w*. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w assassinated|strong="H4191"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* fortified \w place|strong="H8478"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s \w palace|strong="H1004"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*. \w Then|strong="H4428"\w* \w Pekah|strong="H6492"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.   
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\v 26 \w Everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w else|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Pekahiah|strong="H6494"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\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 Israel|strong="H3478"\w*’.   
\s1 King Pekah of Israel  
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\v 27 \w When|strong="H1121"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Uzziah \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w been|strong="H4427"\w* ruling \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* almost 52 \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, \w Pekah|strong="H6492"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Remaliah|strong="H7425"\w*, \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w He|strong="H8147"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* 20 \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.  
\v 28 \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\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* considered \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*. \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w committed|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w same|strong="H4480"\w* kind \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* King \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \add #1\add* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w committed|strong="H6213"\w*, \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w led|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w sin|strong="H2403"\w*.   
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\v 29 \w While|strong="H3117"\w* \w Pekah|strong="H6492"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w Tiglath-Pileser|strong="H8407"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria, \w came|strong="H3478"\w* \add with his army \add* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w captured|strong="H3947"\w* \add the cities of\add* \w Ijon|strong="H5859"\w*, Abel-Beth-Maacah, \w Janoah|strong="H3239"\w*, \w Kedesh|strong="H6943"\w*, \w Hazor|strong="H2674"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* regions \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*, \w Galilee|strong="H1551"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w Naphtali|strong="H5321"\w*. \w His|strong="H3605"\w* army forced \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Israeli people \w to|strong="H3478"\w* leave \w their|strong="H3605"\w* country \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w go|strong="H1540"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w live|strong="H3117"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* Assyria.   
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\v 30 \w Then|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hoshea|strong="H1954"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Elah, plotted \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w kill|strong="H4191"\w* \w Pekah|strong="H6492"\w*. \w He|strong="H5921"\w* \w assassinated|strong="H4191"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w when|strong="H1121"\w* \w Uzziah|strong="H5818"\w*’s \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jotham|strong="H3147"\w* \w had|strong="H1121"\w* \w been|strong="H4427"\w* ruling Judah \w for|strong="H5921"\w* almost 20 \w years|strong="H8141"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hoshea|strong="H1954"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Israel.   
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\v 31 \w Everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w else|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Pekah|strong="H6492"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\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 Israel|strong="H3478"\w*’.   
\s1 King Jotham of Judah  
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\v 32 \w When|strong="H1121"\w* \w Pekah|strong="H6492"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w been|strong="H4427"\w* ruling \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w for|strong="H1121"\w* almost \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, \w Uzziah|strong="H5818"\w*’s \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jotham|strong="H3147"\w* \w began|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w rule|strong="H4427"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.  
\v 33 \w He|strong="H2568"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* 25 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H2568"\w* \w started|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w rule|strong="H4427"\w*, \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* 16 \w years|strong="H8141"\w*. \w His|strong="H1961"\w* mother \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w Jerusha|strong="H3388"\w*, \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w*.  
\v 34 \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* many \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w pleased|strong="H5869"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w like|strong="H6213"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* father \w Uzziah|strong="H5818"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\v 35 \w But|strong="H7535"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w did|strong="H5971"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* destroy \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w places|strong="H1116"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* tops \w of|strong="H1004"\w* hills \w where|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* worshiped \add Yahweh\add*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w continued|strong="H5750"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w burn|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* \w there|strong="H3068"\w* \add to honor Yahweh\add*. Jotham’s \w workers|strong="H1129"\w* \w built|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*.   
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\v 36  \add If you want to know more about\add* everything \w else|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w Jotham|strong="H3147"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* [RHQ] \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*’.  
\v 37 \w It|strong="H7971"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w during|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* Jotham \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Rezin|strong="H7526"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Syria \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Pekah|strong="H6492"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Israel \add with their armies\add* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* attack \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.  
\v 38 \w Jotham|strong="H3147"\w* died [EUP] \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 had|strong="H1732"\w* \w been|strong="H4427"\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* Ahaz \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Judah.   
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\s1 King Ahaz of Judah  
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\v 1 \w When|strong="H1121"\w* \w Pekah|strong="H6492"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w been|strong="H4427"\w* ruling Israel \w for|strong="H1121"\w* almost 17 \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, Ahaz, \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jotham|strong="H3147"\w*, \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.  
\v 2 \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \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 He|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w things|strong="H8337"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w pleased|strong="H5869"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w good|strong="H5869"\w* \w things|strong="H8337"\w* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* ancestor \w King|strong="H4427"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\v 3 Instead, \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w as|strong="H1571"\w* sinful \w as|strong="H1571"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H5674"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w even|strong="H1571"\w* sacrificed \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w as|strong="H1571"\w* \w an|strong="H6440"\w* \w offering|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* idols. \w That|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w worse|strong="H6440"\w* \w than|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w disgusting|strong="H8441"\w* \w things|strong="H8441"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w previously|strong="H6440"\w* lived \w there|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H3478"\w*, \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w whom|strong="H6440"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w expelled|strong="H3423"\w* \w as|strong="H1571"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* Israelis \w were|strong="H3478"\w* advancing \w through|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w*.  
\v 4 Ahaz \w offered|strong="H2076"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H6999"\w* \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w burned|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* \add to honor Yahweh\add* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* tops \w of|strong="H6086"\w* many \w hills|strong="H1389"\w* \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w under|strong="H8478"\w* many [HYP] big \w trees|strong="H6086"\w*, \add instead of in Jerusalem as Yahweh had commanded\add*.   
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\v 5 \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* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Judah, \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Rezin|strong="H7526"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Assyria \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Pekah|strong="H6492"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \add came with their armies\add* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w attacked|strong="H5927"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* surrounded \w the|strong="H5921"\w* city, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w could|strong="H3201"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w conquer|strong="H3898"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\v 6 \w At|strong="H3427"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \add army of the\add* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Edom expelled \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3064"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w were|strong="H3117"\w* \w living|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* Elath \add city\add*. \w Some|strong="H8033"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Edom started \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w still|strong="H3427"\w* \w living|strong="H3427"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Ahaz \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Tiglath-Pileser|strong="H8407"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Assyria, \w to|strong="H3478"\w* tell \w this|strong="H5927"\w* message \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*: “\w I|strong="H5921"\w* promise \w that|strong="H3478"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* completely do \w what|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* tell \w me|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* do, \add as though\add* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \add was\add* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*. Please \w come|strong="H5927"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w rescue|strong="H3467"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* armies \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Syria \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* attacking \w my|strong="H5921"\w* country.”  
\v 8 Ahaz \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w it|strong="H3947"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* Assyria \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w present|strong="H4672"\w*/\w gift|strong="H7810"\w* \w for|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria.  
\v 9 \w So|strong="H5927"\w* Tiglath-Pileser did \w what|strong="H8085"\w* Ahaz requested. \w His|strong="H8085"\w* \w army|strong="H5927"\w* \w marched|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w captured|strong="H8610"\w* \w it|strong="H5927"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w they|strong="H1540"\w* \w took|strong="H8610"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w people|strong="H8085"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w* \w as|strong="H5927"\w* prisoners \w to|strong="H4191"\w* live \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w capital|strong="H5927"\w* city \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w executed|strong="H4191"\w* \add King\add* \w Rezin|strong="H7526"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w When|strong="H7200"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Ahaz \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Tiglath-Pileser|strong="H8407"\w*, \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w there|strong="H3605"\w*. \w So|strong="H7971"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* Uriah, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Supreme \w Priest|strong="H3548"\w* \add in Jerusalem\add*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* drawing \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w model|strong="H8403"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w exactly|strong="H3605"\w* \w like|strong="H1823"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w*.  
\v 11 \w So|strong="H3651"\w* Uriah \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w an|strong="H1129"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \add in Jerusalem\add*, following \w the|strong="H3605"\w* drawing \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Ahaz \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w*. Uriah finished \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w before|strong="H5704"\w* Ahaz returned \add to Jerusalem\add* \w from|strong="H7971"\w* \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w*.  
\v 12 \w When|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w returned|strong="H5927"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w*, \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*. \w He|strong="H5921"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*  
\v 13 \w and|strong="H4196"\w* \w burned|strong="H6999"\w* animal \w sacrifices|strong="H6999"\w* \w and|strong="H4196"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w grain|strong="H6999"\w* \w offering|strong="H4503"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*. \w He|strong="H5921"\w* also \w poured|strong="H5258"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* wine \w offering|strong="H4503"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H4196"\w* \w threw|strong="H2236"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* \w of|strong="H4196"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w offerings|strong="H8002"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* maintain fellowship \w with|strong="H5921"\w* God.  
\v 14 \w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w old|strong="H6440"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H3068"\w* \w dedicated|strong="H5414"\w* \w long|strong="H6440"\w* ago \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w between|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* new \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*, \w so|strong="H5414"\w* Ahaz moved \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w* \w side|strong="H3409"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* new \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*, \add which was bigger than the old altar\add*.   
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\v 15 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Ahaz \w ordered|strong="H6680"\w* Uriah: “\w Each|strong="H3605"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* \w put|strong="H6680"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H3605"\w* new \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w completely|strong="H3605"\w* \w burned|strong="H6999"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w evening|strong="H6153"\w* \w put|strong="H6680"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w grain|strong="H3605"\w* \w offering|strong="H4503"\w*, \w along|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w offering|strong="H4503"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w bring|strong="H1961"\w*, \w ones|strong="H1419"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w completely|strong="H3605"\w* \w burned|strong="H6999"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w grain|strong="H3605"\w* \w offering|strong="H4503"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*’s \w grain|strong="H3605"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* wine \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w*. Pour \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* sides \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w animals|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* sacrificed. \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w old|strong="H1419"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w only|strong="H3605"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w use|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* find \w out|strong="H5921"\w* \w what|strong="H5921"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* wants \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w do|strong="H6680"\w*.”  
\v 16 \w So|strong="H6213"\w* Uriah \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w him|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*.   
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\v 17 \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Ahaz told \w his|strong="H5414"\w* workers \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w take|strong="H5493"\w* \w off|strong="H5493"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w frames|strong="H4526"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* carts \add that were outside the temple\add* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w take|strong="H5493"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w basins|strong="H4350"\w* \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w were|strong="H1241"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w also|strong="H4428"\w* \w took|strong="H5493"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* tank \w from|strong="H5493"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* backs \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* \add statues of the\add* \w oxen|strong="H1241"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* stone \w foundation|strong="H4350"\w*.  
\v 18 \w Then|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* please \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria, Ahaz \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w remove|strong="H5437"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* roof \w under|strong="H6440"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* people walked into \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="H7676"\w* Day, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* closed \w up|strong="H1129"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* private \w entrance|strong="H3996"\w* into \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w for|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Judah.   
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\v 19  \add If you want to know about\add* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* other \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* Ahaz \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* [RHQ] \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*’.  
\v 20 Ahaz died [EUP], \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H1732"\w* \w was|strong="H1732"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w in|strong="H6912"\w* \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 where|strong="H8478"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* ancestors \w had|strong="H1732"\w* \w been|strong="H4427"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1732"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w*.   
\c 17  
\s1 When Hoshea ruled Israel  
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\v 1 Elah’s \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hoshea|strong="H1954"\w* \w began|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w rule|strong="H4427"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w after|strong="H5921"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Ahaz \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4427"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w twelve|strong="H8147"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*. \w Hoshea|strong="H1954"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w nine|strong="H8672"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.  
\v 2 \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 considered|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\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 as|strong="H1961"\w* \w many|strong="H3808"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H7451"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* previous \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*.   
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\v 3  \add The army of\add* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Shalmaneser|strong="H8022"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria \w attacked|strong="H5927"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* defeated \add the army of\add* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hoshea|strong="H1954"\w*. \w As|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* result, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Israelis \w were|strong="H1961"\w* forced \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w pay|strong="H7725"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lot \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w tribute|strong="H4503"\w*/taxes \w to|strong="H7725"\w* Assyria each year.  
\v 4 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* several \w years|strong="H8141"\w* later, \w Hoshea|strong="H1954"\w* secretly planned \w to|strong="H7971"\w* rebel \w against|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* rulers \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria. \w He|strong="H1004"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w So|strong="H7971"\w*/Osorkon, \w the|strong="H7971"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \add asking if his army could help the Israelis fight against the army of Assyria\add*. \w Hoshea|strong="H1954"\w* \w also|strong="H4428"\w* \w stopped|strong="H6113"\w* paying \w the|strong="H7971"\w* \w tribute|strong="H4503"\w*/taxes \w that|strong="H4397"\w* \w he|strong="H1004"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w been|strong="H3808"\w* paying \w to|strong="H7971"\w* Assyria \w every|strong="H8141"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w*. \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w out|strong="H7971"\w* \w about|strong="H4428"\w* those \w things|strong="H3808"\w*, \w so|strong="H7971"\w* \w he|strong="H1004"\w* told \w his|strong="H7971"\w* officers \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w put|strong="H7971"\w* \w Hoshea|strong="H1954"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w prison|strong="H1004"\w*.  
\v 5 \w Then|strong="H4428"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \add brought the army of\add* Assyria \w to|strong="H5927"\w* Israel, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w attacked|strong="H5927"\w* \w everywhere|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* land. \w His|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H5927"\w* surrounded \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \add city\add* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.  
\v 6 Finally, \w after|strong="H8141"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hoshea|strong="H1954"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* been \w ruling|strong="H3427"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w for|strong="H3427"\w* nine \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, \w the|strong="H3920"\w* \w army|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria [MTY] \add forcefully entered\add* \w the|strong="H3920"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \add and\add* \w captured|strong="H3920"\w* \add the people\add*. \w They|strong="H8141"\w* \w took|strong="H3920"\w* \w the|strong="H3920"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* Assyria \w and|strong="H3478"\w* forced some \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w them|strong="H1540"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Halah|strong="H2477"\w* \add town\add*. \w They|strong="H8141"\w* forced \w others|strong="H1540"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w near|strong="H3920"\w* \w the|strong="H3920"\w* \w Habor|strong="H2249"\w* \w River|strong="H5104"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Gozan|strong="H1470"\w* district. \w They|strong="H8141"\w* forced \w others|strong="H1540"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3920"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* where \w the|strong="H3920"\w* Mede people-group \w lived|strong="H3427"\w*.   
\s1 The reason that the Israelis were defeated  
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\v 7 \w Those|strong="H1121"\w* \w things|strong="H3372"\w* \w happened|strong="H1961"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* \w against|strong="H5927"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* rescued \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \add ancestors\add* \w from|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w power|strong="H3027"\w* [MTY] \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w brought|strong="H5927"\w* \w them|strong="H3027"\w* \add safely\add* \w out|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w later|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w began|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w worship|strong="H3372"\w* other gods.  
\v 8 \w They|strong="H3068"\w* imitated \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w things|strong="H3478"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w heathen|strong="H1471"\w*/pagan people-groups \w did|strong="H6213"\w*. \w Those|strong="H1121"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w groups|strong="H1121"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w expelled|strong="H3423"\w* \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* Israelis \w occupied|strong="H6213"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w*. \w The|strong="H6440"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w evil|strong="H6213"\w* \w things|strong="H3478"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* ◄\w introduced|strong="H6213"\w*/\w showed|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w*►.  
\v 9 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w secretly|strong="H2644"\w* \w did|strong="H3478"\w* \w many|strong="H5704"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* pleasing \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*. \w They|strong="H3651"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* shrines \add to worship idols\add* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*, \w including|strong="H5704"\w* small \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* big \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* walls \w around|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\v 10 \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w set|strong="H5324"\w* \w up|strong="H5324"\w* stone \w pillars|strong="H4676"\w* \add to honor gods\add*, \w and|strong="H6086"\w* poles \add to worship the goddess\add* Asherah \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w top|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H6086"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w high|strong="H1364"\w* \w hill|strong="H1389"\w* \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w under|strong="H8478"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \add big\add* \w tree|strong="H6086"\w*.  
\v 11 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* Israelis \w burned|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w place|strong="H1116"\w* \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* worshiped \w those|strong="H3605"\w* gods, \w just|strong="H1697"\w* \w like|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* people-groups \w who|strong="H3605"\w* lived \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w previously|strong="H6440"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*—\w the|strong="H3605"\w* groups \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* expelled \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* Israelis \w did|strong="H6213"\w* many \w wicked|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w caused|strong="H1697"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H6213"\w* \w angry|strong="H3707"\w*.  
\v 12 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* warned \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \w many|strong="H3808"\w* times \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w worship|strong="H5647"\w* \w idols|strong="H1544"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w* anyway.  
\v 13 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* frequently \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* ◄\w seers|strong="H2374"\w*/\w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w saw|strong="H3063"\w* visions \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*► \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w warn|strong="H5749"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* people \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* people \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w message|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H6680"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w*, “\w Turn|strong="H7725"\w* \w away|strong="H7971"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w behavior|strong="H3027"\w*. \w Obey|strong="H8104"\w* \w my|strong="H8104"\w* \w commands|strong="H6680"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w my|strong="H8104"\w* \w laws|strong="H8451"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w laws|strong="H8451"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H6680"\w* \w told|strong="H6680"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors \add to obey\add* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H6680"\w* \w told|strong="H6680"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* served \w me|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w tell|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w* \add again\add*.”   
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\v 14 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w pay|strong="H8085"\w* \w attention|strong="H8085"\w*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H3068"\w* \w stubborn|strong="H7185"\w* [IDM] just \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors \w were|strong="H3068"\w*. Just \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors \w did|strong="H3068"\w*, \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w refused|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* believe \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 15 \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w rejected|strong="H3988"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w laws|strong="H5715"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* ignored \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w warnings|strong="H5715"\w*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* worshiped \w worthless|strong="H1892"\w* \w idols|strong="H1892"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* result \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w themselves|strong="H6213"\w* \w became|strong="H1891"\w* \w worthless|strong="H1892"\w*. Although \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H1115"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w imitate|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H6213"\w* behavior \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* people-groups \w that|strong="H3068"\w* lived near \w them|strong="H6213"\w*, \w they|strong="H3068"\w* disobeyed \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w command|strong="H6680"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H5800"\w* disobeyed \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w commands|strong="H4687"\w*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w metal|strong="H6213"\w* \w calves|strong="H5695"\w* \add to worship\add*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w set|strong="H6213"\w* \w up|strong="H3605"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* poles \add to worship the goddess\add* Asherah, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w worshiped|strong="H7812"\w* \add the god\add* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* sun, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* moon, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* stars.  
\v 17 \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* burned \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w own|strong="H5869"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* sacrifices \add to those gods\add*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w went|strong="H5674"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* fortune-tellers \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w practiced|strong="H6213"\w* sorcery. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w continually|strong="H3068"\w* \w chose|strong="H6213"\w* [MET] \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \add all kinds of\add* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H7451"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w caused|strong="H6213"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H6213"\w* \w angry|strong="H3707"\w*.   
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\v 18 \w So|strong="H3808"\w*, \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* angry \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H3808"\w*, \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w allowed|strong="H3068"\w* \add their enemies\add* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w take|strong="H5493"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w away|strong="H5493"\w* \add from their country\add*. \w Only|strong="H7535"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w left|strong="H7604"\w* \add in the land\add*.  
\v 19 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w even|strong="H1571"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w obey|strong="H8104"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w commands|strong="H4687"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* imitated \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H6213"\w* \w customs|strong="H2708"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* Israelis \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w introduced|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\v 20 \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w rejected|strong="H3988"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* people \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Judah. \w He|strong="H5704"\w* punished \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* allowing \w the|strong="H3605"\w* armies \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w nations|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w defeat|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \add and take them away\add*. \w He|strong="H5704"\w* got rid \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*.   
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\v 21 Earlier, \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w allowed|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* separate/\w break|strong="H3068"\w* \w away|strong="H7167"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* area [MTY] \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w King|strong="H4427"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \add had estabished\add*, \w they|strong="H3588"\w* chose \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nebat|strong="H5028"\w*, \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w*. \w Then|strong="H3588"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* enticed \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* stop worshiping \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \add and to worship idols instead\add*. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w led|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w commit|strong="H2398"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w sins|strong="H2398"\w*.  
\v 22 \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H1121"\w* continued \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w evil|strong="H6213"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w introduced|strong="H6213"\w*. \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w turn|strong="H5493"\w* \w away|strong="H5493"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w*,  
\v 23 \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w finally|strong="H5704"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* got rid \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*. \w That|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w just|strong="H3605"\w* \w what|strong="H2088"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w warned|strong="H1696"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* happen. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H1696"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w taken|strong="H5493"\w* \w away|strong="H5493"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Assyria, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w still|strong="H5704"\w* remain \w there|strong="H2088"\w*.   
\s1 Other groups settled in Israel  
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\v 24 \w The|strong="H8478"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Assyria \add ordered his soldiers to\add* \w take|strong="H3423"\w* \add groups of\add* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* Babylon, \w Cuthah|strong="H3575"\w*, \w Avva|strong="H5755"\w*, \w Hamath|strong="H2574"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Sepharvaim|strong="H5617"\w* \add cities\add* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \add the\add* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \add region\add*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w resettle|strong="H3427"\w* \w them|strong="H3423"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w there|strong="H3427"\w*, \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w take|strong="H3423"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* Israelis \add who lived there previously\add*. \w Those|strong="H1121"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w took|strong="H3423"\w* control \w over|strong="H4428"\w* \add the whole\add* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \add region\add* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w there|strong="H3427"\w*.  
\v 25 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w those|strong="H1961"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \add who came from other countries\add* \w did|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w worship|strong="H3372"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w first|strong="H8462"\w* arrived \w in|strong="H3427"\w* Samaria. \w So|strong="H7971"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* lions \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w kill|strong="H2026"\w* \w some|strong="H8033"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w*.  
\v 26 \w Then|strong="H2009"\w* \w those|strong="H3427"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* message \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w the|strong="H3045"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria. \w They|strong="H3808"\w* wrote, “\w We|strong="H5892"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w who|strong="H3427"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* resettled \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3045"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w how|strong="H2009"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* worship \w the|strong="H3045"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \add that the Israelis worshiped\add* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w this|strong="H4191"\w* land. \w So|strong="H7971"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w has|strong="H4428"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* lions \w among|strong="H3427"\w* \w us|strong="H3045"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w kill|strong="H4191"\w* \w us|strong="H3045"\w*, because \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* worshiped \w him|strong="H7971"\w* correctly.”   
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\v 27  \add When\add* \w the|strong="H6680"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria \add read this letter, he\add* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \add his officers\add*, “\w You|strong="H6680"\w* \w brought|strong="H3212"\w* many \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w here|strong="H8033"\w* \w from|strong="H1540"\w* Samaria. Send \w one|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w them|strong="H6680"\w* \w back|strong="H3212"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*. Tell \w him|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w teach|strong="H3384"\w* \w the|strong="H6680"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w who|strong="H3548"\w* \w are|strong="H4428"\w* \w now|strong="H3212"\w* \w living|strong="H3427"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* how \w to|strong="H3212"\w* worship correctly \w the|strong="H6680"\w* God whom \w the|strong="H6680"\w* Israelis worshiped \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w that|strong="H3548"\w* land.”  
\v 28 \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \add the officers did that\add*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w sent|strong="H1540"\w* \w one|strong="H1961"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* Israeli \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* back \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*. \w That|strong="H3068"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w went|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w* \add city\add*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w taught|strong="H3384"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w there|strong="H3427"\w* how \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w worship|strong="H3372"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 29 \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \add who returned from Babylon and started to live in Samaria and\add* \w continued|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w their|strong="H1992"\w* \w own|strong="H1961"\w* idols. \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w placed|strong="H3427"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w shrines|strong="H1004"\w* \w that|strong="H1471"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* Israelis \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w built|strong="H6213"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*. \w The|strong="H6213"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w each|strong="H5892"\w* people-group \w made|strong="H6213"\w* idols \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w which|strong="H1992"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w living|strong="H3427"\w*.  
\v 30 \w The|strong="H6213"\w* people \w from|strong="H6213"\w* Babylon \w made|strong="H6213"\w* idols \w to|strong="H6213"\w* represent \w their|strong="H6213"\w* god \w Succoth-Benoth|strong="H5524"\w*. \w The|strong="H6213"\w* people \w from|strong="H6213"\w* \w Cuthah|strong="H3575"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* idols \w to|strong="H6213"\w* represent \w their|strong="H6213"\w* god \w Nergal|strong="H5370"\w*. \w The|strong="H6213"\w* people \w from|strong="H6213"\w* \w Hamath|strong="H2574"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* idols \w to|strong="H6213"\w* represent \w their|strong="H6213"\w* god Ashima.  
\v 31 \w The|strong="H6213"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Avva \w made|strong="H6213"\w* idols \w to|strong="H6213"\w* represent \w their|strong="H8313"\w* gods \w Nibhaz|strong="H5026"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Tartak|strong="H8662"\w*. \w The|strong="H6213"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w Sepharvaim|strong="H5617"\w* \w sacrificed|strong="H6213"\w* \w their|strong="H8313"\w* own \w children|strong="H1121"\w*. \w They|strong="H6213"\w* \w completely|strong="H8313"\w* \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \add in pits where hot fires were kept burning,\add* \w as|strong="H6213"\w* offerings \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w their|strong="H8313"\w* gods Adrammelech \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Anammelech|strong="H6048"\w*.  
\v 32 \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w those|strong="H1992"\w* people \w also|strong="H3068"\w* worshiped \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w appointed|strong="H6213"\w* \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w among|strong="H7098"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w own|strong="H1961"\w* groups many people \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w shrines|strong="H1004"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* tops \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* hills, \w in|strong="H3068"\w* order \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w those|strong="H1992"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* could \w offer|strong="H6213"\w* sacrifices \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w*.   
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\v 33 \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w revered|strong="H3372"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w but|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w worshiped|strong="H5647"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w own|strong="H1961"\w* gods, \w just|strong="H4941"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5647"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* living \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5647"\w* countries \w from|strong="H1540"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w taken|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* Samaria \w did|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 34 \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w still|strong="H5704"\w* \w keep|strong="H6213"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* \w customs|strong="H2708"\w*. \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w really|strong="H2088"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* \w worship|strong="H3372"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* \w obey|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w laws|strong="H8451"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w commands|strong="H6680"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*, \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w whom|strong="H1992"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w gave|strong="H6680"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* new \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.  
\v 35 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w previously|strong="H3808"\w* \w made|strong="H3772"\w* \w an|strong="H3772"\w* \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors, \w commanding|strong="H6680"\w* \w them|strong="H6680"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w worship|strong="H7812"\w* other gods \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w bow|strong="H7812"\w* \w down|strong="H7812"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* honor \w them|strong="H6680"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H5647"\w* other \w things|strong="H3372"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* please \w them|strong="H6680"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w offer|strong="H2076"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2076"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H6680"\w*.  
\v 36 \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* said \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H5927"\w*, “\w You|strong="H3588"\w* must \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w an|strong="H3588"\w* \w awesome|strong="H3372"\w* respect \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w me|strong="H3372"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w one|strong="H3588"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w brought|strong="H5927"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w out|strong="H5186"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H1419"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w power|strong="H3581"\w* [DOU]. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w one|strong="H3588"\w* \w whom|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* must \w bow|strong="H7812"\w* \w down|strong="H7812"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* honor, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w one|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w whom|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* must \w offer|strong="H5927"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2076"\w*.  
\v 37 \w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w always|strong="H3605"\w* \w obey|strong="H8104"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w laws|strong="H8451"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w commands|strong="H4687"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \add told Moses to\add* \w write|strong="H3789"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*. \w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w worship|strong="H3372"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* gods.  
\v 38 \w And|strong="H1285"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w forget|strong="H7911"\w* \w the|strong="H3772"\w* \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \w that|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w made|strong="H3772"\w* \w with|strong="H1285"\w* \w your|strong="H7911"\w* ancestors. \w You|strong="H3808"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w revere|strong="H3372"\w* other gods.  
\v 39 \w Instead|strong="H3588"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* must \w revere|strong="H3372"\w* \w me|strong="H3372"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*. \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w rescue|strong="H5337"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w power|strong="H3027"\w* [MTY] \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w enemies|strong="H3027"\w*.”   
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\v 40 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \add from those foreign nations\add* \w would|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w heed|strong="H8085"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H8085"\w*. \w Instead|strong="H3588"\w*, \w they|strong="H1992"\w* continued \w to|strong="H6213"\w* adhere \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w their|strong="H8085"\w* \w old|strong="H7223"\w* \w customs|strong="H4941"\w*.  
\v 41 \w So|strong="H6213"\w*, \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w worshiped|strong="H5647"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w but|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w worshiped|strong="H5647"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w idols|strong="H6456"\w*. \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w still|strong="H1471"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w same|strong="H2088"\w* \w thing|strong="H2088"\w*.   
\c 18  
\s1 King Hezekiah started to rule Judah  
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\v 1 \w After|strong="H1961"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hoshea|strong="H1954"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* ruling \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w for|strong="H1121"\w* almost \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w*, \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ahaz, \w began|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w rule|strong="H4427"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.  
\v 2 \w He|strong="H2568"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* 25 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H2568"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\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="H1961"\w* mother \w was|strong="H8034"\w* Abijah, \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \add a man whose name was\add* \w Zechariah|strong="H2148"\w*.  
\v 3 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*.  
\v 4 \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H7665"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w places|strong="H1116"\w* \w where|strong="H1992"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w worshiped|strong="H7121"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* tops \w of|strong="H1121"\w* hills, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w broke|strong="H7665"\w* \w into|strong="H6213"\w* \w pieces|strong="H7665"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* stone \w pillars|strong="H4676"\w* \add for worshiping the goddess Asherah\add*. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w also|strong="H4872"\w* \w broke|strong="H7665"\w* \w into|strong="H6213"\w* \w pieces|strong="H7665"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* \add replica/statue of a\add* \w snake|strong="H5175"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w*. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w named|strong="H7121"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w Nehushtan|strong="H5180"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w burning|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* front \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* honor \w it|strong="H1931"\w*.   
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\v 5 Hezekiah trusted \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w whom|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Israelis \add worshiped.\add* \w There|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w after|strong="H1961"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \add devoted to Yahweh as\add* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 6 \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w remained|strong="H1692"\w* \w loyal|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* disobeyed \w him|strong="H6680"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w carefully|strong="H8104"\w* \w obeyed|strong="H8104"\w* \w all|strong="H6680"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w given|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*.  
\v 7 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w always|strong="H3605"\w* ◄helped/\w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w*► \w him|strong="H5973"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w successful|strong="H7919"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H3068"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w rebelled|strong="H4775"\w* \w against|strong="H5973"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w refused|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* ◄pay taxes \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w him|strong="H5973"\w*/\w do|strong="H5647"\w* what \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria wanted \w him|strong="H5973"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w do|strong="H5647"\w*►.  
\v 8 \w His|strong="H5221"\w* army \w defeated|strong="H5221"\w* \add the soldiers of \add* Philistia \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w far|strong="H5704"\w* \add south\add* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w Gaza|strong="H5804"\w* \add city\add* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* nearby villages. \w They|strong="H5704"\w* \w conquered|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* entire \w area|strong="H1366"\w*, \w from|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* smallest \w watchtower|strong="H4026"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* largest \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* surrounded \w by|strong="H5892"\w* walls.   
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\v 9 \w After|strong="H5921"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* ruling Judah \w for|strong="H5921"\w* almost four \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hoshea|strong="H1954"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* ruling \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* almost \w seven|strong="H7637"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, \add the army of\add* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Shalmaneser|strong="H8022"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Assyria \w invaded|strong="H5927"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* surrounded \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \add city\add*.  
\v 10 \w In|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H3920"\w* \w third|strong="H7969"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w they|strong="H8141"\w* \w captured|strong="H3920"\w* \w the|strong="H3920"\w* \w city|strong="H1931"\w*. \w That|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w when|strong="H3478"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w has|strong="H3478"\w* been ruling Judah \w for|strong="H3478"\w* almost \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w when|strong="H3478"\w* \w Hoshea|strong="H1954"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* been ruling \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w for|strong="H3478"\w* almost \w nine|strong="H8672"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.  
\v 11 \w The|strong="H1540"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria commanded \w that|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H1540"\w* people \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H3478"\w* \w taken|strong="H1540"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* Assyria. Some \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w them|strong="H1540"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w taken|strong="H1540"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Halah|strong="H2477"\w* \add town\add*, some \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w taken|strong="H1540"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* place near \w the|strong="H1540"\w* \w Habor|strong="H2249"\w* \add River\add* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \add the\add* \w Gozan|strong="H1470"\w* \add region\add*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* some \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w taken|strong="H1540"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* where \w the|strong="H1540"\w* Mede people-group live.  
\v 12 \w That|strong="H3605"\w* \w happened|strong="H6213"\w* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Israelis \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w disobeyed|strong="H6963"\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="H6213"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* ancestors, \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* laws \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w man|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w served|strong="H6213"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \add very well\add*, \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w told|strong="H6680"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w obey|strong="H8085"\w*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* laws; \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w even|strong="H3808"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.   
\s1 The army of Assyria invaded Judah  
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\v 13 \w After|strong="H5921"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w been|strong="H5927"\w* ruling \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* almost 14 \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, \add the army of\add* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Sennacherib|strong="H5576"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria \w attacked|strong="H5927"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* walls \w around|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \add did not capture Jerusalem, but they \add* \w captured|strong="H8610"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*.  
\v 14 \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* message \w to|strong="H7725"\w* Sennacherib, \w while|strong="H5921"\w* Sennacherib \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Lachish|strong="H3923"\w*, saying “\w What|strong="H5921"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H3063"\w* \w done|strong="H2398"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w wrong|strong="H2398"\w*. Please \add tell your soldiers to\add* stop attacking \w us|strong="H5414"\w*. \w If|strong="H2398"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w do|strong="H3063"\w* \w that|strong="H5414"\w*, \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w pay|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* whatever \w you|strong="H5414"\w* tell \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w*.” \w So|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria said \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w must|strong="H5375"\w* \w pay|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* ◄ten tons/9,000 kg.► \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* ◄\w one|strong="H5375"\w* ton/900 kg.► \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w stored|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s \w palace|strong="H1004"\w*.   
\s1 Sennacherib threatened to destroy Jerusalem  
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\v 16 \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w*’s men \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w stripped|strong="H7112"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* gold \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w doors|strong="H1817"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w temple|strong="H1964"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* gold \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w himself|strong="H1931"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* doorposts, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w sent|strong="H5414"\w* \w all|strong="H5414"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* gold \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria.  
\v 17 \w But|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w large|strong="H3515"\w* \w army|strong="H2426"\w* \w with|strong="H3389"\w* \w some|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H3526"\w* important officials \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w Lachish|strong="H3923"\w* \add city\add* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \add persuade\add* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \add to surrender\add*. \w When|strong="H7971"\w* \w they|strong="H3389"\w* arrived \w at|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w they|strong="H3389"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* alongside \w the|strong="H4480"\w* aqueduct/\w channel|strong="H8585"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w which|strong="H7704"\w* water flows \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w upper|strong="H5945"\w* \w pool|strong="H1295"\w* \w into|strong="H5927"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w near|strong="H5975"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* road \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w* \w where|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* women \w wash|strong="H3526"\w* clothes.  
\v 18 \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w sent|strong="H3318"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* message requesting \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Hezekiah \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w come|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, \w but|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w sent|strong="H3318"\w* three \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H7121"\w* officials \add to talk to them\add*. \w He|strong="H1004"\w* \w sent|strong="H3318"\w* \w Hilkiah|strong="H2518"\w*’s \w son|strong="H1121"\w* Eliakim, \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w supervised|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w*; \w Shebna|strong="H7644"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* official \w secretary|strong="H5608"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* Asaph’s \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joah|strong="H3098"\w*, \w who|strong="H1121"\w* communicated \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s messages \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w*.   
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\v 19 \w One|strong="H2088"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Sennacherib’s \w important|strong="H1419"\w* officials told \w them|strong="H2088"\w* \w to|strong="H4428"\w* take \w this|strong="H2088"\w* message \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w*:  
\p “\w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria, \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: ‘\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H4100"\w* trusting \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \add to rescue you\add* [RHQ]?  
\v 20 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w say|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1697"\w* \w weapons|strong="H4421"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w fight|strong="H4421"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H1697"\w* \w some|strong="H1697"\w* country \w promises|strong="H1697"\w* \add to help you\add*, \add and that will enable you to defeat us,\add* \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H4310"\w* \w only|strong="H3588"\w* \w talk|strong="H1697"\w* [RHQ]. \w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w do|strong="H4310"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* think \w will|strong="H4310"\w* \w help|strong="H4421"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w rebel|strong="H4775"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \add soldiers from Assyria\add*?  
\v 21 \w Listen|strong="H2009"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*! \w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H4428"\w* relying \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \add the army of\add* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*. \w But|strong="H2009"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w like|strong="H3651"\w* [MET] using \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w broken|strong="H7533"\w* \w reed|strong="H7070"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* walking \w stick|strong="H7070"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w which|strong="H2088"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w could|strong="H2088"\w* \w lean|strong="H5564"\w*. \w But|strong="H2009"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w would|strong="H3605"\w* \w pierce|strong="H5344"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w hand|strong="H3709"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w anyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w would|strong="H3605"\w* \w lean|strong="H5564"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*! \w That|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w what|strong="H2088"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w would|strong="H3605"\w* \w be|strong="H4428"\w* \w like|strong="H3651"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w anyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w relied|strong="H5564"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \add for help\add*.  
\v 22 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w perhaps|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* say \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*, “\w No|strong="H3808"\w*, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* ◄relying \w on|strong="H3068"\w*/trusting \w in|strong="H3068"\w*► \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \add to help us\add*.” \add I would reply,\add* “\w Is|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w one|strong="H2088"\w* \w whom|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \add insulted by\add* tearing \w down|strong="H7812"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* shrines \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w altars|strong="H4196"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* forcing everyone \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \add other places in\add* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w worship|strong="H7812"\w* \w only|strong="H3588"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \add in Jerusalem\add*?” ’   
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\v 23 \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* suggest \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w make|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w deal|strong="H6148"\w* \w between|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w master|strong="H5414"\w*/boss, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria. \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* 2,000 \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*, \w but|strong="H6258"\w* \add I do not think that\add* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w are|strong="H5483"\w* \w able|strong="H3201"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w find|strong="H3201"\w* 2,000 \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* men \w who|strong="H4428"\w* \w can|strong="H3201"\w* \w ride|strong="H7392"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*!  
\v 24 \w You|strong="H6440"\w* \w are|strong="H5650"\w* expecting \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* send \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w men|strong="H5650"\w* riding \w horses|strong="H6571"\w* \add to assist you\add*. \w But|strong="H5921"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w certainly|strong="H7725"\w* \w would|strong="H5650"\w* \w not|strong="H7725"\w* [RHQ] \w be|strong="H5650"\w* able \w to|strong="H7725"\w* resist/defeat \w even|strong="H4714"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* most insignificant/unimportant \w official|strong="H5650"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* army \w of|strong="H6440"\w* Assyria!  
\v 25 \w Furthermore|strong="H6258"\w*, ◄\w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* think \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w come|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* Jerusalem \w without|strong="H1107"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*’s help?/\w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H2088"\w* think \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w come|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* Jerusalem \w without|strong="H1107"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*’s help.► [RHQ] \w It|strong="H5921"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w himself|strong="H3068"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* told \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w come|strong="H5927"\w* \w here|strong="H2088"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w land|strong="H4725"\w*!”   
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\v 26 \w Then|strong="H1696"\w* Eliakim, \w Shebna|strong="H7644"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joah|strong="H3098"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w official|strong="H5650"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* Assyria, “Sir, \w please|strong="H4994"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w us|strong="H4994"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* Aramaic \w language|strong="H3066"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w understand|strong="H8085"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*. \w Do|strong="H4994"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w us|strong="H4994"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w our|strong="H5921"\w* Hebrew \w language|strong="H3066"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* standing \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w understand|strong="H8085"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \add and be frightened\add*.”   
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\v 27 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* official \w replied|strong="H1696"\w*, “\w Do|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* think [RHQ] \w that|strong="H1697"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w master|strong="H3427"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w me|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w say|strong="H1696"\w* \w these|strong="H1696"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w* only \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w who|strong="H3427"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* standing \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*? \add If you reject this message,\add* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \add people in this city\add* \w will|strong="H1697"\w* soon \w need|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* eat \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w own|strong="H5973"\w* dung \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w own|strong="H5973"\w* \w urine|strong="H7890"\w*, \w just|strong="H1697"\w* \w like|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w will|strong="H1697"\w*, \add because there will be nothing more for you to eat or drink\add*.”   
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\v 28 \w Then|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* official \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w up|strong="H5975"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w shouted|strong="H7121"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* Hebrew \w language|strong="H3066"\w* \add to the people sitting on the wall\add*. \w He|strong="H7121"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w*, “\w Listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w this|strong="H1696"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w* \w from|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria. \w He|strong="H7121"\w* \w says|strong="H1696"\w*,  
\v 29 ‘\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 He|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\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="H5337"\w* \w power|strong="H3027"\w* [MTY].  
\v 30 \w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w allow|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* persuade \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* rely \w on|strong="H3027"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, saying \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w rescue|strong="H5337"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* army \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* capture \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*!’   
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\v 31 “\w Do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* \w pay|strong="H8085"\w* \w attention|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*! \w This|strong="H6213"\w* \w is|strong="H4428"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: ‘\w Come|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* city \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w surrender|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w me|strong="H6213"\w*. \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* arrange \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w each|strong="H3541"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* juice \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w your|strong="H8085"\w* own grapevines, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* eat \w figs|strong="H8384"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w your|strong="H8085"\w* own \w trees|strong="H8384"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w your|strong="H8085"\w* own wells.  
\v 32 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* able \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w come|strong="H2421"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* land \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* land—\w a|strong="H3068"\w* land \w where|strong="H3808"\w* \w there|strong="H5704"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w grain|strong="H1715"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w make|strong="H8085"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w vineyards|strong="H3754"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \add produce grapes for making\add* \w wine|strong="H8492"\w*. \w It|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* land \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* plenty \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w olive|strong="H2132"\w* \w trees|strong="H2132"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w honey|strong="H1706"\w*. \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* king \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Assyria commands, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*. \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* continue \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w live|strong="H2421"\w*.  
\p ‘\w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* allow \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w persuade|strong="H5496"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* trust \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* saying \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w rescue|strong="H5337"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*!  
\v 33 \w The|strong="H3027"\w* gods \w that|strong="H1471"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* other \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* worship \w have|strong="H1471"\w* never \w rescued|strong="H5337"\w* \w them|strong="H3027"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3027"\w* \w power|strong="H3027"\w* [MTY] \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3027"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria [RHQ]!  
\v 34 \w Why|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* gods \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w Hamath|strong="H2574"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* Arpad \add cities\add* unable \w to|strong="H3027"\w* \w rescue|strong="H5337"\w* \w their|strong="H3588"\w* people \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* king \w of|strong="H3027"\w* Assyria [RHQ]? \w What|strong="H3588"\w* happened \w to|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* gods \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w Sepharvaim|strong="H5617"\w*, \w Hena|strong="H2012"\w*, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w Ivvah|strong="H5755"\w*, \add towns that we completely destroyed and their gods disappeared\add* [RHQ]? Did \w any|strong="H3588"\w* \w god|strong="H3027"\w* \w rescue|strong="H5337"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w my|strong="H5337"\w* \w power|strong="H3027"\w*?  
\v 35 \w No|strong="H3605"\w*, \w none|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* gods \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* countries \add that my army attacked\add* \w rescued|strong="H5337"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* people [RHQ] \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w me|strong="H5337"\w*! \w So|strong="H3588"\w* \w why|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* think \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w rescue|strong="H5337"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* people \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w power|strong="H3027"\w* [MTY]?’”   
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\v 36 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \add who were listening\add* stayed \w silent|strong="H2790"\w*. \w No|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w* \w anything|strong="H1697"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Hezekiah \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w told|strong="H1697"\w* \w them|strong="H6030"\w*, “\add When the official from Assyria talks to you,\add* \w do|strong="H2790"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w answer|strong="H6030"\w* \w him|strong="H1931"\w*.”   
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\v 37 \w Then|strong="H1121"\w* Eliakim \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w* administrator \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shebna|strong="H7644"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w court|strong="H1004"\w* \w secretary|strong="H5608"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joah|strong="H3098"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* royal historian \w went|strong="H1121"\w* \w back|strong="H1004"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* clothes \w torn|strong="H7167"\w* \add because they were extremely distressed\add*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* official \w from|strong="H5921"\w* Assyria \w had|strong="H1121"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w*.   
\c 19  
\s1 Hezekiah consulted the prophet Isaiah  
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\v 1 \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w what|strong="H8085"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w reported|strong="H8085"\w*, \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w tore|strong="H7167"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* clothes \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w put|strong="H3068"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* clothes \w made|strong="H1961"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* rough cloth \add because he was very distressed\add*. \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w went|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \add to ask God what to do\add*.  
\v 2 \w He|strong="H1004"\w* summoned Eliakim \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shebna|strong="H7644"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* ◄\w older|strong="H2205"\w*/most important► \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, \w who|strong="H3548"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w also|strong="H1121"\w* wearing clothes \w made|strong="H3680"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* rough \w sackcloth|strong="H8242"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w told|strong="H5608"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w talk|strong="H5608"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w me|strong="H7971"\w*.  
\v 3 \w He|strong="H3588"\w* said \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w them|strong="H3205"\w*, “Tell \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* Isaiah: ‘King \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w having|strong="H3588"\w* great \w distress|strong="H6869"\w*/\w trouble|strong="H6869"\w* \w now|strong="H3117"\w*. \add Other nations are causing\add* \w us|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* insulted \w and|strong="H1121"\w* disgraced. \w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w like|strong="H5704"\w* [MET] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w woman|strong="H3205"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w about|strong="H3117"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w give|strong="H3205"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w child|strong="H1121"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w she|strong="H3588"\w* \w does|strong="H2088"\w* \w not|strong="H2088"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w strength|strong="H3581"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w she|strong="H3588"\w* needs \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w do|strong="H2088"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w*.  
\v 4 \w Perhaps|strong="H5375"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* official \w from|strong="H8085"\w* Assyria \w said|strong="H1697"\w*. \w Perhaps|strong="H5375"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* knows \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* boss/master, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria, \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w insult|strong="H2778"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* all-powerful \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w rebuke|strong="H3198"\w*/\w punish|strong="H3198"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w* \w for|strong="H1157"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w*.’ \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w requests|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w pray|strong="H8605"\w* \w for|strong="H1157"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* few \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w us|strong="H8085"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* still \w alive|strong="H2416"\w* \add here in Jerusalem\add*.”   
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\v 5 When \w the|strong="H5650"\w* \w messengers|strong="H5650"\w* \w from|strong="H5650"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w came|strong="H5650"\w* \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w Isaiah|strong="H3470"\w*,  
\v 6 \w Isaiah|strong="H3470"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w*, “\add Go back to\add* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* boss/master \add and\add* \w tell|strong="H8085"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*, ‘\w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: \w Those|strong="H8085"\w* messengers \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w* evil \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w about|strong="H1697"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*. \w But|strong="H8085"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H8085"\w* \w be|strong="H1697"\w* disturbed \w because|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w*.  
\v 7 \w Listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w this|strong="H5414"\w*: \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H2719"\w* \w cause|strong="H5414"\w* Sennacherib \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w rumor|strong="H8052"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w will|strong="H2719"\w* worry \w him|strong="H5414"\w*, \add that a foreign army is about to attack his country\add*. \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w he|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H2719"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* own country, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w there|strong="H7725"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H2719"\w* \w cause|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w be|strong="H5414"\w* assassinated \w by|strong="H5414"\w* \add men using\add* \w swords|strong="H2719"\w*.’”   
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\v 8 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* official \w from|strong="H5265"\w* Assyria \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w out|strong="H4672"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria \add and his army\add* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w left|strong="H4672"\w* \w Lachish|strong="H3923"\w* \add city\add*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H4428"\w* attacking \w Libnah|strong="H3841"\w*, \add which is a nearby city\add*. \w So|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* official \w went|strong="H5265"\w* \w there|strong="H4672"\w* \add to report to him what had happened in Jerusalem\add*.   
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\v 9 Soon \w after|strong="H3318"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w*, \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Sennacherib \w received|strong="H8085"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* report \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Tirhakah|strong="H8640"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ethiopia|strong="H3568"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* leading \w his|strong="H7971"\w* army, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w coming|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w attack|strong="H3898"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w*. \w So|strong="H7971"\w* \w before|strong="H4397"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Sennacherib \w left|strong="H3318"\w* Libnah \add to fight against the army from Ethiopia\add*, \w he|strong="H7971"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* other \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w with|strong="H3898"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* letter.  
\v 10  \add In the letter\add* \w he|strong="H3027"\w* wrote \w this|strong="H3541"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w*: “\w Do|strong="H3027"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w allow|strong="H5414"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w god|strong="H5414"\w* \w on|strong="H3027"\w* whom \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* relying \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w deceive|strong="H5377"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* promising \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \add the city of\add* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* captured \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w army|strong="H3389"\w* [MTY].  
\v 11 \w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* \w certainly|strong="H6213"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* armies \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria \w have|strong="H3605"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* countries. \w Our|strong="H3605"\w* armies \w have|strong="H3605"\w* \w completely|strong="H3605"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H2763"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w*. \w So|strong="H6213"\w*, ◄\w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* think \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w escape|strong="H5337"\w*?/\w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* think \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* god \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w save|strong="H5337"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*!► [RHQ]  
\v 12 Did \w the|strong="H7843"\w* gods \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H7843"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w that|strong="H1471"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* about \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H7843"\w* \w by|strong="H5337"\w* \w the|strong="H7843"\w* armies \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H7843"\w* previous kings \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Assyria \w rescue|strong="H5337"\w* \w them|strong="H1121"\w*? Did \w those|strong="H1121"\w* gods \w rescue|strong="H5337"\w* \w the|strong="H7843"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H7843"\w* \w Gozan|strong="H1470"\w* region \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w Haran|strong="H2771"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Rezeph|strong="H7530"\w* \add cities in northern Syria\add* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H7843"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Eden|strong="H5729"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w had|strong="H1121"\w* been ◄deported/forced \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w go|strong="H7843"\w*► \w to|strong="H1121"\w* Tel-Assar \add city\add*? None \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H7843"\w* gods \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w those|strong="H1121"\w* cities \w were|strong="H1121"\w* able \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w rescue|strong="H5337"\w* \w them|strong="H1121"\w*.  
\v 13 What happened \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5892"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hamath|strong="H2574"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* Arpad \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w Sepharvaim|strong="H5617"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ivvah|strong="H5755"\w* \add cities\add* [RHQ]? \add Most of them are dead, and the other people were deported\add*!”   
\s1 Hezekiah prayed  
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\v 14 \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w letter|strong="H5612"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* \w gave|strong="H7121"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w read|strong="H7121"\w* \w it|strong="H7121"\w*. \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w spread|strong="H6566"\w* \w out|strong="H6566"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w letter|strong="H5612"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 15 \w Then|strong="H6213"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w prayed|strong="H6419"\w*, “\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w whom|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w whom|strong="H6440"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* Israelis belong, \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* \w seated|strong="H3427"\w* \w on|strong="H3427"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* throne \w above|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \add statues of\add* creatures \w with|strong="H3068"\w* wings, \add above the Sacred Chest\add*. \w Only|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* \w truly|strong="H6213"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*. \w You|strong="H6440"\w* \w rule|strong="H4467"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kingdoms|strong="H4467"\w* \w on|strong="H3427"\w* \w this|strong="H6213"\w* \w earth|strong="H8064"\w*. \w You|strong="H6440"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w created|strong="H6213"\w* \add everything on\add* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w earth|strong="H8064"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \add in\add* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w*.  
\v 16 \w So|strong="H7971"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w please|strong="H8085"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w saying|strong="H1697"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w look|strong="H7200"\w* \add at what is happening\add*. \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* King \w Sennacherib|strong="H5576"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w insult|strong="H2778"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w*, \w the|strong="H8085"\w* all-powerful \w God|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 17 “\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w it|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w true|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \add the armies of\add* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria \w have|strong="H3068"\w* completely \w destroyed|strong="H2717"\w* many \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w ruined|strong="H2717"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* land.  
\v 18 \w And|strong="H3027"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w have|strong="H3027"\w* thrown \w the|strong="H3588"\w* idols \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w those|strong="H1992"\w* nations \w into|strong="H3027"\w* fires \w and|strong="H3027"\w* burned \w them|strong="H5414"\w*. \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \add that was not difficult to do, because\add* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w were|strong="H1992"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* gods. \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w were|strong="H1992"\w* \w only|strong="H3588"\w* statues \w made|strong="H5414"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w wood|strong="H6086"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* stone, idols \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H1992"\w* \w shaped|strong="H4639"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* humans, \add and that is why they were destroyed easily\add*.  
\v 19 \w So|strong="H6258"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w please|strong="H4994"\w* \w rescue|strong="H3467"\w* \w us|strong="H4994"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w power|strong="H3027"\w* [MTY] \add of the king of Assyria\add*, \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w order|strong="H3027"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3045"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\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* world \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w are|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w only|strong="H3588"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w truly|strong="H3588"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*.”   
\s1 Isaiah predicted that the Assyrians would not conquer Jerusalem  
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\v 20 \w Then|strong="H7971"\w* \w Isaiah|strong="H3470"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w this|strong="H3541"\w* \w message|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w*: “\w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* whom \w we|strong="H3068"\w* Israelis belong, \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: '\w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w prayed|strong="H6419"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w me|strong="H7971"\w* \w about|strong="H8085"\w* \w Sennacherib|strong="H5576"\w*, \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Assyria.  
\v 21 \w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w say|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*:  
\q1 “\w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H1696"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* [MTY] despise \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* make fun \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\q2 \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w wag|strong="H5128"\w*/\w shake|strong="H5128"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w heads|strong="H7218"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w mock|strong="H3932"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w while|strong="H2088"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* flee \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w here|strong="H2088"\w*.   
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\v 22 \w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w do|strong="H5869"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w think|strong="H5869"\w* \w that|strong="H3478"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w* despising \w and|strong="H3478"\w* ridiculing?  
\q2 \w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w do|strong="H5869"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w think|strong="H5869"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w shouting|strong="H6963"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w*?  
\q1 \w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w do|strong="H5869"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w think|strong="H5869"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* looking \w at|strong="H5921"\w* very \w proudly|strong="H4791"\w*/arrogantly?  
\q2 \w It|strong="H5921"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w holy|strong="H6918"\w* \w God|strong="H4310"\w* \w whom|strong="H4310"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Israelis \w worship|strong="H3478"\w*.   
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\v 23 \w The|strong="H5927"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* \w that|strong="H4397"\w* \w you|strong="H3772"\w* \w sent|strong="H5927"\w* \w made|strong="H3772"\w* fun \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w me|strong="H5927"\w*.  
\q2 \w You|strong="H3772"\w* said, '\w With|strong="H3027"\w* \w my|strong="H5927"\w* many \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* \w I|strong="H3027"\w* \w have|strong="H3027"\w* \w gone|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* \w highest|strong="H7093"\w* \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w*,  
\q2 even \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* \w highest|strong="H7093"\w* \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w* \w in|strong="H3027"\w* \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w*.  
\q1 We \w have|strong="H3027"\w* \w cut|strong="H3772"\w* \w down|strong="H3772"\w* \w its|strong="H5927"\w* tallest \w cedar|strong="H6967"\w* \w trees|strong="H1265"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w its|strong="H5927"\w* nicest pine/cyprus \w trees|strong="H1265"\w*.  
\q1 We \w have|strong="H3027"\w* \w been|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* most distant/\w remote|strong="H3411"\w* peaks  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w its|strong="H5927"\w* dense \w forests|strong="H3293"\w*.   
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\v 24 \w We|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* \w dug|strong="H6979"\w* wells \w in|strong="H3709"\w* \w other|strong="H6471"\w* countries \w and|strong="H8354"\w* \w drank|strong="H8354"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w from|strong="H4325"\w* them.  
\q1 \w And|strong="H8354"\w* \w by|strong="H4325"\w* marching \w through|strong="H3605"\w* [MTY] \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w streams|strong="H2975"\w* \w of|strong="H4325"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4693"\w*,  
\q2 \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w dried|strong="H2717"\w* them \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w up|strong="H2717"\w* [HYP]!” ’   
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\v 25  \add ‘But I reply\add*, “\w Have|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w long|strong="H3117"\w* \w ago|strong="H7350"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* determined \add that those things would happen\add*?  
\q1 \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w planned|strong="H3335"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w* \w long|strong="H3117"\w* \w ago|strong="H7350"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w causing|strong="H6213"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w happen|strong="H1961"\w*.  
\q1 \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w planned|strong="H3335"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w your|strong="H8085"\w* army \w would|strong="H6213"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \add the power to\add* capture \w many|strong="H3808"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* surrounded \w by|strong="H3117"\w* \w high|strong="H6213"\w* walls,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w cause|strong="H6213"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* piles \w of|strong="H3117"\w* rubble.   
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\v 26 \w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w who|strong="H3427"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w those|strong="H1961"\w* cities \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w no|strong="H6440"\w* \w power|strong="H3027"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* result \w they|strong="H3027"\w* \w became|strong="H1961"\w* \w dismayed|strong="H2865"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w discouraged|strong="H2865"\w*.  
\q1 \w They|strong="H3027"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* frail \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w plants|strong="H6212"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w grass|strong="H2682"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w fields|strong="H7704"\w*,  
\q2 \w as|strong="H1961"\w* frail \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w grass|strong="H2682"\w* \w that|strong="H3027"\w* grows \w on|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w roofs|strong="H1406"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* houses  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w is|strong="H3027"\w* \w scorched|strong="H7711"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* hot \w east|strong="H6440"\w* \w wind|strong="H7711"\w*.   
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\v 27 “But \w I|strong="H3045"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \add everything about you\add*.  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3045"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w when|strong="H3318"\w* \w you|strong="H3045"\w* \w are|strong="H3045"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w your|strong="H3045"\w* house \w and|strong="H3318"\w* \w when|strong="H3318"\w* \w you|strong="H3045"\w* \w go|strong="H3318"\w* \w outside|strong="H3318"\w*;  
\q1 \w I|strong="H3045"\w* \w also|strong="H3045"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w you|strong="H3045"\w* \w are|strong="H3045"\w* ◄\w raging|strong="H7264"\w*/speaking \w very|strong="H3045"\w* angrily► \w against|strong="H3427"\w* \w me|strong="H3318"\w*.   
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\v 28 \w So|strong="H5927"\w*, \w because|strong="H3282"\w* \w you|strong="H7725"\w* \w have|strong="H8193"\w* \w raged|strong="H5927"\w* \w against|strong="H5927"\w* \w me|strong="H7725"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w because|strong="H3282"\w* \w I|strong="H7760"\w* \w have|strong="H8193"\w* heard [MTY] \w you|strong="H7725"\w* \w speak|strong="H8193"\w* very proudly/arrogantly,  
\q1 \add it will be as though\add* \w I|strong="H7760"\w* \w will|strong="H8193"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w hook|strong="H2397"\w* \w in|strong="H1870"\w* \w your|strong="H7760"\w* nose  
\q2 \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w an|strong="H7760"\w* iron ◄\w bit|strong="H4964"\w*/piece \w of|strong="H1870"\w* metal► \w in|strong="H1870"\w* \w your|strong="H7760"\w* mouth \add in order that I can lead you where I want you to go\add*,  
\q1 \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w I|strong="H7760"\w* \w will|strong="H8193"\w* force \w you|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \add to your own country\add*  
\q2 \w on|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* same \w road|strong="H1870"\w* \w on|strong="H1870"\w* which \w you|strong="H7725"\w* \w came|strong="H5927"\w* \w here|strong="H7760"\w*, \add without conquering Jerusalem\add*.” '   
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\v 29 \w Then|strong="H2088"\w* Isaiah said \w to|strong="H8141"\w* Hezekiah, “\w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w what|strong="H2088"\w* \w will|strong="H2088"\w* happen \w to|strong="H8141"\w* prove \add that I am telling the truth\add*:  
\p \w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w and|strong="H8141"\w* \w next|strong="H8145"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w you|strong="H2088"\w* \add and your people\add* \w will|strong="H2088"\w* \w be|strong="H8141"\w* able \w to|strong="H8141"\w* \w harvest|strong="H7114"\w* only ◄wild grain/grain \w that|strong="H8141"\w* \w grows|strong="H5599"\w* \w without|strong="H8141"\w* having been \w planted|strong="H5193"\w*►.  
\p But \w the|strong="H8141"\w* following \w year|strong="H8141"\w*, \w you|strong="H2088"\w* \add Israelis\add* \w will|strong="H2088"\w* \w be|strong="H8141"\w* able \w to|strong="H8141"\w* \w plant|strong="H5193"\w* grain \w and|strong="H8141"\w* \w harvest|strong="H7114"\w* \w it|strong="H2088"\w*, \w and|strong="H8141"\w* \w to|strong="H8141"\w* \w plant|strong="H5193"\w* \w vineyards|strong="H3754"\w* \w and|strong="H8141"\w* eat \w the|strong="H8141"\w* grapes \w that|strong="H8141"\w* \w you|strong="H2088"\w* \w harvest|strong="H7114"\w*.   
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\v 30 \w The|strong="H6213"\w* people [MTY] \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w who|strong="H3063"\w* \w remain|strong="H7604"\w* \w alive|strong="H7604"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* prosper \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w have|strong="H3063"\w* many children; \w they|strong="H6213"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w be|strong="H3254"\w* \w like|strong="H1004"\w* plants whose \w roots|strong="H8328"\w* \w go|strong="H3254"\w* \w deep|strong="H8328"\w* \w down|strong="H4295"\w* \w into|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* ground \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w which|strong="H1004"\w* \w produce|strong="H6529"\w* \w much|strong="H6213"\w* [MET].   
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\v 31 \w There|strong="H2022"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* many people \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* [DOU] \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* survive, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3588"\w* commander \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* armies \w of|strong="H3068"\w* angels \w in|strong="H3068"\w* heaven, wants [PRS] \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w happen|strong="H6213"\w*.   
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\v 32 \w So|strong="H3651"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w says|strong="H3541"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria:  
\q1 ‘\w His|strong="H3068"\w* \w armies|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* enter \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w even|strong="H3651"\w* \w shoot|strong="H3384"\w* \w any|strong="H3808"\w* \w arrows|strong="H2671"\w* \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*!  
\q1 \w His|strong="H3068"\w* soldiers \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* march \w outside|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* gates carrying \w shields|strong="H4043"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w even|strong="H3651"\w* build high mounds \w of|strong="H4428"\w* dirt \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \add the city walls\add*  
\q2 \add to enable them to attack the city\add*.   
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\v 33 \w Their|strong="H3068"\w* king \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* own country  
\q2 \w on|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w same|strong="H2063"\w* \w road|strong="H1870"\w* \w on|strong="H1870"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w came|strong="H3068"\w* \w here|strong="H2063"\w*.  
\q1 \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* enter \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*!  
\p \add That will happen because\add* \w I|strong="H3808"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H5002"\w* \w it|strong="H7725"\w*!   
\q1
\v 34 \w I|strong="H5650"\w* \w will|strong="H5650"\w* \w defend|strong="H1598"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* prevent \w it|strong="H2063"\w* \w from|strong="H5892"\w* being destroyed.  
\q2 \w I|strong="H5650"\w* \w will|strong="H5650"\w* do \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w for|strong="H4616"\w* \w the|strong="H5650"\w* \w sake|strong="H4616"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w my|strong="H1732"\w* own reputation \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w because|strong="H4616"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w what|strong="H2063"\w* \w I|strong="H5650"\w* promised \w to|strong="H1732"\w* \w King|strong="H4616"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w who|strong="H5650"\w* served \w me|strong="H3467"\w* well.' ”   
\b  
\p
\v 35 \w That|strong="H3605"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, \w an|strong="H1961"\w* \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w where|strong="H2009"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H4264"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Assyria \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w put|strong="H4191"\w* \w up|strong="H7925"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w tents|strong="H4264"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* 185,000 \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H3967"\w*! \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w rest|strong="H1961"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H3967"\w* woke \w up|strong="H7925"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* next \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*, \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w saw|strong="H2009"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w there|strong="H2009"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w corpses|strong="H6297"\w* \w everywhere|strong="H3605"\w*!  
\v 36 \w Then|strong="H7725"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Sennacherib|strong="H5576"\w* \w left|strong="H5265"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w home|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Nineveh|strong="H5210"\w*, \add the capital of Assyria\add*.   
\p
\v 37 \w One|strong="H1931"\w* day, \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w worshiping|strong="H7812"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H5221"\w* god \w Nisroch|strong="H5268"\w*, \w two|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H5221"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, Adrammelech \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Sharezer|strong="H8272"\w*, \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w him|strong="H5221"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w their|strong="H1992"\w* \w swords|strong="H2719"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w escaped|strong="H4422"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w went|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \add the\add* Ararat \add region, northwest of Nineveh\add*. \w And|strong="H1121"\w* another \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Sennacherib's \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, Esarhaddon, \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Assyria.   
\c 20  
\s1 Hezekiah’s sickness and his recovery  
\p
\v 1 \w About|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w*, \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w became|strong="H2470"\w* \w very|strong="H1992"\w* \w ill|strong="H2470"\w*. \add He thought that he\add* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w about|strong="H3117"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*. \w Isaiah|strong="H3470"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w came|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w him|strong="H6680"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* said, “\w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: ‘\w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* tell \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w want|strong="H3808"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w after|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* going \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w recover|strong="H2421"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w this|strong="H3541"\w* illness. \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* going \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*.’ ”   
\p
\v 2 Hezekiah \w turned|strong="H5437"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w* \w toward|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w wall|strong="H7023"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w prayed|strong="H6419"\w*,  
\v 3 “\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* forget \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* always \w served|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* faithfully, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w things|strong="H1419"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w pleased|strong="H5869"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w*.” \w Then|strong="H1980"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* started \w to|strong="H1980"\w* cry \w loudly|strong="H1419"\w*.   
\p
\v 4 \w Isaiah|strong="H3470"\w* \w left|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* king, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w before|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* crossed \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w middle|strong="H8484"\w* \w courtyard|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* palace, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H3318"\w* \w him|strong="H3318"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w*  
\v 5 \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H8085"\w*, “\w Go|strong="H5927"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w*, \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w ruler|strong="H5057"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w say|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w him|strong="H7725"\w*, ‘\w I|strong="H3117"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w whom|strong="H5971"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* ancestor King \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \add worshiped\add*, \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* prayed. \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w tears|strong="H1832"\w*. \w So|strong="H3541"\w*, \w listen|strong="H8085"\w*: \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w heal|strong="H7495"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w*. \w Two|strong="H1004"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w now|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \add be able to\add* \w go|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*.  
\v 6 \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* enable \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w live|strong="H3117"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* 15 \w more|strong="H3254"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*. \w And|strong="H4428"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w rescue|strong="H5337"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w again|strong="H3254"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w power|strong="H3709"\w* [MTY] \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria. \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w defend|strong="H1598"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sake|strong="H4616"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w my|strong="H1732"\w* own reputation \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w what|strong="H5921"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* promised \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w who|strong="H5650"\w* served \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \add well\add*.’ ”   
\p
\v 7 \w So|strong="H3947"\w* \w Isaiah|strong="H3470"\w* \add returned to the palace and told Hezekiah what Yahweh had said. Then he\add* said\add to Hezekiah’s servants\add*, “\w Bring|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* paste \w made|strong="H7760"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* boiled \w figs|strong="H8384"\w*. \w Put|strong="H7760"\w* some \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H7760"\w* \w boil|strong="H7822"\w*, \w and|strong="H3947"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H8384"\w* \w get|strong="H3947"\w* \w well|strong="H7760"\w*.”   
\p
\v 8 \w Then|strong="H3588"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* replied \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Isaiah|strong="H3470"\w*, “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* prove \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w heal|strong="H7495"\w* \w me|strong="H5927"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w two|strong="H1004"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w from|strong="H5927"\w* \w now|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* able \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w go|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*?”   
\p
\v 9 \w Isaiah|strong="H3470"\w* \w replied|strong="H1696"\w*, “\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w something|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* prove \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w promised|strong="H1696"\w*. \w Do|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* want \w him|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w cause|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w shadow|strong="H6738"\w* \w on|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w stairway|strong="H4609"\w*/sundial \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w go|strong="H1980"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w steps|strong="H4609"\w*/\w degrees|strong="H4609"\w*, \w or|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w go|strong="H1980"\w* \w forward|strong="H1980"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w steps|strong="H4609"\w*/\w degrees|strong="H4609"\w*?”   
\p
\v 10 \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* replied, “\w It|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H6738"\w* \w easy|strong="H7043"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w cause|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w shadow|strong="H6738"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* move forward, \add because that is what it always does\add*. Tell \w him|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w cause|strong="H7725"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* move backward \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w steps|strong="H4609"\w*/\w degrees|strong="H4609"\w*.”   
\p
\v 11 \w So|strong="H7121"\w* \w Isaiah|strong="H3470"\w* \w prayed|strong="H7121"\w* earnestly \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* caused \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w shadow|strong="H6738"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w go|strong="H3381"\w* backward \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w steps|strong="H4609"\w*/\w degrees|strong="H4609"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w stairway|strong="H4609"\w*/sundial \w that|strong="H3068"\w* King Ahaz \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H7725"\w* (\w OR|strong="H3068"\w*, \w that|strong="H3068"\w* workers \w had|strong="H3068"\w* built \w for|strong="H7121"\w* King Ahaz).   
\s1 The messengers from the king of Babylonia  
\p
\v 12 \w At|strong="H4428"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w*, \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Merodach-Baladan|strong="H1255"\w*, \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Baladan|strong="H1081"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \add previous\add* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Babylonia, \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* report \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w been|strong="H2470"\w* very \w sick|strong="H2470"\w*. \w So|strong="H7971"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* wrote \w some|strong="H6256"\w* \w letters|strong="H5612"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w gave|strong="H7971"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w some|strong="H6256"\w* messengers \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w take|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w*, \w along|strong="H3588"\w* \w with|strong="H4428"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w gift|strong="H4503"\w*.  
\v 13  \add When the messengers arrived\add*, \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w welcomed|strong="H8085"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* gladly. \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w showed|strong="H7200"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* ◄\w treasure|strong="H5238"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w*/\w places|strong="H1004"\w* \w where|strong="H5921"\w* \w very|strong="H2896"\w* valuable \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* stored►—\w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w spices|strong="H1314"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* nice-smelling \w olive|strong="H8081"\w* \w oil|strong="H8081"\w*, \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w weapons|strong="H3627"\w* \add for his soldiers\add*. \w He|strong="H3605"\w* \w showed|strong="H7200"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \add valuable\add* \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* storerooms \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w everywhere|strong="H3605"\w* \w else|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4474"\w* [HYP]; \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w showed|strong="H7200"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w*.   
\p
\v 14 \w Then|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3470"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w Isaiah|strong="H3470"\w* \w went|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w asked|strong="H4100"\w* \w him|strong="H4428"\w*, “\w Where|strong="H4100"\w* \w did|strong="H4100"\w* those men \w come|strong="H7350"\w* \w from|strong="H7350"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w did|strong="H4100"\w* \w they|strong="H4100"\w* say \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w you|strong="H4100"\w*?”  
\p \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* replied, “\w They|strong="H4100"\w* \w came|strong="H5030"\w* \w from|strong="H7350"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* country very \w far|strong="H7350"\w* \w from|strong="H7350"\w* here. \w They|strong="H4100"\w* \w came|strong="H5030"\w* \w from|strong="H7350"\w* Babylonia.”   
\p
\v 15 Isaiah \w asked|strong="H4100"\w*, “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w did|strong="H4100"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w*?”  
\p \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* replied, “\w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w*. \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w showed|strong="H7200"\w* \w them|strong="H7200"\w* absolutely \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w own|strong="H1961"\w*—\w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* valuable \w things|strong="H1697"\w*.”   
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\v 16  \add Isaiah knew that Hezekiah had done a very foolish thing\add*. \w So|strong="H1697"\w* \w Isaiah|strong="H3470"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H8085"\w*, “\w Listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H8085"\w*.  
\v 17 \w There|strong="H2009"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w still|strong="H5704"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* valuable \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H3117"\w* \w put|strong="H3068"\w* \w there|strong="H2009"\w* \w by|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors, \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w carried|strong="H5375"\w* \w away|strong="H5375"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* Babylon. \w There|strong="H2009"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w nothing|strong="H3808"\w* \w left|strong="H3498"\w* \w here|strong="H2009"\w*! \add That is what\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H1697"\w* \add to you\add*  
\v 18 Furthermore, \w some|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H3947"\w* \w own|strong="H1961"\w* \w descendants|strong="H1121"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* forced \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w go|strong="H3318"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H3947"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* castrated \w in|strong="H4428"\w* order \w that|strong="H4428"\w* \w they|strong="H3947"\w* \w may|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* servants \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w palace|strong="H1964"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Babylon.”   
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\v 19 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w replied|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w Isaiah|strong="H3470"\w*, “\w That|strong="H3117"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w* \w from|strong="H3117"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* given \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w me|strong="H1696"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w*.” \w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w because|strong="H1697"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* thinking, “\w Even|strong="H3808"\w* \w if|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w happens|strong="H1961"\w*, \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w security|strong="H7965"\w* \add in Israel\add* \w all|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w rest|strong="H7965"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w life|strong="H3117"\w*.”   
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\v 20  \add If you want to know more about\add* [RHQ] \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* brave \w deeds|strong="H1697"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w battle|strong="H3117"\w*, \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* ordering \w a|strong="H3068"\w* reservoir \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w built|strong="H6213"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* tunnel \add to be dug\add* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w bring|strong="H6213"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* reservoir, \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\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*’.  
\v 21 Later \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* died [EUP], \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H8478"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w*.   
\c 21  
\s1 King Manasseh of Judah  
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\v 1 \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w twelve|strong="H8147"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* \w when|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H2568"\w* began \w to|strong="H3389"\w* \w rule|strong="H4427"\w*. \w He|strong="H2568"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4427"\w* Judah \w for|strong="H8034"\w* 55 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. \w His|strong="H4519"\w* mother \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w Hephzibah|strong="H2657"\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* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \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 the|strong="H6440"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\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 through 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 Yahweh\add* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* father \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* destroyed \add because they were not in the place that Yahweh had said they should worship him\add*. \w He|strong="H6213"\w* directed \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w workers|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w altars|strong="H4196"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w worshiping|strong="H7812"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*. \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \add a statue of the goddess\add* Asherah, \w like|strong="H3478"\w* Ahab \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \add previously\add*. \w And|strong="H6965"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H1129"\w* \w worshiped|strong="H7812"\w* [DOU] \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 worshiping foreign gods\add* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w about|strong="H1004"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* said, “\w It|strong="H7760"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w here|strong="H7760"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w where|strong="H1004"\w* \w I|strong="H7760"\w* want people \w to|strong="H3068"\w* worship [MTY] \w me|strong="H7760"\w*, forever.”  
\v 5 \w He|strong="H3068"\w* directed \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w altars|strong="H4196"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* worshiping \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="H6213"\w* \w even|strong="H6213"\w* \w sacrificed|strong="H6213"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w own|strong="H5869"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w by|strong="H5674"\w* burning \add him in a fire\add*. \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w performed|strong="H6213"\w* rituals \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w practice|strong="H6213"\w* sorcery \w and|strong="H1121"\w* magic rituals. \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w went|strong="H5674"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* consulted \w the|strong="H6213"\w* spirits \w of|strong="H1121"\w* dead \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \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="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w many|strong="H7235"\w* \w things|strong="H7451"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* considered \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* extremely \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*, \w things|strong="H7451"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\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 \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w placed|strong="H7760"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* statue \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* goddess Asherah \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w place|strong="H7760"\w* \w about|strong="H6213"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* said \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*, “\w My|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w here|strong="H2088"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. \w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* city \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H7760"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* chosen \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* territory \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* twelve \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w where|strong="H1004"\w* \w I|strong="H7760"\w* want \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w worship|strong="H3478"\w* \w me|strong="H7760"\w*, \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*.  
\v 8 \w And|strong="H4872"\w* if \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w obey|strong="H8104"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w my|strong="H8104"\w* \w commands|strong="H6680"\w* \w and|strong="H4872"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w laws|strong="H8451"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w man|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w served|strong="H6213"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \add very well\add*, \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w again|strong="H3254"\w* force \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w leave|strong="H4480"\w* \w this|strong="H6213"\w* land \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* ancestors.”  
\v 9 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w heed|strong="H8085"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*. \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* persuaded \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w commit|strong="H6213"\w* sins \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w more|strong="H4480"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w than|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* sins \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w committed|strong="H6213"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* expelled \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w advanced|strong="H6213"\w*.   
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\v 10  \add These are some of the things that\add* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* many \w times|strong="H3027"\w*, messages \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w given|strong="H3027"\w* \w them|strong="H3027"\w*:  
\v 11 “\w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w has|strong="H4428"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w these|strong="H6213"\w* \w abominable|strong="H8441"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w*, \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H4428"\w* \w much|strong="H6213"\w* \w worse|strong="H7489"\w* \w than|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Amor people-group \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H6213"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w long|strong="H3605"\w* ago. \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w has|strong="H4428"\w* persuaded \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H1571"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w sin|strong="H2398"\w* \w by|strong="H1571"\w* \add worshiping\add* \w idols|strong="H1544"\w*.  
\v 12 \w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w*, \w this|strong="H3651"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H7451"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* whom \w you|strong="H3605"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H8085"\w* \w worship|strong="H3651"\w*, \w say|strong="H3478"\w*: \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w cause|strong="H3651"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H8085"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* rest \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* experience \w great|strong="H7451"\w* \w disasters|strong="H7451"\w*. \w It|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w terrible|strong="H7451"\w*, \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* result \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w everyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w hears|strong="H8085"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* stunned [MTY].  
\v 13 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* judge \w and|strong="H1004"\w* punish [MET] \w the|strong="H6440"\w* people \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w like|strong="H1004"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* punished \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w King|strong="H5921"\w* Ahab \add of Israel\add*. \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* ◄\w wipe|strong="H4229"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* clean/\w remove|strong="H6440"\w* \w all|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* people \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*►, \w like|strong="H1004"\w* [MET] people \w wipe|strong="H4229"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* plate \w and|strong="H1004"\w* then \w turn|strong="H5186"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w upside|strong="H5921"\w* \w down|strong="H5186"\w* \add after they have finished eating, to show that they are now satisfied\add*.  
\v 14 \w And|strong="H3027"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w abandon|strong="H5203"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5159"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w remain|strong="H1961"\w* alive, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w allow|strong="H5414"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w enemies|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* conquer \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* steal \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* valuable \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H5159"\w*.  
\v 15 \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w because|strong="H4480"\w* \w my|strong="H3318"\w* \w people|strong="H5869"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w things|strong="H7451"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w consider|strong="H5869"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w very|strong="H2088"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*, \w things|strong="H7451"\w* \w which|strong="H5869"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w caused|strong="H1961"\w* \w me|strong="H4480"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w very|strong="H2088"\w* \w angry|strong="H3707"\w*. \w They|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w caused|strong="H1961"\w* \w me|strong="H4480"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w angry|strong="H3707"\w* \w continually|strong="H3117"\w*, \w ever|strong="H3117"\w* \w since|strong="H4480"\w* \w their|strong="H6213"\w* ancestors \w left|strong="H3318"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.”   
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\v 16 \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \add commanded his officials to\add* \w kill|strong="H8210"\w* \w many|strong="H7235"\w* \w innocent|strong="H5355"\w* \w people|strong="H1818"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w with|strong="H4390"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* result \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* flowed \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* streets. \w He|strong="H5704"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H6213"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w addition|strong="H1571"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* persuading \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w people|strong="H1818"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w sin|strong="H2403"\w* \w against|strong="H2398"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \add by worshiping idols\add*.   
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\v 17  \add If you want to know more about\add* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\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*’.  
\v 18 \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* died [EUP] \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H1004"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w garden|strong="H1588"\w* outside \w his|strong="H8478"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w*, \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w garden|strong="H1588"\w* \w that|strong="H1121"\w* \w Uzza|strong="H5798"\w* \add had made\add*. \w Then|strong="H1121"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*’s \w son|strong="H1121"\w* Amon \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w*.   
\s1 King Amon of Judah  
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\v 19 Amon \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w twenty-two|strong="H6242"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* \w when|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H8147"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w*. \w He|strong="H8147"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4427"\w* Judah \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w for|strong="H8034"\w* \add only\add* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*. \w His|strong="H4480"\w* mother’s \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w Meshullemeth|strong="H4922"\w*. \w She|strong="H6242"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w Jotbah|strong="H3192"\w* \add town\add*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w granddaughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Haruz|strong="H2743"\w*.  
\v 20 Amon \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="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*, \w like|strong="H6213"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* father \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\v 21 \w He|strong="H3605"\w* imitated \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w behavior|strong="H1980"\w* \w of|strong="H1870"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* father, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w worshiped|strong="H7812"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* same \w idols|strong="H1544"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* father had \w worshiped|strong="H7812"\w* [DOU].  
\v 22 \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w abandoned|strong="H5800"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* whom \w his|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors \add had worshiped\add*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w did|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* behave \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* wanted \w him|strong="H5800"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w*.  
\v 23 \w Then|strong="H4428"\w* \w one|strong="H4428"\w* day some \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w officials|strong="H5650"\w* plotted \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 the|strong="H5921"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w*.   
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\v 24 \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 \w King|strong="H4428"\w* 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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\v 25  \add If you want to read about\add* [RHQ] \w the|strong="H5921"\w* other \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* Amon \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\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*’.  
\v 26 Amon \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w also|strong="H1121"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w in|strong="H6912"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w tomb|strong="H6900"\w* \w in|strong="H6912"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w garden|strong="H1588"\w* \w that|strong="H1121"\w* \w Uzza|strong="H5798"\w* \add had made\add*. \w Then|strong="H1121"\w* Amon’s \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w*.   
\c 22  
\s1 King Josiah of Judah  
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\v 1 \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w eight|strong="H8083"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* \w when|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H3389"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w the|strong="H8034"\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="H8034"\w* 31 \w years|strong="H8141"\w*. \w His|strong="H2977"\w* mother \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w Jedidah|strong="H3040"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H2977"\w* grandfather \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w Adaiah|strong="H5718"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w Bozkath|strong="H1218"\w* \add town\add*.  
\v 2 Josiah \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H5869"\w* pleasing \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* conducted \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w life|strong="H3605"\w* \w as|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*. \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w completely|strong="H3605"\w* obeyed [IDM] \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* laws \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w After|strong="H1961"\w* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* ruling \w for|strong="H7971"\w* almost 18 \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w secretary|strong="H5608"\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 grandson|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Meshullam|strong="H4918"\w*, \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w these|strong="H1004"\w* instructions:  
\v 4 “\w Go|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Hilkiah|strong="H2518"\w*, \w the|strong="H8104"\w* Supreme \w Priest|strong="H3548"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* tell \w him|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w give|strong="H8104"\w* \w me|strong="H8104"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* report, telling \w me|strong="H8104"\w* how \w much|strong="H1419"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w men|strong="H1419"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w guard|strong="H8104"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w doors|strong="H5592"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* collected \w from|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \add as offerings\add*.  
\v 5 \w Then|strong="H6213"\w* tell \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w all|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* money \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w men|strong="H6213"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* supervising \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*.  
\v 6 They must give \w that|strong="H6086"\w* money \w to|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H1129"\w* \w carpenters|strong="H2796"\w*, \w the|strong="H1129"\w* \w builders|strong="H1129"\w*, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H1129"\w* \w masons|strong="H1443"\w*, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* they should \w also|strong="H7069"\w* \w buy|strong="H7069"\w* \w the|strong="H1129"\w* \w timber|strong="H6086"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H1129"\w* stones \w that|strong="H6086"\w* they \w will|strong="H1004"\w* use \w to|strong="H1004"\w* \w repair|strong="H2388"\w* \w the|strong="H1129"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*.  
\v 7 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w men|strong="H6213"\w* \w who|strong="H1992"\w* supervise \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w work|strong="H6213"\w* \w will|strong="H3027"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* required \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* report \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3027"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*, saying \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* spent \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w those|strong="H1992"\w* \w men|strong="H6213"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* completely honest.”   
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\v 8  \add After Shaphan said that to Hilkiah\add* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H5921"\w*’s \w secretary|strong="H5608"\w*, \w Hilkiah|strong="H2518"\w* \w said|strong="H7121"\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="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w scroll|strong="H5612"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* written \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w laws|strong="H8451"\w* \add that God gave to Moses\add*!” \w Hilkiah|strong="H2518"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w scroll|strong="H5612"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Shaphan|strong="H8227"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* started \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w read|strong="H7121"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\v 9 \w Then|strong="H6213"\w* \w Shaphan|strong="H8227"\w* \add took the scroll\add* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w*, “\w Your|strong="H3068"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* guards \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w taken|strong="H5608"\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="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w men|strong="H5650"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* supervise \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w work|strong="H4399"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* repairing \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*.”  
\v 10 \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* \w that|strong="H3548"\w* \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 11 \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w laws|strong="H8451"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* written \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w scroll|strong="H5612"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* Shaphan \w was|strong="H1961"\w* reading \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w him|strong="H8085"\w*, \w he|strong="H4428"\w* \w tore|strong="H7167"\w* \w his|strong="H8085"\w* clothes \add because he was very dismayed\add*.  
\v 12 \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 Micaiah|strong="H4320"\w*’s \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Achbor|strong="H5907"\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 13 “\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 the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\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 was|strong="H3068"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w scroll|strong="H5612"\w*, \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \add should have done\add*.”   
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\v 14 \w So|strong="H1696"\w* \w Hilkiah|strong="H2518"\w*, Ahikam, \w Achbor|strong="H5907"\w*, \w Shaphan|strong="H8227"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Asaiah|strong="H6222"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* ◄consult/\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/northern \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 son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Tikvah|strong="H8616"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w grandson|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Harhas|strong="H2745"\w*, \w took|strong="H3548"\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* (\w OR|strong="H3068"\w*, \add by the king\add*). \add Those five men told her about the scroll\add*.   
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\v 15 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 16 \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\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="H1697"\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 in|strong="H3427"\w* Jerusalem \w to|strong="H3068"\w* experience \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w disaster|strong="H7451"\w*, \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* written \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w scroll|strong="H5612"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w read|strong="H7121"\w*.  
\v 17 \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 abandoned|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 by|strong="H3027"\w* \add worshiping \add*\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 by|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*), \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w anger|strong="H3707"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* [MET] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w fire|strong="H3341"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H3027"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w put|strong="H3518"\w* \w out|strong="H3518"\w*.”  
\v 18 \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 inquire|strong="H1875"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w I|strong="H3541"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, wanted \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w*, \w so|strong="H3541"\w* \w this|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w say|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w*: “\w Because|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w heeded|strong="H8085"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* written \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* scroll,  
\v 19 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* repented \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w humbled|strong="H3665"\w* \w yourself|strong="H3665"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w what|strong="H2088"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* warn \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \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="H1961"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w*. \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H1961"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* city \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* abandoned. \w It|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* city whose name \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w use|strong="H1961"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w curse|strong="H7045"\w* someone. \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w what|strong="H2088"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* prayed,  
\v 20 \w so|strong="H3651"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* allow \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* die [EUP] \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 the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* live \w here|strong="H2088"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w experience|strong="H7200"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w terrible|strong="H7451"\w* \w disaster|strong="H7451"\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 After|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H7451"\w* \w heard|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w*, \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Josiah \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w gave|strong="H7725"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w*.   
\c 23  
\s1 Josiah got rid of pagan worship  
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\v 1 \w Then|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* summoned \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \add of the other places in\add* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.  
\v 2 \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w together|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*, \w along|strong="H5704"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w many|strong="H5704"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* [HYP] \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w from|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w most|strong="H4428"\w* \w important|strong="H5704"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w least|strong="H6996"\w* \w important|strong="H5704"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\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 all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* laws \w that|strong="H5971"\w* Moses \w had|strong="H3068"\w* written. \w He|strong="H5704"\w* \w read|strong="H7121"\w* \w from|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w scroll|strong="H5612"\w* \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*.  
\v 3 \w Then|strong="H6965"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w next|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w pillar|strong="H5982"\w* \add where the kings stood when they made important announcements\add*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w while|strong="H2088"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* listening, \w he|strong="H3068"\w* repeated \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w promise|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* sincerely \w obey|strong="H8104"\w* [DOU] \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w commands|strong="H4687"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w regulations|strong="H3789"\w* [DOU]. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w promised|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* ◄\w fulfill|strong="H6965"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w conditions|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w*/\w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w*► \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H3772"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*. \w And|strong="H6965"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w promised|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w obey|strong="H8104"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w Hilkiah|strong="H2518"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Supreme \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* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w assisted|strong="H5375"\w* \w him|strong="H6213"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H1419"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w guarded|strong="H8104"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* entrance \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1964"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w bring|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1964"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w items|strong="H3627"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* people \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H5375"\w* using \w to|strong="H3318"\w* worship \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* goddess Asherah, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* stars. \add After they carried them out,\add* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H1419"\w* \w outside|strong="H2351"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* city near \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Kidron|strong="H6939"\w* Valley. \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w took|strong="H5375"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w ashes|strong="H6083"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w*, \add because that city was already considered to be desecrated/unholy\add*.  
\v 5 \w There|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H8064"\w* many pagan \w priests|strong="H3649"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* previous \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w appointed|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w burn|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* \w on|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* altars \w on|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* tops \w of|strong="H4428"\w* hills \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*. \w They|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w been|strong="H3605"\w* \w offering|strong="H6999"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H6999"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*, \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sun|strong="H8121"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w moon|strong="H3394"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w planets|strong="H4208"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* stars. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w stopped|strong="H7673"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w from|strong="H7673"\w* doing \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w*.  
\v 6 \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \add commanded that\add* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* statue \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* goddess Asherah \add be\add* \w taken|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*. \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w took|strong="H3318"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w outside|strong="H2351"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w down|strong="H7993"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Kidron|strong="H6939"\w* \w Brook|strong="H5158"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*. \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* pounded \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w ashes|strong="H6083"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w powder|strong="H1854"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w scattered|strong="H5971"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w graves|strong="H6913"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w public|strong="H1121"\w* cemetery.  
\v 7 \w He|strong="H8033"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H5422"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w rooms|strong="H1004"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w male|strong="H6945"\w* \w prostitutes|strong="H6945"\w* lived. \w That|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w where|strong="H8033"\w* women wove robes \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H1004"\w* used \w to|strong="H3068"\w* worship \w the|strong="H3068"\w* goddess Asherah.   
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\v 8-9 Josiah also brought \add to Jerusalem\add* all the priests who were offering sacrifices in the other cities in Judah. He also desecrated the places on the tops of hills where the priests had burned incense \add to honor idols\add*, from Geba \add in the north\add* to Beersheba \add in the south\add*. Those priests were not allowed to offer sacrifices in the temple, but they \add were allowed to\add* eat the unleavened bread that the priests \add who worked in the temple\add* ate. He also \add commanded that\add* the altars that were dedicated to the goat demons near the gate built by Joshua, the mayor of Jerusalem, \add be\add* destroyed. Those altars were at the left of the main gate into the city.   
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\v 10 Josiah \w also|strong="H1121"\w* desecrated \w the|strong="H5674"\w* place named \w Topheth|strong="H8612"\w*, \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* \w Hinnom|strong="H2011"\w* \w Valley|strong="H1516"\w*, \w in|strong="H1121"\w* order \w that|strong="H1121"\w* \w no|strong="H1115"\w* \w one|strong="H1121"\w* could \w offer|strong="H5674"\w* \w his|strong="H2930"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w or|strong="H1121"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* there \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* completely burned \w for|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* sacrifice \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \add the god\add* \w Molech|strong="H4432"\w*.  
\v 11 \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w removed|strong="H7673"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \add previous\add* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w dedicated|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* worshiping \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w sun|strong="H8121"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w chariots|strong="H4818"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H3063"\w* \w used|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* worship. Those \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w chariots|strong="H4818"\w* \w were|strong="H3063"\w* \w kept|strong="H7673"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* courtyard outside \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*, near \w the|strong="H5414"\w* entrance \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* near \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w room|strong="H1004"\w* \w where|strong="H1004"\w* \add one of Josiah’s\add* \w officials|strong="H5631"\w*, \w whose|strong="H3957"\w* name \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w Nathan-Melech|strong="H5419"\w*, lived.   
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\v 12 Josiah \w also|strong="H3068"\w* commanded \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w servants|strong="H8033"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w tear|strong="H5422"\w* \w down|strong="H5422"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w altars|strong="H4196"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* previous \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w built|strong="H6213"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w roof|strong="H1406"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w*, \w above|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w room|strong="H1004"\w* \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Ahaz \w had|strong="H3068"\w* stayed. \w They|strong="H8033"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w tore|strong="H5422"\w* \w down|strong="H5422"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w altars|strong="H4196"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H3068"\w* \w built|strong="H6213"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w courtyards|strong="H2691"\w* \w outside|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*. \w He|strong="H8033"\w* commanded \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w smashed|strong="H5422"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* pieces \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w thrown|strong="H7993"\w* \w down|strong="H5422"\w* \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Kidron|strong="H6939"\w* \w Valley|strong="H5158"\w*.  
\v 13 \w He|strong="H8010"\w* \w also|strong="H3478"\w* commanded \w that|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* altars \w that|strong="H3478"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w east|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w south|strong="H3225"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Olive Tree \w Hill|strong="H2022"\w*, \w be|strong="H1121"\w* desecrated. \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w worship|strong="H3478"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w disgusting|strong="H8441"\w* \w idols|strong="H8251"\w*—\w the|strong="H6440"\w* \add statue of the goddess\add* \w Astarte|strong="H6253"\w* \add worshiped by the people in\add* Sidon \add city\add*, \w Chemosh|strong="H3645"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* god \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* people-group, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* Molech \w the|strong="H6440"\w* god \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w* people-group.  
\v 14 \w They|strong="H3772"\w* also \w broke|strong="H7665"\w* into \w pieces|strong="H7665"\w* \w the|strong="H7665"\w* stone \w pillars|strong="H4676"\w* \w that|strong="H4725"\w* \w the|strong="H7665"\w* Israeli people worshiped, \w and|strong="H4725"\w* \w cut|strong="H3772"\w* \w down|strong="H3772"\w* \w the|strong="H7665"\w* \add pillars that honored the goddess\add* Asherah, \w and|strong="H4725"\w* \w they|strong="H3772"\w* scattered \w the|strong="H7665"\w* \w ground|strong="H4725"\w* there \w with|strong="H4390"\w* human \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* \add to desecrate it\add*.   
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\v 15 \w Furthermore|strong="H1571"\w*, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w commanded|strong="H1571"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w tear|strong="H5422"\w* \w down|strong="H5422"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w place|strong="H1116"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w worship|strong="H3478"\w* \w at|strong="H3478"\w* \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w* \w which|strong="H1931"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* been \w built|strong="H6213"\w* \w by|strong="H3478"\w* King \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \add #1\add*, \w the|strong="H6213"\w* king \w who|strong="H1931"\w* persuaded \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*. \w They|strong="H1931"\w* \w tore|strong="H5422"\w* \w down|strong="H5422"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1571"\w* \w they|strong="H1931"\w* \w broke|strong="H5422"\w* \w its|strong="H6213"\w* stones \w into|strong="H6213"\w* \w pieces|strong="H1854"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* pounded \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w become|strong="H6213"\w* \w powder|strong="H1854"\w*. \w They|strong="H1931"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* statue \add of the goddess\add* Asherah.  
\v 16 \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* \w looked|strong="H7200"\w* \w around|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w some|strong="H4480"\w* \w tombs|strong="H6913"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w*. \w He|strong="H8033"\w* commanded \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w men|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* \w out|strong="H7971"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w those|strong="H4480"\w* \w tombs|strong="H6913"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w burn|strong="H8313"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*. \w By|strong="H5921"\w* \w doing|strong="H4480"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w*, \w he|strong="H8033"\w* desecrated \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*. \w That|strong="H7200"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* prophet \w had|strong="H3068"\w* predicted \w many|strong="H7200"\w* years \w before|strong="H4480"\w* \w when|strong="H7200"\w* Jeroboam \add #1\add* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* standing \w close|strong="H4480"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* festival.  
\p \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* \w looked|strong="H7200"\w* \w up|strong="H7200"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w tomb|strong="H6913"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* prophet \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* predicted \w that|strong="H7200"\w*.   
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\v 17 Josiah \w asked|strong="H4100"\w*, “Whose \w tomb|strong="H6913"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w*?” \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H7200"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w* replied, “\w It|strong="H7121"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w tomb|strong="H6913"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* prophet \w who|strong="H3063"\w* \w came|strong="H3063"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* predicted \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w these|strong="H6213"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H3063"\w* \w just|strong="H1697"\w* \w now|strong="H5921"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H6213"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w would|strong="H4100"\w* \w happen|strong="H6213"\w*.”   
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\v 18 Josiah replied, “\w Allow|strong="H3240"\w* \w his|strong="H4422"\w* tomb \w to|strong="H4422"\w* remain \w as|strong="H8111"\w* \w it|strong="H3240"\w* \w is|strong="H5030"\w*. Do not remove \w the|strong="H5030"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w*’s \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* \w from|strong="H4422"\w* \w the|strong="H5030"\w* tomb.”  
\p So \w the|strong="H5030"\w* \w people|strong="H3240"\w* \w did|strong="H5030"\w* not remove \w those|strong="H3240"\w* \w bones|strong="H6106"\w*, or \w the|strong="H5030"\w* \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* \w of|strong="H5030"\w* \w the|strong="H5030"\w* other \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w*, \w the|strong="H5030"\w* \w one|strong="H4422"\w* \w who|strong="H5030"\w* \w had|strong="H5030"\w* come \w from|strong="H4422"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*.   
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\v 19 \w In|strong="H3478"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w at|strong="H3478"\w* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w*’s command, \w they|strong="H1992"\w* tore \w down|strong="H5493"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w shrines|strong="H1004"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w been|strong="H3605"\w* \w built|strong="H6213"\w* \w by|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* previous \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w which|strong="H1992"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w caused|strong="H6213"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w become|strong="H6213"\w* \w very|strong="H1992"\w* \w angry|strong="H3707"\w*. \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w those|strong="H1992"\w* \w shrines|strong="H1004"\w*/\w altars|strong="H5493"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w same|strong="H1992"\w* \w thing|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w altars|strong="H5493"\w* \w at|strong="H3478"\w* \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w*.  
\v 20 \w He|strong="H8033"\w* ordered \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w offered|strong="H2076"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2076"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w altars|strong="H4196"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* tops \w of|strong="H4196"\w* hills must \w be|strong="H3389"\w* \w killed|strong="H2076"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w altars|strong="H4196"\w*. \w Then|strong="H7725"\w* \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* human \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H4196"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w altars|strong="H4196"\w* \add to desecrate them\add*. \w Then|strong="H7725"\w* \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.   
\s1 Josiah had them celebrate the Passover Festival  
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\v 21 \w Then|strong="H2088"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w celebrate|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Passover|strong="H6453"\w* Festival \w to|strong="H3068"\w* honor \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* law \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Moses \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \add every year\add*.  
\v 22 \w During|strong="H3117"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w years|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w leaders|strong="H8199"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w during|strong="H3117"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w years|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w celebrated|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* festival.  
\v 23 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w now|strong="H3588"\w*, \w after|strong="H3588"\w* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H3068"\w* ruling \w for|strong="H3588"\w* almost 18 \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \add honor\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w celebrated|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w Passover|strong="H6453"\w* Festival \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.   
\s1 Other things that Josiah changed  
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\v 24 \w Furthermore|strong="H1571"\w*, \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* \w got|strong="H6965"\w* rid \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H7200"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w places|strong="H1004"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* practiced sorcery \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w requested|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* spirits \w of|strong="H1004"\w* dead \w people|strong="H7200"\w* \add to tell them what they should do\add*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w removed|strong="H1197"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w places|strong="H1004"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w household|strong="H1004"\w* \w idols|strong="H1544"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w idols|strong="H1544"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w abominable|strong="H8251"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H3068"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w order|strong="H4616"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w obey|strong="H8451"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H3068"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w scroll|strong="H5612"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w Hilkiah|strong="H2518"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*.  
\v 25 Josiah \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w totally|strong="H3605"\w* \w devoted|strong="H3824"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*. \w There|strong="H1961"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \add in Judah or Israel\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w like|strong="H3644"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* obeyed \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w laws|strong="H8451"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*. \w And|strong="H6965"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* since \w then|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w like|strong="H3644"\w* Josiah.   
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\v 26 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H7725"\w* extremely \w angry|strong="H2734"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H1419"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \add King\add* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* infuriate \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* continued \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w very|strong="H1419"\w* \w angry|strong="H2734"\w*.  
\v 27 \w He|strong="H8033"\w* said, “\w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w what|strong="H1571"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w done|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w banish|strong="H5493"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w people|strong="H1571"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* result \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* never enter \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w presence|strong="H6440"\w* \w again|strong="H6440"\w*. \w And|strong="H3063"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w reject|strong="H3988"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* chose \add to belong to me\add*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w abandon|strong="H5493"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w place|strong="H1961"\w* \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* said \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* [MTY] \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* worshiped.”   
\s1 The end of Josiah’s rule of Judah  
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\v 28  \add If you want to know more about\add* [RHQ] \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\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*’.   
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\v 29 \w While|strong="H3117"\w* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* \w was|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Judah, \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Neco|strong="H6549"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w led|strong="H3212"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w army|strong="H5927"\w* north \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Euphrates|strong="H6578"\w* \w River|strong="H5104"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w help|strong="H7125"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria. \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* tried \w to|strong="H4191"\w* stop \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w army|strong="H5927"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w Megiddo|strong="H4023"\w* \add city\add*, \w but|strong="H7200"\w* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* \w was|strong="H3117"\w* \w killed|strong="H4191"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w battle|strong="H3117"\w* \w there|strong="H5927"\w*.  
\v 30 \w His|strong="H3947"\w* \w officials|strong="H5650"\w* \w placed|strong="H3947"\w* \w his|strong="H3947"\w* \w corpse|strong="H4191"\w* \w in|strong="H4191"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w chariot|strong="H7392"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w it|strong="H3947"\w* \w back|strong="H3947"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w where|strong="H8478"\w* \w it|strong="H3947"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w in|strong="H4191"\w* \w his|strong="H3947"\w* \w own|strong="H5971"\w* \w tomb|strong="H6900"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w tomb|strong="H6900"\w* \w where|strong="H8478"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* other previous \w kings|strong="H4427"\w* \w had|strong="H1121"\w* \w not|strong="H4191"\w* \w been|strong="H5971"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w*.  
\p \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Judah \w poured|strong="H4886"\w* \add olive\add* \w oil|strong="H4886"\w* \w on|strong="H7392"\w* \add the head of\add* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w*’s \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joahaz|strong="H3059"\w*, \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w appoint|strong="H4427"\w* \w him|strong="H4427"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* new \w king|strong="H4427"\w*.   
\s1 King Joahaz of Judah  
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\v 31 \w Joahaz|strong="H3059"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\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="H3414"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w* \add of Judah\add*, \w but|strong="H3059"\w* \w he|strong="H3389"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4427"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w for|strong="H8034"\w* \add only\add* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w months|strong="H2320"\w*. \w His|strong="H3059"\w* mother \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w Hamutal|strong="H2537"\w*, \w the|strong="H3414"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w Libnah|strong="H3841"\w* \add city\add*.  
\v 32 Joahaz \w did|strong="H6213"\w* many \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* said \w were|strong="H5869"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*, \w just|strong="H3605"\w* \w like|strong="H6213"\w* many \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* ancestors \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\v 33 \w King|strong="H4427"\w* \w Neco|strong="H6549"\w*’s \add army came from Egypt and captured him and\add* \w tied|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w up|strong="H5414"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* chains \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w took|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w as|strong="H3389"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* prisoner \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w Riblah|strong="H7247"\w* \add town\add* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Hamath|strong="H2574"\w* \add district\add*, \w to|strong="H5921"\w* prevent \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* continuing \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w rule|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. \w Neco|strong="H6549"\w* forced \w the|strong="H5921"\w* people \w of|strong="H3603"\w* Judah \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w pay|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* ◄7,500 pounds/3,400 kg.► \w of|strong="H3603"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* ◄75 pounds/34 kg.► \w of|strong="H3603"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*.  
\v 34 \w King|strong="H4427"\w* \w Neco|strong="H6549"\w* \w appointed|strong="H1121"\w* another \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w*, Eliakim, \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* new \w king|strong="H4427"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w changed|strong="H5437"\w* Eliakim’s \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w*. \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w Joahaz|strong="H3059"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* later \w Joahaz|strong="H3059"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w in|strong="H4191"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.   
\s1 King Jehoiakim of Judah  
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\v 35 \w King|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w* collected \w a|strong="H3068"\w* tax \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \add of Judah\add*. \w He|strong="H5414"\w* collected \w more|strong="H5921"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* rich \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w and|strong="H3701"\w* less \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* poor \w people|strong="H5971"\w*. \w He|strong="H5414"\w* collected \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*, \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w order|strong="H6186"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w pay|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H6310"\w* Egypt \w what|strong="H6310"\w* \w he|strong="H5414"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6310"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w*.   
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\v 36 \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w twenty-five|strong="H6242"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* \w when|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H2568"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\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="H4480"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w for|strong="H8034"\w* \w eleven|strong="H6240"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*. \w His|strong="H4480"\w* mother \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w Zebidah|strong="H2080"\w*, \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Pedaiah|strong="H6305"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w Rumah|strong="H7316"\w* \add town\add*.  
\v 37 \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* many \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* says \w are|strong="H5869"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*, \w like|strong="H6213"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* ancestors \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*.   
\c 24  
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\v 1 \w While|strong="H1961"\w* \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* ruling \add Judah, the army of\add* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon \w invaded|strong="H5927"\w* Judah. \add They defeated the Judean army, and as a result,\add* \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w required|strong="H3117"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w pay|strong="H7725"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lot \w of|strong="H4428"\w* tribute/taxes \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w*. \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w after|strong="H1961"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w* \w rebelled|strong="H4775"\w*.  
\v 2 \w Then|strong="H1696"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w raiders|strong="H1416"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w Babylonia|strong="H3778"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* Syria, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w* people-groups, \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w attack|strong="H4124"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w get|strong="H3027"\w* \w rid|strong="H7971"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w*, \w just|strong="H1697"\w* \w as|strong="H1697"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w told|strong="H1696"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* warn \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w happen|strong="H1697"\w*.  
\v 3 \w These|strong="H6213"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w happened|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* people \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w according|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6310"\w*. \add He had decided\add* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w get|strong="H6213"\w* rid \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* people \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* many \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w King|strong="H5921"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w* \add had committed\add*.  
\v 4 Manasseh \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w even|strong="H1571"\w* caused \w many|strong="H3808"\w* \w innocent|strong="H5355"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* killed, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w forgive|strong="H5545"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w happened|strong="H1697"\w* \w while|strong="H3117"\w* \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w* \w was|strong="H1697"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, \w are|strong="H3117"\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*’.  
\v 6 \w When|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w* died, \w his|strong="H8478"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoiachin|strong="H3078"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w*.   
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\v 7  \add The army of\add* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon \add defeated the army of Egypt, and\add* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* control \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* area \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Egyptians|strong="H4714"\w* formerly controlled, \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w brook|strong="H5158"\w* \add at the border\add* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \add in the south\add* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Euphrates|strong="H6578"\w* \w River|strong="H5104"\w* \add in the north\add*. \w So|strong="H3947"\w* \add the army of\add* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w did|strong="H3254"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* return \add to attack Judah\add* \w again|strong="H5750"\w*.   
\s1 Jehoiachin ruled Judah  
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\v 8 \w Jehoiachin|strong="H3078"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* 18 \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* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Judah. \w His|strong="H3078"\w* mother’s \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w Nehushta|strong="H5179"\w*; \w she|strong="H2320"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w the|strong="H8034"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H1121"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w named|strong="H8034"\w* Elnathan. \w Jehoiachin|strong="H3078"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w for|strong="H8034"\w* \add only\add* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w months|strong="H2320"\w*.  
\v 9 Jehoiachin \w did|strong="H6213"\w* many \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 just|strong="H3605"\w* \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* father \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*.   
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\v 10  \add While Jehoiachin was king,\add* \w some|strong="H6256"\w* \w officers|strong="H5650"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon \w came|strong="H5927"\w* \add along with the whole Babylonian army\add* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w they|strong="H6256"\w* surrounded \w the|strong="H5927"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.  
\v 11 \w While|strong="H5921"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w were|strong="H5650"\w* doing \w that|strong="H4428"\w*, \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* himself \w came|strong="H5650"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.  
\v 12 \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jehoiachin|strong="H3078"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w his|strong="H3947"\w* mother \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w his|strong="H3947"\w* advisors \w and|strong="H3063"\w* important \w officers|strong="H8269"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* palace \w officials|strong="H8269"\w* \w all|strong="H5921"\w* \w surrendered|strong="H3947"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Babylonian army.  
\p \w These|strong="H1931"\w* thngs happened \w when|strong="H3318"\w* Nebuchadnezzar \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w been|strong="H4427"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w eight|strong="H8083"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* arrested \w Jehoiachin|strong="H3078"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* Babylon.  
\v 13 \w Just|strong="H3605"\w* \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w happen|strong="H6213"\w*, \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H8033"\w*’s \add soldiers\add* \w took|strong="H3318"\w* \add to Babylon\add* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* valuable \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s \w palace|strong="H1004"\w*. \w They|strong="H8033"\w* \w cut|strong="H7112"\w* apart \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w items|strong="H3627"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w put|strong="H6213"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*.  
\v 14 \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w took|strong="H5971"\w* \w from|strong="H1540"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \add to Babylon\add* 10,000 \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w including|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* important \w officials|strong="H8269"\w* \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* best \w soldiers|strong="H2428"\w* \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w made|strong="H3605"\w* \w and|strong="H5971"\w* repaired \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w were|strong="H5971"\w* \w made|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* metal. \w Only|strong="H2108"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w very|strong="H2428"\w* \w poor|strong="H1803"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w were|strong="H5971"\w* \w left|strong="H7604"\w* \w in|strong="H7604"\w* Judah.   
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\v 15 Nebuchadnezzar’s soldiers \w also|strong="H4428"\w* \w took|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* Babylon \w Jehoiachin|strong="H3078"\w*’s wives \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w officials|strong="H5631"\w*, \w his|strong="H1540"\w* mother, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \add all\add* \w the|strong="H1540"\w* important \w people|strong="H1473"\w*.  
\v 16 \w They|strong="H6213"\w* \w also|strong="H6213"\w* \w took|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* Babylon 7,000 \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* best \w soldiers|strong="H2428"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* 1,000 \w men|strong="H1368"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* knew \w how|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* repair \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H1368"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w from|strong="H1473"\w* \w metal|strong="H6213"\w*. \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w these|strong="H6213"\w* \w people|strong="H1473"\w* \w whom|strong="H1368"\w* \w they|strong="H6213"\w* \w took|strong="H4428"\w* \w were|strong="H2428"\w* \w strong|strong="H2428"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w able|strong="H2428"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w fight|strong="H4421"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w wars|strong="H4421"\w*.  
\v 17 \w Then|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon \w appointed|strong="H4427"\w* Jehoiachin’s \w uncle|strong="H1730"\w*, \w Mattaniah|strong="H4983"\w*, \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w be|strong="H8034"\w* \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \add of Judah\add*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w he|strong="H4428"\w* \w changed|strong="H5437"\w* \w Mattaniah|strong="H4983"\w*’s \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w*.   
\s1 Zedekiah ruled in Judah  
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\v 18 \w When|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w twenty-one|strong="H6242"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w*, \w he|strong="H3389"\w* \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H3389"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w for|strong="H8034"\w* \w eleven|strong="H6240"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*. \w His|strong="H6667"\w* mother’s \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w Hamutal|strong="H2537"\w*; \w she|strong="H6242"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w the|strong="H3414"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H1121"\w* \w named|strong="H8034"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w Libnah|strong="H3841"\w* \add town\add*.  
\v 19 \w But|strong="H7451"\w* Zedekiah \w did|strong="H6213"\w* many \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 just|strong="H3605"\w* \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w Jehoiakim|strong="H3079"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\v 20 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H5704"\w* angry. \w So|strong="H1961"\w* ◄\w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w finally|strong="H5704"\w*/\w after|strong="H5921"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* patient \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w long|strong="H5704"\w* \w time|strong="H5704"\w*► \w he|strong="H3588"\w* expelled \w the|strong="H6440"\w* people \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \add the other places in\add* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w sent|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* Babylon.  
\s1 \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* destroyed  
\p \add That is what happened when\add* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w rebelled|strong="H4775"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon.   
\c 25  
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\v 1 \w On|strong="H5921"\w* January 15 \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w ninth|strong="H8671"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* Zedekiah \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* ruling, \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* arrived \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w surrounded|strong="H5439"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* ramps \add made of dirt against the walls of the city\add*, \w so|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w could|strong="H2428"\w* climb \w up|strong="H1129"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* ramps \w and|strong="H4428"\w* attack \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H1931"\w*.  
\v 2 \w They|strong="H8141"\w* \w did|strong="H8141"\w* \w that|strong="H4428"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* two \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.  
\v 3 \w After|strong="H1961"\w* Zedekiah \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* ruling \w for|strong="H5892"\w* eleven years, \w the|strong="H2388"\w* ◄\w famine|strong="H7458"\w*/shortage \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w food|strong="H3899"\w*► \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* very bad. All \w their|strong="H2388"\w* \w food|strong="H3899"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w gone|strong="H1961"\w*.  
\v 4 \w On|strong="H5921"\w* July 18 \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* year, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Babylonian|strong="H3778"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H4421"\w* \w broke|strong="H1234"\w* \w through|strong="H1234"\w* \w part|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*, \add and that enabled them to enter the city\add*. \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H4421"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Judah \add wanted to escape\add*. \w But|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Babylonian|strong="H3778"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H4421"\w* \w surrounded|strong="H5439"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w so|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \add king and\add* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H4421"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Judah waited \w until|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w was|strong="H5892"\w* nighttime. \w Then|strong="H4428"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* fled \w through|strong="H1234"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H5892"\w* \w between|strong="H4421"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w two|strong="H2346"\w* \w walls|strong="H2346"\w* \w near|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s park. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w ran|strong="H3212"\w* \w across|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* fields \w and|strong="H4428"\w* started \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w down|strong="H1870"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Jordan \add River\add* Valley.  
\v 5 \w But|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Babylonian|strong="H3778"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H2428"\w* \w chased|strong="H7291"\w*/ran \w after|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w caught|strong="H5381"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w when|strong="H5921"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* himself \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* valley \w near|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Jordan \w River|strong="H3405"\w*. \w He|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* himself \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H2428"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* abandoned \w him|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\v 6 \w The|strong="H5927"\w* Babylonian \w soldiers|strong="H5927"\w* \w took|strong="H8610"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Zedekiah \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w Riblah|strong="H7247"\w* \add city\add* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon. \w There|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon decided \w what|strong="H4941"\w* \w they|strong="H4428"\w* \w would|strong="H4428"\w* do \w to|strong="H1696"\w* punish \w him|strong="H5927"\w*.  
\v 7 There \w the|strong="H7819"\w* king \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Babylon forced \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w watch|strong="H5869"\w* \w as|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H7819"\w* Babylonian \w soldiers|strong="H1121"\w* \w killed|strong="H7819"\w* all \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w*’s \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H7819"\w* gouged \w out|strong="H5786"\w* \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w*’s \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*. \w They|strong="H7819"\w* \w put|strong="H5786"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* \w chains|strong="H5178"\w* \w on|strong="H5869"\w* \add his hands and feet\add* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w then|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H7819"\w* took \w him|strong="H5869"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* Babylon.   
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\v 8 \w On|strong="H3389"\w* August 14 \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w*, \w after|strong="H8141"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* been ruling \w for|strong="H3389"\w* 19 \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, \w Nebuzaradan|strong="H5018"\w* arrived \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w one|strong="H1931"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w*’s \w officials|strong="H5650"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w captain|strong="H7227"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5650"\w* \w men|strong="H5650"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* guarded \w the|strong="H5650"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.  
\v 9 \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \add commanded his soldiers to\add* \w burn|strong="H8313"\w* \w down|strong="H8313"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s \w palace|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. So \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* \w down|strong="H8313"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w important|strong="H1419"\w* \w buildings|strong="H1004"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* city.  
\v 10 \w Then|strong="H3605"\w* Nebuzaradan supervised \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H2428"\w* \w of|strong="H2346"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Babylonian|strong="H3778"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w* \w as|strong="H3389"\w* \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w tore|strong="H5422"\w* \w down|strong="H5422"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w walls|strong="H2346"\w* \w of|strong="H2346"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.  
\v 11 \w Then|strong="H5307"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H5971"\w* \w took|strong="H2876"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* Babylon \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w were|strong="H5971"\w* \w still|strong="H5971"\w* living \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* other \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \add who lived in that area\add*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* previously surrendered \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Babylonian \w army|strong="H5971"\w*.  
\v 12 \w But|strong="H7604"\w* Nebuzaradan allowed \w some|strong="H7227"\w* \w of|strong="H7227"\w* \w the|strong="H7604"\w* \w very|strong="H7227"\w* \w poor|strong="H1803"\w* people \w to|strong="H7227"\w* stay \w in|strong="H7604"\w* Judah \w to|strong="H7227"\w* take care \w of|strong="H7227"\w* \w the|strong="H7604"\w* vineyards \w and|strong="H7227"\w* \add to plant crops in\add* \w the|strong="H7604"\w* fields.   
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\v 13 \w The|strong="H5375"\w* \w Babylonian|strong="H3778"\w* soldiers \w broke|strong="H7665"\w* \w into|strong="H3220"\w* \w pieces|strong="H7665"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* \w pillars|strong="H5982"\w*, \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* carts \w with|strong="H1004"\w* wheels, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* huge \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* basin, \w all|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H3778"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* courtyard, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w took|strong="H5375"\w* \w all|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* Babylon.  
\v 14 \w They|strong="H3605"\w* also \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w pots|strong="H5518"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w shovels|strong="H3257"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w instruments|strong="H3627"\w* \w for|strong="H3605"\w* ◄snuffing \w out|strong="H3947"\w*/extinguishing► \add the wicks of\add* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* lamps, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* dishes, \w and|strong="H5178"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* \w items|strong="H3627"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Israeli priests had \w used|strong="H8334"\w* \w for|strong="H3605"\w* offering sacrifices \w at|strong="H3709"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* temple.  
\v 15 \w The|strong="H3947"\w* soldiers \w also|strong="H2876"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w away|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* ◄\w firepans|strong="H4289"\w*/\w trays|strong="H4289"\w* \w for|strong="H3701"\w* carrying burning coals►, \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w basins|strong="H4219"\w*, \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \add all the other\add* items \w made|strong="H3947"\w* \w of|strong="H4219"\w* pure \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w or|strong="H3701"\w* pure \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w pillars|strong="H5982"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* carts \w with|strong="H1004"\w* wheels, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* huge basin \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w very|strong="H6213"\w* heavy; \w they|strong="H3068"\w* could \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w weighed|strong="H4948"\w*. ◄\w Those|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w*/\w A|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H3605"\w* named Hiram \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w these|strong="H6213"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w*► \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \add was the king of Israel\add*.  
\v 17 \w Each|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H5982"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w pillars|strong="H5982"\w* \w was|strong="H6967"\w* ◄27 feet/8 meters► \w tall|strong="H6967"\w*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* \w capital|strong="H3805"\w*/\w top|strong="H3805"\w* \w of|strong="H5982"\w* \w each|strong="H3605"\w* \w pillar|strong="H5982"\w* \w was|strong="H6967"\w* ◄7-1/2 feet/2.3 meters► \w high|strong="H6967"\w*. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w were|strong="H7969"\w* \w each|strong="H3605"\w* decorated \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w around|strong="H5439"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w something|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* looked \w like|strong="H5439"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* net \w made|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H5982"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* \w chains|strong="H5178"\w* connecting \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* \w pomegranates|strong="H7416"\w*.   
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\v 18 Nebuzaradan \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w with|strong="H3548"\w* \w him|strong="H3947"\w* \w to|strong="H8104"\w* Babylon \w Seraiah|strong="H8304"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* Supreme \w Priest|strong="H3548"\w*, \w Zephaniah|strong="H6846"\w* \w his|strong="H8104"\w* assistant, \w and|strong="H3548"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w men|strong="H7218"\w* \w who|strong="H3548"\w* \w guarded|strong="H8104"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* entrance \add to the temple\add*.  
\v 19 \w And|strong="H4428"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w were|strong="H5971"\w* \w still|strong="H5971"\w* hiding \w in|strong="H5921"\w* Jerusalem. \w From|strong="H4480"\w* \w those|strong="H4480"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w one|strong="H4480"\w* \w officer|strong="H5631"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* Judean \w army|strong="H6635"\w*, \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s advisors, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w chief|strong="H8269"\w* \w secretary|strong="H5608"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w army|strong="H6635"\w* \w commander|strong="H8269"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w charge|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* recruiting \w men|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* join \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w army|strong="H6635"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* 60 other important Judean \w men|strong="H5971"\w*.  
\v 20 \w Nebuzaradan|strong="H5018"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w Riblah|strong="H7247"\w* \add city\add*.  
\v 21 There \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w Riblah|strong="H7247"\w*, \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Hamath|strong="H2574"\w* province, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon commanded \w that|strong="H4428"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H5921"\w* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* \w executed|strong="H5221"\w*.  
\p \w That|strong="H4428"\w* \w is|strong="H4428"\w* \w what|strong="H5921"\w* happened \w when|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* people \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w were|strong="H3063"\w* ◄\w taken|strong="H5221"\w* forcefully/\w exiled|strong="H1540"\w*► \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* land \add to Babylon\add*.   
\s1 Gedaliah was appointed governor in Judah  
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\v 22 \w Then|strong="H4428"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* \w appointed|strong="H6485"\w* \w Gedaliah|strong="H1436"\w*, \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ahikam \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w grandson|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shaphan|strong="H8227"\w*, \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w governor|strong="H6485"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w were|strong="H5971"\w* \w still|strong="H5971"\w* living \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.  
\v 23 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w* \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Judah \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H2428"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* surrendered \w to|strong="H8085"\w* Nebuchadnezzar found \w out|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Babylon \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w appointed|strong="H6485"\w* \w Gedaliah|strong="H1436"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w governor|strong="H8269"\w*, \w they|strong="H1992"\w* met \w with|strong="H4428"\w* \w him|strong="H3605"\w* \w at|strong="H4428"\w* \w Mizpah|strong="H4709"\w* \add town\add*. \w These|strong="H1992"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w* \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nethaniah|strong="H5418"\w*, \w Johanan|strong="H3110"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Kareah|strong="H7143"\w*, \w Seraiah|strong="H8304"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Tanhumeth|strong="H8576"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* Netophah \add town\add*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jaazaniah|strong="H2970"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Maacah region.   
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\v 24 \w Gedaliah|strong="H1436"\w* \w solemnly|strong="H7650"\w* \w promised|strong="H7650"\w* \w them|strong="H5647"\w* \add that the officials from Babylon were not planning to harm them\add*. \w He|strong="H7650"\w* said, “\w You|strong="H5647"\w* \w may|strong="H4428"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w this|strong="H5650"\w* land \add without being afraid\add* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* \w the|strong="H5647"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \add if you do\add*, everything \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w go|strong="H3190"\w* \w well|strong="H3190"\w* \w for|strong="H3427"\w* \w you|strong="H5647"\w*.”   
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\v 25 \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H4191"\w* October \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w that|strong="H1121"\w* \w year|strong="H7637"\w*, \w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w*, \w whose|strong="H1121"\w* grandfather Elishama \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w one|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w relatives|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w descendants|strong="H2233"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w King|strong="H4410"\w* David, \w went|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w Mizpah|strong="H4709"\w* along \w with|strong="H4191"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* other \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w assassinated|strong="H4191"\w*/\w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w Gedaliah|strong="H1436"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H2233"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w with|strong="H4191"\w* \w him|strong="H5221"\w*. \w There|strong="H1961"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w also|strong="H3458"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3064"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* Babylon whom \w they|strong="H2320"\w* \w assassinated|strong="H4191"\w*.  
\v 26 \w Then|strong="H6965"\w* \w many|strong="H5704"\w* [HYP] \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* Judah, \w important|strong="H5704"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* unimportant \w ones|strong="H1419"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w* \w captains|strong="H8269"\w*, \w were|strong="H5971"\w* \w very|strong="H5704"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \add what\add* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Babylonians|strong="H3778"\w* \add would do to them\add*, \w so|strong="H6965"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* fled \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.   
\s1 Jehoiachin was released  
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\v 27 \w Thirty-seven|strong="H7970"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w after|strong="H1961"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jehoiachin|strong="H3078"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w taken|strong="H5375"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* Babylon, \add Nebuchadnezzar’s son\add* Evil-Merodach \w became|strong="H4427"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon. \w He|strong="H1004"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* kind \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w Jehoiachin|strong="H3078"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w on|strong="H1961"\w* April 2 \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w that|strong="H4428"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w*, \w he|strong="H1004"\w* \w released|strong="H5375"\w*/freed \w Jehoiachin|strong="H3078"\w* \w from|strong="H1961"\w* \w prison|strong="H1004"\w*.  
\v 28 \w He|strong="H5414"\w* always \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w* \w kindly|strong="H2896"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* Jehoiachin \w and|strong="H4428"\w* honored \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w more|strong="H5921"\w* \w than|strong="H2896"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* other \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w who|strong="H4428"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* been \w taken|strong="H5414"\w*/exiled \w to|strong="H1696"\w* Babylon.  
\v 29 \w He|strong="H3117"\w* gave \w Jehoiachin|strong="H8132"\w* new clothes \w to|strong="H6440"\w* replace \w the|strong="H3605"\w* clothes \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w had|strong="H3117"\w* \w been|strong="H3605"\w* wearing \w in|strong="H3117"\w* \w prison|strong="H3608"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* allowed \w Jehoiachin|strong="H8132"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w eat|strong="H3899"\w* \w at|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H6440"\w*’s \w table|strong="H6440"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w for|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* rest \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w life|strong="H2416"\w*.  
\v 30 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Babylon \w also|strong="H4428"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* money \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \w so|strong="H5414"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w could|strong="H1697"\w* buy \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* needed. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* continued \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w do|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w until|strong="H3117"\w* Jehoiachin died.